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Convocation 2011

Inside Stories

Highlights pg. 2

UTP SIFE CLOSING ON TO THE 2011

GLOBAL SIFE CUP !

Third Place in ROBOCON Competition

Happenings pg. 3

CONVOFAIR 2011

MAFEST 2011

Mooncake Raya Festival Celebration in

UTP

More Happenings pg. 4

UTP SIFE TEAM During Competition

V5 Goes Green for a better future

Call for Papers

Editor’s Foreword First of all, HOT congratulates all the graduates and wish them all the best In their future undertakings. Apart from that, we want to give our UTP SIFE team a great applause for entering semi-finals in the Global SIFE Cup 2011. When it comes to the month of Octo-ber, normally we would start to no-tice the change in climate. Rain starts to fall more frequently and normally the night is quite chilly even without the use of air-conditioners. Due to this moist and wet conditions, flu and cough normally ensue. We want to remind all UTPians to drink more water and bring along a sweat-er so that flu or cough can be avoid-ed. Last but not least, try to warm yourself up by spicing up your reading with HOT.

By Aaron Chia Yun Zhen, PG

Yr. 1 Sem. 2

UTP Chancellor Hall, 16 October: The

11th Convocation Ceremony of Universiti

Teknologi PETRONAS ( UTP ) marks the success of students in completing

their studies. It was a dream come true

for graduates to get a chance to throw their hats in the air. This year, UTP is proud to

have Nur Zareen Zulkarnain, an ICT

graduate who became the youngest

recipient of the prestigious Biasiswa Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

A total of 1470 graduates entered the Chancellor Complex at 8.30am, followed

by the Board of Directors, Management

Committee, Senate and the Chancellor,

Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. The

ceremony began with the singing of the National Anthem, Negaraku and the

recitation of doa. The Vice Chancellor,

Datuk Dr. Zainal Abidin Haji Kasim later gave a welcoming speech. The Vice

Chancellor congratulated all UTP

graduates and wished them all the best for the future. It was followed by an official

declaration of the opening ceremony by

Tun Dr. Mahathir.

The momentous moment finally arrived as

parents and guardians were proud to see

their children receiving their graduation scrolls conferred by the Chancellor. Lai

Chin Leong from Civil Engineering

received the Gold Chancellor Award while

Silver and Bronze Chancellor Awards

were presented to Muhammad Aiman bin Jamaludin from Petroleum Engineering

and Kuhanesapathy A/L Thavaras Pathy

from Chemical Engineering respectively. Meanwhile, the Best International

Undergraduate Student Award was

presented to Mosab Adam Agbna Elnour from Sudan.

The morning session ended at 12.50pm

and continued at 2.15pm with the Pro Chancellor Dato‟ Shamsul Azhar Abbas

conferring graduation scrolls to the

graduates. The convocation ceremony officially ended later that afternoon.

(from left) Kuhanesapathy, Nur Zareen Zulkarnain, Tun Dr. Mahathir, Lai Chin Leong and Muhammad Aiman

Chancellor Hall was full of graduating students and their family members The Vice Chancellor giving his speech

Highlights 2

By Joyce Shamini A/P Rajendran, CV Foundation

Sem. 1

Tronoh, 5 October: After beating 23 other local

universities to emerge as the champion of the SIFE

Malaysia National Exposition 2011 at Putra World

Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur in July, the journey for the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) of Young

Entrepreneurs Club (YEC) UTP had just begun. Here,

we focus on the highlights experienced by our young entrepreneurs, shared by Mohd Syahiruddin bin

Khirrul Anuar, President of SIFE of YEC.

With barely two weeks to prepare after their final examination, SIFE UTP went on to compete in the

SIFE World Cup 2011. Syahiruddin mentioned that

without SIFE Faculty Advisor, En Amzairi Bin Amar‟s (Management and Humanities Department)

patient guidance, they would not be where they were

in representing Malaysia for the global SIFE cup. Throughout their preparation, they were blessed with

not just one but many chances of a lifetime to meet

renowned figures such as the Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Dato Sri

Mustapa Bin Mohamed, MITI Deputy Minister,

Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir, and CEO of SME

Corp, Datuk Hafsah Hashim. They also attended talks by Commerce Investment Merchant Bank (CIMB)

foundation, KPMG Toast Master Team, and Yayasan

Khazanah. The Malaysian Team Presentation were personally assessed by Datuk Mukhriz, who

according to Syahiruddin is a very „cool and fun per-

son‟.

Ultimately, their hard work got them into the semi-

final stage where they were unfortunately defeated by

the German SIFE team. Despite the defeat, SIFE UTP team was already making headway for next

year‟s SIFE National Exposition and SIFE World Cup 2012 which would be held at Washington DC,

USA.

Meanwhile, SIFE UTP continues to be acknowledged

for their business-related projects designed to

empower others and improve quality of life.

Syahiruddin who personally can attest to the many hardships in establishing SIFE UTP for the past few

years said that getting so close to the Global SIFE

Cup was merely a bonus, what matters is helping the community. He also encouraged students to check out

their Business Centre located next to CIMB Building

in UTP which offers services to UTP students.

More pictures on page 4

UTP SIFE CLOSING ON TO THE 2011 GLOBAL SIFE CUP !

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UTP SIFE team roaring their one spirit on !

By Mostafa Mansour, EE Yr. 2 Sem. 1

PETROBOTS is the society in UTP that involves robotics and each year, it

represents UTP in two robotic competitions: EUROBOTS and ABU ROBOCON.

This year, PETROBOTS won the third place in the national Malaysian ABU ROBOCON competition. The HOT team met two of the PETROBOTS seniors,

Mokgatla Abram and Ag Shahrin Afwan (a.k.a. Awang), to share a little bit about

PETROBOTS and how joining it affected their lives. They are final year EE students and they have been working hard to bring PETROBOTS to scale greater

heights.

In this year‟s EUROBOTS competition, Awang said that although they did not

win, they were glad to be able to share their past experiences with their juniors.

According to them, being part of PETROBOTS has brought lots of benefits. It

prepared them to be well-rounded graduates. Through PETROBOTS, they learned the ways to approach their projects and troubleshoot the problems which

occurred. Moreover, it improved communication skills, encouraged team work

and it trained them to work under pressure. Lastly, it gave them a sense of belonging to UTP.

Many UTP students are worried that by participating in PETROBOTS will affect

their studies. However, our interviewees feel that it gives them an opportunity to

enhance time management skills and understand the practicalities of what they

learn in theory. This is an advantage, according to them, as they learn the theory in class and get to apply it in practice through PETROBOTS. As they said,

“Anything you do can affect your study.”

They hope to be the champion of PETROBOTS as they could see the potential.

However, in Mokgatla‟s words “Potential needs hard work to achieve what you

want to achieve.” So they are hoping that within the next two years, PETROBOTS can emerge champions of ROBOCON. This requires support from

everyone and requires “a strong mentality to never give up” as expressed by

Awang.

Lastly, they advised their PETROBOTS juniors to play their part and to give back

to PETROBOTS and UTP. As for UTP students in general, they said

“PETROBOTS is for UTP and its students”, and urged for continuous support.

Third Place in ROBOCON Competition

Happenings 3

CONVOFAIR 2011 By Low Zhen Teng, CV Yr. 1 Sem. 2

Tronoh, 16 October: Being the biggest event that is

held annually in UTP in conjunction with the Convocation Ceremony, Convofair 2011 culminated

with a colourful charity concert which was conducted

successfully although it was raining buckets.

Convofair 2011 which was held at the Oval Park

played an imperative role in commemorating the

graduation of UTP students. Besides UTP citizens, parents and visitors also enjoyed this event. In short,

this golden opportunity encouraged interaction among

students and outsiders consisting of various races, religions and background, both locally and

internationally.

Exciting Activities For this year, even though the Convofair committees

faced the obstacle of time constraint, they did not

disappoint the students. A wide variety of sub-events such as Treasure Hunt, Futsal De‟ Convo, Convo Run,

Convo Rod Challenge and Kayak Competition took

place around the campus during this period, spicing up this grand celebration.

One of the more meaningful programmes, named „The Kasih Project‟ instilled the caring and loving

spirit among the committee members. About 20

committee members were sent to Rumah Amal Haruman Kasih to reach out to the orphans there.

Besides staying overnight at the orphanage, they also

cheered the orphans by bringing them to Teluk

Senangin where they built sandcastles and feasted together by the beach.

The Illuminated Oval Park Cash and kind were the driving force to make the

exhibition a success. Booths for sponsors, kid‟s

playground, food and beverage, international cultures, graduation accessories and Convofair 2011

merchandise had transformed Oval Park into a hive of

activities from 14 - 16 October. Throngs of people

visited the exhibition and enjoyed themselves immensely in this event.

The celebrations got off to a dazzling start with the officiating ceremony on the first night. Performance

from Gamelan, UTP Performing Art Group, Bhangra

and the Uzbekistan Students established a lively atmosphere that night.

For the second day, once again the crowd was able to witness another impressive forum with the theme

“Keluarga Dan Kerjaya”, presented by three

honourable guests, Ir Haji Khairil Nizam b. Khairudin, Muhammad b. Abdullah and Pn. Suzana

Ghazali with Hamzah b. Nawawi (President of

Student Representative Council, UTP) as the

moderator. Apart from that, the Tronoh Theater Shop and the Chinese Orchestra also showcased their

talents with compelling and amazing performances.

Rock And Roll In The Rain!

Being the climax of Convofair 2011, the Charity

Concert on the third day had attracted a myriad of people where the Indian Orchestra, Precious Gift

Home and Darussalam Orphanage were involved in

the show. Muzzy Band and Mirwana then rocked the

entire night with live performances to whet the appetites of the audiences. The night had brought

forth rounds of rousing applause, which also created a

memorable ambience for Convofair 2011.

MAFEST 2011 By Teresa Clare Ratnam, PE Foundation Sem. 2

Ipoh, 2 October: The Martial Arts Festival 2011 which was

held at the Stadium Indera Mulia was organised by the

Sekretariat Rakan Muda Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (SRMUTP) with the support of Universiti Teknologi

PETRONAS (UTP). It is a collaboration with Majlis

Bandaraya Ipoh (MBI), Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS), Malaysian Book of Record (MBOR) and

Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Negeri Perak (PESAKA),

anticipating a huge participation from all levels of the com-munity.

MAFEST 2011 is an exhibition that aims to provide an

opportunity for all martial arts clubs to gather and interact with one another. In addition, it creates a perfect platform

for all the clubs to inculcate and promote self-defence

awareness among the public.

Students at UTP celebrating Mooncake Raya Festival together regardless of race as well as religion

Mooncake Raya Festival Celebration in UTP

Date: 8 October 2011

Day: Saturday

Venue: Seminar Room 2, Undercroft

Convo Rod Challenge

Forum with the topic of ‘Keluarga dan Kerjaya’ International Culture Booth showcases different

cultures from around the globe

Myriads of people visited the Convofair this year

Convofair’s Activities

More Happenings 4

By Choo Yeong Seang, PG Yr. 3 Sem. 1

Tronoh, 5 August: With the aim to increase

awareness among students on environmental issues and the importance of conserving nature,

Village 5 Student Representative (V5SR), with

the support of Residential College Unit, had taken a step ahead by conducting a campaign and

organising two competitions, namely „V5 Goes

Green Campaign, Think Green Competition‟ and

„Green Initiatives Competition‟, with the collaboration of Tupperware Brands.

V5SR started its introduction by setting up booth from 12-14 July at Pocket D, which marked the

commencing of the „V5 Goes Green‟. Besides

providing information about the competitions and campaign, a booth had been set up by Tupperware

Brands to create awareness on the risk of using

styrofoam as food container for packing of food

and to educate students on better alternatives. With the collaboration of V5 café, the organisers

managed to carry out the no plastic day, which is

conducted every Saturday in July.

Apart from the campaign, the „Think Green

Competition‟ was poster presentation where

students presented their creative ideas. Posters

were evaluated by the judges and through Facebook voting. The posters had been evaluated

by En Wan Tarmizi, the Manager of Residential

College. Out of six participants, the first place winner was Shafwan Akmal bin Zamri, the second

place won by Choo Yeong Seang and the third

place went to a team formed by Nguyen Chi Cuong and Andres Oyono Abeso Bikie.

At the same time, the „Green Initiatives

Competition‟ was a competition where participants are required to gather the most

recyclable items. The amount of recyclable items

will directly reflect the result of the participants. From seven participation, Shafwan Akmal bin

Zamri again won the first place, while team ABC

(Ibrahim Fikri bin Mohd Said and Ahmad Hanif bin Osman) won the second place, and The

Vittayalizeds formed by Gan Wei Di, Boon Ee

Juan, Lee Kien Kok and Choo Yeong Seang were

at third place.

In both of the competitions, the Champions won a

cash prize of RM250, while the first runner ups won RM150 and the second runner ups won

RM100. With this event, it is hoped that the spirit

of keeping mother earth safe and healthy can be

achieved.

V5 Goes Green for a better future

Call for Papers

CAMPUS DIARY

UTP events: 14/9 UTP Mesra Global Outreach Programme 14-16/10 Health Campaign 22/10 Youth Social Responsibility

The winners of Think Green Competition

By Low Zhen Teng, CV Yr. 1 Sem. 2

Tronoh, 12 August: Universti Teknologi

PETRONAS Research Paper Conference (URPC) is an annual event which was fully supported by

Dr. Balbir Singh, Senior Manager of Academic

Central Services (ACS) since 2010. With the renowned reputation gained, URPC was

conducted for the second time and received

overwhelming response from UTP students.

As the name suggests, URPC provides a golden

opportunity for the undergraduate and foundation

students to present their research on the particular field which they have chosen, to be evaluated by

the invited judges. “Our committee team hope that

this event will be the stepping ladder for UTP to be nationally, as well as internationally recognised

and acknowledged as a capable hosting house for

national conference that calls for paper,” said Hew

Zhong Ying, the Project Manager of URPC 2011.

Among the participating papers, the three best

paper awards were:

Jatropha – Soybean Biodiesel Blends :

A Signature Design with Optimum Low

Temperature Properties and Oxidation Stability

(by Kuhanesapathy Thavaras Pathy, CE Category)

Continuous Line-detection of High Resolution

Image Using CMOS Camera for Smart Car Competition (by Tran Duc Chung, EE Category)

Cross Spectral Analyses of Full Scale Wind and Wave Metocean Data Interaction with Offshore

Platforms in Malaysia Sea (by Aliya binti Mhd.

Zahir, CV Category )

To add on, Kuhanesapathy Thavaras Pathy won

the best presenter of the conference with his topic

discussion on “Jatropha – Soybean Biodiesel Blends: A Signature Design with Optimum Low

Temperature Properties and Oxidation Stability”.

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The winner getting cash prize from the organiser

Evaluation by the panel of judges

UTP SIFE TEAM During Competition

Preparing to answer questions to defend their ideas.

Poster (Turn off the light - Turn on the future)