Innovation Fair 2024

Showcase your project at our Annual Innovation Fair at the University of Wollongong in Dubai.

This Fair provides an opportunity for senior bachelor students and recent graduates majoring in Engineering or related areas to showcase and demonstrate their project to other students, academics, industries, and the public in an interactive and competitive environment.

Competition Date

Saturday, 8 June 2024 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM

Last date to register: Monday, 3 June 2024

Venue

UOWD Building, Dubai Knowledge Park

Who can apply?

The competition is open to recent graduates, within the last 2 years, in Electrical, Computer, Telecommunications, Mechatronics, Civil and Mechanical Engineering or any related program. If students have previously participated in an innovation fair with a specific project, they are not eligible to participate with the same project again.

A student can participate ONLY in one team.

What is involved?

All teams must submit an A2 poster by 3^rd June here. Every external (non-UOWD) team is responsible for printing its own poster and bring it on the event day.

The registration will be cancelled if no poster is submitted before the deadline

How to apply?

Every participant must complete the registration form here. Members of the same team must use the same group name when completing the registration form.

Competition Categories

Early Engineering (groups of 4-5 members)

Microcontroller based projects with maximum of 10 sensor/actuators

Advanced Engineering (groups of 4-5 members)

Complex engineering projects including signal processing, AI, IoT and robotics

Research: open to all engineering topics.

Program Schedule

Time	Program	Location
12:30pm	Registration Open	Ground Floor
1:30pm	Opening Ceremony	Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor
1:40pm - 2:00pm	Guests Talk	Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor
2:15pm - 5:15pm	Project Demonstration	Ground Floor & 4^th Floor
5:45pm - 6:15pm	Prize Giving and Closing Ceremony	Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor
6:30pm - 7:30pm	Dinner*	6^th Floor

* Dinner will be served for the participants, judges, UOWD staff, and volunteers only.

Judging and prizes

AED 5,000 worth of prizes will be awarded by an independent judging panel of representatives from industry and academia

For more information please contact [email protected]

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