by webmaster FAB | Oct 23, 2010 | event, News, Uncategorized
Prof Kim from Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, is a visiting professor to Faculty of Built Environment. From 30th October to 13th November 2010, he will be visiting Department of Landscape Architecture to deliver lectures and to attend a viva-voce for a PhD candidate. The title of the PhD candidate thesis is Effects of Experiential Contacts with Green Infrastructure on Wellbeing of Residents in a Small Town. The supervisor of the candidate is Dr Ismail Said.
The topics and date of his lectures are as follows:
- 1st November 2010 Monday: Siheung Tidal Channel Ecological Park Project
- 3rd November 2010: A Sustainable Landscape Design for a High Rise Residential
(Remian Apartment) Complex in Seoul, Korea
- 8th November 2010: Han River Waterfront Landscape Management Project
All lectures will be held in Seminar Room Block B05 Faculty of Built Environment from 9 am to 11am. All academics and undergraduate and postgraduate students are invited to attend the lectures.
by webmaster FAB | Oct 19, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Prof. Michihiko Shinozaki from College of Engineering Design, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, is a former visiting professor of Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM (2007-2009). And he is also currently one of the international research fellows of GIRG (Green Innovation Research Group). From 21st and 22nd October 2010, he will be visiting Department of Landscape Architecture to have a research progress meeting with GIRG members, Dr.Kei, Dr.Ismail, and Dr.Hisyam. The research topic is Design Method for Micro-scale Landscape in Tropical Climate, which has been conducted since July 2009. And, he will hold a discussion about future collaboration research with GIRG and his research laboratory.
by webmaster FAB | Oct 2, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
One of the ongoing studies by Green Innovation Research Group is Developing a participatory workshop method for use with children in UHI mitigation strategies in Malaysia. It is a joint research between UTM and Hiroshima University with RM24000 fund from Hiroshima University. From 21 September to 6 October 2010, Dr Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said and their postgraduate students as well as two undergraduate students from Hiroshima University conducted two agenda for the research including: (1) four meetings with local authority (Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah), housing developer (SP Setia), Johor Bahru District Education Office and Taman Bukit Indah Primar y School to conduct a participatory workshop with the students of the primary school at a neighborhood of Taman Bukit Indah; and (2) survey questionnaire program with the school children on 30th September—see photographs. The researchers obtained excellent cooperation from the local authority, housing developer, school management and children. And, on 6th October, a workshop will be held at central park of Taman Bukit Indah to elicit children’s view on effect of green spaces to mitigate urban heat. For the workshop, the local authority will provide tents and tables, housing develop will supply food and the school management will organize the children to participate in the walk-through program i.e. a journey from the school to the central park.
by webmaster FAB | Sep 21, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Two undergraduate students, Koji Tajima and Mitsunaka, from Hiroshima University are conducting a 2-week internship at Green Innovation Research Group laboratory. Their internship begins 21 Sept and ends on 4 October 2010. They will be helping Dr Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said to conduct a joint research between UTM and Hiroshima University. The research topic is Developing a participatory workshop method for use with children in urban heat island mitigation strategies. This research is being financed by a RM24,000 grant from IDEC, Hiroshima University under the supervision of Dr Tetsu Kubota.
by webmaster FAB | Sep 2, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Two undergraduate students, Ryan Chok Anak Wat and Mohammad Hafizuddin Abd. Rahman, from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM were selected to receive the Kumpulan Arkitek Scholarship Award (KASA) on 30th August 2010. Both students are in their final year study at present. The scholarship is generously offered by Kumpulan Akitek Sdn. Bhd., a prestigious architectural firm based in Kuala Lumpur.
by webmaster FAB | Aug 27, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
An undergraduate student from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM, Nur Ayunni Adnan, is joining a Student Exchange Program between UTM and Hanyang University in South Korea. The 6-month program which started from 27th August 2010 is funded under the Graduate Marketability Program 2010 by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia.
Nur Ayunni, who is among the pioneer group to receive the grant, is determined to gain as much knowledge and experience as possible particularly in architecture field during her stay overseas. UTM’s Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and Internationalization), Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd. Azraai Kassim is very supportive of the program and hopes that more UTM graduates will be selected to join such international exchange programs to expose them to the global, borderless world. Other graduate internationalization programs under plan by UTM include the Internship Abroad, One Semester Study Abroad and International Service Learning programs.
Prof Kim from Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, is a visiting professor to Faculty of Built Environment. From 30th October to 13th November 2010, he will be visiting Department of Landscape Architecture to deliver lectures and to attend a viva-voce for a PhD candidate. The title of the PhD candidate thesis is Effects of Experiential Contacts with Green Infrastructure on Wellbeing of Residents in a Small Town. The supervisor of the candidate is Dr Ismail Said.
