Students win Google prize with polyester manhole cover


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2014

THE WINNERS TAKE IT ALL: (L-R) Lutfir Rahman and Faiq Hazim ( from MRSM Kota Putra, showing off the certificates they received from Google Malaysia head of marketing Matthew Zaheen, (center), for their winning project Jute-reinforced Polyester to replace Steel Manhole Covers.

Goodbye to rusty manhole covers? Two students from Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kota Putra, Terengganu won the inaugural country award for this year’s Google Science Fair with a jute-reinforced polyester manhole cover prototype.

16-year-olds Lutfir Rahman Mohd Izani and Faiq Hazim proposed a greener, more sustainable solution to replace steel manhole covers.

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