20-21 August

I have attended the training on HACCP organized by UPM Serdang. The trainer was from SIRIM Bhd.

The 2-day training focuses on the documentation of HACCP for food industries.

26 August – Launch of UTM-Shizuoka University Laboratory was officiated by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, Prof Dato Dr. Ahmad Fauzi.

25-26 August, UTM – International Postgraduate Symposium on Biotechnology was held in UTM, organized by Institute of Bioproduct Development.

17-19 July, Penang: Energy Security and Chemical Engineering Congress 2019 was held at Park Royal Hotel Resort Penang organized by UMP.

27 – 28 July – SKT Pro-Q team has organized a Get Chartered Workshop at Hotel Mutiara Johor Bahru for staff applying for Chartered Engineers Qualification. These 2-day workshop aimed to increase the number of Chareted engineers in SKT by 2020.

JOHOR BAHRU, 7 April 2019 – Bioprocess Engineering Student Society (BIOSS) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) have made their 5th International Biotechnology Competition and Exhibition (IBCEx’19) into success on 5th and 6th April at Dewan Sultan Iskandar and Dewan Banquet, UTM, Johor. This is an annual program with the main objective is to provide a great opportunity for local and international undergraduates from various institutions to introduce their creative innovations and further enhance their knowledge in the field of biotechnology. Given the theme “Green and Sustainable World”, the organizer opens all categories of innovation for contestants which are Environment/Waste Treatment/Biotechnology, Biofuel/Renewable Energy and Green Building/Green Technology Product.

There were 41 teams that participate in the program, which are formed by 27 international teams and 14 local teams. Out of the 27 international teams, there were 2 teams from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Indonesia), 12 teams from Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia), 1 team from Pertamina University (Indonesia), 7 teams from Universitas Islam Indonesia, 3 teams from Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (Indonesia) and 1 team from Universitas Sebelas Maret (Indonesia). While for the 14 local teams, 5 teams were from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 4 teams from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 3 teams from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), 1 team from Universiti Teknologi MARA Kampus Bukit Besi (UiTM) and 1 team from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP).

Besides, poster competition as a side competition with the same theme is only open for undergraduates and diploma students whom further study in Johor. The participants were from UTM, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed), Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan as well as Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology (UniKL MITECH).

YB Tuan Lim Kit Siang, Member of Parliament Iskandar Puteri was proudly invited to officiate IBCEx’19 during the closing ceremony. The others VVIP were Prof. Dr. Durrishah Idrus (Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roshanida Bt. A.Rahman (Deputy Dean of Faculty Engineering), Prof. Dr. Mohd Ghazali Mohd Namawi (Principal of School of Chemical Engineering), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liza Bt Md Salleh (Advisor of Bioprocess Student Society) and the director, Tan Jian Ming.

The champion of the main competition from category Environment/Waste Treatment/Biotechnology went to Universitas Brawijaya with their MS IP PRO (Monitoring System with Integrated Parameter Program): Vannamei Shrimp Cultural Monotoring Solution Based IOT (Internet of Things). For category Biofuel/Renewable Energy, the champion was Pertamina University with their innovative product called Green Gasoline: Renewable Fuel from Palm Oil Solid Waste and Plastic LDPE (Low-Density Polyetylene) Using Microwave, Catalytic Cracking Method and ZSM5 Catalyst. For the last category which is Green Building/Green Technology Product, the champion was UTM (Artificial Tree (ART3) By Using Marine Microalgae). Whereas, Lim Jun Jie from NUMed was the champion for the poster presentation competition with the title: 10 Steps Towards a Green and Sustainable World.

Furthermore, the Best Booth Award went to booth GB 04 (Artificial Tree (ART3) By Using Marine Microalgae). Best Presenter Award fall to Siti Fatimah Masturah Binti Musa, UTM while the Best of the Best Award went to the champion from category Biofuel/Renewable Energy.

UTM hopes that this program is able to create and produce more undergraduates that are ready to compete with others in this era which is full of competitiveness and ensure Malaysia meet the qualification of “United Nation’s Global Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development”.

23-24 September 2018, Pulai Spring Johor Bahru

International Conference on Probiotics and Food Sustainability 2018 was organized by Food and Biomaterial Engineering Research Group (FoBERG) in collaboration with Asia Pacific Institute of Food Professionals (APIFP) and Universiti Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (UniKL).  The 2-day event involved workshop in day 1 and conference in day 2. Participants from Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran and Vietnam came all the way to Johor Bahru for this event.  The invited speakers are Prof. Hesham, Dr. Malik, Dr. Marzieh, Prof. Ida , Dr. Daniel and Prof. Wu.

Some of the vendors / sponsors for this event are Naturel Kiss, Yakult, Marjaan and EG Tea Fiber.

For Food Process Engineering class session 2018/19, I have conducted active learning activities (Jigsaw classroom, group discussion and think-pair-share). The students seem to enjoy and actively participate in the activities. For online activities, I have used quizizz for online quiz and padlet for online class activities.

5 September 2018

Pendaftaran pelajar baru Sekolah Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Tenaga.

Seramai 50 orang pelajar program Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan (Kimia-Bioproses) telah mendaftar pada sesi 2018/19.

Selamat menempuhi alam baru di UTM dan semoga memperoleh ilmu dan pengalaman yang berharga selama di UTM.

All the best!

April 2018

Bioprocess Engineering Student Society from the Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering has successfully organized International Biotechnology Exhibition and Competition (IBCEx) 2018. A total of 30 teams participated in this grand event and compete in three categories; Biotechnology, Energy and Health products.