About:
Chairman:
PROF. TS. DR. SURAYA ABDUL RASHID
Secretariat:
MUHAMMAD SYAKIR BIN ABD YAMIN
In this issue, the Opinion Column features thoughts from Ir. Ts. Ricky Liew Chee Leong entitled, “Technician’s Crucial Contribution to Global Sustainable Development”. He shared an example of waste disposal into Sungai Selangor in November 2020 which caused pollution and water disruption and how it could have been avoided. He also gave examples of how technicians could contribute by addressing work culture and using more efficient technologies in processes.
We have quite a number of featured articles in this issue, which focuses on the aviation theme as well as sewerage/drainage theme. The first article in the aviation theme is entitled, “Navigating through turbulence: How airlines can persevere and emerge triumphant”, by Ts. Keith Kueh. The second is entitled, “Green Aviation: A Mission Towards A Clearer Sky”, by Ts. Siva Pragathesewaran. And the third is by Prof. Dr. Luqman Chuah Abdullah, entitled, “Aviation Jet Fuel: challenges and Assessment of Biomass Conversion Pathway to produce sustainable Bio-Jet fuel in Malaysia”.
Meanwhile, in the second theme, we feature an article entitled, “Modern Sewerage System – An Essential Utility for Sustainable Cities and Communities”, by Ir. Ts. Hj Mohamed Haniffa Hj Abdul Hamid. The other article is by Dato’ Ahmad Fuad Embi, entitled, “Fundamentals of Sustainable Urban Drainage”.
For the past events, we report on the Engineering and Technology Week 2022, with the theme, “Global Issues: Critical Challenges and Actions”. It is the second virtual series of seminars organized by MySET to emphasize solutions in sustaining global development as well as improvement of engineering and technology for health and the environment.
Another important event is the Sustainable Skills Career Development (SSCD) Week. SSCD is a career week programme to develop students and graduates who are leaders in sustainable project management. Make sure you don’t miss all the details described in the reports!
In this issue we feature an opinion column by Ms. Nicole Szeto, the Executive Director of Newton Technology Group. She shares about the principles of sustainability and why businesses should embrace them. Ms. Nicole Szeto was also the Keynote Speaker for our National Engineering and Technology Convention (NETC2022) which was held online via ZOOM platform.
For past events, apart from NETC2022 and MySET’s 15th Annual General Meeting, we report various other activities. These include the courtesy visit to the Mayor of Shah Alam in March 2022, our involvement in preparing the Shah Alam Sustainable Urban Drainage Masterplan technical report, the MySET talk in Feb 2022 for UiTM technical staff as well as MENNET activities in April 2022.
We feature two articles in this issue. The first is by Ts. Dr. Sunny Goh Eng Giap from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu entitled, “Conserving Water in Irrigation: A Case Study on Perlis State Soil”. Dr. Sunny has contributed many articles for ET Magazine in the past and we look forward to more in the future. The second article is adapted from a paper by Dr. Noraini Hamzah, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for the FEIIC conference in 2019. The article is entitled, “Project Feasibility of AIER: A Potential Application as Eathquake Damper in Ranau, Sabah”.
Do check out MySET future events, namely the Engineering and Technology Week which will be held in May 2022, and the World Research and Innovation Convention on Engineering and Technology (WRICET), which will be held in September 2022.
In this issue’s opinion column, we feature thoughts shared by Dato’ Sri Dr. Irmohizam, the Group Executive Director of World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. Ybhg Dato’ Sri gave a talk at a Tech Talk for MySET members via online platform on 15th November 2021 entitled, The Working Dynamics Post COVID19 Pandemic.
For past events, we feature the MoU signing with the Malaysian Oil and Gas Services Council (MOGSC), the Board of Engineers Malaysia Engagement Day, as well as the Informal Networking and Mentorship (MENNET) activities.
Two articles have been selected to be featured in this issue; (i) Water in Porous Media: The Pore-scale Model and (ii) Young Leachate Treatment Using an Anaerobic Biofilm Digester. We hope you find them interesting!
We would also like to highlight two main events being planned for 2022; the Engineering and Technology Week which will be held in May 2022, and our call for papers for the WRICET convention to be held in September 2022.