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2022 Day 63 Task – Checked Our JCLPRO’s Paper Drafts

Posted on March 4, 2022 ·

It’s Friday today and 2 of my children are still positive. Ikhwan seems to be ending his positive streak today (this morning). Still we have to take care and manage everything in the house strategically. In the morning I had a meeting with Pouline at 9am to discuss about the thermo paper, and again we discussed about the software and results 12 hours after that. I also checked Tan’s review paper which is quite long. I hope the paper can be improved and get stronger in terms of the discussion related to starch-derived catalyst.

Other tasks of the day:

Drafted review paper for me and Thushara’s project
Partially filled up JCLPRO registration form
Help Dyna Dyalan (ex-MKKE student) to sign and register his REEM application – he came to my house
Checked about EREKA research competition where I was invited as jury. Managed to view 2 out of 7 videos.

Filed Under: 1 Academic, 1 Activity 1 Day Tagged With: chemical engineer, chemical engineering, energy engineering, research

International Conference on Low Carbon Asia 2018 (ICLCA 2018) Story (24-25th OCTOBER 2018)

Posted on October 25, 2018 ·

Photo session after the official opening ceremony of ICLCA 2018 😙

Alhamdulillah, ICLCA 2018 main event went smoothly well for today and yesterday. I am not in the committee but quite a number of my colleagues including my other half are the key committee members. I somehow played a small role as the Master of Ceremony for the first half or the first day opening session (opening speech, plenary talks and forum) as well as the co-chair for one of the parallel sessions. Thanks to the organising committee for giving me the opportunity to contribute in this awesome international event 🙂 .

Eventhough i didn’t personally present in this conference, i have 2 of my PhD students presenting 2 technical papers each (total of 4 papers). Alhamdulillah.

Earlier before the conference, my other half suggested to showcase and promote my book in ICLCA 2018. Hmmm… It was indeed an amazing idea that i haven’t thought and imagined before. Fortunately the organising committee was very positive on the idea and they were sporting and very encouraging. So the books were displayed on a section of the registration table. Redhuan, my other half’s master student took care and help managed my books. Thanks bro 😉 .

The delegates and participants on the 1st day.

Cultural dance in action 🎊

The Gala Dinner… Several international delegates with us having dinner 😋 — with Alafiza Yunus,Zurina Mohamad and Siti Hajjar Che Man.

Enjoying the cultural dance, i presumed 💃

With the Dean of Engineering Faculty and Chair of Chemical and Energy Engineering School. — with Fhairna Baharulrazi, Hajar Alias, Mazura Jusoh,Mohd Ghazali Mohd Nawawi, Siti Hajjar Che Man and Zurina Mohamad.

Another of my PhD student, Siti Mariah, in action presenting her research 👍

Nur Nazlina, my PhD student received certificate from the Session Chair 👍

Giving the certificate to this Session Chairman from Vietnam.

Co-chairing a session in Diamond 1 Room with a Professor from Vietnam.

ICLCA 2018 committee members happy and satisfied at the end of the program. Well done guys 👍😉 — with Wai Shin Ho.

With my lovely other half 😘 — with Mazura Jusoh.

Us with Ir. Hjh. Nazatul Shima Emaizam Mohamad, Timbalan Setiausaha MBJB 😄. Nice meeting you Shima. I still remember your help when i want to work on my Professional Engineer membership. Thank ☺️… — with Mazura Jusoh.

With Nabila, PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Zarina Muis and Prof. Ir. Dr. Linda Hashim 🤗

With Dr. Asmadi Yussuf… Already received the book few days ago, but we didn’t make this post that time, so now we seize the moment 😂 — with Mazura Jusoh and Asmadi Yussuf.

Us with Dato’ Prof Rafiq 😄 happy faces and thumbs up… — with Mazura Jusoh.

With Dato’ Prof. Ir. Dr. Rafiq, Dean of Engineering Faculty, UTM. Thanks for the support Dato’ 😀

With Prof Ir. Dr. Zain Manan, Deputy Vice Chancellor, UTM. Appreciate your guide and encouragement Prof… 😀

With Dr. Azizul Azri Mustaffa. Thank you for your support and some interesting points and comments just now 😀 — with Azizul Azri Mustaffa.

Wow… Dr. Peng Yen from MJIT, UTM is not just very tall, but also among those very supportive of my efforts. Tks bro 🤣 — with PY Liew.

Part of ICLCA 2018 committee & my book being displayed 🙂 — with Mazura Jusoh.

Ramblings of a Chemical Engineer book display on day 2 @ Level 10.

Filed Under: 11 Personal, 4 Publication, personal Tagged With: chemical engineering, energy engineering, faculty of chemical engineering, ICLCA 2018, International Conference on Low Carbon Asia

Sharing and Learning Will Never Stop (22 & 23 October 2018)

Posted on October 23, 2018 ·

With my MSc and PhD Supervisor, Prof. Ir. Dr. Nor Aishah Saidina Amin — at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, UTM.

With My Engineering Education Mentor, Prof. Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof @ Center for Engineering Education, UTM. — at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, UTM.

With Lotte’s tough and genius dude 🙂 — withMuhammad Zakwan Zaine at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, UTM.

“Learn,
Take action,
And enjoy the ride… “
-Robert Kiyosaki

Today & yesterday, truly grateful and touched by the supports & encouragement from my MSc & PhD supervisor, Prof. Ir. Dr. Nor Aishah Saidina Amin; my Engineering Education mentor, Prof. Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof; En. Khairil Anwar Razali, QES Management Consultant, colleagues Dr. Hajar Alias and Dr. Asmadi Yussuf (School of Chemical & Energy Engineering; Dr. Siti Shawalliah (UITM Shah Alam) & our ex-student Muhammad Zakwan Zaine (Lotte Titan) & Muhammad Luqman. I am sorry if i missed other names.

With Khairil Anwar Razali at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, UTM.

Filed Under: 11 Personal, 12 Motivational Quotes, 3 Writing, 4 Publication, personal Tagged With: book, book publication, chemical engineering, chemical engineering books, energy engineering, faculty of chemical engineering, non fiction book, ramblings of a chemical engineer

Jury for Low Carbon Society: Problem Based Learning (PBL) Semi-Finals 2018

Posted on October 21, 2018 ·

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in collaboration with Johor State Education (JPNJ) and Kyoto Environmental Activities Association (KEAA) has been organizing the Low Carbon Society (LCS): Problem Based Learning since the early of 2016. This is the 3rd year the same program is organized, the difference is just that more schools are participating.

2016 – 3 Schools
2017 – 6 Schools
2018 – 12 Schools

I was fortunate to be invited once again as the jury. This is the 3rd time in 3 years. Earlier I was a jury in 2016 (hosted by Sekolah Engku Tun Aminah (SETA)) followed by 2017 (hosted by Sekolah Hidayah).
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This year, the Semi Final is carried out at Majlis Bandaraya Iskandar Puteri (MBIP) Hall, Skudai in conjunction with the Seminar Iskandar Malaysia towards Low Carbon Society organized by MBIP, Sustainable Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA), UTM and Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).
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LCS PBL is one year learning activity and this event is for the students to showcase their proposals of solution towards low carbon issues at their schools or community around schools. There were 36 posters from 12 schools. The best 6 posters will proceed to the finals, which is held on the same day, after lunch.
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From this event, we can see how enthusiastic and intelligent the students are. We can actually bring the best out of them, if we have the correct method, technique, guide to train the students. We can see that since February/ March this year, the students were trained using Active Learning (AL), Cooperative Learning (CL) and Cooperative Problem Based Learning (CPBL). The product from this program is a more confident students equipped with imperative soft skills. Hence, more program such as this must be developed and organized. Massive supports from the authority and schools as well as the experts ensured the success of this program.
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#activelearning
#cooperativelearning
#studentcenteredlearning
#scl
#problembasedlearning
#CPBL
#pbl

Filed Under: personal Tagged With: chemical engineering, energy engineering, faculty of chemical engineering

Thank you Prof. Dr. Kamarul Asri for getting my new book

Posted on October 18, 2018 ·

Thank you Prof. Dr. Kamarul Asri for getting my new book. I am so touched that a really amazing professor that we respect and look upon in the Faculty wanted to read my humble sharing. MasyaAllah.