UTAR Research Fund 2019 Cycle 1
(1 June 2019 - 31 May 2020)

No. Faculty Principal Investigator Project Title Project Extension Date
1 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Ts. Dr. Chew Kuew Wai Investigation on the utilization of power electronic devices in the new generation surge protection devices (SPDs) N/A
2 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Chong Woon Chan Enhanced Photocatalytic Membrane Using Carbon Dots / Titanium Oxide for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals N/A
3 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Gan Chin Heng Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion by Electrochemical Pretreatment of Waste Activated Sludge using Ti/RuO2 Electrodes. N/A
4 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Ir. Dr. Gobi A/L Vetharatnam Three dimensional antenna array as an enabling technology for 5G wireless networks N/A
5 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Jeffrey Chin Kong Leong Development of hydroxyapatite-forsterite nanocomposite with improved mechanical properties via wet chemical method. N/A
6 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Lai An Chow Development of a Proactive Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Diagnosing System for Illness using Deep Learning N/A
7 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Lee Sze Ying Extraction and Fractionation of High-value Compounds from Microalgae Biomass using Ionic Liquid-based Aqueous Two-phase Systems N/A
8 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Lim Ming Han Construction Noise Prediction using Stochastic Deep Learning N/A
9 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Ts. Dr. Lin Horng Sheng Design and Characterization of Intelligent Leak Detection System in Water Distribution Network N/A
10 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Mok Siew Ying Investigation of the association of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor inhibition with drug addiction N/A
11 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Ooi Jong Boon Blending Effects of Diethyl Ether and Ethanol on the Combustion and Emission Behaviours of Malaysian Palm Biodiesel Droplet. N/A
12 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Ts. Dr. Pua Chang Hong Integration of weak-resonant cavity Fabry-Perot laser diode in acoustic sensing based on laser dynamics behavior N/A
13 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Dr. Sim Hong Seng Spectral Proximal Methods for Solving Large Scale Sparse Optimization. N/A
14 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Ts. Dr. Stella Morris Feasibility study of gravity energy storage systems for increased penetration of renewables and enhanced power quality in Malaysia N/A
15 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Ir. Woon Yoke Bee Strategic Asset Management Among Road Agencies in Malaysia N/A
16 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Te Kian Keong Clinical study on electro-acupuncture combined with top ten high-selected acupoints for treatment of non-acute knee osteoarthritis (KOA) estimated by IL-1β and TNF-α levels in serum
电针配合十大高选穴位治疗非急性期膝关节骨性关节炎与血清IL-1β和TNF-α水平的临床研究		 N/A
17 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Teoh Hoon Koon In vitro effect of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells on the cellular aging of dermal fibroblasts N/A
18 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Wong Jun Leong Sequence-Based Typing of Legionella Pneumophila Isolates from Environmental Water Samples In Klang Valley, Malaysia N/A
19 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Aloysius Yapp Development of a 3-Dimensional (3D) Virtual Guided Walkthrough (VGW) N/A
20 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Chin Hon Choong Modelling Homebuyer’s Intention to Use Property Crowdfunding Platform as an Alternative Financing Option N/A
21 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Goh Hong Lip A STUDY ON THE REGULATION, PARTNER-DRIVER’S WELFARE, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF E-HAILING INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA N/A
22 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Ms. Low Suet Cheng A Study On The Acceptance Level Of Investors On A New Electronic Lending In Malaysia N/A
23 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Ms. Tan Suk Shiang The importance of Inculcating youth with Global Citizenship in Malaysia N/A
24 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Dr. Yogambigai a/p Rajamoorthy Knowledge and awareness of hand, foot and mouth disease among parents in Malaysia: A community-based cross sectional survey. N/A
25 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Mr. Chin Yik Heng Barriers and success factors towards sustainable hazardous waste management in electronic industries 30 November 2020
26 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Dr. Humaira Nisar Enhancing the Neuro-feedback Training Experience using Music Stimulation Based on EEG Emotion Recognition N/A
27 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Dr. Teh Peh Chiong Design and Development of Miniaturized Torsional Spring Actuator 30 November 2020
28 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Dr. Lam Sze Mun A solar light-driven photocatalytic fuel cell (PFC) with dual heterostructured electrode for efficient power generation concomitantly organics degradation N/A
29 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Dr. Lo Po Kim Batch production of glycerol carbonate using shell catalsyt and crude glycerol 30 November 2020
30 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Dr. Teoh Yi Peng Optimization of on-site xylanase production from Aspergillus niger via Central Composite Design (CCD) 30 November 2020
31 Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology Dr. Yeap Kim Ho Design of an Implantable Antenna for Biotelemetry N/A
32 Faculty of Science Dr. Chee Swee Yong The role of nano-structures for the power conversion efficiency of silicon solar cell 30 November 2020
33 Faculty of Science Dr. Loo Keat Wei Developing The Bioinformatics Pipeline for Computational Epigenomic, Transcriptomic and Proteomic analyses of ischemic stroke 31 May 2021
34 Faculty of Science Dr. Sinouvassane Djearamane Impact of Titanium Dioxide and Silver Nanoparticles on the Nutritional properties of Spirulina platensis 30 November 2020
35 Faculty of Science Dr. Wong Hann Ling Construction of a CRISPR/Cas9-based biosensing system for in vitro detection of DNA from plant pathogens 30 November 2020
36 Faculty of Science Dr. Wong Wey Lim Biological control of Lepidopteran pests in oil palm plantations: Host searching behaviors of insect parasitoids 30 April 2021
37 Faculty of Arts and Social Science Dr. Badariah Sani Empowering the National Educational Policy in Information Technology and Communication: Undergraduates’ Awareness of Digital Citizenship and Lecturers’ Internalization of Digital Citizenship in Malaysian ESL Classrooms N/A
38 Faculty of Arts and Social Science Mr. Clarence Anthony a/l Puspanathan Product placement marketing in movies and consumer purchase intentions: A study on Malaysia's multi ethnic cinema patrons 31 August 2020
39 Faculty of Arts and Social Science Mr. Edwin Michael Muniandy The Role of Social Media in Political Socialization of Malaysian Youth. 30 November 2020
40 Faculty of Arts and Social Science Ms. Eng May Chuen A study of social media socialization effects on the ethnic boundary of Malaysian Chinese 30 November 2020
41 Faculty of Arts and Social Science Dr. Joanna Tan Tjin Ai Examining the relationship between personality traits, fear of (not or) negative evaluation and public speaking anxiety among Malaysian undergraduates N/A
42 Faculty of Arts and Social Science Ms. Surindar Kaur a/p Gurmukh Singh UTAR Undergraduate Students Competency in MUET: Diagnosis and Remedy N/A
43 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Mr. Deveendra Menon a/l Narayanan Nair Peace and Performance (2P) Paradigm for ICT Professionals : Exploring the Link between Employee Peace and Organization Performance N/A
44 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Dr. Goh Hock Guan Deep Learning in Botnet Detection using SDN Spatial Correlations 31 May 2021
45 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Dr. Khor Siak Wang Development and Evaluation of Usability Enhancement Model for Unstructured Big Data N/A
46 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Ms. Lai Siew Cheng A framework to analyze temporal information learned in a two-stream Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for action recognition in video domain N/A
47 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Dr. Lau Phooi Yee Study of Non-Extractive Fisheries Image Sampling Techniques for Aquaculture Farm Ecosystem 30 November 2020
48 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Dr. Ng Hui Fuang Deep learning inference engine for FPGA based IoT processor with balanced energy efficiency and speed performance 30 November 2020
49 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Dr. Robithoh Annur Network Coding in Device-to-Device (D2D) communication for 5G Systems. 30 November 2020
50 Faculty of Information and Communication Technology Dr. Vasaki Ponusamy IoT Intrusion Detection Framework using Deep Learning and Fog Network N/A
51 Faculty of Business and Finance Mr. Chen Fanyu The Effects of Institutional Quality on Private Investment N/A
52 Faculty of Business and Finance Ms. Chin Yoon Mei Predictability of stock returns using financial ratios: empirical evidence from companies listed on the Malaysia stock exchange N/A
53 Faculty of Business and Finance Dr. Foo Chuan Chew Exploring Parents’ Influence on the Augmented Reality (AR) in Science Subject at Pre-school Education Level N/A
54 Faculty of Business and Finance Dr. Gengeswari a/p Krishnapillai Enhancing brand equity through sustainability marketing: A study on homestays in Malaysia N/A
55 Faculty of Business and Finance Dr. Nurul Afidah Binti Mohamad Jusob @ Mohamad Yusof Analysis on quota vs quality of women directorship in the Malaysian corporate sector N/A
56 Faculty of Business and Finance Ms. Sai Mei Ling The impact of entrepreneurial competencies on firms’ sustainability growth. A study of Malaysian Women entrepreneurs. 31 October 2020
57 Faculty of Business and Finance Dr. Wong Lai Soon Development of an Innovativeness based Universal under Self-Concept Paradigm: Validity, Psychometrics and Applications N/A
58 Faculty of Business and Finance Ms. Yip Yen San Influence of managerial coaching towards service-oriented citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of employees’ commitment to service quality in Malaysia Hotel Industry 31 August 2020
59 Faculty of Business and Finance Dr. Zuriawati bt Zakaria Corporate Governance and FinTech Financing among Malaysia Small Medium Enterprise (SMEs) N/A
60 Institute of Chinese Studies Dr. Tan Ai Boay The Controlling of Chinese Religions in Straits Settlements before World War Two 31 May 2021
61 Institute of Chinese Studies Dr. Toh Teong Chuan The study of land deity in Malay Peninsula 31 May 2021