Intelligent Aerial Robotics

We Hosted Aerospace Engineering Study Program for Students from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

January 23, 2024 | (Last Update : January 22, 2024)

The School of Aerospace Engineering at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is proud to have hosted the Aerospace Engineering Study Program from January 15th to 24th, 2024. This program, officially opened by our Dean, Prof. Dr. Farzad Ismail, welcomed a group of 26 undergraduate and postgraduate students from Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), China, and the delegate of NPU, Dr. Zhang Chun. The program was an integral part of the Advanced Aeronautical Technology and Aerial Robotics research project, coordinated by Dr. Zhou Ye, Dr. Ho Hann Woei, and Prof. Dr. Farzad Ismail.

We Secured the Fifth Place at International Unmanned System Swarm Technology Competition (IUSC) 2023

October 31, 2023 | (Last Update : October 30, 2023)

We are thrilled to announce that our USM team has secured fifth place at the International Unmanned System Swarm Technology Competition (IUSC) 2023! This achievement marks a significant milestone in our journey as we participated in the drone swarm competition for the very first time.

We won the 2nd place in Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2022

August 16, 2022 | (Last Update : August 15, 2022)

Heartfelt congratulations to Alex Chin and Zhiwei Lee, our final year students, with their supervisor, Dr. Ho Hann Woei, for winning 2nd place in the AIoT, FPGA & Embedded Systems Track in Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2022 from the School of Aerospace Engineering!

We Won the CREST Design Challenge award and IEM Best Paper Award in Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2021

August 03, 2021 | (Last Update : August 02, 2021)

An affordable, palm-sized and automatic Micro Air Vehicle(MAV) to help farmers in monitoring health conditions of tissue-cultured banana seedlings in greenhouses, designed and developed by a team from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Aerospace Engineering, had clinched the top prize for the Design Challenge Award under the CREST Design Challenge Category at the Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2021 (IMDC2021).

We Secured the 1st Runner-up in Petronas Technology Challenge 6 “Autonomous Drone Capable of Performing Ultrasonic Thickness (UT) Measurement at Height”

October 17, 2019 | (Last Update : October 16, 2019)

A team of eight students from the School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, were selected to participate in the finals of Petronas Technology Challenge 6 along with five other teams, where two teams are from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, one from Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIA) and one more from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM Penang). These five finalists were selected from a total of 17 participating teams that handed in proposals and also pitch their ideas to the Petronas Research Team. These teams consist of students of varying backgrounds and studies where some teams consist of post-graduate students.