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

May 29, 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.


IEM Shout Out – Visit to Top Glove Bhd

May 8, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a visit to Visit to Top Glove Bhd  on the 22nd May, 2013. You will be awarded with 2 CPD points.

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

Maybe you can get free samples.


IEM Shout Out – Half-day Course on A bird’s Eye View On Intellectual Property Law-Practical Approach On protection of your IP Rights

May 7, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a Half-Day Course on Half-day Course on A bird’s Eye View On Intellectual Property Law-Practical Approach On protection of your IP Rights on 18th May, 2013 (Thursday & Friday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 1 p.m. Participant will be granted 3.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

This half-day course is designed to expose the participants to IP law and/or to create a continuous IP awareness and provide an overview on IP law (selected areas). It provides a springboard to educate participants in way to protect their branding, trade marks, patents, copyright and confidential information. It gives the participants a platform to understand and discuss critical issues (whether their own IP rights or others) faced by them in their day to day dealings.

At the end of the session, the participants should:

Understand the basic concept of trade mark copyright, patents, confidential information;

  • Aware of ways to protect their IP rights (selected IP rights);
  • Be exposed to some tips on how to avoid any infringement or potential infringement of IP rights of others;
  • Understand how to enforce their IP rights when there is infringement

Mr. Bahari heads the Intellectual Property practice group and became a partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill in January 2009. His background is in corporate and commercial dispute resolution and litigation. He has extensive experience in disputes resolution in respect of land law, companies insolvency and banking litigation.

Ms. Eunice Chan Wei Lynn is a Senior Associate at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. She graduated from Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom and was called to the English Bar and Malaysian Bar. Her main area of practice is in intellectual property law and advise and assist clients on all aspects of IP protection and ownership including portfolio management and IP related agreements and transactions. She is also involved in transactional and advisory work in the areas of biotechnology, information technology and franchising

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


IEM Shout Out – Visit to Top Glove Bhd

April 24, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a visit to Visit to Top Glove Bhd  on the 22nd May, 2013. You will be awarded with 2 CPD points.

Top Glove has established in 1991 with one of factory and three production lines. Currently, it has 23 factories and 458 production lines across Malaysia, Thailand and China, which is the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer. To stay ahead in product development, Top Glove collaborates with government agencies such as Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRI) and Lembaga Getah Malaysia (LGM) to keep itself abreast with latest rubber research technology. All factories are fitted with modern machineries and online quality control measures to ensure the highest quality products. Top Glove emphasize on ISO 9001 and compliance of ASTM and EN455 standards. Top Glove’s commitment has been recognized and rewarded through numerous awards, the latest awards are 2012 ASEAN Business Award-“ Most Admired ASEAN Enterprise” for the category of Corporate Social Responsibility (Large Company), special achievement organization category by Malaysia Achievement Organisation, MIS ASIA 100- Top 100 IT departments in ASIA, MOSHPA Occupational Safety & Health Awards 2012 by Malaysian Occupational Safety & Health Professionals’ Association and Penghargaan Industri Negeri Perak 2011/2012 by Department of Environment (Perak). Top Glove’s corporate mission statement is “To be a World Class Glove Manufacturer providing top quality products with excellent services through continuous improvement and innovation”

Participants of this visit will also be briefed on Top Glove’s latest development in addition to the plant tours at Top Glove’s Corporate Office premises.

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

Maybe you can get free samples.


IEM Shout Out – Half-day Course on A bird’s Eye View On Intellectual Property Law-Practical Approach On protection of your IP Rights

April 22, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a Half-Day Course on Half-day Course on A bird’s Eye View On Intellectual Property Law-Practical Approach On protection of your IP Rights on 18th May, 2013 (Thursday & Friday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 1 p.m. Participant will be granted 3.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

This half-day course is designed to expose the participants to IP law and/or to create a continuous IP awareness and provide an overview on IP law (selected areas). It provides a springboard to educate participants in way to protect their branding, trade marks, patents, copyright and confidential information. It gives the participants a platform to understand and discuss critical issues (whether their own IP rights or others) faced by them in their day to day dealings.

At the end of the session, the participants should:

Understand the basic concept of trade mark copyright, patents, confidential information;

  • Aware of ways to protect their IP rights (selected IP rights);
  • Be exposed to some tips on how to avoid any infringement or potential infringement of IP rights of others;
  • Understand how to enforce their IP rights when there is infringement

Mr. Bahari heads the Intellectual Property practice group and became a partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill in January 2009. His background is in corporate and commercial dispute resolution and litigation. He has extensive experience in disputes resolution in respect of land law, companies insolvency and banking litigation.

Ms. Eunice Chan Wei Lynn is a Senior Associate at Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. She graduated from Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom and was called to the English Bar and Malaysian Bar. Her main area of practice is in intellectual property law and advise and assist clients on all aspects of IP protection and ownership including portfolio management and IP related agreements and transactions. She is also involved in transactional and advisory work in the areas of biotechnology, information technology and franchising

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


IEM Shout Out – Overview Of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks In Oil And Gas Facilities

April 9, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on 13th April. It’ll be at 9:00 am (makan-makan at 8:30) at Wisma IEM. We do have a lift, so no excuse. I have bad knees, and still manage to crawl up 2 flights.

Storage tanks are common equipment found in oil and gas facilities. They are used for temporary storage of products prior to being transferred to the next process activity. Atmospheric Storage Tanks operate under no or very little pressure, distinguishing them from pressure vessels.

The talk will provide an overview on the types of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks commonly used in the Oil and Gas industry. Some of the common types will be Fixed-Roof type and Floating-Roof type. The talk will also explain in more details the accessories associated with the tanks such as the Breather Valve, Floating Roof Drain, Floating Roof Seal, Rolling Ladders, Liquid Level Indicator, Anti Rotation Device and Roof Legs.

Some common failures in Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks such as Pontoon leaks, Roof Drain puncture, Bottom Plate leak, Shell thinning and others will be shared, followed by typical types of Non Destructive Tests (NDTs) and Inspection carried out during erection and scheduled maintenance of these tanks.

The above will be presented by Ir. Alzakri B. Ekhwan. He is a Principal Engineer for Static-Unfired Equipment. He was graduated in 1993 from the University of Bath, UK in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently based in PETRONAS Penapisan Melaka Sdn. Bhd. (PP(M)SB) and has more than 19 years of experience in maintenance, design, fabrication, inspection and construction of Static Equipment in the Oil and Gas industry.

You can register for the event here, and retrieve the flier here.


IEM – CETD Design Competition Safety Seminar

December 12, 2012

Congratulations on those who kept awake during my seminar, which was held at UM on the 20th October, 2012.


IEM Shout Out – One-day Course on Plastics for Automotive Applications

October 24, 2012

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing an ‘One-day Course on Plastics for Automotive Applications‘ on the 21st November, 2012 (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 6 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the day.

 This course is specially designed for people interested to gain knowledge on the plastics usage for automotive applications. This course will cover the basic theory of polymer properties and characterization as well as the processing technology. It is followed by exploring the plastic reinforcement technology and their competition in the automotive industry. In addition, environmental and safety requirement based on the customer demand of the automotive industry will be discussed. Finally, the examples of the use of plastics for specific components and systems will be covered.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

  • Analyse laboratory data to determine the performance of the plastic materials.
  • Select plastic materials based on application requirements.
  • Synthesis the reinforcement package for automotive application.
  • Determine the safety specifications to fulfill the international standards.

Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr Tee Tiam Ting is an associate professor in Chemical Engineering Department of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experiences in the field of Plastics in the university. He was the former vice president of IEM and currently the fellow member of IEM. He still plays an active role as a committee member of Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) of IEM. He graduated with PhD from McGill University, Canada and was working on developing an oscillatory rheometer in 1970s to measure the viscoelastic property of polymer melts. He had worked as plant manager in an international Injection Moulding company at Montreal, Canada. He is currently an active consultant for Commercial Polymers Sdn. Bhd. to develop crosslinked polyethylene for cable application. He also had served as technical adviser to Malaysian Plastics Manufacturing Association of Malaysia for many years. He plays an active role in designing the polymer engineering curriculum of UTAR for undergraduate program.

Engr. Dr Lee Tin Sin is an assistant professor in Chemical Engineering Department of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). He graduated from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical-Polymer) and PhD in Polymer Engineering. He completed his PhD in two years’ time with 10 papers publications in international journals and book chapter about the characterization of biopolymer. His PhD research was focus on developing injection mouldable biodegradable cassava starch polymer compound which has won silver medal award in Malaysia Technology Expo 2010. Moreover, he has received IEM Young Engineers Award 2012. Previously, he worked as a R&D Process Engineer in Superlon Worldwide Sdn. Bhd. which is one of the largest nitrile insulation manufacturers in Malaysia. Currently, he plays active roles in designing the polymer engineering curriculum of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman for undergraduate program. Besides, he also serves as a committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) of IEM. In March 2012, the Young Engineer Awardwas conferred on him by the IEM Council in recognition of his outstanding works and achievements as an inspired young engineer.

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


IEM Shout Out – Talk on Green Energy Potential in the Palm Oil Industry

September 29, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division (know as CETD to friends) will be having a talk on Saturday, 6th October, 2011.

The Palm Oil industry in Malaysia had attracted much negative publicity mostly from European NGOs on the issue of sustainability. As part of the measure to mitigate this issue, the Malaysian Government is encouraging the Palm Oil industry to reduce its carbon footprint.

Therefore all Mills in Malaysia are encouraged to convert the palm oil mill effluent into biogas by 2020. Conventional biogas technology had been around for more than 20 years but with the world’s energy prices going higher and with the Malaysian Government’s Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) program, there is a need to develop higher efficiency Biogas system.

Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors is a fairly new development around the world and recently these anaerobic membrane bioreactors (An-MBR) had been used for the first time in the world for treating palm oil wastewater. As a result, more difficult processes such as thermophilic digestion with An-MBR system can become a reality and it had resulted in superior biogas yield. Through the latest technology, the green energy from the Mill can be harvested and potentially converted into other form of fuel.

As for the speaker:

Mr. B. P. Chow is a Chemical Engineering graduate from the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) as well as a Chartered Engineer. Presently he is the Deputy Chairman of IChemE Malaysia and the Managing Director of Aquakimia Sdn. Bhd. He had more than 34 years of working experience primarily in the Palm Oil, Water & Wastewater business. He had been instrumental in bringing the Kubota Membrane Bioreactor technology from Japan to use local engineering to adapt it for the Palm Oil Industry

Water pinch sounds interesting. Please come along, and partake of the food (both intellectual and physical).

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


IEM Shout Out – CETD 26th AGM

September 29, 2012

The Chemical Engineering Technical Division AGM will be held at 3rd Floor, TUS lecture room, Wisma IEM, 21 Jalan Selangor, Petaling Jaya.

It will be held at 11am on Saturday, 6th October 2012.

Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

Come, y’all and heckle us.