Finalists announced for the IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019

Finalists announced for the IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019

5th August 2019

Forty finalist entries are in with a chance of winning a trophy for excellence and innovation in chemical, biochemical and process engineering at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Malaysia Awards 2019.

The winners will be presented with their awards on 14 October at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

This year, the judging panel received 86 entries to the IChemE Malaysia Awards – 22 of which were entered for the Sustainability Award

IOI Pan-Century Edible Oils, Novozymes Malaysia, PETRONAS Research, Sime Darby Research, Swinburne University of Technology, and the University of Nottingham Malaysia all feature as finalists in the categories awarding overall projects or teams.

Her Royal Highness Queen of Perak Darul Ridzuan, Tuanku Zara Salim D.K., D.K.S.A., D.K.A., a chemical engineer and the Royal Patron of IChemE in Malaysia, will present the Young Industrialist Award and Young Researcher Award on the night.

The Young Industrialist finalists are individuals from PETRONAS Chemicals Group, PETRONAS Group Technical Solutions, Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem), Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), and Synthomer.

Young Researcher finalists include two from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and individuals from Heriot-Watt University, Monash University, and Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus).

For the second year, the Student Chapter Award will be awarded to a Malaysian university that provides outstanding work in promoting the professional development and networking opportunities in the profession to chemical engineering students.

Ir Dr Christina Phang, Chair of the Board of IChemE in Malaysia, said:

“The IChemE Malaysia Awards provide peer recognition of the significant achievements that chemical engineers are doing to address some of the world’s major challenges.

“The fact that we had the highest number of entries for the Sustainability Award shows just what tremendous work chemical engineers are doing to help sustain our society and the planet we live on.

“Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s awards and for your ongoing dedication to the profession. Congratulations to all of our finalists.”

Winners of the IChemE Malaysia Awards will automatically be entered into corresponding categories at the IChemE Global Awards on 7 November in Hull, UK. Winners of the Global Awards are eligible for the overall Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering.

For more information on the IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019 visit www.icheme.org/malaysiaawards

Official finalists for the IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019

Oil & Gas Award

  • PETRONAS Group Technical Solutions - Success in World's First FLNG Relocation
  • PETRONAS Penapisan Terengganu - Efficient Sampling Using Desorbent Sight Glass (DSG)
  • PETRONAS Research - CO2 Pilot Testing Facility
  • PETRONAS Research - HAR Digital
  • PETRONAS Research - High Gravity Cryogenic Distillation (CryoMin)

Palm Oil Award

  • IOI ACIDCHEM - Waste Heat Recovery
  • IOI Pan-Century Edible Oils - Natural Gas Reduction
  • IOI Pan-Century Edible Oils - Steam Consumption Reduction
  • Sime Darby Research and Novozymes Malaysia - Enzymatic Assisted Extraction of Palm Oil
  • Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Palm Oil Mill Effluent-based Graphenic Adsorbent

Process Safety

  • Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd - Predictive Intelligence System (PIS)
  • PETRONAS Chemical Methanol - Process Safety R2C2
  • PETRONAS Penapisan Terengganu - Early Warning Analytics Using DRA
  • PETRONAS Penapisan Terengganu - Efficient Sampling Using Desorbent Sight Glass (DSG)
  • Synthomer - Process Hazard Review Projects

Student Chapter

  • Curtin University Malaysia
  • Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
  • Monash University Malaysia
  • Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus)
  • University of Nottingham Malaysia

Sustainability

  • IOI ACIDCHEM - Waste Heat Recovery
  • Malaysian Pepper Board - Bio-pepper Enhancer
  • PETRONAS Research - CO2 to Mineral Carbonates
  • PETRONAS Penapisan Terengganu - Early Warning Analytics Using DRA
  • Sime Darby Research and Novozymes Malaysia - Enzymatic Assisted Extraction of Palm Oil

Training & Development

  • PETRONAS Chemical Methanol - Process Safety R2C2
  • PETRONAS Penapisan Terengganu - Capability, Reliability and Efficiency for Turnaround Excellence
  • Malaysia LNG - Dynamic Simulator for Process Emergency
  • Malaysia LNG - MLNG Process Engineers Capability Building Intensification
  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Effective Student-centred Learning for Engineering Educators

Young Industrialist

  • Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem) - Muhammad Safwan bin Atan
  • Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) - Mohd Safwan Bin Muhamad Diah
  • PETRONAS Chemicals Group - Ainul Najwa Sazali
  • PETRONAS Group Technical Solutions - Irene Lock Sow Mei
  • Synthomer - Lavaneswaran Krishnan

Young Researcher

  • Heriot-Watt University - Viknesh Andiappan Murugappan
  • Monash University – Serene Lock Sow Mun
  • Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak Campus) - Yiin Chung Loong
  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Syaza Izyanni bt Ahmad
  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Liew Peng Yen

Links

IChemE Malaysia Awards 2019

Contact

For more information please contact:

Rachael Fraser, Communications Executive, IChemE
t: +44 (0) 1788 534435
e: rfraser@icheme.org

Ketna Mistry, Communications Executive, IChemE
t: +44 (0) 1788 534484
e: kmistry@icheme.org

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