MyFIAT April 2013

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Advisor :Prof. Dr. Ahmad Anwar Ismail

Editor :Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin

Technical :Nik Ahmad FakruddinNik Zulkefli

Mohd Salbaharin Ismail

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Promoting UMK 1 & 2

Bioentrepreneu-

rial Talk

1 & 3

Research Meth-

odology workshop

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World Fish Visit 2

National Insti-

tute of Veteri-

nary Biodiversity

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Upcoming events 4

Speakers Corner 4

Faces in FIAT 4

Bio-Entrepreneurial Talk

MyFIATFaculty of Agro Based IndustryUniversiti Malaysia Kelantan Jeli CampusLocked Bag 100, 17600 Jeli,KelantanTel : 09-9477021Fax : 09-9467158Email : [email protected]

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

FIATFIATFIATMyMyMyThe Offic ial Newsletter for The Faculty of Agro Based IndustryVolume 2, Issue 3 April 2013

of Mumtaz Meat & Ma-

rine Foods Sdn. Bhd. Dr.Zainol talked on his or-

ganic chicken, fed with

organic formulation with

added extract from herbs

such as ginger, turmeric,

Dr. Mohamad Zainol

Ahmad Haja and Mr.Firdaus Mat Saad gave

interesting feedback on

their experience. The

first talk was given by

Dr. Zainol, the director

On the 23rd of March,

FIAT successfully held aBio-Entrepreneurial talk

entitled A sustainable

Poultry Industry. Two

successful business man

in the poultry industry,

with many choices to

study quality education

locally. Although UMK

have gone through 2 con-vocational ceremony,

little is known about

UMK by quite a number

of people. Some of the

common question re-

ceived during the educa-

tion fair were UMK pri-

vate university?, New

tertiary education. From

government MOHE initi-

ated Jom Masuk U, the

MARA education carni-val, Study Malaysia, not

including the many

other small education

fair initiated by schools

matriculation centers,

and other private and

government agency,

Malaysia is now a buzz

February, March and

April are busy month

for academic institution

around the country.With the recent SPM

and STPM result in

March, UMK was not

left out in promoting its

program and brand

name to the many ea-

ger young faces wanting

to know more about

PROMOTING

UMK

Potential students filling in application forms fat UMKs booth

Dr. Mohamad Zainol Ahmad Haja


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coastal and lake areas of

Africa, and the pacific

islands. The current re-

search activity by World

group touched primarily

on research activities

currently ongoing by the

two institution. Al-

though Malaysia is the

headquarters for World

Fish, most its research

activities are done in

countries outside Malay-

sia in Asia (such as Bang-

ladesh and Cambodia),

Fish in Malaysia is its

GIFT strain Tilapia re-

search program in Jitra,

Kedah.

by the end of

April to help

them polish up

their work. This

will be followed

by a research

p r e s e n t a t i o n

near the end of

the 2nd semester. We

would like to wish all

FYP students and their

supervisors all the best

The recently concluded

research methodology

workshop throughout

March aims to prepare

FYP 1 students to start

research, and to help

FYP 2 students to write

up their studies. The

series of talks and dis-

cussion covering intro-

duction to research,

doing research and

writing up research was

conducted throughout

March. FYP 1 student

will now be well pre-

pared to present their

respective research

proposal in early April.

Meanwhile, FYP 2 stu-

dent are currently ana-

lyzing their data and

writing up a thesis draft

that must be submitted

in preparing for both

presentation and thesis

submission for examina-

tion.

less and killing two

birds with one stone

requires clever, careful

priority oriented plan-

ning. Branding agenda

should not jeopardized

quality education. Num-

ber 1 on the list must be

availability of complete

basic education facili-

ties, followed by condu-

cive learning environ-

ment , conducive teach-

ing and working environ-

ment. These are the

core priorities to pro-

mote and maintain the

universitys standing.

The same goes for FIAT,

university? How old?,

UMK? haven't heard

before, UMK got en-

g i n e e r i n g / m e d i c a l

c o u r s e s ? ,

entrepreneurial uni-

versity, only business

studies, right?. Some-

time the questions

were from people from

other education insti-

tution be it private orgovernment. Having

been given the tagline

Entrepreneurial Uni-

versity, a much more

creative and entrepre-

neurial approach in

branding itself is highly

needed. It is a high task

to promote a young

university to the com-

munity, especially when

it took years and years

for the bigger names in

tertiary education pro-

vider to be known. It is

high time also UMK

utilize its experts tohelp sell UMK.

unconventional needs

require unconventional

approach. Tagline such

as doing more with

being 1 years old in

April, creative planning

in promoting itself to

the wider community

must be laid out. It takes

great effort to carve and

associate FIAT with qual-

ity education in agro

based industry. It is

hoped that with the

development of the

campus facilities, FIAT

will continue to

strengthen its stance

and promote itself

though quality educa-

tion, and research excel-

lence.

One the 18th of March,

a 4 team delegate from

FIAT lead by Dr. Lee

Seong Wei had a work-

ing visit at World Fish

Center, Batu Maung

Penang. The delegate

was attended to by Dr.

Michael Phillips. After a

brief introduction to

both institution, the

From left: Dr Michael Phillips, Dr. Lee Seong Wei, andMr Shazani Sarijan

Years OldFIAT is now


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superior sires to different

locations in Malaysia according

to government breeding policy.

The institute serves the purpose

of an excellent training institute

for veterinary and animal science

professionals. . The group

strongly feels that graduate

students and researchers from

FIAT can utilise the IBVK

facilities. Not only that, the

center can also cater to students

who are planning to do industrial

training in this institute.

A group of 47 students of SBH2

programme led by Dr. Md. Ruhul

Amin and En Mohd Hafiz

Jamaludin on 28th of March,

made a visit to National Institute

of Veterinary Biodiversity (IBVK)

and they were given an

impassioned exposure to various

breeding technology. The IBVK is

a central institute for domestic

ruminant animal biotechnology

located in Jerantut, Pahang, sits

on 161.4 hactares of land. IBVK

purviews breeding bull selection,

semen production from bull and

buck, computer assisted

evaluation of semen, cryo-

preservation of semen, estrus

synchronization by CIDR, MOET,

IVF, embryo spliting, karyotyping,

pregnancy diagnosis by

ultrasound technique,

insemination of cows and does,

intra-uterine insemination in does

and many other allied

reproductive technologies. The

institute is responsible for

importing semen from abroad.

Currently the institute is

importing Charolais (from Canada

and USA), Holstein Friesian and

Brahman semen (from USA).

With the availablilty of a cryobank

for semen, the institute not only

procure, store but also distribute

cryopreserved semen from

to always be focus and not be side

tracked. The organizers would like

to thank the speaker for their time

and knowledge their shared withthe UMK community.

pandan leaves, habatus sauda

and kafir leaf. The herb extract

acts as an organic source to en-

hance the chicken health. The

second speaker, Mr. Firdaus, an

ex-engineer started his life as a

full time entrepreneur 7 years

ago. Now at the age of 32, he

not only produces thousand of

birds per cycle, his experience in

intensive closed poultry rearing

has got other poultry entrepre-

neurs and also would be entre-preneurs to seek his advice on

building such closed

system. Mr. Firdaus

gave an almost 2

hour talk, with the

first part talking on

the technical aspect

for an intensive poul-

try closed system on

the material and re-

sources to build the barn, and on

managing the growth of a chick

up to the time of sales. He later

shared his ups and down in theindustry, and told the participant

Mr. Firdaus Mat Saad sharing his experience

Mr. Mohd Hafiz Abdul Rahman briefing the students on AI

Having a go atusing the ultrasound

Sperm mobility observation

A group photo at IBVK


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Upcoming events

Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2013 MyFIAT

Mohd Shaifulazman Abd RahimMSc (Universiti Malaysia Pahang)

BSc (International Islamic Univer-sity Malaysia)

Research interest: Natural Product

and Antioxidant

ASEAN Regional Conference on Food SecurityDate: 8-10 October 2013,

Venue: Bayview Hotel, Penang

Two day workshopLaboratory Workshop on Basic Analytical Chemistry

Venue: Faculty of Agro Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campusworkshop planned for 8-9 April is postponed to a later date.

Assoc Prof. Seri Intan MokhtarPhD (University of Manchester, UK)

BSc (University of Manchester, UK)Research interest: Microbiology,

Mycology

A series of Knowledge accul-

turation program was held

throughout March. The series

of talk was held during lunch

hours was given by FIAT amaz-

ing and versatile lecturers. On

the 16th of March, Dr Soon Jan

Mei gave an encouraging moti-

vational talk on how to be well

prepared when face with prob-

lems with an interesting title

Before I quit!. On the 19th of

March, Dr Suhaimi Othaman talked

on planning the for the future.

Mastering the art of body lan-

guage given by Mr. Mohd Mah-

mud @ Mansur on the 20th of

March was very interesting and can

be very useful in ones everyday

communication at home, at work,

We would like to congratulate Mrs. Nurhidayah

Hamzah and here husband for their beautiful

baby girl who was born on the 28th of March at

Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM), Ku-

bang Kerian. Although the baby was premature,

both baby and mother are in the good of health.

Everyone at FIAT pray for their quick recovery.

A creative man is mo-

tivated by the desire

to achieve, not by the

desire to beat others

and at play. With university life

being very hectic, what better

way to end March with a talk on

managing stress by Prof. S. M.

Rezaul Karim. This goes to show,

FIAT lecturers can very reallyversatile, and know more than

just what is taught in lectures.

Kudos to everyone who were

involved in such activities!

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