Congratulations to Prof Dr Mazlan Hashim & Dr Jaw Siow Wei – Gold Medal & Jury Award in Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX 2015)

Congratulations to Prof Dr Mazlan Hashim & Dr Jaw Siow Wei – Gold Medal & Jury Award in Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX 2015)

A very big congratulations to Prof. Dr. Mazlan Hashim and Dr. Jaw Siow Wei who won a gold medal and jury award in the Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX 2015) that was held in Dewan Sultan Iskandar Hall, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia from 3 – 5 November 2015. INSTeG had been presented by:

Title of invention:
CALIBRATION SITE FOR UNDERGROUND MAPPING LOCATIONAL AND DETECTABILITY ACCURIES ASSESSMENT

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Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 37th

Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 37th

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.

Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference & Exhibition 2015

Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference & Exhibition 2015

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.

 

Program Bicara Pengalaman dan Peluang Memohon Geran YPASM Polar Research

Program Bicara Pengalaman dan Peluang Memohon Geran YPASM Polar Research

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.
UTM Antarctica Expedition Team Paid a Visit to the Malaysian Embassy in Argentina, Buenos Aires

UTM Antarctica Expedition Team Paid a Visit to the Malaysian Embassy in Argentina, Buenos Aires

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

UTM Open Day