Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) Award
11 Nov 2025 - Congratulations to Prof Lim Eng Hock for Winning the 2025 Science and Technology Award from the Malaysia Toray Science Fund (MTSF)! Prof Chee Pei Song, Dr Tan Chun Hui and Dr Low Jen Han are the co-winner of this project.
06 Nov 2025 - Prof Chee has successfully secured the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) under the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) for the second time as the main Principal Investigator (PI). This time, the project focuses on developing smart and flexible biosensors, with a total funding of RM126,800.
The grant was presented to Prof. Chee at the Festival of Innovation (FOI) held recently in Putrajaya. This marks a significant achievement for Prof. Chee , who also received the FRGS grant back in 2019 for his earlier research on flexible energy harvesters.
06 May 2025 - Prof Chee has been honored with his 5th UTAR award. This time, he and his team—comprising Dr Tan Chun Hui and Prof Lim Eng Hock—have won the prestigious UTAR Innovation Excellence Award. Their outstanding innovation and collaborative effort continue to bring great recognition to our university.
02 April 2025 - Prof Chee had the opportunity to review 5 research papers for Advanced Materials, one of the top journals in the field, published by Wiley. It’s been a great way to stay engaged with cutting-edge research and contribute to maintaining high standards in the materials science community.
26–27 February 2025 - As the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) panel, Prof Chee had the opportunity to contribute to the accreditation process for the Computer Engineering program at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). His role was to ensure that the program meets the EAC’s high standards for quality and excellence in engineering education.
3 Dec 2024 - Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Chee was invited to deliver a plenary talk at Peking University, China on the wirelessly powered graphene thread by harvesting energy from the WiFi signal.
30 October 2024- Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr Pei-Song CHEE, was honored to be invited as a 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 at the 2024 International Conference on Intelligent Technology and Sustainable Environment organized by Hungkuang University in Taichung, Taiwan.
He shared exciting ways flexible electronics are being used to advance biomedical technology, showing how they've progressed from basic Sensor 1.0 to the more advanced Sensor 4.0—now with the added power of AI for smarter decision-making!
We look forward to more of his exciting insights on technology in future keynote speeches at international conferences.
20 October 2024 - Graphene-coated strain sensors offer strong potential for wearable devices. However, they encounter a significant challenge when exposed to changing temperatures and humidity, making it hard to determine if a sensor's response is due to strain or environmental fluctuations.
We successfully formulated a new recipe using waterborne polyurethane (WPU) as the primary solvent and encapsulating agent. This approach keeps the sensor’s output stable, with changes remaining below 1% even with temperature and humidity variations. Find the exciting work at https://lnkd.in/g9FsgHZx
04 September 2024 - Dr Chee received his 4th award from UTAR, alongside the Research Excellence Award, Best Teaching Award, and Best Research Center Award (as Chairperson). He received a Trophy, cash prize and certificate.
16 August 2024 - Congratulation to Dr Chang Xi Liang for his PhD convocation at UTAR.
05 August 2024 - Vinod K. Ganesan received the Best Presenter Award at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Engineering & Advanced Technology (ICSEAT 2024), with his presentation title: "Moisture Electricity Generation from Carbonized Paper Through Low-Power Violet Laser"
17 July 2024 - Dr Chee's work has been featured in the newspaper- The Star for his work on flexible electronics using liquid metal- Living the metal life! Read more at: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/focus/2024/07/14/living-the-metal-life.
10-11 June 2024 - Ir Dr. Chee visited a public university to join the evaluation team as an observer for the EAC Accreditation. This participation is part of his commitment to fulfilling his professional contribution to society.
22 June 2024 - Once again, Ir. Dr. Chee and his team were invited to conduct a drone workshop at a primary school. This event aimed to spark students' interest in robotics and advanced technology.
17 May 2024 - The Gold Medal team was led by Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology Chairperson Assoc Prof Ir Dr Chee Pei Song. As Malaysia gradually transitions to an ageing population, many older individuals require extensive care at home, particularly with healthcare devices to continuously monitor their physiological signals, such as temperature, heart activity, and blood pressure. Among these healthcare devices, heart activity monitoring devices are the most crucial, given that heart attacks are the leading silent killer in Malaysia. Traditional heart monitoring devices, such as Holter monitors, require multiple wire connections to connect ECG electrodes, making them inconvenient for daily use. For more information, please refer to the news: https://news.utar.edu.my/awards/2024/June/20/01/01.html
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.
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!
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.
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).
STEM Outreach- Drone workshop
7 July 2023- In collaboration with IEEE RFID Chapter, Dr Chee involved in UTAR STEM Outreach: Drone Experience Workshop for 320 students at MRSM Bentong on 7 July 2023. The objective of the event was to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and cultivate secondary school students’ interest in those areas.
Our work is featured in the journal of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation Social Media - Linkedin
Our IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation paper has been selected as What's Hot in Antennas and Propagation (WHAP) and published in IEEE TAP's official social media.
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
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
Congratulations to Chang Xi Liang for his work, which 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 article 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
29 February 2020 - The PhD student, Low Jen Hahn works on liquid antenna has been selected as the Featured Article in IEEE Sensors.