Research Advisory Committee | UCSI Centre for Research Excellence

Functions

Every University must encourage and support the undertaking of Research activities within and beyond its campus. With this in mind, the University Academic Board has appointed a highly qualified Research & Scholarly Activities Committee (Senate-R&SA) to oversee the progress and growth of Research Projects at UCSI. Each faculty has also appointed a Faculty Research & Scholarly Activities Committee (F-R&SA) to manage faculty level research operations.

With experts from multiple fields of study, it is the F-RSA’s responsibility to vet and scrutinize every Project Proposal prior to approval by the Senate-R&SA. Upon approval, the Senate-R&SA will also recommend the extent of the funding to be granted to every Project. The responsibilities of the Senate-R&SA also include proposing, drafting and upgrading the policies surrounding R&D activities at UCSI.

Committee

Chair - Dr. Jimmy Mok VH

Centre for Research Excellence

Jimmy Mok graduated with a PhD in Microwave Engineering from University of Manchester and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the same university in 2003 and 2000 under the British Government Scholarship. Prior to his return to Malaysia, he was an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore, a Research Engineer at the Institute of High Performance Computing, A*Star, and was a Senior Yield Integration Engineer at the Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Singapore. His research areas include multilayer waveguiding structure at terahertz region, metamaterials, consumer electronics, electromagnetic interference, and mobile communications.

Deputy Chair - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Rowlands

Faculty of Music, Social Science & Design

Jeffrey Rowlands studied the organ with Phillip Moore at Guildford Cathedral and composition with Sebastian Forbes, Robin Maconie and Hugh Wood. He received the Robert Naylor Memorial Prize for organ performance while still an undergraduate at the University of Surrey, where he was also awarded a Master of Music degree in Analytical Musicology with Distinction and a Ph.D on the work of the British composer Alexander Goehr. His research interests are centred on twelve-note theory and methodology, and British music since 1945. As a performer he was an organist (Priory of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London) choral accompanist, repetiteur and harpsichordist, appearing in these roles at St. John's Smith Square, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, St. George's Chapel Windsor Castle and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.

Secretary - Ms. Foong Pek Yee

Centre for Research Excellence

Ms. Foong graduated from the London School of Economics, University of London with a B.Sc in Economics (Hons) in 1994. She has working experience in the fields of marketing and product development, which saw her travelling extensively within Asia and Europe. She also has exposures in early education areas, having worked at an international school. She is now attached to the Centre for Research Excellence, handling the Research Management and Publicity unit. She is also the Managing Editor of UCSI University’s Journal for the Advancement of Science and Arts.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tin Tun

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Dr. Tin Tun obtained his Doctor of Medical Science (PhD) from Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan in Molecular Medicine & Oncology in 1996. He also holds MBBS and MMedSc (Medical Biochemistry). Almost three decades of his experience includes the distinction of being a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York, USA, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wallace Tumor Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama, USA, a Japan International Co-operation Agency Research Fellow at Kyoto University and the Royal Society London Visiting Medical Scientist to the Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK among others. He is a member of the Oxford University Society, UK. He has published over 20 papers in international Journals and Conferences. His doctoral thesis paper “Recognition sequence of a highly conserved RBP-Jk protein” has been cited by over 150 international papers since its publication in 1994. His research interest is in the area of molecular diagnostics and oncogenesis. He is currently a chairman of Research and Scholarly Activity, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UCSI.

Member - Dr. Renee Lim

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Dr Renee Lim joined UCSI in 2006 as a lecturer in Biotechnology Dept., Faculty of Applied Sciences. Before this she was actively involved in research in various areas encompassing DNA and oral vaccine for allergic asthma research, recombinant protein production and screening for serological diagnostic markers for tuberculosis at the National University of Singapore. In year 2008, she was promoted to Head of Biotechnology Dept., UCSI. Her current research interests include expression and characterization of recombinant peanut allergen, screening for anticancer compounds in mushrooms, screening for antibiotic resistant probiotics in commercial food products and genotyping human genes related to obesity.

Member - Dr. Irene Tan

Centre for Learning Excellence

Dr. Irene Tan is an alumna of the University of Northern Iowa, USA where she completed graduate school. She obtained the Ed. D (Educational Leadership) in 2003, the M.A.E (Educational Psychology) in 1998, and the M.A. (TESOL) in 1994. She was a recipient of the Gordon J. Rhum Phi Delta Kappa Scholarship (2003) for approved graduate research work, NAFSA: International Educators Association – Scholarship for attending its 50th Anniversary by the Transportation Ministry of Japan (1997) and the P.E.O Peace Scholarship for the Master’s of Arts in TESOL program. She has continuously developed her research interest in international education and the internationalization of higher education, especially focusing on the process of the latter. Her other interests include investigating leadership issues in higher education and the academic development of university students. In addition, she is an avid contributor to the advancement of the qualitative research methodology in Malaysia as Qualitative Research Association Malaysia’s current Vice President.

Member - Dr. Choy TY

Faculty of Management & Information Technology

Dr Choy has been lecturing full-time for more than seven years in management and marketing. Previously, he was a senior manager with 22 years full-time commercial experience in the plastics, timber, steel, commercial laundry industries and international trading. He is a chartered marketer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing (UK), MBA (UK) and DBA (Aust). Dr Choy is also a management consultant with research interests in services and international marketing and management.

Member - Mr. Moey LK

Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Built Environment

Mr. Moey graduated from the University of Kentucky, USA with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1999), and a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2001). He has published over 16 papers in international Journals and Conferences. He is currently the Head of Mechatronic Engineering Department under the Faculty of EABE. His area of expertise includes Flow Control, Heat-Mass Transfer, and Aerodynamics.

Member - En. Abu Bakar Jalaludin

Legal & Corporate Advisor

En.Abu Bakar has been with the private education sector for more than 15 years both at the administrative and academic sphere. Prior to this, he was attached to law enforcement agency and also a short stint in private legal practice. He has published reading journals and materials in the area of Land Law ,Criminal Procedure, IP laws and certain legal aspects of medical issues and practice. A member of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society and also Deputy President of W.A.K.E. an NGO working with single women and children affected by AIDS. He has a LL.B(Hons) London, MBA (Australia) and Post Graduate Certificate in Taxation.