Industry at FBKT Webinar – Environment Sustainability via Nuclear Technology

Faculty of Bioengineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, has organized an Industry@FBKT webinar entitled "Environment Sustainability via Nuclear Technology". The webinar involving year 3 students of the Materials Technology Program (SEB) featured a guest speaker from the Natural Rubber Latex Irradiation Facility (RAYMINTEX Plant), Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Selangor, Malaysia, namely Dr Sofian b. Ibrahim.

Dr Sofian b. Ibrahim is a senior research officer and has been actively involved in research involving the vulcanization of natural rubber latex using gamma radiation for more than 15 years. He has gained various recognition and awards from this research, such as Grand Prize and a gold medal at Seoul International Invention Fair 2020 (SIIF2020) and several local innovation competitions. Apart from that, he also has 10 years of experience in irradiating medical devices (sterilization), food and herbs (decontamination). Currently, he works with other government agencies such as the Malaysian Department of Agriculture (DOA) and MARDI on projects to export Malaysian local fruits to the US.

The webinar session received a  good response from the students with a very encouraging Q&A session. It is hoped that the presentation on the application of nuclear technology in the sterilization of industrial products will open the minds of students to explore the field of radiation when they graduate later.

ChM Ts Dr Nor Hakimin Bin Abdullah