2022 Day 295 – RADIS Incentive Claim Publication Submission

In order to encourage researchers in UTM to write and publish in reputable journal, incentive claim has been introduce several years ago. It started more or less when UTM was given the Research University status. The incentive for journal paper publication back then was lucrative, for example Q1 journal will receive RM5000. Scopus journal will receive RM200. Citation will receive RM50, if I am not mistaken. That was quite some time ago.

Nowadays, the incentive claim depends on budget and the amount has been reduced. It has been very competitive as well. Q1 and Q2 journal paper will receive RM2000 and RM1500, respectively. There’s no longer any incentive for Scopus publication and also citation.

Alhamdulillah, the announcement for new Incentive Claim publication was announced and released 1-2 months ago. I have 2 journal papers that I submitted for the incentive claim. However, I’m not sure if the application will be reimburse this year since there are so many researchers who have so many journals who are waiting for the incentive claim budget and payment. InsyaAllah if there’s rezeki, there will be something for me and the team.  

AIP Conference Proceeding for RCEE2020 & RHeD2020 Successfully Published

Alhamdulillah, after a long wait, the proceeding for Regional Conference on Engineering Education 2020 (RCEE2020) and Research in Higher Education 2020 (RHeD2020) has successfully been published 2 days ago (26th October 2022). There are 51 papers in the theme of engineering education and STEM that were published in this Scopus Indexed Conference Proceeding.

Personally for me, I have 3 papers published in this conference proceeding as co-author, as shown below. Alhamdulillah. The links are:

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0072811

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0079393

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0072469

RCEE2020 & RHeD2020 was organized by Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) UTM and Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM) and conducted virtually. InsyaAllah RCEE2022 will be conducted by UNDIP and UNS in Indonesia with UTM CEE as main partner.

 

2022 Day 178 – Training of Trainers (TOT) of Outcomed-Based Education (OBE) Day 2

Early today seems to be quote complicated with various CEE administrative issues, but I have to stay calm and organize everything. However life goes on and it needs to keep going.

At 8.45am, the TOT OBE training started. This is a 2-days OBE training (Day number 2) involving lecturers from UNDIP and UNS. UTM CEE Team lead by Head of Project, Prof. Khairiyah conducted the program. We hope that a good number of lecturers will be OBE champions in Indonesia.

2022 Day 96 Task – My Grant Management

Other tasks of the day:

  • Engineering Identity Contract grant extension for
  • Finalized the date for SPC’22 meeting
  • Responded on the invitation for Reflective Talk
  • Reviewed a Frontier Journal Paper

2022 Day 60 Task – Checked SG’s Manuscript

Today I applied for an annual leave to take care of Ikhwan who is positive (and soon late afternoon we discovered that Zara was also positive). Nevertheless, the work loads kept piling up, but I keep on settling one by one. What I would like to highlight here is that I read, checked and commented on SG’s first manuscript attend to be submitted to ASEAN Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE). The special thing about SG is that he is still in his 1st year and just completed his 1st semester. However, I realized and discovered his maturity in writing and motivate him to write something of great value, that is a manuscript. Let’s see how it goes soon.

Other tasks of the day:

  • Follow up permission to purchase rack
  • Discussed with Pak Wahyudi on the Conference / sympossium RCEE2022
  • Figured how to pay the oven – found the owner finally
  • Checked IOP Agreement and how to upload
  • Response to JSEE invitation for the talk this coming Thursday
  • Checked Tan’s review paper draft
  • Check Poh Lin’s Thermo paper draft
  • Obtained video to calculate Ln K of reactions.

2022 Day 59 Task – Filled Up INATEX 2021 Online Forms

I have to travel to UTM to fill up the INATEX 2021 online forms since the submission need to be done using UTM line and system, which can only be accessed within UTM vicinity. Two of my students Areen and Mohamed, who both of them were originally Dr. Muhammad Tahir’s students participated in INATEX 2021 this year. To access the system is tricky and to fill up the form is also tricky. Luckily the students have diligently prepared the video and information to be submitted in the system. That happen after several meetings with Dr. Tahir as well who is far away in UAE.

Other tasks of the day:

  • Finalized marks for ITE and ISP
  • Met ABSI

2022 Day 45 Task – Online Interview Workshop for Consortium and MCED Research Project

Alhamdulillah this program which was my first time, first training, first involvement went smooth. This means that after this we will be one of the interviewers for the Focus Group Discussion (FGD). In Syaa Allah…Towards a more quality engineering program and quality engineers in Malaysia… (Link)

Other tasks for the day:

  • PROGRAM BERSAMA TNCPI – “WHAT’S UP, DVCRI: SUSTAINABILITY | EXCELLENCE | RESILIENCE | INTEGRITY” (SERI ECOSYSTEM)” – 2.30pm
  • Completed RAE SCEE Proposal on the WBS, Theory of Change, Gantt Chart and Budget.

2022 Day 40 Task – RAE SCEE Proposal Preparation

The due for RAE SCEE is around the corner and my main challenge (or rate limiting reaction) is the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). This has been the toughest one for me and I anticipate that the Theory or change and Budgeting will be the next one.

Other tasks of the day:

  • Discussion on SPC22
  • Discussion on carpet and paint for C09
  • Meeting Mataf with company that can help on the fundraising purpose (9pm)

2022 Day 35 Task – Reviewed Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Journal (BCAB)

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:

  • Review EIF Proposal
  • Commenced to update my Daily Tasks for the year
  • Attended to my RAE SCEE grant application.

2022 Day 34 Task – 4th Workshop of 2022: MALAYSIA NGINEERING PROGRAM DIRECTION

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 🙂

For more information, click here and here.

Other tasks for the day:

  • FYP (PSM) Mock Presentation with 5 of my students in the morning from 9-11am.