Ir. Ts. Dr. Zaki Yamani Zakaria Official Page
School of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Faculty Engineering, UTM
First time participating in workshop of this kind, which is to learn interview techniques, contents etc. This is social science discipline and as an engineer, in order to contribute in these research projects (refer picture), I need to learn the methods / techniques for interviewing.
May Allah ease our efforts to improve Malaysia’s future engineering programs and engineering technology programs for the betterment of society and nation. Amin.
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Earlier today, I was visited by Dr. Mohd Dinie Muhaimin, who is a UTM staff currently at the end of his internship and his Industrial SV, En. Safiee of Prima Gas Sdn Bhd. Hoping for prosperous and fruitful future collaboration for the benefit of ummah.
Prima Gas Sdn. Bhd. is a premier diversified industrial company with not only focus on LPG engineering but also specialist in other Gases pipeline design and installation works, including natural gas piping system ,medical gas system, M&E and civil works, Training and also Consultancy. They earned this ranking by changing their balance of businesses, offering breakthrough solutions to our customers, and consistently delivering outstanding results.
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Other tasks of the day:
I have been on the same role all this while for the Kursus Asas Haji (KAH) conducted at my surau – that is as the treasurer. I’m glad to be contributing as much as I can for this holistic and honourable cause.
Other tasks of the day:
I lost track of previous FRGS progress report reminder but finally an email that arrived in my inbox today quickly provided me the instant alert I needed. The alert clearly mentioned you have ONE more day left.
Without hesitating, I immediately login to my Mygrant Portal to do the report. I struggled at first because I am not used to the system and it is not that we do this report on a monthly basis. Luckily I managed to be assured on what to do after calling Asmadi for help, just to double confirm which part to fill up. Alhamdulillah I have just submitted the report and asked my ARO, Amelia at RMC to check if the progress report passed through.
Other tasks for the day:
I committed to be the evaluator for this MKKE First stage oral exam in mid December. Today, I am delivering as an examiner from 8am to 2pm for 16 students. I really love this kind of activity because I learn many new aspects of technology and research. Following I am sharing all of the screen shot of the topic being presented.
Other tasks of the today:
It was actually unexpected for me to be part of the team lead by Prof Khairiyah to write a paper to be submitted to a prestigious conference in Engineering Education that is American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) conference. The quality of papers presented in ASEE is of the highest quality and it is truly engineering education at its core level.
The title of the Abstract prepared to be submitted by our team is “The 21st Century Learning and Teaching: Malaysian Perception and Direction”. The final topic maybe the same or if there is any changes, it may not be that much.
My part is to write on the Impact and Significance of Study. It’s challenging but I am up to it. I know I must write it carefully and meaningfully as the audience for this conference is massive and those who are in the engineering education research line.
And yes, this is a wonderful Saturday, where suddenly at 8am, my UNIFI Broadband went down and we are not connected. Had to call Unifi Technician to rectify our internet.
Other tasks of today:
I didn’t realized that I accepted to review a manuscript from Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery at the end of December 2021. Anyway, I received a reminder about it yesterday and managed to complete the review just before attending my Friday prayer.
Other tasks for the day:
This was in fact multigoal workshop that focuses on the “Halatuju Program Kejuruteraan” and to revise the interview protocol for the FGD and the consortium research.Towards a better engineering, science and technology environment in Malaysia 
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Other tasks for the day:
It’s still an off day here as the Chinese New Year Celebration is still on. Nevertheless, pending works are still counting and it needed to be completed. One of it is the Stage 3 – Safety and Health 2021 (S&H2021) report for my ITE and ISP Section 05 that should receive our comments before they submit it this coming Sunday.
Other tasks for the day:
I wish they were… but I was still in holiday mood as well.
I have a practicing engineer before and by volunteering myself as the supervisor for practical student (internship) training, I am allowed to revisit a number of industry even though it is now conducted virtually.
Today, I invigilated and assessed my academic advisee student named Nuurfatihah Nazihah Sakhon who successfully conducted her practical training at Uro Technology Sdn. Bhd. It was a company that manufactures catheter that is used to flow out fluid from human blader.
Other tasks of the day:
Due to the earlier pre-scheduled meetings I had today, I could not attend 3 more programs which are (a) NTU Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: from Good to Great 2021 from National Technical University Singapore; (b) WORKSHOP ON UTM CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK 2030; and also (c) CREG Meeting to discuss on running a Webinar.
It’s tough when there are too many events or programs per day. When this happen, I just need to prioritize whichever is the most important and require me to be there more importantly.
