Nano Malaysia Visit for the Project Implement Assessment 95%
25 March 2024 - Nano Malaysia visited our research lab to assess two projects received last year. Both projects received positive feedback on the deliverables, and we are looking forward to the project closure meeting.
Happy Convocation to PhD and master students.
08 March 2024 - Congratulations to our master's students Mr. Lee Kok Tong and Vinod, and our PhD students Shin-Yi Ooi and Muthukannan Murugesh for their outstanding academic achievements! Your dedication and passion are truly inspiring. Wishing you all continued success and fulfillment in your future endeavors. Connect and celebrate their accomplishments!
Ir. Dr Chee received the IEEE MyEMBS Publication Excellence Award 2023
1 November 2023 - Dr Chee received the MyEMBS Publication Excellence Award by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer) – EMBS (Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society) Malaysia Section. The award ceremony was held in conjunction with the MyEMBS Summit 2023 on 1 November 2023 at the Faculty of Engineering of Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Ir. Dr Chee was appointed as a YSN-ASM member.
From October 27 to 29, 2023, Dr. Chee attended the YSN-ASM Colloquium at Nilai Springs Resort Hotel in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. During the event, he received a certificate of appointment from Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, President of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (on the left picture). The colloquium featured an invitation to YB Tuan Chang Lih Kang, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation (on the right picture).
Ir Dr Chee visited the Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi’an, China.
From May 28 to June 1, 2023, at the IFE, Dr. Chee was appointed as the NFTC Lecturer. During this event, he was invited to deliver a speech on self-powered flexible electronics to postgraduate students.
For further details, please visit: https://news.utar.edu.my/news/2023/July/06/05/05.html
Dr Chee was invited to deliver a talk on soft robotics at International Seminar on Science & Soft Robotics
07-08 April 2023 - Dr Chee has been invited to deliver a speech on self-powered soft sensors and actuators at the International Seminar on Science & Soft Robotics. The seminar is being attended by several researchers, including Prof Suzumori and Prof Maede Shigo from Tokyo Tech.
Dr Chee was invited by NanoMalaysia to share his research.
08 September 2022 - Dr Chee was invited by NanoMalaysia to present his work at Malaysia Nanotech Industrial Congress 2022 under NanoKEB.
Dr Chee received two awards at the IEEE 5th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET) 2022
13 May 2022 - Dr Chee received the Young Scientist Award (age below 40) and Best Oral Presentation Award (Track: Antennas and Microwaves) for his work presented at IEEE 5th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET) 2022.
Featured in:
UTAR https://news.utar.edu.my/awards/2022/May/27/01/02.html
Oriental Daily Chinese Press: https://orientaldaily.org/index.php/news/central/2022/06/02/490451
Congratulation to Chang Xi Liang for his work received recognition as the top accessed journal in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation for February 2022.
26 April 2022 - The PhD student, Chang Xi Liang's work, is being recognised as the top accessed journal in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation for February 2022 on his recently published paper entitled "Frequency Reconfigurable Smart Antenna With Integrated Electroactive Polymer for Far-Field Communication". This work is featured in https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=322308520024564&set=a.285717153683701
Congratulation to Vinod Ganesan for winning the Best Presentation Award
31 March 2022 - Congratulation to Vinod for winning the Best Presentation Award in the 3rd International Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Mechatronics Engineering 2022.
Welcome back our alumni, Dr Low Jen Hahn and Mr Lee Jai Hua for gathering.
28 March 2022 - Welcome back our alumni to join our gathering and photo-taking after their convocations. Wish you all have great success in your future endeavour.
Dr Chee was invited as the Distinguished Guest Speaker for International Medical Device School (IMDS).
24 March 2022 - Dr Chee was invited as the Distinguished Guest Speaker for International Medical Device School (IMDS) to share his research on medical devices.
Welcome Nano Malaysia to UTAR for discussion on potential collaboration
22 Feb 2022 - Nano Malaysia visited UTAR for discussion on potential collaboration. It is a a very fruitful discussion and looking forward to our next grant pitching.
Mr Goh Qi Lun passed his Master VIVA with minor correction
17 Feb 2022 - Mr Goh Qi Lun passed his master VIVA with minor corrections. His hard work finally paid off after 2 years of research effort in developing self-powered sensors based on the triboelectric principle. Mr Goh is also funded under the fundamental research grant scheme (FRGS) Grant.
Mr Lee Kok Tong presented the 4th milestone progress in CREST Review Meeting
16 Feb 2022 - Mr Lee Kok Tong, who is the CREST scholar, successfully presented the 4th milestone progress to CREST and MDT industry partner.
Congratulation to Jai Hua for passing his thesis defence
02 Nov 2021 - Mr. Lee Jai Hua successfully completed his master dissertation defense on “Development of Self-powered Sensors with Improved Sensitivity based on Electroactive Polymer ”. His works which are published in the Top Tier journals benefit the development of sensors and actuators.
Congratulation to Serge for successfully defending his PhD thesis
25 Oct 2021 - After three years of research, Low Jen Hahn passed his Ph.D. VIVA with minor correction. He has three Q1 papers published in high-impact journals and two papers published at prestigious conference proceedings. Well Done, Dr Low !!! Dr Low will continue his postdoctoral career under our research team.
Lim Chu Chen wins first prize at Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2021-featured in Malaysia Sin Chew Daily newspaper (马来西亚星洲日报)
2 August 2021 - Chu Chen won the first prize at Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2021. He invented a smart glove that can recognise objects using a supervised machine learning algorithm. The glove is able to track the degree of joint movements and predict the object that the user is holding with a self-learning algorithm. This award is featured in Malaysia Sin Chew Daily newspaper.