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EDITORS

Dr. Radin Maya Saphira

Radin Mohamed

Dr. Mohd Hairul Khamidun

Nor Haakmal Ab Durahim

Athirah Arifin

Siti Nor Hidayah Arifin

MPRC (5/2017) Knowledge Shar-

ing Session (KSS) entitled "Flood

Damage Mitigation" given by As-

soc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Adib Moham-

mad Razi was held on 6th April

2017 at Bilik Taklimat 1, FKAAS,

UTHM. The topics covered in the

session are types of flooding, cause of flood and flood man-

agement in Malaysia. The participants were exposed to under-

stand the engineering practice of the flood mitigation pro-

gramme in Malaysia.

Congratulations to Dr.

Radin Maya Saphira

Radin Mohamed on

your promotion and

appointment as Associ-

ate Professor.

Pejabat Hutan Daerah Johor Selatan and UTHM organized a mangrove planting activity in “Let's

Clean Go Green” community programme on 11 April 2017 at Hutan Simpan Sungai Pulai. Some 54

UTHM students volunteers, led by Assoc Prof Dr Radin

Maya Saphira have taken part in the programme. The volun-

teers gained valu-

able knowledge

and experience

by sailing down

the river and

planting mangrove seedlings in the muddy mangrove swamp.

There's no better way to learn than actual hands-on experi-

ence and later be able to spread the awareness to preserve our earth. About 1000 mangrove trees were

successfully planted during the half-day program.

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Second batch of “Let's Clean Go Green” programme was

held on 18 April 2017 at Gelang Patah River. Despite of

heavy rains MPRC teams successfully prepared 3000

mangrove seed banks and did some river clean up.

Through this pro-

gramme, the volunteers

are now more aware of

the vital role played by

mangrove swamp in

land and sea conserva-

tion. Besides prevent-

ing land erosion, man-

grove trees help to shield possible disasters brought about

by tsunami and cyclones. More importantly, mangrove

swamp acts as breeding and

nursery grounds for a variety of

marine animals and harbors a

variety of life forms like inver-

tebrates, fish, amphibians, rep-

tiles and birds.

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Technical Talk 2/2017 entitle “Non Revenue Water Aware-

ness” delivered by En. Khairul Afendy Tusam from Ranhill

Water Services on 20 April 2017 at Dewan Jemaah, PTTA,

UTHM. More than 120 participants attended the programme

which involved post and undergraduate students, lecturers

and staff. The speaker has shared his experience working in

different companies before joining Ranhill Water Services.

He also talked on the overview of Ranhill Water Services,

water supply operations, the concept of non revenue water

and non revenue water scenario in Malaysia. In the end of

session the speaker was highlight the important and benefit

of reducing non revenue water.

On 26th April, 2017, third batch of “Makes

your research presentable by using Microsoft

Excel” by Junita Abdul Rahman was held at

Bilik Tutorial 2, FKAAS. The purpose of this

course is to improve the participants skill in

analysis and presenting research data using

MS Excel.

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“Intermediate Level Auto Cad Training” short course was successfully

conducted on 9th May 2017. Mr Sajjad Ali Mangi, an FKAAS PhD candi-

date who delivered a short course on how to analyze research data using

Auto Cad software. The session was divided into 7 sub-topics: 1) Intro-

duction of Auto Cad 2D & 3D 2)

Scale setting 3) Introduction of

tool bar used in Auto Cad 4) How

to prepare engineering process

flow diagrams 5) Wastewater treatment process flow diagram 6) How to

draw a irregular shapes on Auto Cad 7) How to calculate accurate area for

irregular boundaries. About 20 participants attended the programme which

involved postgraduate students and lecturers. The benefits of using Auto-

CAD software are quickly create designs, easily modify, more accuracy, easy to transfer and long time save. The

hands-on activity really helps the students to improve their skills. The short course was very beneficial to all partici-

The first book chapter

(MPRC) was published on

11 May, 2017 entitle

‘Integrated Water Re-

sources Protection Vol 1’.

The books contents con-

sist of the latest research

and development by

MPRC researchers.

We

would

like to

congratulate the

President of Student

Chapter MPRC,

Paran Anak Gani who passed his PhD viva-voice

with minor correction.

On 13 May 2017, A short course on “Soap, lotion

and shampoo making” was conducted by Bioprofe

- Bioprocess & Food Engineering and collabora-

tion with MPRC was held at MPRC Lab, FKAAS,

UTHM. About 25 participants attended the pro-

gramme involving postgraduate students, staff and

the general public. The short course contents is to pro-

duce the bio-products such as cosmetics

and personal care. This is an effort to

polish entrepreneurs skills in the biotech-

nology for innovation of their products.

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The Secretary of MPRC Student Chapter , Muhammad Essa Soomro

had delivered a presentation entitled ‘Tips and

tricks to score IELTS and MUET ’ for

Knowledge sharing session 6 on 18th May 2017

at Bilik Taklimat 1, FKAAS. The purpose of this

talk was to expose students to steps and tech-

niques as how to pass MUET easily. The speaker dis-

cussed and shared useful learning techniques and tips

to score high marks in IELTS and MUET test . Sample questions were provided

for participants to improve reading, listening, writing and speaking skill. This in-

teresting slot attended by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

On 29 May 2017, Technical panels visit for the Fi-

nal Year Project 1 evalu-

ation (Water and Envi-

ronmental Engineering)

and collaboration meeting

with our alumnus was held

at FKAAS. Their effort and helpful comments were

greatly appreciated. Specials thanks to Pn. Juliana

Abdullah (JPS Segamat), En.Mohamad Ikhwan bin

Juhari (Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi Mara Sri Gading)

and En.Ismail Siden (Brite Malindo (M) Sdn.Bhd.,

Melaka.

A meeting was

conducted with De-

partment of Irriga-

tion and Drainage

(JPS) top manage-

ment for potential

collaboration re-

search and develop-

ment on 22 May,

2017. This meeting was held at Bilik Mesyuarat

Eksekutif, Pejabat Naib Censelor UTHM. Potential

research areas for collaboration are water balance,

rainwater har-

vesting, water

accounting,

groundwater

exploration,

water trans-

fer, low head

signage, de-

salination, water recycle, surface water storage, spa-

tial analysis and modeling.

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Department of Water and Environmental Engineering photo shooting session for Hari Raya Aidilfitri on 21st

June 2017 at Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering building.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA

AIDILFITRI

MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN

from MPRC

In a meeting on 21st June 2017, MPRC has decided to organize a confer-

ence titled “Young Researchers for Water and Environmental Engineering

2017 Symposium (YRWEES 2017)”. YRWEES 2017 will be held on 21st

October 2017. Participation is open to all researchers in Malaysia who

meet the requirements of this YRWEES 2017. This conference also of-

fered two amazing short courses: “How To Write A Research Paper And

Get It Published” by Dr. Adel Al-Gheethi and “Thesis Writing Format

And Getting Started With Mendeley” by Mr. Ahmad Rizal Alias. This will

offer great opportunity to young researchers in publishing their paper and

gaining experiences and knowledge.

The 7th Knowledge Sharing Session (KSS) has

invited Head of Research Center, Assc. Prof. Dr.

Radin Maya Saphira Binti Radin Mohamed to

share her knowledge and experience in research

The session was held at Bilik Taklimat 1,

FKAAS, UTHM on 7th June 2017 . The main

topic of the KKS is greywater treatment system by microbi-

ological methods. This sharing session was very interesting

and motivating to attendees.