R&D related Awards received by UTAR

 

UTAR is reputed for its efforts in seeking innovative advancement through research and development despite the fact that it has been established for only five years. This is evidenced by the numerous grants that UTAR researchers have been receiving from local as well as international organizations. Also, it is evidenced by the numerous national and international accolades won by them for their works. A fair number of UTAR researchers stand tall in their respective fields of research and the awards that they received read as follows:

Awards received in year 2010.
Awards received in year 2009.
Awards received in year 2008.
Awards received in year 2007.
Awards received in year 2006.
Awards received in year 2005.


Year 2010

Faculty of Engineering & Science

Project title :

Use of nano dot luminescent solar concentrators for building integrated photovoltaic systems
Project leader : Dr Lim Yun Seng
Project team : Prof Faidz bin Abd Rahman, Dr Teh Geok Bee, Mr Tan Seng Gee, Mr Lo Chin Kim,
Award title : National Winner of Energy Globe Award
Awarded by : The World Awards for Sustainability
Event : World Environment Day
Venue : Rwanda, Africa
Year / Date : 16th29 thMay 2010
 
Project team : Tan Kuen Keong, Yap Chun Liang, Teng Kai Wea, Yong Kok Jeng, Lee Sze Mei, Bong Tin Long, How Meng Teik, Lee Meng Fat, Bong Hui Chin, Lee Yong Hong, Chuah Ail Sheng, Ooi Lip Khun, Chew Way Jan, Ng Chi Hwa, Chua Wei Kiang, Yap Yee Wen, Sim Ken Yang, Ng Weng Chiat, Tee Kit Siang, Liang Siang Sheng
Award title : Special College/Uni Prize
Awarded by : OSK Investment Bank
Event : OSK Investment Challenge (Campus Edition)
Venue : Swiss-Garden Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Year / Date : 16thAugust 2010 - 1stOctober 2010
 
Project title : Low Temperature Sintering of Cu and Ag Nanoparticles
Project leader : Dr Rajkumar Durairaj
Project team : Professor Samjid Mannan
Award title : 42nd Wighton Titular Fellowship in Engineering
Awarded by : The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Venue : Kings College, London.
Year / Date : 18th October 2010 - 31st December 2010
 
Project title : A Case-Control Study of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Polymorphisms and Schizophrenia in the Malaysian Population
Project leader : Dr Loh Han Chern
Award title : Early Career Investigator Award
Awarded by : Schizophrenia Research Institute, New South Wales, Australia
Event: 11th Biennial Australasian Schizophrenia Congress, ASC 2010 Molecules to Mind
Venue : Sheraton on the Park, Sydney, Australia
Year / Date : 22nd – 24th September 2010
 
Project leader : Mak Kwan Wuey
Project team : Liu Chee Wei and Gan Yu Han
Award title : 2nd place at Green My World@ My Campus
Awarded by : Schneidler Electric
Event: Schneider Electric University Challenge 2010
Venue : Sunway Hotel
Year / Date : 22 Sep 2010
 
Project title : Novel Apoliproproteins as Biological Markers in Schizophrenia
Project leader : Dr Loh Han Chern
Award title : Young Scientist Scholarship Award
Awarded by : SIEMENS and Asia Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry (member of International Federation of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Milano, Italy)
Event: The 12th Asian-Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry
Venue : COEX, Seoul, Korea.
Year / Date : 3 – 7 October 2010
 
Project title : Autonomous Amphibious Vehicle for disaster rescue mission
Project leader : Chan KC & Tee Yu Hon
Project team: MH & BI students
Award title : 2nd runner up
Awarded by : IEEE UTAR STUDENT Branch
Event: IEEE STUDENT Conference 2010
Venue : Petaling Jaya Campus
Year / Date : 20-21 Nov 2010
 
Project title : Smart Lighting, HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) and Heat Extractor System
Project leader : Gan Yu Han
Project team: Liu Chee Wei and Mak Kwan Wuey
Award title :  Best Exhibit
Awarded by : IEEE UTAR STUDENT Branch
Event: IEEE STUDENT Conference 2010
Venue : Petaling Jaya Campus
Year / Date : 20-21 Nov 2010
 
Project title : An Evaluation of Redocumentation Approaches and Tools Using Knowledge Representation Criteria
Project leader : Sugumaran Nallusamy
Award title : Best Session Presentation
Awarded by : University of Indonesia
Event: International Conference on Advanced Computer Science and Information System
Venue : Aston Kuta,Bali
Year / Date : 20-23 November 2010
 

Faculty of Accountancy and Management

Project title :

The Impact of E-Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction on Purchase Intention: Examining the Airlines Industry E-Ticketing Service
Project team : Mr. Lau, Teck Chai, Dr. Kwek, Choon Ling, and Dr.Tan, Hoi Piew.
Award title : Best Paper - 2nd Place.
Event : The International Conference on Marketing 2010 (ICMAR2010) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 23-24, 2010). Organized by International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
 
Faculty of Business and Finance

Project title :

An Exploratory Study of Human Resource Management Practices In An Overseas Japanese Firm. Are There Any Barriers to Adopting the Japanese HRM Practices?
Project leader : Garry Tan Wei Han
Project team Chua Beng Hui (UTAR), Lee Eng Heng (UTAR) and Lim Yong Hooi (UTAR)
Award title : Best Paper Award
Awarded by : Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Event : Technology Innovation and Industrial Management (TIIM) Conference 2010
Venue : The Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Pattaya, Thailand.
Year / Date : June 16-18, 2010
 
Faculty of Science

Project title :

An Iinvestigation on the regulatory effects of DMCG, MNQ, β-Amyrin towards the PKC and NF-κB signalling pathways in human Burkitt's Lymphoma cell line (Raji cells)
Project team Kitson Liew, Wong Teck Yew, Yap Wei Hsum, Lim Chan Kiang, Anthony Ho Siong Hock, and Lim Yang Mooi
Award title : Outstanding Poster Presentation
Event : 35th annual Conference of the MSBMB
Venue : Equatorial Hotel, Bangi, Selangor
Year / Date : 27th-28th July 2010


Year 2009

Faculty of Engineering & Science

Project title :

Removal of Reactive Red 120 using Chemically Modified Seaweeds, Sargassum binderi.
Project leader : Dr Hii Siew Ling
Project team : Chang YT, Wong CL
Award title : Champion for Poster Presentation
Awarded by : Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Event : The 20th Intervarsity Biochemistry Seminar
Venue : Universiti Putra Malaysia
Year / Date : 21st March 2009
 
Project title : Bioactive Bisindole Alkaloids From Tabernaemontana Corymbosa
Project leader : Dr Sim Kooi Mow
Project team : Dr Kam Toh Seok (University of Malaya)
Award title : 42nd IUPAC Young Chemist Award of USD 1,000.00
Awarded by : The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK
Event : 42nd IUPAC Congress
Venue : Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center (SECC), Glasgow, UK.
Year / Date : Informed of the award on 13 April 2009 To receive the award on 2-7 August 2009
 
Project title : Universal Sun Tracking System
Project leader : Dr Chong Kok Keong
Project team : Wong Chee Woon, Siaw Fei Lu, Yew Tiong Keat
Award : Silver Award
Event: : 20th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition ITEX 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Venue : KLCC Convention Center
Year/Date : 15-17 May 2009
 
Project title : Multi-Agents Deforestation Monitoring System
Project leader : Dr Tan Ching Seong
Project team : Julian Tan Kok Ping, Cheng Chia Loon, Ban Sau Keong, Chia Ming Jin, Lim Yu Hung, Chia Kok Siang, Chong Siong Ming, Cheong Fong Euh, Ng Chin Son, Mok Chee Chuan
Faculty : Faculty of Engineering & Science
Award : Gold Award
Event : 20th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition ITEX 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Venue : KLCC Convention Center
Year/Date : 15-17 May 2009
 
 
Project title : System's Perspective towards Last Level-Cache Architecture of CMP, Micro-processors,
Project team :

J.W. Lam (MMU), I.K.T. Tan (MMU), H.T. Ewe(UTAR), B.L. Ong (Intel), C.K. Tan (Intel).

Award :  Best Paper Award
Event : High-Performance Computing Asia 09 (HPCAsia09)
Venue : Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Year/Date : 2-5 March, 2009
 
Project title : An Ice Parameter Retrieval Method with Radiative Transfer Model and Levenberg Marquardt Optimization
Project team : Y.J.Lee (MMU), W.K.Lim (MMU), H.T.Ewe (UTAR) and H.T.Chuah (UTAR)
Award : Best Oral Paper Presentation (3rd Prize, Physical Science Category)
Event : 4th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctic (MISA4)
Venue : PJ
Year/Date : 1-3 April 2009
 
Project title : Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm Inversion for Sea Ice Thickness Using Passive Microwave Remote Sensing
Project team :

H.J. Yap (MMU), W.K.Lim (MMU), H.T.Ewe (UTAR) and H.T.Chuah (UTAR)

Award : Best Poster Paper (2nd Prize)
Event : 4th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctic (MISA4)
Venue : PJ
Year/Date : 1-3 April 2009
 
Faculty of Information and Communication Technology
Project title : HiCORE (Holistic Islamic Banking System) SOA Parameter-based Semantic Multimedia Approach
Project leader

Prof. Dato' Dr. Halimah Zaman (From UKM)

Project team : Dr. Choo Wou Onn  (from UTAR, collaborator)
Award : Gold Prize from Malaysian Invention and Design Society
Event : 20th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX’09).
Venue : KLCC Convention Center
Year/Date : 15-17 May 2009
 
Project title : HiCORE (Holistic Islamic Banking System) SOA Parameter-based Semantic Multimedia Approach
Project leader

Prof. Dato' Dr. Halimah Zaman (From UKM)

Project team : Dr. Choo Wou Onn (from UTAR, collaborator)
Award : Special Award - Ram Rais - Best Invention in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Event : 21st International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX’09).
Venue : Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC)
Year/Date : 15-17 May 2009
 
Centre for Foundation Studies, PJ Campus
Project title : Algae and Its Applications
Project leader Lim Kian Wee @ Tian Kian Wee
Award : Consolation Prize
Awarded by : Malaysia Toray Science Foundation
Event : Science Education Award
Venue : Nikko Hotel, KL
Year/Date : 15 Dec2009


Year 2008

Faculty of Accountancy & Management
Project title Assessing the determinants of online brand trust: An empirical study.
Researchers : Ms. Siew Shir Way ( and co-authors were Syed S.A., Ahsan, N. and Abdullah, Z.)
Award title : Best Paper Award
Event : 2008 International Joint Conference on on E-CASE, Bangkok, Thailand, March 27-29, 2008.
 
Faculty of Business & Finance
Project title : Bank Efficiency and Problem Loans in Malaysia and Singapore
Researchers : Mohd. Zaini Abdul Karim (UUM), Chan Sok Gee (UTAR)
Award title : Outstanding Paper Award (Bronze)
Event : Applied International Business Conference 2008.
 
Faculty of Engineering & Science
Project title : Kinetic modelling on sorption of reactive blue 4 by using red seaweed
Researchers : Dr Hii Siew Ling, Dr Wong Ching Lee, Ms Lesley Leeann Estrop
Award title : 1st runner-up (Best Poster Presentation)
Event : 19th Intervasity Biochemistry Seminar, 22 March 2008, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.
 
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
Project title : Gabor Filters as Feature Images for Covariance Matrix on Texture Classification Problem
Researchers : Dr Tay Yong Haur (Leader), Dr Lau Phooi Yee, Tou Jing Yi
Faculty : Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
Award title : Best APNNA Poster Award
Event : 15th International Conference on Neural Information Processing November 25-28, 2008, Auckland, New Zealand
 
Project title : PicSecureID
Researchers : Dr Victor Tan Hock Kim
Faculty : Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
Award title : Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) R&D Merit Award
Event : APICTA 2008, Jakarta, Indonesia
 
Researcher : Dr Choo Wou Onn
Project title 1 : Voice Recognition Browser and Marking System for Visually Impaired Learners (Mg Sys-VISI)
Award title 1 : WIPO Award from World Intellectual Property Organization
Project title 2 : Voice Recognition Browser and Marking System for Visually Impaired Learners (Mg Sys-VISI)
Award title 2 : Gold Prize from Korea Invention Promotion Association
Project title 3 : A Web Collaborative Multimedia Content Creation and Management Automation System (CMAS)
Award title 3 : Bronze Prize from Korea Invention Promotion Association
Event : Seoul International Invention Fair 2008 (SIIF 2008) Seoul, Korea 11-15 December 2008.
 
Researcher : Dr Choo Wou Onn
Project title 1 : Web Collaborative Multimedia Content Creation and Management Automation System (CMAS)
Award title 1 : Bronze Medal from Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS)
Project title 2 : Voice Recognition Browser and Marking System (Mg Sys-VISI)
Award title 2 : Bronze Medal from Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS)
Event : 19th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX'08). Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC), Malaysia. 9-11 May 2008
 


Year 2007

Faculty of Accountancy and Management
Project title : An Examination of Online Consumer Search, Purchase Intention, and Online Purchase
Researchers : Dr Lim Yet Mee and Mr Yap Ching Seng
Award title : Best Paper Award
Event : International Conference on Internet-Business: Business Trends, Systems, and Education (iBiZ2007), Port Dickson, Malaysia , organized by Aoyama Gakuin in association with Multimedia University Malaysia and Singapore Management University.
 
Project title : Private Capital Flows, Financial Development and Economic Development: The Cross-National Evidence
Researchers : Dr Choong Chee Keong, Assoc Prof Dr Zulkornain Yusop and Dr Law Siong Hook
Award title : Silver Medal
Event : UPM Invention & Research Exhibition 2007
 
Project title : Private Capital Flows, Stock Market and Economic Growth in OECD and Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis
Researchers : Dr Choong Chee Keong, Assoc Prof Dr Zulkornain Yusop, Prof Dr Muzafar Shah Habillah and Prof Dr Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah
Award title : Bronze Medal
Event : UPM Invention & Research Exhibition 2007
 
Project title : Foreign Direct Investment Volatility and Economic Growth: The Case of ASEAN-Five Economies
Researchers : Dr Choong Chee Keong, Assoc Prof Dr Zulkornain Yusop and Dr Law Siong Hook
Award title : Bronze Medal
Event : UPM Invention & Research Exhibition 2007
 
Project title : Export-led Growth Hypothesis: New Evidence from Verdoorn's Law
Researchers : Dr Choong Chee Keong, Assoc Prof Dr Zulkornain Yusop and Dr Law Siong Hook
Award title : Bronze Medal
Event : UPM Invention & Research Exhibition 2007
 
Project title : Crime and Underground Economy in Malaysia
Researchers : Ms Eng Yoke Kee and Prof Dr Muzafar Shah Habibullah
Award title : Silver Medal
Event : UPM Invention & Research Exhibition 2007
 
Project title : International Capital Mobility in East Asia: Panel Error-Correction Model
Researchers : Ms Eng Yoke Kee and Prof Dr Muzafar Shah Habibullah
Award title : Silver Medal
Event : UPM Invention & Research Exhibition 2007
 


Year 2006

Faculty of Accountancy & Management
Project title : Determinants of Strategic Alliance Outcomes in Supply Chain Environment
Researchers : Ms Loke Siew Phaik
Award title : Best Paper Award
Event : 4th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
 
Faculty of Engineering and Science
Project title : Studies Of Sol-Gel Derived Barium Ferrite Nanoparticles, BaCoXTiXFe12-2XO19 (0.2 " X " 1)
Researchers : Dr Teh Geok Bee, Dr Saravanan Nagalingam and co-workers from Cambridge University
Award title : Best Poster Award
Event : NanoEurope 2006 Conference, St. Gallen, Switzerland
 


Year 2005

Faculty of Accountancy & Management
Project title : Online Buying Behaviors and Attitudes: An Empirical Study
Researchers : Dr Lim Yet Mee and Mr Tan Luen Peng
Award title : Best Paper Award
Event : Asia Pacific Marketing Conference 2005, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
 
Project title : Foreign Direct Investment in the South Pacific Island Countries: A Case Study of Fiji
Researchers : Dr Choong Chee Keong and his co-author Assoc Prof Dr T. K. Jayaraman (University of South Pacific, Fiji)
Award title : Best Paper Award
Event : Second WASD Conference on Globalization, Technology and Development held at University of Arab Emirates, Al-Ain, UAE
 
Project title : Monetary Services Index and Economic Activity in Malaysia
Researchers : Ms Eng Yoke Kee and Prof Dr Muzafar Shah Habibullah
Award : Silver Medal
Event : Invention & Research Innovation Exhibition 2005, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
 
Project title : International Capital Mobility and the OCA Criteria: An Empirical Testing
Researchers : Ms Eng Yoke Kee, Prof Dr Muzafar Shah Habibullah and Dr Sarinder Kumari
Award : Bronze Medal
Event : Invention & Research Innovation Exhibition 2005, Universiti Putra Malaysia.