NEW PHD STUDENT 2022
My warm welcome to my new PhD student, Usman Mehmood from the National Mapping Agency of Pakistan. We have a productive introductory meeting in the lab with other lab members. All the best!
#phdhourney #postgraduate #student #new #labmember #SurveyOfPakistan #NationalMappingAgency #Pakistan #gis #3dgis #utm #3dgisresearchgroup #phd
PROPOSAL DEFENSE
I’ve completed my responsibilities as an evaluator panel for the undergraduate students. After nearly 5 months of developing a research proposal for their final year project, it is now time for the students to defend their idea.
Various methodologies and student styles can be observed. Hopefully, the suggestions made by the panel can be seen positively and built upon in order to produce higher-quality research outcomes.
Good luck!
#PSM #highereducation #proposal #defense #utm #gis #undergraduate #research #methodology #HighQuality #students #project #quality
2021 UNIVERSITY’S SERVICE AWARD
I just had the chance to take all of the prizes that had been awarded to me. Because of the unexpected situation of this pandemic, there has been a delay in the acceptance of these prizes. This is how things are now.
I’ll say it again: I didn’t expect all of these awards. This is a group effort, not just mine. This is a memory I’ll keep in this post.
#moment #awards #service #excellence #utm #university
FRGS 2021 RECIPIENTS
I received an appreciation poster from the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia management. Fortunate to be one of the recipients of this competitive national fundamental research grant. The grant allocation received is 100% as requested without any reduction. The highest amount grant received in Geoscience domain.
Research grant title: “Formulating 3D Topological Rules for Strata Rights, Restrictions and Responsibilities (3R)”.
Awarded by: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.
Type of grant: Fundamental Research Grant.
More research on the way!!! 👨🏻🎓👨🏻🏫
#frgs #researchgrant #fundamental #research #2021 #grantrecipients #utm #topology #3dgis #strata #3R #rights #restrictions #responsibilities
PHD AND MPHIL RESEARCH PROGRESS PANEL
I’m so opportune to see these happy faces of our postgraduate students (researchers) from several parts of the globe. Delighted to give comments for their research progress and supportive feedback for their next semester planning.
A student mentioned that I look serious from beginning till the end. That really made my day.
There was a quote by Harshvardhan Rane:
“My father looked like this serious guy but was actually a very kind person.”
#research #students #highereducation #gis #university #covid19 #academicresearch #researchers
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GRANT SCHOLAR AWARD 2019
I got a second email congratulating me on successfully received the 2019 Research Grant Scholar Award. In essence, this award honours faculty members who received grant funding for that year. I’m honored to receive this award even though I think there are others who better than me. Again, I would like to say thank you to the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for this award.
“Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.” – Denzel Washington
#university #researchscholar #award #year2019 #researchers #research #newnorm
INTERNSHIP STUDENTS – WEEK LAST
Unexpectedly, for the first time ever, our internship students planned for a meal in the lab. Soon after our short research discussion, we enjoyed our meal and cakes. It goes on with good laugh and jokes together with our Research Officer and postgraduate students.
Upon completion of the internship, the students have remaining 2 weeks of study breaks before the new semester begins. Since they are doing well in their tasks, 3D GIS Research Lab is offering them an opportunity to continue their research tasks after completing their internship.
They accepted it since they like to learn new stuffs in the lab. I would say that the lab will be seeing them again for another two weeks. Happy researcher happy minds!
“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most. – John Ruskin”
#research #academicresearch #spatialanalysis #3dgis #gis #researchers #students #university #highereducation #internship #studentlife #studentinternship
FAREWELL SESSION
Since this week is the last week for the internship students at the 3D GIS Research Lab, I invited them to a farewell session at a nearby restaurant.
We have our meals and discuss about research (a bit) and the rest chatting about future plans and about their social life.
We enjoyed the food and the environment that night. Hope their memory with this lab will be good memories in doing their practical training.
All the best to them!
#research #academicresearch #3dgis #researchers #internship #students #university #highereducation #studentinternship #absolutethai
I am astounded when I got an email from the World Health Organization or WHO. They ask me to review their article about COVID-19 pandemic for WHO newsletter.
I’m really surprised because I’m not a medical doctor who specialises in this field of pandemics. But after looking at the article, my opinion is needed from the aspect of spatial/space sciences included in the article.
It’s an honour for me to accept this invitation. Given the relatively short review duration, I do understand the urgency for it and will try to give my scientific review and opinion to the best of my knowledge and experience.
From my initial point of view, the article have an impact in terms of analyzing COVID-19 spreading among humans in confined spaces.
Let us all fight this COVID-19 pandemic together!
-Uznir Ujang (Malaysia)
#3dgis #gis #covid19research #covid19pandemic #covid19 #spatialanalysis #research #academicresearch #researchers #highereducation #university
Internship Students Industrial Meeting Experience
I brought my lab #internship #students to a meeting with a private company (industrial key players) today. This meeting aims to discuss our UTM research progress for our contract research awarded by the #industry.
The feedback received from the students is that this is a new experience for them, even though they are not directly involved in this contract research project.
My intention is that I want to make it clear to them that, in the industry, the works are not as “beautiful” or “smooth” as written in the university textbook. Don’t blame the industries, it’s you (future graduates) to make it “smooth” as it should like in the textbook.
Apart from that, the internship students also have the opportunity to meet their classmates who are also doing their internships in the same company. They look so happy as if they weren’t seen for a long time. I would say that #studentlife is a moment that is going to last forever. Cherish every moment of it.
#university #highereducation #academicresearch #research #gis #spatialanalysis #3dgis #studentinternship #pointcloud #lidarresearch #researchers
