Posts by Graham Kendall
IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2013
December 13, 2013
This post was contributed by Tuong-Thuy Vu IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2013 was held at Multimedia University (MMU), Melaka campus. This was the first annual workshop organised by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Malaysia chapter (GRSS). This workshop aimed to provide a forum for GRSS members, researchers and students to share …
Innovative Youth, Future Business Leaders competition
December 12, 2013
This post was contributed by Angelina Yee The Innovative Youth, Future Business Leader competition was held on 9 Nov 2013. The purpose of competition is to develop entrepreneurial thinking among students and to give innovative strategies to companies. There are five categories and each category’s winner was awarded at a dinner on 29 Nov 2013. …
Can Santa travel faster than the speed of light?
We recently asked for research stories about Christmas (and see the broder Christmas category). This piece was published in the Radio Times and combines Santa and time travel!
UPM/UNMC hold first workshop for their dual PhD programme
December 11, 2013
In May 2013 UNMC (University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus) signed an MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) for a Dual PhD programme.. The MOA is a development of the Malaysian Nottingham Doctoral Programme (MNDP) which enabled Malaysian academics to do their PhD at the University of Nottingham. The requirements for Malaysia have …
British Malaysia Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lunch
As you may know UNMC (University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus) is a member of BMCC (British Malaysia Chamber of Commerce). This is a partnership that we greatly value and you might recall that we worked with them recently on the JPA/BMCC programme. This year we were fortunate enough to have a table for their Christmas …
Horizon 2020: Become an independent expert for biggest EU research programme yet!
December 10, 2013
Ahead of the start of Horizon 2020, the new EU research and innovation programme, the European Commission has launched a new call for independent experts. Experts are needed to evaluate proposals for EU funding and for other activities such as monitoring, programme evaluation and policy development. Interested candidates are invited to file their application online …
Top authors and reviewer for Computers & Chemical Engineering
December 9, 2013
This post was contributed by Dr Denny Ng. We would like to congratulate him, and the other authors on their successes. Three papers of Dr Denny Ng, Dr Hon Loong Lam and Professor Dominic Foo from the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies and Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering have been identified as most …
What route will Santa take this Christmas?
December 6, 2013
Earlier this week, I asked for ideas that featured research with a Christmas theme (and also see the broader Christmas category) I was fortunate to get an email from a very good friend of mine (Dr Neil Urquhart, from Napier University) who sent me details of a very nice application he, and his colleagues, have …
Book Launch: Processing and Drying of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits
December 5, 2013
This post was contributed by Hii Ching Lik A new e-book “Processing and Drying of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits” (ISBN: 978-981-07-7312-0) was launched on 26th November 2013 from a joint effort between Faculty of Engineering staffs from the Center for Food and Bio-Product Processing and the Transport Processes Research group, NUS, Singapore. The book was …
UNMC Academic wins a Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS)
December 4, 2013
This post was contributed by Dr Denny Ng, who we would like to offer congratulations to Dr Denny Ng, an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, as well as the Centre of Excellence of Green Technologies (CEGT), is one of the project leaders who were awarded a Long Term Research Grant …
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