Achievements

1ST RUNNER-UP WINNER IN THE SAKURA COLLECTION ASIA STUDENT AWARDS IN MALAYSIA 2020

DENISE THONG WAN QING | BA (Hons) Fashion Design with Marketing

Congratulations to Denise Thong Wan Qing for winning the 1^st runner-up in the Sakura Collection Asia Student Awards in Malaysia 2020.

BEING BOLD WITH GOLD

MUHAMAD AIMAN BIN SAIFUL ANUAR | Diploma in Culinary Art

Congratulations to Muhamad Aiman for winning 2 Gold Awards at the World Chefs Championship 2019, held at Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Kedah from 13-15 December 2019.

Gold Award – Modern Pasta Challenge
Gold Award – Modern Malaysian Laksa Challenge

DR TRACY WONG WEI WEN

Internationally sought-after choral composer and arranger

i. Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at Western University and Conductor of Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir in Ontario, Canada

ii. 2019 Canadian Composer Feature for the Canadian Kodály Journal, Alla Breve

iii. Recipient of the 2018-19 McMaster University Student Union Teaching Award

iv. 2016 & 2017 Elmer Iseler National Graduate Fellowship in Choral Conducting

v. Published choral pieces on Cypress Choral Music (Canada), Graphite Publishing (USA), and Young Choral Academy (Malaysia). It has been performed by Malaysian, North American, European, and Southeast Asian choirs at international competitions and festivals

WINNER OF THE CARING FOR SIGHT DESIGN COMPETITION 2020

Kenny Ling Ee Tak | BA (Hons) Multimedia Design

Winner of the Caring For Sight Design Competition 2020, bagged RM1,000. His design will be the subject of both the national awareness campaign and the L'Occitane limited edition travel pack. L’Occitane will be producing 4,000 units of the pouch and 100% of the proceeds will go to the L’Occitane Foundation to help the visually impaired.

CONGRATULATIONS TO UCSI SABE ALUMNI!

Ar. Tan Kwon Chong, Ar. Phyllis Wong and Ar. Tan Kah Chuan | Alumni of the Architecture Undergraduate Programme

UCSI’s School of Architecture and Built Environment would like to congratulate Ar. Tan Kwon Chong, Ar. Phyllis Wong and Ar. Tan Kah Chuan for obtaining the Professional Architect title (LAM Part 3 Architect). The three alumni of the Architecture Undergraduate Programme at UCSI have commented that whilst the process was challenging, they were ultimately pleased with their success and that it was a huge milestone for them. The attainment of the Professional Qualification, as well as the maintenance of knowledge comes not only from past and on-going experience, but also serves as the reflection of an individual’s ability to develop accurate, safe and efficient solutions to the practical problems of mankind.

OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER AWARD

Shahrizal Jelani | Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment

Congratulations to Shahrizal Jelani from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department for receiving the Outstanding Researcher Award at the International Conference on Engineering and Computing 2020 (ICEEComp2020).

UCSI STUDENTS SELECTED AS TOP 5 COUNTRY FINALISTS IN SCHNEIDER GO GREEN COMPETITION

Harry Hoon Jian Wen (right) and Siah Jing Yi (left) | Engineering Students

UCSI Engineering students Harry Hoon Jian Wen (Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Honours) and Siah Jing Yi (Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering with Honours) were selected as the Top 5 country finalists in the Schneider Go Green Competition 2020 in which their title was ‘Cost effectively reduce carbon emission using PV-BESS system’.

UCSI STUDENTS WIN BEST SOLAR CAR AWARD

Ng Weng Mun, Chong Ying Hai and Ngo Kah Lock | Engineering Students

UCSI University Engineering students Ng Weng Mun, Chong Ying Hai and Ngo Kah Lock won the Best Solar Car Award in the Solar Car Competition 2020 (SCAR’20) organised by MAHSA University. All three students are from the Mechatronics Engineering programme. The participants were divided into seven groups, with three per group where each group had their own solar car.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Mok Yun Liu | Bachelor of Science (Hons) Computing, Class of 2017

Alumnus of SMK SS17, Subang Jaya

Currently working as Lead Developer at HTM Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan

Former Project Manager, MYCITY SME Sdn Bhd

UCSI University President’s Award (2014; 2015)

PROFESSOR OOI’S PAPER IS TOP 1% IN ACADEMIC FIELD OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Professor Ooi Keng Boon | Faculty of Business and Information Science

UCSI’s Faculty of Business and Information Science dean Professor Ooi Keng Boon has received two new recognitions for his continuing hard work and dedication in research, particularly on the topic of mobile credit cards.

The first recognition was by Clarivate Analytics which placed his paper ‘NFC Mobile Credit Card: The Next Frontier of Mobile Payment?’ in the top 1% of the academic field of social science. The second was for the same article which was recognised as a Highly Cited Article Paper by the journal Telematics and Informatics, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 292-307 (Elsevier, SSCI, JCR-2018, IF = 3.714, Q1-ranked journal). The article was co-authored with Dr Garry Wei-Han Tan, Dr Siong-Choy Chong and Dr Teck-Soon Hew.