2018 i-ENVEX Attracts 408 Products
Pauh Putra, April 15th – The 2018 International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX), held on 13th to 15th April at Dewan Ilmu, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), managed to attract 408 products.
UniMAP Vice Chancellor, Dato’ Prof Dr Zul Azhar Zahid Jamal said that from the total number of participation, 163 are from high schools, 92 from UniMAP, 72 from local higher learning institutions and 81 are international participants from 16 different countries.
“Among countries that joined the exhibition are India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, Canada, Romania, The United States of America, South Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Bangladesh and The Philippines.
“This international exhibition is organized to expose and encourage school and university students to be involved in research and innovation as well as to showcase their invention in a higher platform,” said the Vice Chancellor during his closing speech for the 2018 i-ENVEX.
The director of the program, Associate Professor Dr Mustafa Al-Bakri Abdullah was also present during the closing ceremony.
The Organic Chicken Farming System- E-Lips from Teluk Intan Vocational College and Green-based Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer Serum (GreeSS) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Pulau Pinang won the i-ENVEX Best of The Best Award.
Inventions from UniMAP researchers also won a few awards such as the Human Representative Humanoid Robot from the Faculty of Engineering Technology (UniMAP Vice Chancellor Award), XDM: Ultimate Elimination of Dengue Fever Using Herbal Larvicide Membrane Technology from the Environmental School (i-ENVEX Special Award) and Wireless Network Scalling for Chicken Farm (i-ENVEX Best Award Classed A : Agriculture, Environmental & Renewable Energy)
For international special awards, the product Self Cleaning Geopolymer Paste from the Environmental School and An Environmental Friendly Synthetic WOOD PANEL from FTK won the National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection (INCDPM) Romania Award on Environmental Protection.
