Research & Innovation Roadshow 2020: From Lab to Market - The Path to Research Impact" by YBhg Professor Dr Wan Hashim, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation).

We had our 10th and 11th roadshows yesterday (3^rd August 2020) to Faculty of Arts and Creative Applied, ICreate and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Health and Community Medicine with options of physical and zoom attendance. It is good to witness a good turnout from members of the Faculties and Institutes who attended the roadshows. 

Sincere thanks to the Deans, Directors & Deputy Deans (FACA, ICreate, FMHS & ICHM) Associate Prof Dr Musdi bin Hj Shanat, Associate Prof Dr Saiful Bahari bin Mohd Yusoff, Dr Qistina Donna Lee Abdullah, Dr Faridah bin Sahari, Professor Dr Asri bin Said, Professor Dr David Perera, Professor Dr Chew Kheng Seng, Associate Prof Dr Helmy bin Hazmi & Dr Nariman Singmamae for your arrangements and support.

With that we have completed our research roadshow to all the F/Is and we look forward to a better impact in terms of citations and research Innovation ecosystem.

UNIMAS BAGGED 15 AWARDS AT MTE2020, KUALA LUMPUR

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) secured 1 special award, 3 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze medals and 1 merit award at the Malaysia Technology Expo 2020 (MTE 2020), held recently in Kuala Lumpur, from 20 – 22 February 2020. MTE 2020 was organised by Professional Trade Exhibition and Meeting Planners (protemp) and Malaysian Association of Research Scientists (MARS).

More than 500 inventions from leading researchers and innovators, academics, research institutions, young entrepreneurs and the industry participated at the MTE 2020, sharing a common principle that invention is the foundation that drives the world's technology and new orders of wealth creation. MTE 2020 comprises of international participations from countries such as Croatia, Indonesia, Iran, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Vietnam etc.

Inventions from UNIMAS and their awards at the MTE 2019 were as follows:

SPECIAL AWARD (from Croatia Inventors Network)

1. “W-D Joints The Masonry Building Retrofit Solutions” led by Ir Dr Abd Razak Abd Karim (Faculty of Engineering)

GOLD MEDAL:

1. “Intelligent Stormwater Management System (I-StoMS)” led by Dr. Charles Bong Hin Joo (Faculty of Engineering);
2. "W-D Joints The Masonry Building Retrofit Solutions" led by ...

4 March 2020 (Wednesday) - UNIMAS received a visit from YBhg. Brig Jen Profesor Ir. Dr. Norazman bin Mohamad Nor (Bersara), Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) and his team from Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM). It was a fruitful discussion and looking forward to future collaboration.