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Working towards reducing energy consumption

by Ir. Fam Yew Hin Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Technical Division

glObal energy demand has been steadily increasing for the past decades, largely due to the rapid populaion growth and industrial developments. In its Internaional Energy Outlook 2013, the Energy Informaion Administraion (EIA) projected that the world energy consumpion will grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040, from 524 quadrillion Btu (Briish thermal units) to 820 quadrillion Btu.

It is envisaged that most of this growth will come from non-OECD (non-Organisaion for Economic Cooperaion and Development) countries, where demand is driven by strong economic growth.

Malaysiaisreportedtobethethirdlargestenergyconsumer in the Associaion of South East Asian Naions. Its total primary energy consumpion in 2013 exceeded 80 Mtoe, almost double the consumpion in 1999.

With the forecast populaion growth at more than 1% per annum in the medium term and a gross domesic product growth at a stable rate, the energy consumpion will inevitably coninue to rise.

Engineers can contribute and play a criical role in helping the naion to reduce and opimise its energy consumpion. For mechanical engineers, heaing and cooling are among the key areas where coninuous eﬀort has been and will be given, as any eiciency enhancement will help to substanially reduce energy consumpion in the country, given the wide applicaion of both heaing and cooling in the industrial and commercial sectors.

As part of our eﬀorts to promote energy eiciency, the Mechanical Engineering Technical Division will be hosing the 7th Internaional Conference on Heaing And Cooling Technologies (ICCHT) in Malaysia, from 4th-6th November, 2014. The conference, which will be atended by delegates from more than 10 countries, will provide a plaform for paricipants from both academia and industry to share their experience and knowledge. We hope it will be able to contribute to and beneﬁt the industry.

Thank you.

ir. Fam Yew hin is currently the Chairman for Mechanical Engineering Technical Division (METD).

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icchT 2014: “innovation and sustainability in heating and cooling Technologies”

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The 7th International Conference on Cooling & Heating Technologies (ICCHT 2014) will be held on 4th-6th November 2014 at the Grand Dorsett Subang Hotel in Subang Jaya, Selangor.

The irst ICCHT conference was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2005 with the aim to provide a platform for knowledge and experience sharing for researches related to heating and cooling technologies. Since then, many countries have played host for the event.

This year’s organiser, IEM, aims to bridge the ties between academia and the industry to spur the growth of energy eficient technologies to a higher level.

Members of the Organising Committee – Datuk Ir. Prof. Dr Ow Chee Sheng, Ir. Gopal Narian Kutty, Ir. Fam Yew Hin and Ir. Dr Kannan M. Munisamy – explain the initiatives that IEM have taken so far.

how did the malaysian participation in icchT 2014 by iEm come about?

datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: It happened after we decided that this was an area of keen interest in the country. We deem renewable energy and energy eficiency as a very important agenda for the country. So taking this very seriously, we sent a delegation to the 6th ICCHT in Xi’an in November, 2012 for bidding.

During the presentation, we highlighted that we wanted to make a difference. We wanted to create a platform where all stakeholders – both academicians as well as people from the industry – can come together and exchange their ideas and experiences of heating-cooling technology. Based on what we presented, the ICCHT committee has awarded us the right to organise it this year.

Why focus cooling and heating technologies?

” “ We deem renewable energy and energy eficiency as a very important agenda for the country.

Datuk Ir. Prof. Dr Ow Chee Sheng

ir. fam yew Hin: If you look at the trend, the global energy consumption has increased consistently in the past two decades. The energy consumption was 400 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUs) in 2000 and the number has increased by more than 30 per cent to 524 quadrillion BTUs in 2010 and is expected to further increase to 630 quadrillion BTUs by 2020. For commercial and industrial sectors, cooling and heating are processes that are commonly applied and consume a signiicant amount of energy annually. Improvement in eficiency within these areas will result in considerable reduction in energy consumption. This is why the IEM Mechanical Engineering Technical Division advocates organising this type of conference. It serves to facilitate discussions and knowledge exchange which will promote enhancement in the technologies. datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: The improvement of heating and cooling is very important. The more advanced

Y.bhg. datuk ir. prof. dr ow chee sheng

ir. Fam Yew hin

ir. gopal narian Kutty

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countries have made great progress and are now building net positive buildings such as the Bullitt Centre in Seattle, USA. It actually harnesses enough energy to pump back into the electric grid and only taps on the grid in the winter months of December and January.

The overall refurbishment of that building cost US$356.00 per sq ft. It is net positive energy and the international standards have not caught up with net positive energy. Right now in Malaysia, we are talking about going to net zero.

ir. dr kannan M. Munisamy: We already have a few green toolsnowintermsofair-conditioningandbuildingauxiliaries. When you talk about building services in Malaysia, you can say the consulting arm is the biggest arm for mechanical engineers as compared to power generation, oil and gas and manufacturing.

So this conference is about heating and cooling as well as ventilation which will serve the majority of practicing engineers in the country. In addition to manufacturing, most of the mechanical engineers in the industry are from the heating and cooling sector, especially air-conditioning.

We have also done a lot of research and development, especially on high eficiency chillers and cooling towers. Then there is the enforcement side of the green technology, which comprises high eficiency equipment to be installed in new buildings and old buildings. We are moving towards that but we haven’t reached the net positive aspect of it.

The country, government and bodies like IEM are supporting this notion of green technology and high eficiency buildings. datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: An example of what can be done is that by the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan which has designed an 800-tonneR HFC134A compressor for a Chiller Plant employing Advanced Magnetic Bearing. The only problem with that bearing is that it is 30 per cent more expensive than conventional ones.

If hydrogen can be stored at very low pressure, the next thing is that we can pump it into a proton exchange membrane fuel cell so it will generate electricity and give off heat at the same time. The output is water. There is no pollution at all.

Q:how committed is the government and manufacturing industry to improving energy eficiency? Will IEM be able to convince the industry that it is cost effective in the long run?

ir. gopal Narian kutty: The current government aspiration, as expressed in the circular laid out by the government, requires a 10 per cent energy reduction in all department buildings.

This is where we come in to help. We can advise people on the options that are available. We ind the tools, the resources and the product towards sustainability.

We need to do something for the future generations. One way is to reduce energy usage and water usage by rain water harvesting and grey water recycling.

datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: If you work on the return on investments, the amount of energy saved for the Bullitt Centre can be recovered within a short period of time. In Malaysia, break-even is achieved in 6-8 years. This is the norm.

“ We need to do something for the future generations. One way is to reduce energy usage and water usage by rain water harvesting and grey water recycling.

Ir. Gopal Narian Kutty

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Technologically and technically, there is no problem to build it at all ever since the patent appear in the market close to 10 years ago. It is actually a magnetic shaft loating in approximately 200 micron air gap. It is spinning at more than 20,000 rpm. It uses less energy to operate because it has less frictional forces to overcome and is therefore more energy eficient.

There are other advances made, such as in materials including the hydrogen sponge. They are now working very hard on a metal organic framework which has the potential to sponge up hydrogen at 5 bar. Right now it’s liquid hydrogen or hydrogen at over 100 bar.

ir. dr kannan M. Munisamy: For green costs alone, it is two years and for total capital cost, seven to eight years. One way to justify this is, say when you need to build a building anyway. But when you add these green features, there is extra cost, so developers and owners don’t want to do it.

It is the engineers’ responsibility to convince them that whatever features they add will come out as asavings. Additional green costs include glazing, windows, airconditioning components, water ittings and green features such as rainwater recycling equipment.

ir. gopal Narian kutty: When it comes to an additional cost of 10 to 15 per cent, those in the industry will consider it a lot of money. Besides chillers, most mechanical equipment have a lifespan of about 10 years. Break-even is achieved in seven to eight years, so this is why the industry thinks twice.

But we cannot only think of making proits and getting returns. We must also contribute towards society. That’s the whole idea. The engineers must design for society in the long term and not for immediate gains. This is a continuation so that future generations will have the minimum of what we have.

We don’t want to end up like those countries which don’t have water and where the people have to walk long distances just to get water. It could happen in years to come if we’re not careful. So this is what engineers should do now. Currently, most of the energy eficiency projects are government funded. Very few are from industry.

datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: The government also gives an investment tax allowance and an import tax waiver for green products.

ir. gopal Narian kutty: All these initiatives are helping but, at the end of the day, the industry itself must help. This is a huge industry that’s worth billions of ringgit. I don’t think the government can afford to do it alone effectively without the support and inancial assistance of the major industry players.

how does iEm, through the mETd, work to promote energy eficiency?

ir. fam yew Hin: In METD, we have representatives that come from almost all the sub-sectors of the mechanical engineering. This helps and allows METD to contribute effectively in promoting energy eficiency.

For example, we delegate representatives to participate in various working groups in writing standards and working papers. One good example is the MS1525 standard to which we have contributed our comments and opinions on how energy eficiency can be brought forward.

manufacturers and contractors will supply and install the equipment in accordance with the requirement .

Design and installation are two different issues. In future, there will be a need for an auditor of the installed equipment to check whether it is performing to speciications. In developed nations, this aspect has not been looked into. In developed nations, they make sure it is done. If they have a bulb that is speciied 8 watt, they actually measure it to make sure it is. They have regulations if not the competition for this to take place.

ir. dr kannan M. Munisamy: Besides consulting engineer, supplier and manufacturer, there is a profession outlined in the Green Building Index (GBI), called a commissioning specialist.

Once an installation is completed, there is a need for a person to go and verify that whatever has been installed is as per speciications mentioned. This commissioning specialist needs to be appreciated by the developers and all the bodies and authorities in the future, to make sure that our dream of energy eficiency is realised. Not only will all industries across the board be able to beneit from energy eficiency but the nation too.

“ Industry players will not embark on energy eficiency project if they cannot make a reasonable ROI.

Ir. Fam Yew Hin

Besides, we work closely to create greater awareness among the industrial players and the public, such as organising talks, forums or conferences like ICCHT 2014. At these forums, various aspects of energy eficiency will be discussed and debated. Through the sharing of experience and technology, we hope to move it forward in the industry.

ir. gopal Narian kutty: METD members have also undertaken certain tasks on pump and compressor speciications. This is under Pusat Tenaga Malaysia and sponsored by the Japanese government. The METD team has come up with a technical document that is recognised and is now the established document used by the general industry and public consultants for pump and compressor eficiency. This was done two or three years ago. Not all engineers in the industry may have the opportunity to come here, but they have a document they can refer to.

moving forward, how can energy eficiency be further improved in the industry?

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ir. gopal Narian kutty: It will affect the building industry the most. We are currently constructing a lot of buildings now. Better airconditioner designs with new compressor technologies will help a lot.

We have some 30,000 to 40,000 government buildings. Even if we are talking about 10 per cent of that number, it is still a lot. The amount of energy we can save will be substantial. Of course other industries may have a bigger impact, but for the building industry, immediate impact and beneits can be achieved.

ir.famyewHin: Advancedgasturbine,boilersandfurnaces are now operating at higher temperatures and pressures, producing steam and electricity with less fuel.This is only made possible with the successful researches on higher strength materials. When an advanced gas-ired combined cycle power plant produces power, about 60% of the input energy can now be converted into useful electricity energy compared to a much lower ratio earlier. For engineers, we are also inding ways to recover and utilize the remaining waste energy to the extent possible.

datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: It will be better to produce products that utilise energy directly at source rather than use electricity as a secondary source as the 100 per cent then drops 40 per cent. Future research effort locally should be focusing on this aspect.

ir. dr kannan M. Munisamy: One example is solar heaters. However, the cost is quite prohibitive. Better manufacturing may, one day, bring the price down, just like how the price of LEDs has been brought down. Q:

datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: The mechanical engineers in the industry can specify the requirements. The

ir. gopal Narian kutty: This is why we are encouraging more people to go into this area. When more people use this, more energy will be saved and the nation will beneit.

ir. dr kannan M. Munisamy: Basically, METD is focusing on energy eficiency and energy savings. So how do wedoit?Onewayisthrough this conference where the academia and the industry can exchange ideas. We also conduct talks and short courses throughout the year for members and non-members. We also have a specialised course on biomass.

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Besides, distortion in energy prices also discourages the industrial players to invest in energy eficiency projects. To be realistic, industry players will not embark on the energy eficiency project if they cannot make a reasonable ROI from their investment.

“ Not everybody is aware of of the full beneits of energy eficiency.

Ir. Fam Yew Hin

We are creating avenues for engineers to come in to gain and share knowledge on renewable energy and green technologies. We are looking at things from both upstream and downstream angles.

Now you already have a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system (HVAC) system, but upstream of it will be power generation and renewable energy. Downstream will be maintenance technology and maintenance mindset. We are looking at the whole stretch, upstream and downstream, and not just focusing on the product. This is why we have academia coming in with new technology and we have the industry coming in with marketable products.

Previously, ICCHT conferences were rather conined to lecturers and academicians. They came in and presented a paper which they had published and that was basically it. But we wanted to do something different. If you come up with something good, it’s good that the industry players are there. Our intended role is sort of matchmaking and networking.

Q:

What are the greatest challenges we face in the implementation of energy saving measures?

ir. fam yew Hin: There are both structural and behaviour barriers that need to be overcome in this particular case. For example, one of the key challenges is the limited availability of funding from inancial institutions. Many industrial players found that it is dificult to obtain inancing to support energy efficiency projects.

We also realised that not everybody is aware of the full beneits of energy eficiency. We are driving this hard right now and trying to create awareness in the different levels of people, whether it’s from the industry, or the public.

Q:

on another note, good quality engineers are needed to drive innovation for this progression to embrace these green technologies. Are young engineers prepared for this challenge?

datuk ir. prof. dr Ow Chee sheng: IEM recently set up a task force headed by Past President Dr Gue See Sue to prepare a position documents on the quality of young engineers being supplied to the industry. There was a survey questionnaire sent out and the feedback wasn’t that rosy.

The reason was that young graduates lacked fundamentals to address the issues in the industry. As to why they lack fundamentals, we have to relect upon the question of education policies, right from kindergarten upwards. The reason I mention kindergartens is because you need a positive attitude, from both the parents and the teachers, to reinforce a child’s growth. You need to encourage children to be innovative.

ir. Fam Yew hin

Secondly, at school level, the syllabus is too broad. Too many subjects. There is insuficient time to go into adequate depth. When there is not enough depth and a student enters university, the poor student is quite unprepared to study engineering. In engineering, you really need a strong foundation in sciences and mathematics. There has to be in-depth appreciation of science and mathematics not merely the mechanics of scoring A’s.

The good thing is that our semester system allows students to stay longer and catch up on whatever depth they missed out at school. However, they will not be able to graduate after the four-year period.

“ Previously, ICCHT conferences were conined to lecturers and academicians. They came in and presented a paper which they had published and that was basicallyit.Butwewantedtodosomething different.

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Ir. Dr Kannan M. Munisamy

Sometimes, they end up studying ive or six years. I would recommend that they stay longer if they have to, just to be on the safe side.

With the privatisation of universities, where the bottom line counts, I don’t know how the present system can be audited? Although we have an engineering accreditation council which visits universities once in three or ive years, I doubt if that is enough.

ir. gopal Narian kutty: Then there aregoodgraduates but when they startworking,they are disheartened because there is little opportunity for promotion and the pay is not up to expectations.

That’s the main thing. During our time, it was still quite good. Currently, graduates in other ields such as accountants and lawyers, are getting much higher salaries across the board.

Eventually, a good engineer may no longer be working as an engineer. He may become a marketing manager. So you also have to look at that spectrum and the stages of their career advancements. They must have the opportunities. Otherwise, along the way they disappear from engineering fraternity and do something else.

Y.bhg. datuk ir. prof. dr ow chee sheng is currently the Chairman of the Sub-Committe on “Documentation and Recording of IEM Historical Events” and Professor at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. Hr served as the IEM Past President Session 2005/2006 and 2006/2007.

ir. Fam Yew hin is currently the Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Technical Division and Chairman for International Conference on Cooling & Heating Technologies (ICCHT 2014).

ir. gopal narian Kutty JmW, Amn Is currently the Vice President of IEM and Senior Principal Assistant Director, Public Works Department. He is a Board Member in the Board of Engineers Malaysia.

ir. dr Kannan m. munisamy is currently the Deputy Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Technical Division and Senior Lecturer at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

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Additive manufacturing

addiTiVE Manufacturing (AM) is a process to join materials to make objects from 3 dimensional (3D) CAD data, layer by layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies (ISO 17296-1; ASTM 2792-12) with the support from computer technology.

Other synonyms of AM are additive fabrication, additive processes, additive techniques, additive layer manufacturing, layer manufacturing and freeform fabrication. In addition, rapid prototyping is additive manufacturing of a design, often interative, for form, it or functional testing or combination thereof.

The termAM was deined by theAmerican Society For Testing & Materials (ASTM) International Committee. The traditional manufacturing process substract the materials from a workpiece such as milling and grinding or making the product by forming technologies such as casting and injection moulding.

AM processes can be described as 3D printing, rapid prototyping, direct digital manufacturing, rapid manufacturing and solid freeform fabrication. AM found its irst market 25 years ago in the rapid prototyping of plastic mock-up parts for product designs. As the technology developed, opportunities for tooling and direct part production followed, irst in plastics, and more recently in metals, ceramics and lexible material.

HisTORy Of addiTiVE MaNufaCTuRiNg

Additive manufacturing started with the invention of stereolithograph technology in the 1980s. In addition, the advancement of computer systems as well as laser technology were also factors that enabled the development of AM. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, other AM technologies were developed, for example, selective laser sintering, laminated object manufacturing, fused deposition modeling and 3D printing. The irst stereolithography system was developed by 3d Systems in 1987. The stereolithography system used ultraviolet (UV) to solidify the liquid polymer using laser technology. In 1991, fused deposition machine (FDM), solid ground curing (SGC) and laminated object manufacturing (LOM) were commercialised worldwide.

A year later, in 1992, selective laser sintering (SLS) became available in the market. In the mid-1990s, 3D printing

was developed. A 3D printing machine lays down layers of heated materials on the platform. The method is similar to inkjet printing. The materials are deposited continuously, based on the 3D CAD model.

In late 1990s, the advancement of material for AM enabled the different types of materials such as thermoset, thermoplastic and elastomeric polymers, to be used in AM machinery.

In the early 2000s, the AM machine was able to produce metal-based products and many new rapid prototyping systems and materials became available in the market. The term Additive Manufacturing was coined at around this time.

Next, a better AM process which was based on full density metallic geometry became available. The process, Laser Melting (LM), with new power sources was available in the mid 2000s.

Now, AM machines are able to produce metal and non-metal products. Many improvements have been made to increase the performance of the AM machine as well as to lower the cost of production.

Currently, AM process and materials are in the process of standardisation. In 2009, the 3D printing patent for fuse deposition modelling (FDM) expired. This encouraged the open source 3D printing movement and the start of simple 3D printers for personal and home users. In February 2014, the laser sintering additive technology (the cheapest 3D printing technology) patent expired. Due to this, the cost of the AM machine went down. The market began shifting from industrial to personal and individuals can now produce their own AM products.

adVaNTagEs Of addiTiVE MaNufaCTuRiNg

AM is able to produce a wide range of products. The inal product can be simple or complex shapes. Engineers will try to avoid more complex designs because this will only increase the cost of the product. More time and work forces are required to produce a complex product as compared to a simple shape product.

However, AM is able to produce complex-shaped products at lower costs compared to traditional manufacturing methods. This is because of lower production labour, material waste and energy consumption, as well as increased-on-demand manufacturing. In addition, theAM process is able to produce low volume products at lower costs and replace traditional manufacturing processes such as milling and shaping.

It is also able to shorten the supply chain of a product as well as provide the democratisation of production. Last but not least,AM can also provide the ability for design optimisation.

TypE Of addiTiVE MaNufaCTuRiNg

i. stereolithography (sla)

SLA is the irst Additive Manufacturing technology available in the market. SLA uses laser technology to solidify the phoyopolymer

by Ir. Dr Tan Chee Fai and Engr. Juffrizal Karjanto

Photo 1: Cartoon by b. Kliban

liquid resin, layer by layer. The input to the SLA system is a 3D CAD ile. The SLA machine is based on the CAD ile to produce the 3D product. Some parts of the 3D model would need support structures. After a part is completed, it will be drained, washed and the support structure will break away. Figure 1 shows the SLA process.

ii. fused deposition Modeling (fdM)

FDM is an AM process that extrudes and deposits thermoplastic ilament materials, layer by layer on a ixed or movable platform. The machine has two nozzles. The irst will extrude the molten material and the second nozzle will extrude the support material. The molten material will harden immediately upon extrusion.

iii. selective laser sintering (sls)

SLS process is very similar to SLA process. It uses polyamide powder as a medium to form the product while SLA uses liquid photopolymers. CO2 laser beams fuse the material powder to form the designed product, layer by layer. Figure 3 shows the SLS process.

Figure 1: The SLA process (photo reprinted from Princeton University, 2014)

Figure 2: FDM process (photo reprinted from Custompart, 2014)

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iv. 3d printing (3dp)

3: SLS process (photo reprinted from Schneider Prototyping, 2014) Liquid adhesive supply Inkjet print head part

3DprintingisapowderbasedAMprocess.TheprocessissimilartoSLSprocessbut the difference is in the use of an ink-jet printing head to deposit the liquid adhesive to bind the material instead of using laser technology. 3D printing is mainly used in the production of conceptual models.

4: 3D printing process (photo reprinted from Custompartnet, 2014)

REFEREncEs

[1] Additive manufacturing: SASAM standardisation roadmap, 2014, EU project Support Action for Standardisation in Additive Manufacturing (SASAM).

[2] T. Wohlers and T. Gornet, 2011, History of additive manufacturing, Wohlers Report 2011.

[3] H. Shulman, D. Spradling and C. Hoag, 2012, Introduction to Additive Manufacturing: the idea of using a digital ile to create three-dimensional objectr is now a reality, Ceramic Industry.

[4] The history of additive layer manufacturing, 2014, Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing, http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/engineering/research/calm/whatis/history/

[5] Roadmap for additive manufacturing: Identifying the future of freeform processing, 2009, edited by D.L. Bourell, M.C. Leu and D.W. Rosen, The University of Texas at Austin, Laboratory for Freeform Fabrication, Advanced Manufacturing Chapter.

[6] Additive manufacturing: Opportunities and constraints (a summary of roundtable forum held on 23 May 2013), 2013, Royal Academy of Engineering. http://www.raeng.org.uk/publications/ reports/additive-manufacturing. Accessed on 6 August 2014.

[7] D.T. Pham, and S.S. Dimov, 2003, Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling- the key enablers for rapid manufacturing’, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 217, (part C).

[8] Research: chemical energy conversion and power generation at the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) scale, 2014, Ceramic Materials Laboratory, Princeton Univesity, http://www. princeton.edu/~cml/html/research/mems.html. Accessed on 6 August 2014.

[9] Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), 2014, Custompart.net, http://www.custompartnet.com/wu/ fused-deposition-modeling. Accessed on 6 August 2014.

[10] Selective Laser Sintering, 2014, Schneider Prototyping, http://www.schneider-international. co.uk/site/sls_rapid_prototyping.php. Accessed on 6 August 2014.

[11] 3D printing, 2014, Custompartnet, http://www.custompartnet.com/wu/3d-printing. Accessed on 6 August 2014.

ir. dr Tan chee Fai is currently Hon Secretary/Hon Treasurer of Mechanical Engineering Technical Division, IEM Excomm member and IEM Council Member. In addition, he is the Vice Chairman of IEM Melaka Branch. He is also the Senior Lecturer of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka. He graduated from Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology. Engr. Juffrizal Karjanto is the Lecturer of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka and currently furthering his PhD at Eindhoven University of Technology.

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A sustainable heating and cooling system

iNTROduCTiON

Traditionally, heating and cooling systems use energy sources generated from fossil fuels such as crude oil and coal. Unfortunately the supply and use of such fuels are not sustainable. Looking back through history, the popular use of fossil fuels started in the late 18th Century with the birth of the Industrial Revolution. In the late 19th Century, coal represented the main source of energy of the world while the 20th Century saw an accelerated consumption of crude oil. The world had assumed that fossil fuel, in particular crude oil, would be plentiful and inexpensive. This assumption however, was proven wrong by a series of oil crisis that occurred in the 1970s.

The beginning of the 21st Century also saw a structural shift in energy prices. One of the fundamental factors for this was the limited supply of crude oil that could be mined using conventional methods from underground reserves.

In 2012, OPEC cited that the known and proven conventional oil reserves were at about 1.5 trillion barrels worldwide (OPEC 2012). However, in 2014 it was highlighted by BP analysts during the 21st World Petroleum Conference in Moscow that, at the current rate of usage and production levels, the global reserves of crude oil are only expected to last for the next 53 years.

Ir. Dr Aidil Chee Tahir

Photo 2: OPEC (2013): 2012 World Oil Reserves stands at 1.5 trillion barrels

Photo 1: William Bell Scott: Iron and Coal, Gustave Courbet: Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century

While it is well known that there is a signiicant reserve of heavier crude oils that can be extracted from tar sands and shale to satisfy part of the global energy needs of today, the extraction of this will require the use of energy intensive methods that will result in an increase in emissions, thus causing more environmental degradation (EESI 2014). The current scenario of fast depleting reserves coupled with the global increase in crude oil demand due to population increase and fast economic growth, together with political instability in many oil producing countries will heighten concerns over supply, affordability and sustainability.

Apart from that, the use of these fossil fuels also contributes to the emission of global energy-related greenhouse gases (GHG), resulting in climate change and a signiicant increase in global temperature. At the current rate of usage, and with the use of current technologies, it is predicted that these emissions will more than double by 2050.

At the ongoing rate of greenhouse gas emissions, available earth system models predict that the earth’s surface temperature will exceed historical analogs as early as 2047, affecting most ecosystems on earth and the livelihoods of over 5 billion people worldwide (Mora 2013). Hence, new technologies to save energy and reduce global warming are of paramount importance. Technologists, engineers and scientists today are turning to green technology as a popular option to resolve these issues.

is gREEN TECHNOlOgy a susTaiNablE TECHNOlOgy?

To effectively reduce GHG emissions and manage the current energy crisis and issues of climate change, more and more heating and cooling systems are incorporating green technologies which focus on energy eficiency, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS) as well as low/zerocarbon emissions. However are these green technologies sustainable? Are they in line with the concept of sustainable development?

Global concerns on development and the environment were addressed for the irst time in Stockholm by the world community during the 1972 United Nations Conference on Human Environment (UNEP 1972). Following this conference,theUnitedNationssetuptheWorldCommissiononEnvironment andDevelopmentin1983tore-examinetheproblemsofhumandevelopment in the context of serious global environmental issues.As a result of the study, in 1987, the World Commission published a report, “Our Common Future”, also known as the Brundtland report (WCED 1987), that deined sustainable development as “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs”. This deinition by the Brundtland report introduces the fundamental problemofattemptingtoidentifytheneedsoffuturegenerations,indetermining what is “sustainable”. The deinition summarises all the fundamental aspects of sustainability, including the need to allow development, which satisies human needs, and the need to consider future impacts. It also addresses

Photo 3: Mora et al (2013): At the current business as usual model (RCP85), livelihood of 5 billion people are expected to be affected through climate change by 2050

the concern of balancing good economic development, environmental stewardship and society equity (Sikdar 2003). This means that sustainability emphasises the need for resource eficiency and fairness in beneit, in relation to the impacts on the value of the three sustainability domains: Environment, economic and social (Chee Tahir and Darton 2010).

Sustainable technologies are therefore technologies that must satisfy the three sustainability domains: Economic, environment and social. The fundamental concept of a sustainable technology must be one that focuses on providing strong economic development, protecting and enhancing the environment while ensuring good social well-being for the community. In other words, sustainable technologies need to simultaneously incorporate several multi-dimensional attributes such as being energy eficient, using less natural resources, preventing direct and indirect pollution to the environment, maximising proits and economic growth, ensuring health and safety and providing ample social beneits. So, green technologies today need to evolve into sustainable technologies that incorporate the complete attributes of sustainable development in order to solve the global sustainability issues of the 21st Century.

is sustainable the performance of these two functions must addressandsatisfythethreedomainsofsustainability.Table 1 highlights the issues and concerns of the two heating cooling system functions in relation to the perspective of the three sustainability domains: Environment, economic and social.

In terms of the function of energy use, the fuel used to provide the necessary energy for heating and cooling can either come from a non-renewable source such as crude oil and coal, or a renewable source such as biomass. Viewed fromthecontextoftheenvironmentaldomain,thesesources can give rise to the issues of depletion and degradation if they are not utilised eficiently and responsibly, resulting in scarcity and depriving future generations from enjoying their fair share of these resources.

Even if the energy source is a renewable one such as biomass, it can still lead to degradation of the environment and scarcity of supply if its utilisation is not eficient and the production of the energy source through planting and harvesting is not carried out in a responsible manner.

When these energy sources are viewed in the context of the economic domain, failing to produce and utilise them in the most economical way will result in higher cost, affecting affordability and accessibility for present and future generations. In terms of the social domain, failing to manage the use of these energy resources in the most eficient way will result in issues of energy security for presents and future generations.

Using a similar line of argument, waste generated from heating and cooling systems, if not managed properly, can cause various types of pollution, resulting in serious environmental degradation and destruction. The waste generated will also result in signiicant impact on the economy through high compliance cost of cleaning up. From a social domain stand-point, the toxic waste and pollution may impact the health and safety of the people, thus affecting community well-being as depicted in Table 1.

The two major functions associated with heating and cooling systems are energy use and waste generated. To ensure that the technology of a

With this in mind, engineers and scientists must ensure that new technologies to be integrated into heating and cooling systems address the environmental, economic and social issues of sustainability. As an example, incorporating technologies that improve energy eficiency and energy recyclability will help resolve the issues of environmental

Photo 4: Brundtlant Report: Our Common Future

Photo 5: Three Sustainability Domains: Economic, Environment and Social (RCP85), livelihood of 5 billion people are expected to be affected through climate change by 2050

Table 1: Environment, economic and social perspective in relation to the functions of a heating and cooling system

Cooling system functions

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degradation and scarcity of natural resources. This helps to improve operating and economic cost, translating into secure and cheap affordable heating and cooling facilities for the communities.

On the other hand incorporating proactive technologies that help reduce, reuse and recycle waste will help prevent if not reduce the level of harmful waste and pollution which can result in serious environmental degradation and destruction. Taking the proactive approach in waste management insteadofthetraditionalclean-upmethod,willalsohelptoreducecompliance costs. Managing waste through recycling and reuse will help create new byproducts from waste, enhancing economic growth through new business opportunities and value creations. A reduced level of waste and pollution will also help ensure better health and safety for the public and community well-being.

CONClusiON

Sustainability is a challenging multi-dimensional concept that covers a wide range of issues. Hence it is extremely important that when engineers, technologists or scientists develop new sustainable technologies, these actually tackle all the issues together in terms of environment, economic and social domain.

REFEREncEs

[1] OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) (2012). OPEC share of World Crude Oil Reserves 2012. http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/330. htm retrieved on 9/7/2014

[2] EESI (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) (2014). Fossil Fuels. http://www.eesi. org/topics/fossil-fuels/description retrieved on 8/7/2014

[3] Mora, C (2013). The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability, Nature 502: 183–187

[4] UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) (1972). United Nations Conference on Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden http://www.unep.org/ retrieved on 3/11/2003

[5] WCED (The World Commission on Environment and Development) (1987). Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, Oxford

[6] Sikdar, S.K., (2003). Sustainable Development and Sustainability Metrics, American Institute of Chemical Engineer Journal 49(8) 1928-1932

[7] Chee Tahir, A., Darton, R.C., (2010). The Process Analysis Method of Selecting Indicators to Quantify the Sustainability Performance of a Business Process, Journal of Cleaner Production, 18 1598-1607

ir. dr Aidil chee Tahir has more than 12 years’ experience working in the corporate sector of Malaysian GLCs focusing on areas of corporate sustainability and corporate strategy. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in the ield of sustainability metrics from the Engineering Science Department at the University of Oxford and read a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He has acquired formal inancial training following the Chartered FinancialAnalyst programme. At present he is the Head of Sustainability Excellence reporting directly to the Group Chief Operating Oficer of Sime Darby. He has published and presented papers on corporate sustainability strategies, sustainability metrics and sustainability performance in international journals and conferences to both corporate professionals and technical specialists.

iEm diARY oF EVEnTs

Title: 7th Internaional Conference on Cooling & Heaing Technologies 2014 (ICCHT 2014) (DORSETT GRAND SUBANG HOTEL Jalan SS 12/1, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia) 4th – 6th November 2014

Organisedby :MechanicalEngineeringTechnicalDivision Time :9.00a.m.–5.30p.m.

CPD/PDP: :0

Kindly note that the scheduled events below are subject to change. Please visit the IEM website at www.myiem.org.my for more informaion on the upcoming events.

An innovative green chiller system – The Evaporative hybrid chiller system

gOiNg green is the current trend in technology. It is no different in the air-conditioning chiller system and technologists are working very hard to develop eco-friendly chillers in order to fulill their social responsibility.

The innovative green chiller system will not only be energy eficient (comparatively, it consumes much less water in the condensing system) but it also only requires a

1.0Cooling

2.0 Chiller compressor elect power

Condensing syst elect power

Total power

Overall system kw/TR

3.0Chiller plant room

4.0

5.0 Chiller plant part load eficiency

6.0Operation cost for utilities/year Electricity

smaller plant room space and condensing water pipe riser shaft. There are many other advantages over traditional water-cooled chillers.

A special study was carried out to establish the real beneits of 2 units of 199TR evaporative chillers against a 400TR traditional water-cooled chiller and the summary of the outcome can be seen in the table below:

Larger space required as well as a plant room and additional space for cooling towers, condensing pumps and the condensing pipe riser shaft space

Part load eff drops from 0.831kw/ TR at 100% load to 0.883 kw/TR at 80% load and further increase to 1kw/TR at 60% load.

Smaller space required. It can be housed on the open roof top without shelter and does not require condensing system equipment

More consistent part load eff as it maintains at 0.707 kw/TR at 100% load to approx 0.75 kw/TR at 60% load.

RM373,940.00RM306,182.00

6.1Maintenance of chiller plant & condensing system RM143,000.00RM92,000.00 Total Opex costs/year

7.0

7.1

8.0Total

8.1Capex

8.2

Ir. Dr Cheong Thiam Fook

Fromthetableabove,wecanseethattheuseofevaporative chillers is both electricity and water consumption eficient. Thus, it is a very sustainable green technology cooling system. This is purely the adoption of a more effective condensing cooling system which applies the simple theory of evaporative latent heat capacity of water and the removal

of the remote condensing system by incorporating the builtin condensing coil system. This technology certainly needs enhancement in materials construction in the near future in order to further improve the performance of the chillers in terms of larger capacities and perhaps for the District Cooling System applications.

ir. dr cheong Thiam Fook is the Chairman of Sub Committee on Membership Drive and Promotion and a member of the Mechanical Engineering Technical Division, IEM.

IEM cOuNcIl ElEctIONs 2015/2016

NOtIcE ON NOMINatION papERs fOR cOuNcIl ElEctION sEssION 2015/2016

A noice inviing nominaions for the Elecion of Council Members for Session 2015/2016 will be posted on the IEM Noice Board and IEM website by 24 November 2014 for the informaion of all Corporate Members of IEM. Following the close of nominaions on 27 December 2014, the elecion exercise will proceed. All Corporate Members residing overseas are requested to take note of the requirements of the Bylaw, Secion 5.11, as shown below.

The voing paper shall, not less than twenty-eight (28) clear days before the date of the Annual General Meeing be sent by post to all Corporate Members residing in Malaysia and to any other Corporate Members who may in wriing request to have the paper forwarded to him. The voing paper shall be returned to the Honorary Secretary in a sealed envelope so as to reach him by a speciied date not less than seven (7) days before the Annual General Meeing.

Voing papers will be posted out by 26 February 2015.

Any Corporate Members residing outside Malaysia, who wish to receive voing papers, are advised to write to the honorary secretary on or before 2 january 2015.

Thank you.

Elecion Oicer, IEM

IEM WOMEN ENgINEERs sEctION ElEctION 2014/2015

NOtIcE ON NOMINatION papERs sEssION 2014/2015

A noice inviing nominaions for the Elecion of IEM Women Engineers Secion Commitee for Session 2014/2015 will be posted on the IEM Noice Board and IEM website by 13 October 2014 for the informaion of all women engineers (Graduate and Corporate Members) of IEM. Following the close of nominaions on 27 October 2014, the elecion exercise will proceed.

Voing will be carried out via e-ballot and electronic voing papers would be issued by 1 November 2014.

Thank you.

Elecion Oicer, IEM WE Secion

iEm diARY oF EVEnTs

title: One Day course on Renewable Energy boiler system

(DORsEtt gRaND subaNg hOtEl jalan ss 12/1, 47500 subang jaya, selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)

4th November 2014

Organisedby :MechanicalEngineeringTechnicalDivision

Time :9.00a.m.–5.00p.m.

CPD/PDP: :6.5

title: One Day course on Renewable Energy boiler system

(DORsEtt gRaND subaNg hOtEl jalan ss 12/1, 47500 subang jaya, selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)

4th November 2014

Organisedby :MechanicalEngineeringTechnicalDivision

Time :9.00a.m.–5.00p.m.

CPD/PDP: :6.5

Kindly note that the scheduled events below are subject to change. Please visit the IEM website at www.myiem.org.my for more informaion on the upcoming events.

district cooling system –The Trendy Utility supply

Ir. Dr Cheong Thiam Fook

Mass Cooling System has been talked about in the recent years and there are a few District Cooling Systems (DCS) built in some mega projects in Malaysia but the real beneits of such a mass chilled water supply system has yet to be proven. The very irst DCS was built in 1997 at the UKM campus in Bangi and it is still working well after some upgrading works done to the system few years ago.

To date, we have only installed some 200,000 RT of DCS in the country. Actually, with our hot and humid weather conditions which require space comfort cooling in both commercial and industrial facilities, the application of DCS is most suitable. According to a study report, we may need approximately 600,000 RT DCS for space cooling in the near future, so there is a good opportunity for the industry to develop and implement DCS projects here.

wHaT aRE THE CHallENgEs wHEN iT COMEs TO dCs?

There is nothing wrong with the District Cooling System. The main reason for the failure of some DCS could be due to misunderstandings amongst the various parties such as project owners (developers), the investors (PFI contractors & banks), the consumers (customers and end-users) of DCS and the O&M (operators).

DCS has always been promoted as a less expensive and cheaper option for the end-users but how true is this statement? If developers and investors treat DCS as a business and think about making good proits from their investments, then the DCS cooling option is not going to be competitive and economical. Despite the much lower opex (operational expenditure) costs, the huge capex (capital expenditure) incurred by investors may result in a big sum of contributions to be paid by the consumers during the connection to the DCS supply.

The other issue is that the risk-taking factor of each party is not identical and this also makes the DCS more costly to construct and operate. The slow progress of development from its inception to maturity, which affects the demand of DCS supply for the consumers, is another factor which makes the chilled water supply more expensive.

DCS is about the size and the massive amount of chilled water manufactured by major or mega chiller plants and it is about number games with economies of scale. The chilled water production technology itself is very eficient and stable but the distribution piping network is a challenge to the designers, operators and end-users.

Inmyopinion,DCSshouldbeconsideredasautilitywhich must be regulated by the government, just like electricity,

gas, water etc. DCS is also commonly recognised as a Green Technology which is Energy Eficient (EE). Therefore the direct involvement of the government (federal and local) is inevitable if we are committed to DCS development. Certainly, the private sector can play a vital and leading role in the provision of DCS for their mega projects. The big developers can introduce chilled water supplies, not only to ofice and commercial tenants but also extend the supply to residential owners. Public acceptance of DCS is an important factor for it to be successfully introduced to the people and there must be suficient law and regulations to protect the consumers and the public.

There are plenty of success stories heard in the hot Middle East countries but, again, the challenges are in the distribution pipe networks. There are just too unbearable losses in luids and thermodynamic energy despite the continued tightening of the technical speciications and quality supervision in works.

DCS is normally designed to have a working life of 50 years and the biggest challenge is the maintenance of underground distribution pipes. Some have chosen to provide a more practical underground service tunnel for easy maintenance of the pipes and ittings. Others opt for the traditional underground pipes which will certainly make pipe repair and replacement works in future more dificult and near impossible.

Despite all the challenges mentioned above which can impede the development and growth of DCS, the most important issue is the formulating, by the government, of a foolproof regulatory framework of DCS as a utility supply for the security of the public.

The business model will work for both investors and consumers only if consumers have full conidence.

As the government is committed to a 40% reduction of carbon emission by 2020, the DCS will certainly be chosen as the most energy eficient manner of generating chilled water for space cooling. Moreover, most DCS can be easily converted to a thermal energy storage system which avoids the maximum demand consumption of electricity during peak hours. This will certainly help to optimise the cost of energy for the production of chilled water by the consumers.

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title : talk on analysis for slope stability (Wisma IEM (01- auditorium tan sri prof. chin fung Kee, third floor)

10th November 2014

Organisedby :GeotechnicalEngineeringTechnicalDivision Time :5.30p.m.–7.30p.m.

CPD/PDP: :2

Kindly note that the scheduled events below are subject to change. Please visit the IEM website at www.myiem.org.my for more informaion on the upcoming events.

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Gunung Capital Bhd announced on Bursa Malaysia yesterday that its 70 per centownedsubsidiary,GunungHydropowerSdn Bhd (GHSB), has received two Renewable energy power purchase agreements (REPPAs) from Tenaga Nasional Bhd. The company said the REPPAs have been executed for GHSB’s 10MW installed capacity small hydropower site at Pulau Tengah, Chenderoh, and a similar capacity site in Pulau Temelong, Temelong, both in Sungai Perak.

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Young innovators Win big

Young innovators were thrilled to come out on top in the inaugural RSA Genovasi Malaysia Awards recently, with nine university students winning prizes worth a total of RM260,000.

The compeiion aims to empower university students around the world to develop soluions to pressing social, environmental and economic issues using the principles of Design Thinking. The RSA has been offering the RSA Student Design Awards to university students from all faculies in the United Kingdom since 1924. In 2012, the RSA launched its first Student Design Awards in the United States. The RSA Genovasi Malaysia Awards marks the third country in the world and first country in Asia to hold the compeiion.

The winning team for the Social Entrepreneurship brief comprised students Mandy Choong, Lee Man Kit, Kim Eunkyun, Goh Pei Hua and Yong Lee Chee. Their project, ‘Weekend Heroes’, is a non-proﬁt organisaion which encourages the public to take part in social enterprises and aciviies on weekends.

The winner of the Digital Age brief was Daniel Chua with the ‘mySearch Apps’ project, which addresses communicaion gaps between the Government and the public. It is designed to be a search engine as well as a report applicaion for ciizens to communicate with the Government, with a variety of innovaive funcions and features to facilitate the process.

(Sourced from The Star, 18th September 2014)

Five malaysian Universities Ranked Among Top 400 Worldwide

Five Malaysian universiies have made it into this year’s top 400 of the QS World University Rankings ater all but one of seven of the country’s entrants registered muliple-rung improvements.

The strides made also mean that both Universii Kebangsaan Malaysia (259th) and Universii Teknologi Malaysia (294th) are now in the Top 300. They were 269th and 355th, respecively, in the 2013 ranking of the top insituions of higher learning across the world.

Universii Malaya also improved upon its performance that saw it break the Top 200 barrier previously, climbing to 151st this year.

Universii Sains Malaysia improved by 46 places but missed out on going under the Top 300 bar, landing at 309th. It was joined in the ier by Universii Putra Malaysia, which went to 376th from the 411-420 ier last year.

(Sourced from Malay Mail, 16th September 2014)

malaysian nuclear Agency introduces pp partnership

The Malaysian Nuclear Agency has embarked on the Public-Private Partnership concept by introducing joint training programmes with the private sector, its director-general, Datuk Dr Muhamad Lebai Juri said.

Hesaidthemoveisaimedatcommunalising the public service to enable it to get new sources of ﬁnance and beneﬁt from the private sector experise.

Forastart,hesaidtheagencyisconducinga three-day radiaion safety and health course jointly with Lady Faza Soluion, a company that focuses on business consuling, training and event management, in an eﬀort to improve the private sector eiciency in the use of energy and ﬁnance.

Mohammed said at the outset, the course would be conducted in the northern zone before moving on to the southern zone, the East Coast, the Klang Valley, and Sabah and Sarawak.

(Sourced from NST, 9th September 2014)

beauty of structural Engineering

SOME of the best new structures in the world – from a new Apple store in Istanbul to a bridge modelled on a Maori ﬁshhook – have been shortlisted for The Structural Awards 2014.

The presigious compeiion, run by The Insituion of Structural Engineers in London, celebrates innovaive designs and materials in all types of buildings and structures.

Shortlisted structures include everything from wood-eco houses to metallic futurisic market places, shops that look like glass cuboids, bridges with opening parts and a bulbous stock exchange that appears to defy gravity.

Entries are from New Zealand, Turkey, China, Germany, Canada, as well as many from the UK. Winners will be announced in London on November 14, 2014.

(Sourced from NST, 11th August 2014)

Expansion plans

SAM Engineering & Equipment (M) Bhd, which specialises in producing component parts for airline companies such as Airbus and Boeing, is looking at organic expansion as well as through acquisiions.

WithbacklogordersofRM2bilthatwillkeep it busy unil 2020, it has set aside RM200mil to invest in its operaions in Malaysia over the next two years.

Group managing director Jeﬀery Goh Wee Keng said the expansion would be in line with its plan to posiion the group as a global player in the aerospace industry.

“We plan to be a global player with a presence in the US and Europe in ﬁve years, with an annual turnover of more than RM1bil. We are already on track to achieve our RM1bil turnover target in two to three years, which will posiion our group as a leading player in Asia-Paciﬁc,” he said.

(Sourced from The Star, 8th September 2014)

THE institution of Engineers, Malaysia (iEM) and MpH Corporate & library services (MpH Cls) have come to a meaningful collaboration which will beneit all active members of the Institution.

Active members of the IEM are entitled to enjoy the corporate discounts and corporate services offered by MPH Bookstores. The corporate discount includes 15% on books (except government published books, best buy and value buy items) and 10% on non-book items like educational games, stationery and children Cds

The purchase of books or other items under the corporate discounts and services can be done through several methods:

1. Via E-mail

All IEM members who wish to purchase books or other items are to email the list of books and items to the MPH CLS salesperson, Jason Tan at jason.tan@mph.com.my or contact him at 017-3646254.

MPH CLS will then provide a quotation which is to be conirmed by the IEM member, and an invoice will be issued along with the arrangement for the delivery of stocks. Delivery within Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley is FREE. Payment is to be made by CASH or CREDIT CARD upon delivery.

For members in Penang or Kuching please contact the following area salespersons for book ordering. The steps are similar to the above, and delivery to these 2 areas are FOC as well.

For IEM members who are based outside of Kuala Lumpur, Klang Valley, Penang or Kuching, the order shall

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be undertaken by MPH CLS central team, (jason.tan@ mph.com.my) and charges will be levied accordingly based on the standard courier charges. The quotation of books and delivery charges will be sent to the IEM members, and the total amount can be banked into MPH CLS accounts. Upon payment, MPH CLS will arrange for the delivery.

2. Via store purchases

IEM members can also opt to purchase books or items in-store. However, members can only do so at either the MPH Mid Valley or MPH Nu Sentral outlets (Monday –Friday, 10am – 6pm only, excluding public holidays). An appointment with the MPH CLS team is required prior to making in-store purchases either through email or phone (03-29383812). The MPH CLS team will then be on hand to assist the members on their purchases. Also note that in store promotions do not apply when purchasing through corporate promotions.

Active IEM members can also make use of the services that MPH Corporate & Library Services offers. These include the setting up of library services within members’ own organizations, organizing book fairs or book exhibitions for their own staff, discount for books on display during events and conferences, and author appearances during book fairs, based on the author’s availability. All these services are subject to the approval of the MPH management beforehand.

We hope this collaboration will beneit all active members of the Institution.

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iEm charity golf 2014 A huge success

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THE IEM Charity Golf 2014 held on 25th June, 2014, at Bangi Golf Resort, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, was a huge success. It attracted more than 70 participants comprising IEM members and guests. The mode of play in the tournament was stableford System-36, a system based on the handicap of the day with the highest stableford points. First, the Organising Committee would like to acknowledge the sponsors who had generously contributed either in cash or in kind towards the charity golf. The sponsors are as follows:

• Acson Malaysia Sales & Service Sdn. Bhd.

• IMG Events Sdn. Bhd.

• IMZ Sdn. Bhd.

• Fire Fighter Industry Sdn. Bhd.

• Spind Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

• Topaire Sales & Services Sdn Bhd

• Pyrogen Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.

• Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya

• Insafoam Insulation (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

The winners of the charity golf are as follows: iEM MEMbER CaTEgORy

4th Placing:S.L. Lau36-pointsHandicap-14

5th Placing:Ahmad Fazli36-pointsHandicap-16

6th Placing:Zahri Jiman36-pointsHandicap-22

7th Placing:Lee Chau Kuang36-pointsHandicap-24

8th Placing: Yusi Mohd Yusof 35-pointsHandicap-11

9th Placing:Nazarudin35-pointsHandicap-12

10th Placing:Khalid Hassan35-pointsHandicap-16

CHaMpiON : Lee Chok Kai38-pointsHandicap-11

2nd Placing:Wan Husni38-pointsHandicap-13

3rd Placing : Ooi Eng Eng Chuan 37-pointsHandicap-6

4th Placing: Peter Tan 37-pointsHandicap-12

5th Placing: Chong Tuck Meng 37-pointsHandicap-13

6th Placing:Yu Chong Chong37-pointsHandicap-14

7th Placing:Abu Bakar37-pointsHandicap-16

8th Placing:Wilson Phuang37-pointsHandicap-20

9th Placing: Hanapi Amin 36-pointsHandicap-13

10th Placing:YK Wong36-pointsHandicap-13

NON-iEM MEMbER CaTEgORy

By Ir. Noor Hisham Yahaya

The winners of the Novelties are as follows:

Nearest to the Pin : Hole # 2

Nearest to Line : Hole # 13

Longest Drive : Hole # 5

Mr K.S. Choy

Mr. Yeaw Seng Kok

Mr. Wilson Phuang

From the contributions received from the event, the Organising Committee was able to fulil its pledge of RM10,000 for the Wisma IEM Building Fund which has an outstanding amount of RM4,674,655 as of 30th June, 2014. IEM Vice President, Ir. Gopal Narian Kutty accepted the mock cheque on behalf of the IEM President.

In addition, the Organising Committee also pledged RM2,000 to the family of the late Mr. Tirimurugam, a former IEM Secretariat staff who had worked in IEM for close to 25 years.

The Organising Committee wishes to express its sincere gratitude and thanks to all sponsors, participants and the secretariat staff who helped make the event a success.

ir. noor hisham Yahaya is the Chairman of IEM Charity Golf 2014 Organizing Committee and the Advisor of Mechanical Engineering Technical Division.

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iEm malacca branch pays courtesy Visit to cidb malacca

a delegation from IEM Malacca, led by branch chairman Ir. NurFazil Noor Mohamed, made a courtesy visit to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malacca recently. The visit, jointly arranged with Technological Association Malaysia (TAM) Malacca branch, was an initiative to support the Smart Partnership Agreement between IEM and CIDB, signed in March 2014.

The meeting with CIDB State director Puan Norlida Nabil and her team, discussed how IEM Malacca and CIDB could work together.

At the meeting, salient points of discussion were:

• IEM Malacca Branch can offer expertise in providing the requisite training and up-skilling of human resource in the construction industry, including engineering sub-professional service providers and workers.

• Both IEM and CIDB are looking forward to sharing available resources such as knowledge and facilities in future activities.

• Collaboration in organising relevant seminars, talks and trainings.

• IEM will support CIDB in on-going social and public awareness campaigns such as having friendly competitions related to the construction industry among secondary schools.

• CIDB will encourage graduate engineers in the construction industry to join IEM so that they can actively take part in IEM activities, thus progressing towards being competent engineers. The meeting ended with an exchange of souvenirs and a general understanding for closer collaboration between both parties.

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By Ir. Dr Tan Chee Fai and Ir. Ronnie Neo Hai Fun

ir. dr Tan chee Fai is the current Vice Chairman of IEM Malacca Branch, IEM Excom member and IEM Council Member.

ir. Ronnie neo hai Fun is the current Honorary Secretary of IEM Malacca Branch.

Group photo after the discussion

Presentation of souvenir to CIDB Malacca Director Puan Norlida Nabil by IEM Malacca Chairman Ir. NurFazil Noor Mohamed

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More than70peopleturnedupforaneveningtalkon“Adjudicationunder the CIPA Act 2012” was held at the Prof. Chin Fung Kee Auditorium, Wisma IEM on 5th June 2014.

The lecture was delivered by Prof. Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRGCA).

Datuk Sundra Rajoo is a Chartered Arbitrator and an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (Non Practicing). He is also a Professional Architect and Registered Town Planner as well as the immediate Past Chairman of the Asia Paciic Regional Arbitration Group (2011-2013).

CIPAA came into effect on 15th April 2014 and Datuk Sundra Rajoo was principally the man driving the smooth implementation of CIPAA with 397 trained adjudicators registered with the KLRCA.

There were active discussions from the participants and, in closing, Dr Ooi Teik Aun Chairman of the IEM Dispute Resolution Practice subcommittee presented a certiicate of appreciation and a memento to Datuk Sundra Rajoo.

KLRCAhad, in the morning, held a half-day Conference on “CIPAA 2012-CIPAA in Practice” at the Kuala Lumpur Renaissance hotel with 1,000 participants.

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libRARY sUb-commiTTEE

By Ir.C.M.M.Aboobucker

THE Library Sub-Committee, Standing Committee of Information and Publications and the Library Sub-Committee organised Library Open Day on 23rdAugust, 2014.The half-day event culminated in the launch of e-Books and e-Journals which the Library had recently acquired.

Representing the President of IEM was IEM Honorary Secretary Ir. Gunasagaran Kristnan who launched the e-Books.

In his speech, Ir. Gunasagaran said The IEM Council hoped the e-Books and e-Journals would help members enrich their knowledge with suitable and relevant professional and technical information from recent publications. He also thanked the Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division for sponsoring the annual purchase cost of these journals.

Besides the e-Books, IEM members will now have the chance to read the latest articles from leading journals such as those published by the Institution of Civil Engineers, London (ICE), American Society of Civil Engineers, New York (ASCE) and the Canadian Geotechnical Society. Members can access the e-Books at www.myIEM.org.my.

There was also a demonstration on how members could access the e-Books and download them, chapter by chapter, into their own

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Members browsing through the books

devices for a viewing period of 14 days. The e-Books would be automatically removed after that. However, if the same chapter is required after that period, it could be downloaded again.

Members had the chance to browse through the books as well as suggest titles foracquisitions. Some purchased their own copies too.

Prior to the launch of e-Books, and as part of the programme of the day, the IEM Toastmasters Club, led by Toastmaster Robert Ram, held a training session for IEM members. He offered tips on good presentation and gave tips on making impromptu speeches. Several IEM attendees tried their skills and we saw how, with the right training, engineers could be good convincing speakers too.

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The library staff from IEM HQ is planning to visit IEM branches to demonstrate how members can easily access the information which the Library Sub-Committee is currently considering acquiring.

Further information on e-Books can be obtained from IEM librarian Puan Jamaliah Zainudin.

ir. c.m.m. Aboobucker is currently the chairman for Library, Sub-Committee.

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petroglyphs: heritage carved in stone

by Ir. Chin Mee Poon www.facebook.com/chinmeepoon

ON my travels to so many different parts of the world over the years, I have come across many petroglyphs.

Petroglyphs are rock engravings, usually images of human beings and animals created on rock surfaces by incising, picking,carvingorabrading. Theycanbefoundonallcontinents (except Antarctica), and can date from a few hundred years to tens of thousands of years old.

Archaeologists, however, have yet to ascertain the meaning or purpose of many petroglyphs. As such, they remain as part of a nation’s cultural heritage and are often shrouded in mystery, providing a source of intrigue to travellers.

On a recent trip to the Trans-Caucasian countries, my wife and I visited the Qobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in Azerbaijan which was admitted to UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in 2007. Scientists estimate the rock engravings to be 12,000 years old.The site is at the southeast end of the GreaterCaucasusmountainrange,65kmsouthwestofthecentre of Baku, the capital ofAzerbaijan, and close to the Caspian Sea. The rock engravings can be seen among huge boulders that appear to have resulted from a sudden, catastrophic crumbling of the hill. The landscape does look rather eerie.

In northern Norway, my wife and I visited the Alta Museum at the western end of Alta. On the cliffs around the museum we could see some 6,000 late StoneAge rock carvings, dating back 6,000 to 2,000 years. The site was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1985.

In CentralAsia, we visited the Tamgaly petroglyph site, about 120km northwest of Almaty in Kazakhstan. The approximately

5,000 rock carvings found in a lush vegetated canyon are mainly from the BronzeAge. The site was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2004. Another petroglyph site is found about 100km south of Almaty, near the resort town of Cholpon-Ata on the north shore of Lake Issyk-Köl in Kyrgyzstan. The site is a huge ield of glacial boulders, many with pictures scratched or picked into their surfaces. The petroglyphs are about 3,500 to 2,000 years old.

Of all the petroglyph sites we visited, Tassilin’Ajjer impressed me most. The Berber name of Tassilin’Ajjer means Plateau Of The Rivers. It is a vast plateau in southeast Algeria near the borders of Libya and Niger, covering 72,000sq km of the great Sahara Desert. The plateau is noted for its prehistoric rock art and other ancient archaeological sites, dating from the Neolithic era when the local climate was less dry, savannah rather than desert. Access to the plateau is from the oasis village of Djanet, about 10km to the southwest.

During our 4-day exploration of the area by 4WD, we saw many exquisite petroglyphs of herds of cattle, large wild animals, and human activities such as hunting and dancing. Since the discovery of the petroglyphs in 1933, Tassilin’Ajjer has become world famous as the greatest open-air art museum for its exceptional density and variety of paintings and engravings. Tassilin’Ajjer was included in UNESCO’s world heritage list in 1982

ir. chin mee poon is a retired civil engineer who derives a great deal of joy and satisfaction from travelling to different parts of the globe, capturing fascinating insights of the places and people he encounters and sharing his experiences with others through his photographs and writing.

Running with the Engineers

during the IEM Engineering Week 2014 (6th to 14th September, 2014), various activities were held to increase awareness of the engineering profession among the general public.

This year was even more special because, to promote a healthy lifestyle among engineers, two Engineer’s Run events were held over one weekend, by IEM headquarters and the Southern Branch.

The inaugural JB Engineer’s Run was held at Country Garden Danga Bay, Johor Baru, on Saturday, 13th September. It was organised by YES section, Southern Branch.

The event received an overwhelming response from engineers and the general public with about 1,000 runners taking part. The platinum sponsor of the event was Country Garden, a major developer of Danga Bay Johor. The event was also supported by Power Root, Goodmorning Global (drinks sponsors) and REPS Fitness Centre which provided instructors for both warming up and aerobics sessions.

The race entry pack was distributed one week earlier. It contained a dry-it event T-shirt, bib number, event info booklet, IEM SB YES introductory handout and sponsors’ info lealets.

The event started at 8.00 a.m. with brief speeches from Southern Branch chairman Ir. Assoc. Prof.Hayati Abdullah, Country Garden representative Allen Khong and the oficial representative of the mayor of Johor Baru, the secretary of Johor Baru city council Haji Farizal bin Ismail. REPS Fitness instructors then led the crowd in a warm-up aerobics dance.

The run consisted of two routes (3km and 7km) along Jalan Skudai. Haji Farizal lagged off the runners.

Meanwhile, at the technology exhibition booth, the UTM Robocon team gave a robot demonstration.

The programme then continued with the prize presentation and a lucky draw. All participants who completed the run, received an exclusively designed medal, certiicate, food and water.

The last event on the itinerary was a group ALS ice bucket challenge. About 100 participants, including the organising committee members, took part. The day proved to be a joyous and memorable event for the Southern Branch engineers and the YES members.

The next day (Sunday, 14th September) was the 4th edition of Engineer’s Run, held at Persiaran Barat in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. This year’s event attracted twice as many participants-800 compared with 400 the previous

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by Engr. Aida Yazrin Mohamad Khairi (Grad. IEM) (Top Left), Engr. Tan Zhi Howe (Top Right), Engr. Ng Pang Soon (Bottom Left) and Miss Kaylyn Eng Hui Yi (Bottom Right)

Group photo of participants with Dato’ Ir. Lim Chow Hock and organizing committees before the run starts at Persiaran Barat, Petaling Jaya

year. The response from the public and IEM members was simply overwhelming.

There were 9 categories in total, for distances of 3.6 km and6.5km.TherewasalsoanawardfortheBestEngineer’s Costume. This year’s Platinum Sponsor, Gamuda Berhad, made a generous contribution, followed by Putrajaya Holdings Berhad as the Bronze Sponsor.

The organising team, led by IEM Engineer’s Run 2014 chairperson Engr. Aida Yazrin Mohd Khairi, comprised volunteers from Runners Malaysia, IEM secretariat and Engineering Week committee members. They showed up as early as 5.30 a.m. to set up the venue in preparation for the run.

However, it started to rain cats and dogs. But despite the heavy downpour, the enthusiastic participants turned up, one by one, and everyone waited patiently for the rain to subside.

At approximately 7.40 a.m., the rain stopped and the runners gathered at the starting line. IEM President Dato’ Ir. Lim Chow Hock lagged off the run. Also present were ChairmanofWelfare&ServiceMattersStandingCommittee

Ir. David Lai Kong Phooi, E-week Organising Chairman Ir. Yau Chau Fong and other IEM council members.

After 17 minutes, the irst runner crossed the inishing line and, for the irst time in four years, an engineer came in irst! This shows that engineers are not just nerds seated behind computers!

Most of the runners had inished the race by 9.00 a.m. and we proceeded with the prize giving ceremony and closing of Engineering Week 2014.

First, Ir. David Lai Kong Phooi gave his welcome speech, followed by Dato’ Ir. Lim Chow Hock’s speech and the closing of IEM Engineering Week 2014.

Dato’ Ir. Lim and a representative of Gamuda Berhad presentedtheprizestothetop3-5inishersineachcategory. Grand prizes were also given away to two participants who won the Best Engineer’s Costume of the day.

As the event was held so close to Malaysia Day this year, it was only apt that one of the winners of the Best Engineer’s Costume was an engineer who wore red overalls decorated with the Malaysian lag and carried a tool box as accessory.

This year, the organising committee also introduced performances which included a hip hop dance by the kids from Agathians Shelter in Petaling Jaya and a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) showcase by the MMA champion from Monarchy MMA Gym, who was also our oficial gym partner.

The other highlight of the day was the lucky draw for the 3 grand prizes: G-shock watch, Apple iPod Nano and Adidas Bag.

Engr. Aida Yazrin mohamad Khairi (grad. iEm) is currently the Honorary Secretary/Treasurer of The Young Engineers Section (YES), IEM and Committee Member of the Highway and Transportation Engineering Technical Division. She obtained her Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Hons.) from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and Masters of Science in Highway and Transportation from University of Putra Malaysia (UPM). Engr. Aida Yazrin Mohamad Khairi has joined IEM since university but has been serving IEM under YES since 2012. She is now attached to Khairi Consult Sdn. Bhd. as an engineer specialising in Road and Highway.

Engr. Tan Zhi howe serves as an Ordinary Committee Member for The Young Engineers Section (YES) but has been involved with YES since 2013. He graduated with Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai JB. Engr. Tan is a geotechnical engineer with T&T Konsult Sdn. Bhd. He has also has experience working as a Project Engineer in the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit project.

Engr. ng pang soon has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (2009). Currently, he is the chairman of Young Engineers Section (IEM Southern Branch) and works as an environmental consultant.

miss Kaylyn Eng hui Yi has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from University of Leeds (2012). Currently, she is a committee member of Young Engineers Section (IEM Southern Branch) and works as a design engineer with IPM Engineering Sdn. Bhd.

Best Engineer’s Costume winner – Aaron Ho

7km Runners from Southern Branch

The excited runners with IEM Southern Branch’s Executive Committee and VIPs waiting to be lagged off

Tarikh: 8 September 2014

To All Members,

sEnARAi cAlon-cAlon YAng lAYAK

mEndUdUKi TEmUdUgA pRoFEsionAl TAhUn 2014

Berikut adalah senarai calon yang layak untuk menduduki Temuduga Profesional bagi tahun 2014.

Mengikut Undang-Undang Kecil IEM, Seksyen 3.9, nama-nama seperi tersenarai berikut diterbitkan sebagai calon-calon yang layak untuk menjadi Ahli Insitusi, dengan syarat bahawa mereka lulus Temuduga Profesional tahun 2014.

Sekiranya terdapat Ahli Korporat yang mempunyai bantahan terhadap mana-mana calon yang didapai idak sesuai untuk menduduki Temuduga Profesional, surat bantahan boleh dikemukakan kepada Seiausaha Kehormat, IEM. Surat bantahan hendaklah dikemukakan sebulan dari tarikh penerbitan dikeluarkan.

Ir. gunasagaran Kristnan Seiausaha Kehormat, IEM, pERmohonAn bARU namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn KimiA

NGO SAIK PENG BE HONS (UTM) (CHEMICAL, 2000) ME (UTM) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2002) PhD (UTM) (2006)

TAN SIAU LIMBE (MCGILL) (CHEMICAL, 2001)

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

LEE CHOON SIANGBE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2000)

MOHAMED IZHAM BIN HAMZAHBSc (ALBERTA) (CIVIL, 1991)

FADHILAH BINTI HASHIMBE HONS (UPM) (CIVIL, 1997)

HAMDAN BIN ALI BE HONS (UiTM) (CIVIL, 1996)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

AZMIL BIN ZAINBE HONS (UiTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2007)

KOAY BENG HUIBSc (MISSISSIPPI) (1995)

TENGKU SHAHRULAZIZEE BIN

TENGKU AZIZ BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2007)

KEJURUTERAAn insTRUmEnTAsi & KAWAlAn

LOW TEONG BENG BSc (KENTUCKY) (ELECTRICAL, 1995)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

MOHD IMRAN BIN IBRAHIMBE HONS (USM) (MECHANICAL, 2001)

KEJURUTERAAn KomUniKAsi

MOHD NAZRI BIN ABD RAHMANBSc (OHIO) (ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER, 2007)

pERpindAhAn Ahli no. Ahli namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

28293BONG KIM FATTBE HONS (USM) (CIVIL, 2007)

28399KHOON SHIH HSIENBE HONS (UTAR) (CIVIL, 2010)

51693 LEE KEAN TEONG BE HONS (UM) (CIVIL, 2006) ME (UTM) (CIVIL-STRUCTURE, 2012)

30539MAIZATUL 'AZREEN BINTI MOKHTAR BE HONS (UiTM) (CIVIL, 2007) MSc (UiTM) (CIVIL, 2010)

54020 MOHD ARZAHRI ABD RAHMAN BE HONS (UMS) (CIVIL, 2007)

26418 SAW LAY TENG BE HONS (UTHM) (CIVIL, 2002)

59921SYED MOHD SYAWAL BIN SYED AHMAD BE HONS (USM) (CIVIL, 2005)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

44581WAN NOR RASHIDI BIN WAN TAJUDDIN BE HONS (UiTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2007)

43136WONG MENG FAIBE HONS (MULTIMEDIA) (ELECTRICAL, 2008)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRoniK

64833MALIK BIN SULAIMAN BE HONS (UKM) (MICROELECTRONICAL, 2002) MSc (UKM) (ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC & SYSTEMS, 2014)

66099MOHD HAMPERI BIN AMINBE HONS (UTHM) (ELECTRICAL, 2004)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

61953 CHEE YEW JIN BSc (BUFFALO) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

26430CHUA BIH LII BE HONS (UMS) (MECHANICAL, 2004) ME (UMS) (ROBOTICS & INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, 2008)

38013KOAY HAI SIUBE HONS (USM) (MECHANICAL, 2008)

20718LIM CHANG HOOIBE HONS (UPM) (MECHANICAL, 1999)

Pengumuman yang ke-75

sEnARAi pEndERmA KEpAdA WismA dAnA bAngUnAn iEm

Insitusi mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua yang telah memberikan sumbangan kepada tabung Bangunan Wisma IEM. Ahli-ahli IEM dan pembaca yang ingin memberikan sumbangan boleh berbuat demikian dengan memuat turun borang di laman web IEM htp://www.iem.org.my atau menghubungi secretariat di +603-7968 4001/5518 untuk maklum,at lanjut. Senarai penyumbang untuk bulan October 2014 adalah seperi jadual di bawah:

no.no. Ahli nAmA

159129AHMAD FAIZUL BIN ISMAIL @ ZAINALABIDIN 245787AHMAD RASYIDI BIN AHMAD SUKARDI 366700FADILAH BIN MAMAT 442031JEFFREY ANAK DICKSON SANDOM 521938LEW SAN CHONG 643083LING SIE ONG 714584 MAZLAN BIN ABDULLAH 829122MOHD FADLI BIN OSMAN 961981MOHD NASRAN BIN ZAINUDDEN 1038687MOHD TARMIZI BIN ABDUL HAMID 11 17616MOHD. AZLANI BIN SEHAP 1208026MOHD. SAIFUDDIN BIN SALEHUDDIN 1307983MOHD. YUSOF BIN SULAIMAN 1423973NURIYATI ARMIDA BINTI MD RASHID 1557452MOHAMMAD AIZAT B. MOHAMMAD SALEH 1660346SHAHRIMAN B. MD SAH 1758084SOFYANSHAH BIN JUBLEE 1829731TAN MAU CHIN 1916194TAY KU WAH 2009830WAN MANAN BIN WAN ALI 2149441ZULZAMRI BIN KOSNAN

conTRibUTions To WismA iEm bUilding FUnd

Rm 2,399,564.20 from iEm members and committees Rm 741,502.00 from private organisations

ToTAl Rm 3,141,066.20 (AnoThER Rm 4,557,129.39 is nEEdEd)

The Insituion would like to thank all contributors for donaing generously towards the IEM Building Fund

HELP US TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO YOU AND TO THE FUTURE GENERATION

(The donaion list to the Wisma IEM Building Fund is published on page 45)

pERmohonAn bARU / pEmindAhAn Ahli

PersidanganMajlisIEMyangke-394 pada 21 July 2014 telahmeluluskansebanyak 2901 ahliuntukpermohonanbarudanpermindahan ahli. Berikut adalah senarai ahli mengikut disiplin kejuruteraan:

Senarai nama ahli dan kelayakan adalah seperi di bawah. Insitusi mengucapkan tahniah kepada ahli yang telah berjaya. Ir. gunasagaran Kristnan

Seiausaha Kehormat Insitusi Jurutera Malaysia

pERmindAhAn Ahli KEpAdA Ahli FElloW no. Ahli namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

11384LEE HOKE HAIPART I & II (IEM/BEM) (CIVIL, 1987)

18451MOHAMAD KASSIM BIN MOHD WALLI BE HONS (LIVERPOOL) (CIVIL, 1986)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

17014 LAM SING YEW BE (LEICESTER) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 1995)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRoniK

24339SIM KOM SWEEBE (FENG CHIA) (ELECTRONIC, 1988) MSC (WAYNE STATE) (1991) ME (NUS) (2002) PHD (MMU) (2006)

pEmindAhAn mEnJAdi Ahli ‘sEnioR’ no. Ahli namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

16165ONG WAH PUBE HONS (UM) (CIVIL, 1996)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

10070KOAY CHEE EONG BE HONS (MONASH) (1986)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

17629 AZIZULAZUAN BIN SAHRUM @ MD. DAUD BSC (WESTERN MICHIGAN) (1992)

14251 KHAIRULANNUAR BIN SULAIMAN BSC (WESTERN NEW ENGLAND) (MECHANICAL, 1999)

pEmindAhAn Ahli mEnJAdi Ahli KoRpoRAT no. Ahli namaKelayakan

27954 AU YONG BOON BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2002)

57088 BERTRAM ANAK THOMAS BE HONS (UNIMAS) (CIVIL, 2006)

38066BONG WEE MINGBE HONS (UMS) (CIVIL, 2007)

26586 CHEE JEN YIH BE HONS (UPM) (CIVIL, 2006)

46763DOREEN SIEW LEN BINTI ALOYSIUS BE HONS (UITM) (CIVIL, 2007)

27587HAW SENG POHBE HONS (UTP) (CIVIL, 2006)

57537JESSIE LEEBE HONS (NOTTINGHAM) (CIVIL, 2007) MSC (NOTTINGHAM) (CIVIL, 2008)

41299KENG LIP KHAIBE HONS (NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL) (CIVIL, 2003)

29158KHALID BIN ABU BAKARBE HONS (KUITTHO) (CIVIL, 2005)

21721LAU ENG KEEBE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2005)

32647 LIM YEN SIN BE HONS (ADELAIDE) (CIVIL, 2005)

23677MEGAT SUWARDI BIN SAID BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2001)

18641MUHAMAD ZAINI BIN HASNAN BE HONS (UITM) (CIVIL, 2000)

24064NG MIN LIBE HONS (UM) (CIVIL, 2007)

29026 NIN KA YIK BE HONS (USM) (CIVIL, 2006) ME (UTM) (CIVILSTRUCTURE, 2012)

48092 PUSPANATHAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM BE HONS (UMP) (CIVIL, 2009) ME (UTM) (GEOTECNIC, 2012)

44548SYUHAIDA BINTI ISMAILBE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL-CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, 2003) ME (MELBOURNE) (PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 2004) PHD (UTM) (CIVIL, 2010)

28301 YAP AI CHOO BE HONS (USM) (CIVIL, 2007)

28967 YONG FEI THIM BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2000) ME (UTM) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2003)

19366ABDUL MAJID BIN MOHD GANI BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICAL, 1996) MSC (USM) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2004)

47052ABDUL RAHMAN BIN BAHASA BE HONS (UTHM) (ELECTRICAL, 2008)

64807GOH KUANG SEONGBE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL POWER. 2007)

34019KHABIR SUFI BIN BERHANUDDIN BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL POWER, 2007)

41167 LEE YU CHWEEN BE HONS (NEW SOUTH WALES) (ELECTRICAL, 2009)

30597M. KUMARAN S/O MARIMUTHU ENG. COUNCIL EXAM PART II (2003)

46780MOHD KHAIRY BIN HASSAN BE HONS (UTHM) (ELECTRICAL, 2009)

61122MOHD NAZAM BIN MOHD NASIR BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2008)

39048NURSALEHA BINTI MOHAMMAD @ MOHD AMAN

DIPLOM-INGENIEURIN (FACHHOCHSCHULE MANNHEIM) (AUTOMOTION, 2008)

45783 THEVINDRA RAJ A/L SELVA RAJ BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL POWER, 2009)

41137 VOON YIP SENG BE HONS (UPM) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2008) MSC (NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL) (POWER, 2013)

24541ZUHAIRI BIN BAHARUDIN BE HONS (UITM) (ELECTRICAL, 1999) ME (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) (ELECTRICAL POWER, 2001) PHD (UTP) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2010)

49909 ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDUL RAHMAN BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICALELECTRONICS, 2002) ME (UTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2004)

51243BABUL SALAM BIN KSM KADER IBRAHIM BE HONS (KUITTHO) (ELECTRICAL, 2002) ME (UTM) (ELECTRICAL, 2005) PHD (SHEFFIELD) (2011)

39167ISMAIL NOOR BIN ABDULLAH BE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICALELECTRONIC, 2006)

24024ZOOL HILMI BIN ISMAILBE HONS (UTM) (ELECTRICALELECTRONICS, 2004) ME (UTM) (ELECTRICAL - ELECTRONICS & AUTOMATIC CONTROL, 2006)

57020 SARAVANAN A/L THANDAVAN BE HONS (NORTHUMBRIA) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2001)

42438 MOHD AZAHAR BIN MOHD ARIFF BSC (ARIZONA) (CHEMICAL, 1996) MSC (UTM) (PROCESS PLANT MANAGEMENT, 2008)

34843CHAI BUI FUIBE HONS (KUITTHO) (MECHANICAL, 2003)

42057CHAI WEI SIANPART I, II, III (IEM/BEM) (MECHANICAL, 2009) BE HONS (SHEFFIELD) (MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, 2000)

48916CHIENG LEE HUIBE HONS (CURTIN) (MECHANICAL, 2010)

24428 KANESA VATHANAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM BE HONS (UTM) (MECHANICAL, 2003)

37083LEE JUAN JYMBE HONS (UTM) (MECHANICAL, MARINE TECHNOLOGY, 2008)

39154MOHD ASRI BIN MOHD NOR BE HONS (SOUTHAMPTHON) (MECHANICAL, 2003)

47571PHANG CHEN FONGBE HONS (UNITEN) (MECHANICAL, 2003)

27968 SAW SENG TATT, AARON BE HONS (NEW SOUTH WALES) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

48438SULAIMAN BIN MOHD MUSLIM BE HONS (UTM) (MECHANICAL, 2003)

59865TAN CHUN WEIBE HONS (UM) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

54271TYAH JUN HAOBE HONS (UTM) (MECHANICAL, 2009)

45378WONG KOK CHEONGBE HONS (UM) (MECHANICAL, 1998) ME (KYUSHU INSTITUTE) (2002) PHD (NOTTINGHAM) (2010)

61930YEE KEAT CHOYBE HONS (HERTFORDSHIRE) (MECHANICAL, 2003)

24354HENG CHENG FOOKBE HONS (MONASH) (MECHATRONICS, 2003)

26552MOHD FAZLY BIN MAILBE HONS (UPM) (BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURAL, 2006)

lUlUs ppp (bEm) no. Ahli namaKelayakan

16604MAHIRAN BIN MD NOHBE HONS (UITM) (CIVIL, 1996)

pERmohonAn mEnJAdi Ahli KoRpoRAT namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AUTomoTiF

AZMIR BIN MOHD ISABSC (COLUMBIA) (MECHANICAL, 1997) MSC (UITM) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

ANBARASAN A/L G. IRUSAN BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2000)

AZARULIZAM BIN ISMAIL BE HONS (USM) (CIVIL, 2000)

IDRUS BIN AHMAD BSC (MONTANA) (CIVIL, 1985)

KAMARUDIN BIN SAHIBUN BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 1997) ME (UTM) (HYDROLOGY & WATER RESOURCES, 2005)

MOHD AZMAN BIN SHAHIDIN BSC (GLASGOW) (CIVIL, 1984)

MOHD FIRDAUS BIN MOHD BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, 2006)

MOHD NASIR BIN SAMSUDIN BE HONS (UTM) (CIVIL, 2003)

MOHD NAZWAN BIN NAIMAN BE HONS (UKM) (CIVIL & STRUCTURAL, 2006)

NADIA BINTI JAILANBE HONS (SHEFFIELD) (CIVIL, 2004)

RICHARD JOMIJI KINSIL ADVANCED DIP. (UITM) (CIVIL, 1985)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

CHUNG NYET MI @ REBECCA CHUNG BE HONS (WALES) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 1993)

MOHD HAKIMI BIN UDA AHMAD BE HONS (UM) (ELECTRICAL, 2000) MSC (UKM) (ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, 2008)

SALMIZAN BIN MUHAMMAD SALLEH BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL POWER, 2007)

WAN MUHAMMAD BALYAN BIN WAN OTHMAN BE HONS (UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS, 2003)

KEJURUTERAAn gEoTEKniKAl

JEE YI YNG BE HONS (NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL) (CIVIL, 2000) MSC (NATIONAL UNIV. OF SINGAPORE) (CIVIL, 2008)

KEJURUTERAAn KimiA

SHAHIDAN BIN LAILIBE HONS (UTP) (CHEMICAL, 2007)

NORAZWINA BINTI ZAINOL BE HONS (UKM) (CHEMICAL & PROCESS, 1999)

MSC (UKM) (CHEMICAL & PROCESS, 2002) PHD (UKM) (CHEMICAL & PROCESS, 2009)

TEO ENG SENGBE HONS (UTM) (CHEMICAL, 2004)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

CHING LI SHENBE HONS (MMU) (MECHANICAL, 2007)

FAIZAL BIN MUSTAPHABE HONS (SALFORD) (MECHANICAL, 1995) MSC (SALFORD) (INTELLIGENT MACHINERY, 1997) PHD (SHEFFIELD) (2006)

KUSYAIRI BIN BOSTANIBE HONS (UTM) (MECHANICAL, 1995)

LOON CHIN MENGBE HONS (TASMANIA) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

MOHAMED AZMIRA BIN

MOHAMED BE HONS (UKM) (MECHANICAL, 2001)

MOHD SAZLI BIN ISMAIL BE HONS (UTP) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

ROSLAN BIN HUSSINBSC (UTM) (MECHANICAL, 1997)

TAN CHEE SENGBE HONS (UNITEN) (MECHANICAL, 2005)

ZAHIDIN BIN HARUNBE HONS (UM) (MECHANICAL, 1990)

KEJURUTERAAn pEmbUATAn WONG HON MUNBSC (BRIGHTON POLYTECHNIC) (MECHANICAL, 1980)

KEJURUTERAAn pETRolEUm

ZAINAL BIN ZAKARIABE HONS (UTM) (PETROLEUM, 1990) ME (UTM) (PETROLEUM, 1995) PHD (UTM) (GAS, 2009)

KEJURUTERAAn sUmbER AiR HONG FOO CHONBE (MCMASTER) (CIVIL, 2002)

KEJURUTERAAn TElEKomUniKAsi

ERLINA BINTI RAMLANBE HONS (UM) (TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 2003)

lUlUs ppp (bEm) namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

ZAINOR RAHIM BIN IBRAHIM BSC (LOUGHBOROUGH) (CIVIL, 1978)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRoniK ANDREW

SOOSAINATHAN BSC (ARKANSAS) (ELECTRICAL, 1987)

MOHD HARIS LYE BIN ABDULLAH BE HONS (USM) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 1996)

MOHD HAZIMI BIN MAK TAPIN BE HONS (ABERDEEN) (ELECTRICAL, 1997)

KEJURUTERAAn mETAllURgi

LORGANADEN A/L S. VARATHAN BSC (SOUTH DAKOTA) (METALLURGICAL, 1989)

pEmindAhAn KEpAdA ‘compAnion’ no. Ahli namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

7538WONG SEE WEIBE HONS (MELBOURNE) (1984)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

2646MUNNING BIN JAMALUDIN B.E.HONS.(MALAYA) (MECHANICAL, 1977)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

70663MOHD MASRI BIN ABD RASHID B.E.HONS.(UPM) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS, 2001)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRoniK

70664PARASURAMULU S/O KANNIAH B.E.(ROBERT GORDON) (ELECTRONIC & ELECTRICAL, 2001)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

70928AHMAD ZAIDI MD ZAINB.E.HONS.(UTM) (MECHANICAL, 2002)

pEmindAhAn KEpAdA Ahli sisWAZAh no. Ahli namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AlAm sEKiTAR 44104 ALEXANDERRAYAR A/L SINGARAYAH B.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014) 44103CHAI HAN LIANG, ANDREW B.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

44048CHAN CHUAN CHEONGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

44041CHONG WEI LIANGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

44094FOO VOON HSINGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

39594MOHD ABD HAFIZ BIN ZAKARIA B.E.HONS.(UNIMAP) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2010)

44050ONG LI JINGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

44039SHIRELEY WONGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

44043 TAN CHING TING, PAMELA B.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

26285AZWAN BIN ISMAILB.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2005)

39026 FERNANDEZ AU

24082 FUNG WEN YIN

B.E.HONS.(UTHM)(CIVIL, 2011)

B.E.HONS.(MALAYA, 2006)

M.SC.(NUS)(CIVIL, 2011)

53436GAN SHEUE LIB.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2014)

42637KHAIRUSTHANI BIN MOHAMAD

24072 LIEW CHAI YUNG

38570MARDHIYAH SYAHIDA BINTI BERHANUDDIN

B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2010)

B.E.HONS.(MALAYA) (CIVIL, 2007)

B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2011)

30166MOHD FAUZI BIN ZIKIRIB.E.HONS.(KLIUC)(CIVIL, 2010)

33164 NORAZIMAH BINTI AZMI

49469NUR ADILAH BINTI NOR AZLAN

31134NUR HAFIZAH BINTI ABD KHALID

45190NURASRINA BINTI ASMADI

17837ROSMIDA BT AB GHANI

43441SATWANT SINGH CHAHILA/L NARANJAN SINGH

B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2009)

B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVILINSFRASTRUCTURE, 2013)

B.E.HONS.(UTM) (CIVIL, 2009)

M.E.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2012)

B.E.HONS.(UTP)(CIVIL, 2011)

B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 1999)

B.E.HONS.(UNITEN)(CIVIL, 2013)

42373SAW CHANG LONGB.E.HONS.(UMS)(CIVIL, 2011)

33511SITI AISAH BINTI MAT YAACOB

33180SITI ZULAIHA BINTI NORIZAN

B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2010)

54185TAN JUN HUIB.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2014)

57624TAN ZHI HOWEB.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2013)

40928THIEN LIT MINGB.E.(UMP)(CIVIL, 2010)

53444 TIONG HOCK YONG

49785 VIMALA/L RATHAKRISHNAN

33178 WAN AHMAD ASLAM BIN WAN ZAIRUDIN

B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2014)

B.E.HONS.(UNITEN)(CIVIL, 2014)

B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2010)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRiKAl

42166LING SING KIENG, JARVIS

44287MOHAMAD SYAFIQ BIN SOLIHIN

51597 MOHAMAD TAUFFIK BIN KAMALULLAIL

35580MOHAMMAD SOFEE BIN RAHMAT

56934MOHD SOLEHUDDIN BIN MAHMUD

40891MUHAMMAD SUFYAN BIN ABD KADIR

40445 ANDRY ANAK SALIN B.E.HONS.(UTM) (MECHANICAL, 2012)

50663GOH HUI KEAT, LEONB.E.HONS.(MONASH) (MECHANICAL, 2014)

35347MOHAMAD FARHAN BIN SULAIMAN B.E.HONS.(UITM) (MECHANICAL, 2012)

28186MUHAMMAD ISMAIL BIN ABD. HALIM B.E.HONS.(UTM) (MECHANICALAERONAUTICS, 2009)

57487 NOEL YUSUF AL YASSER BIN NABOR B.E.HONS.(UTEM) (MECHANICALAUTOMOTIVE, 2013)

42375 ONG YONG KHAI B.E.HONS.(UMS) (MECHANICAL, 2011)

54398 THIRUKUMARAN A/L RAMASAMY CHETTEAR B.E.HONS.(UNITEN) (MECHANICAL, 2013)

40678YEOH CEH HSINGB.E.HONS.(UMS) (MECHANICAL, 2011)

KEJURUTERAAn pEmbUATAn

35360AMIRUL ROFIQ BIN ROSLEE B.E.HONS.(UITM) (MECHANICALMANUFACTURING, 2011)

KEJURUTERAAn polimER

24642ZUNAIDA BINTI ZAKARIAB.E.HONS.(USM) (POLYMER, 2006)

pEmindAhAn KEpAdA Ahli sisWAZAh no. Ahli namaKelayakan

KEJURUTERAAn AlAm sEKiTAR

70634 KUAN SUIT YEE B.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

70633 NG JIUN YEN B.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

70635SUBASHINI VENKATRAMANAN B.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ENVIRONMENTAL, 2014)

KEJURUTERAAn AWAm

70352ABDUL MUIZZ BIN ISMAIL B.E.HONS.(UTP)(CIVIL, 2013)

70445 AFNAN AJWAD BIN HASAN B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2012)

70397 AHMAD FALIQ AHMAD ROSLI B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2006)

70310AHMAD HAZWAN BIN AHMAD HARIRI B.E.HONS.(UTP) (MECHANICAL, 2011)

70425AHMAD NAZRUL BIN MADRI B.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2013)

B.E.HONS.(SWINBURNE) (ELECTRICAL, 2013)

B.E.HONS.(UTEM) (ELECTRICAL-INDUSTRIAL POWER, 2011)

B.E.HONS.(UITM) (ELECTRICAL, 2012)

B.E.HONS.(UNITEN) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS, 2009)

B.E.(UMP)(ELECTRICALPOWER SYSTEM, 2013)

B.E.(UMP)(ELECTRICALPOWER SYSTEM, 2013) 51095TIONG LING INGB.E.HONS.(USM) (ELECTRICAL, 2013)

KEJURUTERAAn ElEKTRoniK

38590FATIN FATIHAH BINTI ZAHARI

B.E.HONS.(MMU) (ELECTRONICS, 2014)

44046TAN CHOON FOONGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC, 2014)

KEJURUTERAAn KimiA

52680CHOON CHI HONGB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (CHEMICAL, 2014)

43414LEE CHEE HOEB.E.HONS.(UMS) (CHEMICAL, 2013)

37725 NG LAW YONG

B.E.HONS.(UKM) (CHEMICAL, 2009)

M.SC.(UKM)(CHEMICAL & PROCES, 2011)

42240NG LIN HUEYB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (CHEMICAL, 2013)

KEJURUTERAAn mEKAniKAl

54202 TAN CHUI PEK, NORAB.E.HONS.(UTAR) (MECHANICAL, 2014)

42999AHMAD FARIZ BIN CHE AHMAD SABRI

B.E.HONS.(UITM) (MECHANICAL, 2013)

35333AHMAD SYAHMI BIN MOHD SALLEH B.E.HONS.(UITM) (MECHANICAL, 2012)

70450AMMAR NUBLAAN BIN AHMAD ZAKI DIPL-ING.FH.(OSTFALIA) (AUTOMOTIVE, 2011)

70496 AZMUDDIN BIN AWANG ABD. RAHMAN B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2005)

70417AZURA BINTI MEGAT IBRAHIM B.E.HONS.(UKM)(CIVIL & STRUCTURAL, 2000)

70318 BANU A/P POOBALAN B.E.HONS.(UNIMAP) (INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, 2007)

70303BONG BENG SIONGB.E.HONS.(UMS) (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS, 2012)

70646BOON CHIA WENG

70536 CHAN KOK YAU

B.E.HONS.(NUS) (CIVIL, 2009) P.HD.(OXFORD)(2014)

B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2014)

70339 CHEW JUN YI, AARON B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2013)

70401CHIEW MIN HANN, ROYM.E.HONS.(WARWICK) (CIVIL, 2011)

70402CHIEW MIN HUI, SAMUEL B.E.HONS.(BIRMINGHAM) (CIVIL WITH BUSINESSS MANAGEMENT, 2007) M.SC.(BIRMINGHAM) (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, 2008)

70376CHIN CHU VUNB.E.HONS.(CURTIN)(CIVIL, 2011)

70452CHIN SHU PEIB.E.HONS.(UTM)(CIVIL, 2009)

70338 CHOO KAH YOKE

70573 CHUAH CHOON YANG

B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2013)

B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2014)

70534 CHUNG NING YOON B.E.HONS.(UTAR)(CIVIL, 2014)

70502ENDY REMY BIN AB RAHMAN B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2009)

70313FADHLIAH BINTI SHAFIA SHAARI B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2010)

70305FARAH WAHEDA BINTI UMAR B.E.HONS.(UITM)(CIVIL, 2006)

Note: Remaining list would be published in the November 2014 issue. For the list of approved “ADMISSION TO THE GRADE OF STUDENT”, please refer to IEM web portal at http://www.myiem.org.my.