Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roslina Rashid
Head of Department
The main priorities of our department have always been on our student’s education (the undergraduates and the postgraduates). In 2012, numerous efforts were initiated to further improve the quality of our teachings and supervisions. These include execution of 5S initiatives at our teaching laboratories, increasing students immersion in industry via University-Industry-Innovation-Exchange (UNIX) program, and facilitating problem–based and lifelong learning activities in our undergraduate courses. The whole idea was to provide necessary platform for the students to gain knowledge on the field related to chemical (bioprocess) engineering and to strengthen their generic skills.
Significant efforts have also been done to boost the research activity of the department. Main focus research area thus far has been on four distinctive areas in bioprocess engineering i.e. microbiology and fermentation technology, bioseparation, food & bioproduct development and advance bioprocessing.
It is also worth mentioning here that serious attention has been placed to support our students activities –mostly organized by the Bioprocess Engineering Student Society (BIOSS)– and the UTM newly formed program, the Global Innovation Outreach or simply GInO. GInO is a technology based community program specifically designed as one of UTM alternatives to fulfill our social responsibility. Successful GInO destinations lead by our department in 2012 includes CO2 Footprint Project@Maldives, Trans Java- Bali Biodiesel Expedition, Indonesia, Absolute Expedition in Melbourne and Outreach Program in Gold Coast, and Brisbane, Australia.
‘Our success was simply due to close collaboration between the staffs. The key is to stay unite and never walk alone…’
