Annual Review 2017 | Page 19

Best Paper Award Five medals won at PECIPTA Associate Professor Arkendu Sen from the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences won the Best Paper Award for ‘Development and Impact of 3D Interactive Monash Augmented Reality Anatomy Learning Objects’ at the International Conference on Smart System, Innovation and Computing held in India. Dr Sen spearheads this cutting-edge research with team members Associate Professor Lakshmi Selvaratnam, Associate Professor Alexandre Schaefer and Md Imran Md Naing, as well as MBBS student researcher Calvin Kah Chuen Leong. Monash research teams won one silver and four bronze medals at the International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA). The biannual program organised by the Ministry of Education showcases innovations and services from local and international institutions of higher education. Silver • Dr Jasmine Hue Seow Mun, Dr Shaun Lee Wen Huey and Fadhliyanshah Saipul – GeneBlocks Bronze • Dr Joash Tan Ban Lee and Associate Professor Lim Yau Yan – Exceptionally-Stable Anthocyanin-Based Food Colourant • Dr Ooi Chien Wei, Lim Swee Lu, Professor Tey Beng Ti, and Professor Chan Eng Seng – Hydrogel-Based Biosensor for Rapid Point-Of-Care Diagnosis of Hepatitis B Infection • Dr Poh Phaik Eong, Dr Oh Kai Siang, and Associate Professor Chong Meng Nan – Decentralised Greywater Filtration Module - A Sustainable and Cost Saving Method for Water Conservation • Dr Mohmad Farooq Shaikh, B. Saatheeyavaane, Dr Yatinesh Kumari, Professor Iekhsan Othman, Dr Nafees Ahemad Mohammed Yunus – NP-A as A Memory Enhancer and Potential Molecule for Neurodegenerative Diseases Two golds and four silvers won at ITEX Our research teams were awarded two gold and four silver medals at the International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX) organised by the Malaysian Invention and Design Society. Monash Malaysia was also awarded the Best Booth Design Silver Award. Gold • Professor Pascale Allotey, Professor Daniel Reidpath, Norl