The Creation, Innovation, Technology and Research Exposition (CITREX) 2019 has entered into its ninth edition with Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) seen as a platform that promotes and nurtures innovative culture among researchers, be it the academic staff or students.

The competition involved three of its research partners from the technical university networking (MTUN) - Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) and Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM).  

Two Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) researchers, Hisaji Noda and Muhammad Ikram Mohd Rashid, from Faculty of Electrical &  Electronics Engineering (FKEE) had successfully created high efficiency Light Emitting Diode (LED) system called ‘UMP USB LED Stick’.

They started the research project in 2010.

Project leader, Hisaji Noda, who is from Fukuoka, Japan, said the idea came about after observing existing LED system available in the market that often had life span and heat issues.

Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)’s laboratory and learning facilities were described as impressive by its Chairman Board of Directors, Dato’ Sri Ibrahim Ahmad who spent about two hours in the Gambang campus on January 22, 2019.

Dato’ Sri Ibrahim said he was pleased to see the kind of capacity UMP had and that he was satisfied with the occupational safety and health aspects that the university put great emphasis on.

In a move to further strengthen the branding campaign of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), the Vice-Chancellor Office (PNC) organised a trip to the Al Hijrah television station on January 15, 2019.

Forty staff and students took part in the trip organised under the ‘Kembara Ilmu’ programme aimed at establishing cooperation and forged closer ties with television stations in the country.

The Islamic Centre and Human Development (PIMPIN) and MyGift Squad, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) organised a programme called ‘Food for All’ as part of the efforts to tackle issues involving some of the university students who often had to go hungry due to financial constraint.

Under this programme, students are provided with free breakfast and lunch distributed at UMP mosques in Pekan and Gambang. 

On Thursdays, UMP even provided meals for breaking of fast for those who fast on that day.

By: AMY ZULAIKHA MOHD ALI, CENTRE FOR MODERN LANGUAGES & HUMAN 
       SCIENCES (CMLHS)

Seventy nine pupils were involved in the TOEFL® Young Students Series GO English! Project that was held at the Integrated Islamic School (IIS) in Kuantan on January 26, 2019.

Palm oil plantation in the country is the largest agriculture crop in the country and as such, mass oil production of that scale will surely result in massive waste of empty fruit bunch.

In fact, only 10 percent of the oil is produced while the remaining 90 percent is agriculture waste or biomass. Some of the waste are processed into animal food while some are simply thrown away.