The 3rd Workshop on

Strategies for Successful Academic Research Career for Young and Aspiring Lecturers
Date Venue Time : 25th November (Monday) : Eastin Hotel, Penang : 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

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Organized and managed by: USAINS Holding Sdn. Bhd.

(wholly(wholly-owned by Universiti Sains Malaysia)

In collaboration with: Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Workshop objective
The process of establishing and excelling in research could be a challenging task for many new junior assist enter lecturers. young academia The lecturers on how main and to objective of this workshop is to postgraduate students planning to succeed and excel as academic staff members in a university.

Topics
Key topics of the workshop include: How to plan and succeed in research career How to select the research area How to carry out research. How to write a successful The workshop is open to lecturers, postgraduate students, Engineers, and researchers. research grant proposal How to plan and manage your research grant. How to recruit and supervise postgraduate students

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Registration Fee:
(Covers course materials, certificate of attendance and refreshment including lunch)

Outcome
The participants will have a clear understanding of the essentials steps of planning, excelling and achieving success as academic staff members in a university.

effectively. How to write and examine a research thesis. Viva Voce Examination. Where findings to publish research

NORMAL PERSON

: MYR 799.00 PER

Language Workshop Format

The workshop and will Q include & A presentations sessions. The language that will be used is English.

GROUP: MYR 699.00 PER PERSON (Minimum 3 participants from the same institution)

Hurry!! Seats are limited!

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Tentative Workshop Program

Time 08.30-09.00 am 09:00-09:15 am 09.15-09:55 am 10::00-10:40 am Activity Registration Introduction to workshop & participants Session 1: How to plan & succeed in Research Career: Steps Session 2: - How to select the research area - How to carry out a good research: steps & strategies Refreshment break Session 3: - How to write a successful research grant proposal - How to plan and manage your research grant Session 4: How to recruit and supervise postgraduate students effectively Lunch Break Session 5: - How to write and examine a research thesis - How to prepare your student for Viva voce Refreshment break Session 6: Where to publish research findings Session 7: Q&A Closing and presentation of certificates to participants End

10.40-11.00 am 11.00-11.55 am

12.00-12.55 pm

PROFESSOR DR. BASSIM H. HAMEED

Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed received his Ph.D. in Chem. Eng. from University of Salford, UK, in 1992. He is a Professor at School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interest is Reaction Engineering and Adsorption Technology. To date, he has published more than 155 articles in ISI-indexed journals and other 80 articles in International and national journals and proceedings. Prof. Bassims publications have been cited over 4,350 times (Scopus), with 7 having been cited more than 100 times each, and he has an author h-index of 40. A recent report of MOHE, Malaysian Citation Centre, 2012, Prof. Bassim is the top cited Malaysian-based author in Engineering, 2001-2010 with average citations per publication of 27.26. Also recently, Science Direct reported that more than 15 of his articles were among the Top 25 Hottest Articles accessed in 2007-2012. He is a recipient of three Sanggar Sanjung (Hall of Fame) awards for Research Product in 2003 and 2004 and USM Excellent Achievement Award in 2007 and 2011. Also he was a recipient of Sanggar Sanjung Awards excellence in journal publication in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Prof. Bassim has conducted many workshops for university lecturers, postgraduate students and researchers.

01.00-02.15 pm 02:20-03:25 pm

03.30-03.50 pm 03:55-04.45 pm 04:45-05:00 pm 05:00 pm

Participants feedback
A must for a beginner in academic research! This is the best workshop I have ever attended. Beneficial, comprehensive and very useful workshop! The content of the workshop is very relevant to my career. I hope USAINS will organize it in two days instead of one. Enjoyed the workshop. Very useful and informative. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Wonderful and good presentations. One of the best and hopefully there will be more in the future. Thank you organizer. Thank you Prof! The workshop is very interesting and directly related to academic research career. Good for very young lecturers. Strongly recommended to other new staff / new lecturers. Wish this could be a 3 day workshop as the facilitator was extremely good. The workshop covered the key areas to succeed in academic.

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Strategies for Successful Academic Research Career for Young and Aspiring Lecturers
25th November 2013
Send registration form to: USAINS Holding Sdn. Bhd., Ground Floor, Kompleks UREKA, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM PENANG. Fax : +604-657 2210 (E) khairol@usainsgroup.com / khairol_usains@yahoo.com

ENQUIRIES Technical enquires: Prof. Dr. Bassim H. Hameed Workshop coordinator School of Chem. Eng. Engineering Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia 14300 Nibong Tebal Penang (DL) : +604-599 6422 (E) : chbassim@eng.usm.my

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A full refund less administration fee of MYR250.00 will be given for cancellation received not later than 10 working days before the course. No refund will be made after this period. However, substitute participants are welcomed at no extra charge provided written notice of at least 5 working days before the event is given to the Organizer.

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The organizer reserves the right to reschedule or cancel any part of its published programme or venue due to unforeseen circumstances and will not accept liability for costs incurred by participants or their organizations for the cancellation of travel arrangements and/or accommodation reservations as a result of the course being cancelled or postponed. Advance notice will be given if there is such a change or cancellation.