Top Cited Papers for 2011 and 2012 in Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

by Denny Ng Kok Sum   Top Cited Papers for 2011 and 2012 in Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Two papers from Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies (CEGT), University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus are among the top cited papers for years 2011 and 2012 in a Springer journal, i.e. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy …

New officers of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Malaysia chapter

The Annual General Meeting of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Malaysia chapter was held on 17 January 2015 at IOI Palm Resort Hotel. The new team elected for 2015-16 term includes: Prof. Koo Voon Chet (MMU) as Chair, Dr. Tuong-Thuy Vu (UNMC) as Vice Chair, Dr. Zulkiflee Abd Latif (UiTM) as Secretary and Dr. Chan Yee Kit …

Exciting new publications

Veronica Alicia Yap, Bi-Juin Loong, Kang-Nee Ting, Sandy Hwei-San Loh, Kien-Thai Yong, Yun-Yee Low, Toh-Seok Kam, Kuan-Hon Lim (January 2015). Hispidacine, an unusual 8,4’-oxyneolignan-alkaloid with vasorelaxant activity, and hispiloscine, an antiproliferative phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, from Ficus hispida Linn. Phytochemistry, Volume 109, Pages 96–102. (check it here) The paper describes the detailed structure elucidation and biological activity …

Faculty of Science – grant capture

Congratulations to the following individuals on their grant captures: Yap Chiew Lin Title: Effectiveness, selectivity and kinetics of novel biofuel production via ionic liquid catalysed conversion of palm waste to levulinate esters. Grant provider: FRGS, RM 125,750.00 Malaysia produced 19.2 million tonnes of palm oil in 2013 from over 5 million hectares of plantation lands. However, …

The best student paper award at IWGRS 2014

Darshana Wickramasinghe, a first year PhD student in the School of Geography was awarded the  prize for the best student paper l at the IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IWGRS) 2014 held in STRIDE, Kajang on 20 November 2014. Darshana’s paper presented his PhD work on “Satellite remote sensing techniques for construction project monitoring” which …

Protein-based fluorescent metal nanoclusters for small molecular drug screening

Published in Chemical Communication by Dr New Siu Yee and colleagues, the work looks into developing a facile drug screening method based on synthesis of fluorescent gold nanoclusters inside albumin proteins loaded with small molecular drugs and comparing the relative fluorescence intensities of the resultant gold nanoclusters has been developed and successfully applied for the quantitative …

‘Smart’ drugs won’t make smart people smarter

It is claimed one in five students have taken the ‘smart’ drug Modafinil to boost their ability to study and improve their chances of exam success. But new research into the effects of Modafinil has shown that healthy students could find their performance impaired by the drug. The study carried out by Dr Ahmed Dahir …

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 …

Aerospace Research and Technology Centre in Malaysia

(AMIC media release) MALAYSIA STEPS UP PRESENCE IN GLOBAL AEROSPACE INDUSTRY Kuala Lumpur, 06 November 2014 – Asia Aerospace City (AAC), launched its Research and Technology (R&T) Centre today. The launch, marked another milestone for both AAC and AMIC* in championing the aerospace industry’s capability building in Asia. The R&T Centre, located in German-Malaysian Institute …

Nottingham Research Leaders Program 2014

Following the first Nottingham Research Leaders Program in 2014 (see the blog post here), we had our second cohort visit us this week (03 – 07 Nov 2014). This program is designed to identify and develop promising individuals within the University via a twelve month training programme. As part of that training, they have to …