B. Eng (Hons), MSc & DPhil, PEng, CEng, MIET, TTT Certified.
14 - 15 Nov 2024 - Welcome Professor Stephen Payne for the External Examiner visit.
1 Sep 2024 - "Engineering and Science: UTAR LKC FES 2023 Colloquium" is published, eISSN 3030-590X. [Link]
16 Jul 2024 - Won the Best Presentation Award in ICIVC 2024, Suzhou, China [Link]
25 Jun 2024 - Welcome Havilah Jason Valaitham to join the group
20 Jun 2024 - Approved as the Professional Engineer (Ir) by the BEM, Malaysia
19 Mar 2024 - Top downloaded published article in NMR in Biomedicine in 2023
30 Jan 2024 - Welcome Chin Wee Jian to join the group
04 Jan 2024 - Obtained HRD Corp Accredited Trainer
20 Nov 2023 - Congratulations to Pan Swee Qi for winning the Best Oral Presentation in the Postgraduate 3-Minutes Thesis Challenge [Link] [Link]
23 Aug 2023 - Welcome Luke Lee to join the group
21 Jul 2023 - A new paper published in Scientia Horticulturae.
19 May 2023 - "Engineering and Science: UTAR LKC FES 2022 Colloquium" is published, eISBN 978-967-2477-15-0. [Link]
17 May 2023 - Welcome He Jie to join the group
09 Feb 2023 - Congratulations to Mr Koo Jia Chun for winning the 2022 IEEE Malaysia Section FYP Competition.
18 Oct 2022 - Welcome Ke Qi to join the group
01 Sep 2022 - Welcome Wingates Voon and Kwong Jun Kit to join the group
06 Jul 2022 - Welcome Rami Alhayek to join the group
29 Apr 2022 - Welcome Premala a/p Krishnan to join the group
17 Feb 2022 - Congratulations to Dr Foo Lee Sze for completing her PhD studies
24 Jan 2022 - Won the UTAR Research Excellence Award 2021: Category of Science, Engineering, Technology and Medicine
14 Jan 2022 - Welcome Pang Swee Qi to join the group
01 Jan 2022 - Promoted to be the Head of Program of PhD(ENG) and M.ENG.SC Programs in the LKC FES, UTAR
16 Sep 2021 - Congratulations to Ms Foo for winning the Young Investigator Award in the Malaysia Stroke Conference 2021
06 Sep 2021 - Secured Fundamental Research Grant Scheme from the Ministry of Higher Education, looking for a RA.
18 Aug 2021 - Welcome Mr Yong Ming Ping to join the group
31 Dec 2020 - Promoted to be Associate Professor
16 Dec 2020 - Welcome Mr Choong Ren Jun to join the group
27 Oct 2020 - Obtained professional engineer status (CEng) from the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK
03 Jul 2020 - Looking for TWO Phd students for AI projects at UTAR, fully funded [More]
I am an associate professor and the head of program of PhD in Engineering research program at the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. I am also a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers (BEM), Malaysia; Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET), UK; and a HRD Corp Certified Trainer in Malaysia.
My research is to facilitate clinical translation of chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging – an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique which shows better correlation than the current clinical practice in identifying tissue at risk after an ischemic stroke and in grading tumour, differentiating tumour regrowth and radiation necrosis, and measuring extracellular pH of tumour microenvironment.
I am also interested in extracting sound information from negligible object vibrations in imagery. This is because the majority of the installed CCTVs usually just record the imagery but not sound, especially the outdoor cameras; these cameras are normally fixed at a distance either high-up or far away from the recording scene, resulting in mainly random noise such as wind or inaudible sound being recorded if there is a built-in microphone.
In addition to the two projects above, I am also working on and interested in other research areas such as artificial intelligence (AI). For more details, please refer to the Research page.