TriPreM pleased to welcome the professors and students from;
The visit was planned by Prof Kuwano (MJIIT) on Feb 13, 2018 and TriPreM members had an opportunity to listen to their presentation about the Kurume College National Institute of Technology.
Photos taken during the visit.
TriPreM welcomes 2 new members to the team;
TriPrem wishes to congratulate Lim Chinn Yee, Yap Kian Kun and Muhammad Faidhi Radzi for winning the Best Poster Award and Excellent Poster Award in Malaysia – Japan Tribology Symposium 2017 (MJTS2017).
| Best Poster Award: | Lim Chinn Yee |
| Excellent Poster Award: | Yap Kian Kun |
| Muhammad Faidhi Radzi |
The 5th Malaysia – Japan Tribology Symposium was organized by Tribology and Precision Machining i-Kohza (TriPrem), Malaysia Japan International Institute Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with collaboration of Malaysian Tribology Society (MYTRIBOS) and Japanese Society of Tribologists (JAST). The symposium was held on 28th – 29th August 2017 at University Technology Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kampung Datuk Keramat, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Thanks to our sponsors (IHI Corporation, Taat Bestari Sdn. Bhd., RGS Corporation Sdn. Bhd., and Shinkawa Electric of Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.), speakers, participants, guests and contributors, MJTS2017 has finished successfully.
MJTS2017 had 2 keynote speeches (Prof. Dr. Hatsuhiko Usami from Meijo University, Japan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erween Bin Abd Rahim from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia), 21 poster presentations and 12 paper presentations in general sessions.
An annual general meeting for MYTRIBOS was held as well as a meeting between JAST and MYTRIBOS to discuss future collaboration work between these 2 societies. Lab tour to Tribology and Precision Machining iKohza was arranged on the second day 29th Aug after all the paper presentation presented.
This year, we had organized poster competition in collaboration with MYTRIBOS. The winners for the awards are as follows;
Best Poster Award
Excellent Poster Award
On third day (30th Aug 2017), an industrial visit to HONDA Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. was carried on for Japanese attendees. The numbers of participants of 5th MJTS2017 for 3 days are as shown in table below.
| Malaysia | Singapore | Japan | TriPrem | Total | |
| 28th Aug 2017 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 55 |
| 29th Aug 2017 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 37 |
| 30th Aug 2017 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Pictures of 5th Malaysia – Japan Tribology Symposium
