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UTM Anjur Dialog IPTA – IPTS bersama Majlis Akreditasi Lembaga Juruukur Bahan Malaysia
Tahun 2014 menyaksikan UTM sebagai tuan rumah sesi dialog diantara IPTA-IPTS dan Majlis Akreditasi Lembaga Juruukur Bahan Malaysia. Seramai 60 orang wakil dari 25 institusi pengajian tinggi awam dan swasta yang menawarkan program Ukur Bahan di peringkat Sarjana Muda serta Diploma telah berkumpul di UTM Kuala Lumpur untuk sesi tahunan ini.
Sebagai Universiti pertama yang menawarkan program Ukur Bahan di Malaysia, penganjuran ini merupakan satu kepercayaan dan penghargaan tinggi oleh LJBM dan masyarakat akademik yang lain dalam memartabatkan profession Juruukur Bahan di negara ini. Sesi dialog ini merupakan platform bagi pihak LJBM memantau perjalanan program Ukur Bahan agar selari dengan kehendak industri yang terkini selain dapat berkomunikasi dengan institusi pengajian tinggi mengenai isu-isu yang berkaitan hubungan akademik-industri.
Pada sebelah pagi Dekan Fakulti Alam Bina, Prof. Madya Dr. Roslan Amirudin telah memberikan ucapan selamat datang kepada wakil-wakil universiti. Sesuai dengan tujuan sesi dialog ini sebagai medan untuk ahli akademik berinteraksi dan berkongsi pandangan, dengan Ketua Jabatan Ukur Bahan Dr. Kherun Nita Ali sebagai pemudahcara, wakil-wakil IPTA dan IPTS telah mengambil kesempatan untuk berbincang mengenai isu-isu terkini melibatkan pengajian dan profesion Ukur Bahan. Hasil perbincangan tersebut telah dibentangkan oleh Prof Dr Abd Ghani Khalid ketika Sesi Dialog Majlis Akreditasi yang diadakan pada sebelah petangnya.
Pengerusi Majlis Akreditasi LJBM, Prof Sr Dr Wan Maimun Wan Abdullah yang juga merupakan Profesor Tamu di Jabatan Ukur Bahan sangat berpuas hati dengan perjalanan sesi dialog ini dan berharap ianya menjadi contoh kepada penganjuran yang akan datang.
Sesi dialog yang sama akan diadakan di Heriot-Watt University Malaysia pada tahun hadapan.
PAWDEX Grabs Gold Award at 9th Malaysian Road Conference – Invention and Innovation Exhibition (MRC-IIE)
UTM team won a Gold Award at the 9th MRC-IIE for the development of PAWDEX, an Urban Walkability Index Analysis Model in urban transportation. The multidisciplinary research team which consists of Assoc. Prof Dr. Hasanuddin Lamit, Dr. Arezou Shafaghat, Prof. Dr. Mohd Zaimi Abd. Majid, Dr. Ali Keyvanfar and Dr. Kherun Nita spearheaded the research project that has been supported by the Institute Sultan Iskandar (ISI) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
The team has won the judges attention to their sidewalk design support tool which is developed to be used by local government to enhance path environments based on its end-users (residents).
9th MRC-IIE was held at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Petaling Jaya 10 – 12 November 2014. The objective of the 9th MRC-IIE was to explore many possible key areas of sustainable green roads and the opportunity to gain new knowledge and share experiences with road administration, construction industry, academicians, and research institutions.
It was jointly organised by the Ministry of Works, Malaysia, Public Works Department of Malaysia, Malaysian Highway Authority, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), and the Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM). It is supported by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (Malaysian Branch) and Intelligent Transport System Association of Malaysia (ITS Malaysia). This year’s event witnessed 66 participants from all over Malaysia, showcasing their research outcomes.
Congratulations to the team!
Expert Lecture Series 2014
Associate Professor Dr. Nooraini Yusoff represented the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM Johor Bahru at the ‘Expert Lecture Series’ entitled “International Planning and Equity in Urban Development”, organized by the Federal Department of Town and Country Planning Peninsular Malaysia, Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government in conjunction with World Town Planning Day 2014. It was held on 7th November 2014 (Friday) from 9.00 am – 12.15 pm at Auditorium Tan Sri Dato’ KR Soma, Wisma Tun Sambanthan, Jalan Sultan Sulaiman, Kuala Lumpur. The lecture was by Mr. Richard Summers BA MRTPI. Mr. Summers was the Past President (2011) of the UK Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and Chairman (2012-2013) of the RTPI International Committee. The lecture was in two (2) parts, Part 1 was entitled “Planning System Worldwide” and Part 2, “Equity in Urban Development” followed by a discussion and a Q&A session.
Students Evaluation of Teaching System Online (e-PPP)
