General
XMUM Students Stand Out in International College Students’ Entrepreneurship Invitational Competition
Two teams of students representing Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) were selected to compete at the finals of 2018 International College Student’ Entrepreneurship Invitational Competitionon 19 October 2018 and came home with one bronze medal. Held in Zhejiang University China, the competition was specially set up for international elite universities and outstanding youths, having attracted teams from some of the world’s top universities, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Stanford University (USA), and National University of Singapore.
China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences
2018 Marine Biology & Biotechnology Summer Exchange Program Held at XMUM
An exchange program between Xiamen University China (XMU) and Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) focusing on Marine Biology and Biotechnology was held from 28 July to 4 August 2018. During the exchange, a total of 15 students and 3 instructors from College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, XMU were hosted by staff and students of China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences (CAMS) at XMUM. Staff and students from both campuses interacted closely during the exchange program and collaborated in a range of learning activities.
Department of Mathematics
Prof. Teo Lee Peng and Dr. Darren Ong Chung Lee Receive 2018 MOE Research Fund
The Office of Research and Innovation congratulates Prof. Dr. Teo Lee Peng and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ong Chung Lee from the Programme of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics on receiving Fundamental Research Grant SchemeFundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) 2018, awarded by Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education Malaysia (MOE). These are the first successful FRGS applications by Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) with a total allocated amount of RM127,700.
General
Industry Expert Coaches XMUM Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
On Tuesday 9th October 2018, over eighty XMUM students attended the sharing sessions of this year’s innovation-themed road show and public talk series: “China Internet+ Competition – Theory Must Not Be Divorced from Practice.” This innovation-themed event was one of the activities for 2018 Overseas Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week, an initiative by National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China and China Association for Science and Technology, hosted by the Office of Research and Innovation, Xiamen University Malaysia.
General
XMUM Students Conduct Summer Research at China’s Top Universities
While the student traffic across Bandar Sunsuria was much lighter over the month of September (school break for XMUM undergraduates), three XMUM students spent their summer doing internship in research laboratories at China’s top universities, thanks to the facilitation and kind arrangement of Professor Ong Chong Kim. The research attachments aimed to help the students, all from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, to get hands-on experience and develop new scientific insights from world-renown laboratories.
School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
Dr. Ong Wee Jun Publishes in Top Journal, Chem (Impact Factor 14)
The Office of Research and Innovation congratulates Assistant Professor Dr. Ong Wee Jun on his role as the joint first and corresponding author of a paper entitled “Surface and Heterointerface Engineering of 2D MXenes and Their Nanocomposites: Insights into Electro- and Photocatalysis.” The paper was published on 27th September 2018 in Chem, which is one of the world’s top-ranked multidisciplinary chemistry journals (rank: 9/171). Chem, that has the latest impact factor of 14.104, is a sister journal to Cell Press’s flagship journal, Cell.
