Editor s Message This October edition of the 2016 newsletter features reports on various events including our annual highlight event: High Tea Networking and its parallel event of student s project exhibition and awards. Well done to the winners! In addition, reports on CASS (M) members effort in reaching out to the community through robotic workshop, science fair for school students and membership drive at local universities. So here, the issue is now in your hand. I hope you will all enjoy it. IN THIS ISSUE NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS 2016 4 TH HIGH TEA HIGH TEA AWARDS HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT PROJECT EXHIBITION DAY SCIENCE FAIR ROBOTIC WORKSHOP MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Editor-in-Chief IEEE CASS (M) Editor-in-Chief Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani Associate Editor (In this Issue) Nurul Amziah Md Yunus Mohd Tafir Mustaffa Mohd Amrallah Mustafa Lini Lee Editors Lim Yang Wei (News & Highlights) Tan Chee Phang (Upcoming Events) Che Nur Hamizah (Awards & Recognition) Khairi Zulkalnain (Reviewer) Artwork Design Masyitah Amat Sairin Fazrul Faiz Zakaria
Sains@USM: The 4th IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS M) High-Tea Networking Event has been successfully conducted. It was organized with collaboration from the IEEE, USAINS and CREST. This year the event was held at Murad Auditorium, Sains@USM Penang on 27th July 2016. The theme of the event was Moving Forward with Internet of Things (IoT). For this year, the IEEE CAS M was delighted to have Dr. Tat Kin Tan from Intel Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Massimo Alioto from National University of Singapore (NUS) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asrulnizam Abd Manaf from CEDEC USM. They were the experts on IoT. The program started with a welcoming remark given by the Chair of the IEEE CAS M, Dr. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus from Universiti Putra Malaysia. In the opening ceremony, Dr. Nurul Amziah has also presented the benefits of becoming the IEEE CAS member. The event continued by a short brief on Cycle 2/2016 R&D CREST Grant given by Dr. NorAzmi Alias from CREST. First invited speaker of the event was Dr. Tat Kin Tan from Intel. Dr. Tat Kin Tan gave a talk on Moving Forward with Internet of Things with UX Centered Software as Service. The second invited speaker was Prof. Dr. Massimo Alioto from National University of Singapore (NUS) presenting Rethinking 'Things' Design-the Missing (Technology) Link in the Internet of Things. The last invited speaker was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asrulnizam Abd Manaf from CEDEC USM. Dr. Asrul gave a talk on Internet of Things: Opportunities and Challenges for Next-Generation Sensor Technology. The event was also brightened up by the presence of most of the IEEE CAS M 2016 executive members and its past chairs, Prof. Sudhanshu Shekhar Jamuar from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) who was the founder and chair of the IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter in year 2003 and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuha Wan Hasan from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), who was the chair of the IEEE CAS M in the year 2009 and 2010. In the event, there was also the IEEE CAS M Award Program ceremony. In that ceremony the awards were given to the winners categorized from the undergraduate, Master to PhD. The 2nd Higher Education Student Project Exhibition Day was also performed where the students could present and communicate about their work using a scholarly poster.
The High-Tea Networking event has gained a full support from the executive committee members of the IEEE CAS M. Mainly among them are the program chair of the event, Dr. Mohd Tafir Mustaffa from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), the hon. secretary, Dr. Noor Ain Kamsani and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suhaidi Shafie, the Vice Chair of the IEEE CAS M from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Additionally, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tang Tong Boon as the Master of Ceremony from Universiti Petronas Malaysia (UTP), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Harikrishnan Ramiah as the Head of Membership Drive from Universiti Malaya (UM), Dr. Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani, Dr. Mohd Amrallah Mustafa also from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), as the students escorts from Universiti Putra Malaysia while Mr. Ahmad Hafiz Mohamad Razy and Mr. Rushdan Khairi as the Local Arrangement Committee situated at USM. The IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter High- Tea Networking has been the annual event for the IEEE CAS M. It was initiated by Assoc. Prof. Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin from Universiti Petronas Malaysia (UTP) in the year 2013 when he was the chair of the IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter in 2013 and 2014. The event has been made successfully through the commercial support from the IEEE Malaysia Section, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd (USAINS), Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (KEE), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Mohd Tafir Mustaffa Program Chair Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, PhD. Chair, IEEE CAS M IEEE CASS (M) Hi-Tea event was successfully conducted at Murad Auditorium, SAINS@USM, Penang on the 27 th July 2016. (Left) A token of appreciation from the chair of IEEE CAS M, Dr. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus to Dr. Tat Kin Tan (Top Right) a token of appreciation from the chair of IEEE CAS M, Dr. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus to Prof. Dr. Massimo Alioto (Bottom Left) Part of the posters presented at the Higher Education Student Project Exhibition Day (Bottom Right) A token of appreciation from the founder of IEEE CAS M, Prof Sudhanshu Shekhar Jamuar to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asrulnizam Abd Manaf.
Sains@USM: The 4th IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS M) High-Tea Networking Event has been successfully conducted at Murad Auditorium, Sains@USM, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia on 27th July 2016. It was organized with the collaboration from the IEEE, USAINS and CREST. The IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter High-Tea Networking has been the annual event for the IEEE CAS M. In addition to providing a platform for sharing knowledge among participants with talks riding on the theme Moving Forward with to Internet of Things (IoT), the event was also renowned with the announcement of IEEE CAS M award winners for undergraduate, Master and PhD students. The CAS Outstanding Doctoral/Master Dissertation Awards recognize the outstanding doctoral/master dissertations that have contributed to the advancement of the theory and/or applications of circuits and systems. While the CAS Innovation Awards recognize outstanding final year projects that have illustrated innovation in the theory and/or applications of circuits and systems. All award winners were invited to the High Tea event to receive the award. Thus, the High Tea event was enlightened by the announcement of IEEE CAS award winners for PhD, Master and undergraduate students. It was given by Dr. Lini Lee, the Head of the Award Committee from Multimedia University. (Left) Dr. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, the Chair of IEEE CAS M presented an honorarium and a certificate to the IEEE CAS (M) Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner Dr. Kelvin Yong Sheng Chek from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia. (Right) Dr. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, the Chair of IEEE CAS M presented an honorarium and a certificate to the IEEE CAS (M) Master Dissertation Award winner Ahmed M. M. Al-Massri.
The IEEE CAS (M) Doctoral Dissertation Award was awarded to Kelvin Yong Sheng Chek from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia with his dissertation entitled Direct Modulation and Injection Locking Characteristics of Quantum Cascade Lasers supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr Manas Kumar Haldar. As for the IEEE CAS (M) Master Dissertation Award, it was awarded to Ahmed M. M. Al-Massri from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with his project entitled Design and Development of Prototype Robot Gripper for Object Weight Measurement. The project was supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr Wan Zuha Wan Hassan. Three IEEE CAS (M) Innovation Awards winners were also announced at the event. First winner was Dinesh A/L Dipitri from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) with project entitled Microcontroller based Smart Power Management and Monitoring for Hybrid Power System. The supervisor of the project was Dr Asral Bahari Jambek. The second winner was Esra Ali Hassan from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) with project entitled Smart Glasses for the Visually Impaired People. The supervisor of the project was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tang Tong Boon and the third winner was Siti Rahimah Ahmad Shahifol Bahri from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with project entitled Near Threshold Standard Cell Library Design for Energy Efficient System. Her project supervisor was Dr Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani. This half-day program ended with the 2nd Higher Education Student Project Exhibition Day and networking session. Details of the event: http://cas.ieeemy.org. Lini Lee, PhD and Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, PhD. (Left) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suhaidi Shafie, the Vice Chair of IEEE CAS M presented an honorarium and a certificate to the representative of the IEEE CAS (M) Innovation Award winner Dr. Asral Bahari Jambek (Middle) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suhaidi Shafie, the Vice Chair of IEEE CAS M presented an honorarium and a certificate to the representative of IEEE CAS (M) Innovation Award winner, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tang Tong Boon. (Right) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suhaidi Shafie, the Vice Chair of IEEE CAS M presented an honorarium and a certificate to the IEEE CAS (M) Innovation Awards winner Siti Rahimah Ahmad Shahifol Bahri.
27th July 2016, 4th IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Chapter High-Tea Networking Event was held at Murad Auditorium, Sains@USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. During the High Tea Networking event, 5 winners for the IEEE CAS Award Program were announced by Dr. Lini Lee, the Head of the Award Committee. IEEE CAS (M) Innovation Awards : 1st winner : Dinesh A/L Dipitri from UniMAP with project entitled Microcontroller based Smart Power Management and Monitoring for Hybrid Power System, 2nd winner : Esra Ali Hassan from UTP with project entitled Smart Glasses for the Visually Impaired People 3rd winner : Siti Rahimah Ahmad Shahifol Bahri from UPM with project entitled Near Threshold Standard Cell Library Design for Energy Efficient System. IEEE CAS (M) Master Dissertation Award : Ahmed M. M. Al-Massri from UPM with his project entitled Design and Development of Prototype Robot Gripper for Object Weight Measurement IEEE CAS (M) Doctoral Dissertation Winner Award : Kelvin Yong Sheng Chek from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia with project entitled Direct Modulation and Injection Locking Characteristics of Quantum Cascade Lasers. During the event 29 student s projects have been gathered from the local universities for the 2016 Higher Education Student Project Exhibition Day. All 5 winners from the IEEE CAS Award Program are included by having their work be presented at the exhibition. In this exhibition the students shared their research project through scholarly poster. Throughout the exhibition day, the students get exposed to real exhibition environment and competition outside their university campus and receive constructive feedback on their projects. Besides that, students were able to present and share their project outputs to academicians and industry personnel alike. Furthermore, this exhibition has totally emphasized on the needs to enhance soft skills such as presentation and communication skills. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, PhD. Chair, IEEE CAS M (Left) Part of the posters presented at the Higher Education Student Project Exhibition Day. (Right) One of the students presenting his work at the Higher Education Student Project Exhibition Day
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Faculty of Engineering : This year on September, 27 th, 2016, Faculty of Engineering UPM had organized a science fair event for school kids. The IEEE CAS Society Malaysia has joined the Robotic Club UPM to open the booth at the event. The student volunteers introduced the school kids about robots and demonstrated how solar cells work to power the robot. Through this activity, they also took the opportunity to introduce school kids to the earliest world known scientists Hebattullah bin Malaka Al-Baghdadi and Muhammad ibn Musa al-khwarizmi (Father of Modern Algebra and Algorithm). The theme for the IEEE CASS booth activity was Science is worth exploring! Go out there my little sunshine! With the biggest dreams in the world!. These school kids had shown great interests in science while doing activity. The science fair is definitely a good platform for kids giving them a great opportunity to learn about science outside of books and homework. Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, PhD. Chair, IEEE CAS M (Top left) The Science Fair Poster. (Right) IEEE CASS Malaysia Chapter booth with the commercial Solar Cells kits. (Bottom) KEE Robotic Club student volunteers with school kids.
May 31st to June 1st 2016, IEEE CASS 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 days 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 starts with an interesting introduction to the LEGO Mindstorm NXT programmable robotic kit, followed by a few short training modules on creating robot of several categories namely soccer robot and obstacle avoidance robot. On the second day of the workshop, students were grouped 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 coming up with interesting solutions for the matches and competitions. Top 3 groups received prizes from IEEE CAS Malaysia. The school students are very pleased with the workshop, thanks to the team of cheerful and engaging workshop instructors. To IEEE CAS Malaysia delight, majority of them are excited to join this workshop in the future. Mohd Amrallah Mustafa Program Chair LEGO Robotics Workshop (email: amrallah@upm.edu.my) Half of Participants for Robotic Lego Workshop Any contribution in terms of Advertisement and Article/Writing can be made before November 30, 2016 for December 15, 2016 issue to fzr@upm.edu.my
In past few months, IEEE CAS Society Malaysia Section (IEEE CASS M) has successfully organized three IEEE membership drive events separately in different universities, including Asia Pacific University, SEGi University, and Multimedia University, which were located at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor regions. During the membership drive events, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Harikrishnan Ramiah from University of Malaya had given a technical talk about Empowering Nano-Scale CMOS Technology, with Emphasis on Analog/RF. The events were attended by a total of 88 participants. The following table shows the exact date and location of the past membership drive events. Lim Yang Wei Date Location Attendees 27 th April 2016 Asia Pacific University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala 30 Lumpur 19 th July 2016 SEGi University, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 15 8 th August 2016 Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, 43 Selangor Technical talk given by Assoc. Prof Ir. Dr. Harikrishnan Ramiah from University of Malaya at SEGi University (left) and the attendees to the membership drive event at Multimedia University (right)