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3 USM STUDENTS MAKE NATION PROUD IN LONDON |
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 10:10 |
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Penang, 20 Oct.– Three Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) undergraduates made USM and the nation proud when they won five main awards in the largest exhibition in the United Kingdom, "Invention, Innovation & Technology Show, The 9th British Invention Show" organized by The British Inventors Society in Alexandra Palace, London from 14 – 17 October 2009.
Upon their return to Malaysia, they were given a rousing welcome by USM students, led by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Omar Osman, and student leaders from the USM Student Representative Council. “Most important is that our students, who are doing their first degree have succeeded in competing with researchers from around the world,” said Prof. Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering who escorted the students from USM to London. The British Invention Show witnesses the participation of industry representatives, researchers and scientists from all over the world and more than 300 research products are exhibited at this Show.
Chew Kuan Khoon, 23, won the Gold Medal for the research product, “Development of new synthetic composite for injectable bone replacement material” as well as “The World Invention Award”.
Chew, who is from Bukit Mertajam, Penang is from the School of Chemical Engineering and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at the same School. Chew explained that the research had successfully resulted in the production of a much stronger composite material to replace bone. This material was injectible and does not require surgery. Steven Lim, 24, won the Gold Medal and the Special Jury Award from Romania for his research product, “POLYCRAC: A Novel route for the conversion of waste polymers into fuels and chemical feedstocks”. Steven Lim, from Batu Pahat, Johor who obtained brilliant results in his first degree, is currently pursuing his Doctorate at the School of Chemical Sciences. According to Steven, his research culminated successfully in “POLYCRAC: A Novel route for the conversion of waste polymers into fuels and chemical feedstocks”, a process that is more cost-effective in terms of time and energy. Meanwhile, Seah Tiong Chai, 23, who is from Malacca, won a gold medal for his product, “Potential novel malaria vaccine containing blood stage specific epitopes”. He is currently working as a research assistant at the Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals, USM. "Through this research, we succeeded in producing a vaccine to combat malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people especially in poor countries,” said Seah.
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USM students succeed in Bridge Model Competition 2009 |
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 08:41 |
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Students of School of Civil Engineering have again made USM proud after being awarded the 1st place in the Creativity and Aesthetics category and also the Jury Special Award in Bridge Model Competition 2009. The competition was organised by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai Johor from 6th to 7th October 2009. A total of 70 groups from 20 higher educational institutions participated in this competition and from 9 groups from USM participated in this competition.
Both of the awards were received by the Legend Group with the bridge called ‘Turtle Bridge’. The group comprising Cheong Fuh Xiong, Lau Gim Ann, Tan Wei Shung, Teo Sze Yong and Teoh Chun Li are 3rd year students of School of Civil Engineering. In the competition, students have to build a bridge model beforehand and to tested with 5kg weights on competition day. The bridge model was judged under three categories namely Lightness and Strength (50%), Creativity and Aesthetics (30%), Poster and Multimedia Presentation (20%) and the overall winner. Legend Group of USM received a cash award of RM2000, trophy and certificates which was presented by Prof. Dr. Shahrin Mohammad, Dean of the Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam, UTM.
Apart from that, based on the final marks of the competition, 6 of the USM teams had been selected and were awarded Gold (Falcon), Silver (Dr. Beaver, The Johns, Legend) and Bronze (Crabie5, Artwork Engineer) category and they received certificates from the organizer.
Well done to the winning team and also not to forget to all 45 students of 3rd and 2nd year of School of Engineering, USM who took part in this competition. Your courage and willingness to take up this challenge shows that USM students are able to withstand all the consequences and obstacles. You have done a very good work!!
Our honored appreciation goes to the School of Civil Engineering, the Division of Student Affairs for all the support and also not to forget to our sponsor Physical Acoustic Limited Malaysia (PALMAL). Thank you to all academic staff especially Structural Group (GoStruct) and technical staff as well as administrative staff who have contributed to the project.
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