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UPM bags 3 Gold Medals & Special Awards at Annual Techno Expo


KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Feb – Scientists and researchers of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) won 3 gold medals and 3 Special Awards at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2013.

They won 1 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals in the Invention & Innovation Awards category of MTE and 2 gold, 3 bronze and 3 Special Wards in the  International Design Awards (mIDEAS) category of the annual competition for the nation’s scientists and researchers to display their inventions and creativity.

The 3 Special Awards won by UPM were for Foreign Special Award-Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), The Best Awards and Special Award with Compliment from the Panel Jury.

One of the gold medals for UPM was contributed by Dr. Ali Dehghantanha from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology with his innovation - Pervasive Cyber-Security Education System (PCSES) which is a system to guide users on web application security materials in a unique way that utilized a fully controlled environment to teach theories by enabling the users to experience them.

Dr. Zulkifli Muslim from the Faculty of Design and Architecture on the other hand won a gold medal and two Special Awards - The Best Awards and Foreign Special Award-JIPA for the Best Design Award. His innovation Transformation Design of Decoration Tiles Based on Tropical Plant Images is based on the living trees concept to produce various functional designs such as for tiles, lamp shades, buildings, furniture and on.

The third gold came from an innovation known as Congrex Public Bench by Dr. Ahmad Rizal Abdul Rahman which also won the Special Award with Compliment from Panel Jury. Congrex Public Bench is friendly park furniture made from rubber wood or other local wood materials, designed to provide convenient space and flexible seating.

Apart from the 9 silver and 12 bronze medals, UPM won 3rd place for the Booth Award category.

The annual exhibition, organised by Malaysian Association of Research Scientists (MARS) and PROTEMP Exhibition Sdn. Bhd., and supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), was held from 21st – 23rd February 2013 at the Putra World Trade Centre.

 It was participated by 28 exhibitors comprising research agencies including international agencies, public and private universities and and school.


Invention & Innovation Awards 2013

Gold Medal

Dr. Ali Dehghantanha

Pervasive Cyber-Security Education System

Fak. Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat

 Silver Medals

Prof. Dr. Hamidah Ibrahim

XML Database Management System

Fak. Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat

Dr. Teh Noranis Binti Mohd Aris

SoftAgentOOPSemantics: A Software Agent Paradigm for Object-Oriented Programming Semantics

Fak. Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat

Assoc. Prof. Dr Rahmita Wirza O.K. Rahmat

3D Right Ventricle Stroke Volume Software

Fak. Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat

Prof. Dr. Nor Kamariah Noordin

The Melody to Musical Notation Translating System

Fak. Kejuruteraan

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hawa ZE Jaafar

Novel CO2 Enrichment Techniques for Growth and Pharmaceutical Enhancement of Labisia Pumila Benth (Kacip Fatimah).

Fak. Pertanian

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S.Vijayaletchumy

NeoLexic

Fak. Bahasa Moden dan Komunikasi

Prof Dr Amin Ismail

Application of FTIR and proton NMR spectroscopy for analysis butter adulterated with lard for Halal verification

Inst. Penyelidikan Produk Halal

Prof Dr. Fauziah Othman

The New Generation of Protective Supplement for Liver Cancer

Fak. Perubatan danSains Kesihatan

Prof. Dr. Mohd. Yazid Abd. Manap

FOODClicks- Faculty Administration System

Fak. Sains dan Teknologi Makanan

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam

Saw Mills Expert System

Fak. Perhutanan

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Othman / Mr. Hassen A. Mogaibel

On-demand channel reservation scheme for common traffic in wireless mesh networks

Fak. Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Izura Udzir

Global Monitoring and Surveillance System

Fak. Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat


Dr. Ali (2 kiri) with his group researcher



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