FaceHack Champions
Five Engineering alumni won the first prize at FaceHack, a signature
Artificial Intelligence hackathon in Malaysia. Kee Chee Yau, Darren
Yim, Sanush Abeysekera, Yeow TK and Alvin Neam Heng Lee
impressed the judges by developing a working prototype and
real-demo makeup solution within 48 hours. Their solution, The
Make-Up Artist, uses the provided application programming interface
for face detection to return important feature points of a face and
recommend suitable makeup styles and products.
EDUCATORS
Hind Rattan Award
Professor Ishwar Parhar from the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine
and Health Sciences was awarded the Hind Rattan Award for his
outstanding achievements and contributions in science and
technology. Also known as the Jewel of India, the award is one of the
highest Indian diasporic awards granted at the society’s annual
congress on the eve of India’s Republic Day.
IEEE Graduate Fellowship Award
Arvind Rajan, an Engineering PhD student, became the very first
junior researcher in Southeast Asia to receive the prestigious Society
Graduate Fellowship Award from the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award will enable him to extend his
research scope towards improving the earthquake structural safety in
New Zealand, in collaboration with Massey University and Unitec
Institute of Technology.
Malaysia’s Research Star Award
Associate Professor Wu Ta Yeong and Professor Chai Siang Piao
from the School of Engineering were awarded the prestigious
Malaysia’s Research Star Award. Associate Professor Wu received an
award in the Frontier Researcher category while Professor Chai was
the only recipient of the Young Researcher award. Both were the only
recipients from a private and international university. The researchers
received their awards from the Minister of Higher Education YAB
Dato' Seri Idris Jusoh.
Other notable mentions
• Best Presenter Award, International Conference on Natural Products –
Delhousie Daniel Jambun
• Best Presenter Award, Graduate Research Symposium at Taylor's University –
Ong Kuan Shion
• Best Student Award, Malaysian Institute of Food Technology – How Yoong Kong
• Institution of Engineers Malaysia Gold Medal Award – Fletcher Sarip
• MSJ-PACTRIMS Young Investigator Best Poster Award, 10th Congress of the
Pan-Asian Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis –
Dr Ooi Hean Sun
• Young Investigator Best Poster Award, 10th Congress of the Pan-Asian
Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis – Dr Ooi Hean Sun
• First Prize in the Moderated Poster category, Johor Trauma Conference –
Dr Raymond Lim
• Third Prize in the Professor Mustaffa Young Investigator’s Award category, 10th
Congress of the Pan-Asian Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple
Sclerosis – Dr Hardesh Singh
• Asian Graduate Student Fellowship, National University of Singapore –
Beh May Ting
• Science and Technology Research Grant, Malaysia Toray Science Foundation –
Janet Tan Jia Yin
• Gold Prize Award, IBRO-APRC Advanced School on Functional Brain Mapping
with Advanced Neurotechnologies – Cham Kai Lin
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National Outstanding Educator Award
Professor Tey Beng Ti from the School of Engineering was among
17 outstanding teachers and educators honoured at the Private
Education Excellence Awards 2017, organised by the Private
Education Cooperative of Malaysia. He received the National
Outstanding Researcher Award in the University Category for his
achievements in Chemical Engineering.