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.