Dr Yamuna (middle) receiving her
prize
UTAR Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology
(FEGT) academic Assoc Prof Dr Yamuna Munusamy made UTAR proud when she won
the Top In Tech Innovation Awards 2022 under the Most Impactful
Academia-Industry Collaboration— R&D category.
This award recognises a University whose research has
been done with either the private sector or an international partner and
where the results are now tangible and adopted by industry. Thus, this award
was awarded to UTAR for Dr Yamuna’s research work with Bridge Field
Resources Sdn Bhd. For this achievement, Dr Yamuna walked away with a
trophy, certificate, several gifts from the competition sponsors, and Ad
spaces worth up to RM30,000 by Malaysiakini and Digital News Asia.
Acknowledged by the Ministry of Science, Technology
and Innovation (MOSTI), the Top In Tech Innovation Awards 2022 was organised
by Malaysiakini and Digital News Asia. Its main objective is to celebrate
remarkable innovators and recognise their ground-breaking technology
adoptions. Not only that, it aimed to honour their efforts in using
innovation to uplift the economy out of a downturn and accelerate its
growth.
There was a total of eight categories, namely
Innovator of the Year, Best Brick & Mortar Adoption, Most Impactful
Academic-Industry Collaboration, Most Impactful Public Sector Agency Driving
Digital Adoption, Most Value Creation, Most Promising, Best Pivot and Young
Innovator of the Year. The winners were selected based on the assessment of
the category lead judges, facilitating judges and panel judges, all of whom
were influential and well-known innovators in the country.
Sharing about her winning project, Dr Yamuna said,
“The project is called ProGreenRubber. It was made in collaboration with
Bridge Fields Resources Sdn Bhd. I have been working with them on this
project from 2018 to 2019. We managed to secure a Public Private Research
Network Grant (PPRN) from the Ministry of Education. With the grant, the
company was able to produce high-quality recycled rubber which was
successfully commercialised, not to mention, the product was also
internationally patented. Finally, the research and development of the
product were conducted by UTAR.”
Dr Yamuna added, “I feel both excited and motivated.
This achievement has given a positive and meaningful impact on the company
and the University. The company has also been very supportive of the
research activities conducted in FEGT related to rubber technology; for
which I am very thankful. Furthermore, I am happy that this project also
solves environmental problems related to waste rubber products, as it can
greatly benefit society.”
UTAR congratulates Dr Yamuna for her amazing
achievement in winning the Top In Tech Innovation Awards 2022.
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