Visit to Jeram Sanitary Landfill

Students of CPE675 (Wastewater Engineering) recently organized a trip to Jeram Sanitary Landfill, managed by Worldwide Landfill Sdn. Bhd., with the objective having an on-site view of daily activities occuring there-in. The students visited the wastewater treatment plant located on the premises, that has the challenging task of treating leachate channeled from the excavated cells. Hopefully this has enabled the students to better understand the principles and applications of wastewater treatment which they have learned in the classroom this semester.

River Water Quality Modeling Workshop 2009

The Water Resources Technical Division (WRTD) of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) will be organizing a hands-on workshop on QUAL2E/2K River Water Quality Modeling at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam from the 4th - 6th of May 2009. Click here to download the program tentative and registration form.

Call for Papers

International Journal of Environmental Engineering Science (IJEES)

Special issue on: “Theoretical and Experimental Research on Air, Water and Soil Pollution”

Guest Editors:

Dr. Mohanad El-Harbawi, Prof. Binay K Dutta, Dr. Munjed Maraqa, Dr Chun-Yang Yin, Dr Mikhail Robert Savory, Prof. Yung-Tse Hung

(A) Original research paper or reviews are invited in the following and related areas:

* Air, water and soil pollution fundamentals and applied aspects
* Meteorology, climatology, air quality, hydrology, water quality and water management
* Consequences of air, water and soil pollution on human health
* Toxic and radioactive pollution
* Waste treatment and management
* Air, water and soil control and management
* Environmental chemistry and biology, pollution control and abatement technology
* Studies on inland, lake, river, coastal and urban waters, including sources of pollution
* Water and municipal treatment processes for industrial wastewaters and wastes
* Hazardous waste management
* Waste and pollution minimisation, and clean technologies
* Environmental safety and sustainability
* Recent developments on green chemistry and sustainability issues
* Environmental development and technical solutions
* Environmental technologies
* Environmental impact analysis and assessment in waste sector
* Environmental pollution, prevention and control
* Environmental modelling and biorestoration of polluted environments
* Simulation of the dynamics of air, water and soil pollution
* Environmental standards, legislations, regulations and criteria

(B) Deadline for paper submission: May 31, 2009

Final revised papers submission: July 31, 2009

(C) Manuscripts (in Microsoft Word file) and author documents shall be sent by email to Guest Editor.

Dr. Mohanad El-Harbawi,

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Chemical Engineering Department,
Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak,
Malaysia

Email: mohanad_elharbawi@petronas.com.my

A copy of manuscripts (in Microsoft Word file) and copy of author documents shall be sent by email to:

Prof. Yung-Tse Hung, Editor-in-Chief, IJEES

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214, USA

Email: yungtsehung@yahoo.com

(D) Author’s Guide:

IJEES Web site: http://www.serialspublications.com/journals.asp

Clash of The Titans - Part I

The Key to The Cosmos - Part II

The Illusion of Reality - Part III

Industrial Training - Jan - April 2009

Dear Students,

Some important dates for you to remember ;

1) Visiting Lecturer Duration : 16 February - 27 March 2009 ; Kindly contact your respective visiting lecturers to arrange a proper date and time for the visit to take place. Also update them if you have been shifted to a different site for the duration stipulated above.

For students who will receive visits from lecturers based in Penang, Terengganu and Sarawak, kindly await for the lecturers to contact you or my e-mail detailing their respective names.

2) Industrial Training Report and Logbook Submission : 17th April 2009 ; for the report format refer "Rules of Industrial Training" document available for download from this blog. For the logbook, kindly discuss with your respective supervisors regarding the frequency of update, although the format stipulates once every three months, perhaps you can do it once every two weeks, depending on your supervisor's schedule. All reports and logbooks must be signed and stamped.

3) Presentation : 16 - 17th April 2009 ; I will update you on the final presentation schedule via e-mail as well as via this blog. The schedule should be out by 1st of April 2009.

REMEMBER ALL RELEVANT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DOCUMENTS (EVALUATION FORMS, RULES OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, VISITING LECTURER GUIDE, SUPERVISOR GUIDE, ETC.) ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THIS BLOG, SO PLEASE UTILIZE THIS FACILITY TO ITS FULLEST !!

Regards.

ZZ

Sharing Videos : Astrophysics and Cosmology

Just wanted to share some videos from the realm of astrophysics and cosmology (my other secret interest) with all of you... There are loads more, but lets take it slow... :-)

Regards,
ZZ

P/S : And you guys said I didn't know how to have fun ! :-)

Einstein's Universe

The Hawking Paradox

What on Earth is wrong with gravity ?

What time it is ?