Plastic Wastes from the West is Poisoning Our Neighbour Indonesia!

Indonesia has become a dumping ground for plastic from Australia, Europe and North America. The waste is burned as fuel by local communities, causing respiratory illness and other long-term health problems for people who inhale the polluted smoke. Research shows pollutants have contaminated Indonesia’s food chain. This situation must be stop urgently. As a neighbour to Indonesia, we must be extra alert before our country gets similar punishment. This is because Malaysia is also presently a trash dumping ground from other modern countries.

Continue reading by clicking the link below:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/plastic-waste-indonesia-pollution-health

Die During Job Interview!

Contrary to what most people think, top management are the hardest working bunch.

Just got home from work. Second late night this week. My day starts before the sun rises ⛅ and ends when the moon is up 🌒. Check out the link below:

https://bit.ly/overworkeddie

Regional Conference in Engineering Education (RCEE) & Research in Higher Education (RHeD) 2020

If you are an engineering educator and would like to share your scholarly contribution and improvement that you have made in your engineering teachings, this is a spectacular platform for you!

Just prepare an extended abstract (2 pages only) and submit before 10 February 2020.

My Typical Day As A Chemical Engineering Lecturer

My typical day in office when not in class, meeting or others. Shot was taken last Sunday.

https://youtu.be/2j18gYEq3dQ

Claus and Modified Claus Processes

Circular Economy

A circular economy (often referred to simply as “circularity”) is an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources. Circular systems employ reuse, sharing, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing and recycling to create a close-loop system, minimising the use of resource inputs and the creation of waste, pollution and carbon emissions. The circular economy aims to keep products, equipment and infrastructure in use for longer, thus improving the productivity of these resources. All ‘waste’ should become ‘food’ for another process: either a by-product or recovered resource for another industrial process, or as regenerative resources for nature, e.g. compost. This regenerative approach is in contrast to the traditional linear economy, which has a ‘take, make, dispose’ model of production.

Continue reading here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_economy

Congratulations PM Ir. Dr. Mohamed Sultan Bin Mohamed Ali

I would like to congratulate Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohamed Sultan bin Mohamed Ali from Faculty of Engineering for receiving research grant worth RM1.2 million from Microtronics Technology Sdn. Bhd. for research titled Failure Analysis Methods and Processes in Electronics Manufacturing Industry.  

Congrats Prof Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman

 

Very inspiring! Very proud indeed.

I would like to congratulate Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman bin Syed Abu Bakar from Faculty of Engineering with a collaboration of Dr. Adel Hafiz from Taibah University for winning a research grant worth 1.8 million Saudi Riyal from the RDO International Collaboration Grant for their research proposal titled “Smart Video-Based Crowd Surveillance and Management System for Pilgrimages in the Holy places of Makkah and Madina”.

This is something that we academician should do and contribute.

Quantum Computings Potential Impact on Chemicals

The chemical industry is poised to be an early beneficiary of the vastly expanded modeling and computational capabilities of quantum computing. Companies must act now to capture the benefits.

Over the past several years, quantum computing has been the subject of a lot of hype. Work underway in the field at tech giants such as IBM and Google has been extensively reported, and this interest has been mirrored by investments in the quantum-computing field by players from a broad array of industries, including the chemical industry. We have been following these developments, and our assessment is that quantum computing could potentially be a game changer for chemical companies.

Continue reading this informative article here: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/chemicals/our-insights/the-next-big-thing-quantum-computings-potential-impact-on-chemicals

Learning and Reflection Journals: Why and How?

Delivered a talk to 180 Chemical Engineering first year students from the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, UTM.

Synopsis on Reflection in Learning

Reflection is an integral part of the learning process. It allows us to learn more about ourselves and how we learn, but it also aids us in improving academic skills. Consider sports teams that watch film of the previous night’s game. They’re able to identify mistakes and correct them at practice.

Reflecting and composing a piece of self reflective writing is becoming an increasingly important element to any form of study or learning. Reflecting helps you to develop your skills and review their effectiveness, rather than just carry on doing things as you have always done them.

Through reflection, teachers and trainers can look clearly at their successes and struggles and consider options for change that greatly impact student learning. Self-reflection can allow one to: Develop a rationale for practice. Assess student learning and understanding of concepts.

To apply the reflection or reflective learning concept, Gibbs Reflective Cycle is applied.

What is the Gibbs Reflective Cycle?

In 1988, the American sociologist and psychologist Graham Gibbs published his Reflective Cycle model in his book ‘Learning by Doing’. Gibbs Reflective Cycle encourages people to think systematically about the experiences they had during a specific situation, event or activity. Check the attached image of Gibbs Reflective Cycle, then you can better visualize and comprehend the concept and its importance in learning.