UTM ChemEng Breaks Top 5 at Southeast Asia Global Innovation Challenge 2025

JOHOR BAHRU, 14 Dec — A team of Chemical Engineering students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has proven that classroom ideas can compete on a regional stage, securing fourth place at the Southeast Asia Global Innovation Challenge (SEA-GIC) 2025. Competing against teams from across Southeast Asia, the UTM ChemEng team emerged among the Top 5 finalists with an AI-driven solution addressing a real and pressing industry challenge. The competition, themed “AI-Driven Chemistry for Planetary Health”, was organised by the American Chemical Society International Student Chapter UTM in collaboration with the ACS Malaysia Chapter.