Q3 & Q4 Edition UPCOMING: 26th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 26th Annual General Meeting of IEEE Malaysia Section, and its Chapters, has been scheduled as below. Date: 30 January 2016 (Saturday) Time: 9.00 am Venue: PULLMAN Bangsar marks a special milestone for the IEEE Malaysia Section. Since its establishment by the few early members in Jaring, which was part of MIMOS in 1985, Malaysia section has been led by 14 different individuals as the chairs. As of December, there are 25 active technical chapters ranging from less than 1- to 30-years old. Since its establishment, the membership has grown to more than 3500 active members in. As part of the 30 th anniversary celebration, Malaysia Section will be publishing the 30 th anniversary commemorative publication. More details on section and chapters leadership, history and achievements will be highlighted in this special edition. All members are invited to attend the AGM. Please make sure your IEEE membership is active and has been renewed for 2016, in order to enjoy the voting rights and the earlybird door gifts. Happy New Year and Happy Volunteering in 2016! IEEE Power and Electronics Society (PELS) IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) IEEE Communications Society & Vehicular Technology Society (ComVT) IEEE Circuit and Systems (CAS) IEEE Education Society IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CMPT) IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) IEEE Women In Engineering (WIE) Editor in Chief Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin July - Dec
IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Reported by: TAN Chee Wei (FKE UTM) cheewei@utm.my 2 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON) The IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON) is the second conference since the first successful kick start in 2014. This year, the CENCON was held in Berjaya Waterfront Hotel, Johor Bahru on 19-20 October. The main aim is to share the latest and state-of-the-art research in variety of electrical and electronic areas. At the same time it allows the international delegates to discover the Beautiful and Peaceful Malaysia. CENCON is organized by the IEEE Malaysia Power Electronics (PELS) Chapter and co-organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru. The IEEE CENCON is one of the events, in which most of the committee members are from the Department of Electrical Power Engineering (POWER). From this year onward, it is to be held in every alternate year (biennially). The IEEE CENCON is technically cosponsored by the Korean Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE). To ensure its quality, a team of renowned International Advisory Committee comprises of experts in various areas of power electronics and drive systems were selected to oversee the program. In CENCON, two distinguished keynote speakers, namely Prof Hirofumi Akagi and Prof Pat Wheeler had presented their valuable research and shared their thoughts with all the delegates. Prof Hirofumi Akagi is from the Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan, a well-known IEEE Fellow in the area of motor control. Prof Pat Wheeler is with University of Nottingham United Kingdom, a well known IET Fellow who is an expert in matrix power converters. Keynote speakers: Prof Hirofumi Akagi presentation of token of appreciation by Prof. Dr. Zainal Salam (CENCON General Chair) to Prof. Dr. Mohamad Kamal bin A. Rahim.
IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Reported by: TAN Chee Wei (FKE UTM) cheewei@utm.my 3 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON) The Conference featured technical paper presentations as well as product exhibitions. This year, CENCON has received over 155 submissions from 20 countries. All papers have been peer reviewed by 623 experts in their respective fields. Out of these, 71.6% are accepted for oral presentations. There is approximately 42% increment in the number of paper submission as compared to last year. During the conference, the Genetron Technology Sdn Bhd has also joined the conference to exhibit their products. In CENCON, we have shortlisted ten best papers for the Prof. Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Best Paper Awards. In which, only three best papers are presented with certificates and cash rewards. Besides that, there was also another competition during the conference, which is known as the Postgraduate Showcase Competition (PGSC). The competition is organized by Power Electronics Chapter of the IEEE Malaysia Section and CENCON. The PGSC is open for all postgraduate students from universities around the world to present and showcase their projects/inventions/prototypes at CENCON. Similarly, for PGSC, there were also three winners with certificates and cash rewards. The successful conducted CENCON would like to thank all delegates that have presented their papers during the conference. The next CENCON will be in year 2017. Hope to see you again then! Group photo at the CENCON gala dinner.
4 IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Reported by: TAN Chee Wei (FKE UTM) cheewei@utm.my Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) talk by Professor Patrick Wheeler from the University of Nottingham, held on 16 Oct, brought to us by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS). The talk is about the role of power electronics on future electrical supply grid. Prof. Patrick Wheeler on left side Seminar on Writing IEEE Transactions Papers and Supervising Research Students Participants of DLP Prof. Hirofumi Akagi delivering the seminar IEEE PELS Malaysia co-organised a seminar on Writing IEEE Transactions Papers and Supervising Research Students with the Innovation and Research Management Center (irmc) of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and YOUNG MINDS. The seminar was held at UNITEN on 16 th October. The seminar was opened by the Dean of College of Engineering, UNITEN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Izham Bin Zainal Abidin. He then introduced the honorable speaker Professor Hirofumi Akagi from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Prof. Akagi is an IEEE Fellow who is leading research on power conversion systems and their applications to industry, utility, and transportation. Prof. Akagi has authored and coauthored some 120 IEEE Transactions papers in the field of power electronics. The total citations of his papers in Google Scholar has reached more than 30,000 times. Reported by Nadia Tan Mei Lin Assoc. Prof. Dr. Izham bin Zainal Abidin Dean of College of Engineering Participants of the seminar
IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Reported by Nurhafiz Azis norhafiz@upm.edu.my 5 PASCAD software workshop on 8 th of August On Saturday 8 th of August, IEEE-HKN MU ALPHA chapter team organized a PSCAD software workshop for UCSI University Electrical & Electronic engineering students. The event was supported by IEEE power and energy society Malaysia. The speaker of this event was Mr. Kok Wai Chan. He is a test engineer from PESTECH Sdn Bhd Company and he is one of the UCSI University Alumni. There were 14 students from IEEE and non-ieee members who joined the event. This workshop gave the students the hands-on opportunity on using PSCAD and several case studies were carried out such as the voltage sag and voltage swell, transient and power quality modelling and simulation. The speaker concluded the workshop talking briefly about the RSCAD and its comparison with PSCAD. In the end, the workshop ended with presenting the token of appreciation from the organizing chairperson of PSCAD workshop to the speaker and taking a group photo with all participants. IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter supported program of Asset Management Conference for Electric Utilities (AMCEU ) on 17 th -19 th August. IEEE PES Malaysia had become one of the main co-supporter for Asset Management Conference for Electric Utilities (AMCEU) which was held on 17-19 August. The conference covers on multiple aspects of asset management on HV equipment as well as smart grid. Four representatives from IEEE PES Malaysia attended the conference as participants during this 3 days event. ACHIEVEMENTS 1. Second highest funding of IEEE PES High Performance Chapter Program Award 2. Runner up under category of large chapter for IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Award ACTIVITIES 1. IEEE PES Malaysia @ Community at Felda Lurah Bilut on 27-28 November 2. IEEE PES Malaysia program on Program Sains dan Kerjaya serta Ceramah Kesedaran Keselamatan Elektrik which will be held at SMK Taman Desaminium Lestari Perdana, Seri Kembangan on 20th October
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Reported by Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin Ananghudaya@gmail.com 6 The 4 th International Smart City Workshop ) The 4 th International Smart City Workshop was held at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, on 2 nd till 4 th of September,. This workshop was organised by IEEE Systems, Man, & Cybernetics (SMC) Malaysia Chapter, in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), under two investigative committees: Innovative Technologies for Advanced Applications of Electromagnetic-waves (ITAAE) and Highly Secure- Reliable Wireless Network (HSRWN). The workshop provides an avenue for exchange of ideas and knowledge related to Smart City. Participants of this workshop comprised of delegates from IEEJ, as well as members of academics and industry from Malaysia. Presentations during this workshop cover research areas including: RF, Microwave and Millimeter wave theory and techniques, and related systems. Components, Circuits, and Signal processing. EM simulator, Medical equipment, Smart meter system, RFID system, Reliable networks, Secure network, and Smart measurement systems. Internet of Things, Smart Community, Smart Services and other applications.
IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (SB UPM) 7 Reported by Dr.Noor Ain Kamsani nkamsani@upm.edu.my IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering Congress IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering Congress (SYWC) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 9 th to 12 th of July. The congress has brought together 250 participants representing students, lecturers, engineers and practitioners from all over Asia Pacific region. A total of 3 participants from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) have joined the congress and won second place in the Best Poster Presentation. For this category, the first place and third is from Bangladesh and Indonesia. This congress that was held for the 3rd time aims to increase network collaborations among members and to expose Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) members to various types of programs created under the IEEE for the benefit of all members. The programs are such as SIGHT, Collabrotec, IEEE Academic and IEEE Xtreme. In addition, congress participants are given the motivation and are encouraged to engage more actively in IEEE and get the fullest benefits from these activities. Among the activities held during the congress was the award ceremony night where IEEE acknowledges the hardwork of the volunteers of IEEE and multicultural night where all countries participated in this congress opened a booth and promote their country s culture, food and lifestyle. During the day, the participants are given talks regarding engineering and IEEE world. In conclusion, this program will not only enhance the participants' network collaborations, it even improve their communication skills, experiencing cultural exchanges between countries, exposing participants to the importance of IEEE programs to the world as well as enhancing the knowledge of participants, especially in the implementation of a program. More photos: https://www.facebook.com/upm.ieeesb Nur Izzatul binti Saipul Bahari, Participant of IEEE R10 SYWC. Group photo with all the participants of IEEE R10 SYWC Ashen representing IEEESB UPM in receiving the runner up Best Poster Presentation award from Peter Magyar, IEEE IAS CMO Department Chair Malaysia s booth on the Multicultural Night
IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) 8 Seminar for Achieving Innovation in Malaysia 18 th August Tuesday A rather insightful day for industry practitioners, academics, researchers, postgraduate students and IEEE members who attended the seminar Achieving Innovation in Malaysia held at Monash University, Malaysia. 50 guests and 15 IEEE members participated in the free event chaired by Senior Lecturer, Dr. Teh Pei Lee, jointly organized by the School of Business and School of Engineering Monash University Malaysia, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS). The opening of the event started off with a welcome message by Professor John Benson, FASSA, Head of School of Business, Monash University Malaysia followed by the emcee, Mr Cheang Kok-Meng introducing the three notable guest speakers, Mr. Vincent Wong Wai Sang, Mr. Chris Leong and Mr. Sutheshan Shanmugarajah all of which possessed considerable knowledge and industry experience to share Malaysia s current state of progress on business and innovation development in the national sector, technological sector and telecommunications sector.. First speaker, Mr Vincent Wong Wai Sang, CEO of the National Innovation Hub spoke about A New Vision For Our Nation -2025 created by the Malaysian Innovation Hub which covered the scope of Malaysia s future power to innovate, creation of new job opportunities and Malaysia s capability to improve the FDIs and Service Sector through the creation of a Quantum Leap for the economy. The second speaker, Mr Chris Leong, a technology enthusiast, co-founder and Director of Strategy at Soft Space began his talk From Ideas to Market with a video on Fasspay, a subsidiary of Soft space which has transformed the mobile payment services market across the Asian region. The third speaker, Mr Sutheshan Shanmugarajah, a senior specialist of Digital Strategy and New Business Ventures at Maxis Berhad spoke on the Challenges of Innovation in the Telecommunications Industry prior to the 2007 growth of mobile internet as a new business and the disruption of traditional mobile Telco businesses. Mr Sutheshan tried to keep a realistic view on disruptive innovation which heavily affected traditional Telco businesses in Malaysia. The seminar ended with a panel session moderated by Professor Pervaiz K. Ahmed of Monash University Malaysia, alongside the three guest speakers and was closed with a free lunch provided for all who attended.
IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) Reported by Teh Pei Lee teh.pei.lee@monash.edu 9 Talks at Sunway University Two talks were held at Sunway University as part of IEEE TEMS (M) and Sunway University s Department of Computing and Information System s joint efforts in promoting TEMS and Computing. Details of the talk are as follows: Date: 22/9/, Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Talk 1: Professor Adrian David Cheok: Everysense Everywhere Human Communication Adrian David Cheok (www.adriancheok.info) is Director of the Imagineering Institute, Iskandar Malaysia and a chair Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London. Abstract: This talk outlines new facilities that are arising in the hyperconnected internet era within human media spaces. This allows new embodied interaction between humans, species, and computation both socially and physically, with the aim of novel interactive communication and entertainment. Humans can develop new types of communication environments using all the senses, including touch, taste, and smell, which can increase support for multi-person multi-modal interaction and remote presence. In this talk, we present an alternative ubiquitous computing environment and space based on an integrated design of real and virtual worlds. We discuss some different research prototype systems for interactive communication, culture, and play. Talk 2: Mr. Christopher Chew: MOSTI s Inno Fund Mr. Christopher Chew is a member of the MOSTI Fund Evaluation Committee appointed to assess the technical and commercial potential of projects being considered for MOSTI s Science, Innovation and Techno Funds. He is also a member of the SME Corporation s SME Expert Advisory Panel. In addition, he is a Member and the current Honorary Treasurer of IEEE Malaysia Section. Abstract: Malaysia is encouraging high-impact research. Mr. Chew gave a brief talk and discussion on MOSTI s grants, e.g. escience, InnoFund and TechnoFund and an IEEE membership drive to the students who attended.
10 IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society (ComVT) Reported by Fazirulhisyam Hashim fazirul@upm.edu.my Workshop at PSDC: IEEE Career talk and Exploring Excel IEEE Malaysia Communications Society & Vehicular Technology Society Joint Chapter(ComVT) has conducted 2 series of 1-day workshop at Pahang Skills Development Centre, Kuantan. The title of these workshops was IEEE Career Talk and Exploring Excel. ComVT was represented by Dr. Khaizuran Abdullah from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The first workshop was conducted on August 8,, were attended by 20 participants from INSEP Instrumentation Group. Meanwhile, the second workshop was held on October 2,, and was dedicated for participants from INSEP Robotic Group. In these workshops, Dr. Khaizuran addressed an overview of IEEE, and then highlighted the history and organization of IEEE, IEEE Malaysia and IEEE Malaysia ComVT to the participants. Then, he went into the details of Microsoft Excel by focusing mainly on various topics dedicated to beginner, intermediate and advanced user. Some of the topics that have been covered in these workshops complex spreadsheet, charts, formulas, functions, conditional logic, and processing data. The workshops had been very successful, and we really hope to continue such collaborations, and maybe to extend it to some other activities in the near future.
11 IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society (ComVT) Reported by Fazirulhisyam Hashim fazirul@upm.edu.my IEEE VTS DLP by Professor David W. Matolak (University of South Carolina) On August 10-12,, Prof. Matolak of University of South Carolina gave a series of lecture entitled Satellites, Boats, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Wireless Mobile Channel Characteristics Across the Vehicle-Scape at three different venues. The first venue was in Langkawi as the keynote lecture of ICONSPACE which was technically co-sponsored by IEEE Malaysia ComVT. The second venue was in Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya and the last one was at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). The lectures have been very successful and were attended by more than 100 scholars and graduate students from different institutes in Malaysia. Social Event Pangsapuri Seri Mawar, Kajang (in conjunction with IEEE day ) ComVT Major Events: 1. IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Program Speaker: Professor Tarik Taleb (Aalto University, Finland) Title: Towards 5G: Carrier- Grade Programmable Virtual Mobile Networks Date: 23 November (Monday) Venue: MCMC and UiTM Shah Alam 2. IEEE MICC (http://micc.comvt.org/) Date: 23-25 November Venue: Hilton Kuching, Sarawak On October 10,, IEEE UKM Student Branch and IEEE Malaysia ComVT organized a social event at Pangsapuri Seri Mawar, Jalan Seri Putra4, Bandar Seri Putra, 43000 Kajang, Selangor. This event were participated by a large number of kids and residents of Pangsapuri Mawar. Moreover, the event was organized in conjunction with IEEE Day where we had distributed t- shirts and doorgifts to the participants. UKM Student Branch s counselor and representative of ComVT, Prof. Dr. Mahamod Ismail also delivered a motivational talk to the kids. 3. IEEE ICC2016 (http://icc2016.ieee-icc.org/) Date: 23-27 May 2016 Venue: KLCC
12 IEEE Circuit and Systems (CAS) Reported by Nurul Amziah Md Yunus namy05r@googlemail.com Tutorial on Video Compression: Techniques, Standards, and Trends IEEE Circuits and Systems Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS M) has successfully organized a one day tutorial on Video Compression:Techniques, Standards, and Trends on 1 st September. The tutorial is presented by Prof. Hsueh-Ming Hang from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (NCTU). The event has been co-organized with USAINS Infotech Sdn. Bhd. at Penang Malaysia. Reported by Asral Bahari Jambek A group photo of the ICSyS participants IEEE International Circuits and Systems Symposium (ICSyS) Prof. Hsueh-Ming Hang from National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) : Young Female Leader Professional Development Award IEEE Circuits and Systems Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS M) has sponsored an Award of Young Female Leader Professional Development in its WiCAS program on 2 nd Sept in Langkawi as conjunction event in ICSyS. The IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) program was the first special program on women in Malaysia. Young Female Leader Professional Development Award was awarded to Dr. Samsuzana Abd Aziz from Universiti Putra Malaysia The IEEE International Circuits and Systems Symposium (ICSyS) was once known as IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCAS). The ICSyS was not only held in Langkawi, one of the beautiful islands of Malaysia, but also it had selected the very valuable and novel research to be presented in ICSyS. ICSyS invited two keynote speakers, Prof. Hsueh-Ming Hang from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic from Simon Fraser University, Canada. They had shared knowledge and expertise during the three-day of symposium, 2-4 th September. IEEE CAS M will organize similar symposium in 2017, ICSyS2017. More information of IEEE CAS M activities can be found on the IEEE CASS Malaysia website http://cas.ieeemy.org. IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) : Young Female Professional/Post Graduate Student Travel Award Prof Lijiljana Trajkovic (Left) and Dr. Samsuzana Abd Aziz (Right) The winner of Young Female Professional/ Postgraduate Student Travel Award were three young postgraduate students, Ms. Siti Salhaillea Sinan from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Ms. Iffa Sharuddin from Multimedia University and Ms. Nurul Ashikin Abdul Kadir from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
13 IEEE Education Society Science to Action (S2A) More than 30 students from Sekolah Kebangsaan Puncak Alam were invited to join an event called Science to Action (S2A) on 30 th Oct in Electrical Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering UiTM Shah Alam. In this program the students involved were exposed to Arduino and Chumbaka controllers. They were given tutorials to program and design using the two controllers. At the end of the program, the students were asked to design their own project in a group of two. Prizes for first, second and third places from best projects all won by girl groups. Participants in Science to Action 7 th International Conference on Engineering Education The international conference held on 17 th and 18 th Kanazawa, Japan. November in Kanazawa Hotel, Co-Organize Bowling Tournament The bowling tournament held in Bangi Bowling Megalane on 12 th Sept. Representatives of Edusoc committee
14 IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) Reported by: Vemal Raja Manikam vemal@my.ibm.com KBU International College KBU International College held innovation day of final year project on 11 th June with a total of 60 projects. The first award was given out by Mr Lim Wee Teck, the IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) representative. The latter two awards were given out by Dr. Chee Choong Kooi, the Principal of KBU. The winner is Desmond Siah Zhao Qiang. A winner (centre), Mr. Lye, Dr. Chee and Mr. Lim (from right) Curtin University Sarawak IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) Malaysia organized the inaugural IEEE Final Year Project for Malaysian Universities on 11 th September. Curtin University Sarawak was the first university to participate in this program. The winner for Curtin Sarawak was Chong Ping Ting with project Low Power Reversible Logic Circuit Design for IEEE 802.11 application as a reversible logic circuit with information-lossless &dissipating little heat than conventional one. A winner Chong Ping Tin (centre) Workshop on Semiconductor Advanced Packaging IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) Malaysian chapter organized a one day workshop on Semiconductor Advanced Packaging on the 7 th and 8 th of September at G Hotel, Penang and Shangri- La, Putrajaya, respectively. The event managed to gather close to 200 industry experts, peers and academicians from across Malaysia. The main speakers were Ms. E. Jan Vardman, President of TechSearch International, Inc based in Austin, Texas, USA and Mr Hamid Syed, the Director of Supply Chain for Cisco in Hong Kong. Ms Jan Vardman s presentation was titled Latest trends in Advanced Packaging: Driving package volumes with mobile and wearable products, while Mr Hamid spoke on Internet of everything Latest trend, challenges, applications and case studies. Event in Penang on Sept 7 Event in Putra Jaya on Sept 8
15 IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) IEEE Day at Yangon University on Oct 5-8, by Kim. S. Siow There are many benefits of joining IEEE. Amongst them are the various on-line resources available to members such as the professional development courses like Standards Education Activities (EA) and IEEE Massive Open Online Courses. http://theinstitute.ieee.org/briefings/business/edx-adds-massive-open-online-courses-from-ieee. Another benefits for IEEE members are the Region 10 grants to support Educational Activities to be carried out by IEEE members in Malaysia and abroad. Further information are available here: http://www.ieeefoundation.org/what-we-do/educational-funds (Alternatively, readers can write to your chapter chair for further information at the beginning of the year). Every IEEE members can apply them and each project is judged by its own merits. Malaysian IEEE members have been very successful in the past few years; winning 8 of the 13 submitted proposal in. Myanmar has always intrigued me and it is considered the last frontier of Asia. So, I applied and received an EA grant to conduct a two day scientific writing for publication workshop at their most prestigious university in Myanmar i.e. University of Yangon. IEEE Day from Yangon University, Oct 5-8, On IEEE Day, I began a two-day course for more than 100 unique participants as not all of them attended both days. I also took these opportunities to talk about IEEE activities for the scientific community as well as delivering two lectures on Nanosilver paste as bonding materials and Plasma Modification for Biochip Materials at the Physics and Chemistry Department respectively. The courses and lectures are well received by the locals. Myanmar researchers and engineers are eager to learn and join the world scientific communities. It is an eye-opening experience for me as well as them who have not published many research works outside their country.
16 IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Reported by: Badariah Bais, Norjannah Ibrahim and P Susthitha Menon susi@ukm.edu.my Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Talk On 17 August, a DL talk was held at Dewan Taklimat, Tower Building, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The speaker was Dr. Meyya Meyyappan from NASA Ames Research Center, United States. He spoke about Phase Change Memory and Development of Nanoelectronics. About 30 participants attended the talk which was organized by the Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), UPM. Participants of the DL Talk in UPM IEEE-RSM Conference Participants of RSM at Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia The IEEE Electron Devices Malaysia Chapter organized the 10th IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (IEEE-RSM) at the Primula Beach Hotel, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia from the 19th to 21st August. The conference was organized by Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNISZA) and the ED Malaysia Chapter. RSM had 97 contributed papers for oral presentation in different parallel sessions of Circuits, VLSI & Microwave, Materials & Process, Nanotechnology, MEMS & Microsensors, Materials & Devices and Photonics. The conference opening ceremony as well as the gala dinner was held on the first day where it was officiated by Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis who is the founder Chair of the conference and the Director of the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). IEEE FYP Award The chapter participated in the IEEE Malaysia Final Year Project (FYP) Online Competition held on 12 th June where Track 8 - Micro and Nano Devices was sponsored by the chapter. Lim Weng Chuan from University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia won the first place with his submission title of VLSI Design of 4x4 Multiplier using Vedic Mathematics and Reversible Logic Gates. Sakina binti Shamim Husain from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia won the second place with her winning entry of A Computational Study on Electronics & Transport Properties of Armchair Square Graphene Nanoconstriction.
17 IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) EDS-ETC in TERENGGANU Organizers and participants of the Educational Programme A programme called Fun Time with IEEE EDS Malaysia Chapter was held on the 21st of August at Primula Beach Hotel, Kuala Terengganu. 36 secondary school students from Sekolah Menengah Teknik Kuala Terengganu participated in the programmme. The program started with a talk entitled Life as an Engineer by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nizar Hamidon from UPM, followed by a talk entitled Engineering in Turkey by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ertugrul from Turkey. The program included a session called Make your own Circuit where students utilized the EDS-ETC kits to create 5 electronic circuits. The program ended with the prize giving session to the winners of a quiz. Participants of TPM at UKM TPM The chapter co-organized the 2 nd Topical Meeting on Photonics together with IEEE Photonics Society Malaysia Chapter and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in conjunction with The International Year of Light which is a global initiative to highlight to the citizens of the world the importance of light and optical technologies in their lives, for their futures, and for the development of society. The event was held on 17 th of August at Puri Pujangga UKM. Dr. Meyya Meyyappan, Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology from the NASA Ames Research Center USA gave the keynote speech entitled "Inorganic Nanowires: Applications in Optoelectronics". 16 invited talks were given and the event was attended by about 60 people from academia and industry.
18 Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Reported by: Lee Yoot Khuan, leeyootkhuan@salam.uitm.edu.my IEEE R10 SYPW Congress Lee Yoot Khuan represented the IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group to the IEEE Region 10 Student, Young Professionals and Women in Engineering Congress, from 9th to the 12th of July in Sri Lanka. She had the opportunity to meet fabulous WIE leaders and volunteers from different countries, share creative ideas and learn new leadership skills. Visibility of IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group has exponentially increased through her active participation in meetings, forum, workshop presentations, cultural exchange event and chapter activity presentation. IEEE Malaysia Section BOWLING TOURNAMENT IEEE Malaysia Young Professional (YP), Education Society (EduSoc), Power and Energy Society (PES) and Women In Engineering (Wie) co-organised IEEE Bowling Tournament which was held on 12 September, 0900 1200, at Bangi Gateway Bowling Centre, Selangor, Malaysia. IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group was represented by Aishah Mohamad, Roziah Jarmin, Kama Azura Othman and Mohd Razib Yahya. Congratulation to the WIE Team for winning the Second Best Team of the tournament and congratulation to Roziah Jarmin for winning the Best Woman Bowler.
19 Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Reported by: Lee Yoot Khuan, leeyootkhuan@salam.uitm.edu.my IEEE WIE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT The WIE Leadership Summit with a theme Beyond Yourself Leveraging your strengths and breaking barriers, organized by the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit in collaboration with IEEE WIE and IEEE WIE Madras Affinity group, was held in Chennai, India, 10-12 September,. The WIE Leadership Summit is designed to share experiences of men and women who have made it to the top, to bring mentorship and guidance in the grasp of the leaders of tomorrow, with focus on Inspiration, Leadership, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship. Malaysia Section is proud to have the following members invited as Speakers, with Lee Yoot Khuan representing the IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group. Zuhaina Zakaria Empowerment: Busting myths on women empowerment Norliza Mohd Nor Empowerment: How empowered women can work on leading other women to success Esther Ling Inspiration : When 10000 voices speak at the same time (IEEE Larry K Wilson awardee) Lee Yoot Khuan Leadership: Networking tools for global professional women IEEE MALAYSIA WIE AWARD: Essay Competition for Girls High Schools The IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group, jointly with IEEE R10 WIE, has sponsored an IEEE WIE Award for Essay Competition at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan St. Mary and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Convent Kajang. The essay competition is intended for students from girls high schools to be inspired by gifted and far-famed woman scientists, such as Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, by making study on them and researching the factors that contribute to their success. It is hope that the woman students are empowered and encouraged to follow their footsteps. The winners, chosen by a panel of teachers and WIE committee received cash prize of Rm200 (1 st Prize), Rm100 (2 nd Prize) and Rm100 (3 rd Prize) in addition to Certificate of Achievement and plaque. The teachers who have given their kind help and support to this Essay Competition were also awarded with Certificate of Appreciation. Furthermore, the schools received a plaque and a donation cheque each to record our sincere gratitude. The judging criteria include content, organization, language, comprehensibility and most important, of how they were inspired. From the essays, it is found that this competition has succeeded in giving a wake-up call to the girls to do something useful with their life, through researching into a successful woman idol in STEM.