18 April 2018; three research projects led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suzylawati Ismail are among the 250 projects participated in Si2TE 2018.The work on "Adsorptive Membrane for Quercetin Recovery" has been awarded a Gold Medal for its special formulation and functions in recovery of valuable targeted material from pharmaceutical effluents. Research students involved include Noorlaila Mohamed Nor, Shazlina Abd Hamid and Muhamad Sharafee Shamsudin.

19th March 2018; a second year doctoral student, Nurul Azrin Zubbri recently won the Best Team Presentation Award together with other colleagues in a competition held in Yokohama, Japan.

9th March 2018; The School of Chemical Engineering welcomes Professor Datuk Dr. Asma Ismail as part of her scheduled visit to USM’s schools and centres of excellence. Also present were Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Industry & Community Network), Professor Ir. Dr. Abdul Rahman Mohamed, Professor Dr. Phua Kia Kien, Director of the Institutional Development Division, (BPI) and Professor Dr. Lee Keat Teong, Director of Research Management and Creativity Office, (RCMO). Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor visited the School of Material and Mineral Resources Engineering within the Engineering Campus.

OSAKA, JAPAN, 5 February 2018 – “Times are now changing, and we now have a concept called ‘Academia and Industry are one’,” said the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr. Asma Ismail during her working visit to Japan recently.