Editor’s Foreword

When asked of his aspirations towards the future of the

university during Q&A session, he humorously

commented that he wishes to see more blondes than black

haired people here in UTP.

He went on to clarify that what he meant was that he

hopes the university will one day begin to attract students

from developed and Western countries. Some senior

students also took the opportunity to express their

longstanding admiration for Datuk Zainal and their regret

at his retirement.

The event drew to a close

with a short video montage

prepared by Rakan Masjid,

preceded by a gift-giving

ceremony in which various

organisations and clubs

p r e s e n t e d t ok e n s o f

appreciation to Datuk Zainal.

Tronoh, 29th October –

After seven and a half years of being at the helm of the

university’s administration, it was time for our beloved Vice

Chancellor Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim to make his last

live address to students of UTP.

He to share his experiences at an open event titled “The Leadership

Journey – My Experience” held at the Undercroft recently.

The casually dressed VC began

his speech by reminiscing on his education and his career at

PETRONAS in which he has been attached to for 36 years. The

audience who comprised of students from various faculties

and academic years were left laughing in stitches as they were

entertained by VC’s amusing anecdotes. As S.Kesavarthiny

(PE, 1st Sem) puts it, “I’ve always thought of him as a

serious and quiet man. He’s actually a really funny guy! He

gives very practical advice too!”

The experience has altered her view of the VC entirely.

As he went along, Datuk DR

Zainal shared details of his personal life and even showcased

photographs of his childhood and

schooling years at Malay College Kuala Kangsar. At this point he

expressed his disappointment at the severe lack of racial

integration observed on campus, a problem that never existed

during his schooling days. The VC also spoke of the sacrifices he

made to arrive where he is today, one of them was to be separated

from his wife soon after marriage for a year in order to complete his

Masters degree. Other topics touched on by the VC were on

how to deal with failure and how to be a good leader. According to

Datuk Dr Zainal, “The essence of good leadership is one’s charac-

ter” and “It is not what you say, but what people hear that mat-

ters”.

By Marc Raphael, PE, 1st Year/1st Sem

October Issue

October unfolded with a variety of memorable events, our Vice

Chancellor’s retirement and Convocation just to name a few. As

the year draws closer to its end, the HOT team beckons

everyone to seize the moment and make the most out of what

remains of 2012! HOT would like to congratulate those who

recently graduated, may you carry UTP’s legacy wherever

you go. Same goes to our retired VC, continue to impact the

lives of those around you in the name of education!

Patron:

Tuan Haji Mohamed Noor Rosli bin

Baharom

Advisors:

Talhah bin Hassan

Azelin binti Mohamed Noor

Ikhwan bin Md. Shahsazizan, ME,

Yr.3,

Shahirah binti Mohamed Loqman, CE,

Yr.2

HOT Board:

Editor-in-Chief:

Ting Nguong Seng, EE, Yr. 2

Co-editors:

Bong Yin Chung, CE, Yr 1

Joyce Shamini, CV, Yr 1

Chief Reporters:

Teresa Clare Ratnam, PE, Yr 1

Josephine Koh Chin Hui, CE, Yr 1

Photographers:

Hor Weng Yao, ME, Yr 1

Muhammad Firdaus B Mohd Yusuf,

CV, Yr 1

Beshr Al Khateeb Foundation, 3rd Azril Syazwan B Mohd Hazim, ME,

Yr 1

Happenings Page 1 Vice Chancellor Bid Farewell Page 2 Vice Chancellor High Tea Farewell

Page 3 12th Convocation Ceremony Flag Descending from the Sky Page 4 Sizzle and Scoop Convocation Special Page 5 Super Dancers 2012 Page 6 Introduction to SEDEX 31

AutoCAD Drawing Competition 2012 Page 7 A Mid-Autumn Celebration Refining Our Sollah Page 8 Sizzle and Scoops Vice Chancellor Farewell Special

For any feedback, reach us via: heartoftronoh@gmail.com. Also, find the HOT Facebook page: www.facebook.com/heartoftronoh

16th Edition

Vice Chancellor clocked out for the last time.

Tronoh, 29th October- Organized by the

International Student Council of

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (ISCUTP), a farewell hi tea was held to

honour retiring Vice Chancellor, Yang

Berbahagia Datuk Dr. Zainal Abidin B.

Haji Kasim. The venue was at UTP’s

Seminar Room 4, Undercroft. Deputy

Vice Chancellor, Tn. Hj. Mohamed

Noor Rosli, of the Student Affairs and

Alumni was also present. The event

started by a speech by Ms. Labina

Patricia, Vice President of (ISCUTP)

dedicated to the VC. Thereafter, food was served as the attendees enjoyed a

dance performance by My Moz Culture

group. The VC was also delighted when

he received a token of appreciation from

the international students. He also delivered his share of words of wisdom

and gave life advises to the attendees

based on his own experiences. The event

was wrapped up with a photo taking

session of VC with the rest of the stu-

dents. In conclusion, the farewell was

truly memorable and the International

students of UTP would like to thank

Ybhg Datuk Dr. Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim

for his contributions in UTP and wish

him the best in his future endeavours. He will certainly be missed.

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Vice Chancellor’s Farewell High Tea By Motasem Abd Algader Alhaj, ME, 3rd year/1st sem

The committee of the International Student Council strutting a

Gangnam Style pose with our sporting Vice Chancellor

A High Tea Session was organised by the International Student

Council in conjunction of the retirement of our Vice Chancellor.

A routine performed by the international students for the Vice

Chancellor’s Farewell

A token of appreciation was presented to our dear Vice Chancellor

Picture taken with two very lovely ladies and

the Vice Chancellor

Convocation Special

12th Convocation Ceremony

By Teresa Clare Ratnam, PE 1st Year/ 2nd Sem

3 Happenings_________________________________________________

Tronoh, 21st October – The Chancellor Hall was filled with

excitement and the radiant smiles of graduating students

and proud parents as the annual convocation ceremony is

was held in sessions. A total of 1267 students graduated this year, 154 comprising of postgraduate students and 1113 of

undergraduate students from various programmes;

Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical &

Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,

Petroleum Engineering, Business Information Systems and

Information & Communication Technology.

Among those who graced the joyous occasion was

Malaysia’s former prime minister, YABhg. Tun Dr Ma-

hathir Mohamad, Chancellor of UTP; YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’

Shamsul Azhar Abbas, Pro-Chancellor of UTP; and YBhg Datuk Dr. Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim, Vice Chancellor of

UTP.

HOT hwould like to extend our heartfelt congratulations

and best wishes to our seniors and postgraduates alike who

has made it and are to embark into the working world. All

the best!

Flags descending from the sky

By Chiam Cheah Jun, PE, Foundation/2nd sem

Perak’s state flag, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS flag and

ConvoFair flag were paraded. 5 daredevils parachute their way

down to the center of Oval Park.

The five were the alumni’s of Royal Military College and took

the leap off a helicopter at about 3.00p.m

The parachuting event was one of the highlights of ConvoFair

and was held on the last day of ConvoFair. As it is the first of

its kind ever held in UTP, it attracted a large number of

spectators who had gathered near the Oval Park to witness the

event themselves.

Safe landing of the participants at the Oval Park

Graduates reminiscing on their moments in Universiti Teknologi

PETRONAS with nostalgia

The Chancellor Hall was filled with anxious graduates and their

parents

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UTP’s Chancellor YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad giving an

opening speech

The event saw the appointment of YBhg Tan Sri Sidek Hassan,

PETRONAS Chairman as the Pro Chancellor (1st from left)

Chan Wen Zhen (Chemical Engineering Program) was presented

the Chancellor Award

Mohd Abdul Hafiz Abu Tahir (Chemical Engineering Program)

received his scroll despite being paralysed from the neck down.

Graduates celebrating with joy after the convocation. Graduates received their scrolls from the newly proclaimed Pro-

Chancellor Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Sidek Hassan

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Interbeatz Crew receiving the honour to represent the East

Coast Mall

CapitaMalls Asia - “Super Dancers 2012”

Tahyr Orazov (2nd runner up for solo category) with judge,

Ms. Joan Low.

Subsequently, UTP team, Interbeatz snagged the 1st

Runner-Up award in the final

show down against representative from other

countries at the Grand Finals which was held at Gurney Plaze,

Penang on the 25th of August. They were merely two points

away from winning the title of CapitaMalls Asia Super Dancers

2012 “Champion of Champions” , which in the end

went to the Penang Qualifier Champions. Nevertheless, we

would like to congratulate them for their extraordinary

performances and are proud to find such rare talents in UTP.

Kuantan, 4 August- CapitaMalls

Asia, a leading shopping mall developer with clients all over

Asia have organized a cross-country, cross-mall dancing

competition, Super Dancers 2012, from mid-July to August

2012 held at seven of

CapitaMalls-built malls in China, Malaysia and India.

The judges of the East Coast Mall ‘Super Dancers 2012’ include the

founder of Street Nation Dance Studio and famous local street

dance judge, Mr Bobby Tan, Artistic Director of Pertubuhan

Kesenia Mahligai Budaya

Kuantan, Pahang-Ms Joan Low, Artistic Director Choreographer

of Pertubuhan Kesenian Mahligai Budaya Kuantan, Pahang-Mr

Bonny Lee and East Coast Mall Centre Manager, Mr Chai Wen

Yew.

Our very own UTP students have taken part in the qualifier at the East Coast Mall, Kuantan, Pahang, a two-day event (4th and 5th August) and

have won the first stage in both categories. Tahyr Orazov from Turkmenistan was awarded 2nd runner up for the solo showcase category,

while our UTP breakdancing team Interbeatz, came up as the first runner.

“Who says engineers can’t

dance?”

Interbeatz Crew celebrating their victory

Interbeatz’s impressed the crowds with their amazing

performance

Members of Interbeatz performing extremely difficult

dance move.

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Status by 2013.

Mea n wh i l e , Cor por a t e S oci a l

Responsibility (CSR) aims to aid school

children in conducting and starting their

own science projects. This project will commence in schools around Tronoh and

Taman Maju, says Assistant Project

Director, Tan Loo Sen (CE, 2nd year/2nd

sem)

Kanagesh also introduced the Company

Sharing Session program, where presenta-

tions and sharing sessions with various

industrial companies will be held during

SEDEX.

Tronoh, 7th November- As a jump start to

the upcoming annual Science and

Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX)

31, SEDEX Intro Day was organized to promote and introduce the concept of

SEDEX to juniors of the new intake.

“This SEDEX is going to be different

from the previous ones since this time we

will be having more pre-events in order

to make SEDEX grander and more

successful” says Project Director,

Kanagesh (CE, 2nd Year/2nd Sem).

The event began with an explanation of

the SEDEX 31's structure by Kanagesh followed by a montage screening of

SEDEX 30 to give a small insight of

SEDEX to the audience.

The pre-events taking place prior to

SEDEX 31 are the:

National SEDEX,

Corporate Social Responsibity

(Nurture A Project),

Company Sharing Session and

Industrial Field Trips.

There were also explanations given on

the National SEDEX which is an event

which allows participants from all over

Malaysia to exhibit and complete their

projects and presentations in UTP. This initiative was introduced to help

UTP reach the Research University

Introduction to SEDEX 31 By Arravinthan s/o Asokan, ME 1st year/1st sem.

given free AutoCAD Drawing tutorials by

Mr Imran from Autodesk Inc.

ASME-UTP-SC sincerely hopes that this competition will improve the abilities and

drawing skills of students in AutoCAD

and also widen their knowledge in it. For

more upcoming beneficial and fun events,

stay tuned with ASME-UTP-SC!

Special thanks goes to Mr Imran,

AutoCAD tutorial session speaker from:

ACA.Pacific, The IT Marketing Company

and Autodesk (Authorised Value Added

Distributor).

Tronoh, 17th October- With great

analytical and AutoCAD drawing skills,

Ong Kai Sheng (ME, 1st year/2nd sem)

merges as the winner of AutoCAD Drawing Competition UTP 2012. He

won altogether RM 500 of prize money

and a free three year span AutoCAD

Student Version licence.

Organized by ASME-UTP-SC, this was

the second competition organized by

ASME-UTP-SC after Smart UTPian. It

aims to increase general knowledge and

AutoCAD drawing skills among

UTPians. Participants were given three

questions to measure their cognitive

abilities in AutoCAD drawing. They were required to complete a drawing

using AutoCAD 2011 program.

Evaluation was done based on the

dimensions and time taken for the

drawing to be completed.

The first three runner ups were awarded

each with an Umbro bag worth RM100.

Moreover, every participant received a

complementary t-shirt from AutoCAD

and an AutoCAD Student Version software valid for three years. A week

before the competition, participants were

AutoCAD Drawing Competition 2012

By Wong Hoong Wei, ME 1st year/2nd Sem

RM500 mock cheque presented to the winner of AutoCAD Drawing

Competition, Ong Kai Sheng ME 1st year/2nd Sem

Tan Jor Yi, CV, 1st year/2nd Sem concentrating in completing

the question given.

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A Mid-Autumn Celebration in the midst of Semester Business. By Chiam Cheah Jun, Foundation2nd sem

the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Held by the International Culture Club

(ICC) with the purpose of breaking the

walls of cultural difference between

UTPians, the event was successful in

achieving its purpose and certainly drew

students from different backgrounds and

forming relationships.

Tronoh, 17 October 2012 – The usual

silence of Pocket D at night was broken by

UTPians who were gathered there to

celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to the Mid-Autumn Festival

Project Manager, Vanessa, the number of

participants who came was decent although

she did expected a higher attendance. This

is due to the event being held so near to test

week and converges with preparatory work

for the Convocation Fair.

The event started with an Ice-Breaking

Session where each participant were

introduced to one another followed by a

sharing session done by the Assistant

Project Manager, Adrina, on the history of

The beautiful colours of the lantern transcended across

the night.

The committee of the Mid Autumn Festival pose for a

picture.

By Adhwa Anuar , ICT Foundation/2nd sem

‘Musalli’ which is intended for

teenagers as a guideline to prayer. In his talk, he instructed the audience

on the correct way to perform the sollah (prayer) through information

that a common Muslim might not know. He also elaborated 3 out of the

13 rules on prayer that would make

the Muslim prayer acceptable unto Allah. The event was ended

successfully with a hand-shaking session of this personality with his

fans.

Tronoh, 6th October – Subsequent to

Kembara Sufi X event, a talk show featuring Uztaz Don Dayinal titled “30

minutes Ustaz Don’’ was held at the Chancellor Hall and aired on

Al-Hijrah. The talk was only for 2 episodes and was open to all. Uztaz

Don is known for his Islamic

perspectives that can be applied in our daily lives. His sense of humour keeps

the audience attentive throughout the talk.

The topic discussed in the talk was on

Uztaz Don cracking a few jokes with his audience

Uztaz Don and one of his guest discuss on how the

Islamic perspective can be applied in our daily lives.

Uztaz Don greeting his fans

Happenings_________________________________________________

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Signing ceremony between Institute of Technology PETRONAS

(ITPSB) and PV hi Tech.

UTP students bid their last farewell.

UTP students rushing for an autograph from the Vice Chancellor A Farewell Ceremony was organised for our beloved Vice

Chancellor Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim

Here’s a short paragraph on the Vice Chancellor’s view on

the most important ethics that a leader or an individual

should have. Source retrieved from The Inspirer.

Integrity is the most important of all. Integrity means we

are responsible for our words and action. If a leader is

known to have the highest integrity, the whole organization

can be successfully driven since there is openness and trust

with everyone. Professionalism is important, we should

not let emotions interfere with our performance. There are 3

senses that we must follow and that includes purpose,

urgency and common sense. We must prioritize our

purpose and goals, so that we can finish them in time. That

brings us to urgency, we must respect time, punctuality is

by far the most neglected value in our society and we must

not waste our valuable time. Lastly, common sense,

everyone has them but very few put it in good use because

they neglect the importance of righteousness.