by webmaster | Feb 21, 2021 | News, photo
JOHOR BAHRU, 26 Jan. -– Para pelajar kursus Astronomi Lapangan dari Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) telah berjaya melaksanakan program bersama komuniti iaitu Field Astronomy Knowledge Transfer and Online Contest 2021dari 01 hingga 17 Januari 2021 yang lalu.
Program ini merupakan program Pembelajaran Servis yang telah dilaksanakan secara dalam talian.
Kursus Astronomi Lapangan telah diperkenalkan kepada para pelajar Tahun 3 Program Kejuruteraan Geomatik. Para pelajar telah mempelajari konsep asas astronomi dan aplikasinya dalam bidang Kejuruteraan Geomatik.
Kursus ini mendedahkan konsep alam semesta seperti galaksi dan sistem suria serta menekankan konsep sfera cakerawala, geometri, segitiga astronomi, dan persamaan asas segitiga sfera.
Pelajar dapat belajar jenis peralatan dan sistem koordinat, cerapan matahari dan bintang: azimuth, garis lintang, garis bujur stesen kawalan yang digunakan dalam budang ukur kadaster, geodesi, dan astronomi Islam. Kursus ini juga menerapkan elemen libatsama komuniti melalui kaedah pembelajaran servis.
Pelajar dikehendaki melaksanakan aktiviti seperti forum, webinar, klinik, seminar atau lain-lain berkaitan astronomi untuk berkongsi pengetahuan bersama komuniti. Oleh itu, pelajar boleh mempraktikkan pengetahuan astronomi dan kemahiran bermasyarakat serta menunjukkan kebolehan bekerja secara berkumpulan dan komunikasi dengan baik dalam melaksanakan sesuatu program.
Program Field Astronomy Knowledge Transfer and Online Contest 2021 ini telah dibahagikan kepada 4 sub-program utama iaitu Menelusuri Perjuangan Ahli Astronomi, Meneroka Sistem Suria, Living Among Giants dan Ilmu Falak dan Siapa Disebaliknya.
Kesemua program ini telah disasarkan kepada para pelajar sekolah rendah, sekolah menengah, Pra Universiti dan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi serta orang awam.
Program ini diadakan dalam pelbagai aplikasi maya seperti Google Meet, Webex dan Facebook Live.
Seramai 300 orang peserta dari pelbagai latar belakang pendidikan telah menyertai program ini.
Penganjuran program ini telah diketuai oleh Gs Sr Dr. Othman bin Zainon iaitu pensyarah kursus Astronomi Lapangan. Program ini telah dibahagikan kepada beberapa aktiviti seperti perkongisan ilmu astronomi, sesi soal jawab, slot demostrasi dan latih amal bersama para peserta serta pertandingan seperti kuiz atas talian, fotografi astronomi dan mewarna bertemakan astronomi.
Peserta juga diberi pendedahan secara hands-on bagi aktiviti buruj bintang menerusi aktiviti latih amal yang dibuat bersama para peserta.
Majlis Penutup bagi setiap program telah disempurnakan oleh Gs Sr Dr Othman Bin Zainon, Pensyarah Kokurikulum Astronomi Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Secara keseluruhan, program ini telah mencapai objektifnya iaitu untuk berkongsi ilmu astronomi kepada masyarakat Malaysia. Pengajuran program ini dapat memberi impak yang tinggi kepada masyarakat di dalam meningkatkan pembelajaran STREAM di negara ini.
Untuk maklumat lanjut sila hubungi:
Gs Sr Dr. Othman bin Zainon (othmanz.kl@utm.my)
Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
by webmaster | Feb 21, 2021 | News
Johor Bahru, 13 Jan. – Sekumpulan pensyarah dan pelajar kokurikulum Astronomi (UKQA2182/UKQF2172) daripada pelbagai Fakulti dan Sekolah di UTM telah berjaya melaksanakan program bersama komuniti, iaitu Astronomy Education Outreach and Innovation Online Contest 2.0 (AEOIOC 2.0) dari 13 Disember hingga 02 Januari 2021 yang lalu.
Program ini merupakan program Pembelajaran Servis yang telah dilaksanakan secara atas talian.
Program ini telah dibahagikan kepada 3 sub-program utama iaitu Interstellar, Space Genius dan Meneroka Fasa-Fasa Bulan. Ketiga-tiga program ini telah disasarkan kepada para pelajar sekolah menengah, Pra Universiti dan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi serta orang awam.
Program yang diadakan dalam pelbagai applikasi atas talian seperti Google Meet dan Webex. Seramai 150 orang peserta dari pelbagai latar belakang pendidikan telah menyertai program ini. Penganjuran program ini telah diketuai oleh Gs Sr Dr. Othman bin Zainon iaitu pensyarah kokurikulum Astronomi (UKQA2182/UKQF2172) UTM.
Program ini telah dibahagikan kepada beberapa aktiviti seperti perkongisan ilmu astronomi, sesi soal jawab, slot demostrasi dan latih amal bersama para peserta serta pertandingan seperti kuiz atas talian, melukis poster dan video pendek bertemakan astronomi.
Peserta juga diberi pendedahan secara hands-on bagi fasa-fasa bulan menerusi aktiviti latih amal yang dibuat bersama para peserta.
Majlis Penutup bagi setiap program telah disempurnakan oleh Gs Sr Dr. Othman Bin Zainon, Pensyarah Kokurikulum Astronomi Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Secara keseluruhan, program ini telah mencapai objektifnya iaitu untuk berkongsi ilmu astronomi kepada masyarakat Malaysia. Pengajuran program ini dapat memberi impak yang tinggi kepada masyarakat di dalam meningkatkan pembelajaran STREAM di negara ini.
Untuk maklumat lanjut sila hubungi:
Gs Sr Dr. Othman bin Zainon (othmanz.kl@utm.my)
Fakulti Alam Bina dan Ukur
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
by webmaster | Feb 21, 2021 | Award, News, photo
Kuala Lumpur – The annual Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA) competition organized by Nippon Paint, was first launched in 2008. The Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA) seek to encourage students to be more innovative, creative and empower them to a higher level of professionalism in the architectural and interior design industry. It serves as a networking platform among educational institutions, practitioners, and key industry stakeholders. Beyond just a competition platform, exposure from the AYDA program allowed students to gain first-hand industry knowledge via personalized coaching, mentoring, skill-building, and a series of workshops by experienced lecturers, professionals, and design industry players. The benefits further established the AYDA competition as a unique platform in nurturing future designers. The platform also provides opportunities for young designers to learn among peers from within and across the globe. The year 2021 marks the 13th year of AYDA competition journey in Malaysia, and which is now marks as one of the prominent designer awards in the Asia region. This AYDA Malaysia program was conducted on more than 60 virtual roadshows and reached out to over 2,000 students. In the year 2020, the organiser had received over 1,118 submissions from over 60 colleges & Universities in Malaysia.
The theme of the AYDA competition was preset as “Forward: The Human-Centred Design 2020” playing the role of understanding human behavior and implementing such observations when developing sustainable design solutions and push design boundaries beyond. The AYDA 2020 panelists comprised 8 judges for the architectural category, they were Ar Sarly Adre Sarkum, Ar Alvin Lim Hai Seah, Ar Chan Seong Aun, Dato Ar Tan Pei Ing, Ar. Jasmeet Singh Sidhu, Ar. Lee Chor Wah, Ar. Serena Hijas, Ar. Koh Wai Tuck while the Judges of Interior Design Category comprised IDr Lai Siew Hong, Ms. Christine Rowland, IDr Indra Ramanathan, Mr Martin Haeger Mbe, IDr Monie Mohariff, IDr Ooi Boon Seong, IDr Ronnie Choong Swee Beng, and Mr Lim Yong An.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order (MCO) execution by the government throughout January 2021, the organizer had decided to move the physical Award Ceremony from the stage to the virtual Award Ceremony. The Virtual Award Ceremony was broadcasted publicly on the AYDA Malaysia Facebook page via the Facebook live channel, scheduled for 21 January 2021 (Thursday) at 6 pm. The first virtual AYDA award ceremony was officiated by the opening speech by Mr. Yaw Seng Heng, the group managing director of Nippon Paint Malaysia, and followed by Dato Edward Chong, the managing director of IJM Land Berhad.
In Year AYDA 2020, out of 26 finalists, there were 14 & 18 shortlisted finalists in Architecture Category and Interior Design Category respectively. Aw Khai Hong and Muhammad Adri Imran Bin Ramli were among the Architecture Category finalists for AYDA year 2020. Both of them were among the top students from UTM Architecture Program. Aw Khai Hong participated in the competition with his Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BSc Arch) Final year project, supervised by Ts Ar Noraslinda Abdul Rahman, the senior lecturer from Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment UTM entitled “Resilient Cultural Pillar” while Muhammad Adri Imran Bin Ramli, who is currently taking the Master in Architecture (M.Arch) program of UTM submitted one of his Pre-Thesis Design projects supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Khairul Anwar Mohamed Khaidzir from Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying UTM titled “Highstreet Intersection Tower Vertical Walkability” to AYDA 2020.
UTM Architecture Program, as one of the Architecture Schools in Malaysia has never failed to give full and continuous supports to students in participating in the National and International level competitions including AYDA program. The school believes students learn actively and efficiently via competition by giving themselves the opportunity to explore the impossibilities beyond their limits in professionalism and encouraging them to expand their networking and expert skills, which is in line with the ultimate goal of New Academia Learning Innovation (NALI) promoted by UTMLead.
Prepared by: Dr. Leng Pau Chung
AYDA 2020 Finalist and People’s Choice Award won by Aw Khai Hong’s work entitled “Resilient Cultural Pillar”, supervised by Ts Ar Noraslinda Binti Abdul Rahman from Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying UTM.
One of the AYDA Finalists won by Muhammad Adri Imran Bin Ramli with his work entitled “Highstreet Intersection Tower Vertical Walkability”, supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Khairul Anwar Mohamed Khaidzir from Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying UTM.
by webmaster | Feb 19, 2021 | News
Figure 1: Snap screen of the live streaming of webinar session
After the first national level webinar series organized on 22nd December 2020, once again UTM Architecture Programme, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying UTM has successfully hosted the second international webinar series entitled “Envisioning Architecture Education for Malaysia” on 15 February 2020 (Monday) from 2:30pm to 5:30pm, live streaming on Facebook via Streamyard and Cisco Webex online platform. This programme was hosted by Architecture Programme UTM and jointly organized by Department of Higher Education (JPT), Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE); Council of Accreditation and Architectural Education Malaysia (CAAEM), Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM) as well as Council of Heads of Architecture Schools Malaysia (COHAS). There were 285 registered participants for the webinar. The registered participants’ origins from various locations in Malaysia and various main cities around the world such as Sydney, Glasgow, Doha and others with different background including professional architects, academicians, interior designers, quantity surveyors, and students who are concerning about the future of architecture education in Malaysia.
The 3 hours’ webinar was started with a montage presentation to introduce the invited speakers and their keynote title, followed by opening remarks by moderator of webinar, Prof Dr Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin as well as Doa recitation by Dr Aiman Mohd Rashid from Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying (Architecture) UTM. The moderator of webinar, Prof Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin is currently the Executive Director of Institut Sultan Iskandar and member of Council of Accreditation and Architectural Education Malaysia (CAAEM) under Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM), has briefed the participants with the programme background of The Direction of Architectural Education in Malaysia by 2030 (Halatuju Pendidikan Senibina Negara 2030) empowered by Council of Heads of Architecture Schools (COHAS) Malaysia.
The webinar has officiated by Ar. Mustapha Bin Haji Mohd Salleh, Chairman of Council of Accreditation and Architectural Education Malaysia (CAAEM) with the welcoming address and followed by the sharing by 3 expert panels.
Figure 2: The first Speaker Professor Ashraf M.Salama from University of Strathclyde Glasgow, United Kingdom
There were three (3) invited speakers were invited to do their sharing session on Architecture Education Views in this International webinar series. The program has started with sharing by Expert Panel 1, Professor Dr Ashraf Salama: Director of Research Cluster of Architecture and Urban in the Global South, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He has delivered his speech entitled “Global Views on Architecture Education” and followed by sharing session from Expert Panel 2, Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak who is currently the Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM); as well as Member, Board of Director Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) with his sharing entitled “The Leadership in The Built Environment Sustainability And Resiliency”. Right after the second expert sharing session, the programme has resumed with the sharing from Expert Panel 3, Prof. Christopher Tweed, Head of School; Chair in Sustainable Design Cardiff University, United Kingdom with his sharing topic entitled “The Role of Research-Led Design in Architectural Education: Relevancy and Challenges in Facing A Crisis”
Figure 3: Sharing session from Expert Panel 2 – Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak who is currently the Rector of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM); as well as Member, Board of Director Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
Figure 4: Expert Panel 3, Professor Christopher Tweed, Head of School; Chair in Sustainable Design Cardiff University, United Kingdom
After the sharing sessions, the program has opened up the Q&A session to audience from both WebEX and FBLive Participants. The Q&A session was actively participated via both verbal and texting method from academicians, professionals and students around the country and major cities around the world. The Q&A session was conducted in forum style, where the expert panels were welcomed to response and share their view towards the questions asked by audience. The future and challenges of the Architecture education in Malaysia has been discussed actively by panels and participants. Other than that, the panels have shared their thoughts and views based on the questions asked by audience such as methods and approaches of teaching & learning in Architecture Education, the misconception of the current practice in industry, the directions of Malaysian Architecture Education mode and others have been actively discussed.
The closing remarks has been delivered by Ar Zairul Azidin bin Badri, the President of Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM). In short, this webinar has accomplished to achieve the mission in organising the constructive discourse and comprehensive sharing sessions by expert panels at international level on envisioning architecture education for Malaysia.
Figure 5: The good-bye scene from moderators, chairman of CAAEM and LAM as well as the Expert panels at the end of the webinar
The details of the programme
- Organizer: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MoHE) – Department of Higher Education; Board of Architects Malaysia – Council of Architectural Accreditation and Education Malaysia (CAAEM); & Council of Heads of Architecture Schools (COHAS) Malaysia
- Webinar Host: Programme of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying UTM
- Moderator: Prof Syed Ahmad Iskandar Syed Ariffin
- Welcoming Address: Ar. Mustapha Bin Haji Mohd Salleh, Chairman of Council of Accreditation and Architectural Education Malaysia (CAAEM)
- Expert Panel 1: Global Views on Architecture Education by Professor Dr Ashraf M.Salama: Director of Research Cluster of Architecture and Urban in the Global South, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- Expert Panel 2: The Leadership in The Built Environment Sustainability And Resiliency by Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak: Rector, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM); Member, Board of Director Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
- Expert Panel 3: The Role of Research-Led Design in Architectural Education: Relevancy and Challenges in Facing A Crisis by Professor Christopher Tweed: Head of School; Chair in Sustainable Design Cardiff University, United Kingdom
- Closing Remarks: Ar Zairul Azidin bin Badri (President, Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM)
- Webinar Committee:
- Head of Committee: Associate Professor Dr Alice Sabrina Ismail
- Technical Committee: Associate Professor Dr Khairul Anwar Mohamed Khaidzir, Associate Professor Dr Lim Yaik Wah, Mr. Azari Mat Yasir, Ar Norshahida Azili, Ar Samsiah Abdullah, Dr Aiman Mohd Rashid, Dr. Fadhlina Ahmad @ Taufik, Dr Roshida Abdul Majid, Ar Noraslinda Abdul Rahman, Dr Leng Pau Chung, Dr Iziq Eafifi Ismail and Mr Mohd Hanif Masridin
- Technical Committee: Mr Azizul Azman, Mr Iqmal Nor Mohd Noh, Mr Rahim Hashim
Text prepared by
Dr. Leng Pau Chung
Senior Lecturer, Architecture Programme,
Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying UTM
by webmaster | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Congratulation to Assoc. Prof. Sr Dr. Zakaria Mohd Yusof on successfully receiving the training funds from the State Government of Sarawak amounting RM 33,390.00 for Phase 1 2021.
by webmaster | Feb 8, 2021 | News
Tahniah kepada Prof Kasturi Devi , Dr. Nurul Hazrina dan Dr. Nadzri. Semoga kerjasama dengan persatuan/badan profesional ini akan membantu FABU dalam segenap aspek.
