Shell Malaysia has introduced that Workforce Salvus from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has been topped nationwide champions of this 12 months’s #ShellSelamatSampai Varsity Problem. The annual inter-varsity problem, which was launched in 2017, is aimed toward empowering tertiary schooling college students assist discover options in mitigating highway issues of safety.
The successful staff, made up of Nurul Faqihah Hambali, Kiang Fei Yi, Siti Aishah Husna, Mas Athirah Mohd Hisban and Nurul Syamilah Azman, took the gong with their undertaking known as ‘Anti-Drunk and Sleep Detector (ADS)’. The undertaking noticed the creation of a tool that identifies alcohol-impaired drivers or drivers who’re dozing off on the wheel by detecting the alcohol and oxygen ranges of a driver to point if he/she is in the precise situation to drive.
“To start with, we wish to thank Shell Malaysia for introducing the NXplorers initiative, which uncovered us to new considering instruments and problem-solving methodologies, that performed an essential function within the implementation of our undertaking. Our dream is to see our invention being utilized by Malaysians in direction of making a safer journey for everybody on the highway. Like our title “Salvus,” which implies secure, we hope that with the expertise out there, we will all come collectively to attain zero highway accidents,” stated the members of the staff.
Workforce Salvus was one of many 5 finalists on this 12 months’s occasion, competing in opposition to college students from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Previous to the ultimate spherical, UPM had six groups within the Prime 20 spherical of the competitors.
On the Prime 20 stage, Shell supplied every staff with RM1,000 to rework their concepts into working prototypes inside eight weeks, following which the work was introduced within the type of a proper report and a video abstract. A panel of judges then chosen the highest 5 groups for the ultimate spherical.
“Street security is a priority in Malaysia and plenty of different nations on this planet. The World Well being Group data roughly 1.3 million fatalities annually attributable to highway site visitors crashes. At Shell, we’re searching for to scale back highway accidents within the nation by empowering our youth to make use of expertise to design revolutionary interventions to stop highway associated accidents,” shared Ivan Tan, chairman of Shell Malaysia.
Because it started, the Shell Varsity Problem has gained participation from universities all through Malaysia and has launched many revolutionary undertaking prototypes aimed toward serving to enhance highway security circumstances.
