KUCHING: A two-in-one industrial wastewater and air toxicity monitoring solution has won a team from Swinburne the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) Malaysia Best Paper Award at a recent International Conference on Smart Community & Industry (ICSCI).
Held at Holiday Inn Malacca, the ICSCI is a specialised conference that aimed to provide a platform for academia and industry to share the advancement and know-how of current trend of industrial transformation and its benefits to the communities and industries.
The winning team consists of two undergraduate students Peter Ling Ting Rang and Marcus Tan Lee Soon, and two project supervisors Dr Chua Hong Siang and associate professor Ng Sing Muk. Their paper titled ‘Project Dragonfly’ outshone 43 other submissions from various universities and companies.
Project Dragonfly that is environmentally friendly, non-invasive and cost-effective is a boon towards regulation of industrial emissions.
Access to otherwise inaccessible areas such as the middle course of a river and areas above chimneys of great heights, would be made possible by using drones.
Project Dragonfly is an excellent example of Internet of Things (IoT) solution that also features a dedicated server and mobile application in addition to hardware. Primarily to the regulatory authority, governing body and scientific institutions, environmental monitoring can be performed systematically and periodically with minimal effort by humans.
The project has won other awards and recognitions in the past namely gold in InTEX 2019, second runner-up in Innovate Malaysia Microsoft Track, first runner-up in Innovate Sarawak SAINS Design Challenge, and grand finalist in MDEC Digital Tech Awards.
More information about the project is available at www.projectdragonfly.tk
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