INOS Welcomed our New Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) INOS congratulates Prof. Dr Marinah Mohd Ariffin on your appointment as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation). May you guide this fine university with compassionate confidence!

Women’s Day: Is Not about Excluding Men On March 8 every year we celebrate the International Women’s Day all over the world. Of course it is not about excluding men, it is about celebrating and empowering women in our ocean science. As we commemorate Women’s Day recently, it is an opportunity to honour the vital and endless contributions made by our women scientists to our ocean science. We note the theme “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow” adopted this year by the United Nations. At INOS, we are about inspiring the younger generations to go for a career in

Story of the Lost Ocean Buoy that Found Its Way Home After a Week After almost 1,300 days in the South China Sea, UMT’s ocean buoy valued at almost RM1million floated around 70nm (130km) from the coast finally snapped and drifted away. After collecting more than hundreds of thousand of data, notably capturing Typhoon Pabuk (2019) and Typhoon Rai tail effect recently, and providing scientist with valuable information, the ocean buoy was tracked only by GPS signal that sent it position every 4 hours. Without searching location like Waze or Google Maps, the searching process was challenging, especially during the

Director’s Note Envisioning 2022: Making Purposeful Impact After a challenging year, INOS continues to achieve strong performance through various outcomes impacting the scientific communities, industries and society. We realise how important our research is to the nation, thus this year we share a slogan, ‘making purposeful impact’ to our team. We want to be fully committed to making things right for our stakeholders by building trust through our research and innovation that purposely design to provide solution based on relevant needs. This is a long-term effort demanding commitment through improving the quality of our postgraduates and talents, managing ocean facilities