Some of my experimental problems
Friday, July 29, 2011
The experiments that I or other Ph.D students run are no ordinary experiments. The experiments are not at all similar to those that the undergraduates carry out in the lab. We are running our own individual experiments for research and discovery purpose. We are seeking for new information, new knowledge, new theory, new discovery. We want to find out about something. We want to see whether this and this works or not. We want to see what will happen when we do this and this and so on. Of course, this will be based on our literature review and hypothesis. Our experimental set-up is in most case unique and not similar to others. If it is similar though, there will be perhaps 2, 3 or 4 almost similar experimental set-up. I'm referring to the experimental set-up that we create ourselves.OK, the main thing I want to share here is the list of problems, challenges, hurdles that interrupt the process of me running my experiment. Some of the problems are as stated below.
- process tubing leaks
- fitting leaks
- o-ring burst
- gas suddenly finish
- furnace suddenly cannot operate
- heating tape spoil
- heating tape controller spoil
- reactor easily broken (quartz)
- support for catalyst broken
- Not enough or no liquid to collect for analysis
- Gas that is collected in a container could not be analyzed
- Dirty GC column
- Column not suitable for our products
- GC need to be calibrated
- No gaseous available, need to order gaseous from company
- Rota flow meter not reliable, cannot control flow of carrier gas
- No mass flow controller
- Vacuum fitting cannot be tightened
- Data logger for temperature monitoring software has problem
- thermocouple seal leak and fluid penetrate through wire and flooded the data logger
- Quartz tube after experiment are very dirty and difficult to clean
- No water bath, so I have to used my own condenser.
- Sabotage (this happen to my colleague. Her gas tank tubings were cut).
In addition, during this critical time, we need to always be positive and pray to God for assistance. On top of that, when ever we have experimental problems or delays, we need to have plan A, B, C and so on which means we can do other things such as drafting technical papers, search for latest literature review, learn related softwares etc.
If any of you have some good experience to share, feel free to contact me. I would love to hear from you as well. Cheers...
OK, that's enough for now. I'll share later updates with you soon. For my fellow Muslim chemical engineers (student or practicing), I wish you Happy Ramadhan and hope all of us can be fasting with peace.
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International Conference of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology in Conjunction with 25th SOMChe 2011 (ICCEIB-SOMChe 2011)
Friday, April 15, 2011
Abstract
Abstract format can be obtained from the official webpage: http://www.icceib.ump.edu.my/.
Important Deadline
Abstract submission due : 30 Apr 2011
Acceptance notification : 30 Jun 2011
Full Paper submission due : 31 Jul 2011
Registration deadline : 15 Oct 2011
Language
All Papers, Oral and Poster Presentation must be in English.
Venue
The Zenith Hotel & Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention
Centre, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
For more information, please download brochure Page 1 and Page 2.
Objectives & Topics
The objectives of this conference are:
1. To provide professional development relevant to the needs of chemical engineers, academics as well as researchers in the field of chemical engineering. This will be achieved by providing opportunities for the sharing of opinions, ideas, industry best practices as well as the latest research and development.
2. To provide an opportunity for face-to-face contact between chemical engineers from around Malaysia and the rest of the world and hence to facilitate networking both nationally and internationally.
Call for Papers
The ICCEIB-SOMChE 2011 Organizing Committee welcomes the
submission of original contributions for oral and poster presentations
on the following topics:
1. Food/Pharmaceutical engineering and manufacturing
2. Biotechnology/Bioprocess
3. Fluid flow and Thermodynamic
4. Bioenergy/ Green technology and Renewable energy
5. Waste to wealth
6. Advanced material / composites / nanotechnology
7. Enzyme technology/Industrial biochemistry
8. Petrochemical Processing
9. Natural products / Commodity Crops
10. Process Control, Instrumentation and Optimization
11. Combustion / Reaction engineering
12. Environmental Engineering
13. Membrane Separation
14. Safety and Health Management
15. Related chemical and biochemical engineering issues
Fees & Payment
The conference fee is structured as follow:
1. International : USD 400.00
2. Local : RM 1000.00
3. Student : RM 750.00
ICCEIB-SOMChe 2011, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia 28 Nov 2011 - 1 Dec 2011
The International Conference of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology in Conjunction with 25th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers 2011 (ICCEIB-SOMChe 2011)
CALLING FOR PAPERS
The Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChe) is the name given to the annual symposium, now under the auspices of IChemE in Malaysia. SOMChe has been held annually since the late 1980s and the event has been rotated annually amongst Chemical Engineering Department in Malaysian Universities. This year, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) is given the honor to host the SOMChe.
In conjunction of SOMChe, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang jointly organizes the International Conference of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology (ICCEIB 2011). This conference is expected to provide good and meaningful platform for presentations from all over the world, academia and industry to exchange their valuable ideas amongst the professional chemical engineering community. (refer to the attached brochure for the details of the conference)
Interested participants should submit the papers/posters titles now or as soon as possible. The contributions of attendees such you might enrich the program through enhancing the diversity of perspectives and content represented. In addition to this, it is highly appreciated if you could forward this matter to the interested professors, researchers, especially students, and junior faculty members, who need visibilities to present/share their research outcomes either in the form of oral or posters presentation.
If you have any questions or concerns, or if I may be of assistance in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Tel: +609-549 2864
Fax: +609-549 2889
Email: icceib@ump.edu.my, info@ump.edu.my
Publicity & Protocol
ICCEIB-SOMChe 2011,
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Natural Resources,
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 11:28 PM,
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Masters and Ph.D Students Wanted
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Do you have intention to further study in Chemical Engineering? If you have a chemical engineering degree and would like to pursue your masters or Ph.D degree, now is your chance. My wife, Dr. Mazura Jusoh from Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, is searching for a few post graduate students and this is an opportunity for those who are interested.
The field is obviously Chemical Engineering which will focus on Separation Technology. To be more specific, you will explore the fundamental and science of Progressive Freeze Concentration, a field which is still not explored in Malaysia.
Financial assistance will be provided for the first few students only. So, to grab hold of this offer, you need to act fast.Masters duration - Full time research - 2 years.
Ph.D duration - 3 years.
Interested candidate can write and send your CV to the following email address:
mazura[alias]cheme.utm.my.
Here is an example of a related study of this field...
Abstract : DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL DESIGN FOR PROGRESSIVE FREEZE CONCENTRATION PROCESS
Industrial wastewater may well be treated by freeze concentration, a process which freezes or crystallises out water content as pure ice crystals and leaves behind a highly concentrated solution in a smaller volume. In conventional suspension freeze concentration (SFC) whereice crystals formed as a suspension in the mother liquor, separation of the solid-liquid mixture is difficult and costly. The size of ice crystals is still very limited and the seeding process requires usage of scraped surface heat exchangers (SSFE), which is significantly expensive and accounted for approximately 30% of the capital cost. Progressive freeze concentration (PFC) invented later is believed to provide cost saving and simplify the subsequent ice-liquid separation as ice crystals are formed as a layer or a block on the cooling surface. Quest for a design providing convenience and good efficiencies continues, and in this study a helical structured copper
crystalliser was developed and fabricated named Multi-wind Crystalliser (MWC). Effects of several operating conditions on the performance of MWC in context of wastewater treatment were then investigated including circulation flowrate, initial solution concentration, coolant temperature and circulation time. The performance of the design was evaluated by three dependent variables including the effective partition constant, K, calculated from the volume and concentration of the solid and liquid phase. Two other parameters were ice purity and solution volume reduction. A process optimisation was also performed thereafter employing STATISTICA to produce optimum conditions in favour of the stated independent variables. As the crystalliser designed involves heat transfer, the overall heat transfer coefficient was also calculated through temperature profiling subsequently generating a prediction model for ice crystal mass. At the end of the research, a new crystalliser design for PFC is established and an observation of how the operating conditions affect the performance of the system was obtained. Optimum operating conditions was determined by process optimisation and an overallheat transfer coefficients were also generated. Adequacy and reliability of the ice crystal mass prediction model produced was proven by error analyses revealing relatively small errors.-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Renewable Energy - Yes There Are Advantages
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
While many of the fossil fuels continue to be in short demand in every corner of the world, people including governments and individuals concerned with the environment are starting to make the rest of us more aware, that these supplies will simply be gone at some point.
Many concerned people and numerous governments are looking for ways to utilize renewable energy and how this source of energy really will work most effectively.
Fossil fuels are also responsible for many of the biggest problems with the environment.
There have been many studies that link the state of the environment with the use of fossil fuels. Global warming is one of the biggest problems we are facing and both human and animals are impacted by changing weather patterns. The earth is getting hotter and this is being experienced in many places. Wild weather like hurricanes and severe droughts are among the serious consequences of global warming.
You can find a great deal of education in the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' on the damage that global warming is causing. Normally you can find this video at any video /DVD rental location or movie download. This movie is a great surprise and you may find that this can change the way you live, because hopefully you will appreciate that a green power source must be something that we all will eventually need to incorporate into your own homes.
Right now there are many small changes you can make that can really add up.
A big advantage of most renewable energy sources is that they help to reduce the carbon footprint that each of us is leaving. Solar power, geothermal energy and wind power are some examples of how we can use clean energy sources, and this can help us to be on the leading edge of this growing movement.
Jobs in the United States are created when more people use alternative power sources and these are jobs that are unlikely to leave the US. Many of the positions available for these jobs will have a great pay base as well as benefits.
There are tax credits that are being provided and this is a major benefit provided to help people begin using green energy. This and other incentive programs are starting to make it easier for many more people to afford renewable energy programs. Some of the tax cuts give the consumer up to 30 percent of their solar installation and this is valuable for both commercial and residential consumers.
When alternative energy is affordable for all, more consumers will make this change in their home and begin using green energy technology, to help lessen the impact of global warming. 
Those who use renewable energy are likely to spread the word about living a greener life and this can help entire communities.
An environmentally sound community can help and guide others on how to be the most efficient in daily life. Getting guides and policies in place can help other people find and stick to a green power system that will cut down on pollution and serious environmental damage to our planet.
You can start with National Geographic. They provide a great guide called the "Green Guide". It contains solid information that someone can use to live their best green life. If your city is not already listed in this guide -- get your city listed.
People could write for quite some time about the advantages of renewable energy. However, you may also want to know about some disadvantages of renewable energy. The major disadvantage is of course the cost of any alternative power source. It is still too much of an expense for many consumers. So many are waiting for the costs to lower, because the $20,000 needed for a PV solar system means it's probably not available for many consumers.
This article is contributed by Alice Shaw. He is an ardent promoter of green living and environmental protection. If you are itching to learn more about alternative energy, you are welcome to visit his site: http://ardentgreenliving.com. You will get more green energy info.
To guess post in this blog, please contact me. You are welcome to do so to share ideas, information, experience and others related to chemical engineering industry. I look forward to receive your article... :)
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Digital Signatures Build Greater Efficiency in Engineering
Friday, June 25, 2010
Do you have any idea what is Digital Signature? Frankly, I've heard about digital signature recently in an email discussion in my university. However, I did not pay that much attention about it. I don't really know much about it until I receive an email from Ashley, from Arx.com, a company specializing in providing Digital Signature services based in United States. She briefly explained to me about digital signature and benefits it brings to architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). After reading her explanation, I understood the importance of digital signature especially to the engineering industry. The application of it will speed up verification and approval process for technical drawings and documents regardless of the geographic location of engineers and managers.
The following article was prepared by Ashley specially for chemical engineering world blog readers. If you have any question or doubt regarding digital signature, you can contact Ashley at ashley@arx.com.While organizations across industries have suffered from the worldwide financial crisis, the engineering market took an especially difficult hit. In the face of the crisis, engineering firms including chemical engineering firms are dealing with a serious decline in projects, and a tense rise in competition.
To deal with the industry’s changing landscape, engineering firms are turning to new technologies that enhance collaboration, expedite processes, and cut costs. Digital signatures have proven to be a most prevalent solution among leading AEC firms; they’re now accepted by PE Boards in a vast majority of US states, and they enable these firms to securely and compliantly replace their time-consuming and expensive paper-based processes with electronic ones.
With digital signatures, engineers that are geographically dispersed have the freedom and ability to add their signatures and professional seals in a matter of seconds, and electronically route documents that are sealed from changes to the parties that need to receive them. In this way, digital signatures bind liabilities to their sources, and also enhance collaboration by enabling firms to make use of their best talent, regardless of its location. In addition, digital signatures enable AEC firms to completely eliminate the printing, scanning, physically routing, and archiving processes that go hand-in-hand with paper-based approval processes, and cost an organization not only in resources, but in valuable time. With digital signatures, signed and sealed AutoCAD®, Word, Excel®, and other documents can be delivered in a matter of minutes instead of days.
Today’s digital signature technology makes these types of benefits available for AEC organizations of any size, so it’s no wonder that so many are turning to digital signatures to improve efficiency, cut costs, and gain a crucial competitive advantage. In response to the growing interest in digital signature technology, Engineering News-Record (ENR) is hosting a webinar entitled “Digital Signatures: Designing New Levels of Efficiency and Collaboration”, where Chris Krafft of Black & Veatch, a leading engineering design firm, will discuss his firm’s use of digital signatures. Other speakers will include the President of ZweigWhite (an engineering consultancy), and the CEO of ARX, a leading digital signature solution provider, who will present a recently-published map highlighting digital signature acceptance by PE Boards across the United States. Free registration for this webinar is available here (http://video.webcasts.com/events/pmny001/viewer/index.jsp?eventid=35050).
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 8:33 PM,
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Various Chemical Engineering Related Blogs
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
When I first started blogging about my chemical engineering experiences in June 2006, there was no chemical engineering related blog at all. I did not mind at all because I love to write and I was glad I found a medium, a platform to express my feeling and also to share some of my experiences which I believe would be precious for young chemical engineers and students. After 2 and a half years, there are more chemical engineering related blogs emerging in the net and that's a very good sign, I mean a positive impact to chemical engineering web 2.0. At the same time, I received numerous feed backs and comments and that encourage me to contribute more to the society.
While surfing the net, I found good sites which is worth seeing. Following is a list of some of the blogs that I would like to share. Feel free to look at them. If they are good, you can subscribe to their contents. If you want to suggest any websites or blogs (chemical engineering related only please), please contact me.
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Oil and Gas Hot Job Vacancy
Hydrocarbon Online
Biofuel News Blog
Process Engineers - The way of life
Chemical Engineering Processing
Heat Exchanger World
Cooling Tower World
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 10:32 PM,
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Melamine - What is Melamine?
Monday, October 06, 2008
Melamine combines with cyanuric acid to form melamine cyanurate, which has been implicated in the Chinese protein export."
Melamine adulteration of food products has made other headlines in recent years, including pet food recalls in Europe and the U.S. in 2007. It has also been employed as an additive to cattle feed to boost its nitrogen content, appearing in soy meal, corn gluten meal and cottonseed meal.
2. Anchor Wam Frootmilk Drink Mango Magic
3. Anchor Wam Frootmilk Orange Chill
4. Anchor Wam Frootmilk Strawberry Spin
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7. Anmum Materna Chocolate
8. Dutch Lady Pure Milk
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11. Jinwei Drink
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13. Jollycow Slender Low Fat Milk
14. KLIM Instant Full Cream Milk Powder 1.8kg
15. M&M Chocolate Brown 40gm
16. Meiji Hokkaido Azuki (red bean ice cream)
17. Meiji Ujikintoki (red bean and green tea frozen confection)
18. Mengniu Original Drink Milk
19. Mengniu Pure Milk
20. Milk Chocolate Bars/China
21. Milk Chocolate Candies?China
22. Milkboy repacked
23. Monmilk Breakfast Milk Walnut Milk Beverage
24. Monmilk High Calcium Low Fat Milk
25. Monmilk High Calcium Milk
26. Monmilk Milk Deluxe Pure Milk
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28. Monmilk Suan Suan Ru Sour Milk Beverage (Mango flavor)
29. Natural Choice Milk Ice Bar
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33. Nestle Dairy Farm Pure Milk
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41. Snickers Brown 59gm
42. Strawberry Sorbet
43. Trappist Dairy Low Fat Yogurt drink
44. Vita Fresh Milk
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46. Wahaha Yellow
47. Want Want Milk Drink
48. Yili High Calcium 250ml
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54. Yili Puremilk 1L
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For further information or latest update on milk products tainted with melamine issue, please access Food Safety and Quality Division website under Ministry of Health Malaysia. Alternatively, please visit WHO website to better understand about melamine contamination.
To obtain the updated list of milk/dairy products that are not affected by melamine contamination by Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, click here.
I'm sorry but I'm not able to provide information of the approve milk/dairy product for all countries.
New tests on baby milk powder in China show no signs of melamine. The scandal that broke almost a month ago, is responsible for the deaths of four infants and sickening more than 54 thousand others. (Oct. 6). Source: AssociatedPress (AP).
One child has died and an official said the number of children sickened had risen to 432.
Investigators have detained 19 people and are questioning 78 to find out how melamine was added to milk supplied to Sanlu Group Co., China's biggest milk powder producer, officials said at a news conference. They said some tainted powder was exported to Taiwan but none was sent to other foreign markets.
In Taiwan, authorities seized thousands of bags of Chinese milk powder. The incident reflects China's enduring problems with product safety despite a shake-up of its regulatory system after a spate of warnings and recalls about tainted toothpaste, faulty tires and other goods.
The biggest group of victims is in China itself, where shoddy or counterfeit products are common. Infants, hospital patients and others have been killed or injured by tainted or fake milk, medicines, liquor and other products.
In 2004, more than 200 infants suffered malnutrition and at least 12 died after being fed phony formula with no nutrients. Some 40 companies were found to be making phony formula.
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 10:08 PM,
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What Is ISO 9000 And Should I Care?
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Do you know what is ISO 9000? Are you aware of the importance of ISO 9000 in your working place or your engineering practice? Is it important for us?
Short answer is a big YES!!!
As a former process engineer, I handled a lot of ISO documents related to the plant I was in charged. There were indeed a lot of forms, documentation, files etc. We need to properly and accurately maintain them. I need my supervisors to periodically checked all the ISO documents and double the same activity before internal and external audit. It is a good practice and it make us to be discipline and work in a proper system.
The following ISO description is adopted from Wikipedia:
ISO 9000 is a family of standards for quality management systems. ISO 9000 is maintained by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and is administered by accreditation and certification bodies. Some of the requirements in ISO 9001 (which is one of the standards in the ISO 9000 family) include
- a set of procedures that cover all key processes in the business;
- monitoring processes to ensure they are effective;
- keeping adequate records;
- checking output for defects, with appropriate and corrective action where necessary;
- regularly reviewing individual processes and the quality system itself for effectiveness; and
- facilitating continual improvement
If ISO 9000 is very new to you, then I highly recommend you to download and read this FREE ISO 9000 Brochure. Here is some brief information about the brochure.
Title: What Is ISO 9000 And Should I Care?
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Short Description: A certified quality management system promotes, facilitates and enables consistency and improvements in a process or product.
Long Description: ISO 9000 consists of a series of Quality Management System standards that are designed to facilitate and enable consistency of a product or service and thereby ensure that customer requirements are met or exceeded. They can be applied in any manufacturing industry or service sector.
The value of certification to customers is evident, but the quality of the certificate is also important. All certificates are not equal.
As more and more companies become certified, buyers are looking at the reputation of the registrar. DNV's approach is one of a partnership. Our goal is to provide organizations with value-added services that result in a certification which is recognized and accepted by its customers and prospects.
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 1:05 AM,
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IChemE Malaysian Member News Issue No: 48
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
I just received IChemE Malaysian Member News Issue No. 48 and I think it is better to share them with those who are not yet an IChemE member yet. The news issue contained lots of current chemical engineering updates and also various other informations that can very useful to us.
Member Forum 6 September 2008, 09:00-12:00, Innovation in Malaysia
Join this round table discussion on Innovation in Malaysia. Register your interest.
NEW English/Mandarin editions of BP Process Safety Series titles
We are pleased to announce the publication of two of the BP Process Safety Series in dual English and Mandarin. Control of Work, and Safe Ups and Downs for Process Units are now available to buy online.
New safety titles
The BP series sees a new title - Hazards of Oil Refining Distillation Units, 2008 edition and a new edition of Liquid Hydrocarbon Tank Fires which has been updated with 3 new case studies. More.
FREE ICI safety
During his career at ICI, Professor Trevor Kletz instigated an internal safety newsletter which featured incidents from ICI divisions around the world as well as from other companies. These newsletters are free to download from the article area of the shop. More.
Human Factors in Health and Safety, 1-2 October 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A professional development programme for the chemical and process industries. More.
EPSC Learning from Accidents conference, 9-10 October 2008, Antwerp, Belgium
This will discuss contemporary leading edge approaches to near miss and incident management from reporting through investigation to resolution and the subsequent learning processes which reduce the odds of a future event. More.
The 9th European Gasification Conference, 23-25 March 2009, Dusseldorf, Germany
Call for papers now issued.
Frank Morton 2008 Lecture - now available for download
Download the Frank Morton 2008 lecture: Bread, Bubbles and Biofuels MP3 File by clicking here.
Members reunited
Over the next few months we will be publishing the names of members that we have lost touch with and their last known area of residence. It may be because of a change of address, job, or even name, whatever the reason if your name is included in this list or you recognise a friend or colleague, we want to hear from you. Contact us on +60 (0) 3 21660822 or email.
Calling all chemical engineering golfers
IChemE is launching a member's Golf Society. More.
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Monday, August 04, 2008
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 9:49 AM,
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Richest Chemical Engineer
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Meet the richest chemical engineer in the world. He is Mukesh Ambani. According to the Forbes latest 2008 top billionaires in the world, Mukesh Ambani is rated #5 and his net worth is estimated at $43.0 billion.
He heads petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company by market cap. His fortune is up $22.9 billion since last year, making him the world's second biggest 
gainer in terms of dollars. He inherited the fortune from his late father, renowned industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani. I'm not sure whether he has previously worked as an engineer or not. But who cares, when one inherit such a substantial amount of fortune, he will use his intelligence and knowledge to manage and grow his wealth. Check out some of his details:
Age: 50
Fortune: inherited and growing
Source: petrochemicals
Country Of Citizenship: India
Residence: Mumbai , India, Asia & Australia
Industry: Manufacturing
Marital Status: married, 3 children
Education: University of Bombay, Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 11:51 PM,
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Malaysian Society For Engineering and Technology (MSET)
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Dear guys, following is a message from the new Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology (mSET). Personally, I haven't heard about this new organization before. My wife received a letter and information about mSET which as just formed. They are inviting new members to join them. After reading the letter, my first impression was .... is this something superior than IEM? Does it want to challenge IEM?
After reading, understanding and digesting few points inside the letter, it seems that mSET has a wider scope. It is more than just engineering. It covers science and technology as well. It has a lot of benefits and personally I may join this organization. One more thing that is very interesting to highlight is, the membership is not just for those who possess a degree, but also for technicians who want to establish them self professionally.
I tried to google mSET to get more information about this new organization, but it seems that the website is not yet available. Maybe, we have to wait for a while before they upload their website.
But, in the mean time, you can read the part of the letter that I have read. I'll provide more information and update about this as soon as it is made available. Check it out:
To all potential Founding Members of Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology,
Inivitation to be an mSET Founding Member
On behalf of the committee of the Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology, I would like to invite you to be an mSET Founding Member. A brief introduction on mSET, which is established recently as a platform for 21st Century Professionals to enhance and develop their knowledge and professional skills as preparation for competition at the international level, is enclosed. If you are interested to join and contribute to the growth of mSET, please fill up the membership application form attached and return it to any committee member or the mSET Secretariat as soon as possible, but not later than 31st July 2008. As a Founding Member you will be specially invited to a launching ceremony which is being planned. Please do not hesitate to call me or any committee member for clarifications. I look forward to your membership and participation in our network.
Prof Abang Abdullah Abang Ali President Malaysian society for Engineering and Technology
mSET shall lead the National Engineering and Technological Innovation and Development
Promote National and Global Networking
Maintain mSET website and portal
Encourage regular communications
Create discussion groups
Establish strong links with international bodies
Advance and Share Knowledge and Expertise
Develop and share database of knowledge and expertise
Publish regular bulletin
Organize prestigious conference, workshops and specialist training courses
Facilitate exchange of scholars and experts
Develop Leading Edge Technology and Industries
Identify and promote leading edge technologies and industries
Encourage university-industrial linkages
Promote business forums
Create study grants and awards
Enhance HR training and Development
Organize regular CPD training courses
Promote accreditation of qualifications
Promote professionals development and qualifications
Introduction
the competitive world that we live in today demands more innovative ways for developing our human capital, acquiring and sharing of knowledge and technology and harnessing these for industry, business and commerce.
mSET aims to provide a powerful platform for its members to network and enhance professionalism and ethical conduct while nurturing them into leading professionals and captains of industry.
Acknowledging that the world today is largely interdisciplinary, mSET welcome the participation and interaction of engineers, technologist, architects, quantity surveyors and other engineering and technology professionals.
Believing in the importance of the engineering work team comprising of personnel at the degree, diploma as well as certificate levels, mSET welcomes technicians who are important members of the engineering team and who needs to be professionals in their own right.
mSET shall indulge in research and technological innovation to produce materials, systems, structures and processes to support the country's development effort.
mSET shall promote accreditation of qualification, development of professional systems and international mobility of engineering and technology professionals, while organizing education, training and CPD pro grammes for its members.
The Value of Your Membership International recognition, networking and opportunities
As an mSET member, you will be recognized as a member of an upcoming proffsional organization created and nurtured in the 21st Century.
You will be able to network and interact with like-minded professionals and to share their aspirations, knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm in education and training, research and development and industry.
You will participate in CPD and lifelong learning and will be able to use your professional skills at the international level.
mSET will open doors to the public and private sectors as well as to international platforms.
Member Benefits
Member shall be invited to participate in CPD and professional development programs at special members rate and given discounted rates for other activities. A number of special members' benefit shall be introduced from time to time.
Activities planned are training course, workshop, seminar, conference, congress, technical visits, business forum, exhibition, trade fair, and overseas business and technical meeting and mission.
Members can use the society's library, database of knowledge, expertise and companies and mSET club facilities as and when we get these on board.
Members shall receive a free regular
Who can be mSET Members?
Engineers, engineering Technologists, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Technicians and other allied professionals. In the future, mSET shall introduce various grades and categories of membership.
There are more to tell about mSET. However, I shall stop here first. However, for those who are interested to know more about it, please contact the following:
President mSET: Prof Ir Abang Abdullah Abang Ali
03-89467850; aaaa@engn.upm.edu.my
Secretary mSET: Prof Madya Ir Megat Johari Megat Md Noor
03-89421514; megatjohari@hotmail.com
Membership Fees
Membership fees payment for Ordinary Member:
RM250 (Entrance fee RM100 + current years subscription RM150)
Membership fees payment for Associate Member:
RM200 (Entrance fee RM100 + current years subscription RM100)
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Labels: Chemical Engineer, Learning Curve, News, Training
posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 10:38 AM,
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The Author
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