Students of the Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan achieved great success at the World Sustainable Development Goal Challenge (WSDG 2025), organized jointly by the Malaysian Multimedia University and the Malaysia Young Scientists Organization.
More than 2,100 scientific works by young scientists—university students from 15 countries worldwide, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Romania, Brazil, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UAE, Egypt, India, and Palestine—were submitted to this prestigious competition.
The gold medal and the highest award of the competition—the "WSDG Innovation Grand Award"—were awarded to Suleymanmuhammet Shamuhammedov, a 4th-year student of the Chemical Technology Faculty of the Turkmen university. The young scientist presented a research work entitled "Scientific Foundations for the Production of Green Cement for Sustainable Development," which introduced developments in scientific foundations for reducing environmental impact in cement production. Particular attention was paid to the efficient use of energy and the implementation of environmentally friendly production methods for this widely used construction material. Suleymanmuhammet's work received high praise from leading global scientific organizations and was recognized as an important solution in the field of sustainable development.
The gold medal and a special competition prize—"Best Innovation in Sustainable Development"—were awarded to the research work "Innovative Technology for Producing Pure Gypsum from Phosphogypsum—an Industrial Waste," prepared collaboratively by Aymyrat Halnazarov, a 3rd-year student of the Chemical Technology Faculty, and Jemal Sharipova, a 3rd-year student of the Chemical Engineering Faculty at the Turkmen university. In their scientific work, the young scientists developed an economically viable and environmentally safe method for producing pure construction gypsum from phosphogypsum, a by-product of phosphate fertilizer production and one of the environmentally harmful industrial wastes. The authors successfully presented a new way to recycle industrial waste and obtain economically valuable products from it, which also received strong positive feedback and high evaluation from the international jury. It should be noted that a significant contribution to the victory of our talented students was made by the national team’s scientific supervisor, senior lecturer of the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan, Candidate of Technical Sciences Atamyrat Altyev.
The Turkmen team proudly dedicated their brilliant achievements at the international scientific contest to the upcoming 34th anniversary of our country's independence. Our team expresses immense gratitude for the constant state-level support of scientific activities, youth initiatives, and their interest in innovation, scientific research, and development.
Such outstanding achievements of Turkmen young scientists at prestigious international competitions, amid strong competition, serve as a vivid testament to the dynamic development of science and education in the country and strengthen Turkmenistan’s position in the international scientific community while contributing to the emergence of young scientists as leaders in science, innovation, and technology.
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