Tourism - EducationResearch orientedUNIMASFaculty ofEngineeringon track to achievenoble aimsThe emphasis on research isa key aspect of UNIMAS’Faculty of Engineering;currently 74 Master and 21PhD students are actively doingresearch in niche areas under thesupervision of just 106 facultystaff at Samarahan, <strong>Sarawak</strong>. Thefaculty, formed in 1993, offers fiveundergraduate programmes inCivil Engineering, Electronic andTelecommunication Engineering,Mechanical and ManufacturingEngineering, Electronics andComputer Engineering, ChemicalEngineering and also a masterprogram in Civil Engineering.The faculty’s success can be gaugedby the number of research grantsand funds from the government andalso private sectors which includeMinistry of Science, Technologyand Innovation (MOSTI), Ministry ofHigher Education (MOHE), MalaysiaPepper Board (MPB), Jabatan KerjaRaya (JKR), Ministry of Rural andRegional Development, Ministryof Energy, Green Technology andWater, <strong>Sarawak</strong> Energy Berhad (SEB),Osaka Gas and many others. Inaddition, the faculty has signed sevenMemorandum of Understandings(MoU) with industrial partners, allpointing to the relevance and trust ithas garnered over the years throughits dedicated staff and students. In2009, the Centre of Excellencefor Renewable Energy (CoERE)was established to strengthenand rationalise UNIMAS research,demonstration and developmentefforts in all renewable energytechnologies. With its motto,“Global Solutions for Global18 | <strong>Borneo</strong><strong>Talk</strong>Oct-Dec2011
Tourism - Educationtheme for the 4th ENCON to be heldon 29 th November to 1st December2011 at Riverside Majestic Hotel,Kuching, <strong>Sarawak</strong>.Problems”, CoERE is dedicated toaccelerate the deployment and gridintegration of renewable energy andlow carbon generation technologythrough the utilization of Wind, TidalWave, Biomass, Hydro Power, SolarPV and Solar Thermal energy. Severalon-going community based Micro-Hydro projects in <strong>Sarawak</strong> are locatedin Nanga Sengaih, Entabai, Julau andSemulong Ulu, Lingga and Sri Aman.Vision: To be excellent in providingquality engineering programmesthrough dynamic and innovativeeducation system, specializing in itsniche research areas for the benefitsof the nations.Mission: To provide innovative andsystematic engineering educationtowards producing ethical engineerswith good technical and interpersonalskills by faculty members renownedin their respective niche areas, thus,addressing the inspirations of thestakeholders through excellentnetworking.EngineeringConference (ENCON)“Advances and Innovationsin Electrical, Electronics,Telecommunication, ComputingEngineering and Technologies” is the“We have received a huge numberof paper submissions from bothlocal and international researchersand academicians for our ENCON2011,” said ENCON 2011 ChairmanDr Hushairi Zen. According to him,selected high quality papers will bepublished in either the InternationalJournal of Advanced ComputerScience and Applications (IJACSA)or International Journal of EmergingSciences following the conference. Asalways, ENCON provides an avenuefor researchers, scientist, engineers,academicians, as well, as industrialprofessionals to present their researchresults and development activities.“We are also promoting our 5 thENCON with the theme “EngineeringTowards Change - Empowering GreenSolutions” which will be held in July2012,” he added. “The popularityof ENCON amongst researchers andprofessionals is the reason we areannouncing the date for it with the aimof attracting even more participantsnext year.” Since the launch of thefirst ENCON (i.e., ENCON 2007), thesecond and third ENCON were heldin 2008 and 2010, respectively werehuge successes which also points tothe popularity of such conferences nowand for the future.Faculty of EngineeringUniversiti Malaysia <strong>Sarawak</strong>, 94300 Kota Samarahan, <strong>Sarawak</strong>, Malaysia.Tel: +6082 583329 Fax: +6082 583409www.feng.unimas.myOct-Dec2011<strong>Borneo</strong><strong>Talk</strong> | 19