Research News

Published: 19 March  2025

On March 6, 2025, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Melvin Gan Jet Hong received the Kurita Overseas Research Grant's (KORG) Best Research 2023 Award in Ninh Binh City, Vietnam. 

Published: 20 February  2025
Led by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr Noor Sheena Herayani binti Harith

After completing her PhD in 2016, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr Noor Sheena established a Malaysian standard seismic design, the Malaysia Annex or MSEN1998:2015 (2017), providing Malaysian engineers with a guideline for earthquake-resistant building construction. These seismic values are generated using probabilistic mathematical modelling of self-built programs with verification from other commercial software.

Published: 30 November 2024
The First National Symposium on Sustainable Construction was held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) on 28 November 2024  with a theme “Unlocking the Potential of De-oiled Bleaching Earth (DOBE) for Eco-friendly Construction Solutions.  

Published: 14 November 2024
On October 29, 2024, the Faculty of Engineering hosted the second installment of the series "Research in University: Why It Is So Important to Us as Lecturers." The talk was delivered by Professor Ts. Dr. Uda Hashim, a distinguished recent addition to Faculty of Engineering’s academic team.

Published: 14 November 2024
Senior Fellow, Ngui Min Fui @ Tom, Ir. Ts. Dr., from the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), has won the prestigious Industry Excellence Award 2024 in the “Sustainable Built Environment” category from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), United Kingdom. 

Published: 16 August 2024
On August 14, 2024, the Faculty of Engineering held a workshop titled "Elevation of Research Groups Status" for its academic staff. The event aimed to empower the faculty's research groups to enhance their productivity and impact.

Published: 12 August 2024
On August 9, 2024, The Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS); through its Civil Engineering Club organized the Environmental Awareness talk session which was delivered by Ts. Dr. Siti Birkha binti Mohd Ali from Universiti Selangor (UNISEL). She is one of the IET Malaysia Local Network (LN) committee 2023/2025. The talk aimed to provide insight into the environmental impact of energy savings, namely electricity consumption in buildings. 

Published: 09 August 2024
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has awarded Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) with a Strategic Research Fund (SRF) grant amounting to RM2,515,900.00. The grant, administered through the Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM) as the implementing and monitoring agency under MOSTI, supports the implementation of the Integrated Multi-Hop Transceiver Scavenging System (IMHTS) under the Space-Based Technology program.

Published: 08 May 2024
The funding provides FKJ (Faculty of Engineering, UMS) researchers with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, industry-driven and green-energy projects that will benefit the oil industries. 

Published: 08 May 2024
Led by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Melvin Gan Jet Hong.
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) fabricated carbonized sawdust/barium titanate composite using a sol-gel method, which was later incorporated into cotton substrate by using a dip-coating process to produce a solar absorber. 

Published: 08 May 2024
Led by Dr. Chiam Chel Ken.
In this article, we take a closer look at a research on coalescence of oil droplets using microporous membranes.

Published: 08 May 2024
Led by Dr. M.N. Afnan Uda.
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) have developed an IoT-based portable biosensor for the rapid detection of E. Coli O157:H7. Ensuring the safety of food is a top global public health priority. 

Published: 08 May 2024
Led by Ts. Dr. Norfarariyanti binti Parimon.
Ts. Dr. Norfarariyanti binti Parimon has been engaged in the fabrication and characterization of metal oxide semiconductor-based sensing devices since beginning her Ph.D. studies in 2018.  Her research focuses primarily on the development of p-type nickel oxide (NiO) nanostructures using the immersion method for humidity sensor applications.

Published: 08 May 2024
Led by Ts. Dr. Megat Muhammad Ikhsan Bin Megat Hasnan.
In 2022, through HiPER, as advisor to the 3rd year Electric and Electronic Integrated Design Project, Dr Megat had brought his team’s prototype entitled "Self-Powered LED System Using Carbon-Based Nanofluid Photothermoelectric Storage" that presented at International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering: ICAMME 2022, 9—10 August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and National Innovation and Invention Competition (NIICe) 2022,  22 August, UTHM, Malaysia  and awarded with silver medal.

Published: 08 May 2024
Led by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Abu Zahrim Yaser.
The excessive presence of nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, has unleashed a menacing ecological domino effect, igniting algal blooms in many water bodies. These algal blooms, though visually striking, bring darkness to the aquatic world, blocking sunlight and depleting oxygen levels. The far-reaching consequences of this phenomenon have given birth to dead zones - regions marked by alarmingly low oxygen levels, causing the death of marine life and severely impacting fishing industries.

Published: 08 May 2024
The Faculty of Engineering is delighted to welcome Dr. Ng Chi Huey to the Oil and Gas Program as a Senior Lecturer. After receiving her Ph.D. from Universiti Putra Malaysia and Kyushu Institute of Technology, Dr. Ng worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Japan, where her experience with well-resourced laboratories and cutting-edge technologies helped her develop linkages, scientific discussions, and long-term collaborations with researchers in Japan.