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Active Research Projects as at 31 December 2013


 

External Funding

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Project Title

Principal Investigator

 Funding Body

 Funding Amount

1

Studies related to Contemporary China, Chinese Malaysian and Chinese Cultural

Wong Wun Bin

 Huaran Education Foundation

 1,000,000.00

2

Pre-commercialized project on grid-connected dense array concentrator photovoltaic system

Chong Kok Keong

 AAIBE

 1,988,000.00

3

Development of A Cost Effective and Intelligent Active Management System For Micro-Grid With Renewables Energy

Lim Yun Seng

 AAIBE

 1,258,400.00

4

Fabrication and investigation into novel structures of nanocrystalline TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cell for achieving high conversion efficienct in sustainable energy development

Liang Meng Suan

 ERGS - MOHE/KeTTHA

      70,000.00

5

Fundamental Study on Rational Molecular Design of High-Efficiency and Long Lifetime Organic Solar Cell

Ha Sie Tiong

 MOHE LRGS (Fund from UM,

Project Leader)

    134,998.00

6

Genetic Improvement for Durable Resistance to Post-Pathogen in Rice

Wong Hann Ling

 MOHE LRGS (Fund from UKM, Project Leader)

      92,000.00

7

Innovative Approach Of Utilization Carbon Dioxide Polymerization Agent For Epoxy To Produce Green Polymeric Material For Sustainable Environment

Lee Tin  Sin                                                                                         

 MOHE FRGS

      76,780.00

8

A Sustainable Model For Fleet Management Under Stochastic Demand

Teoh Lay Eng

 MOHE FRGS

      36,000.00

9

To Develop a Pre-commercial Prototype of a Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) Wheelchair

Goh Sing Yau

 MOSTI Flagship Programme

 2,799,400.00

10

Research and Development On Secondary Optics In Dense Array Concentrator Photovoltaic System

Chong Kok Keong

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    200,000.00

11

Non Imaging Dish Concentrator for the Application of Concentrator Photovoltaic System Project (Agreement On Patent Filing)

Chong Kok Keong

 AAIBE

    157,700.00

12

Detection of Abnormal Conditions in Waste Water Treatment Plants Using Image Analysis

Humaira Nisar

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    131,668.00

13

Multi-scale Computational Electromagnetics for Phenomenology and Saliency Characterization in Remote Sensing

Chuah Hean Teik

 The Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD)

    309,894.01

14

Multifunctional and Reconfigurable Substrate-integrated-dielectric-resonator (SIDR) Microwave Components

Lim Eng Hock

 MOSTI ScienceFund

      62,000.00

15

Design and Analysis of Robust Distributed Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor NetworksAchieving Reliability and LifetimeExtension

Liew Soung Yue

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    208,700.00

16

Molecular Population Genetics of Potential Microsatellite Markers for Southeast Asian Crocodile "Tomistoma Schlegelii"

Alan Ong Han Kiat

 BOH Plantations Sdn Bhd

       2,500.00

17

Construction of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Bacteriophage: Towards Establishing Affordable Phage Based Therapy and Diagnostic Platform For Shigella Infection

Tan Gim Cheong

 MOSTI ScienceFund

      96,000.00

18

Development of New Biofiller for Thermoplastic from Waste Eggshell

Yamuna Munusamy

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    115,900.00

19

A Comparative Study on the Perception and Experience of Growing Old Between Malaysian Chinese Women and Japanese Women Aged 65 and Above

Kok Jin Kuan

 Sumitomo Foundation Grant

       6,906.50

20

Stochastic Weather Generator for Rainfall and its Spatial-Temporal Variation Analysis in an Era of Varying Climate

Huang Yuk Feng

 MOHE ERGS

      83,000.00

21

Effect of Edible Bird Nest on Global Gene Expression and Differentially Expressed Proteins on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Lim Yang Mooi

 Royal Bird's Nest Sdn Bhd

      30,000.00

22

Metal Binding Study of Rice Metallothionein

Neo Kian Eang

 MOHE FRGS

      80,000.00

23

The Study of Visco-Plastic Deformation Behaviour of Yttrium-Modified A356 Aluminum Alloy in Semi-Solid State Metal Forming and the Strain-Rate Sensitivity of Material Flow Stress by Finite Element Simulation

Ng Teong Kuen @ Wang Chan Chin

 MOHE FRGS

      80,100.00

24

Design And Development Of An Improved Algorithm For Computer- Vision Based Traffic Monitoring Software

Tay Yong Haur

 EV-Dynamic Sdn Bhd

      80,000.00

25

Study of Nanoparticles Conjugates with Antibodies for Targeting Tumour Detection and Treatment

Lee Poh Foong

 Majlis Kanser Nasional (MAKNA)

      30,000.00

26

Purification and Identification of Antiproliferative and Antiglucosidase Peptides from Malaysian Seagrasses, Marine Sponges, and Soft Corals

Chai Tsun Thai

 MOHE FRGS

    100,000.00

27

Elucidation of the Role of Alpha-and Gamma-synuclein in the Brain-adipose Axis: A Common Link Between Obesity and Parkinson's Disease

Say Yee How

 MOHE FRGS

    120,000.00

28

In Search of Healthy Places: A Review of Design, Planning and Implementation of Contemporary Urban Affordable Housing in Malaysia

Lim Poh Im

 MOHE ERGS

      54,500.00

29

Health Issues within the Poor and Marginalised Community

Yap Sook Fan

 Self Funded

      60,000.00

30

Parallelization of Signal Processing in Digital Mobile Radio

Chong Poh Kit

 Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology Center (CREST)

      87,000.00

31

Self Sustainable Eco-Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor System

Ng Choon Aun

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    205,468.00

32

Automatic Real Time Energy Consumption Disaggregation for Non-intrusive Load Monitoring

Soh Chit Siang

 MOSTI ScienceFund

      88,200.00

33

A Novel Palm Shell Based Activated Carbon Catalyst for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Reforming of Methane

Sumathi Sethupathi

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    165,400.00

34

Investigating Pollution Haven Hypothesis in a Model of Production Fragmentation and Trade

Eng Yoke Kee

 MOSTI ScienceFund

      98,537.00

35

An Intelligent Real Time Bus Driver Monitoring and Alert System for Safety Improvement

Khoo Hooi Ling

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    133,760.00

36

Discriminative Combinations of Ellipses and 3D Depth Map for Objection Recognition

Leung Kar Hang

 MOSTI ScienceFund

    129,768.00

37

Sg Kinta Education Programme (2013-2015)

Tan Chew Khun

 Global Environment Centre (GEC)

      12,500.00

38

Development of a Fundamental and Accurate Formulation to Optimize the Optical Performance of Radio Telescopes at Terahertz Frequencies.

Yeap Kim Ho

 MOE FRGS

      78,000.00

39

A study on ferromagnetism coating onto gold nanoparticles and its effect on bone and lung cancer cells

Lee Poh Foong

 MOE FRGS

    133,000.00

40

Elucidation of the effects of lauric acid on key atherogenic mediators and their cell signaling cascades in Human Monocytic THP-1 cells

Chew Choy Hoong

 MOE FRGS

    147,000.00

41

Firewall against Virulent Capital Flows in Malaysia: Institutional Design and Mechanism

Wong Chin Yoong

 MOE FRGS

      57,000.00

42

Competitiveness of Islamic Banking in the Malaysian financial system

Lee Siew Peng

 MOE FRGS

      49,000.00

43

Identification of chemical and mechanical cues that may enhance the performance of insect parasitoids in pest control.

Wong Wey Lim

 MOE FRGS

      89,000.00

44

Scandium modified aluminium alloys in gravity die casting to improve mechanical properties

Lim Ying Pio

 MOE FRGS

    118,000.00

45

To Investigate the Cooling of LED with Two Innovative Thermoelectric/Heat Pipe Hybrids

Ong Kok Seng

 Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology Center (CREST)

    148,250.00

46

Min-Nan Studies Research Unit

Chong Siou Wei

 YTL Corporation

    300,000.00

47

Aldol Condensation of M(I)(aa)X: Synthesis and Characterization (M=meta(II); I=Intercalating or Insertor Ligand; aa = L- and D-amino acid; X- = chloride or nitrate anion)

Yip Foo Win

 MOHE FRGS

      90,000.00

48

Inspiration from Abroad. Can the Hybridization or Localization HRM Practices of Japanese Subsidiaries in Malaysia be a New Source of Inspiration for Japanese Firms in Japan?

Garry Tan Wei Han

 Sumitomo Foundation Grant

       3,652.60

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