Dr. Fadzil has received the Springer Thesis Award in recognition of his PhD research work on Immobilized β-galactosidase catalyzed conversion of lactose. The research was conducted at the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia and funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) through the ScienceFund Scheme.

6 February 2019; The establishment of the second public university in Malaysia was decided when the government realised the importance of science and technology to the slowly developed nation in the period between 1950s and 60s. The Cabinet later approved the setting-up of a new university in Penang in 1962 with the creation of the Higher Education Planning Committee to consider the proposal of an institution in the state. From 1962 until 1969, negotiations as well as meetings were carried out with the federal government together with the then Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman.

12 February 2019, The School of Chemical Engineering has successfully organised a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) workshop in order to analyse the performance of the students in the past semester (Semester I 2018/2019).

13 February 2019; A contract research collaboration between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Perak Water Board (LAP) and National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) has been made possible in a meeting held in Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan.