(Feb 08, 2014) Dr. Lim Jit Kang from School of Chemical Engineering (PPKK) is one of the recipients of The Takeda Entrepreneurship Award for this year. The Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award praises young entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial individuals who challenge technological or social needs in the real world. This award was conferred to JitKang based on his idea of using low field gradient to magnetophoretically separate microalgal cells from fishfarm water. The award ceremony was held at Tokyo University and JitKang has also delivered an invited talk related to his project.

SCE USM has arranged industrial talk from alumni that aims to give early industrial exposure to students. This talk has been done on 19th February 2014 starting from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm at DK5, Lecture Hall Complex, Engineering Campus, USM. Five alumni have been invited in this session.

Pada 26-27 September 2013, pelajar PPKK telah mengadakan lawatan industri ke (i) Shell Refining, Port Dickson, (ii) Petron Port Dickson Refinery, Port Dickson dan (iii) Yakult (M) Sdn. Bhd., Seremban. Pelajar telah dibawa melawat kilang serta diberi penerangan tentang proses-proses yang terlibat. Staf PPKK yang mengiringi pelajar untuk lawatan ini ialah Dr. Muhammad Nazri Murat, Dr. Khairiah Abd. Karim, Dr. Masina Mohd Nadzir dan Encik Nor Irwin Basir.