Hafliza Hussin
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) managed to take home five gold medals, 12 silver, 10 bronze and a special award at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2014, held from 20 to 22 February.
Dr. Farzad Hejazi from Faculty of Engineering successfully bagged a Gold medal and a Special Award - The Very Best Award through his research to earn him a cash prize of RM4000.
His innovation, The Wall Rubber Damper for Framed Structure is vibration absorbing rubber or wall damper to reduce dynamic load effect and prevent damage to building structure due to concussion caused by natural disaster.
The second gold was won by Dr. Rohaya Latip from Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology with her innovation, Multimedia File Splitting Technique for Medical Data Storage Grid. This technique has the ability to manage large medical data such as echocardiogram, MRI and Citi scan to be stored in a computing facility grid called the Biruni Grid.
Another participant from Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Dr. Ali Dehghantanha, managed to take home another gold medal through his innovation, Private Safe Android Market: Be Part of Our Revolution in Security Industry creations, which is an innovative download security app for android users.
The fourth gold was bagged by Prof. Dr. Taufiq Yap Yun Hin through his research, Bi-Functional Heterogeneous Catalyst for Production of Non-Edible based Biodiesel, a system development for heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel in a more effective large-scale production.
Prof. Dr. Fatimah Md. Yusoff from Institute of Bioscience, won the fifth gold medal for UPM through her product, Premier Marine Collagen, edible collagen that is extracted from jellyfish and its use is suitable in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industries, especially for the fabrication of biomaterials such as bandages and artificial tissues.
UPM also won the Most Visitor - Friendly Booth and received a trophy on the night of the awards ceremony presented by the Deputy Minister of MOSTI, Datuk Dr. Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah.
The list of winners:
No |
Name of Product/Technology |
Name of Project Leader |
Faculty/Institute/School/Academy |
Result |
Rubber Wall Damper |
Dr. Farzad Hejazi |
Faculty of Engineering |
Gold+Special Award (Very Best Award + RM4,000) |
|
A Novel Multimedia File Splitting Technique for Medical Data Grid Storage |
Dr. Rohaya Latip |
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology |
Gold |
|
Private Android Safe Market |
Dr. Ali Dehghantanha |
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology |
Gold |
|
GreenCat |
Prof. Dr. Taufiq Yap Yun Hin |
Faculty of Science |
Gold |
|
Premier Marine Collagen |
Prof. Dr. Fatimah Md. Yusoff |
Institute of Bioscience |
Gold |
|
Treatment Of Oil Palm Biomass By Superheated Steam For Biocomposite Production |
Dr. Hidayah Ariffin |
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences |
Silver |
|
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) activity reporter cell line |
A.P. Dr. Norazizah Shafee |
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences |
Silver |
|
Multi Function Kitchen Stool |
Dr. Ahmad Rizal Rahman |
Faculty of Design and Architecture |
Silver |
|
UJIAN KECEKAPAN BAHASA MELAYU (UKBM©) |
Dr. Fadzilah Abd Rahman |
Faculty of Educational Studies |
Silver |
|
High Thrust Density Transverse Flux Linear Motor |
A.P. Dr. Norhisam Misron |
Faculty of Engineering |
Silver |
|
Structural Analysis Software |
Prof. Ir. Dato’ Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar |
Faculty of Engineering |
Silver |
|
White Pepper Decorticator |
A.P. Dr. Rosnah Shamsudin |
Faculty of Engineering |
Silver |
|
Kit Bijak Wang: Anak Bijak Cerdik Duit |
Dr. Mohamad Fazli Sabri |
Faculty of Human Ecology |
Silver |
|
Sunscreen active agent |
Prof. Dr. Mohd Zobir Hussein |
Institute of Advanced Technology |
Silver |
|
Nanocomposite Bone Scaffolds |
Prof. Dr. Md Zuki Abu Bakar@ Zakaria |
Institute of Bioscience |
Silver |
|
Automatic Dishwashing Detergent (Add) Containing T1 Lipase |
Prof. Dr. Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd Rahman |
Institute of Bioscience |
Silver |
|
Learning Assessment Systems |
A.P. Dr. Kamariah Abu Bakar |
Institute of Mathematical Research |
Silver |
|
Geriatrics Information System |
A.P. Dr. Marzanah A. Jabar |
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology |
Bronze |
|
MyMOM |
A.P. Dr. Masrah Azrifah Azmi Murad |
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology |
Bronze |
|
Forensic Application to Identify Source and location of mobile phone Image |
Prof. Dr. amlan Mahmod |
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology |
Bronze |
|
EGGS BOILER |
Pn. Arnis Aziz |
Faculty of Design and Architecture |
Bronze |
|
SATAY PACKAGING |
Pn. Arnis Aziz |
Faculty of Design and Architecture |
Bronze |
|
IKDIG © |
Pn. Rosnani Jusoh |
Faculty of Educational Studies |
Bronze |
|
Single Seedling Nursery Tray for SRI Planting Machine |
Dr. Aimrun Wayayok |
Faculty of Engineering |
Bronze |
|
Salmonella Agona for Colorectal Tumor |
A.P. Dr. Cheah Yoke Kqueen |
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences |
Bronze |
|
LAMP for the detection of ISKNV |
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohamed Shariff Mohamed Din |
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
Bronze |
|
Assessment of Teachers' Practices in Teacher-Student Interaction System |
Prof. Dr. Kamariah Abu Bakar |
Institute of Mathematical Research |
Bronze |
Date of Input: | Updated: | amir_peli
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