By: WAN NURULHUDA WAN ZAKARIA, UMP LIBRARY

In support of the on-going UI Greenmetric Programme, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Library has embarked on a payment mode of fines dubbed Waste4Fine – via plastic drinking bottles and cans – and has implemented it beginning March 13, 2019.

By: SITI NURFARMY IBRAHIM, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION

Acting as the liaison between academicians and the industries and communities, the Department of Industry Partnership and Community Relations (ICoN) at University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) has, this week, expanded its strategic networking to include a number of agencies in Sabah on March 19, 2019.

Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) undergraduate from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing (FKMP), Hassan Al Faiz Mohamed Ahmed Hafez – who is undergoing the dual-degree programme coordinated by UMP and HsKA University of Applied Sciences of Germany, for a Bachelor’s Degree (Honors) in Automotive Engineering – lucked out when he was selected to be the recipient of the Mercedes-Benz (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MBM) scholarship for the duration of his baccalaureate.

Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Ridzuan Darun has been appointed as the new Registrar and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) for two years effective March 15, 2019.

Associate Professor Dr. Mohd Ridzuan, 45, is currently the Dean for Faculty of Industrial Management (FIM) and has vast experience in the field of management.

Concerned about the negative habit of Malaysians who love to use more-than-necessary oil when cooking – which tend to result in accumulation of saturated fat in their bodies – three researchers at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) have collaborated to produce Palm-O-Lite, a palm-oil based aerosol to be used in culinary industry to facilitate cooking while simultaneously promoting a healthy lifestyle.
 

By: NURIZZATUL ALIN AHMAD BASTANI, DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS 
      & ALUMNI
Photo By: KAMARULZAMAN SAFIE 

To commemorate the 17th anniversary of the foundation of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), the Alumni Industry Networking Hi-Tea programme for the Northern Zone on March 2, 2019, saw a successful gathering of 60 alumnus, who happily reminisced their student days and campus life at the university. 

Concern about the environmental impact arising from industrial waste, researcher from the Faculty of Technology Engineering (FTeK) at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Dr. Nadzirah Mohd Mokhtar, took the initiative to invent a membrane distillation system to treat waste-water from several industries, like rubber, palm oil and textile factories, and food and beverage.