MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program

JOHOR BAHRU, 14 January 2017 – Every January students and faculty from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) join in a two-week Practicum in Malaysia.

Professor Larry Suskind (center) of MIT meeting UTM Vice Chancellor Professor Ir Dr Wahid Omar at his office in Kuala Lumpur.

Executive Director of Institute Sultan Iskandar (ISI), UTM Professor Dr. Mohd. Hamdan Ahmad, said for this year, the practicum begins on the 11th January with arrival of 17 delegates from MIT and will end on 23rd January 2017.

“MIT-UTM students-faculty team assisted by the eight current Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) Scholars have an intensive schedules visiting site and meeting various stakeholders; public agencies, NGOs, private organizations and community leaders and action groups to identify questions and form research agendas that might be the subject of scholarly inquiries by next batch of MSCP Scholars,” he said.

Professor Mohd Hamdan and Professor Larry capturing a moment with students and lecturers from UTM and MIT at UTM Kuala Lumpur.

The cities involved this year are Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuching and new interest on Cameron Highlands.

Another highlight of the Practicum is the presentation by current MSCP Scholars on their updated research finding held on 13th January in UTMKL.

Related news; http://news.utm.my/2014/01/mit-utm-sustainable-cities-program/

https://malaysiacities.mit.edu/

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