2022 Issue 5(1)

Unsure of your academic path after SPM? Now you can visit us at Kampar and Sungai Long Campus from Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (MYT). Take the opportunity to discover education paths, financing options and a range of exciting student learning and personal development activities being a UTARian.

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June 2022 intake in progress and SPM trial results are accepted. Apply now with your SPM trial result.

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Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Accounting alumna Tung Giim Chyn added another feather to her cap when she emerged as one of the two Malaysia Top ACCA Prize Winner for Advanced Financial Management (AFM) Paper taken during the March 2022 examinations. She achieved the Worldwide Placing of 1(2) when she scored 84% in her Advanced Financial Management Paper.

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UTAR signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) as one of the higher education institutes that will pioneer the Stand-Alone Micro-Credentials (SAMC) programme.

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The memorandum of understanding (MoU) exchange ceremony between UTAR and ACO Tech Sdn Bhd, held on 13 April 2022 at Kampar Campus, marked another significant stride for UTAR in its university-industry collaboration.

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We have a series of webinars planned for you in the month of May. You might be interested in the following topic Relational Database 101: Managing Data with Microsoft Access, When Can You be a Quantity Surveyor?, Build your future with Financial Technology (FinTech): A New Program Preview and many more.

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Microsoft Access is part of the Microsoft Office suits but it is rarely utilised by the layman because it is related to technical relational database from IT field. 

 

Access is a personal and small-scale database that it differs from Excel that does not have few features such as constraints, forms, queries, and reporting. We have the mentality that technical relational database is difficult to learn albeit there is a shortcut for the sufficient understanding to implement the database in Access for personal everyday uses. 

 

Come! Join the webinar and let me demonstrate to develop your own Access database in 101 style. 

 

Day, Date: Saturday, 7 May 2022

Time: 10.00am - 11.00am (MYT)
Platform: Zoom

Quantity Surveyors are skilled at managing the day-to-day operations of construction projects as well as the contractual and financial aspects of construction projects. They help to ensure that construction projects are completed on time and within budget.

 

Join us for this webinar to learn about the study and career opportunity for you to become a Professional Quantity Surveyor.

 

Day, Date: Saturday, 14 May 2022

Time: 4.00pm - 5.00pm (MYT)
Platform: Microsoft Teams

The financial industry has been transformed by technological advancement. The emergence of financial technology (FinTech) such as Blockchain, cryptocurrency, e-payment, online banking and digital assets, has transformed the ways we live and work. More exciting innovations are on the way. Are you ready for the future?

 

Day, Date: Saturday, 28 May 2022

Time: 4.00pm - 5.00pm (MYT)
Platform: Microsoft Teams

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A team of Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES) Bachelor of Science (Honours) Architecture students, consisting of team leader Amelia Low Chuan Yin, and members Cheah Yi Theng, Cheong Li Bin, Ho Song Sen, Jameson Yong Bee Jing, Koh Kwok Ming, Lee Jun Huang, Lee Kai Shin, Lum Li Qi, Lum Yeong Kang, and Sam Zheng Hwa, was awarded the Honourable Mentions at the Ghana Innovation Farm Competition 2021, organised virtually by Young Architect Competitions (YAC) from October 2021 to February 2022. In addition to receiving an award certificate, the award entitles the team’s project to be transmitted to architectural magazines, websites and international exhibitions.

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Researchers from Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES) were awarded the Best Paper Award for their researches titled Sustainability Criteria for Affordable Housings in Klang Valley Malaysia, and On-site Waste Segregation Practice in Malaysia: MRT Police Quarter Project, when they participated in the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia International Research Conference (RISM IRC) 2022 4.0 virtually on 5 March 2022. It was jointly organised by RISM and Taylor’s University.

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UTAR Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science academic Ir ChM Dr Chew Chun Ming was conferred the Tan Sri Hj. Yusoff Prize for his paper titled “Clean water and electricity supplies with solar energy: A sustainable green technology for developing nations” under the general category on 17 March 2022 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

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Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) Psychology student Juliana Hoo Ju Yun was awarded the Best Presenter Award at the Malaysian Psychology Student Assembly 2022 (MAPSA), held on 26 March 2022 at the University of Nottingham, Semenyih. She walked away with a certificate of excellence for her paper titled Relationship Satisfaction and Intention towards Infidelity among Married Couples: The Role of Relationship Efficacy. The paper was also authored by UTAR Faculty of Arts and Social Science academic Tan Soon Aun.

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Three Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES) graduates won prizes at the 5th Tan Sri Haji Yusoff Ibrahim Final Year Project (FYP) Competition – 2021. Liew Son Qian emerged as the grand winner for his project titled “Hydrothermal growth of niobium oxide microrods in ammonium fluoride for electrochromic application”. Tan Wei Kun won third prize for his project titled “IoT based car plate recognition system” and Kwa Eng Keat won the special prize for his project titled “Finite element modelling of bone tissue scaffolds: Correlation between material properties and scaffold strength”.

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