PENANG, 11 November 2013 - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has emerged as the overall champion for the National Chemical Engineering Symposium 2013 (NACES 2013) hosted by Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Pulau Pinang.

NACES is an annual event for chemical engineering undergraduate students in Malaysia, providing them a platform to compete, share experiences and opinions on the issues relevant to the chemical engineering world such as environmental and sustainability issues. The theme for NACES 2013 was ‘Carbon Conundrum: Unraveling the Enigma’ which saw a total of 237 delegates from 15 higher educational institutions participating in this event.

The competition comprised of six categories: Technical Plant Design, Technical Powerpoint Presentation, Technical Video Presentation, Technical Case Study, Chemical Engineering Challenge, and Technical Essay Writing.

USM School of Chemical Engineering (SCE) sent out a strong contingent comprising of 21 students with mixed groups of second, third and fourth-year undergraduate students for all 6 categories of competitions.

As a result of the commitment shown by the contingent, they clinched the overall champion title of NACES 2013. In fact, this was the best ever performance by USM contingent in NACES.

The overall performance of USM contingent for NACES 2013 is as follows:

Technical Plant Design – 1^st Runner Up

1. Beh Jyh Jiunn
2. Muhammad Rasyad bin Alawidin
3. Mohamad Farhan bin Nordin
4. Yvonne Lease

Technical Powerpoint Presentation – Champion

1. Gwee Shang Jun
2. Mohamed Azeem Bin Abdul Majed
3. Vjayan a/l Thrumakunasagran
4. Wong Kuan Hwa

Technical Video Presentation – Champion

1. Lau Kok Leong
2. Zulfida Mohamad Hafis bin Mohd Shafie

Technical Video Presentation – 1^st Runner Up

1. Joanna Tai Wan Yii
2. Leslie Ewe Fang Jun

Technical Essay Writing – Top 10 Essays

1. Lim Fung Khiang

Chemical Engineering Challenge – 4^th Place

1. Lee Wen Jie
2. Leong Ann Tsun
3. Lim Fung Khiang
4. Ng Wei Ming

Technical Case Study – 1^st Place

1. Loh Kar Woon

Technical Case Study – 2^nd Runner Up

1. Norhayati binti Nordin

Original Text & Photo: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. MOHD AZMIER AHMAD/Edited: YONG CHECK YOON