The 4th Research Canvas Competition was successfully held from 4th July to 29th August 2021, in conjunction with the UTM Library Research Weeks 2021. The competition was jointly organised by UTM Library, SpringerNature and UTM Alumni.
Now in its fourth year, this annual initiative calls for participants to share their research and ideas through text and illustrations, in a form of canvas. The goal of the canvas is that it can be easily understood by all walks of life just by looking at the poster and without a presenter being present. However, for this year, participants are required to share their research and ideas relating to at least one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in their canvas.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the second year where all entries were submitted electronically. A total of 153 entries were received, the highest number of participants recorded since 2018. Announcement of winners was made on 30th September 2021, during the Closing Ceremony of UTM Library Research Weeks 2021, which was officiated by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Prof. Dr Rosli Md. Illias.
The list of winners is as follow:
Grand prize (Lenovo Intel i5 Laptop, Microsoft Office Home/Student Edition & Logitech Wireless Mouse): Adilah Ahmad Asmadi (MJIIT)
First runner-up (HP Multimedia Speaker DHE-600 & Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable Hard Drive): Jamunaa Ravindran (Faculty of Science)
Second runner-up (Smart watch – Samsung Galaxy Fit & Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable Hard Drive): Ariani Dwi Astuti (Faculty of Engineering)
People’s Choice award (Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable Hard Drive & SpringerNature products): Liew Wen Ching (Faculty of Engineering)
Consolation Prizes (SpringerNature products)
1. Nurul Suliana Yusoff (Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying)
2. Nurfarhain Mohamed Rusli (Faculty of Engineering)
3. Mohamad Aizad Mohd Mokhtar (MJIIT)
4. Nurul Izzati Darul Zaman (Faculty of Engineering)
5. Fong Mun Oon (Faculty of Engineering)
6. Nurul ‘Uyun Ahmad (MJIIT)
7. Nur Edura Abdul Halim (Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics)
8. Nirusha Nair N Kumar (Faculty of Science)
9. Catherine Nguoi Chui Lam (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities)
10. Adila Zakaria (Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying)
UTM Library would like to extend 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 to all participants and the committee for making it successful. Special thanks to our panel of judges, Assoc. Prof. Zainul Akmar Zakaria, Dr. Mahani Stapa, Pn. Nor Asikin Mohamad, Mr. Kent Yeap (SpringerNature) and Ar. Saifuddin Ahmad (UTM Alumni) for their time and commitment throughout the competition.
