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The Star 21 June 2016

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech  “2nd Asian Undergraduate Summit (AUS) 2016” 20th-24th June 2016 Organized by Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, FBE. Co-Organisers: University Scholars Programme, NUS and NUS Student’, University Scholars Club Sponsors: CiPD and and UTM International More photos...

New Strait Times 20 June 2016

This programme is the spine between balancing architecture and nature. It encourages loving nature into architecture. For architecture is everything, and everything is architecture. Full Report

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Mock Arbitration Session was carried out on the 24 th  May 2016 at Seminar Room 3, Block B03 organized by a group of 19 students of Master of Science In Construction Contract Management 2015/16 Cohort from the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment. The program was fully advised by Prof Madya Dr. Nur Emma Binti Mustaffa, The Coordinator for Master of Sience in Construction Contract Management, Prof Madya Dr. Maizon Binti Hashim and Mr.Jamaluddin Bin Yaakob, the lecturers for Arbitration subject. Read more...

Global Outreach Programme themed Building Information Modeling Exploration Journey 2016 (GOP BIMEJ ’16) to Perth, Australia was carried out on the 3rd April till 8th April 2016. The programme was organized by a group of eight Bachelor in Quantity Surveying students and one Msc. in Construction Contract Management student from the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, accompanied by Dr Kherun Nita Ali and Assoc. Prof. Dr Nur Emma Mustaffa.  It was aimed to acquire knowledge on Building Information Modeling (BIM) from research centres in Curtin University, namely, the Australasian Joint Research Centre for BIM and Curtin HIVE (Hub for Immersive Visualization and eResearch).  Since Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has established our own BIM Research Centre, the knowledge gained from this program could contribute to the development of the centre by setting Curtin University as the role model for success. Read more...

An Interdisciplinary Malaysian Student team led by Kim Zhao Wei, a Master of Architecture student from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia won first prize in The AVF Award 2016 organised by the Association of Vertical Farming based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The other team members are Lai Chuen Ket also a Master of Architecture student in UTM, and Chong Shen Loong and Chai Yi Xue, both final year Degree in Agricultural Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The advisor for the team is Associate Professor Dr Dilshan Remaz Ossen of the Dept. of Architecture FBE -UTM. Winning entries can be viewed at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?=Lnqrv5_Bng0 Read more...

Faculty of Built Environment is excited to announce that our Architecture students have made us proud once again in the recent Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) annual dinner that was held on 28 May 2016 at Royale Chulan Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Three students from the Bachelor of Science in Architecture Program of the Architectural Department, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia were awarded the PAM Ferruni Ceramiche National Undergraduate Students Award. UTM won 3 out of 6 awards offered. The award was a scholarship of RM5,000.00 for each year of remaining study for each student. Read more...

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) won Gold and Bronze Awards in the 9th Royal FLORIA Flower and Garden Festival 2016 hosted by Floria Putrajaya Sdn. Bhd. at Anjung Floria, Precinct 4 Putrajaya.   A team of 20 second-year students from Landscape Architecture Department, Faculty of Built Environment was lead by LAr Dr Sapura Mohamad and Dr Lee Yoke Lai together with three (3) supporting staff. A group of four (4) students won the Gold Award in the Decorative Wall Art Category competing with four (4) other shortlisted groups. The interactive wall art design interpreted a concept theme of “Memento Surge” that exemplified the historical flower theme to resemble past FLORIA events. Read more..

Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment UTM won big at the 8th RICS – RISM International Surveying Conference for Undergraduates 2016. We bag 6 out of 11 awards as follows: In total, 29 papers presented in 7 parallel sessions. Best presenter award 1- UITM: Faten Athirah Othman 2- AUT: Anoma Sunthonyonkit 3- Taylor’s University: Khai Yuean Chia 4- UM: Ngoi Eva 5- UTM: Ong Chee Chai 6- UTM: Intan Fatin Syazwani binti Azinal Abidin 7- UTM: Aimi Sara binti Ismail Special Mentioned paper  1- Anis Maisarah bt Ahmad Fuzir (UTM) 2- Ong Chee Chai (UTM) 3- UTAR representative Best Overall paper award  1- Intan Fatin Syazwani binti Azinal Abidin UTM) Participating Universities: UTM, UM, UiTM, IIUM, USM, INTI, Taylor’s University, UTAR, University of Reading, Chongqing University, Thammasat University, Tongji University, Assumption University Thailand, University of HK, HK Poly University, Huazhoang University of Science & Technology. Ne...