Posts by Graham Kendall
PhD student, Wilson Ho Wei Sheng, triumphs Best Poster in Engineering Research Showcase 2014 in UK campus
July 30, 2014
This post was contributed by Ong Sze Pheng Wilson Ho Wei Sheng, a final year PhD student from the Faculty of Engineering, wowed the panels of the Engineering Research Showcase 2014 in UK campus with his outstanding poster and won the 1st runner-up of best poster prize under the category of ‘Best Poster: Research Quality’. …
FRGS Research Proposal Training
July 22, 2014
Over the past year or so, the Research Suport Office has held a number of training events to enable researchers to learn how to write research proosals, develop networks, be open to a peer review process etc. Hopefully, this has led, along with the fantastic work being done in the faculties, in improving our success …
July Haze’s Fever
July 21, 2014
Andy Chan recently appeared on BFN Radio to talk about (taken from the BFM web site): An annual problem faced mostly by citizens of peninsula Malaysia, although those in Sabah and Sarawak are not immune. The haze. Large-scale biomass burning may be a cost-saving for some industries but a health-hazard to human beings and animals. …
3 Minute Thesis Competition
July 4, 2014
This post was contributed by Tissa Chandesa Fancy hearing an 80,000 word thesis explained in less than 180 seconds? Research students from across the globe are doing just that in preparation for the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®). Established by the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008, 3MT is now held in universities around the …
Leading Enterprises join UNMC Careers Fair 2014
July 3, 2014
This post was contributed by Alicia Ch’ng The annual University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) Careers fair was held on 19th March 2014. It was organized by the Careers Advisory Service at University of Nottingham and saw participation from 27 of the leading business enterprises in Malaysia this year. These local and international corporations from …
ERC Advanced Grants: Call for proposals is open
July 2, 2014
EURAXESS LINKS ASEAN : https://europa.eu/sinapse/directaccess/euraxess_asean ERC Advanced Grants – Call Open until 21 October 2014 Call Details [http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/erc-2014-adg.html] ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains. The ERC Advanced Grant funding targets …
Pantai 2 Sewage Treatment Plant Site Visit
July 1, 2014
This post was contributed by Derek Wong Wai Hoe Pantai 2 Sewage Treatment Plant Site Visit A green transformation project The Pantai 2 Sewage Treatment Plant (P2STP) site visit was conducted on 14 March 2014 as a follow-up event to an industrial seminar (Pantai 2 Sewage Treatment Plant – Green Transformation) organized earlier by the …
Nottingham-RHB Resume Competition focuses on Effective Resume
June 30, 2014
This post was contributed by Alicia Ch’ng The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus and RHB Bank Berhad recently organised its inaugural Resume Competition to raise student’s awareness about the importance of writing an effective resume. “The competition was well received by both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Resume is important because it introduces a candidate to …
TheConversation: It attracts a lot of readers
June 27, 2014
Over the past few months, we have featured some (all, I hope) of the articles that colleagues at UNMC have written for TheConversation. We have also promoted the idea that you should consider writing for TheConverstion, as it does tend to attract a lot of readers. We are pleased to see that a few of …
UNMC Professor Receives Outstanding Reviewer Award from Elsevier
June 26, 2014
Professor Sivakumar Manickam, Faculty of Engineering has received Outstanding Reviewer Award from Elsevier’s Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, a high impact journal (IF: 3.5). This is an honour granted to a reviewer who provides exceptionally high quality feedback and performed exceptional service by reviewing a large number of papers. He is close to completing the 100th paper as …
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