Assalamualaikum wbt. and hi all!

On the 31st May and 18th August 2021, we have jointly organised the JDP Oral Entrance Examination for upcoming September 2021 (UTM) and April 2022 (UT) intakes. We have 15 candidates from UTM and 3 candidates from UT. The coordinators of this program are Dr. Norhuda Abdul Manaf and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koji Iwamoto. Meanwhile the coordinator for UT is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kazuya Shimizu.

Some snippets of this program:

Overview
This programme is the Joint Master’s Degree programme that develops experts who contribute to solve the complicated global issues, especially in tropical Asia by sustainable and environmental sciences, through the jointly supervised system that takes advantages of the strength of two universities, Malaysia – Japan International Institute of Technology and University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Details
Fees : RM 44,670 (Local) / RM 56,500 (International)

Duration : 2 years (Fulltime)

Minimum requirements : A Bachelor’s Degree with good honours from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia or any other institutions of any higher learning recognised by the Senate (UK NARIC), and CPA 2.5 or above, or 2.0 ≦ CPA ≦ 2.49 with 5 years working experiences.

Assalamualaikum wbt. and hi all!

Today (3^rd August 2021) is the day for our group to present the proposal of MySI Grant 2021 in the preliminary evaluation session organized by Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM).

Our team is lead by Prof. Madya Ts. Dr. Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Bin Shaikh Salim and our proposal is entitled ‘Program Agro-Ekonomi Penanaman Pelbagai Sayuran Berasaskan Teknologi Hidroponik Bersama Komuniti Orang Asli Pos Betau, Kuala Lipis, Pahang’.

Some snippets of this program :

Objektif MySI

Meningkatkan kesejahteraan hidup masyarakat keutamaan kepada golongan B40 dan kumpulan yang terkesan akibat selepas pandemik COVID-19 melalui pelaksanaan projek aplikasi teknologi tempatan yang berinovatif yang telah dibangunkan dan sedia dilaksanakan secara mampan.

Tema MySI

Merakyatkan Inovasi Demi Kesejahteraan Masa Hadapan

It was such a great experience for me and we hope that we could secure the grant. InsyaAllah!

“You can invent alone, but you can’t innovate alone”. – Gijs van-Wulfen

Hi peeps!

Today is the kick start of the ACCER 2021. We had a special virtual gathering session with the UTM Vice Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Bin Ismail.

I feel so honoured and privileged to be one of the participants (ACCER Buddies) in this leadership program. Together with me is my colleague, Dr. Norhuda Abdul Manaf (we have been praying to be in the same group, ALHAMDULILLAH!).

There are 25 participants and we have been divided into 5 groups with 2 mentors. The leadership topics selected by the organiser are based on the BIG Five #5 Things that focused in 2021 :

1. People Management
2. Institutionalize I.S.E.S
3. Strengthening Research Impact
4. University Governance
5. University High Performance Delivery

We are in Group 3 and our task is on Strengthening Research Impact. Here is the list of our team members :

1. Dr. Koh Meng Hock (FS)
2. Dr. Umar Haiyat Abdul Kohar (AHIBS)
3. Dr. Izwyn Zulkapri (SKBSK)
4. Dr. Norhuda Abdul Manaf (MJIIT)
5. Myself (MJIIT)

I am very excited to gain new experience and sharing knowledge with the mentors and other buddies.

Till then, bye!

It’s time now to give back to the community.

The Deputy of Vice Chancellor Office (Research & Innovation), UTM KL and MJIIT are currently working side-by-side for a USR project named “Program Pembangunan Modal Insan Melalui Transformasi Ekonomi dan Pendidikan ke Arah Kecemerlangan Komuniti Orang Asli”. This main project is divided into four sub-projects which are :

1. Pembangunan Kemahiran Komuniti Orang Asli Menggunakan Teknologi Hidroponik untuk Penanaman Pelbagai Sayuran dan Buahan – Prof. Emeritus Dr. Md Nor Bin Musa.
2. Pembangunan Kemahiran Pembuatan Peralatan Hidroponik dan Sistem Penyejukan Cecair Hidroponik untuk Sumber Pendapatan Tambahan Komuniti Orang Asli – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shaikh Ahmad Zaki Bin Shaikh Salim.
3. Penghasilan Baja Kompos daripada Bahan Buangan Pertanian dan Sisa Hutan Ke Arah Kelestarian Alam Sekitar Bersama Komuniti Orang Asli – Dr. Fazrena Nadia Binti Md Akhir.
4. Pengaplikasian Sistem Komersial Pengumpulan dan Pemasaran Berpusat Produk Pertanian dan Kraftangan Komuniti Orang Asli – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akbariah Binti Mohd Mahdzir.

We will be sharing our knowledge and expertise with the Orang Asli community in Pos Betau, Pahang. We are so lucky to be awarded the UTM KTP-Research Innovation Grant 2021 (RM20,000) for this project, funded by Centre of Community and Industry Network (CCIN), UTM.

Thanks UTM!

“Knowledge increases by sharing but not by savings”. – unknown

The Malaysian Youth Upcycle Challenge (My YUC) 2020/21 program was held on the 18th January – 7th Februari 2021. This innovation program aims to enhance the interest of our youth to elements of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). This program was jointly organised by  Persatuan Kesihatan Persekitaran dan Pekerjaan (EOHS) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM). The director of this program was Dr. Sharifah NorKhadijah Binti Syed Ismail from UPM.

Together with many academia from other universities, I have been appointed as one of the judges to evaluate the submission by our youth inventors. There are three themes in the competition which are Green Technology, Environmental Sustainability and Renewable Energy.

Congratulations to all winners! Keep inventing!

“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat”. – Steve Jobs

Hello peeps!

On the 20th March 2021, I have joined the Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia (sign language) online class with our MJIIT community. This program was organised by the MSDeaf (Persatuan Sukan Orang Pekak Malaysia). It was such a great experience as I have never learn the sign language before.

There will be 5 sessions that will be held every Saturdays at 10.00 am – 11.30 am. Our teacher’s name is Teacher Cyril. The first lesson was to get to know the alphabet using sign language.

We had so much fun learning and we are looking forward for our next class on the 27th March.

Thanks heaps MJIIT for sponsoring us and see you all this Saturday!

Bye!

“Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching”. – Lin Pernille

Salam peeps!

Ramadan Mubarak to all! Let’s rejoice as once again, our prayers will be answered.

May Allah let us reap the fruits of our hard work.

Tribute and thank you very much to all Frontliners! We #StayAtHome!

“Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful” – Dalai Lama