Mangrove Replanting Program with Datuk Mukhriz bin Tun Dr. Mahathir

Mangrove Replanting Program

Kosmo, 23 October 2009: Marine Technology's 1st Graduates

Exam Timetables of October 2009

Wk 1,25-Oct-09

WEDNESDAY 28-Oct-09
MAR540 [BASIC INSTRUMENTATION]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

FRIDAY 30-Oct-09
PHY430 [PHYSICS I]
2.45pm - 5.45pm

SATURDAY 31-Oct-09
MAR510 [SHIPPING AND PORT MANAGEMENT]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

MAR550 [BASIC NAVIGATION]
2.15pm – 5.15pm


Wk 2,01-Nov-09

SUNDAY 01-Nov-09
CTU553 [ETHNIC RELATIONS]
9.00am – 11.00

MAR410 [MARINE LIVE BEHAVIOUR AND CULTURE]
9.00am – 12.00pm

TUESDAY 03-Nov-09
MAR530 [OCEANOGRAPHY]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

MAR400 [INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

MAR570 [FISHING TECHNIQUES AND OPERATION]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

MAR610 [PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY OF MARINE PRODUCTS]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

WEDNESDAY 04-Nov-09
MAT412 [LINEAR ALGEBRA II]
9.00am – 12.00pm

ENT600 [TECHNOPRENEURSHIP]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

THURSDAY 05-Nov-09
MAR590 [SEA LAW AND MARITIME LAW]
9.00am – 12.00pm


Wk 3,08-Nov-09

SUNDAY 08-Nov-09
MGT658 [STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT]
9.00am – 12.00pm

MONDAY 09-Nov-09
FIN420 [FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT]
9.00am – 12.00pm

CHM420 [GENERAL CHEMISTRY]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

WEDNESDAY 11-Nov-09
QMT500 [STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERING]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

THURSDAY 12-Nov-09
MGT420 [PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT]
9.00am – 12.00pm

CSC316 [STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

SATURDAY 14-Nov-09
BIO400 [CONCEPTS OF BIOLOGY]
2.15pm – 5.15pm

SUNDAY 15-Nov-09
MAR560 [MARINE ENGINEERING]
9.00am – 12.00pm

MAR640 [SPECIAL TOPICS]
9.00am – 12.00pm

MAR520 [MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND WEATHER]
9.00am – 12.00pm


ATTENTION TO ALL STUDENTS!!!
please double check and refer to HEA for the real exam timetables and the places.
these sources are taken from Student Portal Exam Timetables.

tq ^o^ v

FSG 610: Research Proposal Presentation

Part 5 will be having a Researh Proposal Presentation for the code FSG610
from
7 October 2009 - 10 October 2009

All Part 5 students are compulsory to come or else 5 marks will be deducted from your overall oral presentation marks (Miss Nani, 2009)...

Other parts are overwhelmingly welcomed to join this presentation
as to this would generate ideas for your proposal next..

Time:
7 October : 8.00 am - 6.00 pm
8 October : 8.00 pm - 11.00 pm
9 October : 2.30 pm -11.00 pm
10 October : 8.00 pm - 11.00 pm

p/s: Every student will be given ONLY 15 minutes for presenting your slides..
5 minutes are for Q&A..So be punctual...

MAJLIS ANUGERAH KECEMERLANGAN AKADEMIK 2009

Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan Akademik 2009
will be held as following details:

11 October 2009 (Sunday)
Dewan Besar UiTM Perlis
FORMAL DRESS CODE


This ceremony will be attended and launched by
Professor Dr. Saifollah Abdullah
Dean of Faculty of Applied Science
Universiti Teknologi MARA

This ceremony will be honouring all students who got Dean's Award for
December - April 2009 semester

As far as Faculty Of Applied Science is concerned,
BSc. (Hons.) Marine Technology will combine with
Bsc. (Hons.) Applied Chemistry

and

we do hope with this first time ever combination with students of BSAC
the chemistry between us will be strengthened

---ALL MARINE STUDENTS ARE COMPULSORY TO COME---
THIS CEREMONY WILL BE TREATED THE SAME AS OUR PREVIOUS DINNERS
AND THIS CEREMONY WILL BE FULLY POWERED BY
MARINE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

8 Fast-Growing, High-Paying Jobs

With the economy shrinking, many job-hunters are looking for a new career that pays well -- and they need to find one that's not going to disappear.

1. Physician's assistant
2. Database administrator
3. Video game designer
4. Medical equipment repair
5. Media planner/buyer
6. X-ray/Imaging technician
7. Plumber
8. Graphic/Web designer

Masdar Eco City Centre, Masdar, United Arab Emirates

Masdar Center design revealed, all about technology. Masdar is a planned city located 17 kilometres from Abu Dhabi. A government initiative, the city is being constructed over seven phases and is due to be completed by 2016. UAE was under developing country which their build a city in the desert. UAE have the unique buildings in the world. Maybe, one day, their want to create an ocean in the desert. Haha. Successful country.

First Picture of Mars Rover Spirit on Mars Planet

BP Makes "Giant" Oil Find in Gulf of Mexico

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil major BP Plc said it has made an oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, which analysts believe could contain over 1 billion barrels of recoverable reserves, reaffirming the Gulf's strategic importance to the industry.

BP said in a statement on Wednesday that it had made the "giant" find at its Tiber Prospect in the Keathley Canyon block 102, by drilling one of the deepest wells ever sunk by the industry.

In this undated photo the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Deepwater Horizon is shown operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Transocean)

Further appraisal will be required to ascertain the size of volumes of oil present, but a spokesman said the find should be bigger than its Kaskida discovery which has over 3 billion barrels of oil in place.

Estimates of recoverable reserves range from around 20 percent of oil in place.

"Assuming reserves in place of 4 billion barrels and a 35 percent recovery rate, BP's proven reserves .. would rise by 868 million barrels -- equivalent to 4.8 percent of the group's 18.14 billion barrels of proven reserves," Aymeric De-Villaret, oil analyst at Societe Generale said in a research note.

BP, the biggest oil producer in the U.S. and biggest leaseholder in the Gulf of Mexico, has a 62 percent working interest in the block, while Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras owns 20 percent and U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips owns 18 percent.

Iain Armstrong, analyst at Brewin Dolphin, said the discovery may have implications for long-term oil prices.

"It will ease concerns about peak oil because it shows there is life left in these mature areas," he said, adding that it could be the second half of the next decade before the find is producing.

The discovery also bodes well for other exploration in that part of the Gulf of Mexico, including at Royal Dutch Shell's nearby Great White field, Jason Kenny, oil analyst at ING in Edinburgh, said.

BP shares, which had been trading slightly down ahead of the statement, closed up 4.3 percent at 541 pence, outperforming a 1.75 percent rise in the DJ Stoxx European oil and gas sector index.

The Gulf of Mexico has become increasingly important to Western oil majors as oil rich-countries such as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Russia reserve their richest fields to be developed by their state-owned oil companies.

The Gulf is especially attractive because it offers high profit margins, due to relatively low taxation compared to countries such as Russia and Nigeria, and because of the low political risk.

As nearer-shore discoveries dry up, companies have pushed further out to sea, which has forced them to develop new technologies to detect and extract the oil.

The prospects for massive discoveries in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico is also good news for U.S. politicians' ambitions to reduce the country's reliance on imported oil, although oil executives doubt the U.S. is capable of becoming self sufficient in oil.

(Reporting by Tom Bergin; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter and Rupert Winchester)

Copyrighted, Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.

INDEKS OF FISH FRESHNESS

[Click Image to Enlarge]

New Species of Worms Release 'Bombs'

WASHINGTON – Thousands of feet beneath the sea live worms that can cast off green glowing body parts, a move scientists think may be a defensive effort to confuse attackers. Researchers have dubbed the newly discovered critters "green bombers."

The seven new species of worms were found by a team led by Karen Osborn of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. They report on the worms in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

"We found a whole new group of fairly large, extraordinary animals that we never knew anything about before," Osborn said in a statement. "These are not rare animals. Often when we see them they number in the hundreds. What's unique is that their habitat is really hard to sample."

Ranging in size from three-fourths of an inch to nearly four inches, the worms live at depths of 5,900 feet to more than 12,000 feet and were discovered by remotely operated submarines in both the northeast and western Pacific Ocean.

"They have a very strange way of using bioluminescence," Osborn explained in a briefing.

They have appendages, some round, others oval or long, which they release when they are disturbed, she said. Once release the appendage, it glows bright green.

"They drop one or two at a time and if you keep harassing them they will keep dropping them," she said, adding that the worms are able to regenerate the body parts.

It's the first time this has been seen in swimming worms, she said, although some brittle stars and some squids will let an arm drop off if attacked.

"We're not sure who their predators are," added Osborn, but she noted that fish prey on other types of swimming worms.

The closest relative to the newly found creatures are worms that burrow in the sea floor, Osborn said, "at some point they moved up into the water."

The first of the new species has been given the scientific name Swima bombiviridis.

The discovery emphasizes how little is known about life in the deep oceans, the researchers wrote.

The research was funded by the Scripps Institution, University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the National Geographic Society.

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On the Net:

Science: http://www.sciencemag.org

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PRESENTATION (FSG601)

Attention to all Part 5 and Part 6 students, Indutrial Training Presentation will be be held as following details:

Date
5 August 2009 (Wednesday)

Venue
Lecture Theater 5

Time
8.00 am - 5.30 pm

This presentation carries 15% of the overall marks for FSG601 subject

Presentation will be based on the each placement
(i.e Jabatan Laut Wilayah Utara has 2 students under it, so both shall be presenting that said department instead of individually)

Please be reminded that the maximum time given for each group/individual or easy to say each place is ONLY 15 MINUTES
(so make sure that the your presentation slides are enough for just 15 minutes)

PM Norsila has determined the turn for each group/individual to present their/his/her experiences

1. Suzianaliza binti Misman

Nurhashimah Mohd Ruslan

Nor Hapizaini Mohd Asri

Adibah Ismail

2. Kamiza Bt Mohd Nor

3. Jamal Aswan bin Mustafa

Ahmad Norsharwani bin Abd Nasir

Noor Fathiah bt. Meor Aris

4. Billie Gidion B Benedict

5. Mohd Faiz Firdaus bin Kamaruddin

Che Mohd Abdul Hakim bin Che Musa

Mohd Syakrani bin Mohd Zohdi

6. Mohd Hafidz Aidzat B. Mohd Sofian

7. Muhammad Dinie bin Ramli

Muhammad Aqmal Ahmad Zaki

Muhd Azie Zairie bin Zulkefli

8. Amirah Nabilah binti Ismail @ Yop

9. Fazliana Mustajap

Nor Azian bt Ahmat

Ghanimah bt Nor Azlan

10. Wan Nur Asyikin bt Mukhtar

11. Muhammad Akmal bin Roslani

Muhamad Hanif bin Harif Fadzilah

Nurisham Yahya

12. Muhammad Syaheed Bin Sha’ari

13. Ahmad Fatihi Kamel bin Amiruddin

Mizanul Amal bin Azman

14. Fatimah Mohd Yusof

15. Siti Maria binti Sulaiman

Asrul Eddy bin Azmi

Rosmadi bin Mamat

16. Mohd Adib Fadhil B. Azlan

17. Nurul Badariah Abdul Hadi

Mohd Bazil Shah bin Mohd Supar

18. Mohd Ariffshah bin Sharif

Mohamad Faizudin Mohd Khaidir

Siti Noratiqah binti Mohamad Deros

19. Norul Ain Asma’ Mohd Noor

20. Fatin Nadhirah bt Jazamuddin

Tengku Mohd Zarawie Tengku Hashim

21. Mohd Amirul Adha bin Rozlan

Mohamad Azlan bin Abdul Shukor

22. Mohd Sohibul Fadhilah Md Radzi

23. Nurul Ezyantie bt Hadrus

Siti Hamidah Abd Halim

24. Norsyawawi bin Ahmad Nor

25. Ku Intan Putra bin Ku Husin

Mohamad Arif bin Mohammad Nor

26. Zulkifli bin Osman

Zamzila Erdawati

27. Mohd Zaini bin Yusuf

Mohd Nur Hafizul bin Md Zamri

Syed Mohd Hasri b. Said Hamid

28. Mohd Zafrizal bin Mohd Zawawi

Muhammad Hafizul Abdul Ghani