AWARDS & EVENTS
Best Paper Award
It was their commitment to producing novel solutions
to challenges in healthcare and clinical application research that
earned four Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology (FEGT)
researchers, namely Deputy Dean for Academic Development and
Undergraduate Programmes Dr Ng Choon Aun, Deputy Dean for R&D and
Postgraduate Programmes Dr Lo Po Kim, Head of Master of Engineering
Science Programme Assoc Prof Dr Humaira Nisar, and PhD student Muhammad
Burhan Khan, the "Best Paper Award" for their "Iterative Region based
Otsu Thresholding of Bright-field Microscopic Images of Activated
Sludge" research paper.
They were awarded at the IEEE EMBS
Conference of Biomedical, Engineering and Sciences (IECBES) 2016 that
was organised by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
(EMBS), held from 4 to 8 December 2016 at The Pullman Bangsar, Kuala
Lumpur.
In line with the conference's theme of 'Connecting EMB
with Medical Physicians: Challenges towards Better Healthcare and Life
Quality', the research findings, when implemented, will precipitate
improved quality of the water leaving water treatment plants and help to
detect abnormal occurrences in treatment plants. It will also decrease
the overflow of untreated water in the plants, hence further ensuring
society's continuous access to clean and safe water for consumption.