Industrial Visit To SIRIM AMT Centre

It's been quite some time since we have had an industrial visit. The last industrial visit was last semester when we went to Proton. Much knowledge was gained from that trip. Now it's time again for another industrial visit. This time we will be visiting SIRIM's Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre located in Bukit Jalil. Don't pass up this chance. Places are limited, so do reply fast. Details are in the poster below.

IMechE-Uniten Student Chapter Talk Series

Title of Talk: TNB Nuclear Talk Initiatives, Nuclear Reactor Technology and Fuel Cycles
Date: 27 Feb 2009
Time: 3-5 pm
Venue: COIT Lecture Theater (BW-G-R28)

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For further information, please contact Nicholas - 0163223590 or Roger -0122805451

A Double First For UNITEN Elite

For the first time ever, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) has scored a double first. Not only will a UNITEN team make it to the ImechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) finals in London next month, they will also be the first a team outside of UK to do so. Indeed, UNITEN ELITE team members Dominic Hua Shi Hao, Lim See Beng, Ghoulesh and Tan Pong Seng have done the University proud. Come 5th March 2009, they are one of the six shortlisted for the final battling to be crowned as champions in the ‘Cooling the Planet’ World Final at ImechE in London, England.

The ‘Cooling the Planet’ challenge is an opportunity for young engineers to showcase their skills and demonstrate the roles engineering play in solving global warming issues. Participating teams will be competing to present feasible engineering alternatives to reverse the effects of the phenomena. The UNITEN team’s project titled ‘Carbon Capturing Storage’ is competing against two other London-based teams, Faber Maunsell and Buro Happold in the Mitigation Approach category. The other category, the Geo-engineering Approach, is made up of three all-UK teams. UNITEN managed to beat participants in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific by emerging winners in the Asia Pacific regional heats in December 2008.

Winners for this event will receive 500 pounds for each team member. Besides that, consultations will be offered by Climate Scientist and experts in making the winning idea a reality. The winning solution will also become part of Imeche’s environmental strategy and promoted to the media, policy makers and the general public. As such, the Final Competition is feted to be a big one which will be attended by British members of Parliament, professors and top companies. Kudos to UNITEN ELITE!!

Download : CCS Proposal

Download : Non Technical Handout

Download : Timetable for the event

Renewable Energy Notes-WIND ENERGY

Dear All,

Here is the link to download Wind Energy notes:-

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6KXW9J5X

Thank you!

Renewable Energy Notes-FUEL CELL

Dear All,

Here is the link for the download:-

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KYFGWYD0

Thank you

Inter-Varsity Engineering Challenge and National Engineering Students' Conference

Hi,

We have been invited to the Inter-Varsity Engineering Challenge and
National Engineering Students' Conference. The details are as below.

Inter-Varsity Engineering Challenge

Date : 27th February - 1st March 2009
Venue : Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University
Malaysia
Price : RM50 per person

Each team shall consist of four team members and it is recommended to
be a mix of Mechanical and Electronic (Electrical) fields as the team
will be involed in C++ Programming, Electric Circuits, Engineering
Drawing, Statics & Dynamics, Calculus I and workshop. Each institution
is only allowed to send a maximum of two teams.

The prizes for the competition are as follows:

* Cash prizes
* Trophies
* Certificates

National Engineering Students Conference

Theme : Innovative Engineers: The top notch professionals
Date : 27th February 2009 - 1st March 2009
Venue : Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM
Price : RM90 per person

We have limited spaces for the Inter-Varsity Engineering Challenge so
please do reply quick. These programs are also open to members of
other engineering societies such as SIR, IET and ICE; so please reply
quick if you are interested.

If you are interested please let us know by replying this email with
your name, contact number and student ID number by 5pm on the 6th of
February 2009.

For further details contact Nicholas Ong at 016-3223590

IMechE 'Cooling the Planet' Final

Afternoon All!



Only one month to go and the final will be upon us! So encouraging young members to come along to the event is very high on our agenda at the moment.



Marketing have updated the site to include a link whereby people can register to attend the final on the afternoon of 5th March:

http://www.imeche.org/about/keythemes/environment/Climate+Change/Cooling+the+Planet+competition/Cooling+the+Planet+Final.htm

The email address for registration; environment@imeche.org will not be going to me and so I need you all to register yourselves and your teams as well as encouraging your friends, colleagues, employers etc to sign up and come along. And if you register by 25th Feb, you will be included in the catering order, so make sure you don’t miss out on that free food!



In addition I can report that Phil Willis MP, who chaired the IUS Select Committee in geo-engineering, will be awarding the prize certificates on the day



Finally, just a quick reminder that the deadline for your submissions to Colin Brown is this Friday.





Good luck with your final preparation,



Chris Cox
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Cooling the Planet Final

Cooling the Planet Final

The Final

After strong competition, 'Cooling the Planet' reaches its crucial final stages with the last six teams battling it out to be crowned as champions.

Global warming remains a real threat, and we have been extremely encouraged by the work that the six teams of young engineers have put into assessing ideas about how to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on future climate.
Register now for the Final!

We welcome delegates to attend the final of the Cooling the Planet competiton at the Institution's Birdcage Walk headquarters in London on 5 March 2009.
For further information or to join us for the final
The Final Six

From an extremely stong field of entrants, six finalists emerged. Three of the teams have presented geo-engineering approahces and three have presented mitigation approaches:

Geo-engineering category

1. Artificial Trees - entry from team based at STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK
2. Building Integrated Biofuel from Algae – entry from BH Young Engineers based at Buro Happold in London, UK
3. Reflective Roofing - entry from team based at Jaguar Land Rover in Coventry/Warwick, UK
   

Mitigation category

1. Carbon capture and storage – entry from team based at the Tenaga Nasional University, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia
2. Biogas CHP - entry from Team Glow based at Buro Happold in Bath, UK
3. Waste to Biochar Hydro-Pyrolysis – entry from Planet AECOM based at Faber Maunsell in London, UK
   

The Final Task

For the final, all six teams will be assessed on the feasibility of their chosen approach to 'Cooling the Planet' and will have to present their findings to a judging panel. This will consist of engineers with a very strong technical expertise, and media/MPs/policy makers/general public who will be well placed to see how good the teams are at explaining their approach to a wider, non-technical audience.

To make their approach accessible to technical and non-technical judges alike, the teams will be required to:

* produce a written technical report of their assessment
* make a 10 minute powerpoint presentation followed by 5 minute Q&A session
* produce a one page hand out of the assessment for a non-technical audience


Judging Panel

Confirmed judges so far include:

• Dr Colin Brown, IMechE Director of Engineering (Chair)
• Professor Tim Lenton, Professor of Earth System Science, University of East Anglia
• Dave Watson, Head of Environment and Sustainability – Engineering, United Utilities
• Chris Cox, Renewable Energy Team, E.ON Engineering, E.ON UK
  

The Final Day

The final will take place at the Institution's Birdcage Walk head office in London on 5 March 2009. The winning approach will then become part of the Institution’s environmental strategy, and promoted to the media, policy makers and the general public.

Nomination for 2009/2010 Committee Members of IMechEon-UNITEN Student Chapter

Dear IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Members,

As one journey ends another begins

The first term of the committee for IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter ended successfully on the 22nd January 2009. The term 2008/2009 was very eventful as we were able to conduct many activities to various institution namely Proton, Cobat Carbon Factory, Petronas Refinery, Connaught Bridge Power Station, etc along with the very successful lecture series where many noted local and foreign speakers from the industries were eager to share there knowledge and expertise to our very own student. We were also able to co-organize two major international events; SOFE (Speak Out For Engineers) and Cooling the Planet Competition whereby our very own IMechE-UNITEN Student Chapter Members are participating in the finals, this coming April and March respectively (Hopefully there will be doing UNITEN and MALAYSIA proud).

On that note we are requesting for individuals who are dynamic and eager to contribute to the University to send in your CV to uniten.imeche@gmail.com by 2 February 2009. The following are the position contested:


President
Vice-President
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Program Bureau
Multimedia and Publicity Bureau
Respective Year Representatives

Thank You.

Regards,

Secretariat
IMechE UNITEN STUDENT CHAPTER

6th Inter Varsity Engineering Challenge 2009 and National Engineering Students Conference organized by UIAM

Dear all,

First of all I would like to say welcome back to Uniten after having mid-term break last week. The reason I send to you this email is to promote two events organized by Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM). For your information, I've received an invitation last week from UIAM to send our students or lecturers to attend National Engineering Students Conference and to send two teams which consist only engineering students to represent Uniten in Inter-Varsity Engineering Challenge 2009. The details are as following:

Inter-Varsity Engineering Challenge

Date : 27th February - 1st March 2009
Venue : Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia

Each team shall consist of four team members and it is recommended to be a mix of Mechanical and Electronic (Electrical) fields as the team will be involed in C++ Programming, Electric Circuits, Engineering Drawing, Statics & Dynamics, Calculus I and workshop. Each institution is only allowed to send a maximum of two teams.

The prizes for the competition are as follows:

• Cash prizes
• Trophies
• Certificates

National Engineering Students Conference

Theme : Innovative Engineers: The top notch professionals
Date : 27th February 2009 - 1st March 2009
Venue : Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM