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Curtin Insight Articles
2019
  • 2025
    • Is animation cinema? Reflections on motion pictures
    • Small Changes, Big Impact: Simple Ways to Live a Greener Life
    • P-Turn Safety on Sarawak’s Pan Borneo Highway: Enhancing accessibility while mitigating risks
    • Personal finance in the Digital Age: Are we spending smarter or just faster?
    • A city without a memory is a city without a soul: Why Miri needs a proper museum now more than ever
    • AirBorneo a game changer for Sarawak’s economy and tourism, comments Curtin Malaysia expert
    • Towards the Digital Shift: Elevating Small Businesses with Social Media
    • The Rise of Generative AI and Death of Values in Education
    • Remembering the Past, Building the Future: Miri’s WWII Memorial and the Resilience of the Human Spirit
    • Empowering the Next Generation: Sustainability and Values-Based Education in Pre-University Programmes
  • 2024
    • The cradle of Sarawak’s oil industry and the Canadian ‘foreign drillers’
    • Green gold in waterways: Advancements in utilisation of aquatic weeds for biofuels and more
    • Miri’s overlooked industrial heritage
    • The feasibility of geothermal energy extraction in Sarawak
    • Phycoremediation: Harnessing microalgae for sustainable wastewater treatment
    • Insect meals: Sustainable feed in aquaculture
    • Dispelling the myth of environmental engineers being ‘rubbish management specialists’
    • Mitigating climate change through environmental conservation
    • Hepatopancreas: An organ that plays an important role in shrimp physiology
    • Curtin Malaysia: A vanguard of innovation and excellence in learning and teaching
    • Finding viable replacements for cement in the drive towards developing sustainable concrete
    • Fighting the hidden threat: Antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment
    • The role of thermal energy in global energy transition
    • Curtin Malaysia’s comprehensive Learning and Teaching support empowering students
    • Balancing Sustainability and the Green Economy
    • Dr. Roselind Wan: Championing Indigenous Language and Culture through Education
    • Integrating Sustainability into Economic Learning: Preparing Engineers for a Greener Future
    • Shadows in the Jungle: The Dutch Air War in Sarawak
    • How Green HRM enhances employee engagement and talent retention
    • The evolution from network security to cyber security
  • 2023
    • Biodiesel: A sustainable renewable energy source
    • Innovative thermal energy storage technology for enhanced energy storage
    • Making concrete a sustainable building material
    • Exploring the Dark Web: An unseen world of hidden markets and networks
    • Researching a sustainable solution for aquaculture industry
    • Interpreting sport science data using 3D imaging and AI
    • Modern urban wastewater management to ensure a sustainable future for Miri City
    • Revolutionising sustainable hydrogen fuel as a green fuel for the aviation sector
    • Miri’s Path to Rediscovery: Overcoming Identity Crises through Inclusive Branding
    • Embracing life’s ups and downs: A journey of growth and resilience
    • Projects by Curtin final-year geology students promote sustainability, address UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • Fostering greater interest in STEM in local communities
    • Current and future trends of wearable sensors in gait analysis
    • The Dawn of a New Era Introducing Destination Management Organisations in Miri (Part 1)
    • Funding the Future: How a DMO Could Transform Miri’s Tourism Industry (Part 2)
    • Shaping the future: How a DMO could ensure sustainable tourism in Miri (Part 3)
    • The transformative role of structural adhesives in diverse industries
    • Is it beneficial for the economy to have higher household savings, or is it just a fallacy of composition?
    • Driving employees’ well-being through high quality work design, promoting joy at work, and embracing positive habits
  • 2022
    • Good supervisor-student relationship key to successful PhD projects
    • Impostor Syndrome: “What if they find out I’m a fraud?”
    • Surviving the pandemic with Emotional Intelligence (EI)
    • Motivation for young people to explore opportunities in the stock market
    • Embracing post-traumatic growth during the endemic phase
    • Advances in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology
  • 2021
    • Is email etiquette important among Generation Z?
    • Metaverse and Education: A Leap in Technology or a Dystopian Future?
    • Nanobiotechnology Advances: Fusion of Enzymes and Nanotechnology
    • Social media and the fake news menace: Academics as a panacea to restore media credibility
    • Progressing towards sustainability in renewable hydrogen production in Sarawak
    • Collaborative fashion consumption: You don’t have to own high fashion to own it
    • FinTech: Reshaping the future of the financial industry
    • “Thanks Chatbox, but please don’t ask me to show my face online!”
    • Will lowering interest rates necessarily stimulate economic growth?
    • Can biochar be a sustainable solution for wastes in the agricultural sector?
    • Strong support programmes at Curtin Malaysia enrich the student learning experience
    • Business Model and Industry 4.0
    • Are voice assistants going to disrupt hiring?
    • Online learning as the way forward
    • Perceived Organisational Support: Why caring for employees is important for remote workers
    • Strategic thinking in teaching and learning in higher education
    • Consumption, waste generation and recycling practices in Miri amid COVID-19 and the future
  • 2020
    • Expectations, uncertainty and impact of COVID-19 on economic growth
    • Building Students’ Self-efficacy in Online Learning
    • How Corporate Social Responsibility contributes to sustainable development
    • Online Delivery in Higher Education: Our experience and challenges to-date
    • COVID-19 from the perspective of Health, Safety and Environment
    • Transferable skills for life and work – What you learn in a public relations degree
    • How the unseen power of public relations helps organisations to succeed
    • Food fests: Currency for cross-cultural creativity?
    • Along with environmental concerns come health and safety
  • 2019
    • Letter to Students
    • Innovative learning technologies and learning spaces the hallmarks of ‘Learning for Tomorrow’
    • A smile can bridge any difference
    • You mean you’ve never heard of environmental engineering?
    • Surviving Borneo: Brawn & Brain
    • TAXI vs GRAB: Who Is The Real Enemy?
    • Is GDP really a good indicator of the social well-being of a country and its people?
    • Holding Up Half The Sky
    • Branding the Seaside City of Miri
    • Is there any truth in the link between horoscopes and personality traits?
    • A Postcard from Curtin Malaysia – Celebrating 20 years of excellence and innovation
    • The Need for and Benefits of a Global Education
    • My PhD Journey: Reflections and Lessons Learnt
  • 2018
    • Women in Leadership: What Makes an Effective Leader?
    • Applying Human Governance in teaching
  • 2017
    • The flipped classroom: To flip or not to flip?
    • Commemorating inaugural MSMEs Day on 27 June
    • High value products and energy production through metabolic engineering
    • Magnetic-based materials a new innovation in waste water treatment
    • The use of online media in Malaysian national elections
  • 2016
    • Challenges and feasibility of the scaled-up production of nanomedicines
    • ‘Light of Borneo’ project brings relief to villagers
    • Nanomedicine – A cure for Type 2 diabetes?
    • When a consumer becomes a net producer of electricity
    • Flexpatriate rotational assignees in the energy industry
    • Turbulence phenomenon and its potential as a renewable energy source
    • Modelling and process control research
    • Curtin Sarawak’s Programming Nation Club and the teaching of programming
    • High involvement work processes
    • The Malaysian economy
    • Understanding and managing flood hazards in Malaysia
    • Reflective practice and traditional lecture styles
  • 2015
    • Cutting-edge research at Curtin Sarawak
    • Corporate governance and theoretical development
    • Publication scams
    • Powering offshore platforms with renewable energy
    • Curtin Sarawak exploring wind energy as potential energy source for Malaysia
  • 2014
    • Is there love in learning?
    • Why undertake higher degree by research?
    • Reflections: Making a difference in students’ learning
    • Good government and the policy sciences
    • Landslides do not kill, unsafe slopes do
    • The prosperous Malaysian palm oil industry
    • Impact of business environment on management accounting practice
    • Practical C++ programming projects
    • Vehicle aerodynamics: Drag reduction through surface dimples
    • Financial Crises
    • Mariculture farm on offshore oil and gas platforms
    • Green banking practices
  • 2013
    • Revisiting Vision 2020: Has the vision gone myopic?
    • Country risk analysis
    • The Ringgit is depreciating but should we lose trust in it?
    • Developing business research studies at Curtin Sarawak
    • Education – A signal in the job market
    • This Global Handwashing Day, say NO to antiseptic soaps!
    • The multi-directional wheel robot
    • Teaching strategies and students’ learning approaches
    • Massive open online courses
    • Are we environmentally friendly??
    • What will you accomplish in five years at university?
    • The influence of HSE management in Malaysia’s oil and gas industry
    • Web spam and its counter measures
    • Planning a green city
    • The effect of truancy on future generations
    • Play games to save the world
    • Hornbills in Miri
    • PISA, TIMSS and higher education: The missing link
    • A Lesson in Urban Ecology: The benefits of trees in urbanised areas
    • Frameworks for the teaching and learning of second language students
    • Smart Technology: Are we smarter than the environment?
    • Industrial biotechnology research at Curtin Sarawak
    • Job satisfaction and organisational commitment: Implications for the banking industry
    • The role of multi-agent systems in our lives
    • The student as an individual ‘being’
  • 2012
    • GST in perspective
    • Entrepreneurship and Leadership Styles
    • Sustainable development: A case study of Miri City using the Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF)
    • The need to evaluate bank performance
    • The Herzberg Theory
    • World Heritage: The ‘Best of the Best’ on planet Earth
    • Nuclear energy: A viable energy option for Malaysia?
    • The big money circus
    • Malaysia as an international hub for higher education: Too much or not enough?
    • The Service Quality (SERVQUAL) technique
    • Keeping EVA and MVA in the equation when measuring investment performance
    • Our planet is at risk and the past could hold the key to the future
    • A.I.: No longer alone
    • Power and Managers’ Roles
    • ‘Humanitarian competition’ a great motivator for students
    • English: Whose language and Why?
    • Service quality and the higher education industry
    • Is your university employer friendly?
    • Why study economics?
    • Evaluative criteria for selection of private universities and colleges in Malaysia
    • Human Resources Management for the future: The importance of universities being caring employers
    • Defect or cooperate? What would your winning strategy be?
    • If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu
    • Why we all need to be financially astute
    • Europe needn’t fear higher education investors
  • 2011
    • The Idea of the University: Philosophical or Economic?
    • Network your brain: The Net beyond Facebook
    • Karstification of the Subis limestone in Niah hills
    • Reflections: Curtin Sarawak’s achievements in Electrical Power Engineering over the last three years
    • What does the future of computers technology hold in store?
    • Is Optimus Prime A.I.?
    • Teaching philosophy and the student’s learning approach
    • Is the world to witness another looming crisis?
    • Sewerage system monitoring based on Wireless Sensor Network
    • Organisational misbehaviour: Should management intervene?
    • Extent of Corporate Voluntary Disclosure: The nexus of research and teaching
    • The influence of human resource management practices on employees’ attitudes and behaviour
    • Curtin Sarawak geology students are now working underground!
    • Integrity essential to maintaining high standards in education
    • Management intervention in workplace romances
    • Lead, manage and motivate others as a business development manager
    • Are your skills, knowledge and experience still relevant? A skills gap analysis can get you back on track.
    • Rock paper scissors. Skills beat paper.
    • Helping students improve their English and academic standards
    • The wealth of online education
    • The future of democratic elections lie in Fault Tolerance Automatic Voting Machines (FTAVM)
    • Documenting the exploits of our unsung heroes, the Sarawakian guerrillas of the ‘Z’ Special Unit, for perpetuity
  • 2010
    • From chili sauce to body armour
    • Search engines the key to the World Wide Web
    • Business Law classes go high-tech
    • A novel green technology in the making
    • Good project management makes a difference
    • Making it big in the world of finance
    • Cracking the salt challenge
    • Connecting Ironman and engineering
    • Consider tourism, event management
    • Evolving and transforming the way we live
    • The world’s an oyster for accountants
    • Staying competitive in the accounting world
    • Helping people deal with their money

2019

Title Author

Innovative learning technologies and learning spaces the hallmarks of ‘Learning for Tomorrow’

By Professor Beena Giridharan

Letter to Students

Dr. Shen Goh

You mean you’ve never heard of environmental engineering?

Dr. Daniel Tang Kuok Ho

A smile can bridge any difference

Dr. Shen Goh

Surviving Borneo: Brawn & Brain

Dr. Shen Goh

TAXI vs GRAB: Who Is The Real Enemy?

Dr. Shen Goh

Is GDP really a good indicator of the social well-being of a country and its people?

Delon Chai Wei How

Holding Up Half The Sky

Dr. Shen Goh

Branding the Seaside City of Miri

Dr. Shen Goh

Is there any truth in the link between horoscopes and personality traits?

Dr. Daniel Tang Kuok Ho

A Postcard from Curtin Malaysia – Celebrating 20 years of excellence and innovation

Professor Beena Giridharan

The Need for and Benefits of a Global Education

Dr. Shen Goh

My PhD Journey: Reflections and Lessons Learnt

Tan Kim Lim
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