UNITEN Grabs Eleven Medals at Malaysia Technology Expo 2010

By C.Y. Tan & S. Ramesh, RMC

Another round of applause for UNITEN when 11 out of 14 inventions presented in the recent Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE 2010) secured medals ranging from bronze to gold. UNITEN team, ten inventions from College of Engineering (COE) and four inventions from College of Information Technology (COIT) won three gold medals, three silver medals and five bronze medals. In addition, Dr. Rohayu Che Omar from COE won the Taiwan Invention Product Promotion Association or TIPPA Special Award for her invention entitled “INNOVATIVE MONITORING RATING SYSTEM (IMRS)”. UNITEN was also successful in winning the third prize for the Best Booth Design Award under the Shell Scheme Category. 

Prof. Mashkuri with the UNITEN team at MTE 2010

Prof. Mashkuri and Prof. Ramesh receiving the VIP’s at UNITEN booth after the opening ceremony at PWTC

Malaysia Technology Expo 2010 (MTE 2010), an annual event, jointly-organised by MARS (Malaysian Association of Research Scientists) and PROTEMP Exhibitions Sdn. Bhd., is the largest invention and innovation Expo in Malaysia. Listed as 'Malaysia's Largest Science & Technology Event' in the Malaysian Book of Records in the year 2001, the Malaysia Technology Expo has since grown from strength to strength with 10,500 visitors at MTE 2009. The theme of MTE 2010 "Driving Innovation towards Commercialization" is set to offer a wealth of new ideas, new solutions, and new opportunities in propelling innovation towards business, marketing and industrial growth in the country.

 
Dr. Rohayu in action during the judging

Prof. Hasan Akay (External Examiner for ME Dept., COE) and Prof. Ramesh celebrating UNITEN’s victory at the MTE 2010 award ceremony

MTE 2010 is fully supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) as one of their platform to facilitate enhancement in science and technology, R&D, business matching and partnering amongst the public and private sectors. In this year MTE, there were about 500 inventions being showcased from 90 organisations including universities, research institutions, young inventors, corporate sectors and individual as well as inventors from overseas i.e. Singapore, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Poland, Korea and Croatia.