Achievements

CONGRATULATIONS PHD CANDIDATE FOR ACHIEVING IN THE 3-MINUTE RESEARCH & INNOVATION COMPETITION (3-MRI) 2020

Congratulations to Teoh Ai Ni, a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Assistant Professor Dr Satvinder Kaur, on winning the consolation prize in the national level 3-MINUTE RESEARCH & INNOVATION COMPETITION (3-MRI) 2020 under the Postgraduate category. She managed to explain her research in an engaging and concise manner within 3 minutes in video titled “Circadian Rhythm - The Clock Linking Maternal Health to Infant Growth”. The competition was organised by Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNiSZA).

RECIPIENTS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME (FRGS)

For their project entitled “Circadian rhythm determination and its association with birth and infant outcome, stress, physical activity and chrononutrition among pregnant women in major cities of West Malaysia: A prospective study.”

For their project entitled “Nanocellulose from Leucaena leucocephala as a bioplastic composite for the creation of an intelligent food packaging material.”

For their project entitled “Bioactive plant seed oils coloaded with nanostructured lipid carriers for UV protection and antioxidant activity.”
 

THEIR PROJECT RECEIVES A GRANT OF RM250,000 BY THE MALAYSIA RESEARCH UNIVERSITY NETWORK (MRUN)

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Lionel In Lian Aun (Faculty Of Applied Sciences) and Assistant Professor Dr Oh Siew Pei  (Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts) for receiving a grant of RM250,000 By the Malaysia Research University Network (MRUN) through the Young Researchers Grant Scheme (MY-RGS). Their project was titled ‘A dual-pronged approach to increase production of farmed tilapia using lactococcal-based vaccination and enzybiotic’. A total of 6 research projects were selected from a grand total of 238 applications amounting to RM1.5million.

PHD CANDIDATE NG CHOON MING WON THE BEST POSTER AWARD FOR RESEARCH PRESENTATION AT MASO 2019 CONFERENCE

Congratulations Ng Choon Ming, PhD Candidate under the supervision of Asst Prof Dr Satvinder Kaur (Faculty of Applied Sciences), on winning the Best Poster Award for research presentation at the Malaysain Association for teh Study of Obesity (MASO) Conference. The event was held on 15 to 16 October 2019 at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur.

BEST GUIDED POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Satvinder Kaur from UCSI's Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) on winning the Best Guided Poster Presentation Award for your research project regarding culinary nutrition education for schoolchildren in Kuala Lumpur at the 2019 International Congress on Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome & Asia-Oceania Conference on Obesity (ICOMES & AOCO 2019) that was held in Seoul, South Korea from 29 to 31 August 2019.

PROFESSOR DR PHANG RECEIVES RECOGNITION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

Congratulations to Professor Dr Phang Siew Moi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Postgraduate Studies, UCSI University who was conferred the title Emeritus Professor by the University of Malaya for her contributions in Algae Research in its 59th Convocation Ceremony on 12 October 2019

WON GOLD MEDAL AWARD AT THE INVENTION, INNOVATION & DESIGN EXPOSITION 2019 (IIDEX 2019)

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Nyam Kar Lin from UCSI's Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS), who has won the gold medal award for the invention, innovation and design under individual category at the Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition 2019 (IIDEX 2019), which was held at Dewan Agong Tuanku Canselor, UiTM Shah Alam from 10 to 15 September 2019. The winning product was "Kenaf Sunscreen Cream SPF 50+".

RECIPIENTS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME (FRGS) FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Congratulations to Dr. Yam Hok Chai (Faculty of Applied Sciences) and Co-Researchers for their project entitled: “Comprehending the structural interaction between bacterial leukotoxin (LtxA) and human leukocytes.”

RECIPIENTS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME (FRGS) FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Soo Oi Yoon (Faculty of Applied Sciences) and Co-Researchers for their project entitled: “Interaction of Acinetobactor venetianus and Cycloclasticus pugetii with acetylated Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) cotton fibres, and their ability to degrade crude oil”.

UCSI APPLIED SCIENCES LECTURER IN TOP 1% FOR 'AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES' CITATIONS

UCSI University's Head of Department Research and Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nyam Kar Lin has been included in the latest Top 1% for Agricultural Sciences citation list, based on total citations as ranked by Clarivate Analytics.

Previously, Dr Nyam Kar Lin was ranked 5211 (November 2018) and has jumped 1535 spots to 3635 (June 2019), firmly placing her in top 1% in the list.

The placement was based on the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) - an analytical tool that identifies top-performing research and the impact of publications in the Web of Science Core Collection.