Silver Award Achievement at FoTLI 2026

Congratulations to Ms. Norherizan Abd Moen, Lecturer at TAR UMT Pahang Branch, for winning the Silver Award at the Festival of Teaching and Learning Ideas (FoTLI) 2026 with her innovation project, “Profanity vs Personality?: An Innovative Language Pragmatic Board Game.”

Organised by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) in collaboration with MELTA Terengganu Chapter, this recognition reflects her dedication to promoting creativity and innovation in language teaching and learning. 

Research publication  

TAR UMT Pahang Branch is pleased to highlight the research publication titled “Governance Frameworks and Their Impact on Enrolment Factors, Academic Performance, and Emotional Well-Being in Tertiary Education,” authored by our lecturers, Shakirah Saidin, Siti Aishah Zakaria, and Norhabibi Aishah Shaiful Bahari together with students from Bachelor in Information Technology (Honours) (Software Systems Development), Bryan Ong Zhong and Yap Ching Ling. The article was published in the Journal of Governance and Integrity, a journal indexed in MyCite.

Congratulations on the Gold Medal at IIICe 2026!

Heartiest congratulations to Ms Nur Hidayahtul Nabihah Binti Manas and Mr Muhammad Redzuan Bin Osman, together with their project team, for winning a Gold Medal at the International Innovation and Invention Competition 2026 (IIICe 2026).

Their innovative project, “Vital Guardians vs The Infektors™️: A Game-Based Educational Card Game for Childhood Immunisation Awareness,” highlights the power of creative and engaging approaches to health education.

Congratulations to the entire team on this outstanding achievement!

Winning a Gold Medal at the Virtual International Breakthrough Invention, Innovation & Design Exhibition 2026 (VI-BiiDE 2026) on 27 August 2026

Congratulations Ms Nur Hidayahtul Nabihah Binti Manas, together with Mr Muhammad Redzuan Bin Osman and team members, Dr Noor Amira Syazwani Binti Abd Rahman, Dr Mohd Rozaimy Bin Ridzuan, and Muhammad Iqbal, achieved another outstanding milestone by winning a Gold Medal at the Virtual International Breakthrough Invention, Innovation & Design Exhibition 2026 (VI-BiiDE 2026) on 27 August 2026.

Their award-winning project, Vital Guardians vs The Infektors™️: An Educational Card Game to Improve Parental Awareness and Knowledge on Childhood Immunisation in Pahang, Malaysia, focuses on strengthening parents’ knowledge and awareness regarding childhood immunisation through an innovative educational card game

Published in the International Journal of Industrial Management (IJIM), Volume 20, No. 2 (2026)

Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Dr Mohd Remie binti Mohd Johan, Programme Leader, Ms Chong Siew Fan, and Lecturer, Ms Siti Fatiha Ismail from the Department of Accountancy and Business, TAR UMT Pahang Branch on the successful publication of their scholarly article.

Published in the International Journal of Industrial Management (IJIM), Volume 20, No. 2 (2026). 

📰 "Mitigating risk in digital marketplace: A case of online consumer in East Coast Malaysia"

🔗https://doi.org/10.15282/ijim.20.2.2026.12504

This publication highlights their dedication to research excellence and underscores their valuable insights into digital marketplaces, consumer behavior, and risk mitigation strategies within the East Coast region of Malaysia.

We warmly commends this outstanding achievement, which contributes meaningfully to the understanding of technology acceptance models in contemporary commerce. 

Publication 

Congratulations to  Miss Nur Hidayahtul Nabihah Manas, Deputy Branch Head/Lecturer,  has co-authored a research article that examines the coexistence of Islamic criminal law in Aceh within the framework of Indonesia's New Criminal Code, offering valuable insights into legal pluralism and contemporary developments in Islamic law.

Published in Ahkam: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah, a Scopus Q1-indexed journal, Volume 26, Issue 1 (June 2026). 

📰 "Pluralism of Islamic Law in Aceh: The Existence of Qanun Jinayat in the Framework of the New Criminal Code," 

🔗 https://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/ahkam/article/view/45826

The publication was produced in collaboration with researchers from Universitas Malikussaleh, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, and UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, reflecting a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research excellence.

Congratulations to Miss Shakirah Binti Saidin on the successful publication of two scholarly articles 

These publications reflect her dedication to research excellence and her significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity, particularly in the areas of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) detection, feature selection, and deep learning. 

Published in the International Journal on Informatics Visualization (JOIV), Volume 10, Issue 3 (May 2026), a Scopus-indexed journal.

📰 "Two-Stage FWSC-Based Feature Selection Model for DDoS Detection"

🔗 https://joiv.org/index.php/joiv/article/view/5572/1692

Published in the International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), Volume 10, Issue 5 (May 2026), which is listed in the ERA 2023 Journal List. 

📰 "Bio-Inspired Feature Selection and Deep Learning for DDoS Detection: A Systematic Review"

🔗 https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/view/bio-inspired-feature-selection-and-deep-learning-for-ddos-detection-a-systematic-review.

Outstanding academic and research achievements 

We are incredibly proud to celebrate the outstanding academic and research achievements of our esteemed FOCS Lecturer, Ms. Mukrimah binti Nawir, who has recently co-authored two impactful papers in high-tier international journals!

Published in a top-tier Q1 journal, this comprehensive work dives deep into leveraging deep learning (CNNs) to optimize energy monitoring and efficiency.

📰"Convolutional neural networks for non-intrusive load monitoring: a critical analysis and future directions" 

🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2026.128135

An innovative breakthrough published in April 2026, creating a scalable framework that allows students and researchers to run IoT simulations seamlessly without being limited by physical hardware.

📰"A Scalable Internet of Things Software Simulation Framework for Laboratory Studies Without Hardware Dependency" 

🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/appl.70082 

Our lecturer, Ms. Norherizan Binti Abd Moen from the Department of Social Science, was selected by MELTA (Malaysian English Language Teaching Association) and invited to represent MELTA, TAR UMT, and Malaysia as a Featured Speaker at the 30th NELTA International Conference, held on 30–31 January 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The conference featured 4 Keynote Speeches, 6 Featured Speaker sessions, over 120 research paper presentations in parallel sessions, as well as an Interactive Language Fair and Poster Presentation, bringing together ELT professionals and researchers from across the globe.

In recognition of her role as a Featured Speaker, her conference fee, accommodation, and local transportation were sponsored by MELTA and NELTA.

Her participation contributed Malaysian perspectives to the global ELT community while strengthening TAR UMT’s international academic presence and visibility.

Our lecturer, Ms. Norherizan Binti Abd Moen (Department of Social Science) with her innovation project titled “SEAGameSpeak: A Bilingual Gamified Metaverse for Enhancing English-Speaking Skills in Malaysian and Indonesian Classrooms” has been awarded a Gold Medal.

This is a collaborative project with her team, Mr. Achmad Yudi Wahyudin from Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, focusing on integrating gamification, AI-driven interaction, and culturally relevant virtual learning spaces to enhance English-speaking proficiency among students, while supporting SDG 4 and SDG 17 through technology-enhanced and cross-border educational practices.