Malaysian team wins process safety medal

The team with Rivers (second left) at the ceremony.

FOUR chemical engineering students from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, have been awarded a new process safety medal by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) for their compelling joint paper and poster demonstrating the issues that led to the gas leak disaster in Bhopal, India.

IChemE members Tze Lin Kok, Jing Han Siow, Yeuan Jer Choong and Chee Kean Looi were awarded the SIESO Medal for their joint entry, “The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: The Scar of Process Safety”, which consisted of a paper giving a thought-provoking overview of the Bhopal disaster, accompanied by two posters.