Thirty-two finalist entries each have the chance to win a coveted trophy for excellence in chemical, biochemical and process engineering at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Malaysia Awards 2021.
Winners of the six categories will be announced at the ninth IChemE Malaysia Awards, which will take place as a virtual ceremony on 1 October 2021.
Finalists include ASEAN Bintulu Fertilizer, PETRONAS Digital, PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu), Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
Many of the finalists’ projects showcase how digitalisation has been embraced to support the advancement in chemical engineering, which links to one of the three priority topics for IChemE set by IChemE’s Learned Society Committee.
Mike Cloke, who chairs the IChemE Malaysia Awards judging panel, said:
“Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists. As a learned society for chemical engineers, with a focus upon responsible production, digitalisation and major hazards, the judging panel were delighted to see how many entries are demonstrating these key areas within their work and education to help make processes, products and ultimately the profession safer, more sustainable and utilising technology for a better future for society.
“Thank you to everyone who has entered this year’s awards and your commitment to the profession. Thank you to our volunteer judging panel for your diligence in peer-reviewing these excellent entries.”
For more information on the IChemE Malaysia Awards 2021 visit www.icheme.org/malaysiaawards.
Official finalists for the IChemE Malaysia Awards 2020
Oil and Gas Award
- PETRONAS Group Technical Solution (GTS) – Managing Contaminants of an Ageing Oil Field
- PETRONAS Group Technical Solution (GTS) – Sand Management for Ageing Oil Field
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Visual Gas Sampling Points (VGSP) Eliminates Liquid in Sampling Bombs
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Wireless Online Thickness Monitoring (WOTM) in Corrosion Monitoring
- PETRONAS Research – BioMETT: Enhancing Biocide’s Efficacy
- PETRONAS Research – Integrated Sand Management
Process Safety Award
- ASEAN Bintulu Fertilizer – Safety Critical Elements Tags
- PETRONAS Chemicals Ammonia – Managing Excursions During Start Up and Shutdown (MESS) Initiative
- PETRONAS Group Technical Solution (GTS) – Managing Contaminants of an Ageing Oil Field
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Digitalising and Gamifying Process Safety
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Embracing Digitalisation in Refinery Plant
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Visual Gas Sampling Points (VGSP) Eliminates Liquid in Sampling Bombs
Student Chapter Award
- Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
- Monash University Malaysia
- Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
- University of Nottingham
Sustainability Award
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Embracing Digitalisation in Refinery Plant
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Integrated End-to-end Inspection Worklist Management System
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Managing Project Modification of Steam Condensate System
- PETRONAS Research – Renewably-sourced Amphoteric Surfactant for Mildness Enhancement
- Universiti Malaysia Sabah – Water and Energy Production Using Membrane Distillation and Osmotic Membrane Distillation (MD-OMD)
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) – Trigeneration and Industrial Energy Exchange Across Multiple Sites (TRIGENSITE)
Training and Development Award
- PETRONAS Digital – Citizen Analytics: Enabling Analytics Capabilities
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Digitalising and Gamifying Process Safety
- PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) – Incident Investigation Methodology and Presentation
Young Researcher Award
- Monash University Malaysia – Dr Ng Boon Junn
- PETRONAS Research – Nur Amalina Samsudin
- Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus – How Bing Shen
- Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) – Lim Lam Ghai
- University of Malaya – Billie Hiew Yan Zhang
- Xiamen University Malaysia – Andrew Ng Kay Lup
