FBE Researchers Won One Gold and One Silver Medal in INATEX 2016

by | Oct 16, 2016 | Award, Featured Slider, News, photo

Two FBE researchers won two medals at Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX) 2016 held from 4th October till 6th October 2016 in UTM, Skudai, Johor Bahru Malaysia.

INATEX is an annual event organised by UTM to promote the latest innovative inventions, products and technologies, and a platform for interacting and promoting partnership in R&D developed by UTM researchers to the public and the industry.

Sr. Dr Sarajul Fikri Mohamed who has developed i-FLOOD (Intelligent Flood Management System) has won the Gold Medal Award in this competition. The i-FLOOD is an integrated building assessment model (incorporating of damage pattern, RFID technology & cost evaluation) designed to enable engineers to adopt systematic and efficient actions for distribution of emergency relief and fund allocation for building damage.

Dr. Mohammadamin Azimi won Silver Medal Award for his research project titled Lock Block Multi-Functional Green Interlocking Mortar less Concrete Block. LOCKBLOCK, is a multi-functional green interlocking mortar-less concrete block which design through finite element simulation, shape optimization process with the aims of increase of construction productivity, reduction in construction duration and labour and reduced construction cost.

Sr. Dr. Sarajul Fikri Mohamed Won Gold Medal Award at the International University Carnival on e-Learning (IUCEL 2016)

by | Sep 22, 2016 | Award, Featured Slider, News, photo

Johor Bahru, 22nd September 2016:   Sr. Dr. Sarajul Fikri Mohamed from  the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has won GOLD medal award  at the International University Carnival on e-Learning (IUCEL 2016) held on 20 and 21 September 2016 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru Malaysia.

International University Carnival on eLearning (IUCEL) 2016 permits academician and students to showcase their product on teaching and learning innovation and compete in the Invention, Innovation and Design on e-Learning (IIDEL). In the IIDEL competition, there are 156 participants from various higher learning institutions.

Dr. Sarajul Fikri developed an innovative and systematic online teaching approach using Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) system to enhance students’ understanding and engagement in the classroom activities. This course is inherited from common Mechanical & Electrical Works Measurement (SBEQ3213) course that conducted using project-based learning approach. Currently, there is 910 students enrolled in this course and in addition, 259 registered students are international students, who have come from 52 countries.

For further information about this course please feel free to visit openlearning.com/courses/SBEQ3213x.

Prof Amran Hamzah for being elected as an IUCN Regional Councilor

by | Sep 13, 2016 | Award, Featured Slider, News

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Heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to Prof Amran Hamzah who has been elected as an IUCN Regional Councilor during The World Conservation Congress that was held in Hawaii from 1 to 10 September.  There were more than 10,000 registered participants at the congress that ended with elections by about 1,300 members representing government agencies and non-governmental organisations to elect the President, Treasurer, 6 Commission Chairs and 28 Regional Councilors (5 from Asia).

Nominations for the various positions started around nine months ago involving a rigorous process and Prof Amran,  the outgoing  Co-Chair of the Theme on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas (TILCEPA), was the only candidate from Southeast Asia. Prof. Amran is now one of the 28 Regional Councilors elected for the 4-year term from 2016 to 2020 and the first Malaysian to be elected. With his election, Prof. Amran will become a member of the IUCN Council, which is the principal governing body of IUCN  responsible for  setting the strategic direction and policy guidance for the work of the Union and provide oversight and guidance on the performance  of IUCN.

IUCN stands for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and it is the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network. It has more than 1300 Member organisations worldwide and the input of around 16,000 experts. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

When contacted, Prof. Amran said that “I have held several positions in IUCN for the past 6 years  at the regional and Commission levels  and I am honoured to be given the mandate and trust during this Congress as a Regional Councilor. I would like to thank those who voted me in, which came not only from Asia but also from the other regions of the world. I believe that my  proven  track record and good networking with IUCN members across the world had helped me in getting elected and I am in good company given that the former Ambassador to Malaysia, Masahiko Horie, has also been re-elected. Alhamdulillah but I am also very well aware that this prestigious position comes with a huge responsibility. 

This 26th Congress also brought extra joy to me because I became a grandfather for the first time two days before being elected as a Regional Councilor”. Prof Amran ended by indicating he was ready for the challenge and would certainly do his best to represent Asia, Malaysia and UTM. Learn more about IUCN at https://www.iucn.org/.

IUCN Commissioner on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

by | Sep 4, 2016 | Award, Featured Slider, News

ProfAmran-IUCNCongratulations to Professor Amran Hamzah whose service as a member of the Global Steering Committee of the IUCN Commissioner on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) from 2012-2016 has been recognised in an award ceremony at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, currently being held in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1-10 September 2016. Professor Amran has also held the post of Co-Chair for Theme on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas (TILCEPA) whose scope of works includes advising IUCN on matters concerning agreements and global policies on biodiversity conservation, climate change, protected area management, etc. The presence of Professor Amran at the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress is at the invitation of the world body due to his candidacy for the post of IUCN Regional Councillor 2016-2020, a prestigious post accorded to a person for his or her contribution towards biodiversity conservation at the international level. The election result for the Regional Councillor post will be known Sept 10th and let’s all hope, for FAB and UTM, Professor Amran would be elected.

 

 

Ms Nadzirah HosenHeartiest Congratulations to Ms Nadzirah Hosen who is currently attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1-10 September 2016. Nadzirah is a first-year PhD student at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning whose supervisor is Professor Amran Hamzah. Nadzirah’s attendance at the congress is being funded by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)’s WCPA (The World Commission on Protected Areas) Young Professionals Fund which grants her USD2,400 (~RM10,000) for the purpose. Over at the congress Nadzirah has a rare opportunity to mingle and share knowledge and ideas with the current and future champions of world conservation. All the best to Nadzirah and we are confident that she is representing us well at the congress.