A team of undergraduate students from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering (SECE), Xiamen University Malaysia, achieved notable success at the International Process Control Competition 2025 (IPCC 2025), held at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) from 22 to 24 August.

Team members Sim Jian Hao, Wong Yu Xin, Ng Wei Kang, and Tan Willy, under the guidance of Assistant Professor Dr. Noraini binti Mohd, secured the Second Runner-Up and Best Innovation Awards after an intensive 48-hour hackathon.

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Team ViXual with their two awards. From left: Ng Wei Kang, Sim Jian Hao, Tan Willy, and Wong Yu Xin.

Competing under the theme “Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Carbon Footprint of Regenerative Agriculture”, the team presented AgroViX, an AI-based Python-Streamlit dashboard. The project featured:

• Interactive dashboard tabs for real-time analysis of yield, soil health, costs, and profits.

• A machine-learning model to predict future yields.

• An EcoCost Tracker comparing financial and environmental costs of chemical input strategies.

• A multi-objective optimisation tool balancing crop yield with sustainability.

The competition attracted teams from universities in Malaysia and Indonesia, including Universiti Putra Malaysia, University of Malaya, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sunway University, University of Nottingham Malaysia, and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember.

Team ViXual’s project demonstrated strong technical capability, economic feasibility, and environmental benefits, contributing to Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and 13 (Climate Action).