The 25th Eureka Student Research contest ended on November 26th, 2023, at the Vietnam National University in HCMC, the organizers. DTU students were awarded one third prize, one consolation prize, and one poster prize for their outstanding achievements.
DTU students win third prize
The prizes cultivated and motivated talented young students in the research community, and contributed to the creation of teams of future scientists, with 565 students participating, individually or in groups, from 81 universities, submitting 178 outstanding projects, selected from 14 fields.
In the Engineering & Technology section, a team of DTU students, comprising Thi Ly Liem, Phan Van Truyen, Truong Minh Xuan Tung, and Pham Thi Khanh Van, was awarded third prize for their project ‘“Smart wearable devices to support people with disabilities or limited mobility’. They created a wearable electronic device and a series of controllers installed around the house. The system works on all electrical devices, recognizes gestures, such as swiping, touching, and tilting. Simple requests, like turning a device on or off, are transmitted to a CCD control circuit, using the LoRa communication system.
Thi Ly Liem
Thi Ly Liem is a second-year School of Engineering & Technology (SET) student, with an independent personality and a passion for research, especially in electronics. In the future, his ambition is to become an Automotive Engineer and conduct research in robotics.
Pham Thi Khanh Van
Pham Thi Khanh Van is a third-year student in the International School. Her motto is ‘Travel broadens the mind’ and she has an inquisitive personality. She has made several impressive achievements: a bronze medal at the 2022 ASEAN Entrepreneurship Hackathon; second prize at the 2023 Social Venture Plan contest; and a first at a Student Scientific Research contest organized by DTU.
Truong Minh Xuan Tung
Truong Minh Xuan Tung is a fifth-year student at SET. He still studies at DTU but also works as an IT Specialist at the FPT corporation. He enjoys working in IT and wants to continue pursuing a successful career in this field.
Phan Van Truyen
Phan Van Truyen is a fifth-year student at SET. His dream is to become a lecturer at Duy Tan University.
Truong Minh Xuan Tung (2nd from right) receives his team’s first prize at a technology innovation contest held by Samsung
Pham Thi Khanh Van said: “One of our teams’ grandmothers had a stroke, can’t move around anymore, and many older people with bone and joint diseases are experiencing similar problems. Sometimes, when it’s cold in the middle of the night she must get up to turn off a fan, or switch on the light to go for a drink. Our team worked together to create a low-cost, convenient device that allows disabled people to operate household appliances remotely. We were fortunate enough to have received technical guidance from MSc Truong Van Truong, Dean of the DTU Faculty of Electrical Engineering, to complete our project.”
Another team of DTU students, comprising Tran Gia Bao, Le Thi Thuy Duong and Hoang Gia Khanh, won a consolation prize in the Medicine & Pharmacy section, with their project: ‘Creating wound suturing models in surgical practice’. They researched and manufactured a skin model that is cheap, durable, and lifelike, for the teaching and practicing of wound suturing skills, and improve surgical practice in medicine & pharmacy generally.
DTU students also won a most-voted poster award for the project: ‘Collecting debris from rubber tires electrostatically (with environmental protection)’, by a team comprising Pham Van Mai, Hoang Phi Hung, Phan Van Viet Linh, Nguyen Trong Hieu, and Truong Minh Xuan Tung. This remarkable project uses advanced technology to recycle and reuse the tire debris, which will benefit the environment and demonstrate DTU students’ acumen and awareness of resource protection.
These awards encourage DTU students to continue developing their capabilities, and come up with as many useful ideas and solutions as possible to help solve even more society problems.
(Media Center)