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Calendar of Events

2002-2004

Date

Event

Mon.-Tues.  22 – 23 November 2004

Faculty and student participation in the:

National Multimodal Transport Conference 2004
“Connecting the Multimodal Chain”

Le Meridien Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
organized by ASLI

Paper presentation by Dr. Leong Choon Heng on “The Roles of the Government and Private Sector in Achieving an Efficient and Effective Multimodal Transportation Link via Road, Rail and Ports.”

 

Tues. 12 Oct. 2004

Study tour by faculty and student at Westport Malaysia.

 

Mon.-Wed. 11-13 Oct. 2004

Student participation in the conference on:

Straits of Malacca: Building a Comprehensive Security Environment
Kuala Lumpur
organized by
Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA)

 

Fri. 8am-10am
1 Oct. 2004

Video conference with Professor Nigel Wilson, MIT
Improving Urban Transit System Integration in Kuala Lumpur’
 

Friday 10 September 2004

Thesis defense by Clement Loh Su Min on “Evaluation of Adaptive Automatic Freeway Incident Detection Algorithm”

 

Thursday 9 September 2004

Thesis defense by Wong Sook Yeen on “Modeling the Rice Supply Chain in Malaysia”

 

Tuesday 24 August 2004

Faculty and student visit to Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) to discuss and identify areas for research collaboration.

 

Tuesday 24 August 2004

Thesis defense by Lee Mun Joon on “Automatic Incident Detection System (AIDS): An Attempt at Non-recurrent Incident Detection at Signalized Arterials”

 

Friday 30 July 2004

Thesis defense by Salina Umar on “Dynamics of the Development of Third Party Logistics (3PL) Providers in Malaysia”

 

Monday 26 July 2004

Thesis defense by Kow Pooi San on “Application of CLIOS Analysis in Assessing the Implementation of City Center Pedestrianization Scheme: Case Study of Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur”

 

Tuesday, 2 - 4 pm
18 May 2004
 

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Topic         : Transportation as a Complex Socio-technical System:
                     The Mexico City Case

Speaker     :  Professor Joseph Sussman,
                    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Friday,
10am - 12 noon
23 May 2004

 

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Topic: “SAP System”
 

Founded in 1972, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market.

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company, and the world's third-largest independent software supplier overall. Today, SAP employs over 29,600 people in more than 50 countries.

Speaker:  Mr. Adrian Chan
                Solution Architect Manager
                SAP Malaysia Sdn. Bhd

 

Wednesday,
10am – 12 noon
31 March 2004

 

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
 

Topic         :  “Agriculture Supply Chains”
How Supply Chain Management concepts can be applied to the agriculture sector: A discussion of FAMACO as case.

Speaker     : Ir. Marco Tieman
                    Managing Director
                    MDS Logistics Sdn Bhd

 

 

Tuesday,
2 pm – 4 pm
27 Jan 2004

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
 

Topic          :  " Structural Properties of Convoy Routing Problems”

Speaker      :  DR. RAM GOPALAN
                    School of Management
                    Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
                    Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

 

Tuesday,
1.00pm – 3.00pm
11 November 2003

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

(in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

           Topic             :  "Airline Revenue Management: Recent
                                     Developments and State of the Practice"

           Speaker         :Professor Peter Paul Belobaba
                                  Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
                                  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

20-22 Oct. 2003

Student participation in:

2nd National Conference on Transportation Management, Shah Alam
organized by the Transportation Management Institute, School of Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

 

Wednesday

10.00am – 12.00noon

17 Sept. 2003

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Topic          :     "Micro-simulation Modelling of Traffic Operations under
                         Mixed Traffic Conditions of Developing Cities"

 

Speaker      :                DR. MOAZZEM HOSSAIN
                                   Department of Civil Engineering
                                   Bangladesh University of Engineering
                                   and Technology

 

Fri.  10:00 - 11:30 am, 16 May 2003

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Topic        :       I-Port - The World's First Airport within a Seaport

Speaker     :       Mr. J.J. Ong
                          Senior General Manager Cargo
                          MASKargo/ Malaysia Airlines (MAS)

 

Wed.  8:30 - 10:30 am, 30 April 2003

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
(with participation of MIT through videoconferencing)

 Topic        :       A Critical Look at Port Privatization in Malaysia

 Speaker     :       Datuk M. Rajasingam

 

Thurs. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
27 March 2003

Briefing Session on MSc in Transportation and Logistics Program

by Professor Ralph Gakenheimer  (MIT)
and Leong Choon Heng, Mark Schofield, Niranjan Krishnan, Terrence Fan

 

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Wednesday 26 March 2003

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

 Topic        :       Policy Towards Sustainable Transportation

 Speaker     :       Mr. Roger Cruickshank

 

March 26, 2003  In the U.S.; 8:00am-10:00am March 27, 2003 In Malaysia

MUST - MIT Video Conference

The Collaborative ITS Research Program

Prepared by Thomas F. Humphrey

MIT Research Coordinator

 

Tuesday - Thursday
21-23 January 2003

MUST TRAINING SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Topic:  Microscopic traffic simulation using MITSIM

Speaker: Mr. Ramachandran of MIT

Brief:   The course covered briefly the underlying theory, structure and model parameters in the use of MITSIM to execute microscopic traffic simulation with vehicles with a high degree of independence and, thus, the level of sophistication.

 

Tuesday
 2 December 2002

MUST STUDY-TOUR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Tour:  Study tour of IKEA regional warehouse in Shah Alam by the Class of 2003 MSc in Transportation and Logistics

Brief:  The tour covered the key operational functions of the warehouse facility which is the Southeast Asian component of IKEA's global distribution network.

 

Tuesday
26 November 2002

MUST STUDY-TOUR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Tour:  Study tour of railway marshalling yard of KTM at Port Klang by the Class of 2003 MSc in Transportation and Logistics

Brief:  The operation personnel of KTM demonstrated their operational systems to manage and optimize the movement of goods and containers by reorganizing wagons and locomotives in the marshalling yard next to the port.

 

November 2002

MUST STUDY-TOUR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Tour:  Use of GIS system

Brief:  The tour exposed the state-of-the-art capabilities of GIS systems and focused on the ability of such solutions to be applied to transportation.

 

 

 

 

 

November 2002

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

 Topic:  Use of Image-Processing Systems in ITS

 

Speaker:  Dr Leong Siew Mun/Mr Tony Thomson

 

Brief:  The state-of-the-art of video-imaging technology used for numerous traffic detection purposes, thus forming the sensor end of ITS systems. The application of this technology is demonstrated in the congestion pricing system in London which is presented in the talk.
 

Friday 18 October 2002

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

 Topic: International Trade: Transport Logistics and Maritime
           Transport: Inter-relationships and Implications

Speaker:     Professor Song Dong Wook (Hong Kong)

Brief: In his presentation, Dr. Song focused on the structural changes taking place in global transportation logistics and examine such implications on maritime transport, thus providing an understanding on current empirical observations.

 

October 2002

MUST STUDY-TOUR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS

Tour:  The DBKL Traffic Management Center Operations

Brief:  The tour provided an understanding of the extent of the current system, sophistication and daily operations of the traffic management center of the city of Kuala Lumpur.

 

Tuesday 12 March 2002

MUST SEMINAR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
(in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Topic: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the United States

Speaker:     Mr. Thomas F. Humphrey
                  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology MUST Program)
                  (co-facilitated by Professor Ralph Gakenheimer)

Time         :       10:00 am - 12:30 pm