UTAR's three civil engineering students from the Faculty of Engineering
and Science bagged three awards, including the Overall Champion Award
and received plaque, trophy and a total of RM 1100 at the Sustainable
Concrete Competition 2011 on 21 October 2011 at the Mini Auditorium
JKPK, Politeknik Kuching, Sarawak.
UTAR team
comprising final year students Lim Ooi Yuan (team leader), Sim Jiun
Leong and Yap Tat Ming secured first runner up position for the strength
and lightness category and the championship title for the poster
presentation category in the competition that was assessed in three
different categories namely strength and lightness, creative and
innovative and poster presentation. The students were supervised
by Dr. Lim Siong Kang and Lim Jee Hock, faculty members of the
Department of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and
Science.
Organised by the
Civil Engineering Department of Politeknik Kuching, the competition
aimed to encourage students or researchers to use waste as recycled
sustainable materials and to explore their creativity and innovation in
concrete technology. The objective is to increase awareness of
environmental issues and create a more sustainable environment through
maximizing the usage of waste while minimizing the usage of raw
materials.
The competition
that was open to students and lecturers from polytechnics, college and
universities, required participant to cast concrete by using waste as
recycled sustainable material. A total of 29 teams, comprising
five lecturer teams and 24 student teams from ten institutions of higher
learning took part in the competition.
The competition,
besides Politeknik Kuching, was jointly organised by the Concrete
Society of Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara, and Department of
Structural and Material Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environment
Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and was sponsored by
Binaan Desjaya Sdn. Bhd. and Junda Realty Sdn. Bhd.
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