KUCHING: The recent ‘Shooting Satellites’ workshop at Swinburne’s Kuching campus featured satellite launches using an IoT-enabled remote launcher.
With over 30 secondary school students and teachers participating, the event underscored the university’s commitment to advancing hands-on STEM education by incorporating the Internet of Things (IoT) in a practical, engaging, and innovative way.
A press release issued today Swinburne said the event provided participants with a unique opportunity to explore IoT technologies by creating miniature satellites, or ‘can-satellites’.
“The participants, grouped into a team of three, were assigned roles and given the challenge of building and launching their satellites in under two hours.
“The interactive nature of the event also helped participants developed their skills in technology, engineering, and problem-solving.
“Participants gave highly positive feedback, praising the teamwork and hands-on learning that effectively introduced them to IoT,” it said.
The workshop was led by the IEEE Swinburne Sarawak Student Branch and IEEE Sarawak Subsection as part of the IoT4Community project was organised in collaboration with the Swinburne Robotics and Automation Club, the Swinburne Computer Science Club, and the Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT) Student Chapter.
Swinburne said the IoT4Community project extended its reach earlier this year when Dr Mark Tee Kit Tsun, the advisor of IEEE Swinburne Sarawak Student Branch and Paul Cornelius Bong, its chairman, conducted a similar workshop at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (SEAMEO RECSAM) in Penang.
“Held in June as part of the 13th Regional Congress Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists, the workshop attracted 60 participants across Southeast Asia.
“Like the Sarawak workshop, the attendees were engaged in building and launching IoTpowered can satellites where they worked in a collaborative and dynamic environment,” Swinburne said.
