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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

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JULY – SEPT, 2018 http://www.ieeemy.org/mysection

Table of Contents

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Achievement & Award

-2018 Awards Winner

-IEEE Malaysia Section Awards - Call for Nominations

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IEEE Malaysia Section Activities

– Membership Development

– Educational Activities

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IEEE Malaysia Subsection Activities

- Sarawak Subsection Activities

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Chapters Activities

- IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter (APMTT)

- IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)

- IEEE Control Systems Society (CS)

- IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)

- IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS)

- IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)

- IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)

- IEEE Penang EDS/MTT-S/SSCS Joint Chapter

-IEEE Photonics Society (IPS), Malaysia Chapter- IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)

- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)

- IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS)

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Student Branch Activities

- University of Nottingham Malaysia Student Branch

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Special Events

- IEEE R10 Congress

- IEEE SYWL

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Upcoming Events 29

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Message From the Editor

It’s our pleasure to release a Q3 edition of 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section newsletter. This edition

covers activities which have been conducted between the month of July to September, 2018.

Section’s activities include Membership Development and Educational Activities including TISP-

KPM STEM Initiative. We also received reporting articles from Sarawak Subsection,12

Technical Chapters, reporting articles from students activities including R10 and SYWL

congress and 1 article from UNMC Student Branch. In this edition, we congratulate all IEEE

Region 10 award winners and WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award . On behalf of the

Executive Committee, well done! We greatly value your support and commitment.

I would like to thank all who contributed the reporting articles to this edition. I hope that you

find this newsletter informative and useful. Looking forward to your continued support in

the newsletter activities. If you have any suggestions or comments, you can reach me at

[email protected].

Kind regards and thank you.

Haidawati Mohamad Nasir,

Editor – IEEE Malaysia Newsletter

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Achievement & Award

R10 Student Activities Committee- Student Branch Award:

IEEE Multimedia University Student Branch

R10 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group Award:

IEEE Malaysia Section WIE Affinity Group

R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award:

Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin

R10 Student Activities Committee-Volunteer Award:

Kong Sheng How

&

2018 WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award

Zuhaina Zakaria

Congratulations to the following units and individuals for receiving

the 2018 awards

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Achievement & Awards

Deadline

30th Nov 2018

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION AWARDS

2018

INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Outstanding Volunteer

Outstanding WIE Volunteer

Outstanding YP Volunteer

Outstanding Student Volunteer

CHAPTER/STUDENT BRANCH

AWARD

Outstanding Chapter

Large Chapter (120 members or more)

Medium Chapter (51-119 members)

Small Chapter (50 members or less)

Outstanding Student Branch

CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS


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Senior members are very important for IEEE Malaysia because of several reasons. Senior membership provides a

platform for loyal members to get recognized for their professional contribution to the fields that are important to

IEEE; it is the highest grade that members can apply. For the past four years, we have seen reducing number of

Region (Venue Location) Co-Organizers Date Speakers & Facilitators #attendees

Central (Taylor’s Lakeside) Section 2 July 2018Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) &

Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM)40

Central (UiTM Shah Alam) Section/EduSoc 18 July 2018 Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) 27

Northern (UTP Perak) Section 20 July 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 10

Sabah (UMS Sabah) Section/Sabah Subsection 30 July 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 7

Central (IIUM Gombak)Section/WIE/IMS/

IIUM SB/UniKL SB6 Aug 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 20

Southern (UTM Skudai) Section/PES 12 Aug 2018Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) &

Dr Md Pauzi Abdullah (UTM)15

Sarawak (UNIMAS) Sarawak Subsection 2 Aug 2018Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi (UNIMAS) &

Dr David Bong (UNIMAS)7

Sarawak (Swinburne) Sarawak Subsection 3 Aug 2018Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi (UNIMAS) &


Sarawak (UCTS, Sibu) Sarawak Subsection 27 Aug 2018Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi (UNIMAS) &


Central (TM R&D) Section/APMTTEMC/WIE 28 Sep 2018 Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) 12

Northern (USM Eng) Section/OES/WIE/USM SB 17 Oct 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 20

International Islamic University Malaysia Taylor’s University

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

members (as observed in all regions and countries), but the

number of senior members continued to grow. Being a senior

member encourages them to retain their membership and in turn,

to offer their time as volunteers.

By the end of September 2018, ten senior membership elevation

workshops have been conducted throughout the country, including

Sabah and Sarawak. In order to maximize resources, Malaysia

section collaborated with several chapters and student branches as

well as the subsections as listed in the table below. This year, the

attendance has been very encouraging.

For this effort, Malaysia section received the R10 MD Incentive

Grants award under “retention” and “SM elevation” categories.

The impacts from past efforts together with other MD activities

contributed to the award of “2018 Outstanding Section

Membership Retention Performance”.

Membership Development

Reported by Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin

[email protected]

IEEE Malaysia Membership Development (MD)—Senior Membership Elevation Program

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Membership Development

Reported by Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin

[email protected]

IEEE Malaysia Membership Development (MD)—Senior Membership Elevation Program

The main reason why Malaysia section decided to conduct

the SM elevation is because it recognized that members

face several challenges to submit the applications.

First, they don’t have time to write all the necessary

details. The 3-hour hands-on workshop provided the time

for them to work on the application. Second, most

members feel that SM elevation is out of their reach and

that the requirements for 10 years of experience and 5

years of significant achievements are too high for them to

achieve, especially those who are in their thirties,

especially in the academics. Many people mistook the 10

years of experience with the years of IEEE membership.

During the workshop, the facilitators explained the

requirements listed in the light-blue shaded boxes below.

The last and most important reason for having the

workshop is because of the third requirement. During the

workshop (sometimes after), facilitators assist applicants

by introducing the potential referees, typically those from

the same organizations where they currently work.

SM applications are assessed and approved by the

Admissions & Advancement (A&A) committee, which

convene six times a year. The number of Malaysia section

members elevated in each A&A meeting for 2017 & 2018

are shown in the chart on the right. In addition, as of the

end of September 2018, 50 new SM applicants have got

their applications completed with all required referees and

should be elevated during the Oct A&A meeting. There

are 34 other applications which are still pending one or

more references and will be brought to the future A&A

meetings when all referees have submitted their referrals.

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Requirements for Senior Membership Elevation

1.10 years of Professional Experience*

2.5 years of Significant Performance

3.References: Required from Senior Members,

Fellows or Honorary Members

-2 if nominated, 3 if self nominated

*Education contributes

to the number of years

of professional

experience:

• 3 years for a BS in an

IEEE-designated field,

or

• 4 years for a Masters,

or

• 5 years for a

Doctorate

2017 2018

Dr Jacey & Dr David facilitating the workshops in Sarawak

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Education Activities

Reported by LEE Yoot Khuan, Education Activities Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section ([email protected])

IEEE Malaysia EA TISP at KPM Colloquium on

STEM Education Zon Kelantan, Universiti Malaysia

Kelantan, 14Aug2018

IEEE EA Awareness – IEEE eLearning Library

IEEE eLearning Library selects the best educational

courses from IEEE conferences and workshops around

the world and delivers them in engaging, instructional,

and interactive online courses for professionals, faculty,

and students across academic institutions, corporations,

and government agencies. You can earn continuing-

education credits, CEUs and PDHs, which is valuable for

career development and maintaining professional

certifications.

Course programs (Topics) reside in the IEEE eLearning

Library are Aerospace (Radar), Bioengineering

(Biometrics, Computational Intelligence),

Communication, Networking, and Broadcasting

(Wireless Communications, Standards), Components,

Circuits & Devices, and Systems (Integrated Circuits-

Single port and Dual port), Computing & Processing

(Cloud Computing, IEEE Software Engineering

Assessment, Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, IoT),

Engineering Profession (Ethics, Engineering

Management), Fields, Waves & Electromagnetics

(Antennas), Free Tutorials (Advancing Technology for

Humanity, Intellectual Property Rights), General Topics

for Engineers (Improving instructional techniques and

class effectiveness), Photonics and Electro-Optics (Fiber

Optics), Power, Energy, and Industry Applications

(Smart Grid, Green Energy), Robotics and Control

Systems, Transportation (Batteries, Electric Vehicles).

The following five courses are available for free trial,

System Fundamentals for Cyber Security, Fundamentals

on Patent Protection, Cloud Computing: an

Introduction, An Introduction to Leadership: A Primer

for the Practitioner, 4G Broadband LTE.

For benefits of IEEE eLearning Library, content of

subscription, enhanced friendly accessibility to course

content and more, visit here (source:

https://innovate.ieee.org/ieee-elearning-library/)

2018 IEEE Malaysia Education Activities Support

Fund

The IEEE Malaysia EA TISP – KPM STEM Initiative

Committee participated at the KPM Colloquium on

STEM Education Zon Kelantan, officiated by Director,

Technical Education and Vocational Training (School

Division), Ministry of Education, En Zainuren Mohd

Nor, on behalf of Education Director General, Datuk

Dr Amin Senin. The team consists of Mohammad Faizal

Ahmad Fauzi (representing IEEE Malaysia Section in a

Forum session), Lee Yoot Khuan, Rosminazuin Ab

Rahim and Rabiatuladawiyah Imam Kaedi (conducting

TISP session and Membership drive). The TISP session

was attended by 31 teachers. Audience of about 1200

comprised of ministerial officers, principals, teachers

and representatives of PIBG.

With great pleasure, IEEE Malaysia Section would like

to invite ALL O.U.s under its purview (Subsection,

Council, Chapters, SB etc) to apply for the IEEE

Malaysia Section Education Activities Support Fund

2018.

Aim (1) Facilitate & support Education Activities

events/programs that directly promote membership

growth (2) Support Education Activities

events/programs that bring added value to IEEE

members.

Important Dates: Proposal deadline15Aug |

Notification 31Aug | Final Report 30Oct

Scope: Educational Outreach | Continuing

Education/Professional Development | Accreditation

Seminar | TISP .

Terms and Conditions can be found in application

form here (https://ieeemy.org/mysection/2018/07/5231/).

https://innovate.ieee.org/ieee-elearning-library/

https://ieeemy.org/mysection/2018/07/5231/

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IEEE Sarawak SubsectionReported by Ong Chin Ann

[email protected]

Research Sharing Session

On 6th July, the IEEE Sarawak Subsection had invited

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Tan Cher Ming

from Taiwan to share his research on “Reliability and

Solid State Lighting” at Swinburne Sarawak Campus. The

talk was sponsored by the IEEE Electron Devices

Society Distinguished Lecturer Program, IEEE Sarawak

Subsection and Faculty of Engineering, Computing and

Science Swinburne Sarawak. The talk attracted 30

participants consisting of students and professional.

Training for IEEE Sarawak Robotics Competition

In August, two separate sessions on IEEE Senior

Member Elevation Workshop was conducted by Ir. Dr.

David Bong and Dr. Jacey-Lynn Minoi. The first session

held on 2nd August at University Malaysia Sarawak

(UNIMAS) while the second session held on 3rd August

at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak.

On 27th August, both Dr. David & Dr. Jacey-Lynn

travelled to Sibu and conducted the IEEE Professional

Membership Workshop at University College of

Technology Sarawak (UCTS)

IEEE Alternative Lighting Project (ALP)

– Phase 1 & Phase II

A team consist of members from IEEE Sarawak

Subsection and Swinburne IEEE Student Branch led by

Dr. Then Yi Lung had visited Kampung Salak, Kuching

on 28th July. The visit intended to conduct feasibility

study on the need of local communities as part of IEEE

humanitarian activity and to assist the villagers in the

betterment of their facilities. The team subsequently

made their second visit on 15th Sept to install 50 units

of the solar powered Passive Infrared (PIR) motion

sensor wall and street lights at the village.

Dr. Chua Hong Siang, Deputy Head of School (Engineering)

presenting token of appreciation to Professor Tan

IEEE Senior Member Elevation & Professional

Membership Workshops

Dr. Hudyjaya Siswoyo Jo providing observing

the robot programmed by the participant

An introductory training to robotics and programming

was provided in a one-day boot camp held on 18th

August and 1st September. This training is part of the

Inaugural IEEE Sarawak Robotics Competition which is

scheduled on 24th November this year. The

competition aims to promote the interest in science,

technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in

schools. Forty students from various secondary

schools across Kuching has registered and will be

participating in the competition on November.

Dr. David explaining geographical regions of IEEEThe team member led by Dr. Then with Penghulu Wahid bin Mat,

& Ketua Kampung Ismail bin Kahaid

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IEEE AP / MTT / EMC JOINT CHAPTER

Reported by Azah Syafiah Mohd Marzuki

[email protected]

Technical Sponsorship

IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter

Malaysia is honoured to sponsor

2018 Smart Selangor Young

Innovation Challenge. Dr Aziati, our

chapter executive committee

member is part of the organizing

committee.

IEEE International RF & Microwave Conference

Chapter Website: www.apmttemc.org

Chapter FB page: @IEEEMalaysiaAPMTTEMCMalaysiaChapter

Chapter Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/13646883/

Email: apmttemc@gmail and [email protected]

Technical Talk

The secondary school students of SMK Puteri Titiwangsa had

fun on one of our CSR program: FUN WITH MICRO:BIT:

Towards Physical Computing Literacy. It was held on 8, 9 and

15 August 2018. Ir. Dr. Kamilia Kamardin from UTM KL cum

Chapter treasurer contributed towards the success of the

program.

IEEE Senior Member Elevation Workshop

IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter Malaysia and IEEE Malaysia WIE

organized IEEE Senior Member Elevation Workshop at TM R&D

Cyberjaya on 28th Sept 2018. Attended by non-members and

members of IEEE, the workshop is facilitated by Dr Zuhaina

Zakaria and assisted by our rep, Ir Azah Syafiah.

Industry Visit

IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter Malaysia co-organized two writing

workshops that are delivered by AP. Dr. Mohd Haizal Jamaluddin.

He is one of our talented executive committee member.

29 Aug 2018 UTM Skudai

Publication in High Impact

Journals: Insights and

Strategies Workshop

12 Sept 2018 SCCE,

UNIMAP

Strategies To Publish in High

Impact Journals

Group photo: Strategies To Publish in High Impact Journals @

UNIMAP

Our chapter

representatives

attended Keysight

Measurement Forum

(KMF) on 24 July

2018 Equatorial

Penang.

At Rohde & Schwarz “Network

Mobile Testing” on 29 Aug 2018,

Connexion Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

RFM2018 is now accepting non-presenting participant. Join us!

Click: https://edas.info/registerPersonNew.php?c=24757

For latest flyer: https://rfm2018.apmttemc.org/wp-

content/uploads/2018/10/One-page-RFM2018update.pdf

https://edas.info/registerPersonNew.php?c=24757

https://rfm2018.apmttemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/One-page-RFM2018update.pdf

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IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)

Reported by David Chuah Joon Huang

[email protected]

International Conference on Computer &

Information Sciences 2018

Membership Drive at

Monash University Malaysia

An IEEE CIS membership drive was held on 3

September 2018 in conjunction with the technical talk

entitled “Introduction to Deep Learning and Available

Frameworks” delivered by Dr. Lim Chern Hong,

Honorary Secretary of IEEE CIS Malaysia Chapter

during the United by Research Symposium Series II

(URSS II) event which took place in Monash University

Malaysia.

This symposium was jointly organized by the Monash

University Postgraduate Association (MUPA), Campus

Research Committee (CRC) and Campus Research

Management (CRM) of Monash University Malaysia.

The event was targeted at the postgraduate students

from Monash University from any discipline and Dr.

Lim had shared with them on how this society can

benefit them in their research and future careers.

Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computational

Intelligence Society (CIS) Malaysia Chapter, the

International Conference on Computer & Information

Sciences (ICCOINS) 2018 was held on 13-14 August

2018 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC)

with the theme “Revolutionizing Digital Landscape for

Sustainable Smart Society”. The conference was

organized by the Department of Computer and

Information Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Petronas

(UTP) and it was part of the Engineering, Science and

Technology Congress (ESTCON) 2018.

ICCOINS2018 had successfully attracted many papers

from various countries like Japan, Pakistan, India, and

many others. There was a total of 53 papers presented in

4 different tracks of technical session during the two-day

conference, i.e. Big Data Analytics & IoT, Information

Systems, Network Systems & Cyber Security and

Software Engineering.

The main goal of the conference was to promote

research and development activities in Computer

Science, Information Technology and Information

Systems. The conference was an ideal platform for

researchers to share views and experiences in

information processing, computing techniques and other

related areas towards Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Dr. Lim Chern Hong is giving an introduction on IEEE

CIS prior to his deep learning talk

Allah Bukhsh, President of Monash University

Postgraduate Association is presenting a token of

appreciation to Dr. Lim Chern HongA forum session on “The Role of FinTech in Industrial

Revolution 4.0.”

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IEEE Control Systems Society Chapter Malaysia

As reported in some media, the company also has

collaborated with local institutions in some projects.

Through the collaboration, they managed to come out

with innovative design of prosthetic limbs that suits with

the needs of the targeted users. At the Faculty of

Electrical Engineering (FKE), UiTM, a final year project

was initiated with the inspiration of MyVista which this

project has been successful and gaining the attention of

the CEO of the company who wants to continue to

witness the project demonstration at FKE, UiTM.

Responding to this, the Process Instrumentation and

Control (PICon) Research Interest Group UiTM has

recently organized a program with MyVista Sdn. Bhd. The

program was held on 30th August 2018, 2.30 pm at FKE,

UiTM. Part of the program was the demonstration of the

final year project. The program also has special session

which the handover of a prosthetic handset developed by

MyVista to the recipient family, who were also attended

the program. This special session also has attracted

coverage by media. The program continued with meeting

between faculty staff and CSS members for sharing

MyVista-developed projects that are closely related to the

faculty and CSS fields and open up space for collaboration.

The program was attended by approximately 30 persons

including MyVista, FKE and CSS representatives.

Collaboration Meeting With MyVista Sdn. Bhd

Reported by Saiful Zaimy Yahaya

[email protected]

9th IEEE Control and System Graduate

Research Colloquium (ICSGRC 2018)

The 9th IEEE Control and System Graduate Research

Colloquium (ICSGRC 2018) has been held at Grand

BlueWave Hotel Shah Alam on 3-4 August 2018.

The colloquium was organized by the IEEE CSS

Chapter Malaysia and the Faculty of Electrical

Engineering (FKE), UiTM. The colloquium has

attracted participants from Malaysia and overseas

which mostly postgraduates & researchers working

in areas related to control and system. The

colloquium has become an excellent platform for

knowledge exchange, sharing research findings, and

establish network and collaborations among the

participants. This year event of ICSGRC recorded

49 papers presented. Each paper will soon be

available in the IEEE xplore and has potential for

indexing by SCOPUS. The ICSGRC is a yearly event

with the next series of the colloquium will take place

around the same date next year.

MyVista Sdn. Bhd. is a local company with focus of

business in 3D printing. The company has gained

attention in recent years for their design of prosthetic

limbs for the individuals with disabilities especially

children.

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IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)

Reported by Ir. Dr. Hazlee Azil Illias ([email protected])

Dielectric Tutorial at USM

A Dielectric Tutorial was successfully organised by the

IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter on 13th August 2018 at

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The tutorial was

officiated by the Vice Chair of the IEEE DEIS Malaysia

Chapter, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohamad Kamarol Mohd

Jamil. The tutorial was delivered by Prof. Satoshi

Matsumoto from the Shibaura Institute of Technology,

Japan, with the topic “Analysis of Over-shoot in Impulse

Test and Evaluation of Waveform Parameters for

Oscillating Impulse for High Voltage Test (and

Detection of GHz Electromagnetic Waveforms Emitted

from partial Discharge)”. The committee members of

the DEIS Malaysia Chapter wish to express their sincere

thanks to Prof. Satoshi Matsumoto for his willingness to

share his expertise in the field of impulse testing with

the Malaysian community.

By Ir. Dr. Lau Kwan Yiew

Participants of Dielectric Tutorial

Institute of Power Engineering Technical Lecture

at UNITEN

On 26th July 2018, a technical lecture was held by the

Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga

Nasional (UNITEN) together with the IEEE Dielectrics

and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) Malaysia

Chapter and Malaysian High Voltage Network

(MyHVnet) at UNITEN Kajang, Selangor.

The lecture was conducted by Professor Dr. George

Chen from the University of Southampton, United

Kingdom, on three topics, namely, “Diagnostic Testing

and Development of High Voltage Direct Current

(HVDC) Cables”, “Nanodielectrics and Their

Applications” and “Space Charge Measurements”.

About 50 participants including students, lecturers and

engineers attended the lecture.

During the lecture, Professor Dr. George Chen shared

with the audience on the fundamentals of HVDC

cables, including an overview of HVDC cables, testing

methods commonly applied for HVDC cables and the

latest developments in HVDC cables.

Recent research trends in nanodielectrics were also

emphasised, and the potential applications of

nanodielectrics in addressing HVDC cable needs were

highlighted. Furthermore, appropriate use of space

charge measurement techniques in diagnosing HVDC

cables and materials was also addressed to the

audience.

The committee members of the DEIS Malaysia Chapter

wish to express their sincere thanks to Professor Dr.

George Chen for his willingness to share his expertise

in the field of HVDC cables, nanodielectrics and space

charge measurements with the Malaysian community.

Co-operation and support from the members of

UNITEN, IEEE DEIS and MyHVnet were also

acknowledged for making the technical lecture a

successful event.

By Ir. Dr. Lau Kwan Yiew

Participants of Institute of Power Engineering Technical Lecture

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IEEE Electron Device Society Malaysia Section

Engineers Demonstrating Science: an Engineer Teacher

Connection (EDS-ETC) by EDS Malaysia

Mini-Colloquium: Distinguished Lectures at IMEN,

UKM

The Mini Colloquium: Distinguished Lecture was conducted on 13th August 2018 in

Meeting Room, Level 5, Research Complex, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

The lecture was delivered by Distinguished Lecturers; Dr M.K Radhakrishnan from

NanoRel Technical Consultants with the talk “Interface Physics and Analysis

Challenges in Si Nanodevices”, Prof. Dr Navakantha Bhat from IISc Bangalore with

his talk “PathShodh : A Journey from science to product”, Dr. Samar K. Saha from

Prospicient Devices USA with his talk “Emerging Field-Effect Transistors for Ultra-

Low Power VLSI Circuits at Nanometer Nodes” and Prof. Dr. Edward Yi Chang

from National Chiao Tung University Taiwan with his talk “Nano-scale InGaAs

FinFETs and Negative Capacitance InGaAs MOSFETs for Low Power High Speed

Post-Si Applications”. They shared their research expertise on applications of

semiconductor devices. This lecture was rounded up with the EDS Malaysia

Postgraduate Award event. A total of 60 participants attended the MQ.

Reported by Afishah Alias & Aliza Aini Md Ralib

IEEE-EDS Malaysia Chapter is committed in promoting EDS-ETC program by

conducting a fun and exciting event with primary school students (Year 4),

Sekolah Islam Adni Ampang, Selangor. A total 30 students participated in the

event. With a theme of "Material Diversity", the students are introduced with

graphite material that can be used as an electrical conductor. The students are

guided to explore on graphite (from 2B pencil leads) as part of snap circuit

elements which can produce different sounds at different lengths of graphite.

From the experiments, they understand that graphite is a type of nanomaterial

that can produce graphene which has so many outstanding characteristics.

Students are all excited to try their hands out on snap circuit and explore new

things especially on graphite. The school management welcomes IEEE EDS-

ETC engagement in school activities to stimulate creative young minds

especially in the field of electronics. Reported by Dr. Rosminazuin Ab Rahim.

Delegation EDS Malaysia &UKM Student Branch Chapter

in Institute Technology Bandung, Indonesia

On 25th August 2018, Lab Visit at Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB),

Indonesia has been conducted with the cooperation of EDS Malaysia, EDS

UKM Student Branch and FKEPS, UiTM Shah Alam. This trip was led by Dr

Ahmad Sabirin and Associate Professor Dr. Norhayati Soin from EDS

Malaysia chapter with cooperation of EDS Indonesia, Professor Basuki (ITB).

The delegation were given the opportunity to visit the lab and being exposed

to the developing research in Indonesia. Reported by Dr. Norhayati Soin

Reported by Afishah Alias & Aliza Aini Md Ralib

Participants of the leadership camp and strategic metingFrom the editor

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Afishah Alias & Aliza Aini Md Ralib , Editor IEEE EDS Malaysia newsletter

Hiking at Broga Hill

The IEEE ED Malaysia Chapter has organized a hiking activity as part of the

program planned for the Social and Community Portfolio on the 21st July

2018 at Broga Hill. The IEEE EDS Hiking 2018 program has welcomed the

participation from the IEEE EDS members together with their respective

family members. This program was held mainly to reconnect and foster good

relations among IEEE EDS members as well as to promote healthy lifestyle

among members. Reported by Dr. Siti Nooraya.

15-17th August ICSE 2018. (International Conference on

Semiconductor Electronics 2018.)

The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE2018)

was successfully held from August 15-17 2018 at the Pullman Hotel and Residences

Kuala Lumpur City Centre. The conference was organized by IEEE Electron Devices

Malaysia Chapter, IEEE Malaysia Section and Institute of Microengineering and

Nanoelectronics (IMEN), UKM and chaired by IMEN Founder Director/IEEE EDS

Malaysia Advisor; Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis. Themed "At the Edge of

Nanotechnology", there were 80 papers presented at the conference with 120

participants attending. The conference kicked off on the 14th of August with two

tutorial sessions presented by Dr. Samar K. Saha from Prospicient Devices, Milpitas

USA with his session titled "Advanced Silicon Devices" and Dr. M.K. Radhakrishnan

from NanoRel LLP, Singapore with his session entitled "Building Reliability in Devices –

Challenges and Progression". Else than that, the conference featured an Industrial

Session sponsored by IEEE Malaysia Section in an effort to expose participants to

current industry trends. The speakers were Ir. Dr. Mohamad Jamil Sulaiman, Vice

President for SIRIM Industrial Research and Mr Ahmad Rizan Ibrahim, President &

CEO of MIMOS Berhad. They shared the latest research being undertaken in their

respective companies and industries and urged participants to collaborate for mutual

research and development. During the conference dinner, ICSE2018 was proud to be

officiated by UKM’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Mohd Ekhwan Toriman who

also witnessed the signing ceremony of a Letter of Intent (LOI) and a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU). The LOI and MOU were signed between IMEN, UKM and

University System of Taiwan as well as University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

respectively. Best Student Paper Awards as well as Best Student Presenter Awards

were also given away to selected participants. We hope all these efforts will enhance

the interest in electron devices research in Malaysia.

Reported by Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis, Azlan Azrul Hamzah & Khairul Nisha

Mohd Kharuddin

http://ieeemalaysia-eds.org/

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IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)

The 10th National Technical Seminar on Underwater

System Technology 2018 (NUSYS’18) was organized by

the Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,

Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) on the 26-27 Sept

2018 at the UMP Library, Pekan Campus. For this year,

“Deeper Discoveries” was selected as the NUSYS’18

theme. NUSYS’18 was jointly organized by IEEE OES

Malaysia Chapter, Malaysian Society for Automatic

Control Engineers (MACE), and Institute of Engineer

Malaysia (IEM) Marine Engineering and Naval

Architecture Technical Division (MNATD). 57 papers

were presented by authors during the technical sessions.

NUSYS’18 also seen 3 distinguish speakers giving their

keynotes. Those were,

AP Dr. Aidy @ Mohamed Shawal M. Muslim, the

Director of Institute of Oceanography and Environment

(INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu – Exploring

Application of Remote Sensing in Underwater Mapping.

Mr. Mirza Iryawan Hamza, Technical Director of

Temasek Hidroteknik Sdn. Bhd. (Survey Division) &

Temasek Allied Engineering (Instrumentation Division) –

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for Coastal

Hydrographic Surveys.

AP. Dr. Mohd Farid Muhamad Said, Senior Lecturer at

Dept of Aeronautic, Automotive & Ocean Engineering,

School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia – Development of an ROV:

Antarctic Expedition and Underwater Observation for

Industry Application .

National Technical Seminar on Underwater

System Technology (NUSYS’18)

Prepared by Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar & Mohd Rizal Arshad

[email protected], [email protected]

Underwater Acoustics Sensor Design Workshop

The underwater acoustics sensor design workshop was

held from 27th to 28th Aug, 2018 at the Faculty of

Electrical Engineering, UTeM, Melaka. The workshop was

jointly organized by the Center for Robotics & Industrial

Automation (CeRIA) and IEEE OES Malaysia. It was

conducted by Dr. Mohd Ikhwan Hadi Yaacob from UPSI.

The aim of the workshop is to give an overview and

exposure of underwater acoustics sensor to researchers.

During the event, participants were given opportunity to

design simple acoustics sensor for underwater

application.

Reported by: Mohd Sharieel Mohd Aras

In conjunction with the sensor design workshop, the

IEEE OES also organized a laboratory visit to

Underwater Technology Research Lab at the Faculty of

Electrical Engineering, UTeM. The visit was held on 28th

Aug 2018. During the visit, participants have

opportunity to see various activities related to ocean

engineering that run in the lab. This activity also foresee

future research collaboration among members.

Underwater Research Laboratory Visit

Reported by: Zainah Md Zain

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IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Malaysia Chapter

Reported by Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi

[email protected]

2018 National Lecture Program at Universiti

Tenaga Nasional

The 2018 National Lecture Program (NLP) was

organized by IEEE PELS Malaysia Chapter, Universiti

Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and IEEE Student Branch of

UNITEN at the College of Engineering in UNITEN. A

total of 120 undergraduate students and IEEE PELS

members attended the NLP by Dr. Che Hang Seng on

Multiphase Machines and Drives. Dr. Che who is

currently a senior lecturer at University of Malaya

Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Center

(UMPEDAC), captivated the audiences with his passion

in research of multiphase machines for the applications

of motor drives.

IEEE Malaysia PELS Chapter and Power Electronics and

Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (PEARL), Faculty

of Engineering, University of Malaya has organized

Second Distinguished Lecture Program (DLP) that has

been delivered by Prof. Dr. Udaya K. Madawala from The

University of Auckland, New Zealand, on 4th July 2018.

The program was attended by 40 power electronics

researchers. The topics of the lecture were Introduction

to IEEE PELS Membership and Activities, Introduction to

Research Activities in The University of Auckland, New

Zealand, DD, DDQ Wireless Power Transmission

Topology, V2G Circuits and Systems and Challenges in

V2G.

Second Distinguished Lecture Program on

“Wireless Grid Integration of EVs for V2G

Applications”

A group photo of Dr. Che and all attendees Dr. Che was delivering the

lecture

Souvenir

presentation to

speaker by Prof.

Dr. Saad Mekhilef

from PEARL

Adjunct Lectures at Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Two Adjunct Lectures was organized by IEEE PELS

Malaysia Chapter and Universiti Teknologi Petronas

(UTP). The first lecture session was on “The Modern

Development of Power Electronic Drives in Industrial

Applications” delivered by Mr. Shazrizal Bakar from GE

Power Conversion, Malaysia, which was held on 18th

July 2018. The lecture session was attended by 20

participants. Later, the second lecture session was held

on 30th July 2018, which was on “The Advancement of

Power Electronic and Analog Electronic Devices in the

Industrial Sector”, delivered by Mr. Mohd Helmi Mazlan

Huzairi, from Spectre Solutions Sdn. Bhd. The lecture

session was attended by 31 participants.

Adjunct

lecture

by Mr.

Shazrizal

Adjunct

lecture

by Mr.

Mohd

Helmi

Prof. Dr. Udaya K.

Madawala was

delivering the

lecturer

Technical Lecture on “Power Electronics for the

Digital Utility”

The Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga

Nasional and IEEE Power Electronics Society Malaysia

Chapter has organized Technical Lecture on “Power

Electronics for the Digital Utility”, that has been

delivered by Prof. Vassilios G. Agelidis from Technical

University of Denmark, on 27th of August 2018 at he

College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional. The

lecture session was attended by 20 participants.

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IEEE Penang EDS/MTT-S/SSCS Joint Chapter

Chapter is pleased to announce speaker line up and

strong support from sponsors for IMESS2018.

Registration until 05 October 2018 on website

http://www.psdc.org.my/events/2018/imess-2018

Keynote speakers:-

Mr. Siau Guan Wah, VP of Sales of Tekmark

GroupProfessor Dr. Pierre Brunswick, CEO of

Neuromem Technologies Pte Ltd

Special speaker:-

Mr. Kalai Selvan Subramaniam, Infinecs Systems Sdn.

Bhd., Malaysia

IEEE International Microwave, Electron

Devices, Solid-State Circuits Symposium

(IMESS) 2018, 09 – 10 October, PSDC

Reported by Ir. Dr. Lee Choo Yong

[email protected]

IEEE Penang EDS Distinguished Lecture - Thin

Film Transistor Integration Strategies for Ultra

Low Power and High Gain

Professor Arokia Nathan, CTO of Cambridge Touch

Technologies delivered distinguished lecture at

Penang Skills Development Center (PSDC), on 23

August. Professor Arokia discussed critical design

considerations, thin-film transistor operation in the

different regimes and addressed the pivotal

requirement of low supply voltage and ultralow

power leading to potentially battery-less operation.

Chair Dr. Jagadheswaran Rajendran presented

certificate of appreciation at the of event.

Plenary speakers:-

Dr. Charles F Champbell, Qorvo, USA

Dr. Markus Gardill, InnoSenT GmbH, Germany

Mr. Francis Leong, Optenni, Singapore

Mr. Lee Ken Yong, Keysight Technologies, Malaysia

Mr. Bob Ng, Rohde & Shwarz, Malaysia

Mr. John Tay, Malaysian Communications and

Multimedia Commision

Dr. Usman Sanwar, Intel Malaysia

Professor Sorin Cristoloveanu, Grenoble polytechnic

Institute, France

Professor Dr. Samir Iqbal, University of Texas at

Arlington, USA

Professor Kuei-Shu Chang-Liao, National Tsing Hua

University, Taiwan

Professor Dr. Taiichi Otsuji, Tohoku University, Japan

Dr. Matthew Cole, Bath University, UK

Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Md Arshad, Universiti Malaysia

Perlis

Mr. Tan Chan Lik, Infineon Technologies, Malaysia

Professor Dr. Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua University, China

Dr. Hyeon-Min Bae, Korea Advanced Institute of

Science and Technology, South Korea

Ir. Dr. Harikrishnan Ramiah, University of Malaya,

Malaysia

Dr. Vivek De, Intel Corporation, USA

Mr. Mohd Parid Sulaiman, Intel Malaysia

Mr. Lee Chang Fatt, Genetron, Malaysia

Mr. Daniel Kho, SynVue Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia

Dr. Eloi Marigo Ferrer, SilTerra, Malaysia

http://www.psdc.org.my/events/2018/imess-2018

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IEEE Photonics Society (IPS), Malaysia Chapter

Reported by Farabi Iqbal & Mohd Rashidi Salim

[email protected]; [email protected]

IEEE MyIPS – PLS at MMU

On 23 July 2018, The MMU Fiber Optic Research

Center and MyIPS has organized a Photonic Lecture

Series by Prof. Yun-Jiang Rao from University of

Electronic Science and Technology of China. Prof

Yun-Jiang Rao has provided an overview on the

recent advances in random fiber lasers.

The Fun With Light program is an educational

community service organized by IEEE MyIPS, FKEE

UTHM and IEEE UTHM Student Branch, for

providing early exposure and trigger the interest of

students to engineering study, especially in the field

of light and photonics. Students are introduced to

the fundamental of light theory and hands-on

experience on creating an audio transmission using

light communication circuit. The program was held in

Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, with a total of 206

participants from five different secondary schools.

IEEE MyIPS – PLS at UiTM

A Photonic Lecture Series was held on 19

September 2018 at Seminar Room Al-Hidayah, UiTM

Shah Alam. Dr. Yasmin Mustapha Kamil from UPM

gave a talk on “Tapered optical fiber-based sensor

for detection of dengue II E proteins”, and Dr. Lau

Kuen Yao from UNITEN talked about “Mode-lock

fiber laser implementing graphene saturable”.

IEEE MyIPS – Fun With Light at Batu Pahat IEEE MyIPS – Judges at Smart Selangor Young

Innovators Challenges

On 18 August 2018, UiTM has organized the Smart

Selangor Young Innovators Challenges at Dewan

Agung Tuanku Canselor UiTM Shah Alam. The

program is designed to help youths in Malaysia

develop technical and life skills in the areas of

embedded system, problem-solving, innovation, and

entrepreneurship through workshops, competitions,

as well as an accelerator camp. Representative from

MyIPS has participated as panel judges in this event,

where the innovation projects were from various

primary and secondary schools from Selangor.

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Symposium on Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real-Time Imaging (IPIARTI 2019)

IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter (IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter) has successfully co-organized the 9th Symposium on Image

Processing, Image Analysis and Real-Time Imaging (IPIARTI 2019) with the IEEE Monash Student Branch on 12 July 2018. This free annual

event, open to all members and non-members of the IEEE, is organized with the objectives of: (a) bringing the university and industry

community together to share and discuss the latest trends in image processing, analysis and real-time implementation, and (b) promote the

IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter to the academic and industry community in Malaysia as a forum for professional networking

and advancement. In this symposium attracted a crowd of approximately 50 participants from universities and industries.

This event featured 3 keynote speakers and 3 invited speakers. The keynote speakers include:

IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPSOC)http://sps.ieeemy.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SPSOCMAL/

Reported by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wong Kok Sheik

([email protected])

Best Jurnal Paper Award

IEEE SPS Malaysia Research Excellence Awards

Best Conference Paper Award

Assoc. Prof. Chan Chee Seng

(University of Malaya)

Prof. Raveendran Paramesran

(University of Malaya)

Dr. Minemura Kazuki

(Intel Malaysia)

Prof. Loges speaking on behalf

of IEEE SPS for membership

drive and elevation workshop.

For more information about

our up-coming events, please

refer to our website.

The IEEE SPS Malaysia Research Excellence Awards for year 2017 were

presented to the respective recipients by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faizal (Chair,

IEEE Malaysia Section). This year’s award recipients include:

(a) Dr. Hafeez Ullah Amin (UTP) – for Best PhD Thesis Award

(b) Ng Chuen Rue (UTM) – for Best Master Thesis Award

(c) Wei Chun Ung (UTP) – for Best Journal Paper Award

(d) Lee Sue Han (UM) – for Best Conference Paper Award

Congratulations to the award recipients!

The IEEE SPS Malaysia Research Excellence Awards are presented every

year and we welcome nominations for all 4 categories mentioned above.

Look out for our call for nomination via e-mail and website.

Membership Drive and

Senior Member

Elevation Workshop

Dr. Rostam Affendi Hamzah

(UTEM)Syed Muslim Jameel

(UTP)

Leong Kuan Yew

(Monash)

http://spsocmalaysia.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SPSOCMAL/

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IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (RAS)

Reported by Ahmad Anas Yusof and Noor Ayuni Che Zakaria,

[email protected]; [email protected]

Prof Lijiljana

Trajkovic (Left) and

Dr. Samsuzana Abd

Aziz (Right)

A group photo of the In Genius World –Robotics for Kids event

Technical workshop on Robotics and control

systems – By Quanser Inc, Canada.

InGenius World – Robotics for Kids

The Robotics for Kids event was organized by IEEE RAS

Malaysia and IEEE UCSI Student branch and IEEE HKN

UCSI Branch on 18th and 19th August 2018. The main

focus of the event was to expose young kids from age 6

to 12 years old to basic of engineering, robotics and

coding. This workshop’s mission was to observe their

interest in Robotics and Engineering by teaching them via

hands-on methods.

Young Innovator Challenge

IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (IEEE RAS) has

successfully organized a workshop on 9th July 2018. The

main focus of the event was to introduce the new

learning concepts with the latest technical tools

developed by Quanser for areas of control systems and

Robotics. Different experimental models were

introduced for both the lecturers and the students. The

integration of the experimental models with the latest

software and the simulation with Matlab were

demonstrated for the audience

On 21st July 2018 the Young Innovators Challenge

has been organized in UCSI. The YIC is a platform

that is provided for the millennial to showcase their

invention skills that is to be used in various

industries Students from various schools within the

Kuala Lumpur region participated to showcase their

best effort to build a working concept prototype

that performs certain tasks which is controlled

either by an Arduino microcontroller or and

Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

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Technology & Engineering Management Society (TEMS)

Reported by Associate Professor Teh Pei Lee ([email protected])

Designing for our aging society: The

Gerontechnology Challenge Grand Finals 2018 in

Monash University Malaysia

Regarding the issue, the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers’ Technology and Engineering

Management Society (TEMS), Monash University

Malaysia’s Gerontechnology Laboratory and Petrosains

have been collaborating to run the Gerontechnology

Challenge 2018, in the hope of encouraging younger

generation to come up with creative solutions to

address the needs of senior citizens.

After five months of extensive work and research, the

outstanding seven teams entered the Grand Final which

was held at Monash University Malaysia on 4th August

2018. Four esteemed judges included Associate Prof

Dr. Teh Pei Lee (Monash University Malaysia), Yang

Mulia Tengku Nasariah Tengku Syed Ibrahim (CEO of

Petrosains), Prof. Dr. Tengku Aizan Tengku Abdul

As Yang Mulia Tengku Nasariah Tengku Syed Ibrahim

(CEO of Petrosains) highlighted, “No aspect of modern

life is untouched by technology”, yet most technology

developers tend to forget about its usage by the older

generation and most is designed for young people. Similar

to several countries around the world, however, Malaysia

faces a rapidly aging population—which results in a

pressing need for innovation of smart products that

benefit the older generation and enable them to have a

more independent life.

One of the Teams’ Invention Showcase & Demonstration to the

Judges.

Hamid (Director/Professor of Institute of Gerontology,

Universiti Putra Malaysia), and Prof Lee Chien Sing

(Malaysian Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers' Technology and Engineering

Management Society TEMS). After each team were given

time to present their proposal, the panel had their long

discussion on deciding which the most impressive ideas

were.

In the end, Team Drop The Stick won the judges over

with their smart predictive walking stick product that can

overcome the drawbacks of usual walking sticks and

received the grand prize of RM5,000. Team Ergonomers,

with their smart portable walking chair, and Team 0 (1),

with their elderly-oriented Gold Buddy application,

finished at 2nd and 3rd place in the competition, which

rewarded them RM3,000 and RM1,000 respectively.

During the event, every attendee was entitled to

participate in the lucky draw session, with the prizes

supported by five sponsors being Dahmakan,

UNIGENERATION, Photo Heaven Plt, OtomateME and

HappyFresh).

The Gerontechnology Challenge Grand Finals 2018 was

led by Associate Prof Dr. Teh Pei Lee and supported by

Health and Well-Being cluster of the Global Asia in the

21st Century (GA21) Multidisciplinary Research Platform,

the Malaysian Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers’ Technology and Engineering

Management Society (TEMS).

Yang Mulia Tengku Nasariah Tengku Syed with the Winning Team of

the Gerontechnology Challenge Grand Finals 2018

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University of Nottingham Malaysia(UNMC) IEEE Student Branch

Reported by UNMC IEEE Secretary Jie Qi Koh ([email protected])

Splash Fest 2018 by IEEE UNMC

11 APRIL 2018: Working together with other

engineering societies, UNMC IEEE committees

organized an outdoor event, called Splash Fest 2018.

The event was held at University of Nottingham

Malaysia Sports Complex Field, from 6pm to

10.30pm. There are 42 participants in total and all of

them are UNMC students.

The main objectives of the event is to act as an

opportunity for stressful students to enjoy

themselves and release their stress.

A picture collage of the event.

Source by: Lee Zhen San

Light refreshments such as soft drinks and snacks

were prepared for the participants. Each

participant also received a Splash Fest wristband

as a free gift.

There were two stages in the competition.

Winners from Stage 1 will proceed to Stage 2. At

the end of Stage 2, there were two winners. After

the competition, there was a water balloon fight

between all participants and organizing

committees.

Official poster of the event.

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Special Event - IEEE Region 10 Congress 2018Reported by Fakhriah Razali

[email protected]

A Great Exposure For IEEE Malaysia Students in IEEE Region 10 Congress 2018

On 30th of August – 2nd September 2018, IEEE Region 10 conducted a biennial SYWL congress at Prime Plaza

Hotel, Bali, Indonesia. The SYWL R10 Congress 2018 (Student/ Young Professional/ Woman In Engineering/

Life Member) involved participants (students and professionals) from all over Asia-Pacific (Region 10) who

gathered for one purpose - to share their knowledge as well as accomplishments gained through volunteering

in IEEE. Eight students from Malaysia section were selected to join this event. They are Chew Vee Jeng (UTAR

SB, Chair), Cindy Lai Poh Yuan (SAC & Curtin SB, Vice Chair), Fakriah Razali (UTHM SB, Chair), Gorakanage

Ameesh (SSR 2018 from UPM), Lin Jian Wen (SAC from USM), Shum Kar Yen (WIE USM Student AG Chair),

Saaveethya Sivakuma (Monansh University, 2018 R10 WIE supporting committee and 2017 R10 SAC South

Asiac Student Representative), Carl-Mats Isaac Bayang (Curtin SB, Chair) and Asma Abd Rahman (WSN from

UPM). The opening ceremony address was delivered by Depaak Marthur, the General Chair of IEEE R10

SYWL 2018. We also had the privilege of listening to keynotes from IEEE President and CEO, James A.

Jefferies and R10 Director, Kukjin Chun. Throughout the three-day event, there were many interesting

workshops/sessions which delegates could sign-up for. We found the workshops/sessopms tp ne very fruitful

and engaging. There was a Teaching in Service Program (TISP) Workshop, group activities among students,

competition, cultural events, awards night and discussion regarding current issues in engineering world – to

name a few. The closing ceremony was a memorable one as there was a spot quiz session about IEEE (handled

by Quizmaster Anshul Roy) with rewards in terms of funds for any IEEE community group who can answer

the questions correctly.

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A few hours before IEEE R10 Congress started, a fun and fruitful Teacher

In Service Programme (TISP) workshop, was held at Prime Plaza Hotel,

Bali. This collaborative event between IEEE Educational Activities Board

with IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities and IEEE Indonesia Section,

aims at developing an action plan for conducting educator professional

development session in participant local area. Due to the noticeable

decline in interest among the young towards STEM, the IEEE team is

really keen in pre-university engineering education and believes this

problem could be tackled as well as produces positive result in future.

The workshop is hosted by Muhfizaturrahmah while the training sessions

are well-conducted by Zuhaina Zakaria and Supavadee Aramvith.. Two

simple lesson plans which are ‘Working with wind energy’ together with

‘Making your arm robot’ tasks have been introduced to the participants.

The activities were focused around hands-on sessions in a teams of

“engineers” to design and build-up a wind turbine for the 1st session

while robot arm in 2nd session using simple materials such as plastic cups,

craft sticks, paperclips, wood dowels, cardboard and etc, Regardless of

limited time, the teams are able to finish and present the tasks given at

the end of the session. In addition, this TISP workshop provided a

discussion platform among participants and instructors on how to

implement this programme in their local area. In the meantime, it can

boost the interest plus encourages pre-university students to pursue

STEM-related careers. The event is a great success since it received

participants not only from IEEE community itself, yet local Indonesian

teachers are also interested to take part in this workshop.

Fun And Fruitful Workshop of TISP @ IEEE R10 Congress 2018

Reported by Fakhriah Razali

[email protected]

Special Event – IEEE Region 10 Congress 2018

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Reported by Gorakanage Ameesh and Asma Abd Rahman

[email protected]

Cultural Sharing @ IEEE R10 Congress 2018

On 1st September 2018, the last night for

Region 10 SYWL Congress 2018, a cultural

demonstration and cultural night were held.

Cultural demonstration is where participants

from all over the countries have their own

booth and they need to present things that

represent their country and share it with

others. It was a very good opportunity to get

to know a new culture and language. On that

particular night, participants were asked to

wear their traditional clothes, thus, it was a

very colourful and cheerful night. In Malaysia’s

both, we present some of Malaysian’s snacks,

keychains and we also wrote calligraphy for

people who came to our booth (Chinese and

jawi calligraphy). After that, all of the

participants gather to have a dinner, and have a

cultural performances. Every country perform

their country’s songs, dances - Malaysia was not

left behind. We decided to sing ‘Jalur Gemilang’

in conjunction of Malaysian’s Independence Day

the day before. It was a very fun and happy

time.

Student Track @ IEEE R10 Congress 2018

The Student tack was run on 31st August during

the congress. The track was participated by both

student and graduate student members On the

first session of the track there were talk from

IEEE president about his journey as a student,

IEEE R10 director about research opportunities,

and IEEE R10 Elect about ethics in publishing.

This was fallowed by talks from Rajesh Ingle and

Pasan Pethiyagoda, the student activities

coordinator and the regional student

representative respectively, both talks were

focused on the activities run by student

branches and what are the best practices to

have to keep the SBs active. It was brought up

that there is an issue of student branches not

reporting their activities, therefore they were

deemed inactive and closed as result SBs were

encouraged to report so there is

communication between R10 and SBs. In the

second session student were divided into

groups and had to perform a skit. Malaysia

representatives Cindy and Jian Wen Were part

of the groups that won 1st and 2nd place

respectively.

Special Event – IEEE Region 10 Congress 2018

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Reported by Ricky Chew

[email protected]

Young Professional Track of IEEEE SYWL R10 2018

The YP Track in Region 10 (R10) SYWL Congress 2018 was hosted by Mr Rafal Sliz from Region 8, IEEE

Young Professional Global Chair. He highlighted IEEE YP Business Plan Projects 2018, that are IEEE Xplore

Flex, µVolunteering (micro-volunteering), Loyalty & Recognition Program, Signature Events & Meet Ups and

Seed Funding.

IEEE Xplore Flex - Making the latest technical content more accessible to young members by lowering the

fees.

µVolunteering (micro-volunteering) - Facilitate and engagement in IEEE by simplifying and streamlining the

process of seeking and applying for volunteering positions. Additionally, short-term or low-engagement

volunteering opportunities will be formally recognized and acknowledged through personalized

volunteering CVs.

Loyalty & Recognition Program - Recognize members’ engagement and their work towards IEEE’s mission

thus improving their sense of belonging in the organization. Personalization of services is also an aspect

to be addressed.

Signature Events & Meet Ups - Provide ample networking opportunities at large scale IEEE and non-IEEE

events allowing young members to expand their professional networks by interacting with other

professionals with diverse background

Seed funding - Financial support for local groups of volunteers like Affinity Groups, Sections, Technical

Societies and Chapters to help increase the quantity and quality of events targeting young members.

The business plan is one-of-a-kind volunteer-led set of projects to address the most concerning issues

in the younger generation of engineers faced in our organization in a holistic approach. This session also

featured a panel discussion with Mr Nivas Ravichanran and R10 Young Professionals Coordinator. We

discussed issues faced by each participant at their own sections. There also presentation from YPs from

different section to showcase their best practices that are prominent and worth to share with other sections.

The presentation were done by YPs from Tokyo Section, Bangalore Section and Bangladesh Section. Some of

the noticeable highlight is how the YPs from these section actively involved in humanitarian activities that are

making positive impacts on the society especially when they are natural disasters happened and their

immediate response on these incident is laudable. Interactive session “How many engineers does it take to fix

IEEE career resources?” hosted by Flavia Dinca, Vice Chair of IEEE Young Professional Global, also provided

for participants to work together to propose of a practical solutions that can be implemented to solve the

problems of how the career resource of IEEE can be fixed that can accommodate the target audience ranging

fresh-grad to experienced professionals. Group members are randomly assigned and given only limited time to

brainstorm an idea to be pitched on stage.

Special Event – IEEE SYWL R10 2018

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This is a journey of passion, purpose and perseverance, a transformation from an IEEE associate member in

campus towards the IEEE global involvement. This journey drives out a new self, to a better human being who

desires to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose. Being selected as one of the representatives

from IEEE Malaysia Section to the IEEE SYWL R10 Congress 2018 in Bali was definitely a bless and as well as a

life changer for every delegates from all over the world! There were always laughter, joy and fun during the

congress. Everyone offered their best in making this congress a successful yet memorable one. We learned to

open our hearts and mind to everyone in the congress.

IEEE Women in Engineering Track @ IEEE SYWL R10 Congress Bali

Reported by Shum Kar Yen

[email protected]

IEEE SYWL R10 Congress is a professional event which gathers delegates/volunteers who are from

different countries in R10 to network, connect and learn together. There were 4 major tracks happening in

SYWL R10 Congress which are the Student Track, Young Professional Track, Women in Engineering Track

and last but not least, the Life Member Track. Every track had different target audience and served a

different purpose in the IEEE organisation but they do have one thing in common which is dedicated to

advancing technology for the benefits of humanity.

Having an immense interest in women empowerment and achieving gender equality in the engineering

workforce, I had participated in the Women in Engineering Track during the congress. I met a lot of

beautiful women who work together in order to add values into others. The talks and sharing sessions by

every speaker were fruitful and inspiring. We shared the same passion and aspiration. We also shared

insights about the current policy in our countries respectively and how we could be a part of it. It was

indeed overwhelming to gather and network with these marvellous people who share the same purpose of

life and passion together on a platform. We exchanged thoughts, event ideas and even our cultures

throughout the whole congress. We strived and worked in IEEE, as a team and as a female to make this

world a better one. Thank you for sponsoring the IEEE international student members to join and be a part

of the SYWL R10 Congress in Bali. Thank you for the kind and generous support!


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Being a volunteer in IEEE for more than 2 years, I have been exposed to many platforms which enabled me to

learn from people from different profession. The most recent eye-opener brought by IEEE is definitely the IEEE

R10 SYWL Congress. Thanks to IEEE Malaysia Section for sponsoring delegates, including me, to join such

wonderful event. For your information, SYWL stands for Student, Young Professional, Women in Engineering

and Life Members. In this congress, volunteers of these 4 tracks from all around the world gathered in Bali,

Indonesia for knowledge as well as cultural sharing. This 4-day event had been so fruitful, not just in terms of

technical sharing like IEEE research paper talk, but also in strengthening the connection of IEEE Sections,

Chapters, Affinity Groups and Student Branches in Asia Pacific Region.

IEEE R10 Awards @ IEEE SYWL R10 Congress Bali

Reported by Lin Jian Wen

[email protected]

As one of the IEEE R10 volunteers, it was really a golden chance for me to meet up face to face with

people I talked to and work with through social media. One of them which I remember vividly is Mr.

Muhammad Hamza from Lahore section, but had also stayed in Penang for quite some time before. He is

indeed a very generous IEEE volunteer with good personality. I was inspired by him, when he shared with

me his experience of founding IEEE SB in his university.

Besides, the SYWL Congress was also attended by IEEE President, Mr. James Jefferies, IEEE R10

President, Mr. Kuk Jin Chun and a lot of senior volunteers. It was also Malaysia delegates’ honour for being

able to have lunch with IEEE 2019 President-Elect candidate, Professor Toshio Fukuda and also IEEE Region

10 President Elect, Professor Akinori. IEEE R10 SYWL Congress is, with no doubt, one of the best

moments in my life. I believe that other delegates feel that same as well. Lastly, on the behalf of IEEE

Malaysia SAC, would like to extend congratulations to all award winners during the congress.

Winners are as followed:

R10 Student Activities Committee Student Branch Award: IEEE Multimedia University Student Branch

R10 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group Award: IEEE Malaysia Section WIE Affinity Group

R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award: Dr. Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin

R10 Student Activities Committee Volunteer Award: Kong Sheng How


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UPCOMING EVENTS

IEEE SCORED 2018

2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Website

Competition

NetSuite Workshop MINI POCO

Date: 3 Nov 2018 (Saturday)

Time: 8.30am to 1.00pm

Venue: Best Western, i-City, Shah Alam

Speaker: Lilian (R10 Singapore Office)

Planned Date: Nov 2018

Planned Venue: Penang

Co-organized with MMU SB

Submission Deadline: 30th Sep 2018


JULY – SEPT, 2018 http://www.ieeemy.org/mysection

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