Nottingham Research Leaders Program: Sometimes good things just happen
April 21, 2016
As part of the Nottingham Research Leaders Program (NRLP), we paid a visit to the Ministry of Education (MoE). This was a follow up to the MoE recently visiting the University of Nottingham, UK and meeting with the Vice Chancellor. Professor Sir David Greenaway explained NRLP, which led to the NRLP delegation being invited to …
Asia Research News 2016: Ready to read!
March 8, 2016
The Asia Research News 2016 has just been published online. Pages 15 and 24 (use the actual page numbers, not the navigation page numbers) feature research carried out at UNMC. Page 15 looks at Compassion Mediation Enhances Quality-of-life Perceptions and page 24 is about Graphene Based Nano-lubricants. We will receive hard copies soon. Please let …
Invitation to apply for participating in the UK Newton Workshop
January 12, 2016
by Prof Denny Ng Centre of Hydrogen Energy (IFE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia together with Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES), University of Surrey, UK and Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research (CESPOR), The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) have successfully secured the grant for the UK-Malaysiaworkshop, funded by British Council (in partnership with Academy of Sciences Malaysia) …
Wisdom of the Crowds at the Graduate School Christmas Party
December 19, 2015
In 1906 Francis Galton was at a country fair and there was a guess the ox competition. He took all 787 guesses and took the average. This was 1,197 pounds. The actual weight? 1.198 pounds! In effect the wisdom of the crowds gave a perfect answer. This was the start of The Wisdom of the …
International Engineering and Technology Exhibition (IETE 2015)
November 30, 2015
by Dr Amin Malek Mohammadi The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) team won one Gold, one Bronze and the Special Award from Malaysian Research and Innovation Society (MyRIS) at the recent International Engineering and Technology Exhibition (IETE 2015). UNMC team consists of Dr. Amin Malek Mohammadi, Dr. Mohanna, Mr. How Chin Joe, Mr. Ong …
Research Centres and Research Groups at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
November 15, 2015
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) has recently completed an exercise to establish Research Centres and Research Groups. This has been done for a variety of reasons, inclusing: To more actively promote our research both internally and externally To have a “go to” person for a given research area To enable us to be …
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
October 7, 2015
In almost every aspect of our lives, we have a unique identifier, enabling us to be uniquely identified. This might be a student/staff ID, a bank account number, a customer reference for a utility service etc. You are little more than a number inside an IT system! When you create an account with a journal, …
UNMC Team Wins IEM Research Paper Competition
June 27, 2015
By DOMINIC CHWAN YEE FOO Two postgraduate and an undergraduate students of chemical engineering won the 2015 Research Paper Competition, organised by the Chemical Engineering Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (CETD, IEM). This competition was held in conjunction with the Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE) congress on 27 September – …
UNMC Researchers Win Awards in IIDEX 2015
By Dr. Hii Ching Lik Researchers from the Centre of Food and Bio-product Processing, Manufacturing and Industrial Processes Research Division, Faculty of Engineering have won several awards in Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition (iidex2015), an annual International Exhibition and Competition, organized by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) from 27 – 30 April 2015 at UiTM campus, …
Hugo Swire Interview on BFM
March 3, 2015
Hugo Swire (Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) recently visited the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, where he drove a student built car (see pictures!). Dato’ Seri Haji Idris Jusoh, the Education and Higher Learning Minister II, and Her Excellency Vicki Treadell (British High Commissioner to Malaysia) also joined the visit. Hugo …
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