Student Achievers

THE BUILD A SLIDE STRUCTURE (BASS) COMPETITION 2018

BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering

Congratulations to Team “We Will Win (3W)”.

Civil Engineering students win 2nd Runner Up Prize in the BUILD A SLIDE STRUCTURE (BASS) Competition 2018.

The team not only showed their exemplary skills in structural design, but also excellent teamwork and creativity in building lightweight structures.

Best Paper Award (Oral Presentation Category) in the 8th Green Sustainable Biotechnology Symposium 2018

MSc Applied Sciences, by Research

Congratulations to Ms Carmen Loh Wai Leng, who netted the 1st prize for the Best Paper Award (Oral Presentation Category) in the 8th Green Sustainable Biotechnology Symposium 2018 on 19th January held at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. 

Carmen is a MSc student supervised by Assistant Professor Dr Grrace Ng Hui Suan.

The results from Chieng’s study offered useful insights for the future development of HRM practices for Malaysian construction companies

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Study: The Mediating Effect of Organisational Commitment on the Relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) Practices and Organisational Performance in the Malaysian Construction Industry.

Seeking to determine the impact of current human resource management practices on organisational performance and staff commitment, Chieng’s study involved front line employees in a group of 3,286 large construction companies affiliated with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).

Chieng’s study collected 205 pockets of usable data that sought to determine the impact of HRM practices (e.g. recruitment, selection, training, compensation, performance appraisals and job design) in the industry. The findings showed that unlike other HRM practices, training and performance appraisals did not have a strong correlation with performance and organisational commitment. The results from this study offered useful insights for the future development of HRM practices for Malaysian construction companies.

Khairil Anwar 's study won the Best Paper Award at the Academics World International Conference in Tokyo, Japan

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Study: Factors Determining Consumer Behaviour towards Purchases of Safer Cars in Malaysia.

Khairil Anwar is a firm advocate of road safety. He is currently the Secretary General of ASEAN NCAP – a new car assessment program for Southeast Asia – at the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS). Prior to this, he headed MIROS’ Crash Safety Engineering unit and worked in Japan.

Eager to challenge himself and enhance his management skills, Khairil Anwar enrolled at UCSI University to pursue the DBA. Pursuing his affinities, he employed the theory of planned behaviour to investigate consumer behaviour towards purchasing safer cars in Malaysia. Purposed to understand preferences and identify the gaps that that prevent a five-star car safety scenario in Malaysia, the study won the Best Paper Award at the Academics World International Conference in Tokyo, Japan.

Kee Yee Believed in Overcoming Disability. UCSI Helped Him Realise This in Style.

BA (Hons) Accounting

• Chancellor’s Gold Medal Award recipient
• Tan Sri Ahmad Razali Merit Scholarship recipient
• UCSI Dean’s List (2011 and 2012)

Kee Yee is a proud alumnus of SMK Taman Kosas, Ampang

Wei Jing Always Wanted To Be An Actuary. UCSI Helped Him Speed Up The Process.

BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science

Passed five Society of Actuaries (SoA) preliminary exams by the third year of his degree studies.

The SoA exams are known for their high degree of difficulty.

Wei Jing is a proud alumnus of SMJK Jit Sin, Bukit Mertajam

ShenShen is A Judoka Who Cares for the Enviroment. UCSI is Helping Her Take down Issues in Aquaculture.

Diploma in Aquaculture with Entrepreneurship

• State-level judoka
• UCSI University Trust Sports Bursary Recipient

Shenshen is a proud alumna of SMK Taman Melawati, Selangor

Quek Shio Yee

i. Winner of the 2020 AIM Chinese Music Award, Best New Artist and Best Drama/Movie Theme Song

ii. Released debut album ‘Abstract', in 2016 and nominated for Best New Artist at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan

iii. Best Song Performer and Winner of 8TV Ultimate Song Competition in 2013

Prabu and Satyaraj Designed A Plug-in to Test Oil Wells. UCSI Helped Them Dig Deeper.

BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Prabu), BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (Satyaraj)

Winner of the RM 15,000 Grand Prize in the Schlumberger Ocean Plug-In Competition 2013

Prabu and Satyaraj are proud alumni of SMK Methodist ACS Sitiawan, Perak

Chan Mei Xuan (Maxy)

i. Invited as one of the speakers for the theme: Synchronization titled “Get Your Life in Sync” at TEDxUCSIUniversity 2017

ii. Self-organized a fund-raising concert for UNICEF Malaysia titled “TOMORROW” in 2017

iii. Presented a lecture-recital at UCSI Piano Pedagogy Conference 2017 on Performance Perspectives on Ng Chong Lim’s A Distant Voice of the Rain Forest: Musical Elements, Preparation Guidelines, and Interpretations

iv. First Malaysian to win the Gold Award at the 2013 Asia Piano Competition in Taiwan and 2014 Asia Music Competition in Seoul

v. Appeared as a performer in Fringe Stage Programme at the 10th Penang Island Jazz Festival, 11th Johor Bahru Arts Festival, Trinity Awards and Concert Kuala Lumpur/ Selangor, 22nd Kota Kinabalu Music Festival, 3rd EUROASIA Youth Music Festival Young Artistes in Concert, Trinity’s Diploma Conferment Ceremony, 41st Klang Music Festival, WebTV Asia Awards at Sunway Convention Centre, and “Crossover: Carnival of Venice” Concert.