PUTRAJAYA, 1 November 2016 – Three scientists from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) did the University proud when they were selected as recipients of the prestigious Malaysia's Rising Star Award 2016 for various categories in a ceremony graced by the Minister of Higher Education, Dato' Seri Idris Jusoh, who gave away the awards here today.

They were Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed, from the USM School of Chemical Engineering in recognition of the researcher by Clarivate Analytics for being Malaysia's Highly-Cited Researchers Named Amongst the World's Most Infuential Scientific Minds 2015; Professor Dr. Lee Keat Teong also from the USM School of Chemical Engineering for Malaysia's Rising Star Award (Clarivate Analytics) category of Young Researcher and Professor Dr. Wan Saime Wan Ngah from the USM School of Chemical Sciences for Malaysia's Rising Star Award (Clarivate Analytics) category of Highly-Cited Review.

GEORGE TOWN: Three research scientists from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) were honoured at the prestigious Malaysia's Rising Star Award 2016 in various categories at a ceremony in Putrajaya today.

19 October 2016, the School of Chemical Engineering is very proud to welcome two of its alumni back to the campus for the event "Bicara Ilmu & Pameran Latihan Industri 2016", which was held at the Lecture Hall 6, Engineering Campus.

Mr. Ahmad Zarief Sufaat, a Process Engineer of Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation, (PRPC) based in Kuala Lumpur and Mr. Mohd Zulfahmi Mohamad, a Process Manager for Lafarge Malaysia Bhd., in Rawang, Selangor were the panels in the sharing experience session moderated by Dr. Suhairi Abd Sata.

7 October 2016, the Chemical Engineering Students Society, CheSS together with the School of Chemical Engineering had organised the Chemical Engineering Interaction Carnival, KiKeK, an annual carnival that integrates both chemical engineering’s staff and students of all levels.