Three UTM Students Won NASA Space App Challenge Sarawak 2022; A 48 Hours Global Hackathon Event
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Two teams from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) were declared as 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner Up in NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Space Apps Sarawak 2022 on 11th October 2022.
NASA Space Apps Challenge is a 48 hours global hackathon event, organized by NASA, to inspire local communities to come together, think intensely, and create solutions to important problems. There were around 2,000 participants from Sarawak competing in this year’s NASA hackathon, of which the NASA Space Apps Sarawak 2022 competition was part. It is a coordinated event under the Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development, Sarawak.
On the 1st and 2nd of October 2022, 3 UTM students participated in the NASA Space Apps Challenge for Sarawak Region and were successfully selected as the Top 5 finalists. All finalists were selected to compete again in the grand finale on 11th October 2022 at TEGAS Digital Village, Kuching, Sarawak.
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