Green roofing tiles win gold

Utar Deputy Dean for Academic Development and Undergraduate Programme Dr Ng Choon Aun (far right) received the gold award from Abu Bakar on behalf of the the team

A TEAM of students from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (Utar) Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology (FEGT) and Faculty of Science (FSc), Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Heriot-Watt University of Dubai, and the Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research won gold in the 28th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (Itex) 2017 held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from May 11 to 13.

Their winning entry demonstrated a study of utilising used engine oil and vegetable oil as well as fly ash and sand as a binder for the production of roofing tiles called E-Vege tiles.