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6UTARHORIZONAUGUST 2012From Talks to ForumsTo be Innovative, Don’t Start with CreativityIn conjunction with UTAR 10th anniversary, the University and Malaysia Mental LiteracyMovement jointly organised a public talk titled ‘To be Innovative, Don’t Start with Creativity’.The talk was delivered by Dr Yew Kam Keong, or better known as Dr YKK, (picture) on 7 July 2012 at UTARPetaling Jaya Campus.Dr YKK explained that creativity is getting new ideas and making connection while invention is creatingsomething with our ideas whereas innovation is all about producing benefits and profits from our ideas.He also cited the three primary techniques of creativity, which are fantasy and imagination, breaking rulesand forcing connection. Application of these three techniques will lead a person to be creative. In orderto be innovative, an individual should be curious, frequently ask broad questions and hunt for the keycomponent.Quoting the late American entrepreneur Steve Jobs, the speaker said “good artist copy; great artist steal”. He continued, “Whereinnovation brings new things to the world, imitation spreads them; where innovators break the old mould, imitations perfect the newone; while innovators can win big, imitators often win bigger. Indeed what looks like innovation is often actually artful imitation”.Joy of PhysicsProf Dr Raghavan Jayakumar (picture), a physics expert fromthe United States spoke on the joy of learning and applyingphysics on 28 June 2012 at UTAR Perak Campus.Prof Jayakumar, who has published over 50 journals onPhysics and engineering-related topics, said, “All theories ofphysics are related to everything around us. Feel the joy ofdiscovering your surroundings. Physics is found in windmills,blood flow, cricket,football, badminton,friction, traffic flow,banking and financeand archeologypaleontology.Challenging the UnknownChemistry seminar by IKMFour delegates from InstituteKimia Malaysia (IKM) whowere led by Chairman HwangChin Hor, visited UTAR PerakCampus on 6 July 2012. Othervisitors were auditor HoongSeng Hong, committeemember Jimmy Thong KarCheong and Captain ChanWeng Kwai.A short talk by Hoong (picture)during the visit gave studentsinsight into the field ofchemistry and its various jobfunctions in other industriessuch as analytical chemistry, agricultural chemistry, biochemistry,chemical engineering, food and flavor chemistry, forensic science,geochemistry, green chemistry and semiconductor chemistry.Besides explaining the benefits of being a member of IKM, Hoongalso briefly discussed the role of chemists in helping to overcomeglobal issues such as global warming.“Let me take you to space,” Dr Mamoru Mohri (picture) told about 100 students and staff who came for his talktitled “Challenging the Unknown”, which was organised by the Astronomy Club at UTAR Kuala Lumpur Campuson 13 July 2012.By that he meant sharing his experience and some still images and videos that were captured when he was inspace in his NASA space shuttle mission as the first Japanese scientist to go into space.Dr Mohri said everything floated and he could swim in air as he presented videos of the aerobic and spinningroutines he executed in mid air in the space shuttle.He also showed videos of some of the experiments that he had carried out in the zero-gravity condition in thespacecraft he was in, which included blowing water bubbles, examining the properties of water, colliding water bubbles with metalball and investigating the changing size of human body parts in space.“The most interesting part of the talk is that before he showed us the outcome of the experiments, he would walk around and askedthe audiences what result they expected, forcing everyone’s brain into high gear,” said Teoh Hui Chieh, a lecturer at UTAR Faculty ofScience and Engineering, who was also the emcee of the talk.Dr Mohri concluded his talk by taking the audience around the Earth as viewed from space through his videos, and finally the Earthas seen from the Moon through Kaguya, a Japanese spacecraft.
Pride of Alma MaterUTARHORIZONAUGUST 2012 7UTAR nurtures leaders“The holistic education provided by UTAR mademe a competent site engineer and a responsibleleader who can contribute to the society, “saidUTAR alumnus Law Geok Kian.Describing his profession as challenging, Law said UTAR lecturers, whowere experienced experts in their respective field, has prepared him wellto face the challenges. He added that they constantly update themselveswith the latest development in the industry and disseminate theirknowledge to students through well-prepared lectures.Law Geok KianBachelor of Science (Hons)Construction ManagementSite Engineer,Gamuda Johor Venture Sdn BhdLaw developed his leadership skills through active participation insoft skills training and extracurricular activities organised by theUniversity. He has put his leadership skills into good use evenduring his varsity days. In 2010, as the team leader, Law led histeam to win the Merit Prize in the ASEAN Academy of Engineeringand Technology (AAET) Engineering Science, Technology andInnovation (ESTI) Design Competition and Grand Prize in UTARGreen House Model Design Competition.Path less travelledAwang Aizzuddin has trodden the path less travelled for his educationsince he was young. He attended a kindergarten which used Mandarinas the medium of instruction, and later, a Chinese-ethnic primary schoolfor six years. He even received his secondary education at a privateindependent Chinese secondary school. As a result, this young manspeaks fluent Mandarin, English, and Bahasa Malaysia.When it comes to tertiary education, Awang rejected all other offersincluding one from a foreign university to join UTAR in May 2005 andenrolled in the Computer Engineering programme. Being a cross-culturalperson, neither cultural background nor language was a barrier for him tobe active in various campus activities. He was an appointed courserepresentative for all three years of study. He was an activemember and had served as secretary and treasurerof the Student Representative Committee.“My three years at UTAR werefruitful and filled me withunforgettable memories. Iam made of all the good andpositive values that I havelearned at UTAR,” saidUTAR alumnus AwangAizzuddin.Awang Aizzuddin Sulong bin Awang SabliBachelor of Information Technology (Hons)Computer Engineering, 2008Information Technology Officer,<strong>Universiti</strong> Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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