Taiwan participated in the 1st International Nanotechnology Olympiad (INO 2018)

The 1st International Nanotechnology Olympiad (INO) was initiated by Iran and held this April in Tehran. Dr. Maw-Kuen Wu from Taiwan, representative of INO founding member institution, also joined the INO Steering Committee (INOStC) to participate in the development of strategy, establishment of regulation, determination of thematic focus, etc. Participating teams from Iran, European Union, Russia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Taiwan presented their solutions for the global challenges related to the theme of “Water and Environment” using nanotechnology in INO 2018. Taiwanese team came out with the best total score in the three aspects of novelty, business and science/technology and won 3,000 euros for their idea on "Nature-inspired Omniphobic Membranes and Photocatalysts Design Toward a Near-Zero Liquid Discharge” which uses nanotechnology to address problems related to this year‘s theme.
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