Young scientists from Turkmenistan have won gold medals, having performed with great success at the prestigious International competition of innovative creativity Borneo BIICC-2025 (Borneo International Innovation Creativity Competition), held in a Malaysian city Kuching from June 26 to June 30.
The competition was held among young scientists, inventors, researchers, and innovators in the fields of social sciences, humanities, environmental science, physics, mathematics, engineering, and computer science, methods of teaching and learning, artificial intelligence and applied sciences.
BIICC-2025 is registered in the "Book of Records of Malaysia" as the most attended international STEM event. 1,460 scientific projects were presented at the forum, with more than 4,500 presentations young scientists from Malaysia, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Thailand, Egypt, UAE, Indonesia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, Kazakhstan and Vietnam.
On behalf of our country, the team of the Oguz Khan University of Engineering and Technology of Turkmenistan took part in the competition, consisting of which included senior lecturer Atamyrat Altyev and 3rd year students Suleymanmukhammet Shamukhammedov and Tumar Orpaeva.
The scientific project "Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection: scientific foundations of green Cement production" presented at the forum by Suleymanmukhammet Shamukhammedov won three high awards: a gold medal in the environmental science category, a Platinum Award, one of the highest awards of the competition, and the Prize for Sustainable Development.
Alternative methods are considered in the scientific work of Suleymanmukhammet cement production through the use of industrial waste, mainly coal ash, and local raw materials, aimed at reducing carbon emissions and reducing environmental risks. According to the jury, this decision is also an important contribution to sustainable urban development.
The scientific project "Production of carbon dioxide-trapping sorbent from agricultural waste", carried out by Tumar Orpaeva, a 3rd-year student at the University, under the guidance of senior lecturer Saparmurat Ovezsakhedov, was highly appreciated by the jury. Having presented this scientific project, Tumar received a gold medal in the direction of the environmental science competition. In her work, she presented a method for producing a highly porous sorbent from agricultural waste such as rice husks, cotton stalks, remnants of grapes and fruits mulberry tree, as well as scientifically proven its effectiveness in absorbing carbon dioxide.
The head of the team from Turkmenistan, senior lecturer Atamurat Altyev was awarded the Borneo International Leaders and Educators Award" for contribution to the development of the education system.
These high achievements vividly demonstrate the fact that young people Turkmenistan actively participates in solving the most important tasks in the field of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, through creative thinking and innovative decision-making high-level research work. The projects of Turkmen students fully comply with the UN SDGs and put forward important initiatives in this direction, which are significant at the state, regional and global levels. It should be noted that this competition has become an effective international platform for demonstrating innovative projects of young scientists, creatively gifted talents from all over the world, whose activities make a significant contribution to the implementation of the UN SDGs, as well as the formation and promotion of new directions in modern scientific and technological development.
