PGSS SKT was pleased to conduct online structure course “Life After PhD” on 8th August 2021 (Sunday). It was an honor to have Dr. Ir Zaki Yamani Bin Zakaria, senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to share her professional knowledge and experience. This workshop was promoted 2 week before the event through various media platforms that are accessible to students and managed to have 44 participants to join us online in Cisco Webex.
Most students upon completion of PhD are puzzled on whether they will be accepted by various industries as their peers during their Degree time had been working long and acquiring various soft skills. The aim of this course is to motivate students in networking with possible experts in their field of study so that their knowledge can be used as a platform for invention, investment and generation of talents. Based on the feedback from 44 participants, almost 80% of the respondents agree that PhD ensures a bright future in the field of research and consultancy while they are required to network with people during their study.
Biography of Ir. Ts. Dr. Zaki Yamani bin Zakaria
Ir. Ts. Dr. Zaki Yamani bin Zakaria acquired his first degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Bradford, England in 1999 and Chemical Engineering Master Degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2004. After that he worked as a chemical engineer in an oil and gas related company and an as a process engineer in an edible oil refinery. He joined the faculty as a lecturer in July 2008. He then continued to pursue his PhD in Chemical Engineering also in UTM and had successfully graduated in 2013. His PhD research dealt with catalytic reaction engineering, where the title of his PhD is “Catalytic conversion of glycerol to olefin”. Dr. Zaki Yamani is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Apart from academic activities, Dr. Zaki Yamani is also a person with aspiration in grooming the students towards becoming a more effective person and guiding them in the road to excellent graduation, more specifically during his years as an Academic Advisor. He has been an academic advisor since 2014, which was his first batch of students that all have successfully graduated and now he is an academic advisor for a new batch of students (presently in their 1st year).
