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About IDXA

IDXA


Team Background

Independence–X Aerospace (IDXA) is the official Google Lunar X-Prize team from Malaysia. IDXA is lead by Mohd Izmir Yamin (Aerospace Engineering), who has numerous experiences in rocket propulsion and robotic control system, also earned local and international award for invention and innovation. To date IDXA has a strong fleet of strategic advisors that have served the industries in various related engineering and business field as professional engineers, technologist and academicians.

This team has diverse expertise which will effectively distribute the task based on members specialities. Our primary advantage in joining this competition is due to our strategic geographical location, which helps to reduce the launching costs and the utilization of the abundance of direct solar reception. Participation of new team members will be recruited through online advertisement from our website based on appropriate required qualification and experience by the respective divisions.

Our strategy is to keep things simple and less complicated but able to serve the objectives. This will help to reduce potential errors and flaws in the system. Indulge in less bureaucratic situations in order to speed up the design, fabricate and test processes.

Together with this team is a local Malaysian university (Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM) that has supported and endorsed the project which will be the main Strategic Academic Partnership. While the Malaysian Entrepreneurs Development Center (MEDEC) will be the primary support on business advice regarding this project. An implementation of Strategic Private Partnership has been seen as the increment in capabilities and strength, whereby private companies will join us in the excitement of Technology and Business expansion throughout this competition and beyond.

Our Objectives

  • For transforming Malaysia into a develop country by the year 2020.
  • Fully utilizing the advancement of space technology to improve life through enhancing businesses and industries.
  • Create technology spin-offs to serve local industries in having locally available technologies that can produce newer and better product for the nation’s economic growth

Independence-X Aerospace

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TEAM LEADER

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT Director

Mohd Izmir Yamin

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Team leader Mohd Izmir Yamin pursuing Bachelor (Hons) of Engineering (Mechanical) and posseses Diploma in Aerospace Engineering also has background in Aerospace Engineering in the industry, mainly in propulsion and robotics field. Who is currently working towards winning the Google Lunar X-Prize and to create a potential business spin offs from this participation.

He has proved numerous achievements in designing, fabricating and launching experimental research both liquid and solid propellant rockets. His works on rockets have paved him the way for environmental friendly and low cost system to launch a rocket to higher altitude, which successfully launched the nation’s first ever self-designed and local made experimental sounding rocket into the Malaysian airspace.

He has also designed and built a pulse jet engine on experimental basis. His interest is not only in rockets and jet engines but also in robotics system, communications, and vision system. He has participated and won in numerous national robotic competitions. He has demonstrated skill in several different publicized aerospace projects and competitions that won several local and international awards (Christian – Dupont Belgian Minister of Science and Innovation award of the year 2006 in Brussels, Belgium). 1 Gold and Silver medal in Eureka, Belgium International Invention and Innovation award 2006, 1 Gold Medal in Invention-Innovation and Design, Shah Alam 2006, 2 Bronze Medals in International Technology Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur 2006 and Malaysian Technology Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur 2006.

Most recently he led a group project to design a conceptual multistage launcher to put a satellite in orbit around the planet Mars, as part of a special topics course under the Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion. He is also working on an individual research project to develop the compression system on what will be Asia’s first Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) powered remotely piloted aircraft and proposed long endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system for surveillance, low altitude remote sensing and communications. He has also proved himself as a leader, technical skills, and enthusiasm will be a strong asset in advancing this project.

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TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT Asst. Director

Mohd Hadi Anuar Fakharuzi

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Mohd Hadi Anuar Fakharuzi is a training engineer who has worked for mechanical and electrical consultant firm as a design engineer. He has potential and experience in designing mechanical system for building services area especially on tank design, piping design, sewerage design, and water management design or also can be said as fluid work design. He has qualification of manufacturing engineering by year 2004 and has experience of supervise a manufacturing process of Panasonic Air Conditioning Company.

Since he has interest in aerospace engineering field, he upgraded his study in mechanical engineering majoring in thermofluid and propulsion studies. Currently he is running several projects such as cooling system design of PEM fuel cell for Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAV) application, Amphibian vehicle for land and water usage vehicle, and also for this coming Google Lunar X-Prize competition. He has expertise in computer added design (CAD), computer added analysis (CAE) and also computer added manufacturing (CAM). At the present with all experience, expertise, interest, he will use all his capability to working with all partners in GLXP for ensuring this dream will become reality.