JOHOR BAHRU, 19 February:  Universiti Teknologi Malaysia stands tall at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2012 at PWTC when it won 23 gold, 22 silver and three bronze medals, which ended yesterday.

The achievement made UTM the institution with the most gold medals followed by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) eight and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) six gold medals.

Vice Chancellor Professor Dato’ Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang said, UTM researchers also won the Best of the Best Award, The Best Award and Best Biotechnology Award awarded by the Japan Intellectual Property Association.

The Best of the Best Award was won by Professor Dr. Wan Azlee Abu Bakar through his product Euro IV DesCat Production Technology, a device that offers many advantages which a recyclable, cost effective operational process and treated diesel which meet green environmental requirement.

DesCat can achieve up to Euro IV standard for crude diesel fuel and Green Diesel for Malaysian commercial diesel duel according to International Standard Diesel Fuel.

“This achievement made UTM as Best of the Best award recipients for fourth time in five years.

“Meanwhile, The Best Award was won by Dr. Faizah Abd Ghani from Faculty of Education. She produced a product called Discovery System: Discover Your True Self,” he said.

The product is a new design to discover the nafs of people based on Imam al-Ghazali’s perspective which included Ammarah, Lawwamah, Mulhimah, Mutmainnah and Rodhiah.

The product is unique and was developed to provide an alternative approach for discovery of self through Nafs Discovery and it has been designed with an interactive web based self improvement inventory with expert consultation.

“Another UTM researcher Professor Dr. Sheikh Hussein Shaikh Salleh from the Faculty of Health Science and Biomedical Engineering won the Best Biotechnology Award,” said Dr. Zaini.

His product Smart ABR System was developed to detect hearing loss in five minutes compared to conventional method which took 30 minutes.

Dr. Zaini cited, at MTE 2012 UTM submitted 48 innovation and research products to participate in 24 categories.

“A total of 558 innovation and research products from universities and research institutions in the country and abroad were contested in order to take 95 gold, 156 silver and 194 bronze medals.

“Among the countries participating in the expo were South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Crotia and Nigeria”.

The full results of the winners are as follows:

Special Award Winner

Best Of the Best Award

Production Of Euro IV Diesel By DesCat Technology- Prof. Dr. Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar

The Best Award

NAFS Discovery System : Discover Your True Self-  Dr. Faizah Abd Ghani

Gold Winner

1. DuoABs-Synergistically Antibacterial Solution- Dr. Eraricar Salleh
2. Progressive Freeze Concentrator- Dr. Mazura Jusoh
3. NAFS Discovery System : Discover Your True Self-  Dr. Faizah Abd Ghani
4. EcoNF- A Novel Extraction Process Of Eco Nanoparticle Ferrite From Industrial Waste For The Synthesis Of High Quality Carbon Nanotubes- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaiton Abdul Majid
5. Arm Swing Foot Drop Neural Orthosis- Prof. Dr. Abdul Hafidz Omar
6. Intervention Instrument In Reducing Anxiety Symptoms Among School Refusal- Prof. Dr. Abdul Hafidz Omar
7. Measurement and Behaviour Classification of Tremor Patients- Dr. Mohd Zarhamdy Md. Zain
8. Intelligent Self-Tuning Active Vibration Control for Flexible Beam System-  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Intan Zaurah Mat Darus
9. Artificial Intelligent Algorithms for Active Vibration Control of Flexible Plate System- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Intan Zaurah Mat Darus
10. Malaysian Archaeological Sites Documentation System (MY-ARCHAEO)- Dr. Zulkepli Majid
11. Maroon Eagle- Dr. Zulkepli Majid
12. A Beam Patern Reconfigurabla Array Antenna For 2.45 Ghz And 5.8 Ghz For WLAN Application- Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim
13. Smart ABR System – Prof. Ir. Dr. Sheikh Hussain Shaikh Salleh
14. Designing A Multipurpose Interface Use in HMI System Based on Facial Gesture Recognition Technology Through Facial EMGs- Prof. Ir. Dr. Sheikh Hussain Shaikh Salleh
15. A Compact Diode Pumped Solid State Laser Kit- Prof. Dr. Noriah Bidin
16. A New Flashlamp Driver                – Prof. Dr. Noriah Bidin
17. AFLIM: Agarose Film Liquid Phase Microextraction System For Pharmaceutical And Environmental Analysis- Prof. Dr. Mohd Marsin Sanagi
18. A Multiple Inlet Swirler for Bio-Fuel Combustors- Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nazri Mohd Ja’afar
19. SIRES- Swirler Insert Reduces Emissions System- Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nazri Mohd Ja’afar
20. Production Of Euro IV Diesel By DesCat Technology- Prof. Dr. Wan Azelee Wan Abu Bakar
21. Ortho-cresol Detector Kit For Ditection Of Glue Sniffing Activity And Toluene Exposure In Occupational Hazards- Prof. Dr.  Abdul Rahim Yacob
22. An Efficient Planning Tool for Integrated Electricity Generation Towards Sustainable Developmen- Dr. Haslenda Hashim
23. A Novel Systematic Tool for Fugitive Emissions Mitigation towards Sustainable Process Design- Dr. Mimi Haryani Hassim

Silver Winner

1. Natural Colorant from Areca Catechu Linn for Textile Industry- Dr. Mohd Azizi Che Yunus
2. Brain Disease Database (BDDB): An Online Database and Diagnostic Tool for Brain Disease- Dr. Mohd Shahir Shamsir Omar
3. HPC On The Go: Creating an Instantaneous High Perfomance Computing (HPC) Cluster for Bioinformatics and Molecular Dynamics Simulation- Dr. Mohd Shahir Shamsir Omar
4. CFMD: Cysteine Flanking Motif Database- Dr. Mohd Shahir Shamsir Omar
5. Escherichia coli Secretion System- Prof. Dr. Rosli Md. Illias
6. Palm-Based Biosurfactant as New Green Stabilizer in Reverse Micelles System- Dr. Siti Hamidah Setapar
7. Omega-3 in Hevea Oil- Dr. Siti Hamidah Setapar
8. Multi-Stage Anaerobic Reactor for Treatment Recalcitrant Wastewater- Dr. Shreeshivadasan A/L Chelliapan
9. Removal Of Textile Dyes From Aqueous Solution Using Modified Steel Slag- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaiton Abdul Majid
10. Improving The Capability Of Tremor Patients Handwriting Using A Passive Device- Dr. Mohd Zarhamdy Md. Zain
11. Cloth-based Microfluidic Analytical Device Embedded in Sanitary Napkin for On-Site Urine Analysis- Dr. Dedy Hermawan Bagus Wicaksono
12. My-Assets- Dr. Zulkepli Majid
13. The Development of Monitoring Assist Device for Hearing Impairment Children-               Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim
14. Beamforming Network using Dual-Band Dualbeam Reduced Size Butler Matrices for WLAN Application- Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim
15. Firefighter Wireless Body Area Network for Safety Monitoring System- Dr. Sharifah Hafizah Syed Ariffin
16. DENs-P: Polyfunctional Dendrimer Encapsulated Nanoparticles- Prof. Dr. Salasiah Endud
17. Nanosilica-based Dendritic Material: Biomimetic Catalyst From Agriculture Waste For Vitamin E Production- Prof. Dr. Salasiah Endud
18. SWENCC: Subcritical Water Extraction With Compacted Natural Calcium Carbonate For The Extraction Of Natural Products- Prof. Dr. Mohd Marsin Sanagi
19. MobileCure Graphical Password Anti-Shoulder Surfing Mechanism- Dr. Norafida Ithnin
20. Novel Rigid Nanoneedle for Single Cell Surgery and Drug Delivery Applications- Dr. Mohd Ridzuan Ahmad
21. Automated Growth Disorder Detection and Height Estimation System Using Phalangeal and Carpal Bone Analysis- Dr. Tan Tian Swee
22. Green Burner Insert For Eco-Friendly Combustion- Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nazri Mohd Ja’afar

Bronze Winner

1. Clear SWE Prototype-  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noor Azian Hj Morad
2. A New Family Of High Efficiency Non- Isolated Bidirectional Zero Voltage Transition PWM DC-DC Converters For Battery Charger-Discharger- Dr. Awang Jusoh
3. Portable Electric Wheelchair Powered By Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid System- Dr. Saharudin Haron