Archives for April 2024

Conducting a GPS course for Department of Forestry Sarawak – Dec 23

As again we are invited to conduct a GPS course for Dept of Forestry Sarawak. It is a basic level course with more practical side. GPS devices used are Garmin Montana and own smartphone installed with GPS-related apps for data collection. Among the speakers are Dr Zamri Ismail, PM Dr Ami Hassan Md Din, PM Mohamad Nor Said and me myself. Thank you for inviting us yet again.

Zaki – my kiddo with special needs

Well this is Zaki my 2nd kid, born with a moderate autism condition and ADHD. We are having a nice lunch at Hayyan Huda Seremban in this photo. At times it could be challenging raising him. We just told ourselves to always stay positive and do the best we could. Alhamdulillah for what Allah has given us.

Majlis Amanat Dekan FABU 2024 – Feb 24

Yeah, it’s him again with a happy face.

The record breaking semester – 5 courses in total, 15 credits

Yeah you got it right πŸ™‚ Plus GIS Training Camp 1 which will due in 2 months time and PSM supervision of 3 students.

Geospatial approach for Landslides Vulnerability Assessment of Physical Infrastructures in Sireh Park, Johor Bahru – Nov 2023 journal article

Main author Umar Jambo, my Master’s student. Correspondence Mohd Faisal Abdul Khanan. Co-authored by Zakaria Baharuddin from Sireh Park, Muhammad Zulkarnain Abd Rahman, Suzanna Noor Azmy and Wan Hazli Wan Kadir, all from UTM FABU. Geografia, WoS-indexed, impact factor 0.5.

https://ejournal.ukm.my/gmjss/article/view/64524

My kiddos back to school 2024 – March 24

Harraz managed to get into MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba alhamdulillah, Zaki enters his secondary schooling at SMK Taman Universiti PPKI and both girls continue their journey at Tadika Ihsan UTM. I couldn’t be more thankful of what Allah have granted us.

Lessons from Majlis Amanat TNCA – March 24

ISES, enVision 2025, MoonShot 2.0 drives UTM. Research-led teaching and premium employment are among the focus of JTNCAA.

Malaysia Happiness Index Components Which can Be Geospatialized

Following the recent announcement of KPKT Minister which ranks the top 3 city with are the happiest – Cameron Higlands, Jeli and Jerantut, the above are the components of the said index. These components can be transformed into a geospatialized indicators which must be specific according to the smallest possible geographical (mukim perhaps?). These indicators can later on be incorporated into a geospatial model for facilitating the future prediction of the happiest areas.

This is what is partially done by my PhD student Juhaida, of which she uses the geospatial model of IBM, AHP and ANP to predict the potential of radicalism for Peninsular Malaysia.

KLGIS1 Strengthening Students in Geospatial Data Collection and GIS Database Development – sharing from UTM Newshub 21 August 2023 – July, Aug 23

I am the coordinator of KLGIS1. The news is written by me.

More to read here https://news.utm.my/ms/2023/08/klgis1-strengthening-students-in-geospatial-data-collection-and-gis-database-development/

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir dan Batin – April 24