Research & Development
Annual Report 2018

Research writing and publication workshop

A research writing and publication workshop was organised by the UTAR Library at Sungai Long Campus on 19 July 2018. During the workshop, talks were delivered to teach participants the best way of structuring papers when writing and the best journal to send it to.

Invited to deliver the talk was Elsevier Senior Publisher Chemistry Rob van Daalen. He studied analytical chemistry and is a publisher at Elsevier for nine years now. He is responsible for journals in Green Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, which includes journals such as Materials Today Sustainability, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and Chemical Physics Letters. Meanwhile, another talk was delivered by Elsevier Research Solutions Sales Consultant for e-Platform and Content Nicholas Pak.

Also present at the talk were UTAR Vice President for R&D and Commercialisation Prof Ir Dr Lee Sze Wei, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Deputy Dean for R&D and Postgraduate Programmes Assoc Prof Dr Yong Thian Khok, staff, researchers and students.

Front row, second from left: Nicholas Pak, Dr Yong and Rob with participants