UCTI is the Champion of Malaysian Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

Microsoft Corporation organises an annual competition entitled The Imagine Cup, involving tertiary student teams representing nations all around the world. In this year's competition, two teams from UCTI competed in the National Level Competition, which was organized jointly by Microsoft Malaysia and the Ministry of Higher Education, on an even much grander scale than before. We were extremely pleased that BOTH UCTI TEAMS made it into the shortlist to compete in the Final Rounds involving 30 teams from Public and Private Institutions from all over the country.

The Final Rounds were held in Kota Kinabalu from 16th to 18th May 2012, and after the first elimination rounds, once again BOTH our teams made it to the Final Six teams who completed in the Finals which were held on Thursday night. When the results were announced, UCTI’s Teams made us proud yet again, when:
- Team "The Rhapsody" Won the Overall Championship and were also chosen to receive the "Special Innovation Award", for their project entitled "WizBoard". They were awarded RM11,000 in Cash Prize, and will now be Representing Malaysia In the World Championship of Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 in Sydney, Australia from 6th - 10th July 2012!
- Team "Drinking Water" also from UCTI, won the Consolation prize in this competition and walked away with RM 1000 in cash, for their project entitled "ENWIRO (Environmental Waste Interceptor and Organization)"

This is the 3rd consecutive time that UCTI has won the Championship of the Imagine Cup in Malaysia – A TRULY IMPRESSIVE HATTRICK INDEED!.
The Theme of the Imagine Cup competition this year is "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems". Participating teams competed to develop the most innovative solution using (primarily) Microsoft technologies, with an emphasis on achieving maximum possible impact in addressing a range of global issues as defined within the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/). In this regard, all our teams acquitted themselves admirably and truly deserve the awards which they received from Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah on Thursday night.
Details of team members and the UCTI staff who mentored them are as follows:

Team "The Rhapsody"	Team "Drinking Water"
PROJECT : WizBoard	PROJECT : ENWIRO (Environmental Waste Interceptor and Organization)
Tan Jit Ren	Alexander Wong Tuck Meng
Chan Wai Lun	Amir Masoud Haghi
Ker Jia Chiun	Tew Sheau Wei
Wong Mun Choong	Chen Yujiang
Mentor : Muhammad Anis Ur Rehman	Mentor : Kalai Anand Ratnam

Team "The Rhapsody" will now prepare for the World Championship in Sydney in July 2012

Team "The Rhapsody" will represent the Nation in the World Championship in Sydney in July 2011.