New Job Opening from Unilever Mashreq
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | No Comments
Take a look at the job specifications below. If you’re interested in this position you can apply online immediately. Or add the job to your basket and return to it later.
Production Engineer
Level of experience BSc. / Master graduate
Area of interest Supply Chain
Location Cairo
Company Unilever Mashreq
Country Egypt
Job Description
- Understands and implements TPM (Total Productive management) to drive performance for loss management.
- Acts as a custodian for TPM and applies the TPM philosophy in all areas.
- Identifies and implements the appropriate TPM tools beneath the pillars.
- Appreciates the financial drivers of the business including marginal costs, overhead recovery, gross margin and the impact on production costs and business results.
- Manages the implementation of change i.e. new processes, product, and ways of working.
Further information on job
- Bachelor’s in Engineering (preferrably Industrial or Production departments)
- 0 to 2 years experience.
Valid until01 Mar 2010
Nationality Egyptian
Relocation assistance offered
Employment type/status Permanent full time
End January 2010 IEM Announcement
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | No Comments
Library will be Temporarily Closed for Renovation from 22nd February to 31st March 2010, Please Return All Books Borrowed to the Library Before 13th February 2010. more detail click here
We are pleased to announce the IEM upcoming events. Kindly click on the respective download link to download the flyer / brochure.
- 9 February 2010, Tuesday, 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm – An Evening Talk on “Introduction of Electrical Reliability Mindset to The Petrochemical, Oil, and Gas Plant Industries” – Organised by Electrical Engineering Technical Division, IEM – (2 CPD/PDP) – C & S Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 24 February 2010, Wednesday - One Day Seminar on “Adopting Eurocode for Structural Steel Design(EC3) in Malaysia” – Organized by Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division, IEM – (6 CPD/PDP) – Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 22 & 23 February 2010, 23 & 24 March 2010, 22 & 23 April 2010, 17 & 18 May 2010 – BEM Mandatory Course on Engineering Management Practice – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – download form
- 24 & 25 February 2010, 29 & 30 March 2010, 27 & 28 April 2010, 24 & 25 May 2010 - BEM Mandatory Course on Safety & Health at Work – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – download form
- 2 & 3 March 2010, Tuesday & Wednesday – 2 Day Course on Determination of Soil Parameters Using Laboratory and IN-SITU Tests – Organised by Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia(AGSSEA) – (13 CPD/PDP) – Auditorium Professor Chin Fung Kee, 3rd Floor, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 4 to 6 March 2010(Session 1), 12 & 13 March 2010(Session 2) – Certificate Course for Project Managers entitled “PMP Exam Prep Boot Camp” – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (32 CPD/PDP) – C & S Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, Wisma IEM No. 21, Jalan Selangor 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 5 March 2010, Friday – One Day Course on “Structural Engineering(Water Retaining Structures and Retrofitting) – Organised by Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division, IEM – (6.5 CPD/PDP) – Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 8 & 9 March 2010, 1 & 2 April 2010, 4 & 5 May 2010 – BEM mandatory Course on Code of Ethics / Regulations – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – download form
- 9 & 10 March 2010, Tuesday & Wednesday – Implementing PAM2006 & JKR2007 Forms of Conditions of Contract – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan – download form
- 10 to 12 March 2010, Wednesday to Friday – 3 Day Course on “Practical Design to MS EC0, MS EC1 & MS EC2 from A Consulting Engineer’s Perspective” – Organised by Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division, IEM – (18 CPD/PDP) – Laksamana Ballroom, Hotel Armada, Petaling Jaya, Selangor - download form
- 10 & 11 March 2010, Wednesday & Thursday – Fire Engineering Services – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – Wisma IEM, No.21, Jalan Selangor, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 11 & 12 March 2010, Thursday & Friday – BEM Mandatory Course on Engineering Management Practice – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan – download form
- 13 March 2010, Saturday – 1 Day Training Course on Mind Mapping for Engineers & Project Managers – Organised by Project management Technical Division, IEM – (6.5 CPD/PDP) – Auditorium Tan Sri Prof Chin Fung Kee, 3rd Floor, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya, Selangor - download form
- 16 & 17 March 2010, Tuesday & Wednesday - Fire Engineering Services – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. – (13 CPD/PDP) – IEM Sabah Branch Lot 24 & 25, 3rd Floor, Block C Damai Point Commercial Centre Lorong Damai, Off Jalan Damai 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – download form
- 18 & 19 March 2010, Thursday & Friday – BEM Mandatory Course on Engineering Management Practice – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. - (13 CPD/PDP) – IEM Sabah Branch Lot 24 & 25, 3rd Floor, Block C Damai Point Commercial Centre Lorong Damai, Off Jalan Damai 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah – download form
- 23 & 24 March 2010, Tuesday & Wednesday -Fundamental Project Management – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. - (13 CPD/PDP) – IEM Penang Branch Level 5, 5-A, Northam Venture No. 37, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah 10500 Penang – download form
- 25 & 26 March 2010, Thursday & Friday – BEM Mandatory Course on Engineering Management Practice – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. - (13 CPD/PDP) – IEM Penang Branch Level 5, 5-A, Northam Venture No. 37, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah 10500 Penang – download form
- 25 & 26 March 2010, Thursday & Friday – Winning a Dispute in Construction Contracts – Organised by IEM Training Centre Sdn. Bhd. - (13 CPD/PDP) – Wisma IEM, 2nd Floor No. 21, Jalan Selangor 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor – download form
- 1 to 3 March 2011, International Conference & Exhibition on Tunnelling and Trenchless Technology – First Bulletin – Call for Papers - Organised by Tunnelling & Underground Space Technical Division, IEM – Grand Dorsett Subang Hotel, Subang Jaya, Selangor – download form
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Join the IEM Toastmasters at their twice monthly meetings to learn how to overcome nervousness and cultivate confidence in speaking in public. The meeting will be on second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Bangunan Ingenieur. Visit http://iemtm.org/blog/ for latest announcement.
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10 Signs of a Bad Professor
Posted on | January 16, 2010 | No Comments
I found this article from the net and I thing it is amazingly interesting. Check out the post below which I adopted from http://www.usnews.com/blogs/professors-guide/2010/01/06/10-warning-signs-of-a-bad-professor.html
Many students are heading back for the second semester of college this week. How the semester goes will depend heavily on the quality of the courses they’ve chosen. Many students will consult sites such as www.ratemyprofessors.com, their college’s own evaluation systems (when public), and the general scuttlebutt from their real and virtual friends. But it’s always better to size the professor up yourself by attending the first couple of lectures, then dropping the course if you think the professor is bad. But how do you tell? Here are our 10 surefire signs that your prof’s a dud—and that you should get out while there’s still time:
1. The professor is boring. Even in the very first classes, you can tell if the professor presents the material in an interesting way. Be especially alert for professors who stand up there and read large sections of the lecture from their notes. If it’s a snoozer in Week 1, it’s going to get excruciating by Week 15.
2. The professor is bummed out. If a professor comes in on the first day of classes already grumbling about how much he or she hates teaching this course, how much he or she would like to be teaching at a better college, or how teaching is a waste of his or her time (because research is where it’s at), don’t expect things to get any better as the course progresses. Rule of thumb: Bummed out to start gets more and more bummed out, exponentially, as the weeks drag on.
3. The professor doesn’t give out a syllabus—or hands out a one-paragraph syllabus that is just the course description from the Web. Professors who don’t distribute a detailed syllabus probably don’t actually know what they’re going to do in the class this semester.
4. The professor isn’t clear about the requirements and how much they count. Professors who don’t have a clear and comprehensible idea about how the grading will be handled can end up springing all sorts of wacky or inconsistent grading plans on the students. Often students in this sort of class never know how they’re doing during the semester and end up with unpleasant surprises at the end.
5. The professor assigns an undoable amount of work—or no work at all. In the first case, the professor has unreasonable expectations of the students—the kiss of death for any student trying to do well in the course. And while the alternative—little or no work—might seem tempting, it’s likely to result in a course where you learn nothing.
6. The professor has incredibly petty rules. Bail out if you encounter a syllabus with page upon page of rules dealing with everything from the use of cellphones to whether you can wear caps to an exam; how to address the professor; when you can enter the room and when you can exit the room; policies about eating, drinking, and using the bathroom; 25 acceptable reasons for an extension and 53 unacceptable reasons; grade penalties for lateness timed to the half-hour, etc. Look, you’re taking a course, not rewriting the healthcare system.
7. The professor can’t fill the whole class period. Lots of professors hold a short session the first day: They introduce themselves, go over the syllabus, and call it a day. But if class is let out early the whole first week, you can be pretty sure that the professor is inexperienced, is a bad planner, or, worst of all, doesn’t really give a damn about the course. Sure, you’d like to blow it off early every day. But why cheat yourself out of the education you’ve paid for?
8. The professor seems unsure about the material. Professors who present their lectures in a halting or tentative way could well be professors who aren’t on top of the course content. You might think that colleges would hire only people who really know the material backward and forward, but you’d be wrong. It’s not at all uncommon for faculty to be saddled with a course in which they have no expertise. Why should you be saddled with it, too, if you’ve got a choice?
Extra sign. If the professor says he or she is going to “learn the material with you,” run for the exits. That’s professor-speak for “I don’t know my a** from my elbow about this stuff.”
9. The professor presents the material in a confused way. Every lecture at college should have a clear structure: an introduction, a main part, and a conclusion. If your professor’s lectures are all over the place and you can’t figure out what the main points are—or when and why the professor has moved from one point to the next—something is definitely wrong. Example: The professor isn’t able to explain the stuff in a way the students can understand. In street language, he or she can’t teach.
10. The professor never involves the students. If a professor attends only to his or her notes and never even looks at the students—or never pauses to invite or accept questions—it’s not a good thing. A good class is a dynamic class, and a good professor engages with the students.
Tags: Academic > bad > class > confused > dynamic > lecturer > professor > students > teacher > work
Course Highlights at NIOSH Johor
Posted on | January 12, 2010 | No Comments
Forthcoming courses at NIOSH Johor from February – April 2010:
1. Osh Awareness for Workers
2. HIRARC
3. Authorized Entrant & Standby Person for Confined Space
4. Authorized Entrant & Standby Person for Confined Space (Refresher)
5. Safety & Health Committee
6. Job Safety Analysis
7. Scaffolding 3 in 1
8. Certificate Programme for Safety & Health Officer (SHO)
Please find the attached file for more information.
Feel free to download NIOSH 2010 course schedule at http://www.niosh.com.my
Tags: analysis > entrant > HIRARC > job safety > johor > niosh > scaffolding > workers
E3i (Energy, Economy and Environment) Course
Posted on | January 12, 2010 | No Comments
Just a reminder that *E3i (Energy, Economy and Environment) Course*
will start tomorrow on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, 11.00-13:00 (GMT+7.00)
This course offers 5 lectures in “Monitoring and Evaluation of Renewable Energy Applications in Candidate E3i Villages in Indonesia?
by Prof. Kamaruddin Abdullah from Darma Persada University, Indonesia.
Topics Covered:
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Renewable Energy Application in Candidate E3i Village
- The E3i Village Concept
- The self supporting energy village programme
- Sustainability parameters for RES-based technology dissemination
- General Evaluation on Survey to E3i village candidates
Please use the attached files to circulate the information with necessary adjustment to your site.
Lecture title, summary and materials are available on the web : http://e-learning.dikti.go.id/unesco/
Choose : E3i Course *login as guest is ok*
The class will be broadcast in collaboration with SOI Asia, INHERENT, and other national research education networks.
If you need more information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Best Regards,
Piska Aprilia
Engineering Sciences Technology & Informatics Unit
Tel. : (62 21) 7399818 (ext. 821)
Email : p.aprilia@unesco.org
UNESCO Office Jakarta
Regional Science Bureau for Asia & Pacific
Cluster Office to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor-Leste
HAZOP Training Course
Posted on | January 12, 2010 | No Comments
Hazard and operability studies are conducted to help mitigate or eliminate risks resulting from hazardous operations in a wide range of applications.
HAZOP study is considered one of the major techniques used by industry to test the integrity of a design in respect to safety and operability of process operations. Our multi-disciplinary team of experts provides the intimate level of knowledge required for thorough and thereby successful HAZOP analysis.
Engineering Research & Consulting Company (ERCC) announces that HAZOP Training Course will begin on Sunday 31/1/2010. This course consists of 20 hrs in 4 days.
The course schedule is as follows:
Day and Date:
Sunday 31/1/2010
Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Area
Process Safety Management
Process Hazard Analysis
FMEA & Fault Tree
Group Workshop
Monday 1/2/2010
Hazard Identification
Need for HAZOP/What are HAZOPS?
Components of HAZOP
Standard Guide Words
Intention, Parameters, and Deviation
Preparation for carrying out HAZOP/HAZOP Team
Group Workshop
Tuesday 2/2/2010
Applying HAZOP
HAZOP Examples
HAZOP Results/Recordkeeping
Group Workshop
Wednesday 3/2/2010
HAZOP Examples
HAZOP Application
Final Exam
The fee will be EGP 2000 and the deadline for registration is 17/1/2010
For attending & more information
Tel/Fax: 02 37487564
Mobile: 0122804713
Email: info@ercc-http://www.facebook.com/l/061f7;egypt.com
Website: http://www.facebook.com/l/061f7;www.ercc-egypt.com
Nine ways to ensure our grads get jobs
Posted on | January 11, 2010 | No Comments
Are you still studying in university or colleges? Are you worried of not getting employed upon graduating? If so, read the following article which explains 9 ways to ensure graduates to get jobs.
The article is written by Sonia Ramachandran and adopted from NST.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian graduates lack attributes that make them employable, says Higher Education director-general Prof Datuk Dr Radin Umar Radin Sohadi.
“Those days, ‘teruk teruk pun orang ambil’ (employers will even take bad workers). But now, employers can be choosy.
“This has to do with the growth of the country’s economy, as well as that of the world. All that is beyond us but what matters is that regardless of the economic situation, our universities have to produce students of certain attributes,” he told the New Sunday Times.
Radin Umar says the Higher Education Ministry has drawn up an instrument called Generic Student Attributes (GSA) to address the problem of unemployable graduates.
He says there are nine basic requirements under the GSA, of which the first two are knowledge of the profession and competency.
“Engineers who cannot analyse engineering problems and translate that into an efficient design are lousy engineers. We don’t want that. This is what knowledge of the profession and competency means.”
He says the first two elements are not problems but the other seven requirements are a “major concern”.
They are communication skills; critical thinking and problem solving; team skills; entrepreneurship; ethics; ICT; and a positive outlook of life towards lifelong learning.
“Communication skills encompass the ability to communicate verbally, in writing and to be an active listener. There are also sub-elements of communication, which include presentation abilities, writing winning proposals, negotiation abilities and also non-verbal communication abilities, like body language.
“In the military university (National Defence University of Malaysia), they teach students to understand non-verbal communication because it is important to understand the body language of the enemy.”
He says students must also be critical thinkers and problem solvers.
“Memorisation is only level one of the learning taxonomy.”
On team skills, Radin Umar says this is important as in the real world, people do not work alone.
“You need your friends to make things happen.”
He says entrepreneurship is also an important requirement as Malaysia wants to become a high-income economy based on innovation.
“In addition to scientific ability to innovate technically, you must also have business sense. We define innovation here as value creation, which can also come from just the improvement of a process.”
On lifelong learning, he says students must know how to acquire skills to move on.
“If a student feels that finishing a degree is enough, that spells trouble. Obtaining a degree is just the beginning. We don’t want a complacent student. They must believe in lifelong learning.”
To achieve the nine requirements, Radin Umar says the ministry will improve the curriculum and its delivery.
“I want professors and lecturers to bring real-world problems to the classroom. This is what we call student-centred learning.
“If we want to ensure students have these attributes, it has to start with the lecturers.”
This, he says, is where the interaction between the academia and industry is crucial.
To train lecturers on how to produce students with the right attributes, the Learning Academy was set up in 2007 at the ministry, says Radin Umar.
“Our target is that every single lecturer should master at least one student-centred learning methodology for them to bring back to their classrooms, apart from the conventional teaching methods, which include lectures and tutorials.
“When we talk about non-conventional methods, we are talking about things like problem-based learning methodology and case solving. For example, why did the cracks in the Middle Ring Road 2 appear in the same way?
“When I used to teach, I would put my students in groups so they work as a team. They have to go out and gather information and so learn how to communicate and convince people. They then have to present their findings, thereby showing their competency in speaking up. Writing reports enhances their competency in writing.
“What is important is that when you bring the real problem to the classroom, you stimulate the thinking process and this what it is all about.”
Tags: education > engineers > graduates > jobless > Jobs > News > student > university
7 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts For Engineers and Scientists
Posted on | January 10, 2010 | No Comments
Twitter accounts are a means of disseminating information on any topic you can think of. Even scientists can use Twitter accounts to share information. The following Twitter accounts should be followed by every scientist. The pursuit of knowledge just got a lot easier thanks to the Tweets that these accounts put out.
1. PopMech
This Twitter account of the magazine Popular Mechanics can connect you to the latest in scientific breakthroughs. Here you will find Tweets concerning general technology, specific gadgets, and all sorts of scientific subjects. The links in these Tweets will keep you on the forefront of popular scientific knowledge.
2. NatGeoSociety
The NatGeoSociety Twitter account speaks about topics concerning the environment and all the animals of the earth. This dual focus includes both earth science and biological topics to give you a broad view of these sciences around the world. You may even learn a little about sociology while you are checking out these Tweets.
3. Museumofscience
The museumofscience Twitter account belongs to the Boston Museum of Science. Besides showcasing the exhibits that are in the Boston Museum of Science itself, these Tweets provide not only interesting bits of scientific information but also breaking news. Who better to turn to in order to keep up on scientific knowledge than a museum dedicated to science?
4. DiscoverMag
DiscoverMag is one more place to turn for more information on the many branches of scientific study. You can learn about physics, pharmaceuticals, and even the science of making films here. You may also catch Tweets related to astronomy or how music can alleviate tinnitus. With all these diverse topics being covered, you cannot miss this Twitter account.
5. TechCrunch
This account is your source for technological news as it happens. You will also get to read all the corresponding commentary that this Twitter account has to offer. This combination of what is happening in the world of technology with what that might mean is a mix that should keep you completely in the loop. You always want to know not only what is happening but what that will mean for the field of science.
6. CNETNews
CNETNews keeps you knowledgeable about recent technological breakthroughs. You can follow this Twitter account to keep up on computers, phones, and codes that are making it into the news. You won’t just learn about the technology. You will learn what people are doing with it, which is usually the noteworthy part.
7. SmithsonianMag
With the SmithsonianMag Twitter account, you gain access to a wide range of scientific interests. This Twitter account from the Smithsonian magazine actually ranges from talking about history and nature to the arts and culture. Depending on your area of scientific study you may find all or just some of this to be in your area of expertise, but you are sure to find all of it interesting.
Scientists and engineers need to keep up on the latest developments in the field of science. This is no small task considering all the disciplines that the word science encompasses. Luckily, these 7 must-follow Twitter accounts for scientists can make keeping up on the world of science that much simpler.
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World demand for water treatment products to reach $59 billion in 2013
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments
The 5.7% increase per year will mostly be registered in China and India due to the continued industrial expansion and concerted efforts to expand access to safe water supplies and adequate sanitation facilities, according to trends presented in a study on World Water Treatment Products by The Freedonia Group Inc … More
Tags: china > freedonia > india > industrial expansion > Products > water > water treatment > world demand
Marine sanitation system for onboard sewage treatment plants
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments
The Mariner Omnipure series M55 marine sanitation system from Severn Trent De Nora has been designed, manufactured and tested to comply with MEPC.159 (55) effluent standards and performance tests for sewage treatment plants installed onboard on or after 1 January 2010… More
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