{"id":6179,"date":"2012-12-18T07:12:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T07:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=6179"},"modified":"2015-05-07T07:13:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T07:13:37","slug":"can-chemical-engineers-revolutionise-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/december-2012\/can-chemical-engineers-revolutionise-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Chemical Engineers Revolutionise Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2012%2Fdecember-2012%2Fcan-chemical-engineers-revolutionise-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=6179&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"midblock\">\n<div class=\"insidem\">\n<div class=\"news_item_a\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">TUESDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2012 08:56<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/Kimia_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Shahfizal Musa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 15 Dec 2012 \u2013More than 200 chemical engineering students from 12 universities in the country took part in a programme giving a glimpse of the future of the profession in protecting the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were taking part in the 3 day National Chemical Engineering Symposium (NACES) 2012where the students were encouraged to come up with ideas on how to tackle climate change as a move to protect and preserve the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The symposium was organised by the National University of Malaysia (UKM) with the cooperation of the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Various competitions were held during the symposium including Technical Essay Writing, Technical Video and Powerpoint Presentations, Malay Speech competition, Case study and Plant design exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The activities are meant to train the students on how to apply their knowledge and test their creativity in innovating environmentally friendly technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the highlights were the technical plant model design, using mostly recycled material where the students are required to design a plant which enhances green technology. The objective is to reduce CO2 enmissions intothe atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was hope that future generation of chemical engineers will create a climate revolution by using green technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/kimia1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/kimia2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/kimia3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sincerity of the chemical engineering students in protecting the environment was clearly captured when the Director of NACES 2012Nor Ilham B. Mohd Norin quoted David Attenborough statement: \u201cHow could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing. \u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The students gave a glimpse of how chemical engineering will be in the future having the potential to protect and preserve the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agro waste producing ethanol, Algae harnessing CO2 and then converting them into bio-fuel, the combination of solar energy and reactor to produce fuel are just some of the ideas presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ideas from the students give hope that climate change can be tackled effectively using the environment itself. For example algae which need a high concentration of CO2 to grow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participants were also able to express themselves well communicating their ideas and explain how their design works with minimal jargon a rarity with most technical people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Prof Ir Dr Mohd Marzuki Musatafa, lecturers, students attended the opening ceremony.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"leftblock\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2012 08:56 By Shahfizal Musa BANGI, 15 Dec 2012 \u2013More than 200 chemical engineering students from 12<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/december-2012\/can-chemical-engineers-revolutionise-climate-change\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6180,"parent":1308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6179","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6182,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6179\/revisions\/6182"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}