UPM student clinches international architecture competition(2)

UPM student wins international architecture competition in building design

Ramadan's design intrigued the jury because of its futuristic concept and application of green technology with design to ensure a quality working environment that helps to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse effects. 

Although most architecture students are bound to scientific principles that might limit their creativity, Ramadan revealed that he initially designed with aesthetic values in mind before modifying his proposal according to scientific standards to show the design realistically.

UPM student clinches international architecture competition(1)

UPM student wins international architecture competition in building design

A former student of the Faculty of Design and Architecture at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Mohd Ramadan Shahabudin, has clinched an award in the Metal & Glass category (student) for the design of buildings at the SAIE Selection 10, an international competition open to young designers working on the theme of sustainability with innovative solutions, materials and technologies. 

Out of 36 participants, he was the only Asian representative in this prestigious competition dominated by European countries, including host Italy, Denmark, Poland, Romania and Ireland.

Aalto and Nagoya University accomplish world’s first in thin-film technology(2)

Aalto and Nagoya University achieve world’s first in thin-film technology 

The new method involves growing the nanotubes in atmospheric pressure gas and collecting them with a filter. The resulting thin film is then transferred from the filter onto plastic, which provides a very clean film of uniform quality in just a few seconds. 

This process is being developed as a technology for high-speed roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing. The research was financed by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO), Japan and Aalto University's Multidisciplinary Institute of Digitalisation and Energy (MIDE) research programme.

Aalto and Nagoya University accomplish world’s first in thin-film technology(1)

Aalto and Nagoya University achieve world’s first in thin-film technology 

Prof Yutaka Ohno from Nagoya University in Japan and Prof Esko I. Kauppinen from Aalto University of Finland and their research team have developed a fast and simple method of producing high-performance thin-film transistors on plastic substrate. 

The inventors believe that the technology for producing semiconducting carbon nanotube plastic substrates will make it possible to manufacture flexible electronic products, such as electronic paper, at a low cost. 

They used the new technology to produce the world’s first sequential logic circuits based on carbon nanotubes. Light and flexible devices such as flexible mobile phones and e-paper require flexible electronic components that can be manufactured inexpensively and quickly on a plastic substrate.

Former TMU President appointed Taiwan's new Minister of Health(2)

Former Taipei Medical University President becomes Taiwan's new Minister of Health

At the same time, he also served as Superintendent of Shuang Ho Hospital and as a professor in TMU's College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Nutrition. In addition, he was Superintendent of Wan Fang Hospital, Chief of Neurosurgery, Director of the Biomedical Informatics Center and Dean of the School of Public Health. 

As the new Health Minister, Dr Chiu will focus on the second-generation health plan, which was passed as an amendment to the National Health Insurance Act by the legislature in January 2011.