by webmaster FAB | Jun 16, 2015 | Featured Slider, Jobs@FAB, News
We’re recruiting for our ACADEMIC team!! Are you the one we’re looking for?
- Malaysian;
- 18 years old and above;
- A PhD holder (in the listed area),
- Have experience in the academic line (bonus point);
- Actively involved in research and publication;
- Have excellent command in English and Malay in terms of oral and writing.
Application must be submitted to the faculty’s Human Resources department via e-mail at zulaika@utm.my or hardcopy to;
ZULAIKA BINTI MD. KHALID
Assistant Registrar
Faculty of Built Environment
Block B12, of Built Environment
81310 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Johor Bahru
Applicants should provide a cover letter that highlights expertise and teaching experience, a current CV and the names of two references. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications by August 1, 2015 although the search will continue until the position is filled. A background check will be conducted to the final candidate and salary will be offered at a level appropriate to the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience. Only short-listed candidate will be contacted for interview session.
For further info, kindly e-mail your queries at zulaika@utm.my or direct line 07-5557425.
by webmaster FAB | Jun 10, 2015 | Featured Slider, News
Second Public Lecture for 2015 by Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, Chief Executive, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) on 28 May 2015 at Convention Hall B12, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM, Johor Bahru.
Iskandar Malaysia : An Update
Iskandar Malaysia formerly known as Iskandar Development Region (IDR) and South Johor Economic Region (SJER) is the main southern development corridor in Johor. Iskandar Malaysia was established on 8 November 2006 Iskandar Malaysia with the aims to transform South Johor into a high income region. Iskandar Malaysia covers an area of 2,217 square kilometers and five (5) local government authorities, namely, Johor Bahru City Council, Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council, Pasir Gudang Municipal Council, Kulaijaya Municipal Council and Pontian District Council.
Datuk Ismail in his 2nd public lecture on 28 May 2015 at the Convention Hall, B12, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM, Johor Bahru, emphasised that investments especially foreign investments into Iskandar Malaysia are very selective, in which projects selected must be catalytic in nature so as to generate a multiplier, spread and clustering effect. It is envisaged that this in turn will give rise to higher order employment and business opportunities which will impact a higher incomes for the region. Datuk Ismail highlighted further that investment from global brand amongst others are Hershey, Lego, Pinewood Studio had resulted in development of a higher quality and standard. It has now been almost a decade since Iskandar Malaysia was first established and it has already realised almost 41% of the target committed investments which it seeks to achieve by 2025.
Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, the Chief Executive of Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) is the Adjunct Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM, Johor Bahru. The lecture was attended by students and faculty and ended at 1.00 pm.
by webmaster FAB | Jun 3, 2015 | Award, Featured Slider, News
Three students from the Bachelor of Science in Architecture Program of the Architectural Department, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia were awarded the Prestigious PAM-Feruni Ceramiche Scholarship Award at the Luxurious PAM-Pinnacle of Excellence – Annual Dinner 2015. The event was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Sat 23 May 2015.
Application for the PAM-Feruni Ceramiche scholarship award was open to all Accredited Architectural Schools in Public and Private Universities in Malaysia. The award was a scholarship of RM5,000.00 for each year of remaining study for each student. Shortlisted candidates were earlier called in to present themselves and their Architectural Design student portfolio to a jury panel consisting of Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) officials and representatives of the Corporate Sponsor, Feruni Ceramiche, which is a producer and supplier of premium quality tiles. In previous years there were only four winners of the award, but due to the large number of high quality applications for 2015, six students were awarded the scholarship. Three of the students awarded were from UTM whilst the other three winners were from UPM, UKM & UTAR.
Picture from left: Ooi Soon Theng, Lim Yong Zheng Head of Architectural Dept. Dr Abdul Halim Hussein, Ar Hong Lim Foo and Ahmad Zul Afri Idris.
The three winners from UTM are Ahmad Zul Afri Idris, Ooi Soon Theng and Lim Yong Zheng. All three are from the Third Year of the Bachelor of Science in Architecture programme. Their success is highly applauded by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia as a whole and in particular the Department of Architecture, Fakulti Alam Bina, and is an inspiration to all other students to strive to be the best nationally and globally.
by webmaster FAB | May 25, 2015 | Award, Featured Slider, News
UTM students capturing their moment of victory at prize giving ceremony held at Inti International University, Nilai Campus, Negeri Sembilan.
JOHOR BAHRU, 24 May 2015: Kudos to Quantity Surveying Students of Quantity Surveying Department, who managed to won 2 best presenters awards at the 7th RICS-RISM International Conference for Undergraduates 2015 held on 22 and 23 May at Inti International University, Nilai Campus.
The conference is a series of annual event jointly organized by Royal Institution of Surveyors (RICS) and Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) host together with participating Universities on a rotation basis. This year, the conference was graciously hosted by Inti University at Nilai Campus, Negeri Sembilan. The theme for this year’s conference is “Young Surveyors: Assets of National Growth”. The conference provides a platform for undergraduates from the various accredited surveying courses in Malaysia as well as Asia Pacific Regional Universities to share and exchange ideas, promote understanding and networking apart from exposing the students to present their undergraduate research publicly.
The 7th RICS-RISM International Surveying Conference for Undergraduate 2015 was opened to both national and international participating universities within the Asia Pacific Region. The participating university comprises of Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Taylor’s University, Assumption University (Thailand), International Islamic University Malaysia, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ChongQing University (China) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China).
Our students have managed to outshine other candidates for the Best Presenters Award category by presenting their undergraduate research. The winners for the Best Presenters are Zafira Nadia Maaz and Jiram anak Randy. Zafira presented her research entited “Accuracy of Pre-Tender Estimates – Where Are We?” while Jiram presented his paper entitled “Knowledge Retention Strategy : A Study on QS Firms Practice”.
The papers were judged by both academicians and prominent industry players that includes Dato’ Mani Usilappan (RISM), Prof. Sr. Omar Munir (UTAR), Dr. Tan Chin Keng (IIUM), Assoc. Prof. Sr. Dr. Razali Adul Hamid (UTM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anuar Alias (UM), Azrina Md. Yaakob (Taylor’s University), Benny Lee, INTI International University and Faraziera Mohd Raslim (USM). The adjudicators for the parallel session were randomly selected from the participating universities to choose the best speaker during each parallel session. All in all, 38 papers were vetted and presented.
The plenary session of the conference was welcomed by Sr. Kwan Hock Hai the Chair of RICS Malaysia Board and the presenters includes YBhg. Datuk Sr. Chia Lui Meng (United Malayan Land Berhad), Sr. Syamilah Yacob (PWD), Dr. Teng Chee Hua (Cadastral Survey), Sr Firdaus Musa (Firdaus Associate Property Professionals Sdn. Bhd.).
The awards were presented by Sr Kwan Hock Hai, the Chair of RICS Malaysia Board. There were 3 categories of award at the competition namely the Best Presenters, Special Mention Paper and Best Paper. UTM will be the next host for the upcoming competition in 2016.
INTI International University representative passing on the Conference flag to the upcoming host, UTM
Once again the students of Quantity Surveying and Construction Programme have managed to outshine other contenders’ from participating universities within the Asia Pacific region and repeated previous year’s success to remain the best in country. Kudos to all!
