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The Civil Engineering Laboratory Services (CELS) at Universiti Malaysia Pahang’s (UMP) Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources recently received a global certification for its high-quality laboratory management. Ecstatic about the university’s achievement, UMP’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dato’ Dr. Daing Nasir Ibrahim, said the ISO/EIC 17025:2005 certification was a testimony of how well-managed UMP’s laboratories were – systematically run according to world standards. “Such certification is hoped to attract more industries to conduct product testing at our university. Aside from that, these laboratories will be used for optimal teaching and learning experience,” said Professor Dato’ Dr. Daing Nasir. Effective for three years beginning from July 6, 2006, the Vice-Chancellor added that the certification was a step forward in the acculturation of the university’s research and development endeavours, especially set out to realize the objectives of the University-Industry concept in its 2008-2010 Strategic Planning.
According to Professor Dato’ Dr. Daing Nasir, the international recognition could, furthermore, be seen as UMP’s initiative to encourage companies to carry out surface water sampling and wastewater testing for industrial production.