IES - Energy Innovation Challenge 2017

The National Engineers Day (NED) is an annual event organised by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) to celebrate the achievements of engineers, inspire young engineers and intrigue the young generation in engineering.

As the national institution for engineers, IES is charged with the mission to advance and promote the science, art and profession of engineering. One of our key goals is to nurture future engineering thought leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs, to sustain the economic growth of Singapore and our quality of life.

During the NED, the Energy Innovation Challenge is organised to engage students in Engineering education. The theme for this year’s event is on the Urban Heat Island Effect.

The urban heat island effect is the situation where temperatures in urban areas are significantly higher than in rural areas, is increasingly becoming a concern in cities worldwide. High-rise buildings which block wind and have large surfaces to absorb heat, the lack of vegetation and the heat generated by energy usage are some causes of the phenomenon.

As a high-density city, Singapore is susceptible to urban heat island effect. Smart technology and eco-friendly features can be developed and implemented into some of our towns and homes. More effort needs to be done and awareness of the effect need to be shared with our would-be engineers.

Inspiring the EIC 2017 participants to look into the phenomena and challenging them to come up with ideas and products based on the effect would ensure that the finals will be something that we shall look forward to.

SST students were motivated to participated in this event. In total, 5 teams of Sec 2 and 3 students participated in the competition and 3 teams managed to enter the exhibition round. After the first round of judging, one team of students managed to enter the final judging round.

Team Electro Nexus, consisting of Oh Jun Rong, Valerie Tan and Kinjal Agarwal from S2-03, managed to emerge first runner up in the Secondary School competition. This is an improvement over last years’ results, where our students came in 2nd Runner up.

The team designed a structure which they affectionately called the “Carbon Helix” to overcome the Urban Heat Island effect.

Competitions such as the Energy Innovation Challenge provides a great opportunity to provide learning opportunities for students in the area of Engineering.
1st Runners Up
S34 - Electro Nexus consisting of Kinjal, Valerie and Jun Rong
    
   

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