St. Michael Penampang bags i-ENVEX Best Award Class A
KOTA KINABALU: SM St. Michael Penampang innovation team participated in the 7th International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition 2016 (i-ENVEX 2016) organised by ENVEX Young Researcher Club (EYReC), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysian Research & Innovation Society (MyRIS) and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, on April 810.
The team consisted of six Form Four students, namely Glenn Gerald Chau, Eva Eleanor Ng Bansing, Adelita Quintanila Cosmas, Cheah Christal, Jascha Joshua Joseph and Christine Yvonne Bede, and accompanied by two advising teachers Cyprian Jokinol and Hildah Kuyun.
This competition gave an opportunity to promising young innovators or scientists to share creative idea(s) among one another and also provided an excellent exposure of invention and technological advancements in various sectors.
i-ENVEX attracted participations from 20 countries (Egypt, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cambodia, India, Moldova, Iraq, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Thailand, United States of America, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Malaysia), and collected almost 450 inventions and gathered more than 500 inventors worldwide.
SM St. Michael’s innovation team showcased four innovations, namely CarraSoil, a potting soil that can retain water; Simple Slide Peg, a clothesline mechanism; Foodotector a food protector, and Bilimbi Dishwashing Liquid a biodegradable detergent soap.
Carra-Soil managed to get the i-ENVEX Best Award Class A (Agriculture, Environmental and Renewable Energy) and a gold award. The Simple Slide Peg, Foodotector and Bilimbi Diswashing Liquid acquired a silver award respectively.
Several parties were also involved in the success of the innovation team. They were Fedilia Easter Mojikon, Jeremiah Millenn Low Kin Seng, Aidan Nevinus Sibangun, Christie Eve Paulinus and Calystha Indai Benedict who were unable to participate in the exhibition.
Jennifer Asing (principal), Mariatul Hanis Abdullah and Dr. Christina Andin @ Qistina Abdullah (senior lecturer of Universiti Malaysia Sabah) are also credited with the management and development of the innovation team.