The IEEE SS12: Maker Fair Competition is an innovation challenge that is organized to recognize the best social innovators around the world. The theme for this year was ‘EMPATHY TO ENGINEERING: SOLUTIONS FOR MACRO ISSUES’.
At the competition students from different universities all over the the world took part and showed their engineering skills. The final round of the SS12 took place at the National School of Business Management Green University, Sri Lanka.
Representing their university and Pakistan at the event were students from Usman Institute of Technology (UIT). Speaking to the local news, the Assistant Professor and Branch Counselor of IEEE UIT Atif Fareed said that said that he greatly appreciates the students who worked hard and participated in the competition.
The IEEE SS12 competition saw to hundreds of innovators, industry, community and field experts who attended the final round and shared their experiences as keynote speakers. At the open house the participants had the chance to view project exhibitions, presentations and interact with the students.