PhD in NESE Pre-Viva Voce (PV) Announcement Outcome - Mr Joel Foo Jie (PEG2208001)
Dear NESE-SECE,
The School is pleased to announce that Mr Joel Foo Jie (PEG2208001), a PhD candidate in New Energy Science and Engineering, has successfully passed his Pre-Viva Voce (PV) held on 7th Aug 2026.
Joel defended his doctoral thesis "Point-Defect Engineering in Carbon Nitride for Simultaneous Multifunctional Photoredox Catalysis" or "⽤于多功能光催化的低维⼆维可⻅光驱动碳氮化物光催化剂的设计与研究" under the supervision of Prof Dr. Ong Wee Jun. His work has been published in several SCI-indexed journals:
The Pre-Viva Voce examination panel comprised internal faculty members from the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering (SECE), and School of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (SAIR), as listed below:
- Prof Dr Huang Nay Ming (Chair) - SECE
- Prof. Dr Tan Swee Tiam - SECE
- Assoc. Prof. Dr Tan Khang Wei - SECE
- Assoc. Prof. Dr Haw Choon Yian - SECE
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Jian Ding -SAIR
Following this successful PV, Joel will proceed to external thesis evaluation, after which he shall conduct a final viva voce upon receipt of the external examiners’ reports. His thesis has already passed the thesis quality check and review by the Main Campus in May 2026, in accordance with the stipulated XMU academic standards and quality requirements.
We wish Mr Joel a smooth and successful upcoming PhD thesis evaluation process. SECE and NPAC remain committed to ensuring the quality of postgraduate candidates and to maintaining full compliance with the policies and standards of the Postgraduate Studies Unit of XMUM and Graduate School of XMU, MOHE and Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA).
Once again, congratulations to Joel on this important milestone.
NPAC (PhD in NESE)
Aug 2026