The LKC FES Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2023 made a comeback on 09 Nov 2023 in the Multiple Purpose Hall, KB Building of the Sungai Long campus. The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and held virtually in 2021. It was back to physical mode in 2022. The colloquium was organised by UTAR Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES) along with the 11 research centers under the faculty. A total of 88 abstracts were received and 174 participants were present at the colloquium.

The colloquium aimed to provide a platform for the postgraduate students in the LKC FES to present their recent works and research findings. It also provided a platform for postgraduate students and LKC FES academic staff to exchange ideas and gather feedback on their research works. The event video highlight is available here: https://youtu.be/zUDgGkp7LRQ.

The colloquium was then continued with six parallel sessions in which UTAR postgraduate students presenting their respective research topics. The presentations were then evaluated by the respective session chairs and the best presenter was elected from each session.

At the end of each parallel postgraduate presentation session, the best presenter was selected, and they were listed as follows:

Postgraduate project demo was a new initiative this year, where interested postgraduates had to make a 2-min video about his / her project. The compiled video demos are available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZyUg8364pV0. Overwhelming responses were received for this, and many votes were casted to choose their most liked project demo. Ms Thiresamary A/P Kurian won the Most Liked Demo prize, she received a certificate and a cash award of RM 106.70 sponsored by Netizen Experience Sdn Bhd.

Congratulations to Mr Koo Jia Chun for winning the 2022 IEEE Malaysia Section Final Year Project (FYP) Competition in Track 04: Recent Trends in Computational Intelligence and Track 08: Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering.

The 4th LKC FES Postgraduate Research Colloquium was held on 30 November 2022 from 8.00 am – 5.00 pm in the KB building of the Sungai Long campus. The colloquium received 87 abstract submissions and 142 participants joined the event. 

It was started with the welcoming remarks from Dean, Dr. Yap Wun She. Then, it was followed by four keynote lectures, which were delivered by Professor Zhou Jinyuan from Johns Hopkins University, US, Professor Chong Kok Keong, Professor Yau Kok Lim and Dr Steven Lim from UTAR.

After that, the event was followed by 6 parallel postgraduate presentation sessions according to five themes, and each session was chaired by two academic staff as the session chairs.

At the end of each parallel postgraduate presentation session, the best presenter was selected, and they were listed as follows:

Please contact me at teeyeekai@gmail.com and send me your CV if you are interested in the FRGS project. More information will be provided upon request. Looking for enthusiastic candidates who have a great passion to further their Phd studies at UTAR, fully funded for 3 years.

Won the best presentation award in the ICBBS 2019

Won the Best Reviewer Award in the ISCAI 2019

Hosted Professor Anthony Vodacek from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), US