Overseas Training > 2009 > Janice Jeevamalar Simson
Janice Jeevamalar Simson
Study on the consolidation of Human Security integrated with scenarios towards Low Carbon Society in Malaysia
Atmospheric and Thermal Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Division of Environmental Systems Engineering, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Place of stay: University Teknologi Malaysia. Johor, Malaysia
Term: August 23 – September 28, 2009
The main objectives of my internship were to examine the feasibility of conducting a regional and national level Low Carbon Society (LCS) study which also considers the enhancement of human security in Malaysia, and to collect the relevant data. I attended meetings with various government and private sector officers together with my Malaysian supervisor and a few other professors and environmental leaders from Japan. During those meetings, we introduced the LCS studies which had been conducted in Iskandar Malaysia and Japan, and received positive feedback on the research. We look forward to having a good understanding to work together in conducting this LCS study at a more detailed level for the Iskandar Malaysia region and also at a National level. At UTM I introduced my preliminary level research on Iskandar Malaysia to a few other lecturers and researchers who were also interested in the LCS study. In addition, I visited the Iskandar Malaysia site and many government departments for data collection as well. Overall this internship was beneficial as I was able to identify the kinds of data that is obtainable in Malaysia, discuss the necessity of the study, and also focus on the direction of my future research.
