MICRA POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE 2012

• MiCRA Postgraduate Conference 2012 was held on 5th December 2012 at the Razak School of Engineering & Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.
• The event was opened by the Dean of the Razak School, Professor Awaluddin, who thanked the distinguished panel of keynote speakers for contributing their expertise and insights. He also commented on the very important topics being covered in the research presentations which he said were highly relevant to the construction sector in Malaysia.
• Over 30 postgraduates and academics presented their papers and the discussion and debate was of a high standard.
• 4 papers received "most outstanding paper" awards as follows;

Ng Ban Huat & Zainal Abidin bin Akasah

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

Post Occupancy Evaluation: A Newly Designed Building Performance Survey Framework for Energy-Efficient Building

Zarina Isnin, Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Zaharah Yahya, & Nor Hazlinda Shamsudin
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Adequacy of Information on Acknowledging the Existence of Silent Killers in Construction

Zi Qian Li, Hai Chen Tan, Chimay Anumba & Fah Choy Chia
University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia & The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Development of a Web-based System to Enhance the Management of Supplier’s Performance in Construction Projects

Mohammadreza Yadollahi, Rosli Mohamad Zin and Mehran Gholami
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Fund Allocation Decision Making Challenges for Maintenance & Repair Projects

MiCRA Postgraduate Conference 2012

• Management in construction and engineering has never been more important!
• The global economic crisis, a slow down in demand for construction and infrastructure projects in many parts of the world, the challenges of climate change and general political turbulence, demands more effective project, and commercial management in planning, design, engineering, construction and asset management generally.
• MiCRA Postgraduate Conference 2012 is an opportunity to hear about current and recent research being undertaken by Masters and PhD students.
• The Conference is being partly organised by postgraduates themselves and is an excellent forum to provide postgraduates in construction, built environment and engineering management related programmes, experience in organizing and participating at academic conferences.
• All papers submitted will be reviewed by a distinguished and highly experienced editorial board. 
• The papers will be published in the form of a downloadable online Conference Proceedings. 
• All papers will be accompanied by a powerpoint presentation which will also be published online.
• The Conference will include a Postdoctoral Workshop which will consider "life after" the PhD!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The publications from this Conference will be submitted for indexing with Thompson Reuters Science Citation Index.

Chairman of MiCRA: 

Professor Dr Christopher Nigel Preece FCIOB, MCIM, FHEA

Joint Chairs of MiCRA Postgraduate Conference 2012: 

Professor Dr Christopher Nigel Preece 

&

 Dr Mohamad Syazli Fathi, 

Razak School of Engineering & Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknology Malaysia (UTM)

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