Issue 1

First Prize in the 6th IoT Technology and Application 3S Competition for University Students in China

Supervised by Prof. Changyuan Yu, a research team comprised of Mr Jianxun Yu (Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering student), Ms Shuyang Chen (PhD student), Dr Fengze Tan (PhD graduate), Ms Jiaqi Qu (PhD student) and Mr Weimin Lyu (Master of Science in Electronic and Information Engineering graduate) attained the First Prize in the 6th IoT Technology and Application 3S Competition for University Students in China (第六屆大學生物聯網技術與應用「三創」大賽). The competition was hosted by the Chinese Institute of Electronics and the Chinese Institute of Communications in Nanjing in December 2020. It aims to encourage innovation and development of Smart Service System (3S) in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) and communications. The winning project “Smart Health Monitoring System for Automobile Drivers Based on Optical Fiber Interference Sensing” developed an optical fiber interferometer for embedding in car seat cushions. This system can monitor the real-time heart and respiration rates of drivers in a contactless and non-invasive way in order to avoid traffic accidents caused by drivers with health issues.