Winner of TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2017 is ACET INNOVATES of UPM

Leave a Nest successfully conducted TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2017 on May 13th. This is the 3rd time of the DEMO DAY held in MALAYSIA.

   In this event, 12 finalists selected from 37 applicants presented their projects. Team “ACET INNOVATES” won the Grand Winner prize for their plan of innovative way for retting Kenaf. In addition to the Grand Winner, two more prizes were given by the judges (For details please see below). The winner will be invited to DEMO DAY in  Singapore held in July 29th.

   Leave a Nest is going to continuously support not only prize winners and finalists but all TECH PLANTER members so they can accelerate their projects. So please keep communicating with Leave a Nest members.

For details of 12 finalists  please access to this article.

 The event opened with welcoming note from YBhg Prof. Dr. Rofina Yasmin Othman, Director of UMCIC, followed by keynote speech from Dr. Vengadesh, a team leader of  “eDNAnalyzer”, grand winner of the last year’s finalist teams presented their progress and experience to cheer up and encourage the finalists.

Overview

Prize Winners

1. Grand Winner for TECH PLANTER DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA

•       Content: 200,000 JPY and right to participate in TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in SG
•       Team: ACET INNOVATES
•       Theme: eco-enzyme from locally isolated fungus to help retting process of Kenaf to obtain fibre.

2. JT Award

•       Team: CHROLACLE
•       Theme: Personalized chlorella bulgaris for various health usage.

3. Leave a Nest Award

•       Team: R-ZORBENT
•       Theme:
  unique modified butyl rubber for effective oil clear-up
  

We will organize a reunion for TECH PLANTER community in mid August this year at UM. Please watch out for our announcements.

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