IEM Shout Out – Visit to Mamee Plant, Melaka (Mamee Plant, Melaka)

June 4, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be hosting a trip to the Mamee Plant, Melaka (yes, teenage dream fulfillment) on the Wed 11th June, 2014. You will be anointed with 1.5 CPD / PDP hours.

Kilang Makanan Mamee Sdn Bhd is known for its wide selection of processed and packed food. The brand has since become a synonym and household names for snack food and instant noodle. The products produced are ranging from snacks food, instant noodles, confectioneries and also beverages products. Currently, MAMEE has a presence in more than 30 countries where most of the markets are concentrated in Europe, Middle East, Africa and ASEAN region.

Register  here and the Flyer here.


IEM / UPM – Chem-E-Car 2014

May 28, 2014

Congratulations to I-Cell, UKM.


IEM Shout Out – Visit to Mamee Plant, Melaka (Mamee Plant, Melaka)

May 28, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be hosting a trip to the Mamee Plant, Melaka (yes, teenage dream fulfillment) on the Wed 11th June, 2014. You will be anointed with 1.5 CPD / PDP hours.

Kilang Makanan Mamee Sdn Bhd is known for its wide selection of processed and packed food. The brand has since become a synonym and household names for snack food and instant noodle. The products produced are ranging from snacks food, instant noodles, confectioneries and also beverages products. Currently, MAMEE has a presence in more than 30 countries where most of the markets are concentrated in Europe, Middle East, Africa and ASEAN region.

Register  here and the Flyer here.


IEM Shout Out – Talk on Four Strategies to Improve Product Quality of Dehydrated Fruits

May 15, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on Thursday 22nd May, 2014. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5.00pm) at Wisma IEM.

Consumers are health conscious and seeking for healthier natural foodstuffs in order to have a nutritious diet, and this lead to the increase of dietary intake of fruit. Fresh fruit contains vitamins, minerals and high amount of water. However, it has a short shelf life due to biochemical changes. In engineering perspective, postharvest processing of excessive fresh fruit, such as drying is widely used. What kind of drying method to be used? What are the key factors necessary to produce high quality dehydrated fruits? This talk aim to share how to minimise changes in physical appearance, colour as well as bioactivity attributes such as total polyphenol contents and antioxidant capacity of dehydrated fruits.

The above will be presented by  Engr Dr Chong. Engr Dr Chong is the Associate Dean (Learning and Quality) for the School of Engineering at Taylor’s University. He holds a PhD in Engineering, a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council, UK, Graduate Member of Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Graduate Member of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK and Member of Institution of Engineering Technology (IET), UK. He is one of the CDIOTM leaders in Asia Region. His academic research interest is in the area of drying technology, energy, health and engineering education. He published more than 40 international journals, conferences papers, technical bulletin/proceedings and a book chapter for the past 7 years. Recently, he published a paper in Food Chemistry with a viewing and downloading record of 197 within a month.

You can register here and download the flyer here.


IEM Shout Out – Talk on Four Strategies to Improve Product Quality of Dehydrated Fruits

May 8, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on Thursday 22nd May, 2014. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5.00pm) at Wisma IEM.

Consumers are health conscious and seeking for healthier natural foodstuffs in order to have a nutritious diet, and this lead to the increase of dietary intake of fruit. Fresh fruit contains vitamins, minerals and high amount of water. However, it has a short shelf life due to biochemical changes. In engineering perspective, postharvest processing of excessive fresh fruit, such as drying is widely used. What kind of drying method to be used? What are the key factors necessary to produce high quality dehydrated fruits? This talk aim to share how to minimise changes in physical appearance, colour as well as bioactivity attributes such as total polyphenol contents and antioxidant capacity of dehydrated fruits.

The above will be presented by  Engr Dr Chong. Engr Dr Chong is the Associate Dean (Learning and Quality) for the School of Engineering at Taylor’s University. He holds a PhD in Engineering, a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council, UK, Graduate Member of Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Graduate Member of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK and Member of Institution of Engineering Technology (IET), UK. He is one of the CDIOTM leaders in Asia Region. His academic research interest is in the area of drying technology, energy, health and engineering education. He published more than 40 international journals, conferences papers, technical bulletin/proceedings and a book chapter for the past 7 years. Recently, he published a paper in Food Chemistry with a viewing and downloading record of 197 within a month.

You can register here and download the flyer here.


IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on on Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing

December 4, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing on the 18th December, 2013 (Wed) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 5.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

 Wastewater monitoring and control conducted by competent personnel is very important to provide accurate characteristics of the water so that the actual condition of the treatment efficiency can be evaluated effectively. In practice, precise and consistent measurement is sometimes difficult to obtain and most of the time is due to the lack of knowledge and experience in analysis.
This workshop is aimed to help in capacity building and to build confidence in wastewater monitoring and analysis. In this case, any technicians, engineers, chemists, scientists and researchers whom working in wastewater related field are greatly welcome. The objective of this workshop is to provide knowledge, introductory training and basic skills on water analysis through lectures and discussion as a part of professional career development.

Ir. Dr. Chong Mei Fong received her PhD, on “modeling, simulation and design of membrane based palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment plant from pilot plant studies”, in 2007 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia. She is the Associate Professor from Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Chair for Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee, Chair for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WinSET) working group and the Deputy Head of Research for the Environmental Research Division. She is also a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), a member registered with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), affiliate member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.


IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures (postponed)

December 3, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures on the 9th December, 2013 (Monday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 3.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

Corrosion has been a concern in many industries. Corrosion can cause unexpected failures of structures and can result in huge losses in life, production as well as environmental. It has been reported that corrosion can, on average, causing around 3% of GNP in many industrialized countries.

Cathodic protection (CP) is one of few most widely applied corrosion protection methods. It has been successfully used to overcome corrosion and extension of service life of structures. The course is aimed to provide the understanding of principle of CP, techniques of CP survey and measurements and interpretation of CP survey data.

The course will introduce you to the following topics:

  • Principle of Cathodic Protection
  • Type of Cathodic Protection
  • Criteria of Cathodic Protection
  • Electrical Measurement for Cathodic Protection System
  • Special Cathodic Protection Survey Techniques

Mr. Kang Kim Ang, MSc. Corrosion (UMIST. U.K.), Dip. Materials Engineering (TARC), C.Eng., FIMM, Micorr, a Chartered Engineer registered with Engineering Council, UK and the Corrosion Specialist and Cathodic Protection Specialist accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM).

Mr. Kang has over 25 years of experience in corrosion control, Cathodic Protection, heavy‐duty coatings, passive fire protection, and corrosion inspection in the oil & gas, marine, petrochemical, construction and industrial sectors in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philipines, Vietnam, Myanmar and some Middle East countries. He is currently the managing director of CORRTROL Group of companies, the local leading companies which specialized in EPCC, consultancy, R&D and various services in the field of corrosion protection for oil and gas projects.

Engr. Ong Wei Rex, M.Eng. Mechanical (UTM), B.Eng. Mechanical (Material) Engineering (UTM), Cathodic Protection Specialist by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and CP Technologist Level 2 accredited by Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM). Eng Ong is a Graduate Member of IEM. He is also an active committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.


IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on on Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing

November 20, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing on the 18th December, 2013 (Wed) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 5.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

 Wastewater monitoring and control conducted by competent personnel is very important to provide accurate characteristics of the water so that the actual condition of the treatment efficiency can be evaluated effectively. In practice, precise and consistent measurement is sometimes difficult to obtain and most of the time is due to the lack of knowledge and experience in analysis.
This workshop is aimed to help in capacity building and to build confidence in wastewater monitoring and analysis. In this case, any technicians, engineers, chemists, scientists and researchers whom working in wastewater related field are greatly welcome. The objective of this workshop is to provide knowledge, introductory training and basic skills on water analysis through lectures and discussion as a part of professional career development.

Ir. Dr. Chong Mei Fong received her PhD, on “modeling, simulation and design of membrane based palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment plant from pilot plant studies”, in 2007 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia. She is the Associate Professor from Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Chair for Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee, Chair for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WinSET) working group and the Deputy Head of Research for the Environmental Research Division. She is also a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), a member registered with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), affiliate member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.


IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures (postponed)

November 19, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures on the 9th December, 2013 (Monday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 3.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

Corrosion has been a concern in many industries. Corrosion can cause unexpected failures of structures and can result in huge losses in life, production as well as environmental. It has been reported that corrosion can, on average, causing around 3% of GNP in many industrialized countries.

Cathodic protection (CP) is one of few most widely applied corrosion protection methods. It has been successfully used to overcome corrosion and extension of service life of structures. The course is aimed to provide the understanding of principle of CP, techniques of CP survey and measurements and interpretation of CP survey data.

The course will introduce you to the following topics:

  • Principle of Cathodic Protection
  • Type of Cathodic Protection
  • Criteria of Cathodic Protection
  • Electrical Measurement for Cathodic Protection System
  • Special Cathodic Protection Survey Techniques

Mr. Kang Kim Ang, MSc. Corrosion (UMIST. U.K.), Dip. Materials Engineering (TARC), C.Eng., FIMM, Micorr, a Chartered Engineer registered with Engineering Council, UK and the Corrosion Specialist and Cathodic Protection Specialist accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM).

Mr. Kang has over 25 years of experience in corrosion control, Cathodic Protection, heavy‐duty coatings, passive fire protection, and corrosion inspection in the oil & gas, marine, petrochemical, construction and industrial sectors in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philipines, Vietnam, Myanmar and some Middle East countries. He is currently the managing director of CORRTROL Group of companies, the local leading companies which specialized in EPCC, consultancy, R&D and various services in the field of corrosion protection for oil and gas projects.

Engr. Ong Wei Rex, M.Eng. Mechanical (UTM), B.Eng. Mechanical (Material) Engineering (UTM), Cathodic Protection Specialist by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and CP Technologist Level 2 accredited by Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM). Eng Ong is a Graduate Member of IEM. He is also an active committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.


IEM Shout Out (CETD) – Technical Visit To Goodwater Engineering Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (GOODWATER FACTORY, CHEMOR, PERAK)

June 5, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a visit to Visit to Top Glove Bhd  on the 19th June, 2013. You will be awarded with 2 CPD points.

Goodwater Engineering Manufacturing S/B was established in 1999 which is a manufacturer of Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Sewerage Treatment System. They provide various types of system regards to the required Population Equivalent (PE). Their products and services adopt advanced design concept and technology to improve environmental management.

You can register for the event here, or get the flyer here.

Maybe you can get free samples.