Royal Society of Chemistry Twitter Poster Conference
2-time consecutive Audience Award winner of the global conference (2017-2018)
Omnipreneurship Award
Omnipreneurship Award 2020
Top 5 globally for the USD 1 million prize money for the project CLYMATE+
MTSF (TORAY) Science Education Award
Science Education Award 2015-2022
6-time consecutive winner (3 First prize, 3 First Runners-Up) of the Science Education Award for innovation in education
PECIPTA
International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA) 2015-2022
4-time (editions) consecutive medal winner (1 Best Award, 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze) in the premier international invention exposition in Malaysia. Won the Best Award in Energy Cluster in PECIPTA 2022.
Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE)
Malaysia Technology Expo (2020)
Double medalist (2 Silver) in MTE 2020 edition with products in the scientific and education categories.
World Robot Olympiad (WRO)
World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2016 - India
Coached the first all-female WRO world champions in 2016, India beating out 3000+ teams around the world. Also the triple champion (state, national and world) in the competition.
Elsevier Highly Cited Research Paper
Applied Energy - Highly Cited Paper
Awarded the highly cited paper from Applied Energy (No.1 ranked journal in category of Energy/Misc) at ICAE 2015, Abu Dhabi.
Falling Walls
Falling Walls 2016 (Berlin-based Research Communication Competition)
Third place national finals in Falling Walls 2016
International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX)
International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 2018
Silver medal in the 29th ITEX 2018 exhibition.
CoSMEd by South-East Asian Ministry of Eduction Offices (SEAMEO)
SEAMEO RECSAM CoSMEd 2015
Best Paper Award in SEAMEO RECSAM CoSMEd 2015 for "Chemistry Smart Phone App with Gamification Elements for Personalised Learning".
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP)
Best Overall PCAP 2015
Awarded Best Overall PCAP Assignment 2015 from UoS ILIAD, where PCAP is a programme under the auspices of the UK Higher Education Academy (UKHEA).
National University Carnival on e-Learning (NUCEL)
NUCEL 2015
Gold medal for a national-level teaching innovation competition sanctioned by the Ministry of Education, for "MGT-Flow" education software for learning thermodynamics.
Invention, Innovation and Design Johor 2015 (IID Johor)
IID Johor 2015
Silver medal for an invention competition for a biodiesel microreactor.
Industrial Art & Technology Exhibition (INATEX)
Industrial Art & Technology Exhibition (INATEX) 2014 & 2015
Silver and Bronze medals in the 2014 and 2015 edition, respectively.
Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo (i-PHEX)
Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo (i-PHEX) 2015
Bronze medal in i-PHEX 2015, an education innovation competition for the software "MGT-Flow".
National Innovation Competition of Education and Technology (NICEtech)
National Innovation Competition of Education and Technology (NICEtech 2019, 2020 & 2021)
One-time Platinum award and 4-time Gold medal winner in NICEtech 2019-2021, an education innovation competition by IPGKTI & BTPN JOHOR under the auspices of MOE.
Innovative Practices in Education and Industry Exhibition (I-PEINX)
Innovative Practices in Education and Industry Exhibition (I-PEINX 2016)
Silver medal in I-PEINX 2016, for a national level education invention competition for the "SPM Chemistry Quiz Phone App" for high school Year 11-12 chemistry students.
SAEM International Innovation Exhibition 2021 (SAEM IIE 2021)
Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia International Innovation Exhibition 2021
Gold medal for the 'Industry as Lab' (IaL) product in SAEM IIE 2021. Four self-declared IP (MyIPO) from this project.
Autoliv Special Achievement
Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia International Innovation Exhibition 2021
Special Achievement from the Swedish-USA automotive giant, Autoliv for the product, B-MICA.
Defence, Security and Sustainability Exhibition (DSS)
Defence, Security and Sustainability Exhibition 2022 (DSS 2022)
Best Award (1st Place Winner) for Applied Science and Technology category, and Gold Medallist for Quizona Chemistry - DSS 2022
China International College Students' "Internet+" Innovation and Entrepreneurship
China International College Students' "Internet+" Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2022
3 Awards: National Finals 2022 - Gold Medalist for MICA Biodiesel, Shanghai Finals 2022 - Silver Medalist for MICA Biodiesel, and Best Mentor.
The Annual Teaching Academic Conference of Chinese Universities
The 5th Annual Teaching Academic Conference of Chinese Universities (中国高校第五届教学学术年会) - July 2023
Best Research Award for the work "Teaching model implementation and effect evaluation of COIL-BOPPP for online collaborative international learning" (在线协作国际学习的COIL-BOPPPS教学模式实施与效果评估).
Carnival of Research and Innovation
Carnival of Research and Innovation 2023 (CRI 2023)
Best Award (Energy) for B-MICA, and Gold Award for B-MICA at CRI 2023.
UoSM Long Service Award
UoSM Long Service Award 2021-22
Awarded for completing 10 years of service at the University of Southampton Malaysia.
UoSM Excellence Award
UoSM Teaching Excellence Award 2023
Awarded for teaching excellence at the University of Southampton Malaysia for academic year 22/23 (AY22-23).
Profile
Prof Jo-Han Ng is currently the Director of Research Management Centre (RMC) at the University of Southampton Malaysia, after relinquishing his previous duties as the Head of Academic Quality & Innovation, Director of the Foundation Programme & Head of Quality Assurance, and Head of Research. He is a Green Engineer (or Greengineer as he would like to call it) with research interests on green technologies, while also trying to reach out to high school students to increase interest in STEM-related subjects. Dr Ng has published over 90 original peer-reviewed research articles, involved in 20 research grant/industrial projects and has won awards from SEAMEO (ASEAN), Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), TORAY Foundation (Malaysia-Japan), Autoliv (Sweden/USA) and Elsevier (Netherlands). He is also a Fellow of the Advance Higher Education Academy (UK).
Being the academic at heart, he is also pioneering the use of science-themed Escape Rooms in Malaysia through the Creative and Playful Learning (CPL) pedagogical approach. He is also the first Malaysian to be a Microsoft Minecraft Global Mentor in 2017. His passion in engaging with students has also led him to establish the Institution of Mechanical Engineers student chapter to provide support for chartership. He also conducts courses for academics in the art of teaching, and regularly implement innovative teaching methods in his Thermofluids/Thermodynamics modules.
Career Achievements
Research
Published over 100+ peer reviewed journal articles and conference papers.
Awarded 15 research grants (PI & co-PI) worth RM1,306,382 in total.
Current h-index: 30, i10-index: 51.
Total citation: 3,676 citations (as of 25 September 2024).
Editorial Board Member for Carbon Neutrality by the publisher Springer Nature (2021-Present), Associate Editor for Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia (JSAEM) (2017-Present), Editorial Board for Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) (2023-Present), Editorial Board for JTSE (2023-Present), Editorial Committee for International Journal of Green Technology (2021-Present).
Research Associate Fellow - Low Carbon Transportation in Cooperation with Imperial College London (UTM-LOCARTIC), under the Institute of Vehicle Systems and Engineering (IVESE), UTM. (2017-2020)
Technical/scientific committee for conferences such as ALT Annual Conference 2018 (Manchester, UK), SEGT2018 (Kuala Lumpur), ICSM2018 (Port Dickson), POCER 2017, POCER 2015 & POCER 2013.
Session Chairperson – International Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering 2015 (CESE 2015), 28 September – 2 October 2015, Sydney, Australia.
External examiner for PhD candidate from Anna University, Chennai.
Reviewed articles for journals “Energy Conversion and Managements”, “Bioresources”, “Applied Thermal Energy”, “International Journal of Green Energy”, “Recyclable Catalysis”, “Energies”, “Research in Learning Technology”, “JSAEM” and others.
Published in 5 books include: Biojet Fuel in Aviation Applications (Elsevier), Measurement in Mechanical Systems - Chapter 8 (Penerbitan UTM) and three others relating to education
Research Group: Founded the Carbon Neutrality Research Group (CNRG) at UoSM, and also a member of the Energy Technology Research Group at UoS.
Education
Trained new academics on teaching through the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice - Professional Recognition of Educator Practice Framework (PGCAP-PREP) pathway. (2016-2022)
Module Coordinator for FEEG1003 Thermofluids and SESM2017 Thermodynamics. Also involved in the teaching of SESM1016 Mechanical Systems Analysis and FEEG2006 Engineering Management and Law. Previously taught MATH1054 Mathematics for Engineering and the Environment and SESG1015 Fluid Mechanics. (2012-2020)
Advisor for TEDxUSMC, the first TEDx talk in Iskandar Puteri (2017).
Academic Liaison Officer for the University’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Student Chapter. Officially the top two student chapters in Malaysia since 2017 (2016-2019).
Technical Reviewer for Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in USA for the course, Root Cause: Methods and Tools. (2017)
Won the Audience Award twice in a row for the Royal Society of Chemistry Twitter Conference for works on "VR Minecraft in Education" and "Escape Room for Green Technology in Chemistry". (2017-2018)
Global Mentor under the Microsoft Minecraft Global Mentor (First and only Global Mentor in Malaysia in 2017, awarded to 50 of the most innovative educators in the world). Repeated role in 2018. (2017-2018).
Administrative
Head Internal Auditor for Malaysian Research Assessment (MyRA) as appointed by the government of Malaysia (2018-2019).
Chair of Admissions Committee at the University of Southampton Malaysia (2021-Present).
Chair of Research and Postgraduate Committee at the University of Southampton Malaysia (2021-Present).
Chair of Academic Advisory Board (AAB) at the University of Southampton Malaysia (2019-2020).
Member of Senior Leadership Committee (SLC) at the University of Southampton Malaysia (2017-Present).
Member of Finance Committee at the University of Southampton Malaysia (2018-Present).
Member of Academic Quality and Standards Committee at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom (2019-2021).
Member of External Examiner Scrutiny Group at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom (2019-2023).
Led the FRGS Reporting and Application processes for the university (2021-Present).
Led the submission of SETARA Rating process for the university (2018).
Trained academics and lab technicians on Scheduled Waste Management (in-house training) (2014-2016).
Professional Membership
Fellow, Advance HE (formerly known as Higher Education Academy), UK (FHEA)
Member, Society of Automotive Engineer, USA
Associate member, Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE), UK
Member, Persatuan STEM Johor, Malaysia
Notable Invitations
Program Ekspresi Negaraku (7 May 2017, Sandakan) - Invited by the Prime Minister's Office & Ministry of Education to lead the presentation to the Prime Minister in Sandakan.
BETT Asia 2019 Leadership Summit (12-13 March 2019, Kuala Lumpur) - Invited speaker on “Creative and Playful Learning (CPL) using Escape Rooms” for the largest education summit in Asia.
Johor Ekspo Berkemajuan (October 2017, Iskandar Puteri) - Invited by the Johor Head Minister to lead a high-school group to present to the then Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as part of the Johor Bahru’s success story for the Johor Ekspo Berkemajuan in Kota Iskandar.
TORAY @ Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair (November 2017) - Invited by TORAY (Japanese Chemical Company) in their roadshow to promote education innovation in KLESF (November 2017).
TORAY @ Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Johor (JPNJ) (20 Feb 2017) - Invited for MTSF's national roadshow to promote education innovation (VR in education using Minecraft) to the Johor State Education Department on 20th February 2017.
Electro-Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series (27 June 2012), Southampton, UK - Invited for research seminar on "Biodiesel Usage in Diesel Engines” .
Organisation (Events)
Co-organised the "Seminar Guru Cemerlang Negeri Johor 2020" along Majlis Guru Cemerlang Johor under the auspices of Johor Education Department (JPNJ) and Ministry of Education (MOE). (1 Mac 2020)
Organised (ALO) the National-Level “Speak Out for Engineering (SOfE)” competition by IMechE Malaysia at UoSM (2018).
Co-organised Faraday's Day for high schools in Johor (July 2019).
Organised (Academic Advisor) TEDxUSMC, the first TEDx talk in Iskandar Puteri (2 December 2017).
Organised (Co-chair) the inaugural EduCity Educators Conference 2018, bringing together educators from the Iskandar Region to share best education practices (September 2018).
Co-organise the annual James Dyson Award briefings and Dyson workshops (2016-present), hosting the James Dyson Foundation and Dyson engineers to inspire students to partake in Engineering activities.
Hosted the Perkongsian Amalan Baik Sains, Teknologi, Kejuruteraan dan Mathematic (STEM) 2023 (Good Practice in STEM Workshop) in March 2023, gathering 400 educators from Ministry of Education (MOE), Johor State Education Department (JPNJ), 9 district education offices (PPD), and stakeholders such as Yayasan JCorp and Majlis Bandaraya Iskandar Puteri.
In the news
Invited to share my experience as Microsoft Minecraft Global Mentor on the popular Education @ Minecraft.Net, titled "Minecraft: Is It Truly a Global Education Phenomenon? A Malaysian and Asian Perspective".
Featured in Microsoft Asia News Centre on "Personalizing Education with Technology in Asia" for promoting active participation and strategic thinking in education.
PhD Supervision
Six PhD supervision. Four completed and two on-going.
Siti Hartini Hamdan (Completed) -
Multi-scale Friction Modelling of Lubricant-Surface Interaction in Tribological Contacts
Mong Guo Ren (Completed)
Wong Kang Yao (Completed)
Lee Chiew Tin (Completed)
Lee Ken Yeen (on-going)
Koguleshun Subramaniam (on-going)
Community
Judge and Technical Committee for Young Inventor’s Award 2014 (Ministry of Education’s PPD-sanctioned event, organised by the Rotary Club).
Robotics Trainer for SMK Dato' Jaafar, and awarded the Anugerah Kokurikulum SDJ twice in 2013 and 2015 (2010-2017).
Honoured by the Johor State Education Department for service to the sector during the “Showcase Pendidikan Johor”.
Joint Management Board (JMB) member for Meridian Medini in Iskandar Puteri, as the Treasurer (2022-2024).
Judge for the 10th Malaysia International Young Inventors OLYMPIAD (August 2022) organised by Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education Malaysia.
Services
Consultancy
Statistical Analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE) training and analysis.
Research Collaboration
Data analysis of research data using statistical analysis, DOE, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods.
Experimental Work
Set-up and/or conduct robust experiments.
Education Research
Collaborate on K12 to University education and engineering education research.
Public speaking engagement
Available to provide keynote, research seminars and share education findings in conferences and public events.
PhD Supervision
Ready to supervise PhD students (scholarships available) and also co-supervising students in relevant fields.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Work Experience
Director of Research Management Centre
University of Southampton (Malaysia)
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
January 2024 - Present
Head of Research
University of Southampton (Malaysia)
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
September 2021 - December 2023
Head of Academic Quality & Innovation
University of Southampton (Malaysia)
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
August 2019 - November 2020
Director of Engineering Foundation Year Programme (UoSM)
University of Southampton (Malaysia)
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
March 2018 - August 2019
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) Leader
University of Southampton (Malaysia)
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
October 2016 - April 2022
Programme Coordinator for Mechanical Engineering Programme (USMC)
University of Southampton Malaysia
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
January 2015 - January 2017
Module Coordinator (Thermofluids and Thermodynamics)
University of Southampton Malaysia
(
Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
)
February 2012 - Present
Education
PhD in Engineering
University of Nottingham
(
Semenyih, Malaysia
)
2007 - 2011
Thesis: Experimental and Computational Study of Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Biodiesels in a Light-Duty Diesel Engine
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Honours in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours)
University of Nottingham
(
Semenyih, Malaysia
)
2005 - 2007
Western Australian Universities' Foundation Programme (WAUFP)
Canning College
(
Perth, Australia
)
2002 - 2002
Rotary International Youth Exchange Programme (RIYES)
Rosentein Gymnasium
(
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
)
2001 - 2001