International Innovation Festival (INNOFEST) 2024

31 January, 29 & 30 April 2024 - The International Innovation Festival 2024 (INNOFEST 24) is a first-ever competition that was held virtually from April 29 to 30, 2024 in Politeknik Sandakan Sabah. The aim of this program is to provide a platform for innovators and researchers from around the world to present the results and findings of their innovations. Firstly, the competition started with the abstract submission along with the video and poster submission on January 31, 2024. Our team which was represented by three outstanding senior lecturers which are Dr. Nurhafizah Md Disa from USM, Dr. Mohd Fairul Sharin Abdul Razak from UniMAP and Associate Prof. Dr. Wan Izhan Nawawi Wan Ismail from UiTM along with a PhD student, Nur Afzalina Badri from USM for this innovation. The idea of this innovation is originated by Dr. Nurhafizah regarding portable solar dryer and was collaborated with Dr. Mohd Fairul Sharin and Dr. Wan Izhan Nawawi which are expert in solar cell and photocatalyst respectively. Student was also given a chance to collaborate in the production of poster and video related to the innovation to give her more exposure and hopefully it can be used for further innovation competition.

 

 

Evaluation and innovation competitions awards for this INNOFEST 2024 was based on the following judging criteria which are commercialization potential, completeness and readiness of the product, novelty, contribution to the society/impact and video presentation. Based on the criteria given, our team had been awarded SILVER MEDAL with the title of our innovation ‘A Low-Cost, Portable, And Rapid Solar Dryer Using a Lamp from a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell for Effective Seafood Preservation’. It is evident that the innovation has a potential commercialization in the future. Hopefully this innovation will eventually encourage the students from other schools, or even other universities to be innovative!