The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre congratulates a team of Year 3 Chemical Engineering undergraduate student Tan Jia Yen, Kuck Zi Xuan, and Liew Xin Yu on winning the Gold Award at the Malaysia-Japan International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Nanoengineering (MJIC 2026), held on 24 January 2026.

The award-winning project, titled "3D-CHITOLITH: 3D-Engineered Eco Adsorbents for Water Remediation", focuses on the development of 3D-printed adsorbents using resin-based additive manufacturing. 3D-CHITOLITH represents a next-generation eco-adsorbent designed to sustainably clean and protect water resources. Fabricated from biodegradable polymers and structured through 3D printing, each Chitolith cube is coated with nanopolysaccharides, endowing it with strong dye-adsorption capabilities. The innovation is green, reusable, and customizable, demonstrating how sustainability and advanced engineering can work hand in hand.

The competition project was supervised by Assistant Professor Ir. Dr. Wong Voon Loong from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, in collaboration with industrial advisor Dr. Nurul Husna Mohd Yusoff and Associate Professor Ir. Dr. Chong Chien Hwa from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. 

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