Three Vietnamese women claim Asia Innovation Awards
VOV.VN - Three female Vietnamese scientists have been honoured at the Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Awards.
The local scientists were presented with the Best Innovation Award, the Outstanding Innovation Award, and the Encouragement Award.
The Best Innovation Award went to Dr. Pham Thi Thuy Phuong of Vietnam’s Institute of Chemical Technology under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. She was recognised for her “A Novel Biosensing System for Rapid Estimation of BOD5 and Sensitive Detection of Toxicity in Water (BODTOX)” project.
Unlike costly commercial biosensors, BODTOX is based on a packed-bed bioreactor that can easily be self-built from either a variety of cheap materials such as biochip, porous ceramic, or pumice stone. It then uses the natural bacteria consortium presented in the target wastewater, or sodium alginate capsules from the commercial microorganisms for specific purposes.
Elsewhere, the Outstanding Innovation Award was given to Professor Le Minh Thang of the Department of Organic and Petrochemical Technology at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). She won the honour due to her "Catalysts from transition metal oxides and technologies for the treatment of exhaust gases and waste water to protect the life on land and below water" project.
Meanwhile, Dang Thi Tuyet Ngan grabbed the Encouragement Award for her project “ESMS – the smart solution to recovery valuable metals (Indium, Cobalt, Europium) from difficult treated wastewater as well as e-waste forward to circular economy in Vietnam”.
Originally launched in 2020, the Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award aims to promote science, technology, and innovation which contributes to solving social issues and realising a sustainable society in the ASEAN region.
The awards serve to recognise individuals and groups that have undeniably served public interests through their outstanding achievements in research and development (R&D) in the fields of science and technology. This includes their visions of an ideal future society and social implementation plans for R&D as a means of achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs).
