Marcus Gomez produces SIRIMLink magazine for SIRIM Berhad.

Download this copy of SIRIMLink (PDF, 2MB).

The Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) has appointed Marcus Gomez to write, design and produce its 32-page quarterly magazine, SIRIMLink.

SIRIM Berhad is one of Malaysia’s most respected Research and Development centres and one of the region’s leading industrial research institutes. Wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the organisation’s goal is to ensure that the Malaysian manufacturing industry is technologically salient, resilient and cost efficient as the country moves rapidly forward towards an economy built upon knowledge and innovation. Recently, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) asked SIRIM to lead a taskforce to develop Malaysia’s renewable energy resources, which is what the upcoming issue of SIRIMLink will be all about.

Renewable energy is one of the most exciting arenas in R&D today. Because of Malaysia’s unique geography and economy, it is well-positioned to take advantage of the many renewable energy technologies — the country has tonnes of biomass waste generated by its agricultural sector that can be converted into biomethane, bioethanol and feedstock. Additionally, it has miles of shorelines, long hours of sunlight and steady winds, all of which have renewable energy potential.

The first issue of SIRIMLink produced by Marcus Gomez is due to be published at the end of August 2009. In it, Dr Baharum Ismail talks about his Jatropha project in Sarawak, while Dr Chen Sau Soon discusses her work on solar photocatalytics. Also, Azhar Abdul Raof and Hamdan Mokhtar discuss the prospects of bioethanol and biogas from empty palm fruit bunches.

SIRIMLink Issue 2, 2009 may be downloaded here.