Research & Innovation

World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON) 2012 (12-14 June 2012)

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) and Yayasan UTP organised the World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON2012), deemed as one of the largest world congresses Malaysia has ever hosted.

 It was officially opened by the Minister of Higher Education, YB Dato' Sri Mohamed Khaled Nordin on 12 June 2012 and closed by the Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, YB Dato' Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui on 14 June 2012.  Themed "Towards Sustainability: Bridging Engineering, Technology and Humanities", it successfully gathered about 1,200 experts from 45 various countries representing diverse fields of research and innovation in the spirit of sustaining knowledge for the betterment of humanity.

This biennial three-day congress also included 23 parallel sessions with 26 renowned plenary speakers who areexperts in their respective fields. It comprised eight simultaneously-held international conferences, namely the:

1.            International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (ICIPEG 2012)

2.            International Conference on Civil, Offshore & Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE 2012)

3.            International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability (ICPER 2012)

4.            International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials (ICPEAM 2012)

5.            International Conference on Intelligent & Advanced System (ICIAS 2012)

6.            International Conference on Computer & Information Sciences (ICCIS 2012)

7.            International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Science (ICFAS 2012)

8.            International Conference on Management, Social Sciences & Humanities (ICMeSH2012)

ESTCON2012 has also worked on a special Carbon Offset Project (COP) called "Save the Earth" to help minimize global warming by planting trees during the organization of the congress.  For this project, UTP focus on reducing and reworking strategies to minimise carbon footprint in three key areas involved in organising the Congress, namely air travel, paper usage and electricity consumption.   To achieve this, trees are planted to minimise or counter back the carbon emission level.  Some of these trees are sponsored by the staff of the university. The sponsorships received for this congress are also channeled to fund the tree planting activities.

Yayasan UTP had raised a total of RM303,000 amount of contribution from corporations and individuals.

Student Development Activities

1. Tapestry Of Colours 2012 – A Concert In Support Of Yayasan UTP (9 - 10 Apr 2012)

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) proudly presented the "Tapestry of Colours 2012" – a charity concert in support of Yayasan UTP, in its second series of fund raising concert performances, at South East Asia's premier venue for classical music – the Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP). The concert was held from 9-10 April 2012 and was organised by Yayasan UTP, in collaboration with Alumni of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.

The glittering two-day event featured the "Sounds of Spring" on 9 April 2012 and "Roots of Heritage" on 10 April 2012.  They were four (4) UTP student ensembles who performed at this concert, namely UTP Chinese Orchestra, UTP Performing Arts Group, UTP Gamelan Group and UTP International Students Cultural Group.

The event also included mock check presentations by the sponsors to YBhg Dato' Shamsul Azhar bin Abbas, witnessed by YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad.  Among the sponsors were Dialog Group, J.P. Morgan Chase Berhad, CIMB Investment Bank Berhad and Nexbis Sdn. Bhd.

Yayasan UTP had raised a total of RM500,000 amount of contribution from various corporations and individuals.

2. Convo Dinner 2012

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) in collaboration with Yayasan Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (YUTP) will be organising the 12th Convocation Dinner at UTP Main Hall, Tronoh on 20th October 2012 at 8.00 pm. The dinner is held a night before the graduation day to commemorate the success of UTP students who will be graduating this year

This memorable event is a dinner featuring performances by UTP talented students. The dinner will be graced by UTP Chancellor, YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in the presence of PETRONAS Chairman, PETRONAS President, UTP Board Members, PETRONAS Executive Vice President and their spouses together with other invited guests.

In addition, this event is also an engagement platform for the graduating students to establish networking with their potential employers.

Yayasan UTP raised RM10,000 throughout this event.