(FYP 1) Week 12: Workshop 6 (Claim and Documentation) and Meeting with Supervisor

This week I attended workshop 6 sessions on Wednesday, 28 December 2022, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm, conducted online on the Microsoft Teams platform by Sir Mohamad Shaiful Bin Osman the Coordinator for the Final Year Project. It was attended by all FYP 1, FYP 2, and Diploma students. This workshop session explains important dates for submitting proposal and thesis reports, report submission procedures, and the FYP claims process. 

This week I also had a meeting and discussion with my supervisor, Madam Azliza, to share the outcomes of the input obtained from the presentation of the defence proposal last week. Also, sharing progress reports, discussion of things that need improvement, and questions and answers. At the end of this meeting, my supervisor set a deadline for submitting the proposal report for plagiarism checking, the deadline for submitting the full proposal report, and the blog for grading.

(FYP 1) Week 11: Chapter 3 (Methodology) Progress and Defence Proposal Presentation

This week, I resumed writing to complete chapter 3 after 4 subtopics were completed last week. The rest of the subtopic explains the hardware and software used, a Gantt chart for the entire FYP 1 and FYP 2 planning, the costing budget for the main components, and a chapter summary. All excess subtopics for chapter 3 have been completed this week. 

This week as well, although I am currently completing the writing of chapter 3, I have gone through the online defense proposal presentation on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, from 2.30 to 5.30 pm. This presentation was conducted by 6 presenters, including me, on the Microsoft Teams platform, which was assessed by 2 assessors, namely Sir Ahmad Basri and Sir Aswadi.

(FYP 1) Week 10: Chapter 3 (Methodology) Writing and Defense Proposal Presentation Preparation

This week, I started writing for chapter 3, methodology. This chapter has nine subtopics which I have listed below:-

3.1    Introduction

3.2    Block diagram

3.3    Flow chart

3.4    Circuit diagram

3.5    Hardware

3.6    Software

3.7    Gantt chart

3.8    Costing Budget

3.9    Chapter summary

Throughout my research to find suitable components for my FYP, I have used 3 types of sensors as input: the MQ135 air quality sensor, LM393 sound sensor, and DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor. NodeMCU ESP35 has a built-in Wi-Fi module as a microcontroller. 4 outputs, and 2 of them are based on the warning system, namely the warning light and warning alarm siren. The rest is an OLED display and SIM800L GSM/GPRS module. For the software part, I will use Arduino IoT Cloud as a Cloud server to store data for monitoring and analysis purposes. It also comes with an application on the mobile phone named Arduino IoT Cloud Remote App for users' convenience anywhere. In addition, since NodeMCU ESP32 is compatible with Arduino IDE, this software will also be used to program this project. This week, I only managed to do 4 out of 9 subtopics. The rest will be continued next week.

Also, this week, I have started preparing slides for the defense proposal presentation that will take place next week after attending workshop 4 sessions on the presentation and defense proposal. Based on what has been learned from the session is to prepare presentation slides estimated at 15 to 25 slides, and the presentation duration is at most 15 minutes, including the question and answer session. Completing the writing of chapter 3 and the defense proposal presentation slide will be done simultaneously until next week.

(FYP 1) Week 9: Chapter 2 (Literature Review) Progress

I resumed writing to complete chapter 2 for this week. Last week, two out of four journals or previous projects were summarized. Furthermore, the chapter summary is also made based on input, ideas, differences, and information obtained from the outline of the 4 journals. As a result, the writing of chapter 2 was completed this week. After chapter 2 was finished, I spent this week searching for, identifying, and selecting the input, process, and output components for my FYP that will be employed based on the references from the four journals. In addition, the sort of data storage and collection software required for monitoring and analysis must be identified. This stage marks the beginning of preparation for the methodology chapter 3 writing process.

(FYP 1) Week 8: Workshop 4 (Presentation and Defense Proposal) and Chapter 2 (Literature Review) Writing

This week I attended workshop 4 sessions on Wednesday, 30 November 2022, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm, conducted online on the Microsoft Teams platform by Madam Hajah Azliza Binti Mohamad Arshad who is my supervisor. It was attended by all FYP 1, FYP 2, and Diploma students. This workshop session explains about the preparation slide presentation and documentation, and tips and tricks of presentation using the 4'Ps approach which is planning, preparing, practicing, and presenting. In addition, the session also explained the FYP Handbook 4th edition 2019 regarding some regulations in terms of FYP Grades and plagiarism.

In addition, I have begun writing chapter 2, titled Literature Review, this week. After weeks of looking for journals relating to the title of my FYP, The Development of Industrial Air and Sound Pollution Monitoring and Avoidance System Using IoT, four journals were discovered. They will be used as references for chapter 2 and the subsequent stages. These four journals are previous project studies relevant to my FYP title, and they include:

1. Air and Sound Pollution Monitoring System using IoT
2. IoT Based Noise Monitoring System (NOMOS)
3. Air and Noise Pollution Monitoring in the City of Zagreb by Using Mobile Crowdsensing
4. A Raspberry Pi Controlled Cloud Based Air and Sound Pollution Monitoring System with Temperature and Humidity Sensing

Each of these four previous projects will be summarised, including the theory, concept, methodology, etc. This week, I only had time to summarise the writing of the two previous projects. The remainder will be completed next week.