The USM Delegation with their medals and certificates won at IENA 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany
PENANG, 12 Nov – The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) research delegation returned home victoriously with seven Gold medals and one Special Award from the International Exhibition Of Ideas, Inventions and Innovation Trade Fair (IENA 2009) at Nuremberg, Germany recently.
Apart from the seven Golds medals and the Special Award, USM researchers also won two Silver and three Bronze medals in the prestigious, international trade fair.
Prof. Darah Ibrahim, a lecturer from the School of Biological Sciences was the proud recipient of the Special Award by the ECO International Federation of Inventor Association for her research, ‘A Novel Pilot Scale for The Continuous System of Prototype Bioenzymatic Dienking for Paper Recycling Industry’. Her research product was also awarded the Silver medal.
Gold Medal Winners:
1. Prof. Asma Ismail – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Reseach and Innovation)
Product – Multiplex PCRDisc
2. Professor Abdul Latif Ahmad – Dean, School of Chemical Engineering
Product - γ-Alumina With Bimodal Pore Size Distribution:
Transport Resistance Diminution in Bi-Layered Membranes
3. Professor Chan Kit Lam – School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Product - Eurynones: A Potential Herbal-based Antimalarial
Product
4. Professor Abdul Rahman Mohamed – School of Chemical Engineering
Product - Novel Production of Low CostHIgh Quality Carbon
Nanotubes
5. Dr. Lee Keat Teong - School of Chemical Engineering
Product - Rice Husk Ash-Based Sorbent/Catalyst As A Novel
Industrial Gas Cleaning Technology
6. Dr. Mohd Fadzil Ain – School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Product - Wideband Dielectric Resonator Antenna for Wireless
Application
7. Dr. Chan Yean Yean, Assoc. Prof. Manickam Ravichandran -
School of Medical Sciences
Product - Cholera Genosensor : A DNA-based kit for the Rapid
Detection of Vibrio cholerae
Silver Medals
1. Professor Sureswaran Ramadass, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rahmat Budiarto
National Advanced IPv6 Centre
Product - jENTERPRISE - Enterprise Security Platform
2. Professor Darah Ibrahim, Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies and Research), School of Biological Sciences
Product - A Novel Pilot Scale for The Continuous System of Prototype Bioenzymatic Dienking for Paper Recycling Industry
Bronze Medals
1. Dr. Widad Ismail - School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Product - Contactless Active Integrated RFID System for Long
Range Detection
2. Dipl. -Ing.Endri Rachman – School of Aerospace Engineering
Product - Hardware In-The Loop Simulator (HILS) for Unmanned
System
3. Dr. Rosalina Abdul Salam – School of Computer Sciences
Product - Aqua Marine Video Enhancement Tool (AquaVideo T)
