WOW Carnival @ UTM Library

We are thrilled to announce that our WOW Carnival @ UTM Library will be held in October! Exciting activities and great prizes are waiting! Visit http://library.utm.my for more details.

Program lineups:

  1. Doodle Painting
  2. Research Canvas Competition
  3. Open Chess Tournament
  4. Go Green @ Mini Home Library
  5. Publication Talk/Workshop by Web of Science
  6. Opening Ceremony – Appreciation Awards
  7. Aerobic
  8. Library Inforace Challenge
  9. Meet the Author Session with Ahmad Zubir – ‘Tuhan Berikan Aku Sehari Lagi’
  10. The Young School Librarian Workshop

CREW DRIVING SOUNDING TEST FOR GROUND INVESTIGATION AT “SEKOLAH AGAMA UTM” CONSTRUCTION SITE

 

Photo of team members before commencing the ground investigation work; from left, Rosmawati Ahmad, Tuan Noor Hani Tuan Yunus, Dr. Nor Zurairahetty Md. Yunus (Director of Department of Geotechnics and Transportation), Prof. Dr. Aminaton Marto (SDS Research & Program Leader), Dr. Siti Norafida Jusoh, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kamaruddin Ahmad, Jafar Ahmad and Mohd Iqbal Mohd Noh. (Not in picture: Razale Mohamad and Mohammad Hatta Satar).

KUALA LUMPUR,  12 Sept. – A team led by Prof. Dr. Aminaton Marto from the Department of Environmental Engineering and Green Technology, Malaysian-Japan Internati

onal Institute Technology (MJIIT), UTM Kuala Lumpur together with the staff from the Department of Geotechnics and Transportation (JGP), School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UTM Johor Bahru had performed a ground investigation at “Sekolah Agama UTM” construction site.

This ground investigation, as part of a Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) and community engagement supported by Japan Home Shield Corporation (JHS), was carried out aiming at transferring a new technology in ground investigation work by verifying the results obtained earlier through the deep boring method that incorporated the Standard Penetration Test (SPT).

Through this activity, a new method of ground investigation via Screw Driving Sounding (SDS) test was introduced and the results will be used by the team from the Center for Tropical Geoengineering (GEOTROPIK), UTM to do the foundation design for the “Sekolah Agama UTM”.

Four (4) SDS tests were carried out to obtain the soil profile and respective soil properties up to 15 m depth.

SDS, which was recently developed by JHS, is an improved version of Swedish Weight Sounding machine. With this SDS test, more parameters can be measured, including torque, load, speed of penetration and rod friction, and thereby provides a robust way of characterising soil stratigraphy.

It uses machine-driven and portable device, making it suitable for testing in confined areas. Moreover, with a testing depth of 10–15 m, it is ideal for characterising shallow deposits. SDS test is not just fast, cost efficient and does not require highly skilled workers but SDS test could provide quality results from the usage of Industrial Revolution 4.0 technology through automation in testing and making use of the cloud computing to manage the data.

SDS machine is currently being leased by JHS to UTM to undertake the Joint R&D on Screw Driving Sounding Test in Malaysian soils.

 

Northwest A&F University, China Visit UTM Kuala Lumpur

From left: Mr. LI Hong, Mr. SHI Wenhua, Mr. Wang Qiang, Mr. ZHAO Suolao, Mr. Elvin Tan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abd Rahman Abdul Rahim, Mrs. DUAN Yuqin, Assoc. Prof. Norzairah Ab Rahim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norhayati Abdullah

 

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Oct.  – Delegations from Northwest A&F University, China visited Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur campus, today.

The university was represented by its Deputy Dean, College of Continuous Education, Mr. Zhao Suolao, Section Chief, Mr. Shi Wen Hua, Program Officer, Mr. Wang Qiang, Party Affairs, Mr. Li Hong and Secretary from International Office, Mrs. Duan Yuqin.

Their arrival was greeted by the Associate Director of UTM International Kuala Lumpur (UTMiKL); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abd Rahman Abdul Rahim and also present from UTM were from UTM SPACE, Mr. Elvin Tan, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) representative, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norhayati Abdullah and Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics representative, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Zairah Ab Rahim.

Among the topics discussed were student mobility, summer school program, student exchange, and possible collaboration with UTM SPACE on professional and continuing education, staff attachment and invitation for teaching.

MJIIT, UTM SPACE and Razak Faculty were asked to take up the initial collaboration with Northwest A&F University, China. In the event of active collaboration between the two universities, UTMiKL will propose to sign a Letter of Cooperation (LoC).

Ten UTM Students Received Forest City-UTM Future Force Scholarship Award

JOHOR BAHRU, 10 Oct. – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) undergraduate students from various courses were selected to receive Forest City – UTM Future Force Scholarship Award worth RM 370,000.00.
The handing ceremony of this scholarship were being held at Big Meeting room, Third Floor of Sales Gallery, Forest City Main Building, Gelang Patah, Johor
UTM Vice Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Omar said that the scholarship award by the Country Garden Pacificview (CGPV) Sdn. Bhd. was the first step towards enhancing education opportunities for Malaysians.
“Through this scholarship program, UTM students will receive financial assistance from CGPV for their study programme.
“This scholarship was offered to ten selected undergraduate students from the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities and Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS),” said Prof. Dr. Wahid.
Prof. Dr. Wahid later said that the selected students will receive more benefits from this programme such as scholarship support, internship opportunities and career opportunities upon the completion of their studies.
“Hence, UTM will work together to ensure that the graduates produced by us meet the CGPV requirements.
“I also hope that both parties will work together to organize more programmes related to career and human capital development, seminars and workshop that can bring benefits to both institutions,” said Prof. Dr. Wahid.
Meanwhile the Forest City Director of Strategy, Ng Zhu Hann said that this programme was in line with Forest City’s Three Pro-Localization strategy in which this education initiative will help both enhance local human capital and talent development while ensuring to benefit local Malaysians as a whole.
“It is the vision of the company to create value with our existence and we want to give priority to local graduates especially students from the lower income family (B40) segments in our recruitment efforts.
“This Future Force Scholarship Award aims to empower and groom budding talents to eventually contribute to the Malaysian economy and society,” said Ng.
CGPV is the master developer for Forest City project which is a model of sustainable, green and smart future city that aspires to create more than 220,000 job opportunities over the next 30 years.
To date, Forest City has created 1,200 out of 1,545 job opportunities for locals which amount to 80 percent localisation rate of the total employee workforce.
Also attending the ceremony were Board of Director of Forest City, She Zhen Wei, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs), Prof. Dr. Durrishah Idrus and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Mohammed Rafiq.

The selected UTM- Forest City Future Force force Scholarship Award recipients taking a group photo with UTM and Forest City Management Team after the handing ceremony held at Forest City Main Building.

UTM-Trained Japanese Language Teacher Receives Japan Foundation Study Grant

JOHOR BAHRU , 16 Oct.  – A Language Academy Japanese English Teacher, Mr. Loh Khai Xian is awarded the Japan Foundation study grant worth around RM92, 000 to complete his intensive one year master program at Urawa Japan Foundation and Graduate Institute for Policy Study of Japan. He is one of the only four recipients of the grant for the year 2018.

Mr. Loh entered UTM as a FGHT student in 2006. During his second semester he started to learn Japanese Language Level One as a free elective subject. He furthered till Level Three which is the highest level of Japanese Language course offered at Language Academy, UTM. He then took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) which is the international exam for Japanese language, conducted by Japan Foundation at UTM, which is one of the JLPT test centers in Malaysia.

When Loh Khai Xian graduated from UTM in 2010, he had passed the Level Three  of JLPT. He then furthered his masters at FGHT and kept taking the JLPT lessons. He managed to get Level 2 and was sent to Osaka for a three months intensive Japanese Language and Culture program sponsored by Japan Foundation. He became an unofficial teaching assistance to Japanese language lecturer Mr. R.Kumaraguru and started to train teaching the language. He successfully went through the basic Japanese language teacher training course conducted by Japan Foundation while training at UTM.

Besides, Mr.Loh too became the first UTM student to pass the highest level of JLPT which is level One. Upon completing his masters in 2014, he was offered a contract post by Language Academy to teach Japanese language. While polishing his Japanese language teaching skills, he was preparing to get his second masters in Japanese Language education and was awarded the Japan Foundation study grant worth RM92, 000.

Another milestone for UTM in producing its own Japanese Language teacher. Congratulations Mr. R. Kumaraguru for heading the Language Academy Japanese Language programme.

Mr. Loh Khai Xian, left, standing in front of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Japan.

UTM PhD Graduate will represent Malaysia to WHIS 2018 in Qatar

JOHOR BAHRU, 8 Oct. – The electrical engineering Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) graduate of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Dr. Khor Kha Xiang was chosen to represent Malaysia in Young Innovators Program at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) 2018 at Doha, Qatar.

The programme which is to be held at Doha, Qatar on this coming 13-14 November 2018 is an annual programme which highlights some of the most exciting innovations in healthcare through its Young Innovators competition.

Dr. Khor Kha Xiang graduated from Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), UTM and his PhD project titled “Portable and Reconfigurable Robot for Forearm Rehabilitation and Assessment of Post-stroke Subjects” or CR-2 Haptic.

This project has yielded over 10 publications including in Q1-ranked journals throughout his PhD studies. He is also the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Techcare Innovation Sdn. Bhd. that develops smart rehabilitation and fitness devices.

His supervisor, Dr. Yeong Che Fai said the project of “CR2-Haptic” was developed with the aims to motivate and train the hand movement of stroke survivor with virtual reality and robotics technology.

“CR2-Haptic is a portable and reconfigurable rehabilitation robot for forearm rehabilitation training. Reconfigurable rehabilitation robot’s advantage is able to increase the functionality of robot therapy by adopting different therapeutic devices for different training movements and patients’ recovery.

“CR2-Haptic design incorporates various passive modules using one single robot to train multiple hand components,” said Dr. Yeong.
The CR2-Haptic consists of patient-tailored robot-assisted training therapy that is able to provide customizable training including passive, active-assisted and resistive modes to cater for different recovery stage of subject.

Dr. Yeong said that the user of CR2-Haptic can perform assessment and multiple repetitive wrist, forearm and hand training while  engaging with virtual reality games.

“Each year, WISH highlights some of the most exciting innovations in healthcare through its Young Innovators competition which provides a platform for tomorrow’s most promising healthcare leaders.

“Their innovations include devices, applications, innovative delivery models and design-based solutions that improve quality of care and patient experience, while also reducing the cost of care,” said Dr. Yeong.

WISH is a global healthcare community dedicated to capturing and disseminating the best evidence-based ideas and practices.

Around 2000 healthcare experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and ministers from over 100 countries will gather in Doha, Qatar on this coming November as one community to collaboratively work to achieve one goal, a healthier world.

Picture: Dr. Khor Kang Xiang (right) showing CR2-Haptic to YB Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Minister of Health Malaysia in a recent event in Kuala Lumpur (picture source: Dr NorAzmi Alias)
CR2-Haptic robot system with user
CR2-Haptic robot in different configurations. Pronation and supination (left), ulnar-radial deviation (center) and wrist flexion-extension (right)

Riverdale Programme to Spread Awareness on Clean River among UTM community

JOHOR BAHRU, 30 Sept. – UTM Centre of Sustainability (UTMCS) will organize a series of river cleaning programme in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) campus area known as “Riverdale Programme” in 2019 to spread the awareness to preserve river cleanliness among UTM community.

The Director of UTMCS, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Fadhil Md. Din said, they will be running more small-but-high-impact sustainable programmes in the future with most of these activities will involve volunteers among students.

“So it is essential for us to regroup all student-volunteers starting from now to guarantee the success of this plan,” he added.

He said during a river cleaning that was held in collaboration between Kolej Rahman Putra (KRP) and UTMCS, today.

In the programme, organized in conjunction with World Rivers Day which is celebrated every September 30th, a group of 91 volunteers consisted of students and staffs of KRP were involved.

Stating that the programme was the initial activity to the Riverdale Program, Dr Fadhil said the main objective is to raise awareness among students who resided at KRP about the importance to preserve the river cleanliness besides helping the student-volunteers to have a better understanding about the ecosystem stability.

“The programme can also expose the students on how to clean the river without using the costly heavy machinery.” he said.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fadhil Md. Din (green t-shirt) leading the participants of KRP Riverdale Programme doing the river cleaning.

Cleaner, Fresher Environment for New Semester

JOHOR BAHRU,  27 Sept. – Students and staff from School of Civil Engineering (SKA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) spent their weekend supporting and participating in the gotong royong programme at their school recently.

Led by the Civil Engineering Society (PEKA), the programme was held at Block M47 SKA.

Chair of SKA, Prof. Dr. Khairul Anuar officiated the programme  and it was also attended by the  Associate Chair of Academic, Prof Dr Rosli Hainin and Associate Chair of Facilities, Assoc. Prof. Dr Ahmad Safuan Abd Rashid.

Students were divided into several groups and they were briefed by PEKA member about the itinerary of the programme. They were then sent to different locations within the school premises with one goal – to clean the SKA area.

The programme was held through out the morning as most of the areas were cleaned.

It was a good programme to involve students to develop their sense of belonging to the school as they can contribute to the place they are studying.

Top Management of the School of Civil Engineering together with the students and staff involved in the Gotong Royong

UTM-CCM Duopharma Biotech sign collaboration agreement

JOHOR BAHRU, 1 October 2018 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement signing ceremony between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad was held at the Senate Hall, Sultan Ibrahim Chancellery building, UTM campus in Johor Bahru.
The agreement was signed by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Omar on behalf of UTM while the CCM Duopharma was represented by its Group Managing Director, Leonard Ariff Abdul Shatar accompanied by Chief Technical Officer, Madam Ng Su Yee.
Prof. Wahid in his speech has mentioned that UTM is a leading innovation-driven entrepreneurial research university in engineering science and technology.
“Therefore UTM now seeks to collaborate with key leading industrial partners under a “Partnership with Industry” programme. Meanwhile, CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad is a leading pharmaceutical company in Malaysia,” said Prof. Wahid.
The signing of the MoU shows the support of the industry towards the development of research programs at local universities.
This collaboration also represents the determination of two parties in support of the government’s efforts in building Malaysia into a developed nation by the year 2020, through strategic planning and systematic in enhancing the pharmaceutical services delivery through research, development, and innovation.
“The collaboration provides an opportunity for both sides to implement staff exchange and research programs as well as the use of laboratory facilities.
“UTM hopes that the signing of the MoU will be a starting point for future partnerships in the sharing of expertise in particular to boost research activities in the country,” said Prof. Wahid.
The ceremony was also attended by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Datuk Dr.. Mohd Fauzi Ismail, Director of Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (ISI-SIR), Prof. Dr. Abdull Rahim bin Mohd Yusoff, Director of Centre for Sustainable Nanomaterials (CSNano), Prof. Dr. Hadi Nur, senior officers as well as UTM researchers and students.

From left, Madam Ng Su Yee, Leonard Ariff Abdul Shatar, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Omar and Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail at the MoU signing ceremony.

The 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education 2018 (ICSTEM 2018)

STEM which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics was introduced in the United States of America in the early 90s and was firstly implemented in Malaysia’s curriculum in 2017.  With that in mind, the Ministry of Education (MoE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Society of Engineering Education Malaysia have taken initiatives to organize the International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education.  This is the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education with the same theme “Towards Developing a Synergistic STEM Community”.

Held at Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 2-4 October 2018, the objectives of this conference were to create a platform for interaction and to share research results and teaching practices conducted in STEM education.  The conference focused on the challenges of learning and teaching of STEM in schools and universities, as well as on innovative and emergent practices that are informed by scholarly research.

In addition, ICSTEM 2018 was held together with the 5th International Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo (I-PHEX) 2018 and Innovative Practices in Education Expo (I-PEX) 2018. I-PHEX is a platform to showcase innovative efforts that contribute to resolving the challenges of higher education, it also serve as a trigger to inspire others to be involved in the discussion, research and the implementation of innovations. I-PHEX 2018 welcomes participation of any innovative practices in higher education in any disciplines ranging from teaching and learning methods to curriculum and assessment design. The practices would be judged and awarded for the evidenced- based effectiveness of the innovation.

Together with I-PHEX, the first exhibition competition for STEM teachers to showcase their innovative practices in schools, is I-PEX 2018. School teachers got to exhibit their innovative and effective practices to the international audience at I-PEX 2018 during ICSTEM 2018.

“The 21st Century presents a multitude of global challenges and issues such as sustainable development, energy crises, global poverty, security and health, and ethics. With the advent of Industry 4.0, we are faced with increasingly new challenges. Industry 4.0 is the stage where technology such as cloud, robotics, and advanced devices are taking the lead. While new opportunities emerged, there are new challenges looming as well. The revolution will change not just the way we work, but also the way we live. Thus, changes are inevitable and cannot be ignored. Reminiscent of industries, higher education institutions too must be ready for the challenges and be well equipped to remain relevant. Our young generation may need to be taught, trained and to be prepared to ready themselves for the seemingly elusive Industry 4.0 phenomenon with holistic STEM education approach” said Professor Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Omar, the Vice-Chancellor of UTM in his opening speech.

More than 100 papers have been scheduled for presentation at ICSTEM 2018.The Chair of the conference, Prof. Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, who is also the president of SEEM, and the Director of the UTM Centre for Engineering Education, mentioned that events such as special sessions, paper presentation sessions, exhibitions, workshops, networking sessions and award ceremony were in the line-up which have been specifically designed to ensure that the participants get the best out of ICSTEM 2018.

It all starts with Nescafe@UTM !!!

JOHOR BAHRU, 18 Sept. – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) staff, students and residents in Johor Bahru campus now have a new place to refresh and rejuvenate as Nescafe @ UTM is launched at Arkib Lestari today.

The launching of the Nescafe @ UTM also means the launching of a new drink – the MyUTM drink.

 

The opening ceremony was graced by the attendance of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development), Prof. Dr. Azlan bin Abdul Rahman and the Director of UTM Centre For Student Innovation & Technology Entrepreneurship (UTM XCITE), Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Zaidi Abd Rozan.

“We want to make the university more vibrant, and the university needs more programs like this to spruce up the educational environment and make it more happening,” said Prof. Dr Azlan.

 

The Nescafe @ UTM is wholly run by eleven UTM students from various backgrounds, who are passionate about bringing you coffee that will leave you energised for your studies and daily life.

The Programme Director of Nescafe @ UTM and also a student from Faculty of Engineering, Bryan Chua Seck How said, he joined the programme to learn more about entrepreneurship and to bring more colours to the university.

The launching of Nescafe @ UTM is part of Nesface Youth Entrepreneurship programme, where 12 other universities are competing against UTM. 

 

 

The judging criteria will be based on the sales, marketing strategies and the innovation of bringing a new drink – Signature drink that will be launched around the end of October.

Nescafe @ UTM is open on weekdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Two UTM teams receive NALI 2018 prestigious awards

JOHOR BAHRU, 25 September 2018 – Two Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) research and development teams were selected to receive two prestigious awards of the New Academia Learning Innovation for Education 4.0 or NALI 2018.
The two awards were the University-Industry Teaching and Learning Network and NALI awards.
The winner for the University-Industry Teaching and Learning Network Award was the project entitled Monsoonsim Business Simulation : Enhancing Learning Through Gamification or MonsoonSIM.
MoonsoonSIM developing team members were Dr. Mohamad Shah Kassim, Mr Shafudin Mohd. Yatim, Prof. Dr. Zainab Khalifah, Dr. Zulkifli Khair and Mr. Alex Ong.
Team leader, Dr. Mohamad Shah Kassim said MoonsoonSIM simulation is an experiential learning platform for business studies and enterprise resource management (ERP).
“It is an education platform which was developed by Monsoon Academy covering hundreds of business concepts ready to be discovered by learners through immersive and competitive simulations,” said Dr. Mohamad Shah Kassim.
Meanwhile the winner of NALI awards were the Mobile Based Numeracy Learning Applications (RMATHs) developed by Prof. Dr. Zaidatun Tasir, Mrs Rozita Abdul Jalil and Dr. Shaharuddin Md. Salleh.
Elaborating about the project, Dr. Shaharuddin Md. Salleh said that RMATHs project is an educational tool that consists of five mobile apps with different learning objectives and outcomes.
“RMATHs was created for learning disability (LD) students in primary schools in Malaysia specifically for students in Special Education Integration Programme (SEIP) classes,” said Dr. Shaharuddin.
Both awards were given at Dewan Sultan Iskandar Hall at the opening session of NALI 2019 by the Director of Academic Development Management Division, Ministry of Education Malaysia, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuhainis Saad representing the Director General of Ministry of Education, Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Tapsir.
Also attending the ceremony were Director of UTM Academic Leadership (UTMLead), Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Nazri Muhammad Ludin, Chair of New Academia Learning Innovation (NALI) 2018 Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Hayati Abdullah  and Co-Chair of NALI 2018, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sukri Saud.
NALI 2018 is a two-day competition and exhibition programme of Teaching and Learning innovation which was jointly organized by the UTMLead and the School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of UTM.
This two-day programme showcased the innovative, transformative and immersive practice, research and products in Teaching and Learning amongst academicians and students in line with the national agenda of Higher Education 4.0 and the promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.

Winner of NALI 2018 award from left Dr. Shaharuddin Md. Salleh (left) and Mrs Rozita Abdul Jalil
Winner of University-Industry Teaching and Learning Network award Dr. Mohamad Shah Kassim (left) and Mr. Alex Ong

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Engagement of UTM-APIFP Through the 5th ICPFS2018

JOHOR BAHRU, 25 Sept. – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Asia Pacific Institute of Food Professionals (APIFP) continue their engagement through the involvement in the Fifth International Conference on Probiotics and Food Sustainability 2018 (ICPFS2018).

UTM has won five out of eight student awards during the conference that was held from 23 to 24 September 2018 at Pulai Springs Resort, Johor.

The awards were given for poster presentation and oral presentation for each track according to the theme. The winners were Srijita Sireswar from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, India and Liew Wen Ching from UTM for Track 1, Noor Hashimah Hashim Lim and Nor Azizah Mohammad from UTM for Track 2, and Noor Fadzilah Abu Bakar from UTM with Ms. Priscilla Anitha (SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India) for Track 3, while the Best Poster Presentation awards went to Noer Hartini Dolhaji from UTM and Fatin Aina Zulkhairi Amin from UPM.

The conference is the continuation of two Food Safety and Security Workshops organised by Food and Biomaterial Engineering Research Group (FoBERG) from UTM in collaboration with APIFP, namely in 2015 and 2016.

It was officiated by the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Mohammed Rafiq bin Dato’ Abdul Kadir during the conference dinner on the evening of 23 Sept, accompanied by the Chair of School of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Prof. Dr. Mohd. Ghazali bin Mohd. Nawawi.

This year’s conference aimed at identifying research opportunities and probiotics development in Malaysia as well as the Asia Pacific region, with the theme ‘Probiotics’ in line with the development of probiotics as a scientifically proven food and nutritional supplement to improve health and reduce the symptoms of certain diseases.

The potential of probiotics as a low-cost source of food and nutrition should be developed in parallel with the goals of UNESCO’s sustainable development and the national key economic areas (NKEAs).

Therefore, this conference is expected to foster collaboration between the academia, industry and society.

During the conference, a total of 68 participants including the invited speakers, keynote speakers and participants from international and local universities took part in both pre-conference workshop and conference, comprising academicians from Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Australia, Iran, China, Pakistan, Thailand and Indonesia who gathered for this event.

This conference consisted of a pre-conference workshop on 23 Sept (the 5th Asia-Pacific Probiotics Workshop 2018) and the main conference on 24 Sept. This two-day event was specifically aimed at addressing issues and current research in food, with the workshop dedicated to probiotics research and conference divided into three main themes: (1) Innovative Food Products and Functional Foods, (2) Food Safety, Sustainability and Nutritional Security and (3) Emerging Technologies. A total of 17 invited speakers, 25 oral presentations and 4 poster presentations were presented successfully during the conference.

 

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UTM KL as the Rendezvous for Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and University of Pretoria

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept. – UTM witnessed a memorable event for staff and students from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan and University of Pretoria, South Africa as they met in UTM Kuala Lumpur campus.

 

Members of universities from three different countries met up in UTM KL

Their presence was in conjunction with the Malaysia-Japan International Institute Of Technology (MJIIT) UTM Summer School (Language & Culture Encapsulation in Engineering Education) programme that was held from 17 to 26 September 2018 and was led by MJIIT International Liaison Coordinator, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norhayati binti Abdullah.

 

During the visit, 16 TUAT students were accompanied by two professors, while six students and two lecturers from Pretoria came for the Student Academic Visit from 24 to 28 September 2018, coordinated by UTM SPACE lecturer from Department of Geomatics and Built Environment, Siti Nurhuda Abd Wahid.

Their activities were filled with campus tour, visit to several interesting places around KL and Putrajaya for assignments, language learning in classroom and leisure activities with local students and visit to a few project sites and attending talks by industry patrons.

Besides, on 20 Sept,  TUAT students had the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, face to face when he presented the Premier Lecture and officially launched the UTMKL Residensi and celebrated Japan Day at MJIIT, UTM.

UTM welcomes and opens more opportunities for all students from abroad to join the Mobility program at UTM.