by webmaster FAB | Jun 28, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
The Bachelor of Quantity Surveying (Hons) and Bachelor of Science in Construction (Hons) run by the Department of Quantity Surveying were re-accredited for the term 2009 – 2013. Associate Prof. Sr. Dr. Fadhlin Abdullah on behalf of the Dean received the Certificate of Accreditation from Mr. Max Crofts, the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in the ceremony held at the Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur on June 17th, 2010. Also present during the ceremony were RICS Malaysia Vice Chairman, Sr. Kwan Hock Chai, Associate Prof. Sr. Dr. Hjh Wan Maimun Wan Abdullah (ISM President) and UTM representative, Associate Prof. Sr. Dr. Maizon Hashim, Dr. Kherun Nita Ali and Mr. Zuhaili Mohamad Ramly.
During the ceremony, two of the second year students from the department, Miss Nur Farah Farhana Rasid and Mr. Chong Choon Kiat, received the Book Price Award while Miss Tan Fang Fang received the Best Paper Award for the 2nd International Surveying Conference for Undergraduates 2010 held at UTM on March 12th, 2010. Both recognition by the international organization such as RICS would contribute to the process of the internationalization of UTM as a ‘Research University’ and hopefully further enhance the perception of the public towards the programs offered by the department.
by webmaster FAB | May 20, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Teo Mei Yee is granted with a Korean Government Scholarship which is managed by National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Government of South Korea. A total of 185 scholarships were awarded by NIIED for developing countries throughout the world and only 5 for Malaysian. Mei Yee will be studying at a premier university in South Korea, the Seoul National University to pursue Master of Landscape Architecture. Mei Yee is the best student for Semester 2 Session 2010/2011 completing her undergraduate study last semester at Dept of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, UTM. Let us together harness another student to attain this award.
by webmaster FAB | May 10, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
1. Dr Kei Saito has submitted a research proposal to The Toyota Foundation Research Grant. The topic of his research is “Fundamental Study on Housing Area Design Method for Low Environment Load in Tropic: Development of Spatial Database and Urban Greenery Impact”. The result of the grant will be known in September 2010.
2. Dr Sirima NaSongkla is appointed as a guest crit in the international professional workshop in urban planning and design competition in Vietnam during June 9-12. The workshop is organized by the French Association of Urbanism (Cergy-Pontoise Les Ateliers).
3. Dr Mohd Hisyam Rasidi and Dr Ismail Said will be going to Hiroshima University from 16th May to 18th June 2010 to attend the Exchange Program for East Asian Young Researchers organized by Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation of Hiroshima University. During their stay at the university, they will conducting a research with Dr Muhammad Tetsu Kubota and delivering four lectures to graduate students at the school.
4. Three undergraduates (Baohan, Muhammad Arif bin Wahab Udin and Teo Kien Hee) from Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programme are currently doing their intership at LandArt Shanghai in Shanghai. The two months intership begins from 2nd May to 30th June 2010. Last Sunday, they had the opportunity to attend the Expo 2010 Shanghai China.
5. Dr. Hamidah Ahmad will be attending the 1st Conference on Islamic Urban Heritage in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 22nd to 28th May 2010. The title of her paper is ” Taiping : Heritage Town Landscape Masterplan”.
by webmaster FAB | May 2, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
On 29th April, Dr. Ismail Said brought two members of Green Innovation Research Laboratory (GIRL) to visit Prof. Johannes Widodo at the Department of Landscape Architecture, National University of Singapore. The members were Dr Kei Saito and Dr Hisyam Rasidi. In addition, he also brought a doctoral candidate, Widya Fransiska, and a master candidate, Nursuraini. The purpose of the visit were two folds: (1) to discuss on Widya’s topic of research on urban morphology of river settlement at Musi river in Palembang, and (2) to introduce young academics to Prof Widodo for research networking in aspects of urban morphology and landscape and micro-climate. Prof Widodo was generous to share his collection of historical maps and manuscripts on Palembang to Widya. Many of his collected materials were rare and thus not available in UTM’s library. Herewith, a photo illustrating Widya explaining her research inquiry to Prof Widodo.
by webmaster FAB | Apr 29, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Three graduating seniors from Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment have applied prestigious scholarships known as Korean Government Scholarship Program Year 2010. The students are Muhamad Solehin Fitry Rosley, Teoh Mei Yee, Nurzuliza Jamirsah. Professor Kim Sung-kyun from the Seoul National University have recommended their applications to the scholarship authority government of South Korea. They planned to study their masters in the field of landscape architecture.
by webmaster FAB | Apr 22, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Prof Kin Sung-Kyun has been appointed by the Office of Registrar UTM as visiting professor at the Faculty of Built Environment. His appointment commences from 2nd August to 3rd September 2010 and will be attached to Department of Landscape Architecture. He will be assisting the program of landscape urban design studio as well as giving lectures on application of GIS in landscape planning. He is also appointed as external examiner for a PhD candidate who is under the supervision of Dr Ismail Said.
Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Tetsu Kubota has been appointed by the Office of Registrar UTM as visiting associate professor at the Faculty of Built Environment. His appointment commences from 1st January to 31st December 2010. He will be working at the Department of Landscape Architecture delivering lectures on landscape and microclimate. In August, Dr Tetsu will be assisting Dr Ismail Said to conduct a workshop on how to write paper in indexed journals, and the workshop is open for all post-graduate students from the Faculty of Built Environment.
