{"id":3860,"date":"2026-08-10T11:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:07:57","slug":"utm-faculty-of-science-team-wins-gold-award-at-ivix-2026-with-bioshield-glass-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/2026\/08\/10\/utm-faculty-of-science-team-wins-gold-award-at-ivix-2026-with-bioshield-glass-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"UTM Faculty of Science Team Wins Gold Award at IVIX 2026 with BioShield Glass Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"393\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"><strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"122\">JOHOR BAHRU, 23 June 2026<\/strong> \u2013 A research team from the Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), has achieved another notable milestone by winning a <strong data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"273\">Gold Award<\/strong> at the <strong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"340\">International Virtual Innovation Exhibition (IVIX 2026)<\/strong> for their innovative project, <strong data-start=\"371\" data-end=\"393\">\u201cBioShield Glass.\u201d<\/strong><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"661\">The award-winning team was led by <strong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"453\">Dr. Nurhafizah Hasim<\/strong> from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, UTM. The team members comprised <strong data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"660\">Dr. Nur Hidayah Ahmad, Dr. Norshahirah Mohamad Saidi, Dr. Mohd Fuad Mohamad, and Ms. Siti Norfariza Farhana Mohd Razak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"1035\">The recognition highlights the team&#8217;s commitment to advancing innovative scientific solutions and translating research ideas into innovations with potential practical applications. The <strong data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"867\">BioShield Glass<\/strong> project also reflects the Faculty of Science&#8217;s continued efforts to encourage impactful research, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration among its researchers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1261\">The Gold Award at IVIX 2026 demonstrates the team&#8217;s dedication to research excellence and strengthens UTM&#8217;s aspiration to develop innovative and sustainable solutions that contribute to society and technological advancement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1485\">The <strong data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1342\">Faculty of Science, UTM congratulates Dr. Nurhafizah Hasim and her team<\/strong> on this outstanding achievement and wishes them continued success in advancing BioShield Glass towards greater research and innovation impact.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1535\"><strong data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1535\">Congratulations to the BioShield Glass team!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/642\/2026\/08\/134706.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; title_text=&#8221;134706&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHOR BAHRU, 23 June 2026 \u2013 A research team from the Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), has achieved another notable milestone by winning a Gold Award at the International Virtual Innovation Exhibition (IVIX 2026) for their innovative project, \u201cBioShield Glass.\u201d The award-winning team was led by Dr. Nurhafizah Hasim from the Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-achievements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3866,"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions\/3866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.utm.my\/utmfsresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}