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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

Congratulations to Award Winning volunteers and organizational units in Malaysia Section for their outstanding
contributions which were conferred various awards at the Region 10 level. Thats outstanding!

Top Malaysian Student Branches Won Several

Region 10 Awards. Congratulations!
This year, IEEE Malaysia won three Darrel Chong Student
Activity Awards, through two of its student branches.
IEEE Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) student branch won
the Gold medal through their activity "Tech Mentor
Educational project". IEEE Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
won two awards; silver medal and bronze medals for
their activities Flood Relief Missions, and Asian School
on Renewable Energy. Kudos to the USM and UKM
student branches.

R10 EA Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016

In recognition of leadership for
educational activities in IEEE Malaysia
Section, Tan Kah Hooi was awarded
the Educational Activities Outstanding
Volunteer Award for his contribution
to the IEEE USM Student Branch.

2016 Outstanding Branch Counselor Award

From the Editor
This third quarter edition of the 2016 newsletter features
many wonderful news such as the publication of the 30th
Anniversary Commemorative book and announcements
of Region 10 awards; many Malaysians were conferred
such awards. Well done to the winners. This 23-page
newsletter features activity reports from 13 chapters
including the Sarawak subsection. This report also
features the IEEE Region 10 celebration of its 50 years
anniversary, Teacher In-Service Program which was
conducted in Bangkok and the recently concluded Young
Professionals Symposium & Innovation Showcase. There
is also a special feature of our senior members effort and
experience in reaching the top of Mount Kinabalu.
As usual, this quarter has also been very busy for Malaysia
section and all the technical chapters including the student
branches.
Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
Editor,
IEEE Malaysia Newsletter
fawnizu@ieee.org

Dr Noor Ain Kamsani was awarded the 2016

Outstanding Branch Counselor Award
for her contribution as counselor to the
IEEE UPM Student Branch. She exemplifies
the commitment to the educational,
personal, professional, and technical
development of students in IEEE
related fields of interest.

2016 Executive Committee

The Executive Members for 2016 are as follows:
Chair
Zuhaina Zakaria
Vice Chair
Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi
Past Chair
Norliza Mohd Noor
Hon. Secretary
Haidawati Mohamad Nasir
Hon. Treasurer
Christopher Chew
Committee
P. Susthita Menon
Rozita Jailani
Abdul Rahim Ahmad
Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
Auditors
Franklin Joseph
Michael Joseph

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IEEE MALAYSIAS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION BOOK

IEEE Malaysia Section is publishing a special edition

book (ISBN 978-967-2048-00-8) to commemorate
the 30th anniversary of the IEEE Malaysia Section
last year. The book includes a brief history of Malaysia section, which includes all the 25 chapters and affinity groups. This book
is written as a way to remember and appreciate the hundreds of people who run the society from 1985 until 2015. If you were
actively involved in the society during those periods, it is very likely that you are featured in this book.
The compilation of the contents involved so many people including several of the past section chairs, the 2015 chapter
committees, especially the appointed associate editors and the 2015 executive committee of IEEE Malaysia section. We had to
reach out to as far as the IEEE Asia Pacific in Singapore for the historical data. I believe this special document should be owned
by every IEEE member in Malaysia, especially those who have served as chairs as well as committee members in the recent
years. It is meant as a source of reference for you to understand more about IEEE Malaysia.
You can own a personal copy of this book, which will be available
NO.
ITEM
COST / UNIT
for collection during the AGM in January 2017. Please pre-order
1 Pre-launch order (single book) by 31/10/2016
RM 50
yours today to secure the special price by sending an email to
2 Pre-launch order (10-book bundle) by 31/10/2016
RM 450
fawnizu@ieee.org.
3

Regular order (single book)

RM 60

Regular order (10-book bundle)

RM 540

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Section News
Reported by Zuhaina Zakaria <zuhaina@ieee.org>

IEEE Region 10 celebrates 50 years anniversary

IEEE Region 10 was established 50 years ago on the 24
August 1966 . To celebrate the historic formation, the
50th anniversary celebrations started on 24th August
2016 at Bangalore, India and will continue in 2017 across
the whole region. The celebration kick off on the 24th
August 2016 with the R10 Global Women in Engineering
(WIE) Summit, an inaugural function in the evening and
continued for next three days with a Student/Young
Professionals/Women in Engineering and Life Member
Congress (SYWL Congress 2016) from 25 to 27 August
2016.

Representatives from IEEE Malaysia Section has attended

all three events to celebrate the achievement of IEEE
Region 10 for the past 50 years.

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Section News
Reported by Rozita Jailani <rozita@ieee.org>

Teacher In-Service Program (TISP) Training Workshop in Bangkok

IEEE hosted a Teacher In-Service
Program (TISP) Training Workshop in
Bangkok, Thailand on 6 & 7 August 2016.
The event was attended by volunteers
from Thailand, Cambodia, China,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines,
Vietnam and India who were interested
in working with their schools and school
systems to increase the level of
technological literacy of local preuniversity educators and their students.
IEEE Malaysia was represented by
Education Activities Chair, Dr Rozita
Jailani, Past Education Activities Chair,
Associate Professor Dr Lee Yoot Khuan
and Pre-University Educator, Cikgu
Adawiyah.
The overall goal of the workshop was to empower IEEE volunteers to Develop collaborative relationships with
local pre-university educators; Increase the level of technological literacy in local school districts; Contribute to
the establishment of pre-engineering programs; Facilitate enhancements in school science and technology
curricula and expose more female and minority students to technology-related professions. Participants most
enjoyed the Understanding IEEE/IEEEs Interest in Pre-University Education presentation, the IEEE Pre-University
Programs/IEEE Teacher In-Service Program presentation, and the Working with Wind Energy hands-on activity.
Participants showed strong interest in the Developing a Partnership with Pre-University Schools and School
Systems Breakout Groups and the Build Your Own Robot Arm hands-on activity.

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IEEE Sarawak Subsection
Reported by Pan Zheng,
panzheng@ieee.org

The second talk was given on The role of Sports

Science in Athletic Performance by Associate Professor
Kevin Netto who is the Director of Research at the
In conjunction with Malaysian Games (Sukma) hosted by School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin
Sarawak, The IEEE Sport Science Symposium was held at University Australia.
UNIMAS on 23 July 2016. The symposium was coorganised by IEEE Sararwak Subsection, IEEE-EMBS
Sarawak Sports Council, National Sports Institute and
Sarawak Convention Bureau

The IEEE Sport Science Symposium @ UNIMAS

The symposium started with a welcome speech from

IEEE Sarawak secretary Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi.

Associate Professor Kevin Netto

Dr. Garenth Lim King Hann, vice-president IEEE

Sarawak, conducted the last talk on Sport Science and
Its Development in Sarawak.
Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi delivered the welcome speech

There were three talks conducted in the morning

session.
The first talk was on the introduction of Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Society (EBMS) in Malaysia. IEEEEMBS Vice Chair, Dr. Alpha Agape Gopalai delivered the
talk.

Dr. Garenth Lim King Hann

Participants were from UNIMAS, UiTM, Swinburne and

some sports organisations

Dr. Alpha Agape Gopalai

In the afternoon, researchers and participants had a

meeting with ISN staff and coaches of diving, hockey,
soccer and others.

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IEEE Young Professionals (YP)
Reported by Zuraidah Zan
zuraidahz@upm.edu.my and zanzuraidah@gmail.com

The 2016 FIST-IEEE

FIST-IEEE
YP Symposium
&
Innovation
Showcase: IEEE Young Professionals Malaysia and the
Faculty of Information Science & Technology (FIST),
Multimedia University (MMU) has organized the 1st FISTIEEE Young Professionals Symposium & Innovation
Showcase 2016.

The event was held on the 28th of September 2016, at

Exam Hall, MMU Melaka Campus. The aim of this event is
to expose students and staffs of FIST, MMU on the
research, development, and applications of current
innovations. The event was held to allow students and
staffs to gain knowledge on different areas, as well as
getting useful insights from the sharing of experiences.

Exhibition presenting research, development and applications of current

innovations.

During this event, there were about 40 Final Year

Projects (FYPs) and Postgraduate projects being
showcased to the public. These projects were classified
into different categories, ranging from Data
Communications & Networking, Security Technology,
Information
Technology
Management,
Artificial
Intelligence, and Bioinformatics.

Group photo; The 2016 IEEE-FIST, MMU, Malacca

The event was officiated by Prof. Dr. Heng Swee Huey,

Vice President of R&D, Multimedia University. The best
FYP project awards were sponsored by IEEE Young
Professionals Malaysia. The awards ceremony was also
attended by IEEE YP Malaysia, Dr. Anang Hudaya
Muhamad Amin.

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IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Malaysia Chapter
Reported by Zuhaina Zakaria
zuhaina@ieee.org

2nd IEEE PES Student Congress 2016,

IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Malaysia Chapter in
collaboration with IEEE PES Student Chapters (Universiti
Tenaga Nasional, Universiti Teknologi Mara and
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia) has successfully hosted the 2nd IEEE PES
Student Congress (PESSSC) 2016 from August 15-17,
2016 at the RHR Hotel, Putrajaya.

This event was attended by 70 participants representing

IEEE PES Student branches from 25 countries; Ecuador,
Palestine, Hungary, India, Pakistan, Tunisia, Brazil, El
Salvador, Tunisia, Sweden, Turkey, Singapore, Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Tunisia, Colombia,
United States, Peru, USA, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala
and Malaysia.
The congress received support from Tenaga Nasional
Berhad as the platinum sponsor, SHER Engineering and
Consultancy, Institute of Engineers Malaysia Electrical
Engineering Technical Division, Institute of Engineering
and Technology, MNC CIGRE, Malaysia Convention &
Exhibition Bureau, Tourism Malaysia and the Ministry of
Tourism and Culture. This International Congress
covers technical talks, visits to Tenaga Nasional
Research Sdn Bhd, Putrajaya and also experience the
cultural diversity of Malaysia via cultural events.

IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter DLP Power

System SCADA and Smart Grid
IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Malaysia Chapter
has co-organised a DLP program with IEEE UiTM
PES Student Chapters on 22nd September 2016 at
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM Shah Alam.
The invited speaker was Prof Dr Mini Thomas from
Jamia Millia Islamia University, India. The talk focused
on the basic fundamentals of Power System SCADA
and applications in Smart Grid.

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IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)
Reported by Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar & Mohd Rizal Arshad
eerosmiwati@usm.my; eerizal@usm.my

Visit & Technical Talk @ UTP, Perak

On 21st July 2016, the IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter has made
a visit to the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Tronoh
Perak. The activities conducted include technical talk,
postgraduate student presentation, membership drive, visit
to laboratories and meeting. For this activity, the technical
talk was delivered by Dr. Zool Hilmi Ismail, a treasurer of
the IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter. His talk titled A robust
formation control for multi-autonomous underwater
vehicles for marine surveillance remarks new control
approach such as robust integral sign of error to leaderfollower model structure.

Visit & Technical Talk @ UPSI, Perak

On 2nd September 2016, the IEEE OES Malaysia has
organized another visit and technical talk at Universiti
Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, Perak. This
activity also included meet and greet session with faculty
member of Science & Mathematics, UPSI followed by the
membership drive, technical talk and a meeting. The
technical talk was presented by Dr. Khalid Isa from
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) who is also
one of the executive committee of the IEEE OES Malaysia
Chapter. He has delivered talk on title The future of
underwater robotics.

Two postgraduate student presentations were also delivered

during the activity. First student was Bello Lawal presenting
research on marine acoustic and second student was Nur
Afande Ali Hussain presenting his research on nonlinear
system identification for underwater system model. Aside
from technical talk, delegates were also brought to visit
laboratories related to oil and gas mining and offshore
platform construction at UTP.

Technical Talk @ UTP

Technical Talk @ UTP

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IEEE Malaysia Communications and Vehicular Technology Society

Joint Chapter (ComSoc/VTS)
Reported by Fazirulhisyam Hashim and Khairil Anuar
fazirulhisyam.hashim@gmail.com and kyreel@gmail.com

Professional Talk : A case Study for Professional

Volunteerism 24 Years of IEEE ComSoc Malaysia
On August 12, 2016, ComSoc/VTS organized a
professional talk entitled A Case Study for Professional
Voleentirsm 24 Years of IEEE ComSoc Malaysia. The
talk was held at Seminar Hall, Faculty of Engineering,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, and delivered by one of
ComSoc/VTS prominent members Prof. Dr. Borhanuddin
Mohd. Ali.
The main focus of this talk was to expound the values of
volunteerism, and show how this noble spirit can help to
develop ones character and career, and how
organizations like IEEE and ComSoc prosper with this
spirit of volunteerism.
The speaker has shared many interesting tips on
volunteerism based on his vast experience, as well as
highlighted some of the outstanding volunteers in
ComSoc Malaysia. The talk has been very successful and
was attended by more than 70 people, mainly graduate
students from different institutes in Malaysia.

The speaker, Prof. Dr. Borhanudding Mohd. Ali

A group photo with some of the participants

IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecture Tour

This IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecture Tour (DLT)
was co-organized by ComSoc/VTS, Malaysian
Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
and Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd
(MTSFB). The event was held at the MCMC
Auditorium with the theme of 5G and Future
Wireless Internet. It brought the special
appearance of Professor Dr. H. Anthony Chan from
Huawei Technologies, USA, to share his views on the
subject matter. In addition, there was a panel discussion
at the end of the event which involved Prof. Chan, Prof.
Dr. Mahamod Ismail (UKM) and Mr. Ammar Osman,
Chief Technology Officer of Ericsson. There were
more than 150 attendees mainly from various research
institutes in Malaysia and industry.
Prof. Chan has delivered 2 talks in this DLT. In the first
talk he focused on the reason why and what are the
challenges in deploying 5G and future wireless Internet.
According to Prof. Chan the 5G is envisaged to be a
combination of cellular communications and Internet,
and therefore a new paradigm shift needs to be
considered which involves various technologies such as
IoT, SDN, NFV, M2M etc. In his second talk he has
emphasized on emerging technologies with respect to
5G deployment and 5G standardization effort.
On the other hand, the panel discussion, which was
moderated by Dr. Hafizal Mohamad (MIMOS) has
focused mainly on the deployment issues from the
perspective of telecommunication company, network
providers, researchers and key industry players in
Malaysia.

Panel discussion; from left: Hafizal, Chan, Mahamod and Ammar

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Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT)

Compiled by WONG Yew Hoong, email: yhwong@um.edu.my

IEEE-CPMT Best Engineering Final Year Project

Book Prize

IEMT-EMAP2016 Conference at G-Hotel, Penang

(20th 22nd Sept)

On 23rd July 2016, Dr. Chee Choong Kooi,

representing IEEE-CPMT, has presented the IEEE
CPMT Best Engineering Final Year Project Book
Prize, to Mr. Mah Chee Weng, a graduate from
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham
Malaysia Campus. The Award, a book prize of
RM500 and a book on electronic engineering, were
presented in conjunction with the 2016 University
Graduation Ceremony at the Putrajaya International
Convention Centre.
Chee Weng has the following to
say, Renewable energy is a rising
technology that is intimately
linked to sustainable development.
There are various types of
renewable energy and I had the
opportunity to carry out research
in the area of Ocean Thermal
Energy
Conversion
(OTEC).
OTEC utilises the temperature
difference between the warm surface seawater and
cold deep seawater to generate energy. The
research involves developing a mathematical and
simulation model that evaluates the performance of
an OTEC system. I found the work very challenging
as I had to understand and integrate engineering
theories beyond my core discipline, e.g.
thermodynamics and heat engines. Many times, I had
mixed feelings regarding my performance and the
outcome of the project. However, through
perseverance, I managed to overcome obstacles and
complete the project. Only now in retrospect, I can
say it was an enjoyable journey. The research
completion and the experiences gained would not be
possible without guidance from Dr Roselina Arelhi,
Prof. Haider Abbas and Dr Nandha Kumar. Their
source of knowledge proved to be invaluable. My
heartfelt gratitude goes to my family and friends for
supporting me throughout the course of this work.
Lastly, I appreciate the acknowledgement of my
efforts by the IEEE-CPMT for awarding me this prize.
Thank you, everyone.

IEMT-EMAP2016 (The 37th International Electronics

Manufacturing Technology Conference and 18th
Electronic Materials and Packaging Conference) was
held at the G-Hotel, in the beautiful city of Penang,
from 20th to 22nd September 2016. This bi-annual
CPMT Msia flagship conference was held with the
theme of Packaging the IoT. Despite challenging
global economy faced, the conference was held
successfully with an encouraging number of ~400
participants of electronic packaging experts, which
jointly attended by overseas participants from Asia
Pacific, Europe and USA, which made up >1/3 of the
total participants. The IEMT-EMAP2016 is a great
platform for the knowledge exchange and the
networking growth that ventured together, by CPMT,
could be meant and explored by Connecting Peers
and Mentoring Talents, as always emphasized by Prof.
Ricky Lee, our Senior Past-President of CPMT.

The committed and enthusiastic organizing team

The view of a well crowded keynote lecture

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IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Chapter

(TEMS)
Reported by Teh Pei Lee (teh.pei.lee@monash.edu)
and Christopher Chew (chrischew@ieee.org)

IEEE Senior Member climbs Mt. Kinabalu for

underprivileged children
TEMS member/auditor and Sections Hon. Treasurer,
Christopher Chew SMIEEE, climbed one of South
East Asias highest peaks, Mt. Kinabalu (4,095.2m),
during a visit to the Kinabalu National Park (a World
Heritage Site) in Sabah, over the period 30th
September to 1st October, 2016 as a fund raising
and IEEE Day activity in aid of underprivileged
children and humanitarian activities in Sabah. Funds
collected will be used to support underprivileged
school children who lack essentials (proper clothing,
books and writing materials, food, transportation,
shelter, etc) to do well in school and to fund
humanitarian projects in villages where the children
reside.
The climb was particularly significant as Chris
reached the peak as one of the few, if not the only,
Malaysian IEEE senior member aged over 65 years
doing so in his first attempt. Asked how he felt after
the climb, Chris had this
to say, It was an
exhilarating experience
and journey to enjoy the
flora and fauna from base
camp and to overcome
the challenging contours
of the cold and chilly
rocky peak and be
rewarded
with
an
awesome view of a
sunrise and marvel at
Gods creation looking
down from the peak.
The pain and aches to
be endured after the
climb was well worth the
life long memory and I
would encourage all to
attempt the climb as
soon as possible
A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants

He further added that it was a good opportunity to

raise funds for the underprivileged children in Sabah,
and we hope to engage with the our local Student
Branches and organisations like the Malaysian Red
Crescent in humanitarian activities.
We congratulate Chris on his achievement and
appreciate his contribution towards our CSR and
humanitarian activities.
One up for the seniors Chris at the peak.

View of Mt. Kinabalu from the Kinabalu Pines Resort

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IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing (GRSS)

Reported by Lim Tien Sze
tslim@mmu.edu.my

IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote

Sensing 2016 (IWGRS2016)

IEEE GRSS Distinguished Lecture Series

There has been tremendous increase of earth

observation (EO) applications stemming from recent
developments
in
advanced
remote
sensing
technologies. This workshop is aimed at providing a
forum for IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing (GRSS)
members to share knowledge and experience on
recent develop-ments and advancement in geosciences
and remote sensing technologies, particularly in the
context of Remote Sensing for Sustainable
Environment.

Centre for
Remote
Sensing
and
Surveillance Technologies, Multimedia University &
IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chapter society have held a
Distinguished Guest Lecture by Prof. Subra
Ananthakrishnan at Multimedia University Melaka.
This Talk was held on 181 August 2016 at PO
Meeting Room, Multimedia University, Melaka.

DATE: 8-9 November 2016

VENUE: Faculty of Engineering Auditorium Hall, UPM
Selangor

In this talk, Professor Ananth describes briefly the

importance of low frequency radio astronomy (<20
MHz) and then how one can develop space
instrumentation for the same.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Topics include but are not limited to:

Geoscience and remote sensing technologies

Environmental and disaster monitoring

Land cover classification and mapping

Radar systems and applications

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Microwave Components and Systems

Communication Systems

Surveillance technologies

The title of the talk is Space Based Low Frequency

Radio Astronomy and Building a Space Payload .

Prof Ananth retired as the Observatory Director

(2004) of GMRT, Khodad, Narayangaon and as a
Senior Professor of NCRA -TIFR in 2007. Since
then he is an Adjunct Professor in Electronic Science
at the University of Pune.

More information of IWGRS2016 workshop

can be found on the IEEE GRSS Malaysia
website at
http://grss.ieeemy.org/events/iwgrs2016/
More information of IEEE GRSS activities can
be found on the IEEE GRSS Malaysia website at
http://grss.ieeemy.org/

A group photo of the Distinguished Guest Lecture

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IEEE Computer Intelligence Society (CIS)

Reported by Dr Hoo Wai Lam

hoowl@acd.tarc.edu.my

Call For Participant: Distinguished Lecturer Program

2016 by Professor Nikhil Pal, 01 Nov 2016, Tunku
Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC)

Report: International Conference on Computer

& Information Sciences (ICCOINS),
15-17 August 2016, KLCC

Distinguished Lecturer Program

(DLP) is an annual activity by
the
IEEE
Computational
Intelligence
Society
(CIS)
Malaysia Chapter where top
CIS research from around the
world will be invited to Malaysia
to deliver a distinguished
lecture to the academicians and students. This year, we
are honored to have Prof. Nikhil R. Pal from Indian
Statistical Institute (ISI) for this purpose.
About the talk: Fuzzy Logic control has been rapidly
gaining popularity in automatic control systems due to its
capability to model the uncertainties and support
linguistic variables, for examples, air conditioning system,
washing machine, rice cooker, etc. Automatic extraction
of fuzzy rules from data raises many important issues that
must be addressed, particularly if we want to exploit the
benefits of comprehensibility of fuzzy systems. In this talk,
an interesting approach to deal with these issues in an
integrated manner will be presented. A unique attribute
of this approach is that it can exploit subtle non-linear
interactions between features, the problem (that we
intend to solve), and the tool (that is used to solve the
problem). The formulation is adapted to all three types of
fuzzy systems: classification systems, Mamdani type
systems and Takagi-Sugeno type systems.
About the speaker: Prof. Nikhil R. Pal is an INAE
Chair Professor in the Electronics and Communication
Sciences Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute. His
current research interest includes bioinformatics, brain
science, fuzzy logic, neural networks, machine learning,
and data mining. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE
Transactions on Fuzzy Systems (January 2005-December
2010).
He is a recipient of the 2015 Fuzzy Systems Pioneer
Award. At present he is the Vice President for
Publications of the IEEE CIS.
He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences,
India; the Indian National Academy of Engineering; the
Indian National Science Academy, the International Fuzzy
A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants
Systems Association (IFSA), and IEEE, USA.

ICCOINS 2016 is organized by the Department of

Computer and Information Sciences, Universiti
Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
and technically cosponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence
Society (CIS) Malaysia Chapter was held from 15-17
August 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
(KLCC) with the theme Nurturing the Power of Mind
for Technology Innovation. This conference is part
part of the Engineering, Science and Technology
Congress (ESTCON) 2016.
The conference aims at providing a platform for
academia and industry to showcase their new
advancement and findings in research and development
in the field of Computer Science, Information
Technology and Information System. The conference
also provides great opportunities for participants to
exchange new ideas and experiences as well as to
establish research and business relations with global
partners for future collaborations. In total, there are
130 papers accepted for presentation in four different
tracks of technical session during the three-day
conference.

2016 IEEE CIS Malaysia Chapter Final Year

Project (FYP) Online Competition
1st Prize: Lee Mei Ing
Deep Learning For Neuroevolution In Games
2nd Prize: Ng Wai Foong
Development and Implementation of Rule-based
Procedural Generation of Item in 2D Role-playing
Game
3rd Prize: Nur Shahira bte Shahul Hameed
Comparison Of Bees Algorithm And Firefly Algorithm
On PID Controller
Congratulation to all the winners!

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Signal Processing Society (SPS Malaysia Chapter)

Reported by Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam
email: vijanth@mail.com

Visit to Orphanage home

Join the SPS Winter School 2016 !

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Malaysia

Chapter organised a charity donation for single
mothers and the less fortunate families living in Parit
Rasipan, Batu Pahat, Johor on 24 June 2016. This was a
joint effort by the academic staff at Faculty of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering (FKEE), UTHM and Surau
Parit Rasipan, Batu Pahat, Johor.

The IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter is organizing the Winter

School 2016/2017. Themed Recent Advances in
Biomedical Imaging, it will be held at UTM KL from 711 November 2016. The 5-day program will cover all
aspects of biomedical imaging, from basic topics such
as PACS/DICOM, image registration, structural imaging,
functional imaging and 3D modeling, to advanced
topics such as fusion imaging, digital pathology, imageguided procedures, deep learning and Big Data in
biomedical imaging. Besides the lecture sessions, there
will also be a dedicated session to meet local
radiologists, a poster session for participants to
showcase their current work, a forum to discuss a
(Left) Doctoral
Dissertation
winner (Right)
Dissertation
winner to
particular
topic
of interests,
andMaster
a session
on how
write a good biomedical imaging article. With the
knowledge and exposure, participants would be able to
create better solutions and explore greater
perspectives in their domains of interest within this
growing field of research.

WISIBA 2016

Details at: http://spsocmalaysia.org/winter

If unable to attend the full 5-day session, there is
flexibility for participants to register for just
selected days of the event.
Prospective participants are also invited to submit
a one-page abstract of their work to be presented
during the poster session. The selected presenters
will receive a certificate of appreciation. The
deadline for abstract submission is on 24 October
2016 by email to myspsoc@ieee.org.

The 2016 Workshop on Intelligent Signal and Imaging for

Biomedical Applications (WISIBA`16) was held on 2627 September 2016 at the Le Meridien Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur. IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter has technically
supported WISIBA since 2013. The workshop aimed at
promoting interactions between researchers, medical
practitioners and technology providers towards
impactful and interdisciplinary research collaboration in
biomedical
applications
such
as
Orthopedic,
Neuroscience, and Health Information Modeling.

IEEE ICSIPA 2017 open for submission. Details at http://spsocmalaysia.org/icsipa2017/

A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants

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Antenna Propagation/ Microwave Theory Techniques/

Electromagnetic Compatibility Joint Chapter
(AP/MTT/EMC)
Reported by Fauziahanim Che Seman, Badrul Hisham Ahmad, Mohd Tarmizi Ali

Seminar and Training on Computer Simulation

Technology (CST)

Introduction to Radio Amateur

The IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter in collaboration

with Centre for Telecommunication Research and
Innovation (CeTRI) has successfully organized a two day
event on Seminar dan Training Computer Simulation
Technology (CST). The event was held on 25 & 26 Ogos
2016 in RF Lab, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan
Kejuruteraan Komputer (FKEKK), UTeM. The training
wasn conducted by 2 fasilitators, Dr. Maisarah binti Abu
and Dr. Siti Normi Binti Zabri. The training has attracted
more than 20 participants.

Antenna Research Group (ARG), FKE UiTM Shah Alam

together with IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter has
successfully a one day workshop in Introduction of
Radio Amateur. The program was conducted on 26th
and 29th September 2016 in Bilik Al-Hidayah, FKE
UiTM. Two speakers from Malaysian Amateur Radio
Transmitter Society (MARTS) were invited to share
their vast experience of procedure of registering
Amateur Radio License. The event was involved 30
participants from staffs and student FKE.

Photo captured during the CST Training

Few photos captured during the Amateur Radio Workshop

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IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)

Reported by Dr. Hazlee Illias
h.illias@um.edu.my

Participation in CMD 2016 International

Conference
The International Conference on Condition
Monitoring and Diagnosis 2016 (CMD 2016) was
successfully held in Shaanxi Empark Grand Hotel,
Xi'an, China from 25th to 28th September 2016. One
of the members from IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical
Insulation Society (DEIS) Malaysia Chapter, Dr. Hazlee
Azil Illias attended the conference as a presenting
author. He presented a paper entitled Condition
monitoring of discharged ZnO surge arrester on
temperature distribution under various design
conditions in one of the poster sessions.
CMD 2016 was organised by Xian Jiaotong University,
China. CMD 2016 was technically sponsored by Xian
Jiaotong University, IEEE, DEIS, CIGRE, China
Electrotechnical Society and SEE. The conference was
also supported by XIHARI XD Group, MEIDEN and
Cantwell.
CMD 2016 was an excellent opportunity for
researchers and engineers to present and discuss the
latest findings in condition monitoring and diagnosis
field. The conference has aimed for making new
acquaintance for the participants and for promoting
international collaboration on the condition
monitoring and diagnosis.

Dr Hazlee Illias with other participants in CMD 2016

The technical program of the conference consists of

papers presented in regular, poster and plenary sessions
covering a broad range of areas such as:
Evaluation of failure and degradation of power
equipment based on CMD
Advanced sensors and diagnosis techniques for Smart
Grid
Strategy planning and asset management for power
equipment
Fusion of Big Data and Smart Grid Control with CMD
techniques for power equipment
Insulation structure design and lifetime assessment for
HVDC system
Degradation and lifetime assessment of new energy
devices for power generation and storage

The conference consists of 2 plenary lectures, 7 invited

talks, 3 poster sessions and 16 oral sessions. More than
200 papers from this conference will be published in IEEE
Xplore.

Dr Hazlee Illias at CMD2016

Overall, the conference saw participation of over 250

people from over 20 different countries, whom largely
from China. There was a strong attendance from Xian
Jiaotong University.

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IEEE Circuit and Systems (CAS)

Reported by Nurul Amziah Md Yunus and Mohd Amrallah Mustafa

namy05r@googlemail.com and amrallah@upm.edu.my

LEGO Robotics workshop by IEEE CAS Malaysia

Chapter and UPM Robotic Club

One Day Cleanroom Training by IEEE CAS Malaysia

Chapter

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) May 31st to June

1st 2016: IEEE CAS Malaysia together with Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM) Robotic Club and a local school,
Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Bangi Jalan 2 organized
a LEGO Robotics workshop intended for school
students of the age group 7 to 12 years in conjunction
with the public school holiday. A total of 50 students
from a few states in Malaysia, mostly from neighboring
states, Putrajaya and Selangor, joined the 2-day
workshop.
The objectives of this workshop are to provide
opportunities and exposure to the school students on
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) through robotic design and to infuse enthusiasm
and interest in invention and innovation.
The workshop started with an interesting introduction
to the LEGO Mindstorm NXT programmable robotic
kit, followed by a few short training modules on creating
robots of several categories namely soccer robot and
obstacle avoidance robot. On the second day of the
workshop, students were put into smaller groups and
given opportunities to compete in a soccer robot match
and obstacle avoidance robot competition, putting their
knowledge and creativity to the test. It was interesting to
see how these school students work together to come
up with interesting solutions for the matches. Top 3
groups received prizes from IEEE CAS Malaysia.
The school students were very pleased with the
workshop, thanks to the team of cheerful and engaging
workshop instructors. Majority of them looked forward
to joining this workshop in the future.

Universiti Putra Malaysi (UPM) July 19th, 2016: The

IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS M) has
joint ventured with Department of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UPM to
conduct a One Day Cleanroom Training. The training
Venue was at Microelectronic and Nanoelectronic
laboratory and Advanced Material Synthesis and
Fabrication laboratory, KEE, UPM. The objectives of this
training are to provide the staff and students a knowledge
on the Cleanroom, chemicals handling and operation of
the machines in the cleanroom. First presentation was on
Introduction to Cleanroom given by Dr. Nurul Amziah
Md Yunus, the chair of IEEE CAS Malaysia from UPM.
Then Mr. Mohd Izhwan Muhamad as UPM science officer
gave a presentation on the Cleanroom Safety and Hazard.
Some introduction to machines operations like Wire
Bonder and DC Analytical System were given by Miss
Nurnazeera Zulkefli. The Introduction to Solvents and
Stuff in the Cleanroom were given by Dr. Nizam
Tamchek from Faculty of Science, UPM and finally the
Introduction to Microfluidic Channel was given by Dr.
Nurul Amziah as one of the applications that can be
fabricated in the cleanroom. The training was ended with
the Hands on training at the cleanroom laboratory given
by Dr. Nizam Tamchek. The participants were among the
staff and postgraduate students from various faculties in
UPM.

Instructors and Participants of One Day

Cleanroom

A Visit and Technical talk by Alan Harvey

Photo of half of participants in the Robotic Lego Workshop

COME and JOIN the IEEE CAS Malaysia!!!

Universiti Putra Malaysia19th September 2016: Dr.

Alan Harvey the Chair of Victorian Section, Australia
came to Malaysia for a networking visit. The IEEE CAS
Malaysia has invited him to give two technical talks on
Automatic Recognition of Handwritten Characters and
Energy Harvesting for Sensor Networks. There were 45
participants has participated successfully in this seminar.

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Section Student Activities

Reported by P Susthitha Menon <susi@ukm.edu.my>

The 2016 Student Branch Counselor/Technical

Advisor Meet
The inaugural event was organized by the IEEE Malaysia
Section on 20th August 2016, partially funded by IEEE
Region 10 SAC. A total of 30 participants from the IEEE
Malaysia Section as well as counsellors/technical
advisors/representatives from 11 IEEE student branches
(SB) attended the half-day event held at the Faculty of
Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The SB
counselors were briefed on IEEE Malaysia Vision,
Overview of Student Activities, Talks by Section Student
Representatives, SB Awards, Funding Opportunities and
SB Competitions by Section Excom and R10 SAC. Two
SB Counselors; Dr Rosmiwati (USM SB) and Dr Garenth
(Curtin SB), winners of R10 Best SB Counselor Award
shared the best practices at their SBs.

for students, YP and WIE. Malaysia SAC Chair, P

Susthitha Menon gave a training on IEEE Vtools on the
first day of the congress. During the Awards Night &
Dinner, IEEE Malaysia Section was honored to receive
two awards; i) Universiti Putra Malaysia SB won the R10
Exemplary SB Award and ii) Tan Kah Hooi from
Universiti Sains Malaysia SB won the R10 Educational
Activities (EA) Outstanding Volunteer Award. On the
second day of the congress, our representatives joined
the various R10 Student, YP and WIE meetings to
discuss projects and plans to improve IEEE membership
in the respective sections. A cultural exhibition and
performance night was held on the 26th of August where
the Malaysia Section representatives held an exhibition
booth and performed a dance cum song entitled Rasa
Sayang. IEEE Malaysia Section was awarded the Best
Cultural Exhibition Booth during the congress. The
congress ended on the 27th of August and participants
gained knowledge and networking during the event.

Participants of the SB Counselor/Technical Advisor Meet

R10 WIE representative, Ms Saveethya (Monash SB)

briefed the audience about the WIE Student Network.
The final agenda for the event was a forum on SB
Operational Issues and Solutions which included Dr
Zuhaina, Dr Mohd Faizal and Dr Norliza as the panels
and Dr Susi as the moderator. Various SB issues such as
low membership, ineffective counselors and change in
counselors, IEEE student membership retention and SB
funding from Section were discussed in an interactive
manner by all the participants.

2016 IEEE Region 10 Student, Young Professional,

Women In Engineering, Life Member Congress
IEEE Malaysia Section participated in the R10 SYWLC
which was held at the Lalit Ashok Hotel, Bangalore from
25-27 August 2016 and was represented by P Susthitha
Menon (SAC Chair), Hussain Mahdi (R10 SAC & YP),
Ashen Gomes (SSR), Fatimah Abd Rahman (UPM SB
Chair), Jeff Kong (Curtin SB), Saaveethya (R10 WIE &
Monash SB) and Zaid Omar (YP). The 3-day event
comprised of various technical talks and parallel sessions

UPM SB receiving the R10 award

Tah Kah Hooi (USM SB)

IEEE Malaysia Section Cultural booth with R10 Director

IEEE Malaysia Section reps receiving the prize for Best

Cultural Exhibition Booth

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IEEE USM Student Branch
Reported by Andy Tan Wei Keat
Andy.Tan.1994@ieee.org

TAN TING FENG AND HIS TEAMMATE EXCEL

IN INNOVATE MALAYSIA DESIGN
COMPETITION 2016

His passion had influenced and inspired his teammates and the
students to think creatively and innovatively to develop their
projects successfully. Under his leadership, the school which was
mentored by the IEEE USM SB succeeded in winning the 1st Runner
Up of the competition.

Congratulations to Tan Ting Feng (IEEE USM SB Past Chair) and

his partner Fow Jun Ee for winning the first prize in Innovate
Malaysia Design Competition 2016 MathWorks Track. They both
won two categories, namely the Mathworks track and the Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS) design challenge.
Project title:

Development Of Network Based Surveillance

Module (NBSM) For The Wild
Venue:
Hotel Equatorial
Date:
8-9 August 2016
Supervisor:
Dr Yen Kin Sam & Dr Teoh Soo Siang
Features::
Human Detection In Surveillance Technology With
Ad Hoc Networking
Please take a view to the video below for more details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=18&v=bT5ymll2L
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Description of photo

Group Photo of Tan Ting Feng (right) and Fow Jun Ee (Left)

TAN KAH HOOI WINS R10 EA

OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD 2016
Congratulation to Tan Kah Hooi (ex-Head of R&D Department
from IEEE USM SB) for receiving the R10 EA Outstanding
Volunteer Award 2016. He is actively involved as volunteer for
Techmentor Malaysia, an event where the volunteers guide
secondary school students on learning Arduino and leading them to
the final competition which is Young Innovate Malaysia
Competition. He teaches the students about the knowledge in
programming, electronic circuit, project management and also time
management. He believes that through this program, the students
will have an early exposure to programming and electronic circuit
which will further benefit their future education and foster their
interest towards science and engineering field. He managed to
guide other volunteers to make sure that they fully understand the
project before the teaching process.

Past HOD of R&D Department (Tan Kah Hooi)

2016 DARREL CHONG STUDENT ACTIVITY

AWARD
IEEE USM Student Branch won Gold in Darrel Chong Student Activity
Award 2016. The award serves to recognize activities orchestrated by
IEEE bodies around the world that bring much impact to society. The
award remarks the success of one of our flagship events, namely
Tech Mentors Education Project. Tech Mentors is a volunteering
program carried out by the students of USM based on the mission to
inspire the young generation through designing creative innovations
with embedded systems. It focuses on practical learning which
involves hands-on and group discussion where students learn how to
construct an embedded system by applying what they learn during the
training on necessary software. The facilitators called Tech Mentors
will obtain training from industries (provided by Dreamcatcher) to
guide participating secondary school students. They are guided to
build their own embedded system projects using soldering skills,
circuit design and C++ programming. Mentors are responsible to
facilitate the participating teams in terms of teaching, technical
support and to prepare the team for the grand challenge called the
Young Innovate Malaysia Competition.

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IEEE USM Student Branch
Reported by Andy Tan Wei Keat
Andy.Tan.1994@ieee.org

IEEE USM Student Branch Roadshow

In tandem with IEEE USM SBs annual recruitment drive, 2
roadshows were conducted as a platform for freshmen to better
understand what is IEEE. One of the highlights during roadshows
was the exhibition of engineering projects created by our very own
R&D Department led by Mr. Ricky Ooi. At the same time,
registration for our inaugural Arduino Day was opened. During the
2-day roadshow, 20 Arduino Beginners Kits were sold out to
participants.

IEEE IEMT-EMAP 2016 Exhibition

The International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT)
Conference is the premier IEEE event devoted to the manufacture of
electronic, opto-electronic and MEMS/sensors devices and systems.
IEMT is an established International conference of long standing
organized by the Components Packaging and Manufacturing
Technology (CPMT) Society of IEEE. The 37th Int. Electronics
Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) & 18th Electronics Materials &
Packaging (EMAP) Conf. 2016 was organized by the IEEE CPMT
Malaysia Chapter with co-sponsorship from IEEE Santa Clara Valley
Chapter. The IEEE USM SB was invited to set up an exhibition booth
at IEMT-EMAP 2016 conference as a recognition for our effort in
STAR program and R&D research. Through this exhibition booth we
succeeded to gain more recognitions from industries and they also
got to know the IEEE USM SB future goals.

IEMT-EMAP 2016 Exhibition

POKMON GO CONTEST 2016

This is the first ever advertising method in USM Engineering
Campus. We are using the popular Pokemon Go game to
promote our club and attract the player to attend our roadshow.
We organized this competition and activated Lure Party at the
roadshow location so that it can attract crowd and promote IEEE
USM Student Branch. This advertising method is very successful as
we did not only successfully attract USM Engineering Students but
also outsiders such as USM Main Campus students and other
Pokemon Go Players.

Engagement with IEEE USM Student Branch

Engagement with IEEE USM Student Branch is a major event carried
out annually by the committee, this year was no exception. The
event kicked off with an introductory speech by SB Chair Andy
Tan, followed by introduction to IEEEs Vision & Mission,
departments, and future events. A total of 6 booths were set up to
showcase the brand new engineering projects created by our R&D
Department, plus 2 additional booths for IEEEXtreme 10.0 and
Arduino Day registration. The event ended with the announcement
of the Pokemon Go Contest winners and a big group photo.

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IEEE Curtin-Sarawak Student Branch
Reported by Loo Wei Chuan
email: weichuanyes@gmail.com

Curtin Sarawak site visit to Kuching

IEEE Curtin Sarawak organized a 3 days trip to visit Electrical and
Electronic (ENE) industries in Kuching which are Sarawak Cable
and X-FAB. A group of 20 students participated in this site visit.
The students had a tour of the manufacturing facilities and
learned how various types of cables were manufactured
throughout different processes such as straining and bunching.
The participants also gained knowledge about the different tests
on the cable such as conductance test and insulator test. At
Sarawak X-Fab, the participants were briefed about the company
and presented the evolution and functionality of the Integrated
Circuit (IC) which was produced inside a clean room.

Group photo in X-FAB

Matlab and Simulink workshop

Over 20 participants who showed up in the Matlab and Simulink
workshop held by IEEE Curtin Sarawak has the opportunity to
learn about the real-life application of Matlab, a high-level language
and interactive environment for numerical computation,
visualisation, and programming. This workshop was conducted by
Kiew Suk Qin, Esther Kueh and Kong Sheng How. This workshop
focused on how to use Matlab to plot a graph and extract useful
information from the graph, using Simulink for modelling a system
and programming Arduino and using Matlab for image processing.
After learning the concept, the participants were given some
hands-on and yet interesting tasks so they can deepen their
understanding on Matlab. Some of the interesting tasks are using
the knowledge of image processing to count the number of coin in
an image. The workshop ends after 3 hours of teaching. It was
clear that the participants had a fun time enjoying the workshop

Matlab and Simulink workshop

Solar Bus Stop Maintenance

Young Innovate Miri

Area around Curtin University is always populated with

students. Therefore, adequate lightning on the street can provide
safety to the students. However, the lightning system in solar bus
stop had been vandalised since last year. There was no light on
the bus stop at night. Certainly, this poses a great risks to
students. To tackle this problem, a team of Curtin students led by
Kong Sheng How, vice president of IEEE Curtin Sarawak, has
initiated a project to repair the lightning system in the IEEE solar
bus stop. The project started at 9a.m. in the morning and ended
in the evening. After the completion of the project, it is clear that
the team feels contented of contributing their effort to help the
community. Now, the lightning system functions normally at night.
Thanks to the team, the students and public users are much safer
in that area at night.

To enlighten the local community with programming language

knowledge, IEEE Curtin Sarawak initiated the Young Innovate Miri
programme in collaboration with Chumbaka. IEEE has an ambitious
plan to reach out to more than 10 schools within Bintulu-Miri Area.
In the schools, workshop will be conducted on 40 students to
empower them with Arduino programming knowledge. In the
workshops, potential students will be selected to showcase their
innovative project during Curtin Open day. Prior to that, the
participant must undergo further training on C520B Arduino kits to
better equip them with technical skills. A total of 20 teams will take
part in the grand event. On the other hand, mentors from
university students will be chosen to guide the students to prepare,
build and showcase their projects that is beneficial to solve the real
life problems during Curtin Open Day.

Group photo of visit in Dyson

Solar Bus Stop Maintenance

Mentors of Young Innovate Miri

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IEEE MMU Student Branch
Reported by Mahmoud Mahmoudzadeh
mmz@ieee.org

Workshop on Programmable Logic Controller

(PLC)
MMU IEEE Student Branch conducted a full-day workshop on
programmable Logic Controllers on 11th of August. The event was
open to 3rd and 4th year Engineering school students who wanted
to enhance their skills in Programmable Logic Controller. The
participants was trained by Mr. Wei Jibe NG who is working in
Schneider Electric company as a system architecture engineer.
Programmable controllers are often used for automation of
industrial electromechanical processes, such as in robotics. Thus, it
is of high importance to electrical and electronics engineering
students to master.

Autodesk trained and introduced participants to AutoCAD and

the basics of 2D and 3D designing. Students were familiarized
with AutoCAD GUI interface and tools. Furthermore, the
participants experimented with environmental and sun effects, as
well as material rendering. A total of 30 individuals attended the
workshop, while 5 were from outside Multimedia University.

AutoCAD Workshop Series

Design of Grid Connected Solar Systems

In an effort to eliminate the gap between academia and the
industry regarding renewable energy, a full day workshop was
carried out in a collaboration between IEEE MMU (Multimedia
University) Student branch and +SOLAR Academy, in Faculty of
Engineering at Multimedia University Cyberjaya Campus, Malaysia,
on September 7, 2016.
PLC Workshop

PSpice Training Workshop

A PSpice training workshop was carried out for engineering
students by MMU IEEE Student Branch on 28th of August. Learning
PSpice is crucial for electrical and electronics engineer students as
they can perform advance circuit designing using the mentioned
application. 40 students were trained by Dr. Chinnaiyan
Senthilpari, a senior Multimedia University lecturer. The
participants were awarded a certificate of participation from
MMU IEEE Student Branch.

The event was very popular and well received with more than 60
individuals attending with diverse backgrounds. More than one
third of participants were from other institutes and universities
such as UPM, UKM and UTM, traveling to MMU Cyberjaya to
attend the workshop. Among the participants were 5 academics
and faculty members, more than 20 post graduate and PHD
students and around 30 undergraduates.

Design of Grid Connected Solar Systems

Technical Visit: Grid Connected Solar Systems

PSpice Training Workshop

AutoCAD Workshops
On the 13th August, AutoCAD workshop 1 was conducted by
MMU IEEE Student Branch in Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia
University, Malaysia. Mr. B. Varun Nair, a certified professional in

In alliance with Design of Grid Connected Solar Systems a site

visit was organized by IEEE MMU SB to SME Technopreneur
Center 1, Cyberview, Cyberjaya. There, trainers from +SOLAR
illustrated technical details of solar panel installation and design,
and clarified the process of energy conversion done by solar
panels. Attendants were introduced to implementation of
Inverters in solar panels.

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IEEE UNIMAP Student Branch
Reported by Muhammad Ezanuddin b. Abdul Aziz
ieee.unimap.studentbranch@gmail.com

International Conference on Electronic Design

(ICED) 2016
International Conference on Electronic Design (ICED), have been
held on 11-12th August 2016 at Phuket Thailand. ICED 2016 is a
sequel to successfully held conferences in 2008 and 2014. It aims
to provide a platform to Professionals, Researchers, Academicians
and Industry personals to share their new research findings. It is
also a platform to showcase and generate interest in cutting-edge
applications, challenges and future trends in the area of
Electronics and Computer Applications for Internet of Things
(IoT). IEEE UniMAP SB was tasked as one of the secretariat to
handle media and transportation issues for the event.
The event successfully gathered researchers not only from
UniMAP but also as far from Libya, USA and India. Young
researchers especially those recently who had finished their final
year project, came to showcase their findings. Three best awards
was given to participants with high impact value to the engineering
world.

IEEE Monash University Malaysia Student Branch

Reported by Kosalishkwaran A/L Ganeson
kgan19@student.monash.edu

Student Branch Revamped

First things first

The IEEE Student Branch at Monash University Malaysia has had a

couple of challenging years in the past. We are finally alive and
kicking once again thanks to initiatives from the IEEE Malaysia
Section!

Our first order of business once we were able to recruit sufficient

members was to host the AGM. In the AGM, which was held on
the 21st of September 2016, we met to elect members of the
administrative committee which were made of the Chair, ViceChair, Secretary and Treasurer.

Currently, we have a total of 14 student and graduated members,

a significant improvement from our previous performance. We
eagerly look forward to working with other student branches out
there.

We also took the opportunity to address our members. We

briefed them on a number of activities which we are planning to
execute before the end of this year.
The events planned are:

Members of the IEEE Student Branch @ Monash University

Malaysia

Reach out to us...

Want to connect with us? Email us at:
kgan19@student.monash.edu OR kqhew1@student.monash.edu

1.

Our very first IEEE Day celebration on the 4th of October

2016. We will be inviting an IEEE volunteer to give us a talk
on the volunteering opportunities available through IEEE. We
will also be taking part in the IEEE Day photo competition!

2.

We also agreed to participate in the 4th IEEE Student

Congress at APU on 15th October 2016. We look forward
to meeting other student branches there!

3.

We will be forming teams to take part in the IEEE Extreme

Challenge.

4.

We are also looking into the option of organizing a technical

field trip to Sunway Lagoon, where we intend to learn about
the health and safety practices implemented there.

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