NACES 2011

Badminton Tournament for CESC members

CESC Executive Committee 2012 Election

Curtin Open Day - CESC Booth

Hey guys.. Here are some photos on our booth during Curtin Open Day.. Enjoy~

CESC Welcoming Party Photos!

Hey guys, here is the photo during the 'Welcoming Party' Event! Enjoy~~

Making Money and Managing Your Career (IChemE Visit)

Making money and managing your career & YEG game show Wednesday 27 July

IChemE in Malaysia invites members to attend an upcoming evening event presented by Ian Halsall, Chairman at Lloyd West Sdn Bhd, which takes place in collaboration with the IChemE Young Engineers Group (YEG) game show. Talk title: Making money and managing your career Speaker: Ian Halsall Date: Wednesday 27 July 2011 Venue: Administrative hall - AL 100 (Council room) Curtin University Sawarak Malaysia Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak Campus Malaysia, CDT 250, 98009 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. View map Time: 16:00 - 18:00 Synopsis of event Being successful in any company (large, small, or your own) requires much more than just technical skills. Management skills, soft skills and understanding business processes are often just as important. In fact, many believe your "soft skills" will have a bigger impact on your salary upgrades and your personal wealth than your "hard skills". But for many people, soft skills are actually harder to learn and perfect than technical skills. That's why companies often pay high salaries to people who have them. In this seminar Ian Halsall will cover a range of soft skills and how you can apply them. Participation: Seats are limited to 50 max by prior registration on first come first served basis. This event is only open to IChemE members and their guests.

Renee Lee    IChemE in Malaysia    Membership Marketing Executive rlee@icheme.org     For more information please check your email addresses, or contact us at curtincesc@gmail.com if you didn't receive the email.

Gawai 2011

Happy Gawai for those of you who celebrates!!

May our unity and multicultural harmony lasts forever.


"Gayu Guru, Gerai Nyamai"

Introduction Event - Photos

Introduction Event

Dear all,

We will be having an Introduction Event, which is on this Friday, May 13, 3.30-5.00 pm, there will be lots of programs, and games! The venue is at G3-105, do not forget to join us!!

Recruitment Booth

Are you guys aware that we are recruiting new club members right now? Come and visit our recruitment booth on:

Monday-Thursday 9th-13th May, 11am-2pm
LT Foyer

And members can join the Introduction Event on Friday 14th May 2011, 2pm

Chem-E Car Competition

We have an interesting competition here! It's the Chem-E Car Competition!


Remember our EFPC days, when we have to design a car powered by mousetrap? It it similar to that, except for this competition we will use chemical fuels instead a mousetrap.. Interested to join? Read the link below for more information, the registration closes on June 1st, 2011.

http://www.curtin.edu.my/sch_dept/engineering_science/Department/chem.eng/Competition.htm

A light touch helps heal scratched coatings------Polymer material repaired by UV

Richard Jansen

AN INTERNATIONAL team of researchers has developed a polymer-based material that can rapidly heal itself when placed under ultraviolet light.
The scientists, working in the US and Switzerland, envision their material being used in vehicle paints and furniture varnishes. If your car gets scraped or a cat decides to tests its claws on a favourite bookcase, it should be less than a minute’s work with a lamp to make the problem disappear.
"We can simply use heat to heal these materials," Mark Burnworth, a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, said. "But by using light we have more control because it allows us to target only the defect and leave the rest of the material untouched."
The mechanism that drives this rapid repair is known as supramolecular assembly. It relies on the molecules within the material being considerably smaller than the long, chain-like ones found in conventional polymers. These are assembled into longer chains themselves by metal ions, making a material that behaves like a normal polymer – a “metallo-supramolecular polymer.”
"These polymers have a Napoleon complex: in reality they're pretty small but are designed to behave like they're big by taking advantage of specific weak molecular interactions," said Stuart Rowan, a professor of macromolecular engineering and science and director of the Institute for Advanced Materials at Case Western Reserve University.
When the polymers are irradiated with intense ultraviolet light, the long chains become temporarily unglued and the once-solid material turns into a liquid. Turn the light off and it reassembles, solidifying as its original properties return. One consequence of this process is that a short burst from a lamp can erase shallow scratches, healing any cuts in the polymer.
"Their molecular design allows the materials to change their properties in response to a high dose of ultraviolet light," said Christoph Weder, a professor of polymer chemistry and materials and the director of the Adolphe Merkle Institute in Switzerland.
The polymers are not yet ready for commercial use but, according to Rowan: "One of our next steps is to use the concepts we have shown here to design a coating that would be more applicable in an industrial setting."

From www.tcetoday.com

Duty Roster for Recruitment Booth