10 x SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ENERGY AND WATERWAY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STRAITS
OF MALACCA

10 research assistant positions (leading to PhD) are available for the
areas of Marine Renewable Energy and Waterway Protection in Harbour.
The research assistants are expected to work in a team to create new
knowledge in the area. The knowledge need to be scientifically
documented as publication of research paper.

Requirements

• Applicant should have or expect to complete a first class bachelor
degree in engineering and preferable a master degree;
• Applicant must have strong enthusiasm to work in the area of marine
renewable energy and waterway protection in harbour;
• Applicant should have a good publication record or potential to
publish good scientific research papers;
• Applicant must be willing to learn how to conduct a good research
and how to work in a research team;

Background of the project

The oil, gas and energy area from the 12 National Key Economic Areas
(NKEAs) is the first pillar to help Malaysia to be a high income
nation in 2020. The current study proposes the ocean energy
investigations to combat the climate change for a sustainable
Malaysia. The depletion of the inland resources leads to the
exploration of ocean energy in order to compensate the energy shortage
in the world. Ocean energy is an emerging technology in the world
particularly for UK, USA, Canada, Japan and China. However, the
application of the ocean energy is new to Malaysia and has not been
documented in Renewable Energy Act (2011). Malaysia is a country with
the long coastline and therefore Malaysia has potential to harness the
ocean energy. UK believed that the ocean energy could contribute 40%
of the electricity consumption in their country. The current research
coupled the exploitation of marine renewable energy with consideration
of the existing waterway users. The waterway problem due to the
propeller wash is also investigated to include the ship transportation
users in the Straits of Malacca in the ocean energy development.

For those who are interested, please contact Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wei-Haur
Lam via wlam@um.edu.my or 016-328 5530 to enquire the available
topics. Thank you for your time to read through the advertisement.