PLENARY/INVITED SPEAKER 2009

1)   Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah. 2009. Thermoplastic Natural Rubber: Preparation and Applications. Seminar Kimia UKM-ITB VIII 2009, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, Bangi, 9-11 June 2009. Hlm. 27. (Plenary Speaker)

2)   Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah. 2009. Thermoplastic Natural Rubber-Natural Fiber Composite. Malaysia Polymer International Conference 2009, Putrajaya. (Invited Speaker)

3)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Haji Badri, Wilson Wong Kang Yik, Wong Chee Sien & Liow Chi Hao. 2009. Indigenous Palm-Based Conducting Polymers. Abstracts at www.ppc11.org Indigenous Palm-Based Conducting Polymers. Abstracts at in 11th Pacific Polymer Conference, Cairns Australia, 6-10 December 2009 (Invited Speaker)

4)    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rusli Daik, Seminar Kimia UKM-ITB VIII 2009, Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, Bangi, 9-11 June 2009. (Invited Speaker)

5)      Assoc. Prof.Dr. Rusli Daik,  Hawaii. (Invited Speaker)

6)   Mohd Sukor Su’ait, Nobel Laureates: A Source of Inspiration. The Lindau Experince: Meeting with Nobel Laureates. FST, UKM.12nd August 2009. (Speaker)

AWARDS/CERTIFICATES

2009

1)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Badri, Anugerah Industri Komoditi   2009 (Karya Inovasi Saintis), Biopolymer And Biocomposites From Oil Palm Resources, Malaysia International Commodity Conferenceand Showcase 2009 (MICCOS2009), October 2009. Putrajaya/MPC.

2)   Dr. Sharina Abu Hanifah, Anugerah Kreativiti, Inovasi &Rekacipta , Kategori Anugerah Rekacipta Terbaik UKM, Majlis Anugerah Sarjana Bestari ke-4, 7th August 2009 , UKM.

3)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rusli Daik, Excellent Service Award, UKM Quality Award 2009

4)  Dr. Chia Chin Hua, Bronze Medals – Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) (2009) – Solvolysis of Wood Oil using Nano Iron Oxide Catalyst

5)  Dr. Chia Chin Hua, Bronze Medals – Malaysia TechnologyExpo (MTE) (2009) – Green Molded Liquefied Soda Lignin Filled with EFB fibres

6)  Dr. Chia Chin Hua, Bronze Medals – Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) (2009) – Magnetic Rubber Wood

7)  Dr. Chia Chin Hua, Silver Medal – ITEX Malaysia (2009) – Nano Ferrite Magnetic Paper via in situSynthesis Method

8)   Dr. Chia Chin Hua, Bronze Medal – ITEX Malaysia (2009) – Green Technology For Green Materials

9)  Dr. SharinaAbu Hanifah, Merck Young Scientist Award (Certificate), Bioscience Category, 2009, MERCK.

10) Mohd Sukor Su’ait, Selected as Young Scientist in the 59th Nobel Laureates Meeting, dedicated to chemistry on 28th June -3^rdJuly 2009 at Lindau, Germany.

11) Mohd Sukor Su’ait, Acknowledge as ASEAN Future Scientist by Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 14th July 2009 at Jakarta, Indonesia

2008

1)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Badri, Gold Medal – Sustainable Palm-Based Construction Materials awarded by Seoul World TradeCenter, Korea/KIFA (10-15 Dec 2008)

2)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairiah Badri, Silver Medal – Ingenious Wood Surface Modification For High Dimensional Stability WoodComposites. ITEX2008/PWTC/ MINDS&MOSTI (9-11 May 2008)

3)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad, Silver Medal – Super toughness Polyester Composite from Recycle PET Bottles awarded byInternational Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition(INPEX2008)/Pittsburgh, USA (11-14 Jun 2008)

4)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad, Gold Medal- Super toughness Polyester Composite from Recycle PET Bottles awarded byMalaysia Technology Expo (MTE2008) (21-23 Feb 2008)

5)   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ishak Ahmad, Best Award - Super toughness Polyester Composite from Recycle PET Bottles awarded byMalaysia Technology Expo (MTE2008) (21-23 Feb 2008)

6)   Dr. Chia Chin Hua, Silver Medal – ITEX Malaysia (2008) – Cobalt Ferrite Nanomagnetic paper.