{"id":10285,"date":"2023-03-18T23:45:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T23:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.vnuhcm.edu.vn\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2024-03-25T23:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T23:52:46","slug":"first-female-scientist-in-asia-wins-hitachi-global-foundation-innovation-award-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.vnuhcm.edu.vn\/index.php\/en\/2023\/03\/18\/first-female-scientist-in-asia-wins-hitachi-global-foundation-innovation-award-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"First Female Scientist in Asia Wins Hitachi Global Foundation Innovation Award 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Associate Professor Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung, a lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, is the only female scientist in Asia to receive the 2022 The Hitachi Global Foundation for Best Innovation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 2022, the Asia Innovation Award comprised two Best Innovation Awards, three Outstanding Innovation Awards, and several Encouragement Awards. Associate Professor Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung won one of the Best Innovation Awards with her project “Advanced Bio-based Aerogels from Agricultural Waste for Water Treatment”. The work is the research result of the Sustainable Process Engineering Research group – SPE (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology) with sponsorship from Vingroup Innovation Fund (VINIF).<\/p>

The award, valued at 3 million Japanese yen, equivalent to approximately 540 million Vietnamese dong, honors the research of Associate Professor Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung and her colleagues for developing a technique to produce high-performance cellulose aerogel materials from agricultural waste, an approach that is environmentally friendly and economically viable.<\/p>

Aerogel is known as the lightest material in the world, with high performance and wide-ranging applications across various fields. The uniqueness of the product lies in its composite aerogel material, which incorporates cellulose fibers and binders like hemi and lignin that help improve mechanical properties and are of biological origin. Advanced freeze drying technology saves production time and energy, improves material properties, can be upgraded to an industrial scale and does not use chemical solvents like current technologies. Cellulose airgel products have superior density, porosity, ability to adsorb heavy metals, organic solvents, and color compared to other products on the market.<\/p>

Associate Professor, Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung shared: “Currently, the project has been developed on the laboratory scale and pilot scale, and has been patented. With this award, the project will develop applications on industrial wastewater.”<\/p>

Also from The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Associate Professor Dr. Bui Xuan Thanh (Head of the VNU-HCM Key Lab of Advanced Waste Treatment Technology) won the Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award in 2022 for the Outstanding Innovation Award for his research on “Wetland Roof (WR) System for Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Cities.” The award is valued at 1 million yen, equivalent to approximately 180 million Vietnamese dong.<\/p>

The Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award recognizes scientists whose initiatives and technological innovations hold the potential for application and contribution towards solving social problems and achieving sustainable development goals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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PGS.TS L\u00ea Th\u1ecb Kim Ph\u1ee5ng chia s\u1ebb: “Hi\u1ec7n quy tr\u00ecnh \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n tr\u00ean quy m\u00f4 ph\u00f2ng th\u00ed nghi\u1ec7m v\u00e0 quy m\u00f4 pilot, \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u0103ng k\u00fd s\u00e1ng ch\u1ebf. V\u1edbi gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng n\u00e0y, d\u1ef1 \u00e1n s\u1ebd ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n \u1ee9ng d\u1ee5ng tr\u00ean n\u01b0\u1edbc th\u1ea3i c\u00f4ng nghi\u1ec7p”.<\/p>

C\u00f9ng \u0111\u1ea1t gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng S\u00e1ng t\u1ea1o Ch\u00e2u \u00c1 c\u1ee7a Qu\u1ef9 To\u00e0n c\u1ea7u Hitachi n\u0103m 2022, Tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0110H B\u00e1ch khoa c\u00f3 PGS.TS B\u00f9i Xu\u00e2n Th\u00e0nh (Tr\u01b0\u1edfng ph\u00f2ng th\u00ed nghi\u1ec7m Tr\u1ecdng \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0110HQG-HCM C\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 x\u1eed l\u00fd ch\u1ea5t th\u1ea3i b\u1eadc cao) nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c gi\u1ea3i S\u00e1ng t\u1ea1o n\u1ed5i b\u1eadt v\u1edbi \u0111\u1ec1 t\u00e0i nghi\u00ean c\u1ee9u v\u1ec1 \u201cC\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 \u0111\u1ea5t ng\u1eadp n\u01b0\u1edbc tr\u00ean m\u00e1i ph\u1ee5c v\u1ee5 x\u1eed l\u00fd n\u01b0\u1edbc th\u1ea3i v\u00e0 \u0111\u00f4 th\u1ecb b\u1ec1n v\u1eefng (Wetland roof (WR) system for domestic wastewater treatment and sustainable cities)\u201d. Gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng tr\u1ecb gi\u00e1 1 tri\u1ec7u y\u00ean, t\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u01b0\u01a1ng kho\u1ea3ng 180 tri\u1ec7u \u0111\u1ed3ng.
Gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng S\u00e1ng t\u1ea1o Ch\u00e2u \u00c1 c\u1ee7a Qu\u1ef9 To\u00e0n c\u1ea7u Hitachi l\u00e0 gi\u1ea3i th\u01b0\u1edfng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c trao cho c\u00e1c nh\u00e0 khoa h\u1ecdc c\u00f3 nh\u1eefng s\u00e1ng ki\u1ebfn v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ed5i m\u1edbi c\u00f4ng ngh\u1ec7 c\u00f3 ti\u1ec1m n\u0103ng \u1ee9ng d\u1ee5ng v\u00e0 g\u00f3p ph\u1ea7n gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft c\u00e1c v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 x\u00e3 h\u1ed9i v\u00e0 hi\u1ec7n th\u1ef1c h\u00f3a m\u1ee5c ti\u00eau ph\u00e1t tri\u1ec3n b\u1ec1n v\u1eefng.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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