Sr Dr Md Azree Othuman Mydin Chairman of BUSTEC2017

6th BUILDING SURVEYING AND TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS 2016

BUSTEC2017

25th May 2017 Conference Hall, HBP, USM

LOGO & THEME

EVENT

Date: 25th May 2017 (Thursday) Venue: School of HBP, USM

Time: 8.00am – 6.15pm Theme: Institutionalizing Green Practices: Green for Growth Focus: Multiple aspects of green concept and technology

including reducing energy consumption, recycling resources, environmental auditing, reducing waste generation, promoting actions to minimize pollution, sustainable

construction (material and infra), conserving of energy, water and biodiversity

OVERVIEW

• BUSTEC2017 is congress in which undergraduate & postgraduate students majoring in BS and BT come forward with a conference paper and present their research findings in this specialized in-house congress.

• Students undergo no less than fifteen weeks (undergraduate) and not less than thirty weeks (postgraduate) of training in carrying out scientific research.

• BUSTEC2017 is the manifestation of the effort by not only the students but also their respective supervisors in order to ensure the training and supervision does not go to waste.

• The papers which will be presented in this BUSTEC2017 are published according to international and standardized format

• For most of the students this will be their first publication to be remembered long into their future.

OBJECTIVES

• To engage students & supervisors in a collaborative multidisciplinary research environment nurturing vital research skills in presentation, communication and dissemination

• To strengthen student research in a safe, supportive environment that will provide avenues for feedback to students on their research as well as boost confidence in ability to carry out rigorous research

• To assist students in enhancing their communication skills and to better understand how to prepare for careers in a global workforce.

IMPORTANT DATES

• 2nd May 2017: Submission of paper to respective supervisor

• 9th May 2017: Submission of final paper to BUSTEC Editors

• 11th May 2017: Submission of paper to external reviewers

• 25th May 2017: BUSTEC2017 Conference

PAPER FORMAT & EVALUATION

• Must strictly follow the paper template provided by the organizer

• Don’t include any page number on the paper template

• All papers must be written in English and submitted electronically in PDF format to the Course Coordinator.

• Paper should be written minimum 7 pages and maximum 12 pages.

• All papers will be sent to external reviewers for assessment. Each paper will be evaluated by 2 reviewers

PAPER STRUCTURE

Your article should normally consist of the following sections and should follow the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion system: • a title page with the title of the article, name(s) of author(s) and

address(es) of establishment(s) where the work was carried out • an abstract • an introduction / a literature review • a methods section / experimental program section • a results section / analysis or results • a discussion section • a conclusion section • an acknowledgments section (in any) • a list of references

PAPER STRUCTURE

(1) TITLE PAGE • should be short, informative and meaningful to the whole readership

of the article. • avoid using long systemic names and non-standard abbreviations,

acronyms or symbols.

(2) ABSTRACT • give readers concise information about the content of your article. • Informative & accessible • clearly state the objectives, methods, main results and conclusions

drawn. • no table numbers, figure numbers, references or equations • Should not normally be more than 300 words.

PAPER STRUCTURE

(3) INTRODUCTION • concise and describe the nature of the problem under investigation

and its background. • set your work in the context of previous research • citing relevant references. (4) METHODS • provide sufficient details of the experiment, simulation, statistical test

or analysis carried out to generate the results so that the method can be repeated by another researcher.

PAPER STRUCTURE

(5) RESULTS • discuss main findings and outcomes of your study. • use tables and figures to improve to explain findings • Tables and Figures should be numbered serially and referred to in the

text by number (table 1, etc.). • Each table and figure should have an explanatory caption

(6) DISCUSSION • discuss the significance of the results • compare them with previous work using relevant references. (7) CONCLUSION • highlight the novelty and significance of the work, and any plans for

future relevant work.

REFERENCE LABELLING SYSTEMS

• You MUST use Vancouver numerical system

• References are numbered sequentially through the text.

• The numbers should be given in square brackets, e.g. [1], [4-7] etc., and one number can be used to refer to several instances of the same reference.

• The reference list at the end of the article then lists the references in numerical order, not alphabetically.

ORAL PRESENTATION

• Each student will be allocated 10 minutes for oral presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A session (total of 20 minutes)

• After 10 minutes the panel will stop your presentation. Therefore please ensure the slides can be covered within 10 minutes.

• It is suggested maximum of 18 slides per presentation

ORAL PRESENTATION

COMPONENTS MARKS

Introduction, Problem Statement, Objectives 10%

Literature Review 10%

Research Process and Research Methods 10%

Data Collection 20%

Results and Discussion 25%

Conclusion and References 5%

Oral Presentation / Quality of Slides 20%

TOTAL 100%

• Please ensure all components mentioned in the table below are included in the presentation slides

ARRANGEMENT OF SLIDES

Components No. of Pages

Introduction / Overview 1

Problem Statement 1

Objectives of Research 1

Literature Review 2

Research Process and Research Methods 2

Data Collection, Results and Discussion 9

Conclusion 1

References 1

TOTAL 18

• You can arrange your slides as follows:

PARALLEL SESSIONS

There will be 5 Parallel Sessions

• Venue 1: Conference Hall of HBP (17 presenters)

• Venue 2: Building Surveying Studio 200 (18 presenters)

• Venue 3: Building Surveying Studio 300 (18 presenters)

• Venue 4: Building Technology Studio 200 (17 presenters)

• Venue 5: Building Technology Studio 300 (17 presenters)

In each parallel session will be 3-4 panel of judges

PARALLEL SESSION 1 HBP Conference Hall

Panel: Sr Dr Md Azree Othuman Mydin (Head Judge) , Dr Mariati Taib, Dr Ariza Sharikin Abu Bakar

No. Time Presenter Major 1 9.20am – 9.40am Teh Kun Jie BSc BT 2 9.40am - 10.00am Nabihah Binti Mohd Zamzani BSc BT 3 10.00am - 10.20am Ho Yee Shin BSc BS 4 10.20am – 10.40am Ainul Affrina Binti Ruba'i BSc BT 5 10.40am – 11.00am Khairusy Syakirin MSc BT Mix Mode 6 11.00am – 11.20am Muhammad Esyamarul Iman Mohd Alias BSc BS 7 11.20am – 11.40am Adebayo Adeshina Dauda MSc BT Coursework 8 11.40am – 12.00pm Irrma Diana Binti Mohd Aripin BSc BT 9 12.00pm – 12.20pm Li Wai Nee BSc BS 10 12.20pm – 12.40pm Srinantiswaaran Kandasamy BSc BT 11 12.40pm – 1.00pm Ler Lian Xin BSc BS 12 2.20pm – 2.40pm Siti Nursyafiqah Mohd Zulkairi MSc BT Mix Mode 13 2.40pm – 3.00pm Amri Kholib BSc BS 14 3.00pm – 3.20pm Liew Eu Hung BSc BT 15 3.20pm – 3.40pm Jennifer Tong Jyh Ling BSc BS 16 3.40pm – 4.00pm Siti Aaminah Muhammad Faiz MSc BT Coursework 17 4.00pm – 4.20pm Mohamad Kamil Rahamatullah BSc BT

PARALLEL SESSION 2 Building Surveying 200 Studio

Panel: Assoc Prof Ir Dr Abdul Naser Abdul Ghani (Head Judge) , Assoc Prof Ir Nik Fuaad Nik Abllah, Sr Nuzaihan Aras Agus Salim

No. Time Presenter Major 1 9.00am – 9.20am Ammar Bin Jamil BSc BT 2 9.20am – 9.40am Glenn Gilbert Donald BSc BS 3 9.40am - 10.00am Muhammad Faiz MSc BT Coursework 4 10.00am - 10.20am Siti Atikah Binti Mohd Redzuan Chean BSc BT 5 10.20am – 10.40am Mohamad Firdaus Mohd Nor BSc BT 6 10.40am – 11.00am Muhammad Faiz B. Hakim BSc BS 7 11.00am – 11.20am Bukar Mohammed MSc BT Coursework 8 11.20am – 11.40am Nurizyan Syamimi Mohd Asri BSc BS 9 11.40am – 12.00pm Noor Farahana Binti Sahrom BSc BT 10 12.00pm – 12.20pm Ong Hui Yin BSc BS 11 12.20pm – 12.40pm Farah A'dilah Muhmad Afandi BSc BT 12 12.40pm – 1.00pm Syahira Balqish Arbaen BSc BS 13 2.20pm – 2.40pm Malen Chung MSc BT Mix Mode 14 2.40pm – 3.00pm Ivy Hii Yien Lin BSc BS 15 3.00pm – 3.20pm Goh Yin Siew BSc BT 16 3.20pm – 3.40pm Muhammad Zikri Bin Rosli BSc BS 17 3.40pm – 4.00pm Ribwar Abdul Hameed MSc BT Mix Mode 18 4.00pm – 4.20pm Qhairunisya Binti Johari BSc BT

PARALLEL SESSION 3 Building Surveying 300 Studio

Panel: Assoc Prof Dr Ahmad Hilmy Abdul Hamid (Head Judge) , Ir Dr Mohd Zaid Yusof, Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Rodzi Ismail, Dr Norhidayah binti Md Ulang

No. Time Presenter Major 1 9.00am – 9.20am Choon Hui Chieh BSc BS 2 9.20am – 9.40am Muhamad Haziq Bin Azmi BSc BT 3 9.40am - 10.00am Mackartny Jampong Anak Ata BSc BS 4 10.00am - 10.20am Siti Faezah Mohamed Aziz BSc BT 5 10.20am – 10.40am Yonghuort Lim MSc BT Mix Mode 6 10.40am – 11.00am Kwek Shi Ying BSc BS 7 11.00am – 11.20am Sharmin Anak Ngitar BSc BT 8 11.20am – 11.40am Maslinda binti Saadun BSc BS 9 11.40am – 12.00pm Cheng Tzyy Shenq BSc BT

10 12.00pm – 12.20pm Ng Lee Chuan BSc BS 11 12.20pm – 12.40pm Muhammad Safwan Bin Alang Othman MSc BT Coursework 12 12.40pm – 1.00pm Nur Amalina Binti Husain BSc BT 13 2.20pm – 2.40pm Loen Chin Full BSc BS 14 2.40pm – 3.00pm Pulungan D.Siti Kartini MSc BT Coursework 15 3.00pm – 3.20pm Nur Hazirah bt Hidzir BSc BS 16 3.20pm – 3.40pm Chow Wee Kang BSc BT 17 3.40pm – 4.00pm Tommy Lim MSc BT Coursework 18 4.00pm – 4.20pm Nurhidayah Bt Nordin BSc BT

PARALLEL SESSION 4 Building Technology 200 Studio

Panel: Dr Amin Akhavan Tabassi (Head Judge) , Assoc Prof Dr Hanizam Awang, Assoc Prof Dr Noor Faisal Abas , Dr Norizal Md Noordin

No. Time Presenter Major 1 9.20am – 9.40am Muhammad Yusran Bin Mohd Salim Lim BSc BT 2 9.40am - 10.00am Atiqah Azizah Binti Amrin BSc BS 3 10.00am - 10.20am Badrul Hisham Bin Zulkifli BSc BT 4 10.20am – 10.40am Elaine Teoh Yee Ling BSc BS 5 10.40am – 11.00am Mazlina binti Zainal Abidin BSc BS 6 11.00am – 11.20am Lim Jay Sern BSc BT 7 11.20am – 11.40am Nur Syuhada Daud BSc BS 8 11.40am – 12.00pm Sharifah Farah Hanum Binti Syeed Hassim Shah BSc BS 9 12.00pm – 12.20pm Chew Tze Chia BSc BT 10 12.20pm – 12.40pm Anisah Ahmad Nahar BSc BS 11 12.40pm – 1.00pm Tan Kar Yap BSc BT 12 2.20pm – 2.40pm Lim Zi Yang BSc BT 13 2.40pm – 3.00pm Wan Zahida Bt W Mat Zin BSc BT 14 3.00pm – 3.20pm Siti Nur'Syazwani Mohd Shamsaidy BSc BS 15 3.20pm – 3.40pm Chua Ket Wei BSc BT 16 3.40pm – 4.00pm Siti Asyiqin Binti Mohammad Ariffin BSc BS 17 4.00pm – 4.20pm Tong Yu Xian BSc BT

PARALLEL SESSION 5 Building Technology 300 Studio

Panel: Dr Faizal Baharum (Head Judge) , Dr Cheah Chee Ban, Sr Dr Mohd Zailan Suleiman , Dr Naziah Muhamad Salleh

No. Time Presenter Major 1 9.20am – 9.40am Mohammad Shah Hanif Bin Mohd Ariffin BSc BT 2 9.40am - 10.00am Chong Chee Yong BSc BS 3 10.00am - 10.20am Chang Kim Voon BSc BT 4 10.20am – 10.40am Muhammad Arief Danial Baharuddin BSc BS 5 10.40am – 11.00am Nurul Hassanah Binti Mohamad Azri BSc BT 6 11.00am – 11.20am Mohd Farez Ezwan Rosdizan BSc BT 7 11.20am – 11.40am Nur Syafiqah Binti Saril BSc BS 8 11.40am – 12.00pm Siti Nor Asyikin Mohd Othman BSc BS 9 12.00pm – 12.20pm Fatin Farhana Binti Zihni Akhtar BSc BT 10 12.20pm – 12.40pm Su Lee Qiang BSc BS 11 12.40pm – 1.00pm Ng Peck Gee BSc BT 12 2.20pm – 2.40pm Muhammad Akram Haikal Rasdi BSc BT 13 2.40pm – 3.00pm Muhammad Nabil Bin Abdul Rahman BSc BS 14 3.00pm – 3.20pm Tiong Kung Ying BSc BS 15 3.20pm – 3.40pm Lim Khai Ying BSc BT 16 3.40pm – 4.00pm Muhammad Zakireen Yusof BSc BS 17 4.00pm – 4.20pm Ismanur Atiqah Ismahisham How BSc BT

LIST OF AWARDS

5 x Best Papers (MSc Building Technology) 5 x Best Papers (BSc Building Surveying) 5 x Best Papers (BSc Building Technology) 5 x Best Presenters (MSc Building Technology) 5 x Best Presenters (BSc Building Surveying) 5 x Best Presenters (BSc Building Technology)

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers will be published in 3 conference proceedings (with ISBN number):

1. Building Material and Technology Conference 2017 (BUMATEC 2017)

2. Building Control and Performance Conference 2017 (BCPC 2017)

3. Building Science and Technology Congress 2017 (BUSTEC 2017)

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

7.50am-8.10am : Registration of Participants & Paper Presenters

8.10am-8.20am : Arrival of Dean of HBP and Panel of Judges

8.20am-8.25am : Pembacaan Doa

8.25am-8.30am : Speech by BUSTEC2017 Program Director Lim Jay Sern

8.30am-8.40am : Speech and Opening Ceremony by Prof. Dr Aldrin Abdullah

8.40am-9.00am : Breakfast

9.00am -1.00pm : Parallel Sessions

1.00pm -2.20pm : Lunch / Zohor Prayer

2.20pm-4.20pm : Parallel Sessions

4.20pm-5.10pm : Short Break / Asar Prayer

5.10pm-5.40pm : Closing Ceremony & Awards Giving

5.40pm-6.15pm : Evening Tea