UTM-LCARC, JPBW and ISI Exhibit and Promote Malaysia’s “Science to Action” (S2A) Approach to Low Carbon, Sustainable Communities at WUF9

Kuala Lumpur, 10th February – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), through the UTM-Low Carbon Asia Research Centre (UTM-LCARC) that is based in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (JPBW), Faculty of Built Environment, and the Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) organise an exhibition and a side event at the 9th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 7-13 February 2018.

Organised every two years by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the WUF is the largest United Nations conference on urban development and cities.  Held for the second time in an Asian city, the forum features over 500 events, including assemblies, high-level roundtable talks, dialogues, side events and exhibitions.  WUF9, themed “Cities 2030, Cities for All: Implementing the New Urban Agenda”, focuses among others on advancing sustainable urban development and low carbon communities and is expected to be attract over 25,000 people from 193 countries.

Through WUF9, JPBW showcases UTM-LCARC’s latest work and achievements in advancing city-level sustainability and climate change action plan-making through the “Science to Action” (S2A) approach, which involves scientific evidence-based policy-making through multiple stakeholder engagements and real policy implementation in Iskandar Malaysia, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur and Pengerang.  Also featured are research and consultancy works by the Centre for Innovative Planning and Development (CIPD) that straddle multiple disciplines of transportation and logistics, tourism, urban design and rural development.

Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI), UTM’s gazetted, independent not-for-profit research and development company specialising in planning and development, showcases its high-profile flagship MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program that started in 2014.  The MIT-UTM MSCP mission is to study and document sustainable city development efforts in Malaysia. Visiting scholars from around the world spend September-December each year conducting research in Malaysia. They then spend February-May at MIT developing research findings into instructional materials to enhance and extend the teaching of sustainable city development across universities in the global South. The MSCP is housed in the Science Impact Collaborative in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, and ISI at UTM.

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Entrepreneurship Beyond Boundaries Closing Ceremony

Entrepreneurship Beyond Boundaries (EBB) program is a five-year initiative, launched in October 2017 to develop innovative and entrepreneurial leaders in the global markets under the collaboration of Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Azman Hashim IBS) and Yayasan Muhibah Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Fng Ah Seng. The program is under the flagship of Tan Sri Dr. Fng has an absolute vision to enhance society well-being, reduce poverty, and uplift economy.

To drive the program forward, two phases are put in place. Firstly, entrepreneurs were selected to undergo a series of business development course and entrepreneurial training. To begin with, 30 entrepreneurs were selected from Malaysia to join the program from October 2017 to January 2018. azman Hashim IBS has successfully completed the pilot phase in Malaysia and trained 30 entrepreneurs with the advance modules for entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial business pitching session was organized to test their business model and refine it to launch in the market. The closing ceremony of the pilot phase was held on 7th February 2018.

During the closing ceremony, Tan Sri Fng has announced another RM 100,000.00 funds for 2018 to scale-up the entrepreneurship activities locally and internationally. Azman Hashim IBS hopes to achieve the vision to enhance social well-being, reduce poverty, and the uplift economy via similar but more streamlined efforts in the future programs and make a significant contribution to sustainable development goals. Entrepreneurship beyond boundaries goal for 2018 is to train entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Iran and Turkey.

Azman Hashim IBS would like to thank Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng, Jp for his continuous support and generosity towards Entrepreneurship Beyond Boundaries program.

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Embassy of the United States of America Visit UTM Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, 7 February 2018 –  UTM Kuala Lumpur received a courtesy visit from Mr. Michael Quinlan, Cultural Affairs Officer and Ms. Fiona Teo, Education USA Coordinator from the Embassy of the United States of America.

Their meeting with UTMKL is to raise awareness and understanding on higher education in the U.S. They intend to provide information for interested students on all aspects about American tertiary education, such as the most appropriate schools to study, academic life in America, and grants and scholarships for Malaysian students. They are also looking for other education institutions to establish partnership and cooperation.

Their discussion with UTM also touched on the involvement of women in STEM and to celebrate the upcoming event, International Women Day, in March. They are planning to hold a program by bringing known figures from the U.S. to give a talk and to have a dialogue session with the local panelists. Mr. Quinlan hopes to see outstanding female UTM staff to participate in the program this year.

UTM will also invite Education USA to give a talk to students and staff on opportunities to study in the U.S. For visiting scholars, financial assistance will be given. UTM is also looking forward to having an opportunity to invite H.E. US Ambassador to UTM for knowledge sharing session.

It is hoped that the short visit will lead to a close and strong collaboration between the Embassy of USA and UTM in the future.

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Assalamualaikum w.b.t & greetings,

YBhg. Prof./Dr./Saudara,

Perkara di atas dirujuk dengan hormatnya.

Dimaklumkan bahawa, Seksyen Pembangunan, Bahagian Sumber Manusia, Pejabat Pendaftar akan menganjurkan program seperti di bawah.

Zon A (Siri 1/2018)

Program : Slot Pelita Ilmu : Kupasan Amanat Tahun Baharu Sesi Menyelami, Menghayati Dan Mencipta Realiti PGU3

Tarikh : 12 Februari 2018 (Isnin)

Masa : 10:00 Pagi hingga 12:00 Tengahari

Tempat : Dewan Senat, UTM Johor Bahru

Video : Bilik Mesyuarat Fotosintesis, UTM Pagoh

Conferencing

Kehadiran staf dari PTJ yang berhampiran lokasi program adalah amat dialu-alukan.

Zon B (Siri 2/2018)

Program : Slot Pelita Ilmu : Kupasan Amanat Tahun Baharu Sesi Menyelami, Menghayati Dan Mencipta Realiti PGU3

Tarikh : 20 Februari 2018 (Selasa)

Masa : 10:00 Pagi hingga 12:00 Tengahari

Tempat : Dewan Seminar CICT, UTM Johor Bahru

Video : Bilik Mesyuarat Fotosintesis, UTM Pagoh & Dewan Seminar, UTM Kuala Lumpur

Conferencing

Kehadiran staf dari PTJ yang berhampiran lokasi program adalah amat dialu-alukan.

Zon C (Siri 3/2018)

Program : Slot Pelita Ilmu : Kupasan Amanat Tahun Baharu Sesi Menyelami, Menghayati Dan Mencipta Realiti PGU3

Tarikh : 28 Februari 2018 (Rabu)

Masa : 10:00 Pagi hingga 12:00 Tengahari

Tempat : Bilik Seminar Al Dinawari, T02, Fakulti Biosains & Kejuruteraan Perubatan, UTM Johor Bahru

Kehadiran staf dari PTJ yang berhampiran lokasi program adalah amat dialu-alukan.

Penceramah :

1. Prof. Dr. Shahrin Bin Mohammad

2. Dr. Mohd Bakri Bin Bakar

3. Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Abdullah

4. Dr. Narina Bt A. Samah

5. Prof. Madya Dr Kassim Bin Thukiman

Kumpulan sasaran: Terbuka
PENTING: *Staf yang berminat dan bersetuju untuk hadir, mestilah memaklumkan kepada Ketua masing-masing terlebih dahulu.

Kehadiran akan diambil kira sebagai mata CPD di UTMSmile. Sehubungan itu, sila sahkan kehadiran saudara di google form ini —> KEHADIRAN SLOT PELITA ILMU : KUPASAN AMANAT TAHUN BAHARU 2018

Sekian.

Sumber:

Seksyen Pembangunan
Bahagian Sumber Manusia
Pusat Latihan UTM
Pejabat Pendaftar
UTM Johor Bahru

Short Course on MINITAB Statistical Software: Experimental Designs for Robust Product/ Process Optimization

On 25 January 2018, Dr. Rozetta Dolah has delivered a technical short course for MIT and Harvard affiliates, universities and industrialist. This is part of the IAP 2018 (Independent Activities Period) event organized by MIT annually every January of the year. For over four decades, IAP has provided members of the MIT community with a unique opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities, including how-to sessions, forums, athletic endeavors, lecture series, films, tours, recitals and contests. Having the experience working with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and industry prior to academic field, Dr. Rozzeta took this IAP 2018 opportunity to contribute her expertise to MIT. Besides, she introduced UTM and UTM Razak School to these MIT participants and exposed UTM as a premiere engineering university and its achievement.

This short course is essentially made to understand on how to construct an experimental design using MINITAB as a vehicle to a robust product and process optimization. It covers the terms of the TAGUCHI Static and Dynamic designs, Design of Experiments (DOE) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) to be wisely fit the input of orthogonality and variation minimization. Variation context as noise function and simplifying the statistics into practical or real application are some of the responses highlighted by the audience. The 3-Hour hands-on engaged with MIT reveals the truth of experimental design by resolving the confusion on:

  • How far I can stretch my parameter setting for optimum results?
  • How to explore the relationships between several Explanatory Variables and one or more Response Variables 
  • How reliable, clean and optimized the data is
  • Which region should be explored and which should not?
  • How should I start the experiment and get it RIGHT at the first time?

From participants’ responses, they concluded that this is a very good tool for researchers, engineers, and industrialists. At present MIT does not employ this tool but from the good feedback from the attendees, it is expected that MIT will soon acquire some copies of MINITABS license for the use of its staff and students. UTM has contributed to MIT continued excellence and leadership in R&D by introducing this important tool to its staff and students.

MINITAB is a powerful statistical software for comprehensive data analysis. It provides a simple, effective way to input statistical data, identify trends and patterns, and extrapolate answers to the problem at hand. MINITAB is vital to investigate the underlying cause of a problem and expedite the problem solving process. This software option uses a series of elements to help Six Sigma professionals work with data and optimization process, thus further enhance your ability in optimizing your process response. It’s an essential tool in process improvement, making it essential to any Six Sigma program.

 

 

PROFILE:

Dr. Rozzeta Dolah CEng MIET is a post doctoral fellow at MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering under Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Research laboratory. Her research interest involves renewable energy in biomass conversion into biofuels and nanotechnology using robust quality engineering including Taguchi method optimization. Her experience in response surface methodology for quality engineering was gained under the direct tutelage of the pioneer of Taguchi method, son of the late Dr. Taguchi, world’s renowned quality expert. Prior to being in academic field, she has many years of experience in industry as process engineer, where she involved in various Black Belt Six Sigma projects, and problem solving through defects and variation elimination using MINITAB.

As a MINITAB trainer, she involved mainly in process robustness against variation in order to boost yield and production of a system. She is a member of Japan’s Quality Engineering Society, she led many quality improvement projects through the implementation of Taguchi Method (Robust Quality Engineering), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Lean Six Sigma.

BIASISWA YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG (BYDPA) 2018/2019

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (BYDPA) 2018-2019 – Tawaran Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (BYDPA) Sesi Pengajian 2018/2019 kini dibuka untuk permohonan.

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (BYDPA) 2018/2019

Semua warganegara Malaysia yang layak adalah dipelawa untuk memohon Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (BYDPA) Sesi Pengajian 2018/2019 di peringkat Sarjana dan Doktor Falsafah (Ph.D) di dalam dan luar negara.

Keterangan Kemudahan BYDPA Sesi 2018/2019.

Biasiswa Yang di-Pertuan Agong (BYDPA) ini adalah bagi mengiktiraf kebolehan luar biasa seseorang pelajar, di samping memberi peluang kepada pelajar untuk melanjutkan pengajian di peringkat Pasca Ijazah dalam bidang Sains dan Teknologi, Ekonomi, Undang-undang dan Kewangan Islam. Kelebihan biasiswa ini adalah dari segi kadar biasiswa yang ditawarkan, syarat-syarat kelayakan dan penempatan di universiti-universiti yang terkemuka.

Bilangan biasiswa yang disediakan adalah dua belas (12) biasiswa iaitu enam (6) untuk peringkat Sarjana dan enam (6) biasiswa untuk peringkat Kedoktoran (Ph.D) setiap tahun.

Kriteria utama yang digunakan bagi pemilihan calon-calon untuk mendapatkan BYDPA ini adalah berdasarkan kepada kecemerlangan akademik yang dimiliki. Di samping itu, kriteria berikut juga diambil kira di dalam pemilihan calon-calon iaitu:

i. Penglibatan dalam kegiatan ko-kurikulum atau aktiviti kemasyarakatan atau hasil kerja kreatif dan inovatif; dan
ii. Prestasi semasa temuduga.

Syarat kelayakan yang ditetapkan adalah seperti berikut:
i. Warganegara Malaysia;
ii. Berumur tidak melebihi 35 tahun pada tahun memulakan pengajian;
iii. Mempunyai keputusan akademik yang amat cemerlang iaitu CGPA 3.75 atau kelas pertama atau yang setaraf dengannya;
iv. Calon yang aktif dalam kegiatan ko-kurikulum atau aktiviti kemasyarakatan atau menghasilkan kerja-kerja kreatif dan inovatif akan diberikan keistimewaan;
v. Calon yang mahir dalam lebih daripada satu bahasa antarabangsa akan diberikan keistimewaan; dan
vi. Telah mendapat tempat atau telah mendapat tawaran pengajian secara sepenuh masa di universiti penyelidikan tempatan atau di universiti terkemuka di dunia.

Penerima BYDPA yang telah menamatkan pengajian diwajibkan pulang ke Malaysia untuk berkhidmat di negara ini bagi tempoh tidak kurang dari lima (5) tahun. Bagi memastikan syarat tersebut dipatuhi, calon yang terpilih dikehendaki menandatangani perjanjian dengan Kerajaan. Jika calon yang terpilih adalah terdiri daripada pelajar-pelajar tajaan JPA di peringkat Ijazah Sarjana Muda, mereka masih terikat untuk berkhidmat dengan Kerajaan mengikut tempoh yang telah ditetapkan di bawah penajaan peringkat Sarjana Muda. Kadar gantirugi seperti yang berkuatkuasa pada masa sekarang akan dikenakan sekiranya pelajar melanggar syarat perjanjian.

Syarat Permohonan BYDPA 2018/2019

Permohonan adalah dipelawa daripada semua warganegara Malaysia yang berkelayakan untuk memohon Biasiswa Yang di-Pertuan Agong (BYDPA) Sesi Pengajian 2018/2019 bagi mengikuti pengajian di peringkat Sarjana dan Kedoktoran (Ph.D) di dalam dan luar negara.

Pemohon-pemohon mestilah memenuhi syarat-syarat permohonan seperti berikut:

Syarat-Syarat Umum

a) Warganegara Malaysia; dan
b) Umur tidak melebihi 35 tahun pada tahun memulakan pengajian di universiti.

Syarat-Syarat Khusus

a) Mempunyai keputusan akademik yang amat cemerlang iaitu CGPA 3.75 atau kelas pertama atau yang setaraf dengannya;
b) Calon yang aktif dalam kegiatan ko-kurikulum atau aktiviti kemasyarakatan atau menghasilkan kerja-kerja kreatif dan inovatif akan diberikan keistimewaan;
c) Calon yang mahir dalam lebih daripada satu bahasa antarabangsa akan diberikan keistimewaan;
d) Telah mendapat tempat atau telah mendapat tawaran pengajian secara sepenuh masa dalam bidang Sains dan Teknologi, Ekonomi, Undang-undang atau Kewangan Islam di universiti penyelidikan tempatan seperti di Lampiran B1 atau di universiti terkemuka dunia berdasarkan Times Higher Education (THE), QS World University Ranking, Academic Ranking World Universities (ARWU), Barron’s Profiles Of American Colleges atau manamana universiti berprestij lain yang dipersetujui olah JPA seperti di Lampiran B2;
e) Senarai kursus di bawah bidang Sains dan Teknologi adalah seperti di Lampiran B3; dan
f) Pengajian bagi peringkat Sarjana adalah secara mod penyelidikan sahaja yang mewajibkan penyediaan kertas penyelidikan atau disertasi atau tesis.

SENARAI UNIVERSITI TEMPATAN MERANGKUMI PELBAGAI BIDANG PENGAJIAN

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA
Lampiran B1

SENARAI UNIVERSITI TERKEMUKA DI DUNIA MENGIKUT BIDANG PENGAJIAN

KLUSTER BIDANG SAINS DAN TEKNOLOGI

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA
Lampiran B2

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA

Biasiswa Yang Di-Pertuan Agong BYDPA

Syarat-syarat permohonan dan panduan permohonan boleh diperolehi dengan melayari portal http://esilav2.jpa.gov.my mulai jam 5.00 petang, 5 Februari 2018.
Tarikh tutup permohonan dalam talian (on-line) BYDPA Sesi Pengajian 2018/2019 dan tarikh akhir bagi mengemukakan borang permohonan ialah pada 2 Mac 2018 melalui serahan tangan atau pos.

BANK PEMBANGUNAN ISLAM: MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

Salam Sejahtera dan Salam 1Malaysia,

YBhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr./Tuan,

BANK PEMBANGUNAN ISLAM: MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

Saya dengan hormatnya merujuk perkara di atas.

2.         Untuk makluman YBhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr./Tuan, Bank Pembangunan Islam (IDB) telah menawarkan biasiswa di peringkat Doktor Falsafah (Ph.D) dan Penyelidikan Pasca-Kedoktoran (post-doktoral research) secara sepenuh masa dalam bidang pendidikan berkaitan. Tawaran biasiswa ini terbuka kepada warganegara Malaysia dan pembiayaan adalah meliputi bayaran yuran pengajian, kos sara hidup bagi pemohon sahaja (single-status basis), insurans kesihatan dan tiket kapal terbang pergi-balik.

3.         Tawaran biasiswa selama 3 tahun sepenuh masa di peringkat Ph.D adalah dikhususkan dalam bidang-bidang berikut:

i.          Pertanian Lestari (Sustainable Agriculture);
ii.         Pendidikan (Education);
iii.        Pendidikan untuk Pembangunan Mampan (Education for Sustainable Development);
iv.        Perubahan Iklim (Climate Change);
v.         Tenaga (Energy);
vi.        Bandar Mampan (Sustainable Cities);
vii.       Pertumbuhan Bertanggungjawab (Responsible Growth);
viii.      Pengurusan Sisa (Waste Management);
ix.        Perkembangan Populasi (Population Growth);
x.         Kimia Hijau (Green Chemical);
xi.        Biodiversiti (Biodiversity);
xii.       Pencemaran Plastik dan Mikroplastik (Plastic Pollution and Microplastics);
xiii.      Air dan Kebersihan (Water and Hygiene);
xiv.       Kesihatan (Health);
xv.        ICT untuk Pembangunan (ICT for Development);
xvi.       Inovasi dan Pembangunan Infrastruktur (Innovation and Infrastructure Development);
xvii.      Ekonomi, Kewangan dan Perbankan Islam (Islamic Economics, Finance and Banking); dan
xviii.     Sains Sosial Berkaitan Pembangunan (Development-Related Social Sciences).

4.         Biasiswa ini ditawarkan bagi sesi pengajian di institusi terkemuka di negara maju atau negara ahli IDB. Namun begitu, keutamaan akan diberikan kepada calon Ph.D. yang telah mendapat tawaran pengajian di universiti yang mempunyai kerjasama dengan IDB seperti berikut:

i.          University of Cambridge, United Kingdom;
ii.         University of Birmingham, United Kingdom;
iii.        Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom;
iv.        Imperial College London, united Kingdom;
v.         Copenhagen University, Denmark;
vi.        Princeton University, USA, KAUST, Saudi Arabia; dan
vii.       McGill University, Canada.

5.         Permohonan bagi biasiswa ini dibuka sehingga 9 Februari 2018 dan borang permohonan yang telah dilengkapkan sepenuhnya perlu dikembalikan kepada :

Ketua Setiausaha Perbendaharaan
Kementerian Kewangan
Bahagian Antarabangsa
Aras 8, Blok Tengah
Kompleks Kementerian Kewangan
Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2
62592 Putrajaya.
(u.p.: Unit Kerjasama Pelbagai Hala 2)

Bersama ini dilampirkan butiran lanjut berkaitan permohonan biasiswa (Lampiran 1) untuk rujukan. Borang permohonan biasiswa dan maklumat lanjut mengenai biasiswa ini boleh didapati di laman sesawang IDB (www.isdb.org<http://www.isdb.org/>).

6.         Sehubungan itu, dengan hormatnya perkara ini diangkat untuk makluman dan tindakan pihak YBhg. Datin Paduka Ir. Dr./Tuan selanjutnya untuk dipanjangkan kepada calon yang layak dan berminat dengan tawaran biasiswa daripada IDB ini.

Perhatian dan kerjasama pihak YBhg Datin amatlah dihargai dan didahului dengan ucapan ribuan terima kasih.

Sekian, terima kasih.

“BERKHIDMAT UNTUK NEGARA”

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Launching of “Loji Nyahgaram Air Laut” by the Minister of Higher Education, YB. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh

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A Sign Language tutorial application to be develop by UTM PhD student

JOHOR BAHRU, 14 January 2018 – A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) will develop the application about teaching the normal man to communicate using sign language.
The application called Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia on Augmented Reality

Ruzimi developing the BIMonAR application at his home. When fully developed, the BIMonAR application will be the first application in Malaysia which provides complete tuturial about sign language.

or BIMonAR was planned to be develop to assists the normal people in learning the sign language to communicate more effectively with the hearing impaired Malaysians.

Being born without left hand and both legs, Ruzimi Mohamed @ Mahmood, 32, was motivated to develop this application after knowing that no education system specifically designed for this kind of disabilities.

“In Malaysia, apart from the Special Education School (goverment school that specially made for disable children) there are no other option of education system to train normal people to communicate using the sign language.

“As a result of their ‘unique’ language that are unable to be spoken by normal people, this deaf group were being left behind in various opportunities such as pursuing tertiary education and employment sector especially the Malaysian public service,” he said.

According to Ruzimi, the number of disabled persons (OKU) on deaf category who are registered with the Malaysian Social Welfare Department (JKM) is up to 60,000 but the normal people who are skilled in using sign language less than 20 people.

“This is a very sad fact because with a total of 60,000 deaf people registered throughout Malaysia, we should have at least 5 to 6 thousand normal people who are skilled in communicating with sign language,” he said.

Speaking about the development of BIMonAR’s application, Ruzimi said that he would be willing to devote all his efforts to complete this application in the targeted timeframe.

“I am targeting the end of 2018 as a target for this app to be completed and then introduced to the public,” he said.
The idea of creating this BIMonAR application has led to Ruzimi’s success when winning RM500, 000.00 as a business grant through the Skim Permulaan Usahawan Bumiputera (SUPERB) programme organized by Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera (TERAJU), Prime Minister’s Department (JPM) last December 2017.

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IMELC 2017: Cheque Handover Ceremony by Sponsor to Winner Schools

JOHOR BAHRU, 28 January 2018 – The 5th Iskandar Malaysia Ecolife Challenge (IMELC) 2017 jointly organized by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) and Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Johor (JPNJ), sponsored by SWM Environment Sdn Bhd has been successfully conducted throughout the year of 2017.

Cheque handover ceremony with SJK(C) Kuo Kuang.

A total of 346 primary schools involving about 34,000 Year 6 students in Johor had participated in IMELC 2017.

The purpose of the ceremony is to handover the cheques and prizes to the winners sponsored by SWM Environment Sdn Bhd.

Cheque handover ceremony with SK Kempas.

The organizing team visited six winner schools on 23thuntil 24th of January 2017 to handover the cheques and prizes.

Cheque handover ceremony with SJK(C) Masai.

The ceremony is led by  Manager of Corporate Communications, SWM Environment Sdn Bhd, Melissa Ananthraj accompanied by Head of Environment, IRDA, Boyd Dionysius, Deputy Head of Academic Management Sector, JPNJ, Haji Shahilon Abd Halim and  Senior Lecturer, UTM, Dr. Nor Farahwahidah Abdul Rahman.

IMELC aims to create awareness of Low Carbon Society (LCS) among students, teachers and their families in achieving the target of carbon reduction for Iskandar Malaysia by year 2025 as outlined in the Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskandar Malaysia 2025, which was endorsed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and presented at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the 18th session of Conference of Parties (COP 18) in 2012.

The cheque handover ceremony took place at SJK(C) Kuo Kuang , SJK(C) Masai, SK Kempas, SK Nong Chik, SJK(T) Permas Jaya and SJK(C) Tampoi. These schools won the final presentation of IMELC 2017 which was previously held on 7th November 2017 at Dewan Seminar JPNJ. Below is the result of the competition and the prizes:

Final Presentation:

First place: SJK(C) Kuo Kuang (RM10,000 cash prize)

Second place: SJK(C) Masai (RM8,000 cash prize)

Third place: SK Kempas (RM5,000 cash prize)

Recycling Module:

First place: SK Nong Chik (18,949.5kg collected; RM2,000 cash prize)

Second place: SJK(C) Kuo Kuang (11,024kg collected; RM1,500 cash prize)

Third place: SJK(C) Masai (8,765kg collected: RM1,000 cash prize)

Water and Electricity Saving Module:

First place: SJK(T) Permas Jaya (RM1,200 cash prize)

Second place: SK Kempas (RM800 cash prize)

Third place: SJK(C) Tampoi (RM500 cash prize)

SJK(C) Kuo Kuang bagged a total of RM11,500 cash prize in total. All the schools also received a 3R cage from SWM Environment Sdn. Bhd.

From the data collection and analysis by UTM, a total of 510,126.29kgCO2 is reduced by the participating schools. A total of RM15,543.96 electricity bills and RM30,860.56 water bills were saved and RM27,281.33 was collected from recycling module. If the pattern is replicated to all 346 schools for a year, a total of 2,215,733.55kgCO2 can be reduced and RM21,975,339.90 can be saved and earned. As more awareness on LCS is instilled in the school teachers and students, more LCS related projects are carried out by primary schools as the by-product of IMELC. IMELC 2018 will continue to be expanded to 403 schools.

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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia leading the Autonomous Driving R&D field resulting to 1st Demo in Malaysia.

In conjunction with the Ministry of Higher Education’s motto “Soaring Upwards”, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), being one of the main research universities in the country, has always envisioned to produce research outputs which can benefit the country and society, thus facilitating Malaysia’s dream to be a developed nation. Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is one of the main areas which is heavily discussed around the world. It is an umbrella term which foresees the birth of emerging technologies with disruptive effects, which in return will lead to the development of a smart city.

One of the pillars of innovation of 4IR is the autonomous vehicle (AV). The automated driving feature of the AV enables the host vehicle to navigate independently without any intervention of human driver. In Malaysia, the pioneering research group in the field of driverless vehicle is the Intelligent Drive team of the Vehicle System Engineering Research Group (VSE) from Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), UTM, Kuala Lumpur.

The team, led by Associate Professor Dr. Hairi Zamzuri with the support of Dr Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman and Dr Mohd Hatta Mohd Arif, has initiated the in-house work in the said field since 2012. However, as AV is a very competitive and challenging area, the first phase of research in 2012-2016 focused on the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) and Vehicle Active Safety work, which are the main components of AV.

Since 2017, the team has quietly worked on a fully-automated vehicle development. An AV prototype was developed through the collaboration between UTM and Moovita Pte Ltd . The protoptype is based on a 7-seater vehicle and encompasses several aspects and combining different modules (i.e. perception, localization and mapping, as well as guidance, navigation, and control). Just six months of extensive development and testing with two days setup demo, beginning Friday, 19 January 2018, the vehicle made its debut to the public. The team has successfully showcased the driverless vehicle prototype at the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC, Cyberjaya). The significance of this demo is it exhibited the first driverless vehicle in Malaysia with full Level 5 automation. It is with much pride to mention that the showcased prototype was developed mostly by Malaysian talents.

Surely, this is only a step forward to a long and arduous journey ahead which will pose challenges and demands for further improvements. However, this achievement should be remembered and is hoped to expedite and catalysed the AV development in Malaysia. In addition, to enable the vehicle to be fully utilized on Malaysian roads, research in the area of AV development, covering other aspects such as user acceptance, policymaking as well as improvement on the prototype, should be continuously carried out.

UTM, soaring upwards!

UTM International KL organises Leader’s Hike-Camp

Hiking at the Cape Rachado, Bukit Putih, Tanjung Tuan, Port Dickson

A total of 30 participants from Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Iran, Yemen, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Egypt Malaysia had joined the program.

In this program, all students have been involved in the bonding activities including Great Explorace, Fishing, Bonding Games and BBQ which required them to work in a team and support each other to complete the program.

On the second day of the program, the students have been brought to Cape Rachado, Lighthouse, Tanjung Tuan to hike a hill called Bukit Putih.

The student had hiked for about 1.8km before reaching the beautiful peak. Later on the same day, the students was challenged with an obstacle course and jungle survival trekking.

The program climax is on the last day when the students are required to build their own raft before sailing to the sea.  Overall, every student has shown a great leadership quality and enjoyed the program.

Intense Obstacle Courses at the PDS Training Camp.

UTM Benefits from CEO@Faculty Programme Industry Network

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UTM-Terreal to collaborate in testing roofing products

Terreal, a well-known builders for roofing products originated from France will collaborate with UTM in testing its products in the Aeronautical Laboratory.
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail said that UTM Aeronautical Laboratory is equipped with a high-tech subsonic wind tunnel which meets aerodynamic testing requirements.
“Clay and mineral-based roof tile produced by Terreal will be tested in the UTM wind tunnel to study the effects of strong wind towards the building roof in accordance with standards applicable in America, Europe, Australia and most other countries.
This is intended to analyse the strength of such roof fixings under wind pressure load,” said Prof. Ahmad Fauzi.
He was saying that after the MoU signing ceremony between UTM and Terreal which held at Dewan Sultan Iskandar, Johor Bahru campus. Also attending was Industrial Manager Terreal Malaysia, Franc Molto.
The cooperation between UTM and Terreal has been established over the past two years and more future collaboration plans will be discussed by both sides.
“This MoU will embark UTM industrial collaboration with Terreal and to further strengthen the cooperation besides supporting its industrial training programmes and consultations,” said Prof. Fauzi.
The document was signed by Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail on behalf of UTM while representing Terreal was its Industrial Manager, Mr. Franc Molto.

Terreal Industrial Manager, Franc Molto (left) exchanging the MoU document with Prof. Ahmad Fauzi at Dewan Sultan Iskandar, Johor Bahru campus

Six Key Focus Areas of UTM 2018 Strategic Planning

The main focus areas are excellence in Teaching and Learning, Research and Development, Campus Sustainability, Talent Transformation, University Financial Sustainability and Global Persuasion.
Commenting about the above KFAs, UTM Vice Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Omar said the most essential element is UTM to achieve excellence in Research and Development as well as financial sustainability to ensure the operation of the university.
“Strategic financial management is a key strategy in ensuring the financial sustainability of the university. The real definition of strategic financial management is to ensure that each Centre of Responsibility (PTJs) implements sustainable financial management by maintaining cost effectiveness while at the same time ‘keeping’ the quality of service to staff and students,” he said.
Prof. Wahid said this at a press conference session after giving his yearly address to the UTM community at the ‘Majlis Perutusan Tahun Baru Naib Canselor 2018’ at the Sultan Iskandar Hall, Johor Bahru campus yesterday.
As one of the public universities which hold the Research University (RU) status, UTM should emphasize the element of research excellence to enable the institution to move in line with the government’s current aspirations.
“A total of RM70 million has been set as the target of the UTM research grant for 2018 from government agencies, governments, industries and international organizations.
“To increase industrial and international funding grants, UTM has a Grant Champion group that will continue to be strengthened in all faculties by intensifying the number of proposal papers to apply for international and industrial grants,” he said.
Also attending the ceremony were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Prof. Dr. Zainuddin Abdul Manan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof. Datuk Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Prof. Dr. Azlan Abdul Rahman and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs), Prof. Dr. Durrishah Idrus.

Prof Wahid (standing right) giving a lecture at Majlis Perutusan Tahun Baru 2018 Naib Canselor held at Dewan Sultan Iskandar, UTM Johor Bahru.