This year, the 6^th Chem-E-Car Competition has been successfully organised by the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, (UTP) in Tronoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan. The event was officially opened by the Rector of UTP, Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Haji Kasim with the main VIP’s include; the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor Dr. Hilmi Mukhtar, President of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Dato Ir. Prof Dr. Chuah Hean Teik and the Chairman of the competition, Ir. Mohamad Fadzil bin Adnan@Nan.

The school is honored to receive visitors from various institutions around the world. The purpose of these visits is generally to explore for possible collaboration between both institutions. During their visit, a brief presentation was given by the Dean, Prof. Azlina Harun and subsequently the guests were given a short tour of the school.

15^th December 2010 concludes the 3^rd International Conference on Environment 2010 in a series of ICENV’s which is held once in two years. The School of Chemical Engineering, USM would like to thank the participants from all over the globe whom have contributed and presented their research findings in areas related to environmental preservation and conservation, particularly the discoveries which could help the bottom billions.

The National Chemical Engineering Symposium, (NACES) is an annual event organised by the undergraduate students in Chemical Engineering in universities all over Malaysia. This year, Universiti Teknologi MARA, UiTM was chosen as the host for NACES2010 under the theme of Green Technology.