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Sim One Monitoring Tsunamis by He Li, Nankai Cheng and Li Yang Receives the Golden A' Design Award in Product Engineering and Technical Design
He Li, Nankai Cheng and Li Yang recognized for product engineering and technical design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Product Engineering and Technical Design category for Sim One Monitoring Tsunamis by He Li, Nankai Cheng and Li Yang, designed for University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Sim One Monitoring Tsunamis
Sim One is a monitoring device designed to detect tsunamis in the open sea. Existing warning methods rely on simulations of earthquake data, which are delayed and often inaccurate. Sim One measures the internal dynamics of the ocean in real time. Several units are anchored along a chain, 30 to 50 kilometres apart, forming a monitoring network. When a dangerous ocean current is detected, a communication buoy is released and sends warning signals from the surface. The shell is made of aluminium bronze and titanium with an anti-corrosion coating.
About He Li, Nankai Cheng and Li Yang
We are a research group from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. The team consists of researchers and PhD students with complete and diverse experiments and knowledge of product design. The group members have engaged in product design and its supportive issues, including analysis and design optimisation. The team concentrated on ocean-based products like floating offshore wind turbines and ocean state estimation devices like Sim One.
Award Record
This recognition makes He Li, Nankai Cheng and Li Yang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Product Engineering and Technical Design Award
The A' Engineering Design Award is an international competition recognizing outstanding engineering projects by top engineers and consulting firms worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to product engineers, technical designers, industrial designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include blueprints, prototypes, schematics, CAD models, technical drawings and machine designs. Awarded engineering designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/engineering
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/150456
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/150456
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!150456
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/343965
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://youtu.be/VRBcwXD54Kw
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Sim One Monitoring Tsunamis
- Function
- Monitoring Tsunamis
- Category
- Product Engineering and Technical Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Colors
- Goldenrod, Dark Goldenrod, Sandy Brown, Burly Wood and Sienna
- Images
- 5
- Client
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
The Recognition
- Laureate
- He Li, Nankai Cheng and Li Yang
- Country
- Portugal
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #150456
Credits
- Team
- "He Li", "Nankai Cheng", "Li Yang"
- Image Credits
- Image #1, Creator Nankai Cheng, He Li and Li Yang Image #2, Creator Nankai Cheng, He Li and Li Yang Image #3, Creator Nankai Cheng, He Li and Li Yang Image #4, Creator Nankai Cheng, He Li and Li Yang Image #5, Creator Nankai Cheng, He Li and Li Yang The copyright belongs to Nankai Cheng, He Li and Li Yang.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Tsunamis can cause tens of thousands of casualties. Due to the nature of tsunamis, humans do not have equipment that can directly detect tsunamis. The current tsunami warning is based on the simulation results of earthquake data, which has a lag and is inaccurate. This design is designed to monitor the internal dynamics of the ocean in real-time and directly detect tsunamis, with high warning accuracy.
- Inspiration
- The device was initially designed to decrease the likelihood of marine disasters such as tsunamis caused by the warming of the climate and the rise in sea level. The design is inspired by the shape of Aeoliscus strigatus (an upright diving creature in the ocean). The colour is yellow, as it stands out against the marine background.
- Research
- This project constructs the tsunami early warning system and provides guiding significance and a theoretical basis for the new design. It also maps tsunami propagation properties and discovers critical points for tsunami monitoring with the assistance of analysing tsunami dynamics. Finally, an accurate and reliable tsunami early warning system is designed. The system can reduce the threat of marine disasters, for instance, tsunamis, to coastal residents. At the same time, the system extracts comprehensive ocean state data, which will provide a better understanding of the oceans of human beings.
- Challenge
- Harsh sea conditions introduce additional challenges to designing and applying deep-sea-based equipment. Such challenges include wave spectrum monitoring, anchoring in deep waters (100-200 meters), monitoring data modelling and analysis, and reliable and long-time functioning. A feasible and applicable solution copes with all the challenges mentioned above is finalised by a completed design.
- Realization and Technology
- The equipment is anchored in the open sea by the offshore work vessel and fixed by special ropes. The empty compartment inside the device provides buoyancy, allowing the device to be suspended at a fixed depth. The overall structural shell is mainly made of aluminum bronze and titanium. The surface coating adopts inorganic seawater anti-corrosion coating.
- Operation and Interaction
- Several devices are anchored in the ocean along a chain distribution, and each device is separated by 30-50 kilometers. Form a monitoring network for the internal movement of the ocean. When the device detects dangerous ocean currents, it releases the communication buoys. The buoy floats to the sea surface to send out early warning signals and data. If several adjacent devices emit tsunami signals almost simultaneously, an alert is issued to coastal areas.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started on February 2020 in China and finished on January 27th, 2023, in Lisbon.
- Specifications
- SPECIFICATIONS and DIMENSION: 1050mm*1000mm*2050mm PACKAGE: High-carbon steel TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Max. dive depth - 150 m; Max. speed - 20 km/h; Max. range - 100 km
- Keywords
- Tsunami early warning equipment, Engineering Design, Technical design, Product Design,
