A new research agreement was signed today between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Malaysia Thailand Joint Authority (MTJA). The agreement was signed by the Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail while MTJA was represented by their CEO Dr. Witsarut Thungsuntonkhum. The UTM & Imperial College collaboration has successfully secured the MTJA research grant entitled Energy Recovery in Petroleum Processing via Integrated High Performance Technologies. A research cess fund amounting USD 4.89 million has been allocated by the Malaysia Thailand Joint Authority (MTJA) for UTM-Imperial College to undertake this particular research. UTM & Imperial College is also partnering with King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) for this project.
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