At the "XNUMXth High School / Technical College Meteorological Observation Equipment Contest" held by the WNI Meteorological Culture Creation Center on December XNUMX, XNUMX, the XNUMXth, XNUMXth, and XNUMXth grades of the Department of Control and Information Engineering Two teams consisting of third graders received the highest award (XNUMXst place in the whole country) and the award for excellence (XNUMXnd place in the whole country) from the XNUMX teams participating in the final round at the same time.In the contest, it was the third time to win the highest award in two years.

The highest award-winning "Hiyake Fruit ORANGE" is a system that can reduce sunburn by automatic sprinkler watering.It was highly praised for its achievements in actual operation as well as system development.

In addition, "MIKAN (Majide Ii Kanjini Amaku Naru)", which won the Excellence Award, is an application that can easily estimate water stress and support the production of sweet oranges.The practicality of being able to estimate water stress using only a smartphone was highly evaluated.