LOF and FLOF

On 6 September, 2016, there was a signing ceremony between Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research (CESPOR), UNMC and Green Plant Organic Fertiliser Sdn Bhd to secure RM580,120 worth of research funding for a project “The Efficacy of Living Organic Fertilizer (LOF) and Fortified Living Organic Fertilizer (FLOF) amended with mix cultures of Trichoderma spp. …

Textbook launching at China

by D.C.Y. Foo Professor Ir Dr Dominic C. Y. Foo, Director for the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies (CEGT) was invited for a book launch event held during the Process System Engineering conference (PSE China) at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China (27-29 July 2016).  The new book being launched is the Chinese translated version …

Computer program pins down carbon capturing ionic liquids

A recent paper (A systematic approach to design task-specific ionic liquids and their optimal operating conditions) by Nishanth G. Chemmangattuvalappil has recently been featured on Chemistry World. The piece starts: “Scientists have developed a computer-aided method that designs carbon capturing ionic liquids and at the same time finds their optimal operating conditions. Capturing and storing …

Satellite remote sensing for monitoring construction project

Led by Dr. Tuong-Thuy Vu, School of Geography, a multidisciplinary team of UNMC developed an automated system for progress monitoring of key repetitive construction activities in linear infrastructure projects. Initiated from a brief chat between two old friends, Dr. Vu and Mr. Ioannes Tang, Department of Civil Engineering, the project idea was formulated on the …

Spring Semester Activities by UNMC-IEM Student Chapter

by Hii Ching Lik Two major events had been organized by the UNMC-IEM Student Chapter in March. The first event was “Women in Engineering Forum” (25th March 2015) and the second event was “Yokohama Solar Car Competition” (28th March 2015). Both events were organized at UNMC. The “Women in Engineering Forum” was attended by 32 …

Faculty of Engineering Employer Appreciation Awards

I was very pleased, and honored, to recently (08 Dec 2014) be asked to say a few words about UNMC research as one of the opening speakers at the Faculty of Engineering Employer Appreciation Awards. Collaboration with employers is very important for UNMC, particularly in Engineering, where we are required to work with external partners …

Batch Process Simulation and Optimisation Workshop

By Prof. Dominic Foo   Report for Inter-Campus Mobility Fund A hands-on workshop on “Batch Process Simulation and Optimisation” was held on 27 August 2014 at the Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham (UNUK).  The workshop tutor was Prof Dominic Foo from the Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies (CEGT), Malaysia Campus (UNMC).  The workshop …

EURAXESS Science Slam 2014 ASEAN

EURAXESS Press Release   Researcher from Nottingham University Malaysia Campus beats region-wide competition in 2nd EURAXESS Science Slam ASEAN. Doctoral candidate Bhamini Bhujun will join the Science Slam Champions from Brazil, China, India, Japan, and North America on a unique networking trip to Europe in spring 2015. The young electrical engineer also gets the opportunity …

The Remarkable Collaboration between UNMC, Eureka Synergy Sdn Bhd, Havys Oil Mill Sdn Bhd & Cenergi SEA Sdn Bhd

by CHONG MEI FONG <MeiFong.Chong@nottingham.edu.my> and DENNY NG KOK SUM <Denny.Ng@nottingham.edu.my>   With a view to contributing to the sustainable development of the nation’s biomass sector, a signing ceremony took place on 11 November 2014 to commemorate a successful triple-helix collaboration across academia, industry and Government agency. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between The …

These things don’t organise themselves!

Tomorrow (11 Nov 2014) MyResearch Sdn Bhd has a very important contract and MOU signing event. Normally when you turn up to these things, everything is ready – but the pictures below show that these things don’t organise themselves and a lot of work, by a lot of people goes on in the background to …