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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS | ISSUE 50 | APRIL - JUNE 2014 | ISSN 1675-2023

At a Glance:Highlights• Inaugural Visit by Minister of Education II• Datuk, You make us proud!• UTP in Top 200 QS Asian University Ranking• 1,500 gathered at the 3rd World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON2014)

Feature Story• Beyond Top 200 under the QS World University Rankings

CSR• Learning IT through Multimedia and Mobile Application

Events• ‘Global University and Emerging Trends’ - The main agenda for 12th Academic Advisory Council Meeting• A Sector Focused Career Fair - Technology, Education and Career (TEC) 2014• OGIS 2014 - “Gearing up for future challenges of the Oil and Gas Industry• A fullfilling evening with Industry Players for MBA-EM Scholars

Achievements• UTP wins Chemical Car Competition in Surabaya • Collaborations with Huawei and Multimedia Development Corporation to set up Huawei Lab

UTP in Top 200 QS RankingTo be globally recognised for any accomplishment is indeed something to be proud of and to shout about. In the highly competitive and significant world of tertiary education, such an accolade is even more noteworthy and momentous as it greatly adds to the credibility, prominence and reputation of the institution. In this light, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is proud to announce that it was recently placed within the top 200 universities in Asia as determined by the QS University Ranking: Asia for the year 2014.

UTP Vice Chancellor, YBhg Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul

Rahim Hashim said that this recognition is even more significant as UTP is the only private university in Malaysia which has ever earned this recognition, with the other 6 in the top 200 list being public institutions of higher learning. This achievement also positions UTP as the top Malaysia’s private university. The six Malaysian public universities which were listed in 2014 were Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and International Islamic Universiti Malaysia (IIUM).

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editorial teamAdvisorDatuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim

Editor-In-ChiefShamsina Shaharun

EditorTajul Ariffin Shamsuddin

Staff WriterSuhaila Sharaini

A leader has a tall order to inspire the people around them to push themselves - and, in turn, the institution - to greatness. To do this, he must lead by example. Good leadership takes strength of character and a firm commitment to do the things he says, when he says it.

There are many such leaders who lead by example. The University’s Vice Chancellor Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hashim has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) for his contributions in the engineering and computer sciences disciplines. With the election of Datuk Abdul Rahim, the University now has three ASM fellows serving at UTP, the others being Prof Dr Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani (Engineering Sciences) and Prof Dr Norani Muti Mohamed (Mathematical and Physical Sciences). ASM is a statutory body set up to pursue, encourage and enhance excellence in science, engineering and technology for the benefit of mankind.

With three illustrative leaders at the helm of the management and research centresfor excellence, the University has raised the bar for its academic and faculty members to push the boundaries to achieve the best, not only for themselves but also for the University and eventually the country.

The University also celebrates being the top Malaysia’s private University when it secured a position within the top 200 universities in Asia as recognised by the QS University Ranking: Asia for the year 2014. Read all about how UTP secured the position ahead of its 2015 target date.

In this edition Professor Ir Dr Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani also shared the challenges of rising to the current QS World ranking and the University’s plan beyond this achievement.

The Campus continues to buzz with hives of activities. The 3rd World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON2014) attracted new innovations and ideas through the much awaiting pitching session and gathered more than 1,000 experts from over 40 countries featuring 20 parallel sessions and more than 1500 research and industry papers from around the world. The students organised Sector Focused Career Fair: Technology, Education And Career, an event co-hosted by Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp) and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). The event is unique for it focuses on engineering, oil, gas and energy sector, which, was joined by 63 companies within the sectors.

In one recent Globoforce survey, 39% of employees had reported that they do not feel appreciated at work. Even more eye-opening, 69% say they would work harder if they felt their efforts were better recognised. And 78% said being recognised motivates them in their job. At UTP, the annual Quality Day presented the stage for open appreciation to staff and academic faculty members who have shown tremendous zeal and commitment in their respective roles and functions. 16 categories of awards were given out in recognition and appreciation to 46 individuals and six teams. A total of 81 staff members were also given long-service awards.

Dear readers, stay tune for more excitement in our next Quarter.

UTP Quarterly is the quarterly bulletin of UniversitiTeknologi PETRONAS. The views and opinions expressedor implied are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the University’s management. Noarticle in part of in whole should be reprinted withoutwritten permission.

Editorial correspondence and contributions can beaddressed to:The Editor-In-Chief UTP QuarterlyCorporate Affairs, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS31750 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul RidzuanTel: 605-368 8230 Fax: 605-365 4088

For enquiries on photographs featured in this quarterly,please contact: Mohd Hazrin Ismail at 605-368 8235

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ContributorsAhmad PG AbdullahRaja Shoman Raja RosdinM Thavasegaran

PhotographersMohd Hazrin IsmailKhalid Asyril Ismail

CirculationAzfulredza Abdul AzizHafizah Hamzah

Highlights

04 Inaugural Visit by Minister of Education II05 Datuk, You make us proud!05 UTP in Top 200 QS Asian University Ranking08-09 1,500 gathered at the 3rd World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON2014)16 “Embrace Quality, Enrich Productivity” UTP Quality Day 2013

Feature Story

06-07 Beyond Top 200 under the QS World University Rankings

Events

10 ‘Global University and Emerging Trends’ - The main agenda for 12th Academic Advisory Council Meeting11 A Sector Focused Career Fair - Technology, Education and Career (TEC) 201412 OGIS 2014 - “Gearing up for future challenges of the Oil and Gas Industry12 UTP Family Day13 A fullfilling evening with Industry Players for MBA-EM Scholars

CSR

14 Learning IT through Multimedia and Mobile Application 14 Mould our kids for a Brighter Future

Achievements

15 UTP wins Chemical Car Competition in Surabaya 15 Collaborations with Huawei and Multimedia Development Corporation to set up Huawei Lab

WelcomeAboard&Diary

welcome aboard | apr - jun 2014

diary | apr - jun 2014

Amirul Hariz bin YunusClerk, Registry

Azeb Demisi HabteLecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Choong Chee MengLecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Erwan Syah bin AbdullahExecutive, Student Support Services

Fatin Amirah binti SuhaimiAdministrative Assistant, Faculty of Fundamental and Applied Science

Fatin Nurlaily binti ZainurinExecutive, Faculty of Engineering

Filipe Manuel Ramos ParadelaSenior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering

Girma Gonfa HundePost-Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Engineering

Hazlien binti ZainuddinClerk, Research and Innovation Office

Isham bin Mat SaadSecurity Officer, Security Services

Joha Shahrezza bin JoehariClerk, Student Support Services

Jose Antonio Gamez VintanedAssociate Professor, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Khurram AltafSenior Lecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Mohamed Shuaib bin Mohamed SaheedResearch Scientist, Research and Innovation Office

Mohammad Fazli Ahmat JalaluddinExecutive, Registry

Mohammed I Ali Al-MossawySenior Lecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Mohammed Mahbubur RahmanSenior Lecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Muhammad Azahari bin RoslanClerk, Student Support Services

Muhammad Firdaus bin AminuddinClerk, Research and Innovation Office

Muhammad Noor Amin bin ZakariahLecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Muhammad Rashid bin ShamsuddinLecturer, Faculty of Engineering

Mohd Nur Ikhwan bin Mohd RedzwanExecutive, Registry

Naimmatul Hani binti Naina MohdExecutive, Lab Facilites and Services

Norhayati binti YaacobClerk, Registry

Nor Fadhilah binti AzmanClerk, Financial and Asset Management

Nur Farahin binti Abdul RazakExecutive, Centre for Student Internship, Mobility and Adjunct Lectureship

Nurfaradilla binti AnuarExecutive, Human Resource Management & Administration

April 20142 ROHINGYA : Donation drive during Zohor prayer3-4 Shooting of IRC for a documentary called ‘Panaroma’ by RTM7-8 Book Fair 2014 inconjunction with BB1M distribution at UTP7-11 Global Enrichment Programme 20148 Visit by Mesiniaga8-9 The Art of Writing Publishable Scientific Manuscript and Beyond 9 UTP Quality Day 201311 Mesyuarat Agung PETRONITA Wilayah Utara Kali Ke-15 12 Visit by Sek Men Keb Muadzam Shah, Pahang Health Check-up Programme under UTP Socio-economic Development CSR at Kampung Aji, Bota Kiri14 Visit by School of Built Environment, Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College15 Visit by Sekolah Kebangsaan Methodist Ayer Tawar, Sitiawan Perak16 Chancellor’s Public Lecture : ‘Leaders In Today’s Society; Issues, Challenges and Way Forward’17 The MoU Signing Ceremony between Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) & Curtin University (CU)19-22 EduCamp May 2014 Intake22 Visit by School of Architecture and Design, Walailak University at Nakorn Si Thammarat Thailand 25 Integrity Champions Global Summit 2014 Usrah Fiqh Nisa’ MBA-EM Networking Evening

May 20145 Sharing Session : Explore Opportunites for Collaboration - Road to Korea Revisited 6 Sharing Session : Opportunities for UTP to provide training & short courses : Closing the Local Market Human Capital Gap for Malaysian O&G Industry

Official Opening of UTP-Huawei Communications Ceremony Visit by Hudson Howells7 Visit by Sekolah Kebangsaan Jelai, Batu Kurau Perak8 Talk by Prof. Rigoberto C . Advincula, Director of PETRO Case Center of Case Western Reserve University, US10 Visit by H.E. Makkawi Mohamed Awad, Minister of Petroleum, Sudan Cetusan Fikrah bersama Ustaz Azhar Idrus21 Visit by SapuraKencana 22 Visit by Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Trolak, Sungkai Perak23 Visit by Kolej Yayasan Trolak ,Sungkai ,Perak Visit by Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Segamat, Johor Registration of New Students May 2014 Intake 24 Yayasan UTP Charity Golf in conjunction with ESTCON 201427 Visit by South Oil Company, Iraq28 Legal Awareness Programme #1 - Have I Just Been Sexually Harassed? ESTCON Carbon Offset Campaign 2014 : Tree Planting29 Visit by Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kuala Nerang, Kedah

June 20143-5 3rd World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON 2014)7 UTP Family Day 20148 PETRONAS Scholarship Award Ceremony & Official Visit by YB Dato’ Seri Idris bin Jusoh, Minister of Education II, Ministry of Education, Malaysia Visit by Florida International University (FIU) Ensemble of Gamelan 2014

Festival of Colours of The World 20149 Visit by Turkish NOC10 Seminar on Libertine Linear Power Systems by Mr Sam Cockerill, CEO of Libertine FPE11 Visit by Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah (KUISAS)12 The MoA Signing Ceremony with Korea Business Centre, Kuala Lumpur (KOTRA) Majlis Ceramah Khas sempena Nisfu Sya’ban Visit by Taylor University Lakeside Sunway14 EUPHONIOUS 201416 Management and Humanities Department Adjunct Lecture ; ‘How Organisations Manage Employee Performance’ by Mr Paul Mills Sharing Session on KETTHA Grants17 Visit by Colombo Plan Staff College18 Visit by Sekolah Kebangsaaan Bota Kiri, Bota, Perak EAC Accreditation Visit for BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering and BEng (Hons) Petroleum Engineering A Talk by Schlumberger: Latest Development in Supply Chain and How SLB is Riding The Wave19 Visit by Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Personal Data Protection Act 2010 Training Session Visit by Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Sulaiman,Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Visit by Tokyo University of Science21 Red Sonata Fiesta 201422 Management and Humanities Department Adjunct Lecture ; ‘Business Ethics & Governance : The Real Deal” by YBhg. Dato’ Hafsah Hashim, CEO SME Corporation Malaysia24-25 Technology, Education and Career 201425 2nd Edition of the UTP Oil & Gas Industry Seminar (OGIS) Briefing Session by Westlake International School27 CETaL Roadmap Workshop

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Nur Huda binti Mohd JaminLecturer, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

Raja Afzainizam bin AzharSecurity Officer, Security Services

Rosidah binti SohamiClerk, Centre for Graduates Studies

Safwan Hanis bin Mohd MuradResearch Scientist, Research and Innovation Office

Shiferaw Regassa JufarLecturer, Faculty of Geoscience &Petroleum Engineering

Srinivasa Rao PedapatiAssociate Professor, Faculty of Engineering

Sreejaya Koraporath VayalobranPost-Doctoral Researcher, Research and Innovation Office

Timothy Ganesan A/L AndrewLecturer, Faculty of Engineering

Xianhua LiuAssociate Professor, Faculty of Geoscience and Petroleum Engineering

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Inaugural Visit by Minister of Education IIYBhg Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh, Minister of Education II visitedUTP on 8 June 2014. UTP Vice Chancellor, YBhg. Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hashim and UTP Management Committee members were on hand to receive the Minister. YBhg Dato’ Seri Idris was briefed on UTP’s progress by UTP Vice Chancellor and later taken for a short tour of the University’s facilities which included the laboratories and Information Resource Centre.

Prior to the visit, YBhg Dato’ Seri Idris awarded 316 scholarships to SPM leavers to continue their tertiary education at international and local universities under PETRONAS Education Sponsorship Programme (PESP). Of the 316 students, 168 will continue their studies at UTP,while the remaining will pursue their tertiary studies at foreign universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Under the PESP, PETRONAS will sponsor the students fromfoundation studies up to first degree level. Since its inception in 1975, PESP has benefited more than 21,000 students with an estimated investment value of RM2.8 billion.

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Datuk,You make us proud!

UTP Vice Chancellor, YBhg Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim, FASc, was among the latest of the country’s academics elected as Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) during the recent Academy’s 19th Annual General Meeting. He is elected in the discipline of Engineering & Computer Sciences.

ASM is a statutory government body formed by the government with a challenging mission that is to pursue, encourage and enhance excellence in Science, Engineering and Technology in support of the development of the nation and for the benefit of mankind. Over the years, the Academy has provided, among others, strategic advice to the nation on the development and policies of Science, Technology and

Innovation initiatives to support the nation building. The Fellows of the Academy are drawn from eminent Malaysian scientists, engineering and technologist in many fields. A Fellow is appointed based on his/her achievements which are considered of extraordinary value.

Currently, there are three (3) ASM fellows serving the university namely Prof Ir Dr Ahmad Fadzil b Mohamad Hani (Engineering Sciences), Prof Dr Norani Muti bt Mohamed (Mathematical and Physical Sciences) and YBhg Datuk Abdul Rahim.

The University community would like to congratulate YBhg Datuk Ir Dr Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim on his appointment.

UTP in Top 200 QS RankingTestimony of continued and progressive excellence

“This placement within the top 200 elite Asian institutes of higher learning bears witness and testimony to UTP’s growing record of awards in recognition of its continuous journey towards excellence. “In 2012, the university was placed at number 227, moving up to number 204 in 2013. Being in the top 200 in 2014 comes a year ahead of its 2015 target date.” said Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim.

The QS University Rankings: Asia, published since 2009, provides a comparison and overview of the top 300 universities in the Asian region; and to be placed within the top 200 in the world’s most dynamic and rapidly developing regions is no mean feat. The methodology for ranking the Asian universities is similar to that used for the QS World University Rankings with the addition of some indicators and adapted weightings. The set of criteria applied was developed in consultation with regional experts and stakeholders and were formulated to best reflect the key components, strengths and priorities of the Asian universities.

The universities were ranked on nine key performance indicators which include academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty : student ratio, citations per paper, papers per faculty proportion of international faculty, proportion of international students, proportion of inbound exchange students and proportion of outbound exchange students.The indicators are weighted and assessed using data from global surveys amongst the international academic community and employers wherever applicable, and from data of publications and citations for research papers from the Scopus database to reflect the research productivity of the university.

The internationalisation of the university in terms of student enrolment and faculty members is also a consideration. The Asian ranking also includes the proportion of inbound and outbound exchange students which offer additional insights into the internationalisation of the Asian universities. These two indicators, which incidentally are not used in the global ranking, offer additional insight and assess the size of the institutions’ student exchange programme as a measure of its international collaboration in the world of academia.

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Beyond Top 200 under the QS World University Rankings

Professor Ir Dr Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani is the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. He is an accomplished researcher and his research interests include image processing and computer vision for biomedical and inspection systems. Currently he leads the University’s Centre for Intelligent Signal & Imaging Research (CISIR). At national level, Professor Ir Dr Ahmad Fadzil is a Fellow with the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).

In this interview Professor Fadzil shared the importance of having a purposeful and structured plan in making the quantum leap for excellence.

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is ranked in the top 200 in Chemical Engineering under the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014. The recognition provides the springboard for the University to benchmark itself amongst the best international universities while also placing it in good stead when compared with other international institutions. The recognition also enhances the University’s international brand reputation.

The annual QS world university rankings by subject are a comprehensive guide to the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas. British Quacquarelli Symonds publishes the rankings, which was initially in an association with Times Higher Education. QS World University Rankings is one of the three most influential and widely observed international rankings and is referred to, for admissions from the international sector of students. The ranking system takes into account research quality, graduate employment, student staff ratios, teaching standards, international collaborations and a number of other factors. However, the biggest single factor in QS rankings is academic reputation, which is calculated by surveying more than 60,000 academics and graduate employers around the world about their opinion on merits of their institution other than where they belong. The

”“We are

smaller in size, but we know what we want, when we want it and how to go about achieving it...

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newly released QS University Rankings form one of the few global rankings of universities.

Interestingly, the recognition comes six years ahead of the targeted schedule for UTP.

Professor Fadzil said that in 2008, the University set up an organisational Transformation Plan by identifying Chemical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering programmes to be in the top 200 in the World University rankings by 2020 and UTP to be in the top 200 Asia University rankings by 2015.

He said though the QS rankings are broadly based and include measurements of student numbers, diversity of faculty and students, etc, they are significantly influenced by an opinion poll of faculty and other researchers around the world that focuses on what they know about research strengths of other institutions. “In my view it is more important to look at the trends, develop deep understanding of the methodology used to create the ranking and identify aspects and details for assessment with respect to UTP’s standing and work towards achieving the points where UTP has the advantage and leverage.” He further added that each university has different strengths to offer, creating difficulties to make fair comparisons. It was really a challenge for a private University like UTP to compete with the more established public universities.

In terms of strategy, the University did not consciously bother with the competitions and the race to check its position vis-à-vis other institutions. Instead, UTP has made concerted efforts by reviewing its own strength and identifying the ranking key criteria of the assessment and work diligently to achieve the required criteria. For example, student exchange programme is being allocated 5% in the assessment. “In order to gain maximum points, we structured our student exchange programme by recording the stipulated number of participation which included external students joining UTP’s programmes. If we have gaps, we immediately address the shortcoming”, said Professor Fadzil. He also added that the team focused their efforts on areas that are within their tight control. However, in the case of measuring reputation and perception, the variance is not within their sphere of control. In these instances, collaborations and partnership worked to the University’s advantage because third party endorsement did contribute to the percentile in perception measurement.

Professor Fadzil takes pride in sharing that it is quite impressive for a 17 years old university to gain a position amongst top 200 universities in Asia. He said that this achievement reflects the University’s purposeful and visionary leadership in laying down solid foundation and meticulous but comprehensive road map to realising its vision and mission. “We are smaller in size, but we know what we want, when we want it and how to go about achieving it. We

are focused in our planning and diligent in the implementation. We welcome feedback and input. We thrive on audits - both internally and externally because audits provide us with objective indicators whether or not we are doing things right and not derailing from our tracks. We build on strengths and we address the gaps.”

When asked what would be the challenge now that UTP has already achieved being positioned in international rankings system earlier than projected, Professor Fadzil said that the bar now has been raised. The target now would be to position the University amongst the top 100. On top of that UTP long term vision is to be internationally recognised as a partner of choice for industries and a respected member of scientific communities.

“We can use the same model as before to achieve the rankings, but we have to triple our efforts. Our resources remain the same but the productivity has to increase tenfold. We can acquire or “buy” expertise. It would be better to collaborate or “borrow” and build capabilities as this is more sustainable in a longer term.” To attain the long term vision, we have to restrategise with new initiatives and targets.

He concluded the interview by a positive note. “There is a saying ‘What got you here, will not get you there’. There are a lot of soul-searching and re-engineering of attitude and behavior that need to be done. But such is not impossible”.

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1,500 gathered at the 3rd World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON2014)Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) with the support from Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Science, Technologyand Innovation (MOSTI), Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM), KPerak Implementation & Coordination Corporation (KPerak) and Yayasan Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (YUTP) gathered more than 1,000 experts from over 40 countries from 3 to 5 June 2014 for a gathering of presentations, lectures, panel discussions and debates on research and innovation in the 3rd World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON2014) to determine a more sustainable future.

Held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, the 3-day congress was the only event where industry, academia, government and the public converge to take part in global business roundtables to discuss ideas, share knowledge, learn about the latest inventions and research and facilitate commercialisation of ideas to the market that benefit industry and the economy.

ESTCON2014 is the largest congress in the world with nine simultaneously-held international conferences, namely International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences (ICIPEG2014), International Conference on Civil, Offshore & Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE2014), International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability (ICPER2014), International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials (ICPEAM2014), International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced System (ICIAS2014), International Conference on Computer & Information Sciences (ICCOINS2014), International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Science (ICFAS2014), International Conference on Leadership and

Management (ICLM2014) and International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS2014).

Themed “Engineering, Science, Technology and Humanities: Convergence for a Sustainable Future”, it featured 20 parallel sessions and more than 1500 research and industry papers from around the world, bridging all community of experts in research and innovation.

21 plenary speakers, from various countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, China and Japan delivered their talk at the nine conferences accordingly.

There were a wide range of programmes including topics such as leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and finance to technical topics of exploration, nanotechnology, green computing, environmental & water resource engineering, infra-structure, geo technology and transportation engineering.

Launching the congress on behalf of Minister of Education II, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, Dato’ Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang said the ministry acknowledges the importance of integrating science with arts, humanities and philosophy.

“Universities should find a balance between social sciences and humanities with the fields of science, engineering and medicine. This must be translated into academic programmes and research initiatives.

“Sciences and humanities should never be marginalised as the arts and humanities nurture the critical and creative perspectives,” he said.

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Dato’ Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini was also one of the keynote speakers who delivered his address titled “Demand-Driven Entrepreneurial Academic Ecosystem New Academia”.

The second keynote titled “The Path to a Sustainable Energy Future” was delivered by Prof Dr Paul Komor, the Energy Education Director at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), University of Colorado Boulder, USA. He shared in the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 2007 to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Organised since 2010, ESTCON has emphasised the importance of innovation, creativity and commercialisation. Continuing with this tradition, ESTCON2014 has introduced a new section called Innovation Pitching.

“The innovation pitching is designed to directly connect researchers and inventors to potential investors and business partners. In addition, it will create opportunities that will enable the university to increase revenue and create new jobs,” said Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hashim, Vice Chancellor of UTP.

“The Innovation Pitching allowed participants from different categories to showcase and present their innovation products. Not only will it provide a platform for the university’s community to present their work, successful research and innovations will

also gain reputable recognitions from external parties through the participation in this exhibition,” said Dr. Zulkifli Mohamed Hashim, Deputy Secretary General (Science) of Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), who represented YB Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah, Deputy MOSTI Minister for the closing ceremony on 5 June 2014.

“ESTCON2014’s Innovation Pitching is in line with MOSTI’s commercialisation year with the theme “Science, Technology and Innovation for Wealth Creation”. This initiative provides opportunities to technopreneurs to commercialise their R&D products while addressing key issues of commercialisation,” added Dr. Zulkifli.

Dr Zulkifli also presented the best papers and best presenters award for participants of ESTCON2014.

A total of 26 innovation pitches were carried out during the congress, with nine innovations are now in discussions with AIM and five with KPerak.

The main sponsors of the congress were PETRONAS and Exxon Mobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc as Diamond sponsors, while Dialog Group Berhad as the Gold sponsor.

In conjunction with ESTCON2014, UTP has also worked on a special Carbon Offset Project by planting 121 trees at the ESTCON Park, UTP campus. To reduce carbon footprint in organising ESTCON2014, UTP has focused on reducing and reworking strategies to minimise carbon dioxide in areas such as air travel, paper usage and electricity consumption. The trees were sponsored by the university’s staff and student. The sponsorship received was also channelled to YUTP Bursary Fund to provide a financial aid for UTP students of RM300,000 per semester.

The next ESTCON is scheduled to be held in 2016.

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‘Global University and Emerging Trends’ The main agenda for 12th Academic Advisory Council Meeting

UTP Academic Advisory Council (AAC) members met at Level 86, Tower 1, PETRONAS Twin Towers on 26 June 2014 to discuss the university’s strategic focus on scholarship of teaching and learning, research innovations and linkages. This is in line with the 12th AAC’s meeting themed “Going Global: Emerging Trends for Sustainable Higher Education”.

Prior to the meeting, chaired by, YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, the Council members and UTP Management had a productive four-hour discussion at the university’s campus in Perak. During this discussion, Datuk Abdul Rahim briefed the Council members on UTP’s progress to date and later the Council members addressed many topics related to the university’s strategic development including academic, R&D efforts and international collaborations.

One of the council members, Professor Dr Shih gave his viewpoints on global university and emerging trends, drawn from his perspective and broad experience in the education industry for more than 30 years, including 12 years in a leadership position at National University Singapore and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.

The Council, established since 2003, acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas between academicians and the industries, in addition to providing guidance and strategic direction on the university’s development.

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A Sector Focused Career Fair - Technology, Education and Career (TEC) 2014Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp) and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) hosted its Sector Focused Career Fair: Technology, Education and Career (SFCFTEC) focusing on engineering, oil, gas and energy. The event, officiated by Senator Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, saw 63 companies from the engineering, oil, gas and energy sector taking part in the event.

Top employers including SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, PETRONAS, Shell, Murphy Oil, Schlumberger, Petra Energy, SBM Offshore, Talisman and Scomi Oil Tools ran booths and answered questions about their businesses and how interested participants can start to work for them. Participants can also explore internship opportunities through engagement sessions with the participating companies.

“Malaysia has made great strides in its journey to transform into a developed high income nation by 2020. To enable us to successfully reach this goal requires the right quantity and quality of talent. The Government is committed towards enhancing the availability of talent, particularly by nurturing local Malaysian talent in this industry”, said Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid.

“The foundation of any productive, high-income economy lies in a globally competitive, creative and innovative workforce. To achieve this, an integrated approach to nurture and retain first-world talents needs to be instituted. The ability to innovate is critical to succeed in a globalised economy, and this spirit of innovation can only be cultivated if our youth are equipped with the right skills and technology know-how. We need to ensure our graduates are not only equipped with industry-relevant skills, but also possess the ability to think critically and to solve problems creatively,” he added.

In 2012, TalentCorp commissioned Pricewaterhouse Coopers

to conduct a study on the talent demand supply dynamics and the talent priorities and preferences of Malaysian oil and gas players.

“The same report also found UTP graduates are widely recognised within the oil and gas sector as being well-rounded individuals with good technical and soft skills. Companies also shared that the seven-month internshipprogramme conducted by UTP provided graduates a strong exposure to the expectations and needs of oil and gas employers and therefore helped them make a smooth transition into the workforce,” Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid said.

Forty-five student leaders were among 250 students who took part in an engagement session with Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid.

SFCFTEC also organised a roundtable discussion that brought together over 60 delegates from the oil and gas industry to discuss possible areas of improvement for graduates in meeting industry requirements.

Among the activities featured was the Future Scientist Eco-Challenge 2014, designed to educate and inspire young high school students to overcome challenges in tackling energy, water and food issues. Other activities such as the Innovation City Challenge explored entrepreneurship and communications skills among the participants.

The fairs are held at higher learning institutions through-out the year and are a TalentCorp initiative to increase awareness of new career opportunities for new talents, undergraduates and graduates. They also provide an ideal platform for companies and employers to scout for potential talent in their relevant sectors.

The event is open to the public and admission is free.

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PETRONAS and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) hostedthe 2nd UTP Oil & Gas Industry Seminar (OGIS) on 25 June 2014 with the theme ‘Gearing Up for Future Challenges of the Oil & Gas Industry’. This theme is apt with the concept of OGIS which is to discuss emerging technologies and innovations that are up-and-coming within the industry.

Held in collaboration with Sector Focused Career Fair (SFCF): Technology, Education & Career (TEC) 2014, around 350 students and faculty members as well as representatives from various oil and gas companies attended the seminar. The event started off with a welcoming remark by the Vice Chancellor of UTP, YBhg. Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim.

The UTP Oil & Gas Industry Seminar or OGIS began in 2012 specifically for capability development initiatives as a result of the MoUs between PETRONAS and key industry players. Among the efforts to be achieved through these MoUs were collaborations in the areas of research, internship, attachment, and curriculum development.

The key objective of OGIS is to bring together experts from companies whom PETRONAS partner with, in the area of capability development, to bring their knowledge on campus and for the benefit of our community here.

OGIS 2014 served as a platform for students and academics to engage with industry experts and professionals, as well as to promote the exchange of ideas and discussions on current oil and gas issues.

In keeping with UTP’s aspiration to become a regional education and learning hub for the oil and gas industry, OGIS

OGIS 2014 - “Gearing up for future challenges of the Oil and Gas Industry

UTP Family Day

2014 provides students with a real-world prospect of what is expected of them when they join the workforce later.

Speakers for the events hail from various renowned oil and gas industries such as PETRONAS, Technip, SapuraKencana and Halliburton.

The event ended with an appreciation token to all the speakers by Pn. Nelly Francis Shariah, Head of Education and Learning, HRM, PETRONAS.

UTP staff and their families came together for the university’sFamily Day - a free day of fun, games, contests and entertainment at Swiss Garden Damai Laut Resort. They came dressed in orange t-shirts and donned their cowboy hats to celebrate the family day’s theme of “Wild, Wild West”. This annual event is the time of the year that staff looks forward to, when they can all come together, enjoy themselves, release the stress and only focus on their family. It is also the time for them to mingle around, blend in and get to know other staff. The event kicked off with the opening speech by the Vice Chancellor, Datuk (Ir) Dr Abdul Rahim Hashim, followed by aerobics exercise by all attendees. There were also lucky draws with attractive goodies such as gift vouchers and electrical appliances.

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A fullfilling evening with Industry Players for MBA-EM Scholars

Datuk Ir. (Dr) Abdul Rahim in delivering his speech expressed his appreciation for the sharing of knowledge to UTP scholars by the industry leaders at the event.

“The presentation by Dato’ Wee as the MBA-EM programme’s eminent speaker is a testimony of the close tie between the industry and UTP and it manifests the strong support given bythe industry leaders to our university. This is a great contribution towards our effort in knowledge and talent development”, said Datuk Abdul Rahim. He also hoped that more industry contribution and collaboration can be materialised in the future.

Management and Humanities Department organised a networking event for its Master of Business Administration in Energy Management (MBA-EM) programme scholars on 25 April 2014.

Guests of honour included Dato’ Ir Wee Yiaw Hin, Executive Vice President and CEO for Upstream Business, Puan Raiha Azni Abdul Rahman, Senior Vice President for Group Human Resource Management, En. Md Arif Mahmood, Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Risk and Datuk Ir. (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hashim, Vice Chancellor of UTP.

Also present were corporate chieftains like En. Syed Feizal Syed Mohammad, Senior Vice President for Malaysia and Brunei of Technip Geoproduction (M) Sdn. Bhd and Mr. Rolf Stork, CEO of Balai Cluster Petroleum Sdn. Bhd. Others included representatives from the oil and gas, banking, consulting firm and higher education industries as well as Talent Corporation Malaysia (TalentCorp).

“The networking event was held to welcome the MBA-EM’s September 2013 and January 2014 cohorts of scholars and provide an opportunity for the scholars to network and share experience with top brass from PETRONAS, the corporate world and UTP. This is part of the MBA-EM programme’s value proposition and holistic educational objective,” said Prof Ir Dr Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of UTP.

The networking evening also featured the inaugural MBA-EM Eminent Speaker Series, with Dato’ Wee as the first speaker. Dato’ Wee delivered his talk entitled “Upstream Perspective”which highlighted PETRONAS’ exciting exploration and production (E&P) journey in the last 3 years due to the management’s initiatives venturing into new international markets in Canada, Australia and Central Africa. The discovery of large pockets of natural gas offshore of Sabah and Sarawak was a result of successful “mop-up” of domestic marginal and brown fields through enhanced oil recovery technology.

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51 secondary and primary students from Kinta Selatan, Perak Tengah and Manjung districts, Perak took part in the Little Programmers and Mobile Apps Challenge organised by the Department of Computer & Information Sciences.

Both programmes were held to promote the learning of IT using fun and interactive methods among schools students. SJK (T) Changkat, SK Simpang Empat, SK Bota Kanan, SK Sri Iskandar and SK Sri Tronoh participated in the Little Programmers Challenge. The challenge enabled primary students, aged 10-12 years, to learn computer programming using readily available and easy-to-learn programming software known as SCRATCH.

To win the challenge, participants were required to develop a multimedia application using SCRATCH. They were judged based on their creativity, application of theories and presentation skills. Rhyss Haiqal Nor Idham and Amirul Haris Jasirolnizam from SK Sri Iskandar (Team A) were announced as the Champion. Amirul Haris was also named as the Best Scratcher. First runner up winners were Muhammad Hasbul Irfaan Hasbullah and Mohamad Zarul Arif Mohd Yusof from SK Bota Kanan (Team A) while Yusuf Azman

Learning IT through Multimedia and Mobile Application

and Fikree Iskandar Daud from SK Sri Iskandar (Team C) were the second runner up.

Nor Firzah Mohd Tapkir and Amira Syuhada Anuar Sallehuddin from SM Raja Perempuan Taayah (Team A) were declared the winners for their most creative mobile application.

Mould our kids for a Brighter FutureOver 200 primary school students around Perak participatedin the 1Malaysia Kids (1MKids) 3.0 Youth Social Responsibility (YSR) Project organised by Universiti TeknologiPETRONAS (UTP) 33rd Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 33), with the support from UTP Civil Engineering Department and UTP Civil Engineering Students’ Society (UCITY) Club.

The schools that took part in the event were SJKT Ladang Glenealy, SJKC Sam Chai, SJKC Yuk Choy, SK Tronoh, SK Felcra Nasaruddin, SK Rapat Setia, SJKT Kampung Simee, SJKC Bercham, SJKT Ayer Tawar, SJKT Ladang Serapoh, SK Seri Ampang, SK Convent, SK Pinji, SK Iskandar Perdana, SK Seri Tronoh, SJKT Changkat and SJKT Ladang Buluh Akar.

Organised since 2012, the event serves as a platform to create racial unity among school students, encourage learning of Science, Mathematics and English through fun educational activities and educate the younger generation of environment conservation

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UTP wins Chemical Car Competitionin Surabaya

UTP’s Chem-E Car team emerged the overall champion in the 3rd Indonesia Chem-E Car Competition held 11 and 12 April 2014 at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia.

In the competition, UTP competed against 11 teams from Indonesia. UTP was the only team in Malaysia who advanced to the final stage as other teams from Malaysia, India, Iran and Singapore did not pass the preliminary round. UTP car, named Vermi Energizer 4.0, is powered by vermi

battery and used hydrogen peroxide decomposition as astopping mechanism. It can last about 12 hours at a constantspeed of 0.28 m/s, and cover a distance of 12.1km.In terms of its performance, it only recorded 2% of error, the lowest in the competition.

Members of the UTP Chem-E car team were Muhammad Shafiq Mohamed Ariff, Ng Tze Yi, Deivankumar Chandran, Cheryl Kok Hui Ying and Lim Wen Khai. As the champion, the team walked away with IDR 10 million rupiah (or equivalent to RM 3210). They also won 2nd place in the poster presentation.

Collaborations with Huawei and Multimedia Development Corporation to set up Huawei Lab UTP recently established key partnerships in training and development with Huawei and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) through the setting up of Huawei University Teaching Laboratory (HUTL) at UTP.

This lab is aptly called ‘UTP-Huawei Communications Laboratory’ (UHCL) with the aim of accommodating both UTP and Huawei’s defined training and research strategies.

The UHCL was jointly officiated today at the university’s campus in Bandar Seri Iskandar by UTP’s Vice Chancellor, Datuk Ir. (Dr.) Abdul Rahim Hj. Hashim, MDeC’s Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Ng Wan Peng and Vice President of Huawei Malaysia (Enterprise Business Department), Mr. Martin Fan Yong Ping. All three penned their signatures on a plaque to symbolise their commitment in providing high-level of technical trainings.

The MoU which provides the framework for the setting up of a HUTL at UTP had been signed earlier between UTP, Huawei and MDeC on 14 June 2012, in conjunction with the official opening of Huawei Malaysia’s Global Training Centre in Cyberjaya.

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“Embrace Quality, Enrich Productivity” UTP Quality Day 2013UTP Quality Day for 2013 was recently held on 9 April 2014, marking its 11th year. This year’s theme is “Embrace Quality,Enrich Productivity”, with a view and a goal to propel the institution to further excellence and achievement.

16 categories of awards were given out in recognition and appreciation to 46 individuals and six teams. A total of 81 staff members were also given long-service awards.

One of the most coveted awards in the Academic Category - UTP’s Academic of the Year – was won by AP Ir Dr Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman from the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment, which incidentally also emerged as the Outstanding Department of the year.

Meanwhile, the winner for the Potential Academic of the Year was AP Dr Lau Kok Keong of Chemical Engineering

Held at the university’s main hall, the event was graced by the Pro Chancellor, YBhg Tan Sri Sidek Hassan and the UTP Vice Chancellor, YBhg Datuk Ir (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim.

Sharing the university’s recent accomplishments, YBhg. Datuk reiterated the Five Quality Principles as underscored by PETRONAS, a guiding framework for excellent service and performance of employees.

The cultivation of the 5QPs at UTP, he said, is bearing much fruit, manifested in all of UTP’s achievements in 2013.

Some of the highlights of the year included:• A 3 STAR rating in QS World STAR rating (achievement at international level). UTP was the first university in Malaysia to participate in this rating and also achieved a 5 star rating for internationalisation, access and facilities.• The recognition of the Chemical Engineering Programme among the Top 200 in the QS World Ranking.• The filing of 90 new patents, of which 9 were granted and 8 new products commercialised.• The inclusion of two more corporate sponsorships as Professional Chairs to UTP - PETRONAS Carigali in Enhanced Oil Recovery and Sapura Kencana in Deepwater Drilling and Construction Technology.

YBhg. Datuk added that these achievements were the result of the commitment, dedication and perseverance of the staff who worked together as a team.He also encouraged everyone to remain committed to UTP’s vision and mission, expressing confidence that the targets for 2014 can be achieved.

“We must continue to remain united, loyal to the organisation, be professional and take ownership of our actions and continue to uphold values, and this university will remain unique in its outlook, distinctive in its reputation and be a priceless icon to all including PETRONAS and the nation”.