Universiti Sains Malaysia – Âé¶ąĘÓƵ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-favicon_logo-32x32.jpg Universiti Sains Malaysia – Âé¶ąĘÓƵ 32 32 Zero-Waste towards a Sustainable Community /projects/zero-waste-towards-a-sustainable-community/ /projects/zero-waste-towards-a-sustainable-community/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:48 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/zero-waste-towards-a-sustainable-community/ Read More... from Zero-Waste towards a Sustainable Community

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The Zero-Waste towards a Sustainable Community project was created to help the community to establish waste management programme that best suit the community, trains the community on best practices of waste management toward zero waste, and increase community awareness on waste management. The Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has collaborated with Penang Green Council (PGC) to meet the goals of the project by working with the community at Balik Pulau, Penang.
The community at Balik Pulau, Penang is located at the southwest of Penang Island with almost 23,559 of population size and mainly occupied by older persons. This community is in the sub-urban area of Penang Island and is about twelve miles from the Universiti Sains Malaysia. The community was led by the head of village Kampung Perlis, Balik Pulau, Penang. The collaboration was made with the community’s representative, head of village by sending an official letter to invite the community to collaborate in this project.
The students from Public Sector Economics (SEU335E) and Tourism Economics (SEU338E) courses from the university were invited to assist the community with the implementation for the whole of training activities as a group. The students were used the project activities as their case study that required them to fulfill their field work task. The students also have involved in the meeting between the university, the city partner, and the community to discuss more on activities for that suit the community.

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DIVERSITY STATEMENT /projects/diversity-statement/ /projects/diversity-statement/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:40 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/diversity-statement/ Read More... from DIVERSITY STATEMENT

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A Statement on How your Past And/ Or Potential Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion Will Advance ASU’s Commitment to Inclusive Excellence…!!!

As Postdoctoral Research Fellow will contribute through research and development methods along with evaluating urban cooling strategies and cutting – edge technologies in close collaboration with industry and Local/ State/ Regional/ National as well as an “International Government Disciplinary” (IGD). Through using a combination of computer simulation across scales, laboratory measurements, and field campaigns to inform the development and optimal deployment of technologies and strategies for cooling neighborhoods and cities in and around the entire world scale.

Successfully and confidently… I will assist in overseeing several existing and emerging projects with local and international partners. This will include providing project oversight, mentoring graduate students, and using a combination of computational and observational skills and tools to address research questions. Indeed… such type of research efforts will significantly focus on evaluating the spatial/ temporal variability of heat (abruptly rising climatic temperature, heat waves day by day @ present situation/ condition) and air pollution from the projected sites to city scales, quantifying surface energy balances @ test sites, and using validated models to estimate impacts of large/ medium/ small/ macro – as well as micro – level scale deployment/ assignment of cooling technologies.

I would also like to work closely with other faculty in the “Urban Climate Research Center” (UCRC) across “Arizona State University” (ASU), with their graduate students, and various government and industry partners through helping coordinate and integrate related efforts… from the bottom of my heart…!!!

Would Like to Perform Essential Duties as Depicted Below:

1. Instrument sites, and fieldwork for gathering and analyzing meteorological weather records and air quality index data to explore factors explaining the spatial and temporal variation of key parameters with emerging advanced technologies/ methodologies;
2. Development of logical as well as technological simulations models of urban cooling design alternatives applied @ either the building, civil construction work, or neighborhood projected site scales;
3. Also I would like to Suggest the Most Burning Topic on “Environmental Mechanism Techniques” (EMT) and Urban “Heat Mitigation Measures” (HMM) as depicted in the Table 1, which will enhance, contribute and coordinate research among team members, co – workers, researchers, academicians, mentor graduate students, and facilitate the development of technical/ applied science/ industrial engineering reports, presentations, and research work publications on interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary approach and system, etc.…!!!

It would be my immense pleasure to be associated with having a background in Geography, Earth, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Engineering {In Various Diverse Fields including Environmental as well as Civil Highways Construction Production Networks}, and another related discipline that kind of experience would be quite outstanding, prominent, remarkable, striking, exciting, enthusiastic about joining a highly interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary teamwork efforts. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (https://thecollege.asu.edu/faculty) @ ASU values cultural and intellectual diversity, and continually strives to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment. I am exclusively and especially interested as an applicant candidature credentials… who can strengthen the College’s variety or diversity records of the academic communities…!!!

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Zero Waste Symposium /projects/zero-waste-symposium/ /projects/zero-waste-symposium/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:07 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/zero-waste-symposium/ Read More... from Zero Waste Symposium

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Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has collaborated with Penang Green Council (PGC) to organise a symposium on zero waste to enhance students’ and community’s understanding on zero waste. The symposium was successfully organised on 13th November 2021 via online platform at Facebook@usmcgss. CGSS USM and PGC have invited a few experts from Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP), Zero Waste Malaysia, Consumer Association of Penang (CAP), and Hara Makers to give an idea about zero waste and how to practice zero waste in daily life to the participants. The symposium is part of a training session for the students in terms of knowledge and idea on waste management before their physical session with the community. The symposium is also open to the interested public as well as the target community during the physical session by the students. At the end of the symposium, the participants have generally learned the concepts of waste management, zero waste, recycling, waste reduction, 5Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle, and composting. The participants have been exposed on waste segregation and home composting.

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Waste to Wealth Workshop /projects/waste-to-wealth-workshop/ /projects/waste-to-wealth-workshop/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:07 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/waste-to-wealth-workshop/ Read More... from Waste to Wealth Workshop

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Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia has collaborated with Penang Green Council (PGC) to organise a workshop on Waste to Wealth to increase community knowledge and awareness on waste management and train the community to practice waste management at home and in daily life. With the guidance from CGSS and PGC, this workshop was successfully conducted by the students from university courses (Public Sector Economics and Tourism Economics) on 8th January 2022. The participants have learned so much on how to reduce waste generation at their homes. During the workshop, the participants practiced turning their home material waste into wealth. The participants have been divided into three groups as per their final products, namely gadget holders, planting pots, and stationery holders. The participants have finally learned and gotten an idea to practice waste management at their homes and reduce the amount of their waste generation. This workshop also increases participants’ knowledge and awareness on waste management and encourages them to practice waste management in daily life. Besides that, after conducting this workshop, the students from the university courses have increased their communication and leadership skills that will be useful for their future careers.

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Composting Workshop /projects/composting-workshop/ /projects/composting-workshop/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:07 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/composting-workshop/ Read More... from Composting Workshop

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The workshop was organised by the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia and Penang Green Council (PGC) on 9th January 2022. The workshop was fully conducted by the students under existing courses (Public Sector Economics and Tourism Economics). The students have worked together with the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) to demonstrate and train the community to practice composting at home using organic waste generated from their homes. The community has been given one transparent box per group to practice home composting techniques. The material used and organic waste such as leftover fruits and vegetables were provided for them to use in compost. Besides that, the workshop also exposed them on the urban farming concepts using home composting fertilizer. The workshop has given an experienced to them and encouraged them in practicing home composting that can lead to organic waste reduction as well as improved their waste management at home. The level of knowledge and awareness on waste management among the community has increased especially in terms of composting knowledge. The students also have gained experiences in terms of communication and leadership skills that can brighten their future careers.

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Segregate & Recycle Your Waste! /projects/segregate-recycle-your-waste/ /projects/segregate-recycle-your-waste/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:07 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/segregate-recycle-your-waste/ Read More... from Segregate & Recycle Your Waste!

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Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia has collaborated with Penang Green Council (PGC) to organise Segregate and Recycle Your Waste! program. This program was carried out at Kampung Perlis, Balik Pulau, Penang on 15th January 2022. The program was run by students from university courses. The main purposes of this program are to educate the community regarding effective waste management, specifically in waste segregation, to encourage them to practice waste segregation in their daily lifestyle, and also to educate the community about the impact of mismanagement of waste in long term. Moreover, to promote a cleaner and healthier community. From the early observation, the community of Kampung Perlis did not practice waste segregation in their daily lifestyle. The main issue is Kampung Perlis does not have any recycling bin around the area. Facility is a crucial element of educating people to practice waste segregation. This is because the availability of recycling bin will encourage people to practice waste segregation in their daily life. Thus, to support them in practicing waste segregation, one set of recycling bin was given to them during the program. The bin will helps them to practice waste segregation and encourage them to recycle their waste. This program helps the community to understand more about waste management and how to manage their waste in the right way. The community also managed to develop its own committee that is specifically in charge of waste recycling. The recyclable waste will be sold to the contractor nearby. The students have gained a lot of experience such as communicating and learning together with the community. Besides that, get to know the mindset and eagerness of the community to learn new things and their shared intention on saving nature from polluting by taking actions individually to overcome the issue.

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Be a Community Recycling Hero! /projects/be-a-community-recycling-hero/ /projects/be-a-community-recycling-hero/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:07 +0000 https://commons.epicn.org/projects/be-a-community-recycling-hero/ Read More... from Be a Community Recycling Hero!

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This program was organised by the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS) Universiti Sains Malaysia and Penang Green Council (PGC) on 15th January 2022 at Kampung Perlis Balik Pulau, Penang. This program was successfully run by the students under university courses (Public Sector Economics and Tourism Economics). In order to meet the program needs, the students have invited Hara Makers to be their facilitators to facilitate the community together. The purpose of the program is to increase the community’s knowledge and awareness and educate them in waste management specifically on plastic recycling. Hara Makers team has taught the community the step of turning plastic bags into useful and beautiful bags. The community also learned in turning plastic bottles into self-watering plant pots. The community is very enjoying and they look very happy and excited about learning new things. The program has increased the community’s knowledge and awareness on waste management. This program helps the community to implement waste management and plastic recycling in daily life. The students also have improved their communication and leadership skills as well as increased their understanding and awareness on waste management.

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