MIRI: Engineering students from Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently won top awards at the International Final Year Project Competition & Exhibition (I-CPEX) 2023.
They won a gold and four silver awards at the event organised by Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (UniKL MIIT).
Final-year Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering student Chee Lit Zhin won a gold award for his project submission titled ‘Non-Invasive Diabetes Detection using Gait Acceleration.’
Chee’s project investigates diabetes detection through the acceleration of the hip, knees, and ankles, collecting data from wearable sensors using a lightweight deep feed-forward neural network (FFNN) model.
In addition to winning the gold award, Chee was awarded the Best Project Award under the Data Analytics/Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications category.
Winning silver awards were four teams of students, namely Jia Yi Lai, Hedges Zhi Chao Yeu, Wei Hang Lee and Kai Siang Chong in the first team; Tan Jia Qi, Alan Poon Tik Loon and Forrest Tiong Ing Poh in the second; Ivan Matthias Chin Zhen Hung and April Chee Ling Kwang in the third; and Stella Tan Jia Wen comprising the fourth team.
The I-CPEX 2023 aimed to provide a platform for talented students, innovators, academicians, and entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative projects.
The theme of the competition was ‘Innovation Unleashed: Empowering the Future of Technology’.
It was divided into various categories such as Decision Support Systems, Data Analytics, Edutainment, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Social Science, and Industrial Technology.
