Awards and Honors

• Received Ministry of Science and Technology, Innovation (MOSTI), Govt of Malaysia fellowship from 7 May 2007 to 31.12.2008 to pursue Ph.D (Research).

• Received Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Scholarship Award from 1 Jan 2009 to 31 Dec 2009 to pursue Ph.D (Research).

• Received Best Research Publication Award 2009 from Universiti Malaysia Perlis on 14 March 2010, Perlis, Kangar.

• Received “Best Paper Award for the Fiscal Year 2010” from International Journal of Biomedical Soft-computing and Human Sciences (BSCHS), Japan for the Paper “Wavelet Based Feature Extraction for Human Emotions from EEG Associated with FCM”, Vol 14, No 2, pp, 27-34, 2009 by M Murugappan, M Rizon, R Nagarajan, and S Yaacob.

• Biomedical Engineering Online (One of the top notch biomedical journal) paper (Jerritta S, Murugappan M, Khairunizam Wan, Sazali Yaacob, Classification of emotional states from electrocardiogram signals: a non-linear approach based on Hurst, Vol 12, pp, 12-44, 2013, Impact Factor: 1.61) has got "highly accessed" publication in first 15 days of online publication.

• Received Journal Incentive Fund of MYR 5000 from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) for the ISI Journal Publications in the year of 2011.

• Received Journal Incentive Fund of MYR 10000 from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) for the ISI Journal Publications in the year of 2012.

• Received Journal Incentive Fund of MYR 35,000 from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) for the ISI Journal Publications in the year of 2013.

• Received Best Invention in Biotechnology Award from Japan Intellectual Property Association in International Invention and Innovation Technology Exhibition (ITEX2014) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 8-10 May 2014.

• Received Journal Incentive Fund of MYR 14,500 from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) for the ISI Journal Publications in the year of 2014.

• Received Best Paper Award from 16^th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications (CSPA2020), Feb 28-29, 2020, Malaysia for the paper titled as “Emotion Classification in Parkinson’s Disease EEG using RQA and ELM”.

Product Exhibitions: Internal Achievements (Within Malaysia)

• “Bronze” Medal on Exhibiting the product “Human Emotion Assessment using Brain Signals (EEG)” at UniMAP Expo [Keputusan Ekspo Rekacipta & Pameran Penyelidikan Unimap 2009] on 7 Jan 2010, Kangar.

• Exhibiting the product “EEG Based Human Emotion Recognition using Discrete Wavelet Transform”, at Research and Innovation Exhibition (ResInEx 2010), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia on 25th July 2010.

• “Bronze” Medal on Exhibiting the product “Development of Human Brain Signals Based Neuro Marketing System” at UniMAP Expo [Keputusan Ekspo Rekacipta & Pameran Penyelidikan Unimap 2009] on 22 Dec 2010, Kangar.

• "Silver" Medal on Exhibiting the product "Development of EEG Data Acquisition System using Single Board Computer (SBC)" at UniMAP Expo [Keputusan Ekspo Rekacipta & Pameran Penyelidikan Unimap 2009] on 11 Jan 2012, Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Silver” Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Human Machine Interactive (HMI) System Using Facial Features For Physically Challenged People” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2012), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia

• “Silver” Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Real Time Facial Emotion Detection Based Cursor Control System For Assisting Physically Disabled People” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2012), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• "Gold” Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Intelligent Facial Feature Based Emotion Recognition System using Optical Flow Algorithm – For Assisting Elder People” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2013), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia

• “Silver” Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Emotional Stress Assessment using ECG Features” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2013), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Bronze” Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Driver Hypo-Vigilance Detection System using EEG Signals” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2013), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Gold´’ medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Intelligent Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Prediction System using ECG Signals” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2014), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Gold´' medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Intelligent Emotional Deficits Assessment System for Neurologically Disorder Patients using Wireless EEG Signals” atUniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2014), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Gold´' medal on exhibiting the product “Intelligent Facial Marker Based Emotion Detection System using Optical Flow Algorithm for Smart Home Design” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2014), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Silver’’ medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Discrete Wavelet Transform Toolbox using Visual Basic” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2014), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Bronze´' medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Intelligent Neuromarketing System for Marketing Products in Malaysia using Wireless EEG Signals” at UniMAP Expo (EKSPO Rekacipta Dan Pameran Penyelidikan UniMAP 2014), Putra Ulu Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

External Achievements (Outside Malaysia)

• "Silver" Medal on Exhibiting the product "Development of Intelligent Neuromarketing System Based on Human Brain Signals" at PECIPTA 2011 Expo, 13-15 September 2011, Kuala Lumpur Conventional Centre (KLCC), Malaysia.

• "Silver" Medal on Exhibiting the product "Development of Low Cost EEG Data Acquisition System using Single Board Computer (SBC)" at Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE 2012), 16-18 Feb 2012, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Malaysia.

• “Gold'' Medal on exhibiting the product "Development of Real Time Low Cost EEG Data Acquisition System for Signal Processing Application" at International Exhibition on Invention and Innovation (iENVEX2012), 27-29 April, 2012, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Gold´ Medal on exhibiting the product "Development of Discrete Wavelet Transform Software for Signal Processing Applications" at International Exhibition on Invention and Innovation (iENVEX2012), 27-29 April, 2012, Perlis, Malaysia.

• "Silver" Medal on exhibiting the product "Development of EEG Data Acquisition System using Single Board Computer (SBC)" at International Exhibition on Invention and Innovation (iENVEX2012), 27-29 April, 2012, Perlis, Malaysia.

• “Silver” Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Facial Feature Controlled Mouse for Physically Challenged People” at International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition (i-Envex) And Malaysian International Young Invertors Olympaid (MIYIO) 2012,Perlis Malaysia.

• “Gold” Medal on exhibiting the product “Virtual Markers based Facial Emotional Revealing for Home Appliances Control using Optical Flow Algorithm” at PECIPTA 2011 Expo, Nov 2013, Kuala Lumpur Conventional Centre (KLCC), Malaysia.

• “Gold” Medal on exhibiting the product “V-Face: Virtual Facial Markers based Intelligent Home Appliances Control for Physically Disabled and Bedridden Peoples” at Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE 2014), 20-22 Feb 2014, Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• “Gold´' Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Intelligent Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Prediction System using ECG Signals” at International Invention Innovation Technology Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, 8-10 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• “Gold´' Medal on exhibiting the product “Development of Intelligent Emotional Deficits Assessment System for Neurologically Disorder Patients using Wireless EEG Signals” at International Invention Innovation Technology Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, 8-10 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.