UNITEN Serikandi Came Top Three at 2011 International Nuclear Energy Olympiad, Seoul, South KoreaPrint this page
Date: 25/10/2011
Seoul - UNITEN Serikandi gave their best and grabbed the top three position after Canada and Turkey at the 2011 International Nuclear Energy Olympiad, Seoul, South Korea. The event was organized by the World Nuclear University (WNU) and hosted by Korea Nuclear Energy Promotion Agency (KONEPA).
The team Serikandi, was represented by two final year students, Nik Hanis Mansor and Noor Ezreen Ahmad, both from College of Engineering, UNITEN.
Dr. Nasri A. Hamid, Head of the Centre for Nuclear Energy UNITEN stated that, "The 2011 International Nuclear Energy Olympiad was designed to give university students, who represent the future of nuclear energy, the chance to research attitudes to this technology in their country, and test messages that will help overcome adverse opinions. Their research was developed into a plan for gaining public acceptance of nuclear energy, which was then submitted to an international jury. The participants were from university students at undergraduate or postgraduate levels in countries that are preparing for the use of nuclear energy, or countries with plans to build new nuclear power plants. An international jury evaluated each team's paper and presentation and they were equally weighted in the overall evaluation."
"Among 70 applicants who submitted the research, only 10 teams from 10 countries were selected, namely Team Steeltown from Canada, Team Anushakti (India), nuclear.jp (Japan), Green Narae (Korea), Monnuc (Mongolia), D20 (Romania), MEPhI (Russia), NEAT (Turkey), Lorentz Lions (USA) and team Serikandi representing Malaysia," he added.
Dr. Nasri also expressed his gratitude to the management of UNITEN, Dean, College of Engineering, Director of Students Affairs, Nuclear Energy Unit, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia Nuclear Agency and Malaysia Nuclear Association for their endless support.
As the 2011 Nuclear Energy Olympiad is a world level competition, indeed the success of Serikandi is another great achievement to UNITEN.
