Program Overview

Institute of High Voltage and High Current (IVAT)

The Institute of High Voltage and High Current (IVAT) is located at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Research Areas

IVAT focuses on the following research areas:

• Lightning Research and Safety
• Discharges, Dielectrics, and Diagnostics Division

Facilities

The institute has the following facilities:

• Laboratory Equipment
• Laboratory Application

Services

IVAT offers the following services:

• Calibration Services
• Testing Services
• Consultancy & Training Services

Competencies

The institute's competencies include:

• Services
  • Calibration Services
  • Testing Services
  • Consultancy & Training Services
• Research
  • Lightning Research and Safety
  • Discharges, Dielectrics, and Diagnostics Division
• Facilities
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Laboratory Application

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Research Ecosystem

The university has a research ecosystem that includes:

Research Institutes

• Institute for Future Energy - IFE
• Institute of Noise & Vibration - INV
• Wireless Communication Centre - WCC
• Advance Membrane Technology Research Centre - AMTEC

Research Centres

• Centre of Hydrogen Energy - CHE
• Centre of Electrical Energy System - CEES
• UTM Ocean Thermal Energy Centre - OTEC
• Centre for Innovative Planning & Development - CiPD
• Centre for River & Coastal Engineering - CRCE
• Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security - IPASA
• Geosciences & Digital Earth Centre - INSTeG
• Process System Engineering Centre - PROSPECT
• Aeronautics Research Centre - AEROLAB
• Automotive Development Centre - ADC
• Marine Technology Centre - MTC
• UTM Centre for Low Carbon Transportation in Cooperation with Imperial College London - LoCARtic
• Centre for Sustainable Nanomaterials - CSNano
• UTM-Centre for Industrial & Applied Mathematics - UTM CIAM
• Laser Centre - LASER
• Centre of Research for Fiqh Science & Technology - CFiRST
• Centre of Lipids Engineering and Applied Research - CLEAR
• UTM Big Data Centre - BDC
• Sports Innovation & Technology Centre - SITC
• Medical Device & Technology Centre - MEDITEC
• IJN-UTM Cardiovascular Engineering Centre - CARDIO
• UTM-IRDA Media & Game Innovation Centre of Excellence - MaGICX
• Center for Real Estate Studies - CRES
• UTM Construction Research Centre - CRC
• Centre for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay World - KALAM
• Centre for Forensic Engineering - FEC
• Tropical Geoengineering Centre - GEOTROPIK

Centre of Excellence (COE)

• Institute of High Voltage & High Current - IVAT
• UTM-MPRC Institue for Oil & Gas - IFOG
• Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics - CAIRO
• Centre for Engineering Education - CEE
• Centre for Advanced Composite Materials - CACM
• Innovation Centre in Agritechnology for Advanced Bioprocessing - ICA
• Institute of Bioproduct Development - IBD

Service Entity

• Research Management Centre - RMC
• Penerbit UTM Press
• Centre for Community & Industry Network - CCIN
• Innovation & Commercialisation Centre - ICC
• University Laboratory Management Centre - PPMU
• Institut Sultan Iskandar - UTM-ISI