JOHOR BAHRU, 28 october 2017 – The UTM Night Run For Hope 2017 organized by the Bioprocess Student Society (BIOSS) has managed to obtain sponsorship of around RM100,000 including prizes for the winners.

Its president, Muhammad Andika Mohd Yunus said, the 10 kilometer run held on 21st October managed to gather nearly 2,000 participants from all over Malaysia, and was held at Stadium Azman Hashim, UTM.

“The companies that sponsored the event were Beyond Ultron Sdn Bhd, Belinked Enterprise, Eleven Sport Malaysia, Printcious Gifts (M) Sdn Bhd, IM4U, Southern Rubber Works Sdn Bhd(Jazz Star), Salient Information Sdn Bhd (MYC), Shoon fatt Biscuit & Confectioney Factory Sdn Bhd, Allexcel Trading Sdn.Bhd (Warrior Energy Drink), Dato’ Khoo Soo Seang (Johor Chung Ling Alumni Association) and and students.

“Some of the donations were in terms of facilities essentials to give support to cancer survivors, in which RM 3,000 will be given to the Children’s Home of HOPE,” he said.

Muhammad Andika said, the main objective of the event was to enhance and promote a healthy lifestyle while showing support for children who had cancer as well as survivors under the Children’s Home of HOPE and to raise awareness on children’s cancer among the communities in Malaysia.

“The collection of the UTM Night Run for Hope fund will be donated to the Home of HOPE, which is located near Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL).

“We really hope that the donation can be helpful for them in terms of financial support and also facilities in the home,” he said.

The UTM Night Run For Hope 2017 was the third charity run program organized by BIOSS after UTM Run with Pride 2016 and UTM Night Run for Makna 2015.

The UTM Night Run For Hope 2017 was a collaboration between BIOSS and UTM Sport Excellence in order to raise funds for the Children’s Home of HOPE which is one of the charities associated with the National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM).

Home of HOPE is a non-government charity body that aims to help children from poor families by providing temporary shelter while receiving cancer treatment at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The charity run was officiated by the Chairman of MCA Gelang Patah, Dato’ Jason Teoh Sew Hock.

He was very proud of the achievement of the organizers of the UTM Night Run for Hope 2017 because this program was fully organized by the students themselves.

“This UTM night run is meaningful as it not only carrying the mission in raising awareness about the National Cancer Society, but also channels its fund to the Children’s Home of HOPE under the National Cancer Society Malaysia, helping them to achieve a better and brighter future, nurturing these seeds of hopes to shine in their future days,” he said.

The officiating programme were attended by the Head of Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Associate Professor Dr. Roshanida A. Rahman and advisors of BIOSS Professor Ida Idayu Muhamad and Dr Liza Md Salleh,

Meanwhile, Dr Liza expressed her gratitude to the whole organizing committee for  Ewing involved and making the program a success.

She said, the program achieved the target of having more than 1,800 participants and she also expressed her gratitude to UTM Sports Excellence for providing a platform to organize the event.

Source: UTM Night Run for Hope 2017: A Marathon for children’s home of hope | UTM NewsHub

JOHOR BAHRU, 24 October 2017 – Two Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D) students, Ana Haziqah and Kew Si Na from Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), had successfully undergone one-month research attachment programme organized by King Mongkut’s Institute of Ladkrabang (KMITL) in Bangkok, Thailand, last month.

They joint the programme together with another selected participant from the United States of America, Jonathan R. Puhl.

A number of meaningful academic activities were involved by them to acquire new knowledge, such as basic Thailand language lesson, postgraduate classes and talks related to research and publications given by various experts and lecturers from Thailand, the United States of America and Malaysia.

Besides that, several trips to visit well-known places in Thailand were also joined by them with different Thailand lecturers and postgraduate students, including Wangklaikangwon Industrial and Community Education College (WICEC), King’s farm in Hua Hin, Thailand Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaeo) as well as Pattaya floating market to explore the cultural richness of Thailand.

Moreover, each of them was also assigned an experienced Thailand advisor to conduct a research in Thailand to enhance their research skill.

Through this fruitful programme, they had exchanged research knowledge and culture as well as it helped to enrich their learning journey.

Source: Research visit to King Mongkut’s Institute Technology of Ladrabang (KMITL) | UTM NewsHub

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 October: – The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) has opened up the opportunity for international students from School of Education, UNMC to improve their language proficiency in order to obtain the required band of Malaysian University English Test (MUET) as set by UNMC. The learning takes place through face-to-face interaction and online learning in MyLinE portal developed by UTM MyLinE Task Force, Language Academy, UTM. The MoA and MoU were signed by the Provost and CEO of UNMC, Prof. Graham Kendall, and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) of UTM, Prof. Dr. Azlan Bin Abdul Rahman, and witnessed by the Head of School of Education, UNMC, Prof. Dr Ganakumaran Subramaniam, and the Dean of Language Academy, UTM, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Abdul Raof, and observed by the Director General, Ministry of Higher Education, YBhg Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Binti Tapsir.

According to MyLinE Manager, Associate Professor Fatimah Puteh, MyLinE portal is not only used by students of public institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, but also accessible to the public and private institutions, including international users. MyLinE’s popularity has sparked initiatives for the MyLinE Task Force to expand its functionality to meet the current needs of users and the nation. MyLinE started as the provider of online learning materials for use among students of public universities in Malaysia to enhance students’ English language proficiency. In responding to the needs of the nation, MyLinE offers MUET online materials through its microsites known as MyLinE MUET to assist candidates who are sitting for MUET. At present, MyLinE is the only language learning portal in Malaysia that offers MUET online materials. The portal helps users improve and master the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) tested in MUET.  This initiative receives strong support from the Malaysian Examination Council (MPM). MPM has supported MyLinE’s efforts in conducting a pilot study on MUET online materials on students who were sitting for MUET. At the ceremony, the UTM MyLinE Task Force also presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Pn Norsheila Md Sheh, who was representing the CEO of MPM, Tn. Hj. Mohd Fauzi Bin Datuk Hj. Mohd Kassim.

The MoA and MoU will benefit both parties. For UNMC, this collaboration helps graduate students from Bangladesh who have been selected to join the Bangladesh College Education Development Project (BCEDP) to master English and to meet the required level of MUET Bands. This collaboration involves face-to-face trainings as well as online assistance for 1000 UNMC international students. In addition to enhancing the visibility of the two world-class universities, staff mobility will strengthen the expertise and competitiveness of UTM instructors. It could also indirectly strengthen cooperation between MyLinE and MPM in meeting the needs of MUET candidates.

With the signing of this collaboration, MyLinE is now at par with other global online learning service providers. MyLinE welcomes all parties who are interested to collaborate in areas concerning teaching and learning of English. MyLinE can be accessed at http://myline.utm.my. For more information, please contact myline@utm.my or 075537928.

Source: Collaboration Between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus | UTM NewsHub

 On 17 October 2017, Dr. Rozzeta Dolah was invited to present a talk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA on “Variation Measurement and Improvement in Industry/ Engineering Application”. The talk is attended by MIT professors, undergraduate and graduate students from engineering faculty. As there is a very little guidance for the practitioners/ engineers to select an appropriate strategy of robust measurement systems – What, When & Where to use Taguchi method versus other experimental design method of eliminating noise and variations, the talk has provided a solid underpinning of Taguchi method in controlling variation for measurement system. This is crucial to determine the degree of optimization, resolution required, time and costs constraints, nature of the problem, and robustness approach for a given problem in a process. The talk covered the wide spectrum of robust quality engineering such as essential parameters in data analysis, control of variation in measurement process, controlling defects through six sigma methodology and variation elimination. These elements undoubtedly provide the guidelines of what a robust measurement system should be in ensuring the measurement to represent the measurand. Therefore, the gap between theoretical uncertainty engineering and the measurement in real practice is reduced. Measurement errors, difficulties in determining the noise parameters, and confusion between the appropriate strategy to use are among the questions arised from the audience.

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Dr. Rozzeta Dolah is a senior lecturer at UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is currently pursuing her post doctoral at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, USA in Mechanical Engineering department under Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Research laboratory. Her research interest involves renewable energy in biomass conversion and nanotechnology transport phenomena using robust quality engineering including Taguchi method optimization. She is a Chartered Engineer registered in UK, with Ph.D specialized in quality engineering from Meiji University, Japan. Her experience in quality engineering was gained under the direct tutelage of the pioneer of Taguchi method, son of the late Dr. Taguchi. Prior to being in academic field, she has many years of experience as process engineer in industry, where she involved in multiple Black Belt Six Sigma projects, and solved problems through defects and variation elimination using MINITAB. As 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.

Source: Talk by Dr. Rozzeta Dolah at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA on Variation Measurement and Improvement in Industry/ Engineering Application | UTM NewsHub

The QS Asia University Rankings was launched with the aim of highlighting the top universities in Asia, shining a spotlight on the rapid development of many higher education systems in this dynamic world region. The methodology is adapted from that used for the QS World University Ranking, such as Academic Reputation; Employer Reputation; and Faculty to Student Ratio, but also considers a set of performance metrics carefully tailored for the region.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia improved its performance and leaped 14 places to #49 in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018. Considering there are approximately 11,900 universities regionally*, this makes UTM one of the top 1.0% universities in Asia.

Based on the performance indicators assessed, and at #19 the Faculty Student indicator is the strongest one for UTM. Additionally, UTM also performed well in the International Student indicator. This significant performance is largely attributed to the strong commitment by UTM faculty members to provide the best support in facilitating students’ learning experience, while harnessing potential talents among students to strive for excellence.

UTM is also set to engage in more impactful research collaborations that can ultimately lead to improved performance through joint publications and increased citations. At the same time, UTM will continue its efforts in enhancing research collaborations with partners across the globe especially in areas of mutual interests. This would help UTM researchers to leap forward and stay relevant and visible among peers at the global level.

Nevertheless, it should be noted that although rankings are useful for benchmarking, they should neither be viewed as the only measure of excellence, nor should they dictate how a university should move forward.

What is more important is to focus on the fundamentals of quality education, enhancing academic and research capacity and instilling a strong mindset and culture for improved reputation at the global level. This is what UTM will continue to strive for to reach greater heights.

Source: The QS Asia University Rankings: UTM improves its performance  | UTM NewsHub

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 October 2017 – Senior Lecturer from Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Dr Liew Peng Yen received Highly Commended for Young Researcher Award in the Institution of Chemical Engineering (IChemE) Malaysia Awards 2017, sponsored by Dato’ Muhtar Hashim.

He is an alumni and currently associate member of Process Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT).

Dr. Liew received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from UTM at the age of 25.

He specialises in Process Systems Engineering with emphasis on industrial energy conservation using systematic process integration techniques.

His research focuses on Total Site Heat Integration, which involves multiple-process heat recovery, process utility systems, steam systems, heating and cooling systems and low grade heat recovery.

His PhD thesis was selected as Top 3 Finalist for the European Federation of Chemical Engineer (EFCE) Excellence Award in Recognition of an Outstanding PhD Thesis on Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) 2016.

He is awarded as the UTM’s Best Postgraduate Student 2015 and Chancellor’s Award upon his PhD graduation.

As an early stage researcher, he authored 24 indexed articles in international peer-review journals (9) and Scopus-cited conference proceedings (15). To date, he has accumulated about 225 citations and h-index of 8.

Apart from doing research, he served as a reviewer for several international refereed journals and international conferences.

He was the Scientific Secretary for three major process engineering-based conferences in Europe and Asia. He has edited 4 conference proceedings, which are published under Chemical Engineering Transactions and Computer Aided Chemical Engineering.

He has also been invited as guest editor for Computers and Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier). Besides that, he involved in providing professional consultancy services to multinational companies.

He is also one of the main contributors for the development of the Optimal Site© software, which won Gold Award and Jury Award in INATEX 2014 exhibition and Silver Medal in PECIPTA 2015 exhibition.

He is selected as one of the five national young scientist ambassadors in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2015 in Germany.

Dr Wong Syie Luing, UTM postdoctoral researcher in Centre of Hydrogen Energy, has also been selected as one of the finalists in the Young Researcher Award category.

The “I-SUSTAIN” project, led by Associate Professor Ir. Dr. Haslenda Hashim, is also nominated as the finalist for the Palm Oil Award 2017 category.

In the category of Training and Development Award 2017, UTM has been shortlisted with a project entitled, “Student Centered Learning Pedagogical Training”, which is a joint submission with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Source: Dr Liew Peng Yen receives Young Researcher Award | UTM NewsHub

JOHOR BAHRU, 16 October 2017 – Department of Quantity Surveying has successfully organised 1^st International Workshop on Innovation in Construction Management and Economics held at Convention Hall, Faculty of Built Environment from 27^th-28^th September 2017.

The workshop provides a platform for undergraduates from quantity surveying and construction background to participate, undertake group assignment and present the findings of their technical visits at the end of the workshop.

The workshop which held on annual basis were jointly organised by Building Information Centre (BIC) Department of Quantity Surveying and Building Information Modelling Centre for Digital Innovations and Solutions (BIMCDIS).

This year’s participating universities includes Podomoro University and Universitas Bung Hatta from Indonesia, University of Pretoria, of South Africa, University of Reading Malaysia, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia and the host university, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

The workshop also aimed to provide a forum for undergraduate students to update themselves with the current trends in construction industry’s practices and research from academics and practitioners as well as networking with fellow students.

Some of the invited speakers includes the prominent UTM’s Adjunct Professor, Prof. Sr. Dr. Hjh Wan Maimun Wan Abdullah which delivered a talk on future trends and challenges in quantity surveying practice in the global construction industry’s perspective and Dr Lim Yaik Wah, a representative from BIMCDIS and also a senior lecturer from Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment and Mr. Muhammad Hasbullah  Hamzah from Geosense Sdn Bhd regarding drone technology in construction.

The 1^st workshop has managed to gather 55 students from participating universities.

They were required to visit industry players on the 1^st day of the workshop for technical visits to gained insights on the current practice, challenges and lesson learnt.

Each technical visits were assigned with specific themes in line with the workshop’s theme.

Eight technical visits to industry practitioners have been successfully conducted with renowned quantity surveying, construction and developer firms such as ARH Jurukur Bahan, IOI Properties, IJM Construction, JUBM Quantity Surveying, Jurukur CEM Quantity Surveying, AME Construction, Hello Kitty Sanrio and Legoland Theme Park.

The participating universities are also required to present the culture of their country during the culture night which turn out to be a momentous event enjoyed by the participants.

The workshop’s closing remarks was officiated by the Dean of Faculty of Built Environment, UTM Prof. Dr. Mohd Hamdan  Hj Ahmad.

Source: Dept of Quantity Surveying, UTM successfully organised International Workshop | UTM NewsHub

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JOHOR BAHRU, 17th September 2017 – The United States Embassy with the collaboration from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Faculty of Computing and UTM Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (UTMTEC) has organized the Embracing IoT Opportunities Workshop.
The workshop was held at the Seminar Hall of the Faculty of Computing, Johor Bahru campus and officiated by the Dean of the Faculty of Computing, Prof. Dr. Abd. Samad Hj. Ismail.
UTMTEC Deputy Director, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Zaidi Rozan said the workshop which was open for all students and staff with the objective to expose participants to the trends and opportunities that future and aspiring entrepreneurs can tap into in the Internet of Things (IoT) which is one of the most fast-changing and dynamic movements in the world today.
“The guest speaker Deborah Magid was from IBM Venture Capitalist USA, specially flown from Silicon Valley, USA while the locals were UTM’s own academic staff, Dr Raja Zahilah Raja Mohd Radzi from the Faculty of Computing and me,” said Dr. Mohd. Zaidi.
The workshop was separated into two sessions with the morning session covering topics on the trends and opportunities in IoT by Deborah Magid, an experience sharing session on IoT projects by Dr. Raja Zahilah and on funding opportunities for any IOT projects in UTM by Dr Zaidi.
“The session was meant to expose the ecosystems, the environment and prospects of the IoT that start-up and future entrepreneurs can consider. Deborah is a software strategy director from IBM Venture Capitalist USA and is well-versed in the start-up’s communities.
“She has been very supportive in giving insights on the potential of IoT as solutions in industries. Dr. Raja Zahilah had shared some of the IoT related projects meant to aspire our participant and inspire them for their next IoT projects,” said Dr. Zaidi.
WIth regard to getting fund for one’s projects, Dr Zaidi delivered a talk on how to get financial support both from potential investors and organizations.
The afternoon session was on the issue of Women In Tech where Ms Magid once again shared her insights and experiences on how to be a successful woman entrepreneur in the tech ecosystem.
The session was meant to empower and inspire women in the tech industry to take a step further and break the stereotypes by being more involved and supportive of each other.
Deborah also shared some of the resources that women entrepreneur can use to their own advantages and advices in how to bring oneself while being in an environment that is predominantly male.
“This programme is a very insightful and interesting workshop. IoT is a giant network of connected ‘things’ where the inter-relation includes people-people, people-things and things-things. The internet of things is more than just connecting devices, there are so many opportunities and solutions that IoT can offer.
“Insights and prospects in the IoT shared by the speakers were definitely a good experience for our participants. As a starting ecosystem in Malaysia, future entrepreneurs and start-ups should take the initiative and take on the challenges to delve into opportunities like this,” said Dr. Zaidi.
In conjunction with that, UTMTEC will hold an IoT Hackathon that focuses on the problems and opportunities of our everyday life. The event is set to run on the 21st November 2017 in conjunction with Innovate Johor 2017.

Source: UTM Co-Host Embracing IoT Opportunities Workshop | UTM NewsHub

KUALA LUMPUR, 4th OCTOBER 2017– Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Azman Hashim IBS) and Yayasan Muhibah Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng collaborated for the first time to implement and promote a prestigious entrepreneurship beyond boundaries programme. The programme is under the flagship of Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng, Jp has an absolute vision to enhance society well-being, reduce poverty, and uplift economy. The programme was launched in October 2017 by Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng, Jp at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.

To drive the programme forward, two phases are put in place. Firstly, entrepreneurs will be selected to undergo a series of business development course and entrepreneurial training. To begin with, 30 entrepreneurs will be selected from the Klang Valley to join the programme from October to December 2017. In this phase, the entrepreneurship beyond boundaries team will develop training materials, e-portals, recruit entrepreneurial talents, appoint trainers, and disseminate programme reports throughout the 3 months. Following this, in the second phase which runs from January 2018 to December 2022, the same programme will be conducted in few underdeveloped countries, including Bhutan, Pakistan, and Indonesia where job crisis are at peak and with rising unemployment rates. Entrepreneurs who participate in this programme will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and grow their business. More importantly, participants will benefit through the mentoring, knowledge sharing, and free business advising- what money can never buy!

Azman Hashim IBS today received a donation of RM100,000.00 from Yayasan Muhibah Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng to support the first phase of the entrepreneurship beyond boundaries program. Since its inception in 1997, Azman Hashim IBS has been producing graduates with innovative and entrepreneurial skills for a wide range of organizational, industry and cultural contexts. Azman Hashim IBS is committed to the development of innovative and entrepreneurial leaders for the global markets, who contribute to the advancement of knowledge, and contribute to the societal wealth and well-being and collaboration such as the one with the Yayasan Muhibah Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng, will materialize the school’s mission.

On the same occasion, Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng, JP, the billionaire philanthropist, most pleasant, humble and full of positives vibes has shared with great length on his life time experience to be succeed as an entrepreneur.  The talked was shared in front of more than 300 participants. The topic shared was on Building Future Entrepreneurs.

Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng, JP, is the Founder and Chairman of Epic Valley Holdings Group and also the Chairman of Yayasan Muhibah Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng. Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Dr. Fng Ah Seng is a well-known philanthropist who contributes part of his business profits towards the society. Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Fng Ah Seng personal life is a rag to riches story. Since 2006, he has donated more than 5 million Malaysian Ringgit yearly for charitable and educational causes. Hence, this is in line with his believe in giving back to the society through practicing his Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

He has officially set up the Yayasan Muhibah Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng, an equal opportunity charitable foundation to help the poor and needy regardless of their race, religion, national background, age, gender

Source: Azman Hashim International Business School And Yayasan Muhibah Tan Sri Fng Ah Seng Collaborate In An Entrepreneurship Beyond Boundaries Program | UTM NewsHub

UTM has in the past used manual reading energy meter which requires huge manpower to collect the data onsite every month (considering the huge space area and the large number of buildings in UTM). Data which are keyed in manually, are prone to error and mistakes. Data obtained were also not real time, and problems can only be detected after 1 month.

eSMART, an online energy monitoring and management system has been developed by a UTM spin-off company, Optimal Systems Engineering Sdn Bhd, to enable UTM energy managers and top management to monitor and manage energy real time, anywhere. It received RM350k funding under the High Impact Programme (HIP) from Platcom Ventures.

UTM recently installed 48 eSMART meters on its campus ground to smartly monitor the energy usage of its offices, faculties and hostels, making it the first university that leads on Energy Management showcase by promoting industrial revolution and internet of things technologies.

Since the installation of the eSMART system, UTM has reduced the need to employ workers to collect energy data onsite. Data analysis and action are also done at a faster speed. Complaints on wrong energy data being keyed in have also been eliminated.

The online smart energy meter can be used by any organisation to monitor and manage their energy real time. In addition, the system is connected to a data analysis system which can aid energy managers to analyse their system and simulateously manage their ISO50001 and AEMAS Energy Management Gold Standard certification documentation.

UTM is the first organisation certified with AEMAS Energy Management Gold Standard 3 Star Certification and has also won the ASEAN Energy Award in 2012.

Apart from that, eSMART has been implemented at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Institut Perubatan Respiratori.

Congratulations to the recipients of the Malaysia’s Research Star Award 2017

⭐ Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail
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