TNB OPEN INNOVATION CONTEST 2014 “Inovasi Hebat, Ganjaran

UNITEN Generates Professionals
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Research and Graduate Bulletin
2014 NOVEMBER ISSUE / ISSN 1985-4854
TNB OPEN INNOVATION CONTEST 2014
“Inovasi Hebat, Ganjaran Hebat"
Highlights of Eventful Activities
BENGKEL TAKLIMAT PENERBITAN ELSEVIER
(29-8-2014, LIBRARY AUDITORIUM, UNITEN)
Invited speakers:
-DR. VALERIE TENG-BROUG, JOURNAL PUBLISHER, ELSEVIER
-MS. ELISE SHEN, SOLUTION CONSULTANT,
ELSEVIER SINGAPORE
TNB OPEN INNOVATION CONTEST 2014 serves as the ultimate platform
for participations to showcase their innate and emerging innovative
skills and talents. TNB’s Open Innovation Contests are organized as time
-limited activities in which participants are invited to submit ideas on a
certain challenge. Submitted ideas are evaluated, and one or
more winners selected.
There are four (4) themes provided for TNB Open Innovation Contest
2014. It covers various aspects of TNB’s business operations such as
technical, customer service, new business, asset management and others. Participants are encouraged to choose one (1) topic only from the
followings.
Theme 1: Enhancing our Customer's Experience
Theme 2: Generating New Business Revenues for TNB
Theme 3: Inculcating Innovation Culture in TNB
BENGKEL INISIATIF BOLD PENYELIDIKAN
(10-11, October 2014, HOLIDAY INN HOTEL, MELAKA)
Invited speakers: PROF. DR. ABDUL LATIFF AHMAD (UNIVERSITI
SAINS MALAYSIA) and DR. HARIFFIN BOOSROH (TNB RESEARCH)
Theme 4: Enhancing TNB's supply value chain
For more details, log on to http://livewire.hq.tnb.com.my/OIC/AboutOIC/Wiki/
Mengenai%20Kami.aspx
A briefing on the contest
was held in UNITEN on 511-2014 at BA Lecture
Theater by Dr. Leong
Yow Peng, Corporate
Planning and Sustainability Department TNB.
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More Highlights of Eventful Activities...
Malaysia-Japanese Research Meeting under Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA)/ Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development
(SATREPS) Project on 6th March 2014
Adapted from R& PG Twitter (Tweet 22, Feb—Oct 2014)
Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
(Japan) & Letter of Cooperation with Research Laboratory For Nuclear Reactors,
Tokyo Institute Of Technology, Japan on 22nd Sept 2014
The MOU and LOC were signed to promote cooperation and mainThree research centres in COE,
tain the ongoing relationship between both parties in human rei.e. CSTEN, CeFE and CCSCT,
source development and education programme in the field of nucleembarked on a 5-year (2011ar power, coordinated by the Centre of Nuclear Energy of COE.
2016) project on “Reducing
Geohazard Damage in Malaysia Caused by Landslide and
Flood” which is jointly undertaken with USM, MMU and Japanese
counterpart. Funds from JICA covers equipment and training in Japan.
A similar grant has also been granted by Ministry of Education Malaysia.
The annual joint coordination meeting was held in MMU on 6th March
2014.
Gold Medal for UNITEN at Pertandingan Rekacipta dan Inovasi Institusi Pengajian
iRMC is proud to share the recent success of Dr Azmi bin Mohd Yusof from COIT
on his achievement during Pertandingan Rekacipta dan Inovasi Institusi
Pengajian Tinggi Swasta, PERINTIS 2014 held at IUKL on 9th September 2014. The
President and Vice-Chancellor of IUKL, Prof. Dr. Roslan Zainal Abidin awarded
the GOLD Medal to Dr. Azmi Mohd Yusof on his invention entitled “Stress Treatment Using Realistic and Immersive Relaxing World through Virtual Reality Technology”. Among 97 inventors, the expert panel of judges uniformly selected Dr
Azmi Mohd Yusof’s invention as “ The Most Promising Invention Award”.
The International Greentech & Eco Products Malaysia (IGEM) 2014 Exhibition at
The Centre for Electric Transportation & Systems (CETS) participated
in the TNB booth at IGEM 2014 inspired by the concept of ‘Smart
Living’. The electric car was one of the main highlights in the exhibition. It was patronized by many visitors including the Deputy Prime
Minister,Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the President and CEO of
TNB, Datuk Seri Ir Azman Mohd.
UNITEN is also honoured to receive ‘Watikah Pelantikan’ as the host of PERINTIS
2016. PERINTIS is an innovation and invention competition opened for private
and public universities, polytechnics, community colleges and secondary schools
both at national and international levels. The competition is co-organized by the
Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) and supported
by Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE).
ILLUMINATION is published biannually by the Innovation and Research Management Centre, Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia. Reproduction in part or whole is allowed provided ILLUMINATION is
duly acknowledged. All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, ILLUMINATION, Innovation and Research Management Centre, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000
Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Telephone: 603-89212020 ext. 7320; Fax: 603-89212111; e-mail:[email protected]