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March 4th is the World Engineering Day and MRANTI is celebrating the marvels of engineering by hosting the UNESCO-proclaimed Malaysian chapter of World Engineering Day (WED) Celebration 2023 with the theme “Engineering Possibilities” to raise engineering ambitions in Malaysia through serving as the national springboard to spark action and build next-generation engineers and innovators.

MRANTI World Engineering Day 2023 features thought provoking forum discussions, engineering challenge, and design challenge with the aim to harness the power of engineering to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and pioneer the possible.

The Objective

• Celebrate engineering and the contribution of Engineers for a better sustainable world.
• Raise engineering ambitions by improving public understanding of how engineering & technology are central to modern life and accelerating actions towards sustainable development.
• Introducing MRANTI Park to the next generation of engineers as a Global 4IR Hub that unlocks and advances game-changing innovations in pursuing possibilities beyond research labs.
• Activating the next-generation of creative, innovative, and globally-responsible engineers and innovators that harness the power of engineering by pioneering new technologies to catalyse ideas into solutions and push for a change.

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The Component

‍Young Engineers Challenge‍

4-5 March 2023, 8.00AM - 6.30PM

Sprint-like challenge where students from 13-17 years old can put their ingenuity and creativity to the test in ideating and creating a functional prototype to address specific smart cities problem statements within 24 hours.

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Forum — Engineering Possibilities

11 March 2023 , 9.30AM - 5.00PM

Imagine a world if we can re-engineer everything, how would you engineer differently? Forward-thinking, futuristic, and visionary — Join us for an awakening one-day-only in-person live intellectual discourse at MRANTI Park where innovators and engineers alike seek to answer the possibility of us engineering innovation for a more resilient world.

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Design Challenge 

12, 18 March 2023, 8 June 2023

Open to teams of undergraduates and postgraduates from engineering and other various disciplines to compete and pitch their most innovative, groundbreaking smart cities ideas in the form of prototypes applaudable for the ultimate investment prize worth up to RM30,000.00 to propel their ambition in redefining living in Malaysian cities. Top 10 teams will be taking the centre stage for a physical prototype showdown at the Grand Finale scheduled for 8 June 2023, and you might not want to miss this out! Submit your ideas by March 10th for primary feedback at bit.ly/MWDC23Idea!

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To game up your application preparation, MRANTI is hosting two capacity building initiatives namely:

‍Ideathon

12 March 2023

Design Thinking workshop designated for interested teams of two to four to experience the creative process of ideating purpose-driven solutions.

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Prototyping 101

18 March 2023

Basic prototyping workshop at MRANTI MakersLab for interested teams to explore and master prototyping or 4IR tech-related skills. This workshop also includes a free 15-20 min consultancy session per team with MRANTI in-house prototyping and tech commercialisation experts upon request!

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