Development of Functional Graded Materials By Combustion Synthesis Of Powder Mixtures In Ti-C-Al System
Functional graded material (FGMA's) is new generation of engineered materials wherein the micro structural details are spatially varied through non-uniform distribution of the reinforcement phases.

Creating Wealth from Wastes - Making Low Cost, Fire Resistant Roofing Materials from Local Plant Fibres
This project seeks to utilize plant wastes from the agriculture sector to make fire-resistant plant fibre-polyurethane roofing material.The new roofing material is safer than the attap roof, can provide better insulation against the sun than the metal roof, and it is very much cheaper than the concrete roof. The prototype model has demonstrated the good insulating properties of the new material as compare to zinc sheet. It also exhibits the advantage over the metal roof as it could absorb the noise of falling rain. It could be developed into a cheap and affordable roofing material to benefit the rural and agriculture communities.

Hardware In-The-Loop Simulation for Control System Designs of Mini Scale Rotorcraft
The objective of this project is to develop a Hardware-in-the Loop(HIL) simulator to test the guidance, navigation, control and mission functionality of an autonomous model rotorcraft,in real-time without the risk of crashing in flight test. Results from the simulator can be used to measurably reduce the likelihood of failure by detecting bugs and deficiencies in the lab.

Polyurethane Adhesives From Palm Oil And Its Derivatives.
In this invention, palm oil and its derivatives are being changed into to something very sticky that could be used as adhesives in many applications. This is achieved by chemically converting the palm oil and its derivatives to polyols having molecular weights of 400 to 1500 and functionality of 2 to 6. These polyols are reacted with isocyanates to form polyurethane adhesives, with viscosity ranging from around 240 cps to higher than 2000 cps at room temperature. The formulated adhesives include both one- and two-component systems, either with or without solvent.

Solar Car
The World Solar Challenge celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007. This event is conducted every 2 years by the South Australia Tourism. The World Solar Challenge is a solar powered-car race over 3021 km (1,877 miles) through central Australia from Darwin to Adelaide.

Medicinal Mushrooms : A Rapidly Developing Area Of Biotechnology For New Therapeutics
Medicinal mushrooms produce several kinds of biologically active compounds that are usually associated with the cell wall. Polysaccharides, minerals, secondary metabolites, proteins and peptides are among the compounds which contribute to the medicinal properties.

SALAT : Benefits From Science Perspective
This book reveals the benefits and scientifics fact behind the acts of salat.

Investigation Into Minimal Cutting Fluid Application Technique In High Speed Milling Operation
Applying cutting fluid in a metal cutting process can reduce the rate of tool wear and improve surface quality. However, cutting fluid has negative impact on the working environment and the use of cutting fluid also increase the total production cost.

The Development and Fabrication Of Miniature Heat Exchangers
The continuous development in electronic components toward higher computational speed, functional density and quality has led to the increase in microchip heat fluxes, thus increasing the challenge of packaging and design engineering in electronics cooling techniques.

The Safer Way to Use Baby Feeding Bottles - Avoid contamination of EDC
Many synthetic chemicals found in pesticides and industrial products have been linked to a long list of very serious human and animal health problems, including cancers, infertility, thyroid dysfunction, birth defects, behavioral problems, immune system suppression and deformities of the reproductive organs.