Huawei National ICT Talents Seeds Cultivation (TSC) Award
August 26, 2014
Wee Gin Lim has recently received the Huawei National ICT Talents Seeds Cultivation (TSC) Award. Upon receiving the award he said: “I am very honoured to have recently been presented the Huawei National ICT Talents Seed Cultivation (TSC) Award as an appreciation for my valuable contribution to the Huawei National ICT TSC Initiatives. The National …
Osmotic Dehydration of Tropical Fruits
August 4, 2014
This post was contributed by Hii Ching Lik A final year MEng research project “Osmotic Dehydration of Tropical Fruits” was awarded the Food and Drink Undergraduate Prize for 2014 by the IChemE (UK) Food and Drink Special Interest Group. The project report was based on the experimental works carried out by Khoo Phey yeong, Lim …
Research Collaboration with Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
August 1, 2014
This post was contributed by Choong Wee Kang and Edwin Goh Boon Hoe The Department of Civil Engineering UNMC invited the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM) of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia for an inter-university research discussion on the 21st January 2014 at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. The event was …
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’. …
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 …
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 …
PhD student, Weiling Chow wins first Place in World Water Day 2014 competition
June 24, 2014
A first year PhD student from the University of Nottingham, Wei Ling Chow has presented her poster to a very high standard of clarity at World Water Day 2014. The competition with the theme “Water & Energy” was organised by Forum Air Malaysia with the aim of addressing critical issues related to the water and …
Centre for Food and Bio-product Processing (Activities summary Jan-Jun 2014)
June 17, 2014
This post was contributed by Hii Ching Lik The first CFBP research forum was held on 3rd June 2014 at the Faculty of Engineering, UNMC. The PhD candidates presented the progress of their research to the PhD supervisors and research members from CFBP. In total 4 PhD candidates presented their projects and they were Gan …
UNMC IBC and Department of Biosafety, NRE Jointly Organize Two-day Biosafety Training Workshop
June 16, 2014
This post was contributed by Sandy Loh Swei San UNMC Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) jointly organized a 2-day Biosafety Training Workshop with Department of Biosafety, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) on 3rd and 4th June 2014 at UNMC. The main objective of the workshop was to create awareness among the researchers and laboratory …
Success for UNMC at the Inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Awards
June 4, 2014
On the 2 Jun 2014, the university held its inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Awards at East Midlands Conference Centre, UK. Awards were made to people from all three of our campuses (UK, China and Malaysia). From the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Lim Jaan Cherng, who created a virtual reality prosthetic arm to help amputees …