by admininsteg | Oct 27, 2015 | Conference
Delegates of Geoscience & Digital Earth Centre (INSTeG) headed by Prof Sr Dr Mazlan Hashim have made impact in the recent 37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, held in Manila, the Philippines from 20-24 October 2015. This annual gathering of the Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS) not only serve as a annual general meeting for all AARS members but also have been a crowdly-followed conference by all remote sensing and related technologies professionals, scientists, engineers, researchers, policy makers, students , etc. ARRS has regular memberships of all countries in the Asia and Pacific, apart from worldwide sustaining members. INSTeG-UTM is an associate member of AARS. A total of 750 participants have attended this 37th ACRS. Malaysia pledged an intention of hosting ACRS 2018.
INSTeG delegates comprised of Prof Mazlan Hashim, Dr Nadzri Mohd Reba, and Dr Amin Beirvand Pour, also joined by 3 PhD students namely Syarifudin Misbari, Linda Rozaini and Maslina Natar. All have made their oral presentations, lead by sub-plenary presentation of Prof Mazlan Hashim, and technical sessions by others and also poster sessions.
by admininsteg | Oct 12, 2015 | Activity
On 12th-13th October 2015, Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference & Exhibition (APGCE) was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Malaysia. It is Asia’s premier geoscience event with over three decades of history since its inception. Themed “Energising Asia Through Geoscience Ideas & Solutions”, APGCE 2015 offers spectacular journey through Asia’s possibilities, from the rich details of the outcrop landscapes to the immense knowledge-enriching and network building platforms that will leave participants giddy with excitement.
A special Student Programme has been organised in reaching out to the future generation of petroleum geoscientist. The student activities consist of short seminar, oral and poster presentations from the oil-and-gas industry and related field such as remote sensing. The exciting GeoQuiz had involves students from many public and pivate universities in Malaysia, including 6 post graduate students from INSTeG, UTM which compete with other 21 teams. In this biannual event, a PhD student from INSTeG, Syarifuddin Misbari was selected by the conference committee as one of the receiver of Student Excellence Award 2015, together with other excellent student from other university. He received an award certificate and a set of smartphone from the organizer.
by admininsteg | May 15, 2015 | Antarctic
Salam Sejahtera
YBhg Prof/Dr/Tuan/Puan/Saudara/Saudari,
Dimaklumkan bahawa pihak Pejabat Timbalan Naib Canselor (Penyeldikan dan Inovasi) akan mengadakan program
Bicara Pengalaman dan Peluang Memohon Geran YPASM Polar Research Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan yang akan diadakan seperti berikut:-
Tarikh : 18 Mei 2015 (Isnin)
Masa : 10.00 pagi – 1.00 petang
Tempat : Bilik Seminar 3, Aras 4, Perpustakaan Sultanah Zanariah
Pembentang :Profesor Dr. Mazlan bin Hashim (Research Institute For Sustainable Environment Geoscience and Digital Earth Centre)
Antara objektif pengajuran program ini adalah untuk:a) Memberi pendedahan kepada umum tentang pengalaman Prof. Dr Mazlan Hashim semasa berada di Antartika.
b) Membuka peluang memohon geran YPASM -Polar Research Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan.
Jesteru, pihak Pejabat Timbalan Naib Canselor (Penyelidikan dan Inovasi) dengan berbesar hati ingin menjemput Y.Bhg.Prof/Dr/Tuan/Puan untuk mengikuti program ini bagi berkongsi ilmu dan manfaat yang akan diterokai bersama.
Jamuan disediakan.
Sekian. Terima kasih.
by admininsteg | Apr 1, 2015 | Antarctic
27 February 2015- UTM Antarctica Expedition Team, comprised of six scientists has paid a visit to the Malaysian Embassy in Argentina, at Buenos Aires. The purpose of the expedition is to brief the Ambassador, His Excellency Datuk Mohd Ashri bin Muda, accompanied by the Diplomatic Officer, Mr. Ahmad Kamrizamil bin Mohd Riza. The briefing were given by head of expedition, Prof. Sr. Dr. Mazlan bin Hashim, joined by the other expedition members, Prof. Dr. Abdul Hafidz bin Omar, Dr. Mohd Nadzri bin Md Reba, Dr. Mohd Farid bin Muhamad Said, Dr. Mohd Firdaus bin Abdul Wahab dan Mr. Kamaruzzaman bin Soeed. The team also discussed the assistance that can be provided by the embassy, which include on procedures to bring back samples collected at Antarctica to the labs in UTM. The embassy has also kindly offered assistance on fostering collaborations with research centres in Argentina. The embassy has encouraged for this endevour to be continued, and there are many parties in Malaysia that can benefit from this research, not only the higher education institutions, but also the industries. Among the industries pertaining are the oil and gas industries, tourism, and policy development on climate change sustainability.
Discussion with His Excellency the Malaysian Ambassador, Datuk Mohd Ashri bin Muda, accompanied by the Diplomatic Officer, Mr. Ahmad Kamrizamil bin Mohd Riza (fourth from right)
Discussion with His Excellency the Malaysian Ambassador, Datuk Mohd Ashri bin Muda (third from left)
Prof. Dr. Mazlan delivers a UTM plaque as a token of appreciation to His Excellency Datuk Mohd Ashri bin Muda
by admininsteg | Apr 1, 2015 | Antarctic
27 Februari 2015- Kumpulan Ekspedisi Antartika UTM yang terdiri daripada enam saintis telah mengadakan lawatan kehormat ke Pejabat Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tujuan diadakan lawatan itu adalah pertamanya memberi taklimat perjalanan ekspedisi kepada Duta Besar Malaysia di Argentina, Yang Berbahagia Datuk Mohd Ashri bin Muda. Turut bersama dalam perjumpaan itu adalah En Ahmad Kamrizamil bin Mohd Riza, Pegawai Diplomatik di Argentina. Taklimat lengkap ekspedisi telah disampaikan oleh Prof. Sr. Dr. Mazlan bin Hashim, selaku ketua ekspedisi. Perbincangan ini turut disertai oleh Prof. Dr. Abdul Hafidz bin Omar, Dr. Mohd Nadzri bin Md Reba, Dr. Mohd Farid bin Muhamad Said, Dr. Mohd Firdaus bin Abdul Wahab dan En. Kamaruzzaman bin Soeed. Perbicangan juga berkisar kepada bantuan yang boleh diperolehi melalui kedutaan, termasuk prosedur membawa sampel yang diambil dari Antartika untuk dibawa pulang ke makmal di UTM. Pihak kedutaan telah menawarkan untuk mengadakan hubungan kerjasama penyelidikan dengan pusat-pusat penyelidikan di Argentina. Pihak kedutaan juga bercadang supaya usaha ini diteruskan, dan banyak pihak-pihak di Malaysia yang boleh mendapat manfaat daripada penyelidikan ini, bukan sahaja antara pusat-pusat pengajian tinggi, malah industri-industri juga. Antara industri-industri yang boleh mendapat manfaat daripada usaha ini adalah industri minyak, pelancongan, dan pembinaan polisi berkenaan kelestarian hasil dari pertukaran iklim.
Taklimat oleh ketua ekspedisi, Prof. Sr Dr. Mazlan Hashim kepada Duta Besar Malaysia di Argentina, Yang Berbahagia Datuk Mohd Ashri bin Muda (tiga dari kiri)
