1st Issue CurioUSMind
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Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Abdul Rahman Mohamed FASc
Industry Collaboration
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Objective
- To investigate the effect of different catalyst preparation methods on the distribution of metallic nanoparticles on substrate.
- To investigate the effect of calcination, hydrogen pre-treatement and various susbstraces on the activity and morphology of the catalyst.
- To investigate the morphology and growth mechanism of the as-produced aligned carbon nanotubes (ACNTs) under a wide range of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) process parameters.
- To optimize and control the process to obtain the highest quality of as-grown ACNTs.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
Collaboration with Industry and Government
- Grant allocated by CREST and Altera
Title: Applied research of carbon nanotubes based thermal interface materials for high performance heat dissipation in microelectronic device
Amount: RM 1,438,656.50 - Grant allocated by NanoMalaysia Sdn Bhd
Title: Production of High Purity Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)
Amount: RM 492,000.00
Product Applications in Research and Industry
1.Energy Storage: Hydrogen storage, Batteries, Solar storage, Fuel cell, Electrochemical supercapacitors
2.Composite Materials: Conductive plastics, Fibers, Polymers, Aircraft materials
3.Micro-electronics / semiconductors: Nanoprobes and sensors, Field emitting devices, Transistors
4.Biomedicine: Controlled drug delivery/release, Artificial muscles
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Prof. Dato' Dr. Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, FASc
Community Engagement
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Highlights
- This findings of this study are used to ensure that oyster seed production can be done all year round, using the cryo-preserved gametes.
- Oysters can now be continuously spawned artificially and securing the oyster seed supply to sustain oyster farming industry in Malaysia.
Objectives
To have ready-stock of oyster sperms and eggs for seed production to ensure continuous supply of seed to support oyster industry in Malaysia.
INDUSTRY
Oyster industry has now expanded to other states due to consistent seed supply.
More investors are venturing into the oyster industry along the food value chain.
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Dr. Kumitaa Theva Das
Industry Collaboration
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- Designing and evaluating safety and efficacy of ZFN and CRISPR (gene editing tools) against HIV-1.
- Characterizing HIV subtypes in patient samples to determine prevalence of HIV strains in Malaysia.
- Studying effects of mutations caused by gene editing tools on host- pathogen interaction.
- Evaluating effect of the gene editing across ethnicity, gender, age and HIV strains to determine clinical impact.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
GOVERNMENT
- Invited by the Ministry of Environment and Water to share knowledge to establish guidelines for gene editing in lab, field and for commercial purposes. Invited as a guest speaker by MARDI and trainer by ABI, MOSTI in gene editing work.
INDUSTRY
- Approached by CryoCord Sdn. Bhd. to be their consultant in gene editing.
INTERNATIONAL
- Invited by Georgetown University, US, and the International AIDS Society to develop target product profile to establish gene editing as a gene therapy in low and middle income countries.
VISITING SCIENTIST & LECTURER
- Appointed .as a visiting scientist at University of Oxford to expand on this research.
- Invited as a guest lecturer to speak on gene editing at AIMST and UM.
INTERNATIONAL AND EXTERNAL GRANTS
- The results from this work led to securing international and external grants
Changes in HIV Protein
CRISPR Gene Editing System
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Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan
International Collaboration
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Highlights
- Improved road safety - pavement with better resistance to moisture-induced damage.
- Addressing a national issue - solution for "Zero Potholes" and eliminate unforgiving road conditions
Objective
- 5 Papers (WoS)
- 2 Papers Scopus Journal
- 1 Chapter in Research Book
- 3 International Conferences
- 1 PhD student (graduated)
- 3 Innovation Awards
- 1 Copyright
2019
Received fellowship from Matsumae International Foundation at Taiyu Kensetsu, Japan with Host: Dr. Nakanishi (JP¥340,000)
2018-2019
NSFC China (CNY 340,000) with Host: Prof Wang - Chang'an University, Xian, China
2017-2019
Wax additive for porous asphalt pavement construction on PLUS Highway Collaboration with Dr. Nakanishi from Taiyu Kensetsu, Japan & KPP Sdn. Bhd.
2017
Material tested and Moisture conditioning approaches adopted for construction on PLUS Highway (Southbound c.a. 188 km) .
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Prof. Mohd Zaid Abdullah
Industry Collaboration
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Objective
- To develop machine vison system for in- line inspection of crystaline silicon wafers and cells.
- To investigate the luminescence technologies for defect detection.
TT-Vision Technologies has entered into agreements with USM:
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Memorandum of Agreement (2019)
Objective: To prototype micro-crack inspection system based on optical transflection. Total Funding: RM204,857 (TT-Vision Technologies). -
Memorandum of Agreement on Industrial Master/PhD (2013)
Objective: To provide platform, support and technical expertise needed for Master/PhD students to do research on solar wafer/cell Total Funding: RM335,200 (CREST). -
Collaboration Agreement (2011)
Objective: To explore collaborative research on solar wafer/cell inspection.
To-date this collaboration has resulted in 1 IP, 3 PhD Scholars, 1 MSc Scholar, 11 scholarly articles and 12 conference proceedings.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
Product Applications In Research And Industry
- Optical Transmission Inspection: Micro-crack, inclusion, and pinhole inspection on as-cut silicon wafers.
- Electroluminescence: Micro-crack, broken fingers, inactive regions, and dark spot inspections on fully completed crystalline silicon solar cells and PV modules.
- Photoluminescence: Contactless micro-crack, broken fingers, inactive regions, and dark spot inspections on in-process and fully completed silicon solar cells.
- Transflection Imaging: Contactless high clarity micro-crack inspection on all production process stages of a crystalline silicon solar cell.
Optical Transmission
Electroluminescense
iWS-T4000 Water Sorter
Photoluminescense
Transflection
iCT-2400 Cell Sorter
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ng Sha Shiong
Industry Collaboration
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Objectives
- To explore the growth of undoped and doped InN thin films prepared by sol-gel spin coating technique This includes the investigation of the influences of the growth conditions (i.e., growth temperature, growth duration, and precursor concentration) on the quality and properties of the deposited films.
- To investigate the influences of the p-type doping concentration on the fundamental properties of the InN thin film.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
The research track record and the output from FRGS grant resulted:
- An international funding (Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering) with amount of RM 20,251.70 was secured.
- Papers published from this grant were cited 20 times (cumulatively).
- Editors from ISI-/SCOPUS indexed journals invited me to review few related manuscripts.
- International conference organizer (i-TREC 2019) invited me as Invited Speaker.
- Researcher from Iran contacted to get some advise about the research project.
Summary of Research Output
Main equipment and the reaction setup for synthesizing lnN thin films
MSM metal mask, and lnN-based photodetectors and its photoresponse properties at bias voltages of 1 and 3 V .
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Prof. Dr. Noor Hazlina Ahmad
Industry Collaboration
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- To investigate the reasons for low green entrepreneurship proclivity among Malaysians.
- To investigate how green orientations (i.e. green attitude and green value) affect perceptions (i.e., perceived desirability and perceived desirability) among Gen Y nascent entrepreneurs.
- To investigate how cultural factors (i.e. social norm and government legislation) affect perceptions (i.e., perceived desirability and perceived desirability) among Gen Y nascent entrepreneurs.
- To examine how perceptions (i.e., perceived desirability and perceived desirability) affect green entrepreneurship proclivity among Gen Y nascent entrepreneurs.
- To examine if green entrepreneurship education moderates the relationship between perceptions and green entrepreneurship proclivity among Gen Y nascent entrepreneurs.
- To develop the assessment metrics on the green entrepreneurship proclivity among Gen Y nascent entrepreneurs.
- To develop a training module for green entrepreneurship proclivity among Gen Y nascent entrepreneurs.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
- Collaboration with GreenTech Malaysia to train local SMEs on Green Entrepreneurship and Management in 2015
- Consultancy work on Green Entrepreneurship funded by GreenTech Malaysia (RM69,000)
- Developed Green Entrepreneurship Index for SMEs called GREEN SCORE Conduct Green Entrepreneurship Coaching on 23 selected SMEs in the Greentech Malaysia database.
- Conduct Green Entrepreneurship Seminars to the SME Owners funded by Greentech Malaysia (RM16,000)
- Development of "Green Entrepreneurship Readiness Handbook - to train local SMEs on Green Entrepreneurship Awareness"
Green Entrepreneurship Seminar to local SMEs
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raa Khimi Shuib
Industry Collaboration
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Highlights
To investigate the role of waste nickel-zinc ferrite and rubber matrix in damping mechanism in elastomer.
Objectives
- 8 Published WoS/SCOPUS Indexed Journals
- 2 Graduated MSc Students Gold Medal at International Invention Innovation Competition
- Special Award Malaysia Technology Expo 2019
- 2 Copyrights (Intellectual Property) - MylPO Canada
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rafidah Zainon
Affiliation
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- To establish material decomposition technique for quantifying materials in spectral CT without the use of contrast agent.
- To investigate the efficacy of the material decomposition technique for quantifying materials in spectral CT.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
- Translation of fundamental physics knowledge in quantifying material composition in Spectral CT imaging into human tissue characterisation.The material differentiation in spectral CT imaging will assist the clinician specially in lesion characterisation.
Research Grant
- International Collaboration Fund from Saudi Arabia with a total amount of$1.68 million. SAR 450,000 is allocated for USM.
Research networking
- Ongoing international collaboration with Imam Abdurrahman bin Faisal University and KLU Belgium for characterisation of tissue microenvironment in molecular imaging for accurate diagnosis and prognosis.
Talent
- Graduated 2 research students.
Publications:
- Published 2 chapters in research book.
- Published 3 papers in citation-indexed journals.
Award
- 1 international award
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Prof. Ir Dr. Srimala Sreekantan
Affiliation
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- To investigate the effect of surface functionalizing agents (DMDEOS and SA) concentration, drying time, temperature on the surface free energy and roughness of the micro- structure.
- To investigate the bonding interactions between DMDEOS, SA and paper waste ash which affect the strength and durability
- To examine the fundamental growth mechanism involved in the formation of super-hydrophobic surface using POFA waste, SA and DMDEOS
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
Excellent Durability in various environment
Invasive fungal infections has caused adverse health effect & business loss
Invasive fungal infections has caused adverse health effect & business loss
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suzylawati Ismail
Industry Collaboration
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Objectives
- To characterize the thin-coated adsorbent layer
- To study the adsorption interaction of thin-coated adsorbent layer with adsorbent
- To analyse thin-coated adsorbent layer with adsorbent
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
FRGS create opportunities for researchers to scientifically discover a fundamental concept. For example, this research leads to the development of a special formulated paint, works as thin-coated adsorbent layer with novelty in its application. This product contributes to an affordable and effective treatment of contaminated industrial effluent. It is highly potential for commercialization, which will start a new wealth creation for Malaysian. Besides driving the nations towards sustainability by applying this product for relevant industries.
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Dr. Tan Joo Shun
Industry Collaboration
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- To investigate the role of polymer that impregnated into resin on the interaction mechanism of polymer and two different protein species, bacteriocin and lipase by measuring partition coefficient.
- To investigate the extraction behaviors of two different protein species, bacteriocin and lipase, to focus on impregnation in terms of stability and phase system via protein-impregnated resin interactions in TAPPIR system.
- To show the effect of extraction process parameters of TAPPIR system on two different proteins, bacteriocin and lipase, using response surface methodology and artificial neural network for enhancement of the performance of TAPPIR system in combination with flotation system.
Impact To Goverment / Industry / Academic / Society
Tunable Aqueous Polymer-Phase Impregnated Resins Technology
Impregnation of dyed PEG into XAD4 resins
1) One phase of polymer
2) Polymer is being adsorbed into the Amberlite XAD4
3) The Amberlite XAD4 is fully impregnated with PEG
Recovery of bovine serum albumin (BSA) using AIRS
Polymer phase impregnation and extraction behavior of protein
AQUEOUS TWO PHASE SYSTEM
In ATPS, purification fold of 3.4 and recovery yield of 93% were obtained for lipase protein.
TAPPIR
In TAPPIR, purification fold of 7 .6 and recovery yield of 89% were obtained for lipase protein.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Jun Jie
Publication in High Impact Journal
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Objectives
Human induced pluripotent stem cells can generate pre-epicardial cells (PEC) that can stimulate heart cell growth, spatially organize them in the dish and improve their contractility.
The mechanism underlying the increased heart cell proliferation is partly by the retinoic acid / insulin- like growth factor mediated signaling. The collective effects from PEC on heart cells shows their important role especially in heart tissue engineering for regenerative purposes.
2021
Paper published in Nature Communication with Prof. Harald Ott from Harvard University, USA
Nature Communications
Ongoing Collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
The iPSC-derived preepicardial cells (green) spatially organized the heart cells (Magenta) to forma tube-like structure spontaneously in the dish
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A Taste Of French Oysters In Malaysia
Oysters Culture
IMPACTS
From sales of Oysters
Income from RM450 increased to RM 1,300 per month
From Tourism Package
Charging RM3 per pax for visit to oyster platform
Charging RM 10 per pax for visit to platform inclusive of light meals RM 1 5 for 3 pieces of oysters
Opportunities for womenfolks
Generating a minimum of RM300 per month for cooking
Opportunities for school children
Avoid "Budaya melepak" during school holiday
Cleaning trays, obtaining daily salary about RM20 per day
