"All I'm armed with is research." - Mike Wallace V0L.1 (JAN — MARCH) /2017

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JANUARY

Congratulations to Dr. Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed for appointment as the new Head of Mi-

croPollutant Research Centre commencing 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2018. Thank you to for-mer Head of MPRC (2013-2016), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norzila Othman. We appreciate for all the knowledge and skills you have imparted to us.

EDITORS

Dr. Radin Maya Saphira

Radin Mohamed

Dr. Mohd Hairul Khamidun

Noor Maisara Jais

Maizatul Azrina Yaakob

MPRC Direction Meeting Phase 1 was

held on 16 January 2017 at Bilik Mesyuarat 1, FKAAS, UTHM to discuss the activities that will be organized in 2017.

On 23 January 2017, the FRGS Application Workshop

Phase 1 was held at Bilik Mesyuarat 1, FKAAS, UTHM. The main aim of the workshop is to improve the quality of the proposals by ensuring applicants meet the FRGS guide-lines. The workshop was attended by research fellows from Integrated Water Resources Engineering, Wastewater

Treatment & Waste Recovery

and Geo-Environmental

Engineering clusters.

FEBRUARY

MPRC first

knowledge sharing session entitled "Water Security" given by Prof Ir. Dr. Amir Hashim Mohd Kassim and student chapter committee elec-

tion was held on 2nd February 2017 at Bilik Taklimat 1, FKAAS, UTHM.

"Research is creating new knowledge” - Neil Armstrong V0L.1 (JAN — MARCH) /2017

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On 20th and 28th February 2017, and 9th March 2017, a short

course on Response Surface Methodology (RSM) software was successfully conducted at Bilik Mesyuarat 1, FKAAS, UTHM. The main aim of the short course was to enhance researchers’ design optimization practice . This short course was attended by students and staff . We thanked the trainer Dr. Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi for sharing the knowledge and skills.

“My PhD Jour-

ney” knowledge

sharing session 3

by Dr. Anwarud-

din Ahmed

Wurochekke was

held on 16th Feb-

ruary 2017 at

Bilik Taklimat 1, FKAAS, UTHM. In the sharing

session slot, he shared his struggle to obtain doc-

torate of philosophy in foreign land. May his suc-

cessfulness become motivation to all postgradu-

ate students to complete study within stipulated

time.

The first meeting

for MPRC student

committee was

held on 16th Febru-

ary 2017 at Bilik

Taklimat 1, FKAAS,

UTHM. This slot

discussed the up-

coming activities

and MPRC’s programs for 2017.

The certificates of appreciation for high impact

journal publication for January 2017 were pre-sented to three students on 2nd February 2017. They are Adeleke Abdulrahman Oyekanmi, Paran Gani and Noor Maisara Jais and their success sto-ries should inspire others students. Certificates of ap-preciation were for high impact journal publication in Janu-ary 2017. Well done to all stu-dents!

MARCH

Knowledge sharing session 2 entitled ‘Anaerobic Digestion’ was deliv-ered by Professor Ab Aziz Abdul Latiff. The audience were exposed to the fundamentals and advantages of anaerobic digestion which can be applied to high strength of wastewater due to its ability to reduce or-ganic matter especially bacteria with no oxygen needed and produced biogas as fuel to generate heat and energy. The session was also enliv-ened by the gift certificates to ‘Student Committee Member of Pollu-tant Research Centre 2017’ to inspire the committee. The program was held on 2nd March 2017, at Bilik Taklimat 1, FKAAS, UTHM.

MS Excel short course

was successfully con-ducted on 30th March 2017. Junita Abd Rahman, an FKAAS PhD candidate delivered a short course on how to present and analyze research data using MS Excel. 25 stu-dents with various background of study participated in this short course. The session was divided into 3 sub-topics: 1) Using formula to tabulate data (conditional formatting, IF formula, etc) 2) How to make a

catchy graph (Excel vs Origin) 3) Statistical analysis (Regression, ANOVA and Correlation) using Ex-cel. The hands-on activity really helps the students to improve their skills. The short course was very beneficial to all participants.

On 21 March 2017, ‘1st Technical Talk session'

was held at FKAAS, UTHM. About 50 partici-pants attended the programme which involved postgraduate students, lecturers and staff. Shar-ing knowledge session entitled "Water Security" was delivered by Professor Dr. Chan Ngai Weng, President of Water Watch Penang. The purpose of this program is to share know-ledge and ex-posed partici-pants with the role of IPT's in sustaining wa-ter resources and environ-mental sustainability. In conclusion, the speaker affirms that universities should play a vital role in helping the country to achieve SDG 6 (water sustainability). After finished the talk session, Prof Dr Chan Ngai Weng, accompanied by rep-resentatives of the MPRC visited the rainwater harvesting system at FKAAS, G3 pond and flood control system in UTHM.

"The best research you can do is to talk to people” - Terry Pratchett V0L.1 (JAN — MARCH) /2017

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PhD candidate, Saj-

jad Ali Mangi deliv-ered a presentation entitled ‘Waste-water Treatment Scenario of Paki-stan’ for Knowledge sharing session 4 on

16th March 2017 at Bilik Taklimat 1, FKAAS, UTHM. The speaker discussed and shared about several types of treatment plants in Pakistan and one of them is Combined Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for Korangi Tanneries, Karachi. This was the first project in Pakistan based on Dutch Tech-nology which is the Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanked (UASB). However, it was observed that CETP has not performed well and need tertiary treatment. This interesting slot was attended by students and lecturers.

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” - Albert Einstein V0L.1 (JAN — MARCH) /2017

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"No research without action, no action without research” - Kurt Lewin V0L.1 (JAN — MARCH) /2017

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"Research means that you don’t know, but are willing to find out ” - Charles Kettering V0L.1 (JAN — MARCH) /2017

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Micropollutant Research Centre (MPRC) at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia established in

2013, representing new concepts within water resources and environment conservation. The centre

focuses on a broad range of research on Integrated Water Resources Engineering, Wastewater Treat-

ment and Waste Recovery and Geo-Environmental Engineering. Therefore, MPRC is committed to

sharing, educating and disseminating knowledge to our students, community and everyone needed

regarding micropollutant, environment and water issues.