On behalf of the Palm Oil Processing Special Interest Group committee, Professor Ir Dr Chong Mei Fong, Chair, announced that the Best Final Year Design Award for the year of 2021, sponsored by Desmet Ballestra (M) Sdn. Bhd., was awarded to the student group from UCSI University, Malaysia.

The selected project was titled “Production of 20,000 MT/yr Hydrogen Gas using Palm Kernel Shell through Pyrolysis Process”. The accomplishment, which contributed to the field of chemical engineering in palm oil industry, was awarded "for the production of hydrogen from palm kernel shell that accelerates the renewable energy transition”. The summary of the project will be presented on POPSIG Newsletter that will be published in December 2021.

The student group comprised six members under the supervision of Ms. Wan Adeebah binti Wan Mahmood, Lecturer at UCSI University, Malaysia. The members of the selected group were Koh Jun Da (Team Leader), Khee Yue Lian, Pravin Ganesar Gunasegaran, Raj Varman A/L Selvanathan, Win Nwe Pyone and Tiang Min Tun.

The IChemE POPSIG committee would like to congratulate the student group and the supervisor from UCSI University, Malaysia.