by webmaster FAB | Aug 2, 2007 | Award, News, Promotion/Appointment
CONGRATULATIONS to all faculty members who were awarded with Excellence Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang) at the Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan dan Penghargaan UTM 2006 held on the 31st of July 2007 for their achievements in 2006.
The dean, Prof. Dr. Supian Ahmad, as one of the recipients together with ten other faculty members was called upon to receive their awards at the ceremony. Among others were Prof Dr Ahris Yaakup, Assoc. Prof. Dr Roslan Amirudin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aminatuzuhariah Megat Abdullah, Dr Rafee Majid, Puan Hamidah Ahmad, En Mofti Marzuki, Puan Siti Rukiah Sahari, En Hassan Sahat, Puan Zaharah Ismail and En Abu Bakar Zainal.
The faculty is also proud with two of its members’ achievements being recognized at the ceremony. They were Assoc. Prof. Dr Ismail Said and Dr Hairul Nizam Ismail for their excellent performance in completing their PhD studies within three years. The former graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Dr Hairul Nizam from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.
Prof. Dr. Amran Hamzah who was appointed as Professor early this year was awarded with the Consultancy Award (Anugerah Perundingan) for Individual Category. His high achievements in tourism research and consultancy projects and also his involvements in national and international tourism committees have caught the attention of Khazanah Nasional and Petronas to appoint him as one of the advisors for Southern and Eastern Region Development Plan.
Dr Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad Hussein has had his hard work in monitoring his students’ performance paid when he was awarded with the Best Teaching Award (Anugerah Pengajaran Terbaik). Always known as a very hardworking and committed staff among his colleagues, Dr Zaly introduced Students Performance Record, a system which enables him to monitor his students’ performance and to help them to plan for improvement.
The ceremony also witnessed the university’s staff that have served the university for thirty and twenty years, where they were given the Jasa Setia and Jasa Bakti Awards. Prof. Dr. Ahris Yaakup lead the Jasa Setia recipients i.e. En Rosly Saad, En Yusof Akmar Mohd Said and En Jasmani Harun while Jasa Bakti Award recipients were Assoc Prof. Dr. Roslan Amirudin, Assoc. Prof. Abdul Wahid Kamarulzaman, En Abdul Halim Hussein, En Mohammad Amzah and En Abu Bakar Zainal.
Congratulations to all!
by webmaster FAB | Apr 10, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
The Faculty of Built Environment will receive a visit by seven Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) students who will take part in UTM-SKKU Graduate Students Exchange Program beginning from 2nd April until 7th April 2007. Their arrival at the Faculty of Built Environment was welcomed by the Dean, Prof. Dr.Supian Ahmad, Deputy Deans, Heads of Department and participants of the exchange program. The main aim of the program is to provide greater understanding on sustainable planning and development issues both in developed and developing economies.
According to Prof. Supian, SKKU graduate students will be able to gain insights and understanding of Malaysia’s socio-economic development and culture via research and educational activities, cultural experiences and social interaction. UTM graduate students will gain knowledge on development issues in Korea through the conference and the interaction with the other participants. A total of 30 students will be directly involved in various activities during the five day period.
He added that all students involved in the exchange program will participate in a number of research visits and an international conference jointly organised by the Faculty and Graduate School of Governance, SKKU.
The exchange programme will commence on Tuesday 3rd of March with a visit to the several housing development projects in Johor Bahru including the Setia Tropika, one of the largest housing project in the city, the Danga Bay and Johor Bahru City Centre.
On Wednesday 4th April they will visit the Tanjung Piai National Park located at the southern most tip of Asia in Pontian District, Johor. During the whole day visit there, they will be able to discover the National Park rich flora and fauna such as the jungle plant species and various kinds of mangroves. They will be briefed by the Park officials on efforts to conserve the mangrove areas.
On Thursday the 5th the group will participate in the International Conference on Sustainable Planning and Development Issues in Developing Countries. 17 working papers will be presented in the Conference, 7 from SKKU and 10 from UTM with participations of graduate students from Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Algeria and Libya. The panel discussions will be attended by Professor Ho Chin Siong of UTM, Professor Kwang Sik Kim, Korea and Professor Emeritus John Dickey, Virginia Tech University, USA who is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty.
The group will also have a research visit on Thursday 6th April to selected development projects in the eastern part of Johor particularly in the Kejora Regional Development Region. During the day long visit, they will be briefed by Kejora officials and visit to several agriculture as well as tourism projects in the region. Saturday 7th will be the last day for the group when they will be taken to several places in Johor Bahru City including the Urban Forest, Art Gallery and the Tebrau City.
According to Professor Supian, the opportunity to be in Johor will be very meaningful to them since some of the Korean students do not know much about Malaysia and this program will provide them greater understanding about Malaysia socio-economic.
by webmaster FAB | Jan 31, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
Congratulations to Miss Chooi Yan Wei, Third Year Urban and Regional Planning Student who has been selected for the International College Student Exchange Programme between ASEAN and Republic of Korea. This project is a project of cooperation between the AUN and Daejeon University. She and 16 other students from various Asean universities will spend 2 semesters at Daejon University.
by webmaster FAB | Jan 20, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
– The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Accreditation –
Following the accreditation visit by the evaluation panel on the 16 February 2006, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has accredited the B.QS (Hons) and BSc (Hons) in Construction Programmes for the 2004-2008 academic year. Both programmes are conducted by the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment.
In line with the above recognition, the RICS Education Development manager for the Asia Pacific region, Mr. Nick Hudson and the RICS Malaysian representative Madam Oh have visited the department on the 17th January 2007 to meet up with students and briefed them on student membership as well as matters relating to Assessment of Professional Competency. Mr. Nick Hudson also presented the certificates of accreditation for both programmes to the Dean of the faculty.
by webmaster FAB | Jan 20, 2007 | News, Uncategorized
Public Lecture by Ar Sundra Rajoo
Mr Sundra Rajoo, a Professional Architect and Town Planner and a specialist in construction law and arbitration has delivered a lecture titled “The Conduct of the Arbitration Proceedings” on Monday, 15 January 2007 from 9.00am to 1.00pm at Bilik Seminar FAB. The lecture was organised by the Construction Contract Management team from the Department of Quantity Surveying.
The talk was well attended by about 25 post-graduate students undertaking the MSc Construction Contract Management course and 60 undergraduate students comprising of students from the Quantity Surveying and the Construction course. Lecturers from the faculty as well as within the university were also invited to attend the talk.
The talk highlighted the principle of law in regard to the conduct of arbitration proceedings together with relevant case law. Arbitration Proceedings may be conducted in many different ways as there are no fixed rules of procedure. Being a Chartered Arbitrator, Ar Sundra Rajoo explained in great detail on how an arbitrator would conduct the proceedings commencing from oral hearing, drafting the arbitration agreement, choice of the arbitration rules, types of arbitration approach and the preparation of the award.
In conclusion, he commented that the parties in dispute are free to agree in the arbitration agreement on the procedure that should be adopted and what powers the arbitrator should have in the event of an arbitration taking place.
The dean, Prof. Dr. Supian Ahmad, as one of the recipients together with ten other faculty members was called upon to receive their awards at the ceremony. Among others were Prof Dr Ahris Yaakup, Assoc. Prof. Dr Roslan Amirudin, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aminatuzuhariah Megat Abdullah, Dr Rafee Majid, Puan Hamidah Ahmad, En Mofti Marzuki, Puan Siti Rukiah Sahari, En Hassan Sahat, Puan Zaharah Ismail and En Abu Bakar Zainal.
The faculty is also proud with two of its members’ achievements being recognized at the ceremony. They were Assoc. Prof. Dr Ismail Said and Dr Hairul Nizam Ismail for their excellent performance in completing their PhD studies within three years. The former graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Dr Hairul Nizam from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.
Prof. Dr. Amran Hamzah who was appointed as Professor early this year was awarded with the Consultancy Award (Anugerah Perundingan) for Individual Category. His high achievements in tourism research and consultancy projects and also his involvements in national and international tourism committees have caught the attention of Khazanah Nasional and Petronas to appoint him as one of the advisors for Southern and Eastern Region Development Plan.
Dr Muhammad Zaly Shah Muhammad Hussein has had his hard work in monitoring his students’ performance paid when he was awarded with the Best Teaching Award (Anugerah Pengajaran Terbaik). Always known as a very hardworking and committed staff among his colleagues, Dr Zaly introduced Students Performance Record, a system which enables him to monitor his students’ performance and to help them to plan for improvement.
