Competitions

Josephians Awarded Best Prototype Award at Young Technopreneur Challenge

1 July 2021

An SJI team won the Best Prototype Award for linking microclimates to health. Read the students' reflections.

3 teams of Josephians participated in the Young Technopreneur Challenge (YTC) 2021 organised by Junior Achievement Singapore during the June holidays. They were mentored by Mr Colin Toh, Mr Eric Lam and Mr Thomas Yeo:

Dinh Nho An, Nguyen Duc Minh Anh, Nguyen Phuc Chuong and Nguyen Thien Minh Tuan (FN303) - Runner-Up team!
Nguyen Phuc Truong (FN303), Aarush Nair (FN303), Tran Thanh Hung (MN301) and Le Xuan Hai (FN301)
Agil Singaraselvan, Chen Wei En James Ryan, Seow Yong Ann Reuben and Harjas Singh Sidhu (ML301)

Five masked people stand indoors; four students in white uniforms hold small trophies beside an adult in dark clothing.

Congratulations to the Runner-Up team who proceeded to the finals and was awarded the Best Prototype Award! Their prototype aims to find out the relationship between microclimates and health so that it could help to protect the community from harmful external factors as well as improve their performance and reduce stress levels.

A hand holds a Pineng power bank connected via USB to a black box labeled "Environmental sensors 4" clipped to a belt.

The YTC aims to support students to take ownership of the world they live in and actively develop solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Singapore Green Plan 2030 and Sustainable South West Masterplan. The objective of the competition is to interest, excite and provide participants with a unique platform to stretch their imagination and push their boundaries to learn to think global, innovate, create and pitch an idea or concept by making use of STEM and technology.

Nguyen Duc Minh Anh: “Technopreneur has been mind-opening for me as well as my teammates - Tuan, Chuong and An. We have gained a lot of experience in terms of teamwork and actualizing our product. We did not win 1st place, however, we hope that our product can further be developed to find out the relationship between microclimates and health so that it could help to protect our community from harmful external factors as well as improve our performance and reduce stress levels.”

Tran Thanh Hung: “Young Technopreneur Challenge 2021 has been an incredible learning opportunity for me. First of all, I learned skills such as design thinking, programming languages (Python and HTML), and presentation. Moreover, I appreciate the opportunity to work with my friends in solving global problems. The problem our team wanted to tackle was the growing digital divide in developing countries, whose impacts were further exacerbated by the pandemic. After doing research on this issue, I gained a deeper understanding of the struggles of people in these part of the world (which includes of Vietnam, my home country), and felt responsible for making a change. From that, I have also grown to be more humble and grateful for my upbringing and the opportunities I was given. Additionally, our teamwork sessions taught me the values of cooperation. Throughout the competition, I learned to encourage my quieter teammates to participate in group discussions. I realised that when I actively asked them questions and complimented their ideas, they were more eager to share, which helped us ultimately to create a better final product with the feedback of all four team members. Overall, YTC2021 has been an incredibly enriching experience for me.”

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