Date: 27th August 2019
Venue: Sarawak Biodiversity Centre, Semengoh, Padawan

The Honorable Chief Minister of Sarawak, Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg officiated the launching of the outdoor large scale algae cultivation facility which is a collaboration between Sarawak Biodiversity Centre and Mitsubishi Corporation which aims to produce algae for the usage of feedstock, biofuel and pharmaceutical industry. The outdoor facility which is part of the Phase 3 milestone for the collaboration is 1,000 meters square and is the biggest outdoor installation for algae cultivation in South East Asia.

One of the components of the facility is the adoption of IOT sensors to monitor the temperature, PH level, light intensity, and flow of water and is analysed using data analytics to provide early warning, automation and real time monitoring. This component is a collaboration between SBC and the Faculty of Computer Science and IT, UNIMAS.

Congratulations to Dr Halikul Lenando for his involvement in this project.