YU Sweeps Awards at the 2019 Engineering Festival N
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<Smart Car Simulation Hackathon> ‘First Prize’... Received engineering education innovation meritorious person medal
[December 6, 2019]
<YU ‘Challengers’ team that won the grand prize in the 2019 Engineering Festival ‘Creative Comprehensive Design Contest’ sector>
At the ‘2019 Engineering Festival’ held at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon on the 26th and 27th of last month, the YU ‘Challengers’ team that took part in the ‘Creative Comprehensive Design Contest’ won the grand prize, thus receiving the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award.
The ‘Challengers’ team applied the concept of Internet of Things (IoT) in the simple mechanical drive part of existing wheelchairs and received high assessments for upgrading it to a smart everyday device. There were many creative ideas from engineering students around the world such as in the fields of electric/autonomous cars, IoT home appliances, robots, bio-health, aviation/drone, etc., drawing huge attention.
At the ‘Smart Car Simulation Hackathon’ operated by the YU Engineering Education Hub Center at the Engineering Festival, the YU team including Jung Jin-ho (25, senior) of the YU Department of Computer Engineering took first place and received the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology Award. The ‘Smart Car Simulation Hackathon’ is a contest for changing the structure of the vehicle or producing an engineering-optimized racing car using automobile mechanisms, data analysis, and racing simulation AI.
<YU wins first place at the 2019 Engineering Festival ‘Smart Car Simulation Hackathon>
<Engineering education innovation persons of merit medal awarding ceremony>
Meanwhile, the 2019 Engineering Festival sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and co-hosted by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology and the Engineering Education Innovation Association is an event designed to foster engineering personnel who will lead the next-generation convergence industries and was joined by over 10,000 people from 102 universities in both Korea and abroad.