Students from Makerspace@UM Won First Place in Hackathon!

A team of 5 proceed 3 rounds and won first place in DHL MDashHack with their unique engineering design combining wind and hydro turbine into 1 generator.
Students from Makerspace@UM Won First Place in Hackathon!

A group of 5 bachelor students (Ming Kang, Chiu Hwi, Xin Xiu, Jing Bo, Lin Koon) of which 4 are student helpers of Makerspace@UM, won first place in the DHL MDashHack on 25 Nov 2022 at Sunway City Iskandar Puteri, Johor with their unique engineering design combining wind and hydro turbine into 1 generator.

Makerspace@UM a convenient place for discussion

They said most of the discussions were done in makerspace, with suggestions provided by Dr Tay, the coordinator of the makerspace. "Physical discussion is much more efficient than online, provided a clear agenda is provided and adhered" said Ming Kang

A Trip to DHL Regional headquaters

The biggest prize of champion is an invited trip to DHL headquaters in Singapore. "We learnt a more complete picture of DHL company, we didn't know DHL has a innovation department apart of logistics" The team saw robotics delivery robot, fully automated warehouse and much more during the trip.