On 28th November 2020, we`ve got big news where the members of TriPreM (Tribology and Precision Machining), Mr. Zaid under the supervision of Prof dr. Kanao Fukuda, MJIIT (Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology), UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) won the Best Paper Award at ITRS-2020 (International Tribology Symposium 2020) with our fundamental tribology research.
Ahmad Ridhwan Bin Kamel
Nurul Illiannie Binti Azman
MJIIT FINAL YEAR PROJECT SYMPOSIUM 2020 is a showcase for undergraduate research across disciplines to present about their final year project. The Symposium includes poster and presentation sessions by students. The symposium was examined by Industrial and Academic panels with different backgrounds to evaluate students’ project.
There are two categories nominated which areThe Best Final Year Project and Final Year Project Special Awards. Congratulations to our TriPreM Undergraduate students,Ahmad Ridhwan Bin Kamel and Nurul Illiannie Binti Azman on winning the Final Year Project Special Award.
Ridhwan and Illiannie presented their project on “Tribological characterization for polyoxymethylene reinforced by oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) natural fiber” and “Effects of Interval Time on Friction Force of Light Load Bearing” respectively.
On 18th September 2020, The event of MJIIT Appreciation Day 2020 was held at Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Good news for TriPreM members because 3 of our members won the prizes. the first award, “Most Inspiring Lecturer” for Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur’azah, second award, “Best Master Project Supervisor” for Dr. Shahira Liza, and third award “High Achievement in Research Grants” for Prof. Dr. Fukuda. A memorial photograph was taken with Pro-Vice-Chancellor (UTM Kuala Lumpur Campus) Prof. Dr. Shamsul Sahibuddin and MJIIT Dean Prof. Dr. Ali Selamat.
On 25th August 2020, TriPreM had a visit by the new chief representative of the JICA Malaysia office, Mr. Takizawa. They were the first visitor that visit our laboratory during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO). We hope this pandemic will end soon.
On 21st February, TriPreM had a visit by Prof. Miyashita and Prof. Yoshida from Waseda University, Japan. We introduced our research activities to the professors. It’s always interesting to discuss research topics with excellent specialists.
On 30th January 2020, Prof Kanao Fukuda was invited to give a speech about “Effects of trace humidity in atmospheric gas on the tribological behaviors of metallic materials” at Hydrogen Tribology Symposium held by Kyushu University.
On 5th Feb., he visited the facilities of Prof. Ohtake and Assoc. Prof. Akasaka of Tokyo Institute of Technology where Dr. Shahira of TriPreM stays 6 months as a post-doctoral researcher. Their research activities are fabulous. We got an agreement to start PG students exchange and collaborative research. I also saw my long-time acquaintances, Prof. Masuko, and Prof. Kyogoku at the Suzukake-dai campus of Tokyo Tech.
