Current Projects

RESEARCH PROJECT UNDERTAKEN

April 2014-March 2015 Project member, Validation of Sea Levels from the New Launched SARAL/AltiKa Satellite Altimetry Data in the Malaysian Continental Shelf Regions. Funded by Encouragement Grant UTM. Budget approved RM 25,000 (Vot PY/2014/02603).
July 2014-Jun 2016 Project member, A new framework to deploy citizen as a sensor in collectively developing geo-spatial database of tree species using mobile geo-positioning technology: a case study of the Royal Belum Forest. Budget approved RM 87,140 (Vot 02G17).
2000 – 2010 Project member, Sea Grass Mapping from ALOS Satellite Data. Collaborative research between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Kyushu University Japan, funded through The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Multilateral Cooperative Research Programme “Coastal Marine Science” (JSPS).
2000 – 2010 Project member, Water Circulation Pattern and Material Transports at Northeast Asia and Marginal Seas. Collaborative research between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Kyushu University Japan funded through The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Multilateral Cooperative Research Programme “Coastal Marine Science” (JSPS) (2000-2010).
2004-2006 Project member, Satellite Atlas of Malaysia project funded through Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia.

 

FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME (FRGS FUND)

Sept 2015-August 2018

 

Dec 2014-Nov 2016

Project leader, The Development of New Waveform Retracking Algorithm and Expert System to Optimize Sea Surface Heights from Satellite Radar Altimetry Waveforms over Coastal Regions. Budget approved RM 129,000 (Vot 4F776)
Project member, Involvement of indigeneous people as a sensor to map community asstes using mobile field geospatial data collector. Budget approved RM 73,000 (Vot 4F656)
Dec 2014-Nov 2017 Project member, Investigating aerosol properties and their impact on radiative forcing in Malaysia using AERONET and satellite measurements. Budget approved RM 109,000 (Vot 4F669)
April 2014-March 2015 Project member,Water Circulation Algorithms Using Satellite Altimetry Data. Budget approved RM 73,000 (Vot78276).

 

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT RESEARCH PROJECT AWARDED

  1. Project member, An Integrated Observational System Approach to Monitoring and Understanding Regional and Coastal Zone Sea Level Variability and Change in the South Pacific. Funded through the University of New South Wales’s Science Faculty Research Grants Program and Early Career Researcher Grants Program IR001-PS30697 (December 2013-February 2014).
  2. Project member, Satellite AltiKa Altimetry for Monitoring of Mesoscale Variability of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia in Indian Ocean. Co-Principal Investigator of SARAL/AltiKa Science Team collaborative research with The Centre National d’Études Spatiales France (CNES) and The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (2010-2013).