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IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION NEWSLETTER JAN-MAC 2019 ISSUE
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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter
JAN – MAC, 2019 http://www.ieeemy.org/mysection
Table of Contents
From Editor and Chair 3
Achievement & Award
-2018 Awards Winner 4-5
IEEE Malaysia Section Activities 6-12
– Malaysia Section’s Executive and Advisory Committees
– Malaysia Section 2019 SAC
– IEEE Malaysia Distinguished Lecture Program (MyDLP)
– Finance
– 1st Chapter Chair Meeting
– Educational Activities
– Industry Relations & Professional Activities
IEEE Malaysia Subsection Activities 13
- Sarawak Subsection Activities
Chapters Activities 14-22
- IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS)
- IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS)
- IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)
- IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (IMS)
- IEEE MySIGHT Rural Technology Community Project
- IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)
- IEEE Sensors and Nanotechnology Joint Council Chapter
- IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)
- IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group (WIE)
Student Branch Activities 23-28
- Curtin Malaysia Student Branch
- INTI International University Student Branch
- UNMC SB
- Universiti Sains Malaysia Student Branch
- Universiti Malaysia Perlis Student Branch
Conferences 29-30
- IEEE Malaysia Conferences Event Calendar
- IEEE SCORED 2019
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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter
Message From the Editor
It’s our pleasure to release a Q1 edition of 2019 IEEE Malaysia Section newsletter. This
edition covers activities which have been conducted between the month of January to
March, 2019. Section’s activities include Leadership Camp, Chapter Chair Meeting,
Educational Activities and Professional activities. We also received articles from 9
Technical Chapters and 5 reporting articles from Student Branch. In this edition, we
congratulate all Section and R10 award winners. 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 haidanasir@yahoo.com.
Haidawati Mohamad Nasir,
Editor – IEEE Malaysia Newsletter
Foreword From 2019 IEEE Malaysia Section Chair
On behalf of the newly elected executive committee members, I welcome you to the
first edition of IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter for 2019. As in the previous years,
we plan to have quarterly newsletters to report activities under IEEE either by
Section, Chapters, Affinity Groups and Student Branches. This year, apart from
reporting local activities, we are also looking to publish technical articles in the
newsletter. For this, we welcome contributions from all IEEE members. IEEE Malaysia
Section has been one of the most active sections in Region 10 in terms of activities
conducted for members. It is our goal to continue to be active and informative, and
we hope that continuous exposure of our activities will not only benefit the
members, but also attract new members to IEEE. We hope you enjoy our
newsletters.
Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin,
Chair, IEEE Malaysia
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Awards and Recognition
Prepared by Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani & Masyitah Amat Sairin (Strategic Communication
team)
fzr@upm.edu.my
Zuhaina Zakaria Becomes the First Malaysian to Receive IEEE MGA Leadership Award
IEEE Malaysia Section past chair, Zuhaina Zakaria received the IEEE MGA Leadership Award in 24th December
2018, as approved by the IEEE MGA Board. The prestigious leadership award, recognizing Zuhaina’s
distinguished leadership and dedication promoting IEEE MGA goals at section and region level.
Zuhaina joined IEEE since 1999 and was elevated to Senior Member in 2013. She is an experienced and
committed member of IEEE Malaysia Section, and her journey as an office-bearer at Malaysia Section and
Region10 are highlighted here.
2018 MGA Geo Unit Operations Support Committee
2017 - 2018 R10 Educational Activities Coordinator
2015 - 2016 Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section
2014 Vice Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section
2012 - 2013 Secretary, IEEE Malaysia Section
2010 Secretary, IEEE Malaysia Section
2008 - 2009 Treasurer, IEEE Malaysia Section
2005 - 2008 Executive Committee, IEEE Malaysia Section
Founded IEEE Malaysia Section
2007
Women in Engineering Affinity Group
2005 - 2007 Student Counsellor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch
2000 - 2001 Executive Committee, IEEE Malaysia Section
Key contributions of hers as recognized by the IEEE MGA board for the award include, increase in member
engagement, increase operational efficiency and effectiveness within MGA and its interfaces, enhance
collaboration with other organizational units and enhance the membership-related information available to the
member and the geographic unit. Warmest congratulations from all of us on your well-deserved success!
Award Description: This
“As the first recipient from IEEE Malaysia award recognizes those
Section to receive this prestigious award, individuals who have exhibited
I would like to dedicate this award to all exemplary and substantive
members in Malaysia. I really hope that leadership of an extraordinary
this award will inspire more members to nature in implementing
be involved as active IEEE volunteer. As activities which support the
an active volunteer, we could gain goals and objectives of Member
valuable management and leadership and Geographic Activities
skills, expand our knowledge and (MGA) at the local, regional,
networking circle while in the same time national, and/or international
contribute our time and expertise towards level. The accomplishments of
the betterment of the engineering the candidate should be of
communities. The journey to SUCCESS
"significant performance" and
is not easy and challenges are there to
should have made a
test you. Embrace all challenges, be
optimistic and persevere. If I can do it, distinguishing contribution to
believe me you can even do more.” – IEEE. The focus should be on
Zuhaina Zakaria volunteering for IEEE, MGA, or
its organizational units; not on
professional achievement.
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Awards and Recognition
Prepared by Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi
faizal1@mmu.edu.my
IEEE Malaysia Section Awards IEEE Region 10 Awards
2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Awards are given to During the IEEE Region 10 Annual General Meeting
local chapters and volunteers that are judged based Dinner held on 2nd March 2019 at Pullman Albert
on the greatest overall contribution and service to its Park Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, the following
members. The selection committee for these awards awards given to IEEE Malaysia volunteers were
comprised of IEEE volunteers from Region 10 and officially handed out to the winners.
past chairs of the Section. The awards were given R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award:
during the IEEE Malaysia Section Annual Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
Appreciation and Award Night on 19th January 2019.
R10 SAC Volunteer Award:
For the first time this year, three awards were given
Kong Sheng How
for outstanding chapters: small chapter (less than 50
members), medium chapter (between 50 and 120 R10 SAC Student Branch Award:
members), and large chapters (more than 120 IEEE Multimedia University SB
members). R10 WIE Section Affinity Group Award:
IEEE Malaysia Section WIE AG
The winners were:
Malaysia Section Chair, Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
Outstanding Volunteer: Lau Bee Theng
accepted his award personally from the Region 10
1st Runner Up: Azah Syafiah Md Marzuki Director. Md Pauzi Abdullah, Mohammad Faizal
Ahmad Fauzi, and Saveethya Sivakumar, who were
2nd Runner Up: Rosminazuin Ab Rahim
all in attendance during the dinner, accepted the
Outstanding WIE Volunteer: Rozita Jailani awards on behalf of Kong Sheng Haw, MMU SB,
and WIE AG respectively.
Outstanding YP Volunteer: No winner
Outstanding Student Volunteer: Carl-Mats Isaac
Bayang Danice
1st Runner Up: Cindy Lai Poh Yuan
2nd Runner Up: Lin Jian Wen
Outstanding Student Branch: MMU SB
Outstanding Small Chapter: EPS Chapter
Outstanding Medium Chapter: RAS Chapter
Outstanding Large Chapter: EDS Chapter
Other Awards
2018 proved to be a good year for IEEE Malaysia
Section. The following are other awards received by
our volunteers:
MGA Leadership Award – Zuhaina Zakaria
IEEE Member Get Member Award (Top
Recruiter)- Mohammed Hussein S. Mohammed
Haram
IEEE SPS Chapter of the Year Award – IEEE
Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter
Congratulations to all winners!
IEEE EDS Region 10 Chapter of the Year Award
– IEEE Electron Devices Malaysia Chapter
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Malaysia Section’s Executive and Advisory Committees
Prepared by Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
fawnizu@ieee.org
Malaysia Section Executive Committee (2019-2020)
For 2019, the executive committee of IEEE Malaysia Section is represented by the most diverse members
from 11 institutions from north, central and southern peninsula of Malaysia. Below are their details and
portfolios.
Chair Chair-Elect Past Chair Hon
Fawnizu Azmadi Md Pauzi Mohammad Faizal Secretary
Hussin (UTP) Abdullah (UTM) Ahmad Fauzi (MMU) Rosmiwati
Portfolio : MD & Portfolio : Awards & Mohd Mokhtar
Conferences Recognitions (USM)
Hon Haidawati Azah Syafiah Mohd Mohd Hafiz
Treasurer Mohamad Nasir Marzuki (TM R&D) Ismail
Chong Yu Zheng (UniKL) Portfolio : Industrial (UniMAP)
(UTAR) Portfolio : Relations & Portfolio :
Communication and Professional Educational
Newsletter Activities Activities
Robiah Ahmad Alpha Agape
Fakhrul Zaman
(UTM) Gopalai
Rokhani (UPM)
Portfolio : (Monash)
Portfolio: Strategic
Humanitarian Portfolio :
Communication
Activities Student
Activities
IEEE Malaysia Section Advisory Committee
Section Executive Committee recently approved
the establishment of the Advisory Committee,
consisting of past section chairs who are still
active. The Terms of Reference of the Advisory
Committee is as below.
1. The main role of the advisory committee is to
serve as a team of advisors to the section
chair and the executive committee of IEEE Professor Professor Professor
Malaysia Section. Borhanuddin Mohd Ali Mohd Nasir Taib Zaiki Awang
(2003-2004) (2007-2008) (2009-2010)
2. The advisory committee, together with the
executive committee can formulate the
strategies and direction of IEEE Malaysia
(short, medium and long term)
3. The advisory committee can advise the
election committee on the candidates for the
chair-elect prior to the annual general meeting
4. The advisory committee serves as the
evaluation committee for IEEE Malaysia Professor Professor Professor
Section awards--all categories Mahamod Ismail Norliza Mohd Noor Zuhaina Zakaria
(2011-2012) (2013-2014) (2015-2016)
5. The advisory committee is a non-voting
member
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2019 Student Activities Committee (SAC)
Prepared by Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar & Mohd Rizal Arshad
eerosmiwati@usm.my, eerizal@usm.my
Malaysia Section 2019 SAC
The Malaysia Section SAC committee in 2019 will take on a new structure to streamline communications and
student engagements, to better represent our geographical needs. The SAC Geographical Representative are
divided as follows.
Northern Region: D. Sreenivasan (Looking after UUM, UniMAP, USM, UTP)
Southern Region: Fakriah Razali (Looking after Nilai U, INTI, UTEM, UTHM, UTM)
East Malaysia: Cindy Lai (Looking after UMS, Curtin, Swinburne)
Central Region 1: Sebastian Chuang (Looking after MUSM, UM, UTAR, UNMC, APU UCSI)
Central Region 2: Mohammed Hussein (Looking after UiTM, UKM, UPM, UIAM, MMU, UniTEN, UniKL)
All IEEE Student Chapters/Affinity Groups: Courtney Soh
We’ve also elected a new Student Representative for the Malaysia Section – Mohammed Hussein Saleh
Mohammed Haram from MMU.
Our representatives will be in touch with the respective Student Branch/ Student Chapters/ Student Affinity
Groups. The SAC committee will set up personalized meetings with the respective OUs to provide tailored
operational assistance/support – this will replace the leadership camp.
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Malaysia Section’s Distinguished Lecturer Program
Prepared by Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
fawnizu@ieee.org
IEEE Malaysia Distinguished Lecture Program (MyDLP)
Based on the inputs gathered during the IEEE technical topics. The eight titles of the proposed talks
Malaysia Strategic Planning Retreat in March 2018, are given under each of the MyDLP speakers below.
the IEEE Malaysia Distinguished Lecturer Program
Each MyDLP speaker is appointed for a period of two
(MyDLP) was proposed. The proposal of the program
years and is required to deliver minimum three
was presented to the 2018 executive committee by
lectures on the proposed topics within two years.
the author and Dr Maryam Mohd Isa (UPM), who
IEEE Malaysia Section and the partnering IEEE
developed the initial guidelines and the evaluation
Malaysia Technical Chapter will provide financial
criteria. MyDLP was developed as a platform to
support to conduct the MyDLP talks at the host
recognize IEEE members (both professionals from
universities. Student branches are given priorities to
the industry and academicians) for their technical
invite the MyDLP speakers, using the guidelines
expertise. IEEE Malaysia provides this platform for
which will be made available online at
sharing of knowledge on advanced and new topics by
https://ieeemy.org/mysection/mydlp/
members for members.
With the introduction of this program, it is hoped that
In late 2018, the call for proposal was distributed to
IEEE members in Malaysia will gain more benefits
the members. From the 17 proposals submitted, the
and the technical experts in Malaysia will have
2019 executive committee had decided to approve
another platform to engage and share their
the appointment of four MyDLP speakers covering
knowledge for the benefit of the local and global
various
community.
Mohammed Prof Dr Saad Mekhilef Prof Ir Dr Mohd Rizal Prof Dr Lim Eng
Rawidean Mohd Senior Member Arshad Hock
Kassim Universiti Malaya Senior member Senior Member
Senior member saad@um.edu.my Universiti Sains Universiti Tunku
MIMOS Bhd Malaysia Abdul Rahman
dean@mimos.my Topic #1: Power Electronic eerizal@usm.my limeh@utar.edu.my
Systems for the Grid
Topic #1: Applications of Integration of Renewable Topic #1: Swarm Topic #1: Design of
WSN in Agricultural Energy Sources Robotics - Concepts Miniature Metal-
Environment Monitoring and Its Potentials Mountable UHF Tag
Systems Topic #2: Maximum Power Antennas
Point Tracking (MPPT) Topic #2: ASV and
Topic #2: A 7-Level Controllers for Photovoltaic AUV Robotics Platform Topic #2: Design of
Smart Home Systems System – current status Technology: Novel Patch-Based
for XY Generations and future prospects Advancement and Reflectarrays
Potentials
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Finance Updates
Prepared by CHONG Yu Zheng, yzchong@ieee.org
Malaysia Section 2019 Finance
Treasurer’s Roles and Responsibilities
Sharing some useful links to first-time treasurer for Organisational Units.
• https://mga.ieee.org/resources-operations/geographic-
MGA Website >>> unit/reporting-rebates/financial
Financial Operation • https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-
Manual >>> org/ieee/web/org/financial-ops-manual.pdf
R10 Finance • https://www.ieeer10.org/wp-
Guideline >>> content/uploads/2017/08/Finance_2017.pdf
With the above guidelines, it will be desirable should respective OUs to review their practices.
Furthermore, OUs are also encouraged to obtain respective NetSuite login for managing respective financial
reporting. Procedures on obtaining NetSuite login could be found in the MGA website.
E-Financial Services
The ExCom have approved new procedures in streamlining financial procedures for Section. For financial
reimbursement or grant transfer, we will be utilizing E-Submission, and Bank Instant Transfer facilities. In line
with the adoption of E-Financial services, we endeavor claims, and financial services related to the Malaysia
Section will be completed within three (3) to five (5) working days upon submission of complete documentation
(separate timeline for cheque transaction). Further information may be found in the section website.
Quick Links
SubSection/Chapter/Student Branch Reimbursement >>>
https://goo.gl/forms/kdE7gu8GWwOaHd8A3
External Grant/Award Transfer >>> https://forms.gle/Gx5m7qqXpwopQXCK7
Updates
All reimbursement on travelling to Chapter Chair participants have been completed, and acknowledgement
e-mail has been issued to respective email.
Only ONE representative for each SubSection/Chapter will be reimbursed for travelling.
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Chapter Chair Meeting
Prepared by Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar, Hon. Secretary IEEE Malaysia
Section
eerosmiwati@usm.my
“Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in
every opportunity.” - Reed Markham
CYBERJAYA 9 MARCH 2019 – Chapter Chair Meeting is a meeting point that gather all the technical
chapters, affinity groups and councils chairs and its representatives. The annually event which was
organized by the IEEE Malaysia Section received participations from most of the technical chapters,
affinity groups and councils that available in Malaysia. As a record, 40 delegates attended the meeting.
The 2019 Chapter Chair Meeting was held at the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre
(MaGIC), Cyberjaya Selangor.
The meeting was chaired by the IEEE Malaysia Section Chair, Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin. He was first
introduced IEEE Malaysia Section executive committees for 2019. He has emphasized on his aspiration
for IEEE Malaysia to be recognized as a professional society by Malaysian policy makers and industries.
He also would like to increase humanitarian activities which will give high impact to the community.
The meeting was proceed with report on chapters’ plan which was delivered by Section secretary,
Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar. She has summarized the 2019 activities that are planned by chapters based on
the submissions by all the chapters prior to the meeting. Overall, there are 101 technical activities, 97
education activities, 69 professional activities, 61 membership drive, 49 social activities and 55 others
planned for 2019. Next, report on chapters’ budget was presented by the Section treasurer, Chong Yu
Zheng.
Different from previous years, this year Chapter Chair Meeting only invited 3 Chapters to present about
their chapters. Those chapters were the award winners for 2018 best chapter large (IEEE EDS), medium
(IEEE RAS) and small (IEEE EPS) category.
The meeting continued with sharing session on conference quality by the Section Chair Elect, Md Pauzi
Abdullah, followed by sharing of members survey on communication by Communication & Newsletter
Chair, Haidawati Mohamad Nasir and award and recognitions by Section Past Chair, Mohamad Faizal
Ahmad Fauzi.
During the meeting, questions and comments that were raised by the delegates in the registration form
were highlighted. The meeting also discussed several issues and concerns that were pointed out by the
chapter chairs. The fruitful two ways discussion was evidence during the Chapter Chair Meeting. It is hope
that the information that were shared and discussed during the meeting will be brought back by the
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Educational Activities
Reported by Mohd Hafiz Ismail
hafizism@ieee.org
IEEE Malaysia Section Leadership Camp & Chapter Chair Meeting 2019
The Leadership Camp & Chapter Chair Meeting 2019 was held on 9th March 2019 at Malaysian Global
Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), Cyberjaya and attended by 63 IEEE Malaysia Section Executive
Committee and Chapter representatives. The Leadership Camp started with the Opening Speech by Section
Chair, followed by Funding Opportunities (Section Past Chair) and Membership Development (Chair-Elect).
The first session of Leadership Camp was continued by the other three Section Executive Committee
(Industry Relations & Professional Activities, Humanitarian Activities and Educational Activities). The second
session was parallel workshops on Netsuite and VTools & OU Analytics/SAMIEEE, conducted by Section
Honorary Treasurer and Secretary, respectively.
The first Chapter Chair Meeting for 2019 was held in the afternoon session, attended by 40 IEEE Malaysia
Section Executive Committee and Chapter Chairs/Representatives. The meeting started with the highlights of
Chapter activity and financial plans, followed by presentations from Electron Device Society and Robotic &
Automation Society representatives. Conference organization & quality as well as communication (mailing list
& newsletter) issues were also discussed. The meeting ended with the concluding remarks by Section Chair.
IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities Challenge 2019
IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities Committee (EAC) invites members to submit proposals for
educational programs/activities focus on (1) Pre-University Education and (2) University Education.
The submission deadline is 15 April 2019 and submit to R10 EAC Coordinator, Emeritus Professor Lance
Chun Che Fung (L.Fung@murdoch.edu.au). All submissions need to be endorsed by IEEE Malaysia
Section Educational Activities Chair, Mohd Hafiz Ismail (hafizism@ieee.org).
• Winner (Pre-University Education) – USD 500
• Runner-up (Pre-University Education) – USD 300
• Winner (University Education) – USD 500
• Runner-up (University Education) – USD 300
For more information: https://ea.ieeer10.org/r10-ea-challenge-2019/
IEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities Funding 2019
IEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities Committee invites members to submit proposals for
educational programs/activities throughout 2019 for a maximum funding of RM1000 per program/activity. For
further information, please contact IEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities Chair, Mohd Hafiz Ismail at
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Industry Relations & Professional Activities
Prepared by Azah Syafiah Mohd Marzuki
azahsyafiah@ieee.org
IEEE Malaysia is now MaGIC CWS tenant Professional Activities
IEEE Malaysia is now a tenant of co-working space I would like to announce the members of Professional
at Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre, Activities Committees for Engineers (PACE). PACE is
Cyberjaya. The room facilities is summarized here: responsible to promote, organize, and conduct
professional (non-technical) activities for IEEE
http://tiny.cc/n84i5y Malaysia members.
Chair Azah Syafiah Mohd Marzuki/TM R&D
If you want to host your program in MaGIC, please
fill up the google form: Advisor Zuhaina Zakaria/UiTM
Members Haroon Rashid, UM/CNAG
https://forms.gle/MQHDCQSz4pcVi9rm7 Aznilinda binti Zainodin, UiTM / YP
NoorJannah Ibrahim, IIUM
Sazalinsyah Razali, UTeM/RAS/SMC
Shamsul Aizam Zulkifli, UTHM/IE/IA
KM Cheang, IEM/TEMS/
Norhaliza Abdul Wahab, UTM/CSS
Members as Nasreen Badruddin, UTP /WIE
By having a space at MaGIC, IEEE Malaysia Regional Nurul Hazlina Noordin, UMP
wishes to promote its visibility to the public representativ Nurul Muazzah Abdul Latiff, UTM
especially among entrepreneurs and government e Skudai
agencies. 2019 IEEE Leadership camp & chapter Nurul Adilah Abdul Latiff, UMT
chair meeting had been held successfully in
"Being technically proficient is only part
MaGIC.
of what it takes to become successful in
the ever-changing global economy. More
IEEE Malaysia on Linkedin and more companies are beginning to
recognize the added benefits of
Connect with more than 5 million professionals in improving their workers' professional
Malaysia over LinkedIn and be associated with IEEE development skills and are providing
Malaysia section: training for it"... IEEE-USA
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-malaysia-
section/
IEEE Malaysia survey for Professional
Development Program: The Lucky
Respondents
Thanks to all respondents, your feedback is highly
appreciated. We also like to announce the 5 lucky
winners:
Farhan Mohamed
Mohammad Faiz Liew Abdullah
Ho Sin Ban
Industry/Standard Track Incentives to promote Bernard Lim
industry to participate IEEE local conference Mohammad Alomari
- RM300 incentive
We will contact individually for the prizes delivery.
Please fill up the form for application:
Please email azahsyafiah@ieee.org for any
https://forms.gle/VrLso4utFhL8um4p9
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IEEE Sarawak Subsection
Reported by Ong Chin Ann, ongca@ieee.org
4th AGM of IEEE Sarawak
The newly elected IEEE Sarawak Subsection’s
committee members (2019-2020) are as below
Name Position Affiliation
Lau Bee Theng Past Chair Swinburne
Victor Wong M.H. Chair IncSys
David Bong Boon
Vice-chair UNIMAS
Liang
Jacey-Lynn Minoi Secretary UNIMAS
The IEEE Sarawak Subsection had its fourth AGM
held at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Hudyjaya Siswoyo Jo Treasurer Swinburne
Campus on 26 Jan 2019 . The chair of the
subsection, Associate Prof. Dr. Lau Bee Theng Committee
Ong Chin Ann Swinburne
delivered the speech on activities and achievements Member
in the past year and plans for the future. Secretary Dr. Committee
Riady Siswoyo Jo Swinburne
David Bong presented the activities conducted and Member
Treasurer Dr. Hudyjaya Siswoyo Jo reported the Committee
financial statement and expenditures for 2018. Then Yi Lung Swinburne
Member
Following the dissolving the 2018 committee, the Committee
election of executive committee of 2019/20 was Mark Tee Kit Tsun Swinburne
Member
carried out.
International UNIMAS STEM 12th
9th IEEE International Nanoelectronic Engineering Conference (EnCon 2019)
Conference (IEEE INEC 2019)
2019 International UNIMAS STEM 12th
The IEEE Sarawak Subsection (Malaysia Section) Engineering Conference (EnCon) will be held from
& The IEEE Nanotechnology Chapter (Singapore August 28 to 29, 2019 in the beautiful city of
Section) will be organising the 9th IEEE Kuching, Sarawak. With the theme ‘Revolutionized
International Nanoelectronic Conference (IEEE Innovative Engineering and Technology Towards
INEC) from 3 – 5 July 2019 that is going to be held Sustainable Development’,
at the beautiful city of Kuching, Malaysia.
Ø Full paper submission deadline : 1 May 2019
Ø Abstract Submission Deadline: February 15, Ø Notification of Acceptance : 1 July 2019
2019 Ø Camera-ready Submission Deadline : 31 July
Ø Abstract Acceptance Notification: March 15, 2019
2019 Ø Early Bird Registration Deadline : 31 July 2019
Ø Full Paper Submission Deadline: June 1, 2019 Ø Normal Registration : 1 August 2019
Ø Early Bird Registration: June 1, 2019
Link:
Link: https://ieee-inec.org/ http://www.conference.unimas.my/2019/encon/Q1 Edition
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Circuits and Systems Society (CASS)
Reported by Samsuzana Abd Aziz (samsuzana@upm.edu.my) , Lini Lee (linilee@mmu.edu.my) , Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani (fzr@upm.edu.my)
IoT Camp for Kids Introducing Engineering Design Process to
Secondary School students
Too early to teach children
IoT? Members of Region The IEEE Circuits and
10 IEEE CAS didn't think Systems Society (CAS)
so. They managed to together with Multimedia
gather around 24 children University (MMU) were
aged 9 to 15 years old to invited to give a talk on
spend their school break Engineering to a group of
learning internet of things. Secondary School students.
The interactive one day This is part of the
camp explored why it is Educational Activities by
important for children to be CAS Malaysia Section to
encouraged in the STEM encourage more students to
fields and how STEM take up Engineering as their
could empower innovation and creativity at the early career path.
stage. The participants were given assignments with A total of 25 Form 5 students in Sekolah
hands-on mentorship on super easy graphical Menengah Taman SEA attended the talk. In the
programming using Arduino Uno and basic classroom, students were introduced to
electronics before they built their first IoT device. Engineering, the Engineering Design Process and
followed by a short activity – a Challenge on
“My youngest son Bryan was so inspired that he has Newspaper Power. They were asked to design
started learning to create his own IoT projects. He and build a table out of newspaper tubes, using
said he learnt a lot from the IoT Camp. limited materials given. The students were guided
Special thanks for inspiring and motivating him...” - on identifying the challenge, brainstorming on the
Ronnie Ng design, build it, test and evaluate it, share the
The camp was held at the Computer and Embedded solutions and re-design as needed. They were told
System Laboratory of University Putra Malaysia that when engineers solve a problem, we try
(UPM). The session included the practical way of different ideas, learn from mistakes and try again.
utilizing IoT in their daily life such as how IoT being
use for smart home and smart farming. The program
was organised by IEEE Circuit and System Society
(CAS) with UPM’s Computer and Embedded
Systems Lab; and the UPM’s Smart Farming
Technology Research Center and CFP Venture
Consortium.
Children aged 9 to 15 years old spent their
school break in university’s lab to learn Internet of Pictures of the events
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IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS)
Prepared by Saiful Zaimy Yahaya
saiful053@uitm.edu.my
academic attachment, research collaboration and
15th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing many more to be carried out from this collaboration.
and its Applications (CSPA 2019) Universitas Andalas has also agreed to visit IEEE
The 15th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and CSS Malaysia Chapter to discuss on the best
its Applications (CSPA 2019) has been held at the practices on managing CSS Chapter.
Parkroyal Penang Resort, Batu Ferringhi, Penang on
8-9 March 2019. The colloquium was organized by
the IEEE CSS Chapter Malaysia and the Faculty of
Electrical Engineering (FKE), UiTM. The colloquium
has attracted participants which mostly postgraduates
& researchers working in areas related to signal
processing and its application. The colloquium has
become an excellent platform for knowledge
exchange, sharing research findings, and establish
network and collaborations among the participants.
55 papers have been successfully presented during IEEE CSS First ExComm Meeting
the conference where majority (72.8%) of the
participant are from Malaysia while 10% are from The IEEE CSS Chapter Malaysia has organized the
Philiphines, 7.2% are from Japan and Thailand and first ExComm meeting on 11 February 2019 at the
balance of 10% are from Singapore, Serbia, Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Bandar Sunway,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Libya. During the event, Petaling Jaya. The meeting was held to discuss 2019
IEEE CSS Chapter Malaysia had awarded 3 Best activities and to appoint person in charge for each
Paper Awards and 8 Best Presenter Awards to the portfolio in the ExComm.
selected CSPA Awards recipients.
IEEE & IEEE CSS AGM
The IEEE annual general meeting (IEEE AGM) that
gathered members of IEEE Malaysia has taken place
on 19th January 2019 at the Dorsett Hotel, Putrajaya.
During the event, the IEEE CSS Chapter Malaysia
also has organized its AGM meeting. In the meeting,
new appointment of Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and
Secretary have been made via voting process.
ExComm members also have been selected where
Academic Visit to Universitas Andalas representatives from different institutions/agencies
were selected to be in the ExComm.
On 15-19 February 2019, IEEE Malaysia Section
Control Systems Chapter (CSS) visited Faculty of
Technical, Universitas Andalas, Padang Indonesia.
During the visit, some issues were discussed which
include the academic and collaboration between
both parties including co-organising IEEE
conference in the future. There are several activities
to be conducted such as student exchange, co-
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IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)
Reported by Ir. Dr. Hazlee Azil Illias
h.illias@um.edu.my
IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter 2019 AGM
The 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IEEE
Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)
Malaysia Chapter was successfully held on 19th
January 2019 at Dorsett, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
The meeting was attended by active members of
IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter. The meeting began
with a welcoming address by the 2018 Chapter
Laboratory tour
Chair, endorsement of 2018 AGM’s meeting
minutes, 2018 Chapter activities report, 2018
Laboratory Visit to Institute of High Voltage
Chapter account report, dissolution of 2018 and High Current, Universiti Teknologi
committee members and election of 2019 Malaysia
On 11 March 2019, undergraduate students of
committee members. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) undertaking
The elected IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter the course “High Voltage Technology” had the
committee members for 2019 are as follows: chance to visit the high voltage laboratory of the
Past Chair: Ir. Dr. Lau Kwan Yiew Institute of High Voltage and High Current, UTM.
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohamad Kamarol Mohd During the visit, the students had a tour around the
Jamil laboratory to know better about practical high
Vice Chair: Ir. Dr. Nor Asiah Muhamad voltage equipment, such as the impulse generator,
Secretary: Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Hazlee Azil Illias AC/DC generator, transformer and switchgear. The
Treasurer: Dr. Amir Izzani Mohamed importance of high voltage insulation was also
Executive Committee: conveyed to the students through a laboratory
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hidayat Zainuddin demonstration of glass insulation flashover. In
Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Muzamir Isa addition, the students were also briefed about
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Azrul Mohd Ariffin safety concerning the use of high voltage
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Taufiq Ishak laboratory.
Dr. Norhafiz Azis The laboratory tour intended to enhance the
The meeting was continued with the appointment students’ in-class learning experience and pave
of 2019 auditors, address by the 2019 Chapter the way for the students to begin their research-
Chair and finally, a brief discussion on activity related assignments in the field of dielectrics and
plans in 2019. The planned activities are journal electrical insulation. This is in line with UTM’s
writing workshop, dielectric tutorial, industrial talk initiative to promote teaching-research nexus
and industrial visit. among the students to ensure that teaching and
learning activities of the students are enhanced
through research experience.
Prepared by Ir. Dr. Lau Kwan Yiew
IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter 2019 AGM IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter 2019 AGMQ1 Edition
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IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (IEEE IMS)
Prepared by Farah Diyana binti Abdul Rahman
farahdy@iium.edu.my
IoT Workshop with Python and Raspberry Robot Operating System (ROS) Seminar for
pi: A CSR Program School Students
The IoT workshop was held from 27th to 28th Feb, In conjunction with the IEEE IM Society education
2019 at the Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia British program, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi
Malaysian Institute (UniKL BMI), Technical Institute of Gombak organized a seminar on Robot Operating
Kuala Lumpur (SMTKL) and IEEE IMS was System (ROS). The seminar was held on 6th March
technically supported by providing the trainer. The 2018. During the seminar, there were 25 participants
training was conducted by Dr. Md Masum Billah, the attended from the school and they have opportunity
treasurer of IEEE IMS Malaysia chapter. The to learn on ROS. Dr. Md Masum Billah, the treasurer
workshop was focus on the hands on training using of IEEE IMS Malaysia chapter conducted the
Python and Raspberry pi. The aim of the workshop is seminar.
to give an fundamental hands on concept on Python Reported by: Dr. Md Masum Billah
programming on Raspberry pi controller which
extends to use for real-time basis data trans-receive
between the cloud server and the on board controller.
There were 40 participant from SMTKL.
Reported by: Dr. Md Masum Billah
Top right: Dr. Md Masum Billah presenting the ROS
Seminar for School Students
Bottom left: Group photo during the IoT Workshop with
Python and Rasberry pi
Top: Dr. Md Masum Billah presenting the IoT Workshop
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MySIGHT Rural Technology
Prepared by Norliza Mohd Noor
Hydraulic Ram Pump for Clean Water in
Rural Area
MySIGHT Rural Technology is an IEEE SIGHT group
formed by IEEE members from Razak Faculty of
Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Campus. The group
received USD21,700 from IEEE HAC for the project
Hydraulic Ram Pump for Clean Water in Rural Area
to the isolated community of aboriginal Jahai tribe in
Kg. Sg. Tiang, Royal Belum National Park, Perak.
The community which consists of 40 houses has to
rely on Temenggor lake and Tiang river for their daily
water consumption. MySIGHT Rural Technology is
helping them to get clean water by building the
hydraulic ram pump taken at the nearest upstream
river source located about 2 km away from their
village. This is a one year project commencing in
September 2018. The group has designed, built and
tested the ram pump in Razak Faculty, UTM Kuala
Lumpur Campus. The construction and
commissioning will be carried out on 15-18th April and
will be carried out by volunteers from UTM students The ram pump is ready to be installed in Kg Sg. Tiang,
Royal Belum National Park, Perak
and staff. MySIGHT Rural Technology is very
honored and grateful that the Perbadanan Kemajuan
Negeri Perak is sponsoring this coming trip by
providing the boat house to accommodate 30
volunteers and barge to carry the materials for the
ram pump.
Reported by: Norliza Mohd Noor
The first trip to Kg Sg. Tiang, Royal Belum National Park excursion
to the upstream river for the water source.
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IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)
Prepared by Herdawatie Abdul Kadir & Khalid Isa
watie@uthm.edu.my, halid@uthm.edu.my
Industrial Lecture on RADAR level 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on
measurement Technology by Ir. Shah Rizal Underwater System Technology: Theory and
Dahlan, Petronas. Application (IEEE USYS’18)
The invited speaker, Ir. Shah Rizal Dahlan form
Petronas, gave a presentation on RADAR level The 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on
measurement Technology. He provided both Underwater System Technology: Theory and
fundamental study on the development and Application (IEEE USYS’18) was held in
application of Radar as used for measuring level. We Wuhan, China from 1 to 3 December 2018. The
benefited in his availability in Petronas, Malaysia due IEEE USYS 2018 was sponsored by the IEEE
to his position on Custodian Engineer and Group Oceanic Engineering Society, co-organized by
Technical Authority for instrument and controls in the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
PETRONAS. This talk was on February 24, 2019 and
Malaysia Chapter and Huazhong University of
was attended by 15 IEEE members and 180 Guests
Science and Technology (HUST). The IEEE
Reported by: Herdawatie Abdul Kadir USYS’18 received more than 140 papers with
123 papers presented during the conference.
The conference started with a workshop on
Marine Robots on 1 December 2018. The
Opening Ceremony was held on 2 December
followed by 4 plenary speeches and 8 oral
sessions. Moreover, on the last day, 3
December, 6 keynote talks were presented,
followed by 8 oral sessions, the award banquet,
and closing ceremony. The plenary and
keynote speakers for the conference were
António M. Pascoal (Portugal), Decheng Wan
Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (China), Guang Pan (China), Fumin Zhang
Challenge (SAUVC 2019) (U.S.), Francesco Maurelli (Germany), Lionel
Lapierre (France), Guohua Xu (China),
IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter sends 4 teams ; Jiancheng Yu (China), Nikola Mišković
UTeM Team AUV Panther, Tuah and Noah’s Arc (Croatia) and Simon Rohou (France). In
are represented by students from Faculty of conclusion, the IEEE USYS’18 was
Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical successfully organized and received excellent
Engineering and Faculty of Technology feedback from all participants. All the great
Engineering. Dr Mohd Shahrieel Mohd Aras and activities were well managed, and Huazhong
Dr Ahmad Anas Yusof is an Advisor for this team University of Science and Technology (HUST)
and also Vice Chair and an executive committee was a great conference host. The next IEEE
of the IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter. From UIAM USYS conference will be held in 2020.
is called IIUM Roboteam led by Dr. Zulkifli bin
Zainal Abidin.
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IEEE Sensors and Nanotechnology Joint Councils Chapter
Reported by Noraini Othman
noraini_othman@unimap.edu.my
Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2019 Training on IC Design
On 04th January 2019, an Annual General Meeting An IC Design training was carried out from 28 - 31
(AGM) for the IEEE Sensors and Nanotechnology January 2019 at the IC Design Lab, School of
Joint Councils Chapter was held at the School of Microelectronic Engineering, UniMAP. This
Microelectronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia training is designed to expose the students to the
Perlis (UniMAP). A total of 25 members attended usage of EDA Mentor Graphic Design Tools from
the AGM. The meeting started-off with the 2018 designing a schematic until verification of the
Chair presenting a summary of activities carried out layout.
by the Chapter throughout the year 2018. This was Reported by Dr. Razaidi Hussin
followed by the presentation by the Treasurer on
matters pertaining to the financial status of the
Chapter. The meeting then proceeded to the
dissolution of the 2018 Main and Executive
Committee Members, followed by the nomination
and election process for the 2019 Committee. The
new 2019 Main Committee members are: Chair
(Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd. Khairuddin Md Arshad),
Vice-Chair (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainal Arif SENSORS AND NANO 2019
Burhanuddin & Mr. Mohd Hafiz Ismail), Secretary
(Dr Noraini Othman & Dr Illani Mohd Nawi) and
Treasurer (Dr. Nurjuliana Juhari). Heartfelt
congratulations to all!
Leadership Camp & Chapter Chair Meeting
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainal Arif Burhanuddin (Vice
Chair) and Dr. Nurjuliana Juhari (Treasurer)
attended IEEE Malaysia Section Leadership Camp
and Chapter Chair Meeting 2019 which was held
at Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre
(MaGIC), Cyberjaya on 9th March 2019
Reported by Mohd Hafiz IsmailQ1 Edition
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IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)
http://sps.ieeemy.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SPSOCMAL/
Reported by Dr Mohd Norzali Hj Mohd
(norzali@uthm.edu.my)
SASSP 2019 @ 20 March (UTP CAPE, KL) IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY
MALAYSIA CHAPTER EXECUTIVE
IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter and Institute
of Autonomus System, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS jointly
COMMITTEE 2019-2020
organized the 7th IEEE Symposium on Acoustics, Speech and
Signal Processing (SASSP 2019), on 20 March 2019 at the UTP
Center for Advanced and Professional Education (CAPE), Kuala
Lumpur. This FREE event, open to all IEEE members and non-
members, brought the university and industry community
together to share and discuss the latest trends in acoustic,
speech and 1-D signal processing, analysis and real-time
implementation, and to promote IEEE Signal Processing Society
Malaysia Chapter to the Malaysian academic and industry
community as a forum for professional networking and
advancement. Annual General Meeting (AGM) IEEE Signal Processing
Society (SPS) Malaysia Chapter 2019 was held on 19 January
2019 at Dorsett Hotel Putrajaya. Around 22 SPS members
attended the meeting out of about 70 registered members. The
meeting minutes from the last meeting has been accepted and
new executive committee members have been selected. SPS
was awarded the best Website 2019 during the Banquet dinner.
With effect from the Chapter AGM on 19 January 2019, The
elected Executive Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing
Society Malaysia Chapter for the 2 year term 2019-2020 is as
follows:
Invited Speakers / Call for Participation - Chair: Rajasvaran Logeswaran (APU), Vice Chair/Chair-Elect:
IPIARTI 2019 @ 23 June (UTHM) Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU), Past Chair: Syed Ab
RahmanSyed Abu Bakar (UTM), Secretary: Nor’aini A. Jalil
https://sps.ieeemy.org/public_html/ipiarti2019/ (Wavesmiles), Treasurer: Haidawati Mohamad Nasir(UniKL),
IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter is jointly Executive Committee: Mohd Norzali Hj Mohd (UTHM), Norliza
organizing the 10th Symposium on Image Processing, Image Mohd Noor (UTM), Sabira Khatun (UMP), Siti Noormiza
Analysis and Real-Time Imaging (IPIARTI 2019) with the IEEE Makhtar (UPNM), Vijanth S Asirvadam (UTP), Wong Kok Sheik
UTHM Student Branch, to be held on 23 June 2019 at (Monash), Advisor: Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU) .
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Batu Pahat, Audiotors: John See, Usman Ullah Sheikh.
Johor, Malaysia. This FREE annual event is a platform to
share and discuss the latest trends in image processing, Inotech Competition @ 13 March
analysis and real-time implementation, and to promote the 5MT Postgrad Competition @ 2 April (APU)
IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter to the
academic and industry community in Malaysia as a forum for The IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter co-
professional networking and advancement. For further inquiry, organized 2 competitions with Asia Pacific University of
please do not hesitate to email us at Technology and Innovation (APU). The Inotech Competition
ipiarti.ieeesps@gmail.com. See you at this knowledge sharing was the engineering FYP competition where students exhibited
event ! their projects, whilst the 5MT competition was targeted at
postgraduate students presenting project proposals. Both
IEEE ICSIPA 2019 @ 17-19 September competitions received good participation.
(Pullman KL City Center, KL)
https://sps.ieeemy.org/icsipa2019/
The IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter
biennial flagship conference, 2019 IEEE International
Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications
(IEEE ICSIPA 2019) will be held in Kuala Lumpur on 17-19
September 2019. The paper submission is open until 30 April
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WIE Affinity Group
Prepared by Noor Hazrin Hany Mohamad Hanif & Zaipatimah Ali
noorhazrin@iium.edu.my, zaipatimah@uniten.edu.my
IEEE WIE Annual General Meeting 2019 International Women’s Day 2019
The IEEE WIE Annual General Meeting was held on On March 8th, the International Women’s Day 2019
19th January 2019 in Dorsett Hotel Putrajaya. The were celebrated at three different locations: USM,
meeting discusses past year’s activities and financial UTP and UPM. Attendees were served with cakes
reports. The newly appointed Executive Committee and had opportunities networking in relaxed
members for 2019-2021 are: environment. More activities of this nature will be
Past Chair: Nasreen Badruddin conducted soon.
Chair: Assoc. Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar
Vice-Chair: Zaipatimah Ali
Hon. Secretary: Suriati Paiman
Hon. Treasurer: Khairul Nisak Md Hassan
Executive Committees: Noor Hazrin Hany Mohamad
Hanif, Azrina Abdul Aziz, Raja Jamilah Raja Yusof
and Fatimah Abdul Rahman. Visit to Old Folks Home, Penang
On March 17th, the WIE members and student
members from USM visited an old folks home in
Seberang Perai Selatan. The three hours visit
promotes social interaction between the younger
generations with the elderly.
IEEE Annual Appreciation Dinner 2019
WIE AG was given an honor to host 2019 IEEE
Malaysia Section Annual Appreciation dinner which IEEE WIE Best Female Student Award
was held on 19th January 2019 at Dorsett Hotel,
Putrajaya. More than 120 IEEE members from Ms. Raudhah Izyan binti Rohaimi from UNITEN won
various societies as well as representatives from this coveted award for her portable optical sensing
Ministry of Education Malaysia, IET Malaysia and prototype to determine the inhibitor content in
IEM joined the dinner. Many awards were presented transformer oil that is cost efficient and
to appreciate the active societies and members. environmental friendly. Ms. Nik Azimah Zainab Nik
Everyone enjoyed the lucky draws and trivia Mohd Rahimi from IIUM received the award for her
sessions during the dinner. wireless mobile Hijaiyyah braille system that
encourages blind people to learn Arabic alphabets.Q1 Edition
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IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch (CMSB)
Prepared by Newsletter Department, Valerie Chin and Mc Lauren Abel Marcus
valeriechin.cmsb@ieee.org, mclaurenabel088@gmail.com
Arduino START Workshop Chrome Rex
IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch started the IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch has created a
year off with the Arduino START Workshop, which 3D structure of a galvanized iron dinosaur puzzle in
was organized on 3rd March 2019 at Curtin Malaysia conjunction with Curtin Malaysia’s 20th Anniversary.
by the co-Head of Newsletter and an Applied The project was curated by Howard Hu Ho Yee,
Geology student in Curtin Malaysia, Mc Lauren Abel Head of Technical of IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student
Marcus. The purpose of the workshop was to Branch and an Electrical and Computer Engineering
introduce the basic application of Arduino UNO, student in Curtin Malaysia, from December 2018 to
which is an open-source micro controller board based March 2019, with the help of 9 members of student
on the Microchip ATmega328P Micro Controller branch. The purpose of the project was to
developed by Arduino.cc. The workshop was encourage the spirit of recycling among the students
presented by two speakers, Mr. Sim Zee Ang and Mr. of Curtin Malaysia The external parts of the Chrome
Tan Hong Hui, both currently a post-graduate Rex was created with galvanized iron, whereas the
Doctorate of Philosophy student in School of internal parts were made out of recycled plastic
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Curtin bottles. The lights around the frame are made out of
Malaysia. During the workshop, the participants were LEDs in recycled glass bottles and powered by solar
taught several Arduino projects such as the Blinking energy, thus the project also promotes clean and
Light, Running Light and Mood Lighting. The renewable energy.
participants were also challenged to create a Morse
code with Arduino UNO.
MATLAB Technical Workshop
The MATLAB technical workshop was a half-day
event curated by Olivia Maling, co-Head of
Treasurer of IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch
on 23rd March 2019. The aim of the workshop was
to provide an overview of the fundamentals of
MATLAB especially to the First Year engineering
students. The workshop was presented by Dr.
Raymond Chiong Choo Wee, a senior lecturer at
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Curtin Malaysia. During the workshop, participants
received an exposure to various common MATLAB
commands, graph plotting skills, as well as, vectors
and matrices manipulation.Q1 Edition
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IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch (CMSB)
Prepared by Newsletter Department, Valerie Chin and Mc Lauren Abel Marcus
valeriechin.cmsb@ieee.org, mclaurenabel088@gmail.com
STEM Challenge - First Mentor Gathering Train The Trainer (TTT) – STEM Challenge
The Community Outreach department of IEEE Curtin IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch and All
Malaysia Student Branch and All Aboard Young Aboard Young Leader Centre (AAYLC) - Chumbaka
Leader Centre (AAYLC) - Chumbaka Miri has jointly Miri has jointly organized a two-day Train-The-
organized a STEM mentor gathering session on 22nd Trainer (TTT) programme on 9th to 10th March 2019.
March 2019 at the AAYLC office. The purpose of the A total of 32 teachers from 23 schools Northern
session was to provide a bonding session for the Zone Sarawak had participated in the event.
newly recruited mentors of either IEEE CMSB or According to AAYLC - Chumbaka Miri
AAYLC with the past and present ones. During the representative and speaker of the event, Miss
session, the co-founder of AAYLC - Chumbaka Miri, Haslina Malik, the purpose of the event was to
Miss Haslina Malik, explained the Design Thinking provide an overview of the project creation in
process – Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Arduino and for the teachers to gain insights into the
Testing, to all the mentors. According to Head of use of embedded systems to solve real-world
Community Outreach department and a current problems, as well as, to prepare the school children
student in School of Electrical and Computer for the Northern Zone Young Innovators Challenge
Engineering in Curtin Malaysia, Yong Siew Chen, she 2019.
hoped that the session will increase the sense of
During the two-day event, the teachers were
partnership and team work among the mentors
provided with Arduino Kit, a microcontroller, upon
especially for this year’s Young Innovators Challenge.
registration and were briefed about the process to
self-learn and understand the content of the kit. They
worked in teams of teachers and undergraduate
mentors to identify and solve the exercise given
during the event using Design Thinking
methodology, whereby they empathize to identify
problems, ideate solutions, and designed and
prototype solutions. The teachers were also required
to build a basic prototype with the application of
Arduino tools and presented their prototype in
Mukah and Bintulu Site Visit
regards to what they had learned throughout the
The Mukah Site Visit was a two days one night event. The technical knowledge and life skills gained
event curated by Melissa Syra, co-Head of Publicity by these teachers during the programme will then be
and Gillian Harold, Head of Logistics of IEEE Curtin passed on to their students in their respective
Malaysia Student Branch on 25th to 27th March 2019 schools. The school children will be given an
with a total of 33 participants and 2 advisors. The opportunity to actively engage in the field of
objective of this site visit was to provide opportunity electronics and programming at an early stage of
for participants to enhance their knowledge on the their childhood.
concepts used in a coal-fired power plant, as well
as, to foster engineering profession in the field of
electrical science. The companies we visited were
Mukah Coal-Fired Power Plant (left) and Petronas
MLNG-Bintulu Operation Coordination Centre
(BOOC) (right).Q1 Edition
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IEEE INTI International University (STB16101)
Prepared by Muhammad Huzaifa And Nirmal Karmani And Shakila Rajapakshe
mhuzaifa@ieee.org And nirmalkarmani@rocketmail.com And
shakilamr124@gmail.com
Events Organized
Next, we have Community that helps you to be in part
of the world’s largest community of technology
Arduino Workshop
professionals, by joining the conferences, local events
The event was held on the 9th of March 2019. The and many more which they will keep you up to date by
event started on 10:00 a.m., with a brief introduction sending invitations through emails. Lastly, we have
from club advisor Mr. Richard (IEEE INTI Student Profession, that are advantageous to your career
Branch Counselor). The students were placed into goals, such as IEEE programs helps increase your
groups of 4, and they shared the Arduino kit amongst skills, earn scholarships and could also give and
each other. Students were exposed on how to use receive professional mentoring.
Arduino to make a simple blinking LED device. They Reported by: Shakila Rajapakshe
also learnt how to connect their Android smartphones
to the Arduino and control the brightness of an LED.
The main objective of the event was achieved, which
were as follows:
Introduction: What is Arduino and its applications
Arduino Programming on Arduino IDE
Understanding the logic of the code and
modifying the code to see different results
Bluetooth-Arduino interfacing using HC-05
Controlling LED wirelessly using smartphone
Bluetooth
Events To Be Organized
Python Programming Workshop
This Workshop is planned for the date of 10th April,
2019. Registrations are open for Diploma and Degree
students at INTI International University.
Objectives:
For students without any prior programming
experience to learn programming.
Reported by: Nirmal Kumar Karmani To cultivate the interest in coding.
To enhance the programming skill of students.
IEEE Membership Development Talk
In this workshop, Python will be taught in a practical
On 13th of March 2019, IEEE INTI Student Branch manner.
organized a membership development seminar in which What will the participants learn:
benefits of being an IEEE member as well as a guide on ü We will start by helping them get Python installed
how to use IEEE Resources as a student member were on their computers.
briefly explained. The event was conducted by IEEE ü Learn to use Python professionally, learning both
Member Muhammad Huzaifa. During the presentation, Python 2 and Python 3!
students were exposed to a wealth of information ü Build an understanding of Python from the
regarding IEEE. They gained insight on how IEEE works, ground up!
how it is beneficial to IT students, and the global reach of ü Understand how to use both the Jupyter
IEEE. The speaker highlighted the 3 valuable parts of being Notebook and create .py files
an IEEE member which will help growth: Knowledge, ü Learn Python features, like Python Object and
Community, and Profession. In part of Knowledge, it helps Data Structure Basics
you access to the latest and best research such as IEEE
potentials, What’s new for students, or IEEE eLearning Reported by: Muhammad Huzaifa
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