Research

List of Awarded Research Projects (2015-Present)

International Projects (PI/Co-PI = 5, Member = 15)

  • Apr 2025 – Dec 2026 – Principal Investigator, Green decommissioning, transportation, and disposal technologies for offshore platforms, China Construction HCEBG, China
  • Nov 2024 – Oct 2028 – Co- Principal Investigator, Multi-disciplinary risk management for stable, safe, and sustainable offshore wind-powered hydrogen production (Windhy), Horizon Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Union.
  • Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 – Member, Technology Feasibility & Viability of 1 MW both OTEC & H-OTEC (Offshore), Shell International Exploration & Production Inc, USA.
  • Jan 2023 – Feb 2024 – Member, River Efficacy Assessment for Floating Marine Plastic Debris at Klang River using Hydrophone Array, The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Sep 2022 – May 2024 – Member, Artificial Mangrove Pneumatophores for Cleaning up Anthropogenic Marina Debris, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan.
  • Oct 2022 – Oct 2024 – Member, Interceptor 002 Barrier Assessment at Klang River using UAV and Geospatial Technologies (4B803), The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Feb 2022 – Jan 2024 – Member, Installation and Maintenance of River Monitoring System for In-Situ Automatic Visual Monitoring of Floating Marine Plastic Debris at Klang River (4C579), The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 – Member, Design and Fabrication of Depth Trawl System for Floating Marine Plastic Debris Monitoring at Klang River, The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Jun 2021 – Nov 2022 – Member, Aerial inspection of floating plastic debris at Klang river using UAV for deployment of Interceptor systems, The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Jan 2022 – Apr 2026 – Co- Principal Investigator, Network for Marine Traffic Information Exchange in Malaysian Shipping Industry for a Safer and Sustainable Ocean – Norway-ASEAN Consortium in Risk Management for Safer and Sustainable Ocean, The Research Council of Norway, Norway.
  • Dec 2020 – Dec 2022 – Principal Investigator, Floating Plastic Debris Monitoring in Marine Area and Its Implication of Ocean Cleanup Technologies at Skudai and Tebrau River. The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Dec 2020 – Dec 2022 – Member, Floating Plastic Debris Monitoring in Marine Area and Its Implication of Ocean Cleanup Technologies using Low-Cost Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Dec 2020 – Dec 2022 – Member, Floating Plastic Debris Monitoring in Marine Area and its Implication of Ocean Cleanup Technologies at Langat River, The Ocean Cleanup B.V., the Netherlands.
  • Mar 2020 – Feb 2023 – Member, Safe and Sustainable Decommissioning of Offshore Structures Taking into Consideration the Peculiarities of the Asean & South Asia Regions. Royal Academy of Engineering, Engineering X Fund, United Kingdom.
  • Mar 2020 – Feb 2023 – Member, Marine Coastal and Delta Sustainability for Southeast Asia (MARES), European Commission, Erasmus+.
  • Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 – Member, Suppression of Vortex-Induced Vibration of Low Mass Ratio Circular Cylinder Using Shroud, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
  • Nov 2018 – Oct 2020 – Principal Investigator, Experimental Analysis of Semi Active Magneto-Rheological Damper and Applications in Offshore Engineering. Texas A&M Ocean Engineering.
  • Nov 2018 – Oct 2020 – Member, Machine Learning in Predicting the Vortex-Induced Vibration of Riser for Fundamental Data Preparation of Magneto-Rheological Damper. Texas A&M Ocean Engineering.
  • Oct 2016 – Oct 2020 – Member, Reliability and Safety Engineering and Technology for Large Maritime Engineering Systems (RESET). European Commission, Horizon 2020.
  • Oct 2016 – Oct 2019 – Member, Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies in Open Modelling and Simulation Environment for Student-Centered Engineering Education (InMotion). European Commission, Erasmus+.

National Level / Industrial Research Projects (PI/Co-PI = 2, Member = 10)

  • Feb 2025 – Jan 2028 – Member, Machine Learning for Electroless Nickel Plating of Substrates in Hard Disk Drive Manufacturing, Western Digital Media (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
  • Jul 2024 – Jun 2026 – Member, Membrane-Microalgae Hybrid System for CO2 Reutilization and Microalgae Dewatering, Petronas Research Sdn. Bhd.
  • Aug 2024 – Jul 2027 – Principal Investigator, Exploring Fundamental Insights of Digital Twin Strategies as Game Changer in Maritime Smart Mobility Decarbonization, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Malaysia
  • Jan 2022 – Dec 2026 – Member, Industry 4.0 based Monitoring of Overall Equipment Effectiveness, JK Wires Harness Sdn. Bhd.
  • Nov 2020 – Oct 2023 – Member, Array configuration effect on the power output of offshore horizontal axis wind turbine in Malaysian sea, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Malaysia
  • Nov 2020 – Oct 2022 – Principal Investigator, Parametric Studies of Sloshing Effect on the Growth of Microalgae in an Novel Offshore Floating Photo-bioreactor, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Malaysia
  • Jan 2019 – Sep 2021 – Member, A Molecular-Level Study on the Influence of Fatty Acid Polyol Ester Composition on Boundary Lubrication of Trimethylolpropane Ester (TMPE), Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Malaysia
  • Oct 2018 – Sep 2020 – Member, Malaysia-China Research and Cooperation on Marine Renewable Energy Utilization. Grant ICF.
  • Aug 2017 – Aug 2019 – Member, The Upscaling of Coal and Biomass Cementless Concrete for Implementation in the Concrete Manufacturing Sector. Grant PRGS.
  • May 2017 – Apr 2019 – Member, Low Speed Vertical Axis Current Turbine for Electrification of Remote Areas in Malaysia. Grant Sciencefund.
  • Jul 2015 – Jun 2017 – Member, Development of Combined Ocean Renewable Energy System Prototype (CORES). Grant PRGS.
  • Jan 2015 – Dec 2017 – Member, New Concept of Wave Energy-Breakwater Device. Grant LEP.

Institutional Projects (PI/Co-PI = 7, Member = 12)

  • Jun 2025 – May 2028 – Principal Investigator, COE/RG 2.0: Smart Offshore Docking Station for Integrated Marine Autonomous Transportation System, UTM CoE/RG Flagship.
  • Jun 2025 – May 2028 – Principal Investigator, COE/RG 2.1: Digital Twin of SODS with Marine Autonomous Transportation Systems, UTM CoE/RG Flagship.
  • Jun 2025 – May 2028 – Member, COE/RG 3.1: Advanced Offshore Monopod Platform Assessment through 3D Printing: A LiDAR-Driven Experimental Prototype, UTM CoE/RG Flagship.
  • Mar 2025 – Feb 2027 – Member, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Analysis and Maintenance Strategy for Container Port Handling Equipment, UTM R&D Fund.
  • Nov 2022 – Nov 2025 – Member, F4 3.2 Intelligent Cooperative Planning and Control of a Swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in Flight and Docking Operations, UTMF4.
  • Nov 2022 – Oct 2024 – Principal Investigator, Conceptualization of Industry 4.0-based Yard Layout as Game-Changer for Upcoming Offshore Platforms Decommissioning Challenge in Malaysia, UTMFR.
  • Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 – Principal Investigator, Floating Microalgal Bio-photovoltaic System as Sustainable Power Source for Marine Plastic Cleanup Technologies in the Ocean, UTM Industry-International Incentive Grant.
  • Jun 2021 – May 2022 – Member, Automated Floating Plastic Debris Detection and Identification in Coastal Regions using Low-Cost Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), UTM Industry-International Incentive Grant.
  • Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 – Member, Machine Learning in Predicting the number of Floating Plastic Debris at Rivers, UTM Industry-International Incentive Grant.
  • Oct 2020 – Sep 2022 – Member, AI assisted Ship manoeuvring simulator with improved, collision avoidance model, UTM Encouragement Research
  • Mar 2020 – Feb 2024 – Member, Safe & sustainable decommissioning of offshore structures taking into consideration of the ASEAN and South Asia region, UTM, Matching Grant
  • Jan 2020 – Dec 2022 -Member, Membrane-Microalgal Bioreactor Hybrid System For Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Capture And Repurpose. Grant GUP-UTMHR.
  • Jan 2020 – Dec 2022 -Member, A New Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Algorithm For Alternative Assessment And Selection In A Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chain. Grant GUP-UTMFR.
  • Nov 2019 – Oct 2021 -Member, Autonomous Water-Gas Filling Ratio Control In Horizontal Floating Microalgae Photo-Bioreactor For Optimum Harnessing Of Wave-Induced-Sloshing Energy. Grant GUP-UTMER.
  • Jun 2019 – May 2021 – Principal Investigator, Suppression of LNG Sloshing During Ship-to-Ship Operation by Artificial Damping From Magneto-Rheological Based Synthetic Foam Floating Baffles. Grant IIIG.
  • Feb 2018 – Jan 2020 –Principal Investigator, Numerical Wave Tank for Hydrodynamic Analysis of Ship Resistance in Waves. Grant GUP-COE.
  • Jul 2016 – Jun 2018 – Member, Numerical Analysis for Floating Terminal for Mooring of LNG Carrier and Floating Storage Regasification Unit. Grant GUP Tier 1.
  • Jul 2016 – Jun 2017 – Principal Investigator, Application of Variable Stiffness System with Magneto-Rheological Damper for Model Test in Towing Tank. Grant PAS.
  • May 2015 – Jul 2015 – Member, Hexagon Surface Riding Wave Energy Converter with 12 Linear Alternators, Texas A&M University.