MALAYSIA Champion At IPITEX 2016 Bangkok, Scores 24 Gold Medals
Bangkok, 5 February – The Malaysian delegation of researchers that took part in the Bangkok International Intellectual Property Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition (IPITEX 2016) brought pride to the nation when they won 24 gold medals and were crowned champions succeeding over 20 other participating countries.
Malaysia which was patronised by the Malaysian Research and Innovation Society (MyRIS) and the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) sent 31 submissions altogether including six from primary and secondary schools.
MyRIS President Brig. Jen. Datuk Prof. Emeritus Dr. Kamarudin Hussin said that the participation was in conjunction with Thailand Inventors Day 2016 whereby the product of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) researcher Dr. Ammar Zakaria won the Best Asian Invention Award.
Dr. Kamarudin, who was also the UniMAP Vice Chancellor, was proud when 17 researchers who represented the university at the exhibition which lasted four days and ended yesterday also won 16 gold medals and one bronze medal.
“Overall, the Malaysian delegates scored 24 gold, five silver and two bronze medals and this feat is proudly in line with the main performance indicators as set by the Ministry of Higher Education (KPM) and UniMAP early last year,” he said in a statement here today.
The exhibition which was held at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Thailand was inaugurated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, ACM Prajin Juntong.
More than 20 countries took part in the exhibition including Russia, China, Poland, Indonesia, Iran, UK, Canada, South Korea, Philippines, Romania, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
UniMAP submitted 17 entries by junior lecturers from a number of departments such as the Faculty of Engineering Technology, Centre of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sensor Technology (CEASTech), Centre for Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE), Centre for International Languages (CIL), School (PPK) of Material Engineering, School of Microelectronic Engineering and the School of Manufacturing Engineering.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ammar said that his research product “Aquasense – Real Time and Integrated Prawn Farming Monitoring” is a water quality monitoring system for salt-water pools for use with prawn, fish and other types of aquaculture farming.
He explained that the system employs a wireless monitoring system whereby water quality readings are sent to a control centre every 15 minutes without any manpower required at the cages.
“Online monitoring can be performed from anywhere with an internet link and is a technology that has been confirmed to decrease labour costs,” he said.
