MINDS Newsletter (PP 18717/03/2015(034152) (Free to members only)

Malaysian Invention And Design Society NOVEMBER 2019 ISSUE

Patron

YAB Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

MINDS Executive Committee

(2018-2020)

President:

Academician Tan Sri Emeritus Prof.

Datuk Dr. Augustine S.H. Ong

Vice President:

Datuk Dr. Choo Yuen May

Honorary Secretary:

Mr. Myocho Kan

Honorary Treasurer:

Ms. Christine Ong

Committee Members

Mr. Tan Kim Seng

Dato’ Dr. Cheah Cheng Huat

Major (R) A. Munusamy

Mr. Ong Soon Ee

Dr. S Ravigadevi

Secretariat:

Ms. Jacqueline Lim

Ms. Irwen Siza

Editor:

Dr. Leo Ann Mean

Malaysian Invention & Design Society

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Editorial Message

This final issue of our newsletter for the

year 2019 features events organized by

MINDS and other parties where MINDS is

involved.

The events where MINDS were invited are

the MELTA Conference in Kuching, the IET

Faraday Challenge Finals in Kuala Lumpur,

the ITD GIFT Programme in Cyberjaya and

the IMU Entrepreneur Day Creativity

Workshop in Bukit Jalil.

Three MINDS Chapters held their

respective programmes, an invention

workshop by the Seberang Perai Chapter

in Butterworth, two public talks by the

Perak Chapter in Taiping and Ipoh and a

forum on medical research and innovation

organized by MedicMINDS at University

of Malaya.

In October MINDS participated in ACEIC

organized by IET as a supporting

organization by providing a Special Award

for the Most Innovative Project.

We welcome readers’ comments and

suggestions to enable us to produce even

better issues next year.

With best wishes,

Dr Leo Ann Mean

Editor

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First MINDS Medical Research and Innovation Forum

Reported by: Dr. Chew Heng Hai

MedicMINDS, a chapter of Malaysian Invention and Design Society was founded in 2009. In

conjunction with its 10th Anniversary, MINDS Medical Research and Innovation (MMRI) Forum

was held on 26 September 2019 at Rimba Ilmu, University of Malaya. The goal of MMRI is to

identify problems in the medical research and innovation ecosystem in Malaysia and brainstorm

for best solutions. The ultimate objective is to help Malaysian medical innovation to succeed in

global market and to bring in revenue for our nation.

The forum assembled over 50 participants from a wide spectrum of stakeholders of medical

research and innovation from a variety of organizations, both private and government from all

over Malaysia.

The event started with an opening speech by the President of MINDS, Academician Tan Sri

Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr. Augustine Ong Soon Hock, followed by a speech by the Chairman

of MedicMINDS, Dr. Chew Heng Hai.

YB Dr. Lee Boon Chye, Deputy Health Minister of Malaysia was then conferred as an Honorary

Life Member of MINDS and as Patron of MedicMINDS. YB Dr. Lee delivered a very enlightening

address. He suggested that Malaysia should try to emulate NHS of UK which has been reported

to be very successful in their NIA NHS (Innovation Acceleration Programme). He exhorted

Malaysian researchers to be courageous enough to stand firm on our discoveries. He concluded

his speech with his wish for Malaysians to optimise the opportunities and use this forum as a

platform to unite all the stakeholders in medical research and innovation for the benefit of

mankind, our people and our beloved nation.

Speech by YB Dr. Lee Boon Chye

Deputy Minister of Health Malaysia

Opening Address by Tan Sri Augustine Ong

President of MINDS

YB Dr. Lee Boon Chye

conferred an Honorary Life Member of MINDS

and as Patron of MedicMINDS

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The event continued with presentations from key stakeholders of medical research and

innovation. The speakers were invited to talk about their roles, experience and expectations in

medical research and innovation in Malaysia. The speakers were Mr. Victor Devadass from

SIRIM, Ms. Asha Thanabalan from CRM (Clinical Research Malaysia), Puan Nashirah Binti Naiimi

from MDA (Medical Device Authority) and Puan Sharmila binti Mohamed Salleh from YIM

(Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia). Dr. John Tang, an O&G specialist and medical device inventor

shared his experience followed by Dr. Chew Heng Hai, who related his experience too in medical

device innovation. The forum concluded with an active panel discussion between all the

speakers and the audience.

The forum was very constructive and productive. Speakers and delegates actively participated and keenly shared their perspectives to contribute to the betterment of the ecosystem. The forum successfully presented a clearer picture and a better understanding of the problems in the ecosystem. It also successfully identified a very promising path to bring Malaysian medical

innovation to the global market to be shared with all related innovators in Malaysia.

Panel of experts for the forum discussion

Group photo of the speakers and participants

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Seminar-Workshop on “GUIDE TO INVENTION AND INNOVATION”

Reported by: Dato’ Dr. Cheah Cheng Huat, MINDS Seberang Perai Chapter

MINDS Seberang Perai Chapter organized a

seminar-workshop on invention and innovation

at SMJK Convent, Butterworth for 96 students

and 19 teachers from 12 secondary schools in

Penang on 7 September 2019. The half day

workshop was facilitated by Dr Leo Ann Mean.

The participants were divided into 24 teams.

Each team designed and constructed prototypes

of their inventions using only the materials

supplied. After presentation of their prototype

inventions the top 3 entries were awarded gold,

silver and bronze medals.

Workshop facilitator delivering a short lecture on creativity followed

by guidelines on invention.

Teams busy constructing their invention prototypes

Chapter Chairman and workshop facilitator observing a team of

students at work.

Group photo of all workshop attendees

The workshop was featured in The Star and in two

Chinese newspapers after the event.

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MINDS Perak Chapter Public Talks

Reported by: Dong Siew Fong

MINDS Perak Chapter organized two public talks on invention. The first talk entitled ‘From Ideas

to Market’ was held at YMCA, Ipoh on 21st September and the second talk at SJKC Hua Lian 3 on

5th October. Myocho Kan, MINDS Honorary Secretary and MINDS member Robest Yong

presented their talks on ‘Invention Competitions’ and ‘Steps to take for Invention’ respectively.

Myocho Kan introduced the various competitions held during ITEX as well as shared the success

stories of students who participated in previous editions of ITEX. He encouraged participants to

take part in ITEX 2020.

Robest Yong spoke on the topic ‘Thinking without the Box’ and further explained on how to

evaluate a marketable invention. Robest also shared his experience as an inventor to inspire

participants by demonstrating his Efinity EZ Water Filter System.

Mr. Tan Kim Seng, Chairman of MINDS Perak

Chapter encouraged more students from

Perak to take part in ITEX2020. Dr. Nagara,

Vice Chairman of MINDS Perak Chapter, had

taken the led to invite interested members of

the public to form invention project groups.

Mr. Teh Tong Ong, Guest of Honour

The one day public talk in YMCA, Ipoh was

attended by 80 school participants and 60

members of the public including from

Management & Science University while a

total of 25 schools and 80 teachers

participated at the SJKC Hua Lian 3 public

talk.

MINDS Perak Chapter Chairman Myocho Kan’s talk on ‘From Ideas to Market’ Robest Yong demonstrating his invention

Mr. Tan Kim Seng, delivering his

Welcome Speech

Group photo of organizers at Hua Lian talk

Group photo at YMCA Talk

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International Young Inventors Award 2019

Reported by: Nicole Yong

Visitors at eaTary booth

The inventors with their teacher

Their invention is a circular stainless-steel container with color coded divider representing the food

pyramid. The objective of the invention is to encourage the user to follow a balanced diet. eaTary also

has a timer to ensure that the user does not over eat! The casing has a heater too with kapok filling to

keep the food warm.

Ong Ee Xuen and Ong Joon Zach from SJK (C)

Tun Tan Cheng Lock won the Silver Award

with their invention eaTary at the 6th

International Young Inventors Award (IYIA)

2019 from 9 to 12 October in Jakarta.

Ee Xuan explaining her invention to a visitor

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ITD WORLD-GLOBAL INTIATIVE for TALENT DEVELOPMENT (GIFT)

THEME: IDEAS, CREATIVITY AND TECHNOLOGY

Reported by: Rita Goh

Panel chaired by Mr Lee Kim Chooi

ITD World organized this very engaging forum that comprised of a live demo of the Internet of

Things from STEMSEL Australia to Malaysia and with three fascinating speakers at MaGIC,

Cyberjaya on 20 August 2019:

Tan Sri Dr. Augustine Ong:

Author of “In pursuit of Scientific Truths”

President of Malaysian Invention & Design Society

Dr. Leo Ann Mean:

Author of On Creativity: Awakening the Creative Mind

and On Invention: Awakening the Inventive Mind

Jay Sharma: Cloud Spotter

Chairperson: Lee Kim Chooi

Senior Consultant ITD World

Master of Ceremony Ms Rita Goh

The live demo featured a primary school

child, Krishna who controlled a lamp in

Adelaide via a mobile application.

At the tea and networking session, the 40

participants from Klang Valley, Johor and

Vietnam were able to exchange ideas and

thoughts. Book sales of In pursuit of

Scientific Truths and On Creativity:

Awakening the Creative Mind and On

Invention: Awakening the Inventive Mind

were also conducted.

Speaker: Dr. Leo Ann Mean

Speaker: Tan Sri Dr. Augustine Ong

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IET FARADAY CHALLENGE FINALS

17 Aug 2019, Saturday

O rganized by The Institution of

Engineering and Technology (IET)

the Faraday Challenge National

Final was held at Honeywell ASEAN

Headquarters at Bangsar South City,

Kuala Lumpur, Honeywell being the

main sponsor. Guest of Honour was

Dr Habibah Binti Abdul Rahim,

Deputy Director - General of

Education (Policy and Educational

Development) Ministry of Education Malaysia. Mr Brian Davis, President of Honeywell ASEAN welcomed all guests and

participants. The top 4 short-listed teams after having successfully hurdled through the

state level challenges presented their projects to a panel of judges which included

Dr Leo Ann Mean who represented MINDS.

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IMU ENTREPRENEUR DAY

CREATIVITY WORKSHOP

29 Aug 2019, Thursday

M INDS was invited

to conduct a

c r e a t i v i t y ,

invention and

i n n o v a t i o n

training workshop

at International

M e d i c a l

University, Bukit

Jalil for its Entrepreneur Day with Empowering Young Entrepreneurs as its theme. Due to

good response from the students two workshops were conducted by Dr Leo Ann Mean,

one in the morning and another in the afternoon. The enthusiastic participants worked

on written creative brain teasers as well as manipulated wooden blocks. The participants

also designed and constructed prototypes of vehicles to deliver goods and services

using only the materials supplied. Feedback indicated that the students were able to

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think out of the box and had benefitted from the workshop. IMU lecturer Dr Ng Chew Hee,

a MINDS member was the hardworking Chairman of the Entrepreneur Day Organizing

Committee who looked into every detail to ensure the success of the workshops.

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28TH MELTA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2019

M INDS was invited by the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA)

to present a paper as well as provided a booth to promote its Arts and Creativity

Exhibition (ACE) program to the participants of the 28th MELTA International Conference

held at Riverside Majestic Hotel in Kuching. The paper entitled “Encouraging Creative

Imagination through Writing and Drawing” was presented by MINDS member Dr Leo Ann

Mean.

13 - 15 Aug 2019, Tuesday - Thursday

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T he presentation for ACE was on the first day at Wind Suite 2 from 3:00-3:30pm. The

room was filled to maximum capacity. During Q&A several participants gave useful

suggestions to expand the scope of the program.

T he MINDS booth, which was managed by its Executive Secretary Irwen Siza Hussin,

occupied one table on the 3rd Floor where the conference was held. There were

enquiries on all 3 days from conference participants as well as teachers who

accompanied students who were winners of MELTA organised competitions exhibiting

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ACEIC AT UNITEN

14 - 15 October 2019, Monday - Tuesday

MINDS as supporting partner contributed a special award at the International ACEIC

2019 held at Dewan Seri Saujana, UNITEN Putrajaya Campus, the theme of the exhibition

being Embracing The Change of Industrial Revolution 4.0

Dr Leo Ann Mean represented MINDS as the judge for the Special Award for the Most

Inventive Project.

The Guest of Honour at the closing ceremony was Dr Ong Kian Ming Deputy Minister of

MITI. MINDS Vice President Dato Dr Choo Yuen May represented MINDS at the closing

ceremony.

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PROGRAMME

08.30am - 09.00am Registration

09.00am - 09.10am Welcome Address

by Academician Tan Sri Emeritus Professor Dr.

Augustine S.H. Ong, President of MINDS

09.10am – 09.20am Speech by Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tuanku Bainun

09.20am - 09.50am Mr. Alex Tan Bok Hooi

Author ‘A Man & His Wallet’

10.00am - 10.30am Tea/coffee break

10.30am - 11.30am Ir. Professor Dr. Leong Wai Yie

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

11.30am - 12.00pm Dr. Badrul Isa (TBC)

Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tuanku Bainun

12.00pm – 01.00pm Lunch

(Programme ends)

Organized by In collaboration with Participation of the ACE2020 workshop is open to

a teacher and 2 students per school (primary and

secondary) in Malaysia. In conjunction with the

Write and Illustrate competition, the ACE2020

workshop is organized on 18 January 2020 to help

teachers prepare the competition. For further

details, please contact us at 03-71182066/64 or

email at minds.secretariat@gmail.com

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YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS AWARDS 2019

Reported by: Jacqueline Lim

MINDS was previleged to be invited to the

Young Changemakers Awards 2019 by the

YTM Raja Dato’ Seri Azureen binti Sultan

Azlan Shah, Chairman of Pusat Kreatif Kanak-

Kanak Tuanku Bainun.

The event was graced by the DYMM Raja

Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan, Tuanku Zara

Salim on 20 November 2019 at KuAsh

Theatre, Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tuanku

Bainun, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.

A total of 14 finalists shortlisted for this year

Young Changemaker Award based on 4

categories namely; Individual for ages 6-12

years old and 13-15 years old, group

project advocates.

The winners of Young Changemakers Award

2019 walked away with cash prizes of

RM2,000 each.

Individual (6-12 years old) Winner: Ahmad Harith Ahmad Syauqi

Autism has a special place in his heart.

Successfully he motivated his brother who is

living with Autism to participate in the

140km PJ Smart Ride cycling activity from

Putrajaya to Malacca. He is actively raising

awareness to the public through campaign

where he designed the logo and t-shirt.

Tan Sri Dr. Augustine Ong, President of MINDS sited with DYMM

Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan, Tuanku Zara Salim (far right),

YTM Raja Dato’ Seri Azureen binti Sultan Azlan Shah, Chairman of

Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tuanku Bainun (3rd from left)

Young Changemakers Award 2019 Winners: Ong Joon Zach, Ong

Ee Xuan, Ahmad Harith Ahmad Syauqi, Ahmad Iszuddin Ahmad

Izham and Mohd Fadli Abdul Salam

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Individual (13-15 years old) Winner: Ahmad Harith Ahmad Syauqi

Advocates on environment issues with three

key practices namely;

stop littering to reuse food containers

bring recycling bags where you go

Believes in environmental protection and

animal conservation go hand in hand for a

cleaner environment to protect animals

from danger.

Group Project Winner: Ong Ee Xuen and Ong Joon Zach, SMKC Tun Tan Cheng Lock

“eaTary” is designed to deal with obesity

and underweight issues faced by children

and adults which allows fixed portion of

food based on the food pyramid container

concept as advised by the Recommended

Nutrition Intake of Malaysia (RNIM). For the

record, they won the Silver Award at the

recent International Young Inventors Award

(IYIA) 2019 in October.

Advocate Winner: Mohd. Fadli Abdul Salam

Nominated for his efforts in creating an

environmental club at Sekolah Kebangsaan

Long Sepiling, Sarawak since 2015. To boost

students’ confidence in communication

while honing their leadership ability.

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MINGGU SAINS NEGARA 2019 STEM WORKSHOPS for Schools

“RISE ABOVE. SHOOT FOR THE STARS” Organised by INTEL ASPIRE MINDS Innovation Space Reported by: Prof. Stephen Ong and Ong Soon Ee

The INTEL ASPIRE MINDS Innovation Space STEM Outreach is preparing youth to be

innovators and leaders by engaging them in exciting and accessible STEM experiences

that build critical skills and confidence for a sustainable technology future. We focus on

engaging the hardest to reach youth with our cornerstone partners, INTEL and MINDS

as well as other multi-sector partnerships to deliver in the most remote parts of

Malaysia, to ensure all youth can have quality experiences in STEM. We partner with

INTEL to ensure our programmes remain relevant to the needs of youth and of the

STEM sector. Through MINDS network members of university student populations, we

will be able to deliver face-to-face hours of high impact, evidence based STEM

programmes developed with INTEL each year.

Since 2017, we have launched our Innovation Space Challenge Workshop programme to

advance digital literacy supported by syllabus developed with the Intel Makers

Movement and MIT Scratch. We plan to continue our focus on breaking barriers to

STEM through other novel national outreach programmes for indigenous people (orang

asli) youth, girls and at-risk youth, through a STEM Maker Mobile unit.

Launched with founders and YB Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau,

Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation in Putrajaya

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In 2019, we are part of the Minggu Sains Negara (National Science Week) programme in

Penang, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and East Malaysia (Kota Kinabalu). In line with our core

mission, we partnered with the local community through universities and their student

organisations– Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti

Malaya, Multimedia University, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Politeknik Kota Kinabalu to

reach the rural and urban poor school students.

For the 2nd year running, we organised with Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT), World Scratch Day in Malaysia during ITEX WYIE. Our national programme has

reached over 1,000 school students and undergraduates from over 300 schools. We are

proud to be sponsored by corporations INTEL, Tokio Marine Insurance Group and DELL

in their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.

With our CSR sponsor, Mr.Toi See Jong, CEO, Tokio Marine Life Berhad

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“RISE ABOVE. SHOOT FOR THE STARS” Drone Competition

during World Scratch Day at WYIE @ITEX2019

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“DRIVE TO THE FUTURE SAFELY”

RoboCar Competition in Tuaran, Sabah

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by

Malaysian Women Scientists 2020

Organised by

Announcement

Supported by

Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment & Climate Change

7 March 2020

Rumah Universiti, University of Malaya 9 AM- 5 PM

National Conference on Contributions to National Development

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Membership No. Name of Member Occupation Name of Organization

2239 Vasaki Seenivasagam Senior Lecturer Binary University

2238 Yagasena a/l Appannah Consultant YGS Consultancy

2237 Ir. Prof. Dr. Leong Wai Yie Dean, Faculty of Engineering MAHSA University

2236 Keong Chee Sheng Lecturer Tunku Abdul Rahman University College

2235 Gan Quan Fu Lecturer UTAR

2234 V. Suresh Kumar Executive Director JMJ Distribution Services Sdn. Bhd.

2233 Hor Koon Hing Mechanic Fook Hing Motors

ACE2020 Workshop

Date: 18 January 2020

Time: 9am to 1pm

Venue: Pusat Kreatif Kanak-

Kanak Tuanku Bainun

ACE2020 Competition

Theme:

Fast Forward to the Future

Registration:

1 January to 17 March 2020

Closing Date: 17 March 2020

National Conference on

Contribution to National

Development by Malaysian

Women Scientists 2020

Date: 7 March 2020

Time: 9am to 5pm

Venue: Rumah Universiti,

University Malaya

iAGE2020 Innovative Ageing

Conference

Date: 17 to 18 April 2020

Time: 9am to 5pm

Venue: Kuala Lumpur

Convention Centre

Innovative Competition

Registration:

8 Aug 2019 to 20 Feb 2020

Closing Date: 20 February 2020

Announcement of the Top 20

applicants who will continue to

the next round by 26 March

2020. Top 5 will be chosen on

17 April 2020.

ITEX ‘20

Date 8 to 10 June 2020,

Time: 9am to 6pm

Venue: Kuala Lumpur

Convention Centre

1-day Workshop on Invention

Date: 13 June 2020

Time: 9am to 5pm

Venue: Pusat Kreatif Kanak-

Kanak Tuanku Bainun

For further details of the upcoming activities, please contact

MINDS Secretariat at 603-7118 2066/64 or email to

minds.secretariat@gmail.com or visit our website:

www.minds.org.my

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Heartiest congratulations to Dr. Tan Ching Seong for his

well-deserved “Golden Hearts Award” from the STAR.

The award appropriately reflects his efforts and

contribution in promoting the adoption of the Eco-

friendly lifestyle with an innovative reward based

recycling initiative.

The President and Executive Committee

wish all MINDS members

Seasonal Greetings

Merry and Blessed Christmas !

Happy New Year 2020 !

Happy Prosperous Chinese New Year of the Rat !

33RD AGM Save the date …

33RD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

11 April 2020, Saturday

Crystal Crown Hotel, Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

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