1. The activity that I enjoy
doing is…….
“TAKING PROBLEMS
APART AND CREATING
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
FOR THEM”

2. O Every year I like to involve myself in one
home brew project which tests my abilities
on what I learnt through the past years.
O The key project selection criteria is that the
problem is challenging enough and uses most
of my knowledge gained over the period
O It starts by finding a problem and asking the
question “How can I help make this better?”
O The solution thought process is that it has to
be original and completely different from what
exists.
O It is a hobby I have cherished for years and it
applies to any field I am involved in during that
year.

3. Contribution towards
Self-development
Personal Professional
O It helps me keep close O It adds to my knowledge
to reality base
O It gives me a sense of O It tests my learning
having created O It builds my confidence
something of value in my skill sets
O In many cases it solves O It keeps me creative and
everyday problems, spurs my innovative
thereby improves the thinking
quality of my daily life. O It helps me ideate for
O It gives me a sense of incubators that can be
achievement on small leveraged for potential
scale goals. business benefits.

4. Project List…..
O The projects that I have completed to date include:
1. Programmed autonomous robots capable of
performing mundane pre-programmed tasks
2. Servo-operated mechanisms
3. Sound emulator
4. Bungalow security system
5. Lighting solutions for automating aquariums
6. Automated garden watering system
7. Line balancing program

5. PROJECT
EXAMPLE- 1
Line Balancing Tool
(Rational Automation Software)

11. PROJECT
EXAMPLE- 2
Micromouse
(Intelligent Robotics)

17. This year……
O I am creating a home brew statistical program in
Java with a graphical user interface to:
A. Handle multiple probability distributions
B. Help perform custom statistical fundamental
analyses
C. Chart statistical outcomes with key financial
indicators
D. Implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms to
simulate economic and financial models

18. Feedback from an Inventor
James A McEwen – Inventor on 10+ issued patents on turbochargers