Visiting National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC

I had the opportunity to visit National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C on October 12, 2019.  It was actually part of my trip attending ASTM Workshop in Philadelphia.  I spent a whole day exploring several museums in D.C.  The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution. I shared here some good photos of some specimens showing at this Museum.  Worth a visit if you had the opportunity to come here one day.

National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C, 

Beautiful crystals of Quartz

Specimen of Beryl crystal from Zambia

Fossil - Early rhinoceros and chalicothers skeletons from Agate Springs Quarry.  Lived 25-21 Million years ago.  Specimen was found in Nebraska

ROCKWORKS software

I have purchased a RockWork software to assist me in my work.  RockWorks is a comprehensive software program for creating 2D and 3D maps, logs and cross sections, geological models, and general geology diagrams for the environmental, geotechnical, mining and petroleum industries.

Rockworks 3-D model created using data from drilling borelog 

Cross section that was produced using RockWorks Software 

Completed a training on Environmental Site Assessments for Commercial Real Estate

I have completed my training on Environmental Assessment (ESA) for Commercial Real Estate which was held from October 8 - 10, 2019.  The training was organised by ASTM at their head office in Conshohocken, Philadelphia, United States.

Attending MODFLOW FLEX Workshop at Delft, Netherland.

Visual MODFLOW FLEX groundwater modeling software is the industry standard for simulating groundwater flow and contaminant transport.  I have been using the old Visual MODFLOW PRO software since 2004.   The new Visual MODFLOW FLEX was first introduced in December 2016 by Waterloo Hydrogeologic.  This new software has a different interface and so much different to the old version of Visual Modlfow Pro.   Hence, I have decided to learn this software by attending a 3-day workshop hosted and organised by Waterloo Hydrogeologic and VanEssen Instruments in Delft, Holland from September 25-27th, 2019.

Visual Modflow Flex door sign welcomes the participants to the training workshop 

Training material provided for the workshop as a printed document

A new interface of Modflow flex

Participants in the workshop came from various countries  from Asia, Europe and United States.  

A visit to Centrifuge facility at TU Delft

I visited a centrifuge facility at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) on September 24th, 2019.  The visit was hosted by Dr. Amin Askarinejad, an Assistant Professor from TU Delft.  I was given explanation by the Dr Askarinejad on how the centrifuge was firstly built and then also given a short tour of the centrifuge facility.  It was a memorable and informative visit as we at UKM also planning to build similar centrifuge in the future.  There is also a potential research collaboration with TU Delft especially in helping and consulting UKM to build our own centrifuge facility.  

Civil Engineering and Geosciences Faculty of TU Delft

Dr Amin Askarinejad from TU Delft 

A photo of Geotechnical Centrifuge facility at TU Delft in Holland

A photo of myself and the centrifuge 

International Conference on Nanotechnology 2019

I have attended a 3rd International conference on Nanotechnology Based Innovative Applications  for the Environment (NINE2019) which was held in Naples, Italy.  The event was scheduled from April 14-17, 2019 for 4 days.  NINE2019 was organised and promoted by The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC). 

NINE2019

A great hall in Naples that hosted the NINE2019

One of the interesting research presented as Poster Presentation at NINE2019

Nice scenery of Vesuvius mountain (an active volcano) captured from Naples bay