IRIIE 2010 - Gold Medal Winners

In the recent IRIIE 2010 (brief info on it was posted earlier), the researches were put into 3 different categories; Allied Health, Social Sciences & Humanities, and Science, Engineering & Technology.

The results for silver and bronze medal winners were posted in the morning, while the gold medal winners were only announced during the closing ceremony at 3 pm. So basically those who did not receive any silver or bronze medal in the morning were expecting either gold medals or nothing.

The number of gold medal winners according to categories were as follows:

- Allied Health: 3 gold medals
- Social Sciences & Humanities: 9 gold medals
- Science, Engineering & Technology: 26 gold medals

I am not going to highlight those 2 earlier categories since they are in my field and interest. The latter category (Science, Engineering & Technology) would be much highlighted here.

And what has impressed me was (even though I've expected that), out of 26 gold medals received by those in Science, Engineering & Technology, 17 of them were from Dept. of Biotechnology Engineering alone.

That also means, the remaining 9 gold medals were shared together with the other 5 departments in the Kull. of Engineering, Kull. of Science, Kull. of Architecture & Envt. Design, as well as Kull. of ICT.

Apart from that, the Dept. of Biotechnology Engineering also won 4 commercial awards out of 5. What a record!

The gold medals and commercial award winners were as listed below:

- Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam (6 + 2 commercial awards)
- Dr. Parveen Jamal (4)
- Dr. Mohamed Saedi (2)
- Dr. Ibrahim Ali Noorbatcha (2)
- Dr. Azura Amid (1)
- Dr. Hamzah Mohd Salleh (1)
- Dr. Irwandi Jaswir (1)
- Dr. Maizirwan Mel (1 commercial award)

Congratulation to all the winners! For those who have not won medals (particularly gold medal), I believe that the results should be taken positively, indicating that they should be working harder. And to the winners, they should keep the flag up, and encourage others to do better in the future.

Wassalam.

IIUM Research, Innovation and Invention Exhibition (IRIIE) 2010

IIUM, for the first time, is now organizing the IIUM Research, Innovation and Invention Exhibition (IRIIE). The event was launched yesterday at the university Cultural Activity Centre (CAC), and will be officially closed on today afternoon.

Last time, such event was organized only by the Kulliyyah of Engineering, not for the other kulliyyah . It was known as Kulliyyah of Engineering Research and Invention Exhibition (KERIE). So this time, I would say that the key organizer is still the Kulliyyah of Engineering, but it is organized in a larger scope that requires participation from all other kulliyyah, including those from Kuantan, PJ and Nilai Campuses.

As the name suggests, this event provides space for the researchers and students (mainly postgrad) from the university to exhibit their researches, inventions and products to the visitors. It is also aimed to attract people from industries to collaborate with the researchers here, so that the inventions can be commercialized soon. As a motivation also, all inventions would be judged (by external judges - mainly from industries) and be given some awards, i.e. gold, silver, bronze & special award. I guess the results have now been announced there.

Me & Zul at the exhibition hall

It is hoped that such a good event will be organized anually..insya Allah.

Rombongan Viva Palestina ke Gaza disekat dan dikepong

Mesir terus berkeras dan tidak membenarkan rombongan Viva Palestina daripada membawa masuk bantuan ke Gaza! Keadaan di pelabuhan Mediterranean Al Arish dilaporkan kritikal, di mana lebih 2000 polis rusuhan dikerahkan menghalang jalan masuk ke Pelabuhan tersebut. Walaupun sudah ada yang ditangkap dan tercedera, relawan Viva Palestina tetap berjuang mempertahankan kenderaan bersama-sama barangan bantuan dan ambulan yang akan dibawa masuk membantu rakyat Gaza yang dikurung dari dunia luar sejak tiga setengah tahun lalu.

“Tidak kira apa halangan yang akan kami hadapi. Sebaik sampai di Al Arish, kami diserang dengan batu, baton, kayu, dan mereka mencuri barangan yang kami bawa. Kami telah melalui perjalanan yang sangat sukar, tetapi kami tidak sekali-kali akan berhenti, kami akan terus bergerak. Kami akan terus bergerak, InsyaAllah,” kata seorang relawan, Munir Ahmad.

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Semoga Allah sentiasa bersama para pejuang Islam, dan menghancurkan musuh-mush Islam, termasuklah pihak yang bersekongkol dengan mush-musuh ini.. ameen.