| Project Title | Domain | Problem Definition | Components / Technologies | Key Outcomes | Rubric Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Corridor for Ambulance Response | Smart Healthcare, Smart Mobility | Design a CPS that uses real-time clinical alerts and ambulance GPS to create an automatic “green corridor” by coordinating traffic signals and routing to minimise emergency response time. | Smart algorithms for pathfinding; IoT-enabled traffic lights; ambulance GPS tracking; communication networks; actuator-based signal control. |
• Traffic simulation model showing reduced travel time. • Working alert and route-visualisation prototype (web/mobile). • Protocol document on legal, social and city-integration aspects. |
• Algorithm efficiency (≈40% weight) based on time saved in simulation. • System integration (≈30%) between health alerts and traffic control. • Societal impact and feasibility (≈30%). |
| Integrated Urban Farm-to-Home Module | Smart Food & Agriculture, Smart Housing & Infrastructure | Build a CPS module for a residential building that manages a rooftop or vertical farm, linking building automation with smart irrigation to optimise resources and support local food. | IoT soil, humidity and light sensors; smart irrigation systems; embedded controllers; actuators for pumps and vents; control dashboard for residents. |
• Control-system prototype automating light and irrigation from sensor inputs. • Resource dashboard showing water and energy savings. • High-level structural and deployment feasibility report. |
• Technical functionality of sensing–actuation loops (≈40%). • Resource efficiency in water/energy use (≈30%). • Sustainability and adoption potential for urban communities (≈30%). |
| Citizen-Driven Water Quality Audit System | Smart Water Resources, Smart Governance | Create a CPS where citizens use low-cost handheld sensors to measure drinking-water quality and securely send data to a governance platform that flags contamination risks in real time. | Low-cost IoT chemical/pH/turbidity sensors; embedded hardware; wireless communication; open-data backend; AI analytics for anomaly detection and risk mapping. |
• Proof-of-concept sensor device streaming data wirelessly. • Governance interface with map-based real-time monitoring and alerts. • Citizen usage and data-quality protocol. |
• Technical accuracy and reliability of sensing (≈40%). • Governance and data-security integration (≈35%). • Public trust and usability of the open-data interface (≈25%). |
| Energy-Smart Industrial Cold Storage | Smart Manufacturing, Smart Energy | Propose a CPPS for SME cold-storage units that applies predictive maintenance and decentralised energy management to keep equipment healthy and reduce energy costs. | IIoT vibration and temperature sensors; edge-computing gateway; predictive-maintenance model; real-time monitoring and control; decentralised energy-management logic (grid / solar / DG). |
• Predictive model for compressor failure using simulated sensor data. • Simulation of energy-optimised compressor operation using dynamic tariffs or availability. • Operations dashboard for temperature, machine health and energy source. |
• Technical functionality and responsiveness of control loop (≈40%). • Energy-efficiency gains demonstrated in scenarios (≈35%). • Economic impact and ROI argument for SMEs (≈25%). |
| Safe School Perimeter and Environment | Smart Public Safety, Smart Education & Culture | Develop a CPS for campuses that combines cyber-physical perimeter security with personalised classroom environments that monitor and control air quality for student well-being. | Access-control and security sensors; AI-based recognition mock-up; motion and CO₂ / air-quality sensors; HVAC actuators; campus monitoring and control interface. |
• Prototype security alert system with automatic notifications and zone lockdown logic. • Air-quality control loop demo maintaining target comfort levels. • Emergency and ethics protocol manual for security and environmental events. |
• Safety effectiveness of alerts and access control (≈40%). • Health optimisation via environmental control metrics (≈35%). • Ethical and usability considerations, including privacy (≈25%). |