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Inaugural Convocation Celebrated at XMUM
Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) held its Inaugural Convocation Ceremony in the newly-furbished Auditorium on 28 September 2019. More than 1,000 students, parents, faculty, staff and guests attended the event.
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
Two XMUM Faculty Members Receive Private Education Excellence Awards 2019
Research Management Center congratulates Prof. Huang Nay Ming and Assoc. Prof. Ong Wee Jun from School of Energy and Chemical Engineering on receiving Private Education Excellence Awards from Private Education Cooperative of Malaysia (Educoop). Prof. Huang Nay Ming and Assoc. Prof. Ong Wee Jun were awarded the National Outstanding Researcher Award (Material Science) and National Outstanding Reviewer Award (Nanotechnology), respectively.
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
XMUM Champions the Green Technovation Challenge 2019
The Green Technovation Challenge 2019 held on 18 September saw a team of XMUM School of Energy and Chemical Engineering students raised as the champion. Comprised of 5 students from New Energy Science and Technology Programme (Douglas Yeo Jing Zhi, Hoy Zheng Xuan, Lim Jin Yang, Phuang Zhen Lim and Tan Khai Yang), the team named TITAN defeated 13 teams from 8 other universities and won the 1st prize in the challenge.They received a prize of RM5,000 while UKM and Quest University achieved 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
General
Prof. Dr. Zheng Jin-Cheng Publishes in SCI Tier-1 Journal of Power Sources
Research Management Center congratulates Prof. Dr. Zheng Jin-Cheng, Director of XMUM Innovation Center, for publishing a research article in Journal of Power Sources, an international reputable SCI Tier-1 scientific journal with an impact factor of 7.467. The paper entitled “Nitrogen and phosphorus co-doped silkworm-cocoon-based self-activated porous carbon for high performance supercapacitors” was published on 26 August 2019.
School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
XMUM Student Excels at Maybank GO Ahead. Challenge (MGAC)
The Innovation Center congratulates XMUM Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) forth-year undergraduate student, Lorraine Teh Kai Hooi, on participating “Maybank GO Ahead. Challenge” (MGAC) Campus Champion and making it to the Top 60 Global Finalist this year.
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
Dr. Ng Kim Hoong and XMUM Students Publish in SCI Tier-1 Journal
Research Management Center congratulates Dr. Ng Kim Hoong from School of Energy and Chemical Engineering for publishing the review article entitled TiO2 and ZnO photocatalytic treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) and feasibility of renewable energy generation: A short review on 7 June 2019 in the SCI Tier 1 journal - Journal of Cleaner Production. This journal has an Impact Factor of 6.395 and ranked 18/250 in the category “Environmental Sciences” according to Journal Citation Report 2018. The review was the collaborative efforts of Dr.
