Universiti Putra Malaysia senior lecturer wins 4 gold medals in i-ENVEX

PAUH PUTRA – A Senior Lecturer of the Department of Civil Engineering and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Dr. Farzad Hejaz, won four gold medals at the recently-concluded International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX).

Dr. Farzad, who is also the faculty’s Coordinator, also received a Special Award for Creative Invention that was presented by the Raja Muda of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail.

i-ENVEX Exhibition was held at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), with participating researchers coming from Malaysia, South Korea, USA, Canada, Taiwan, China, Romania, India and Iraq.

The invention exhibition which was held in UniMAP Pauh Putra Main Campus, encouraged the participation of young researchers, scientists and inventors and brought them all under the same roof to show off their inventions.

Below are noble products put up for display at i-ENVEX. All the products are in the stage of being commercialized:

1- Nonlinear Conical spring Bracing System for Structures under Dynamic Load. Inventor: Dr. Farzad Hejazi, Dr. Amir Fateh, Professor Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar
2- Divergent Viscous Wall Damper. Inventor: Dr. Farzad Hejazi, Mr. Soheil Nikpour, Professor Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar
3- FEM program for Analysis of RC Structure with Prestress Elements. Inventor: Dr. Farzad Hejazi, Mr. Milad Hafezolghorani, Professor Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Raizal Saifulnaz Muhammad Rashid
4- Rubber Damper Connector. Inventor: Dr. Farzad Hejazi, Mr. Esmaeil Ibrahimi, Professor Dato' Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar. - UPM.

Published: 25 May 2016

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http://www.upm.edu.my/news/details/ienvexbi Original announcement from Universiti Putra Malaysia