Institut Kajian Sains Fundamental Ibnu Sina www.ibnusina.utm.my March-April 2014 BERITA & AKTIVITI SEMASA IIS Seminar Series 52 15 April 2014, IIS Bengkel sehari ini adalah anjuran bersama antara Instut Ibnu Sina dan Syarikat Research Instruments Sdn Bhd. Tujuannya adalah untuk memperkenalkan instrument baru keluaran syarikat mereka. Bengkel ini telah disertai oleh pelajar, penyelidik dan pensyarah di sekitar UTM A Particle Characterisation Technology Workshop 19 March 2014, IIS Topik : Carbon Materials in Catalysis Penceramah : Dr. Ali Rinaldi Research Fellow, TUM CREATE Singapore Carbon in its elementary form exists in almost every possible structural order and morphology. Such flexibilies allow carbon materials to be exploited in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and electrochemistry among others. In heterogene- ous catalysis, carbon can act as the catalyst, catalyst support, reactant, poison, and as the product. Albeit the vast applica- on of carbon in catalysis and electrochemistry, there are sll unresolved fundamental quesons such as the catalyst-carbon support interacon and the role of carbon in electrocatalysis. In this talk, we try to address the two issues by examining the role of structural ordering in carbon materials as support for metal-catalysed carbon nanotube synthesis and as catalyst in electrochemical reacons relevant to energy storage systems. Ulmately the goal of such studies is the elucidaon of structure/reacvity relaonship for carbon materials to design beer catalyst systems. Lawatan Audit OSHE UTM 7 April 2014, IIS Makmal XRD dan Miskroskopi telah dicalonkan untuk Anugerah Kesihatan dan Keselamatan Pekerjaan 2014 (UTM). Proses audit dilakukan pada hari yang sama oleh wakil dari OSHE UTM.