Do enjoy the videos from our sim visit aired over NTV7 kids@fgw… Part 1… Part 2… Part 3… Click here to read an article reported by Sinar Harian on our visit…
Sim Visit
18 students ranging from graduates to undergraduates, schoolchildren and special kids were given the opportunity to try their hands on the controls of the latest Boeing 737-800 full motion flight simulator at the MAS and CAE Flight and Simulator Centre in Glenmarie, Shah Alam. The main objective of the event was to let the kids experience what it feels like to pilot a jet aeroplane and hopefully inspire them to choose a career in the
Sim Visit
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Bernama) — Meet Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman, the former director-general of the Malaysian National Space Agency (Angkasa), now based in Vienna, Austria, where she heads the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). As the director of UNOOSA she has been guiding the world body’s outer-space programme and seems to have made a mark with her extensive knowledge of astrophysics. Mazlan who frequently visits the United Nations’ headquarters in New York
News
During the SUPAN-4 (Sambutan Ulangtahun Program Angkasawan Negara) held at the National Planetarium on the 15th of October 2011, Dr. Harridon our Head of Rocketry Division received an award for UniKL’s parabolic flight science experiment in collaboration with JAXA. It was indeed a momentous occasion and we are proud of his achievements. During the gala dinner, ANGKASA honoured several other individuals for excellence demonstrated in the field of aerospace through research papers published by them.
Award
Published: Thursday, 15 September 2011 Advisor to the Malaysian National Security Council and local graduate, Dato’ Ir Dr Abu Bakar Bin Jaafar, has been awarded the University of Newcastle Alumni Convocation Medal for professional excellence. The award was one of eight Alumni Awards presented to graduates from across the world recognising their outstanding achievements. Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Saunders, said the annual Alumni Awards were an opportunity for the whole city to celebrate the success of
Award
After 20 years I returned to Newcastle, Australia but this time it was to give a talk to students of Merewether High School. The event was organized in conjunction with the University of Newcastle’s Awards Night to be held at the Newcastle City Hall tomorrow. Two other nominated finalists, Dr. Andrew Mears and Ryan Andriessen supported the event with their own presentation related to their respective careers. I had fun interacting with the students and
Space Talk