(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat -
Ten projects have so far made it to the finals of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) Innovation Award that will take place in November.
Two projects have qualified from each of the five evaluation centres, while another five projects will qualify from the remaining two centres by Thursday - three from Muscat governorate centre and two from North Batinah governorate.
On Tuesday, in Dhofar governorate centre, the projects of 'Donation' and 'Smart medical shirt' reached the finals.
In Dhahirah and Buraimi governorates centre, Maymona al Zaidiya with her project on 'The electronic palm climber', and Salim al Kabi for his project on 'Eco-friendly machine to produce varnish from Oman frankincense' were announced as the two qualifiers for the finals.
'HELMTECH' project by Dr Sami Mukhtar Ghoneim, and 'Garage application' by Reem al Aamri, were the two projects that qualified from the centre of North and South Sharqiyah governorates, while in the centre of Dakhliyah and Al Wusta governorates, Faris al Farsi and Hamed al Abri qualified for their projects on 'nano-filtration of microorganisms in urinary tract catheters with polymeric filter membrances' and 'smart cooling bag' respectively.
From the centre of South Batinah, the project on 'Design of a carpel extraction machine for dried lime', and 'Device for dew and fog droplet aggregation' reached the finals.
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