STMicroelectronics encourages Youths for Smart Sensor Technology

STMicroelectronics has announced the winners of its University iNEMO Design Contest 2014. The announcement concludes a year-long technology mentoring engagement with final-year engineering students from the National University of Singapore and The Nanyang Technological University. The students were mentored by ST engineers in using the iNEMO MEMS smart-sensor module to create prototypes of innovative and original applications.
 
STMicroelectronics sees MEMS technology bringing many “smart” features into areas such as healthcare, wellness, recreation, navigation, security, and even industrial applications. The students participating in this competition were encouraged to create applications in such areas that were not yet commercialized in the market. Therefore, originality of ideas and practicality to real-life applications were factors given high weight in selecting the winners.
 
All 13 contest participants are final-year engineering students from the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University. Sponsored by STMicroelectronics, the participants all had access to ST’s iNEMO modules, technical support, and financial support of SGD 500 per student for the purchase of third-party materials. Their submissions for the iNEMO contest were also part of their final-year project.