ieee malaysia section newsletter

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2015

July - Dec

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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

IEEE Power and Energy Society

(PES)

Editor in Chief

Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin

IEEE Communications Society &

Vehicular Technology Society

(ComVT)

IEEE Education Society

IEEE Student Branch Universiti

Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM)

IEEE Technology and Engineering

Management Society (TEMS)

IEEE Circuit and Systems (CAS)

IEEE Systems, Man and

Cybernetics (SMC)

IEEE Component, Packaging &

Manufacturing Technology Society

(CMPT)

IEEE Electron Devices Society

(EDS)

IEEE Power and Electronics Society

(PELS)

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

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 early-

bird door gifts.

Happy New Year and Happy Volunteering in 2016!

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 2015,

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 2015.

As part of the 30th anniversary

celebration, Malaysia Section will be

publishing the 30th anniversary

commemorative publication. More

details on section and chapters

leadership, history and achievements

will be highlighted in this special

edition.

2015 marks a special

milestone for

the IEEE

IEEE Women In Engineering

(WIE)

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The IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion

(CENCON) 2015 is the second conference since the

first successful kick start in 2014. This year, the

CENCON 2015 was held in Berjaya Waterfront Hotel,

Johor Bahru on 19-20 October 2015. 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 2015 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 co-

sponsored 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 2015,

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.

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IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON) 2015

IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)

Reported by: TAN Chee Wei (FKE UTM)

[email protected]

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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 2015, 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

2015. The PGSC is open for all postgraduate students

from universities around the world to present and

showcase their projects/inventions/prototypes at

CENCON 2015. 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

2015 gala dinner.

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Participants of the seminar

Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP)

Seminar on “Writing IEEE Transactions Papers

and Supervising Research Students”

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 16th October 2015.

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

Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) talk by Professor

Patrick Wheeler from the University of Nottingham,

held on 16 Oct 2015, brought to us by IEEE Power

Electronics Society (PELS). The talk is about the role of

power electronics on future electrical supply grid.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Izham bin Zainal Abidin

Dean of College of Engineering

Participants of DLP

Prof. Patrick Wheeler on left side

Prof. Hirofumi Akagi delivering the seminar


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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 2015

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 2015

1. IEEE PES Malaysia @ Community at Felda Lurah Bilut on 27-28 November 2015

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 2015

IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES)

On Saturday 8th of August 2015, 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

2015) on 17th-19th August 2015.

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Reported by Nurhafiz Azis

[email protected]


PASCAD software workshop on 8th of August 2015

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The 4th International Smart City Workshop was held at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti PutraMalaysia (UPM) in Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, on 2nd till 4th of September, 2015. This workshopwas organised by IEEE Systems, Man, & Cybernetics (SMC) Malaysia Chapter, in collaboration with theInstitute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), under two investigative committees: “InnovativeTechnologies for Advanced Applications of Electromagnetic-waves” (ITAAE) and “Highly Secure-Reliable Wireless Network” (HSRWN). The workshop provides an avenue for exchange of ideas andknowledge related to Smart City. Participants of this workshop comprised of delegates from IEEJ, aswell as members of academics and industry from Malaysia. Presentations during this workshop coverresearch 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, Securenetwork, and Smart measurement systems.

Internet of Things, Smart Community, Smart Services and other applications.

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Reported by Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin

[email protected]


The 4th International Smart City Workshop 2015)

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IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women

in Engineering Congress (SYWC) 2015 was held in

Colombo, Sri Lanka on 9th to 12th 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 2015.

Group photo with all the participants of IEEE R10 SYWC 2015

Malaysia’s booth on the Multicultural NightAshen representing IEEESB UPM in receiving the

runner up Best Poster Presentation award from Peter

Magyar, IEEE IAS CMO Department Chair

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IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (SB UPM)

Reported by Dr.Noor Ain Kamsani

[email protected]


IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering Congress 2015

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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 2015-2025” 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.

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IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS)


Seminar for “Achieving Innovation in Malaysia” 18th August

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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.

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IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS)Reported by Teh Pei Lee

teh.pei.lee@monash .edu


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: 22/9/2015, Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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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,

2015, were attended by 20 participants from INSEP

— Instrumentation Group. Meanwhile, the second

workshop was held on October 2, 2015, 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.

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IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society (ComVT)

Reported by Fazirulhisyam Hashim

[email protected]


Workshop at PSDC: “IEEE Career talk and Exploring Excel”

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On August 10-12, 2015, 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 2015 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.

On October 10, 2015, 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 2015 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.

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IEEE VTS DLP by Professor David W. Matolak

(University of South Carolina)

Social Event Pangsapuri Seri Mawar, Kajang (in

conjunction with IEEE day 2015)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 2015 (Monday)

Venue: MCMC and UiTM Shah Alam

2. IEEE MICC2015 (http://micc2015.comvt.org/)

Date: 23-25 November 2015

Venue: Hilton Kuching, Sarawak

3. IEEE ICC2016 (http://icc2016.ieee-icc.org/)

Date: 23-27 May 2016

Venue: KLCC


IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society (ComVT)

Reported by Fazirulhisyam Hashim

[email protected]

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IEEE Circuit and Systems (CAS)

Reported by Nurul Amziah Md Yunus

[email protected]

Prof Lijiljana

Trajkovic (Left) and

Dr. Samsuzana Abd

Aziz (Right)

A group photo of the ICSyS2015 participants

Tutorial on “Video Compression: Techniques,

Standards, and Trends”

IEEE International Circuits and Systems

Symposium (ICSyS) 2015

The IEEE International Circuits and Systems Symposium

(ICSyS) was once known as IEEE International

Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCAS). The

ICSyS2015 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

ICSyS2015. ICSyS2015 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, 2-4th September 2015. 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 Circuits and Systems Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS

M) has sponsored an Award of Young Female Leader

Professional Development in its WiCAS2015 program on

2nd Sept 2015 in Langkawi as conjunction event in ICSyS.

The IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS2015)

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

IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS)

2015 : Young Female Leader Professional

Development Award

IEEE Circuits and Systems Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CAS

M) has successfully organized a one day tutorial on

“Video Compression:Techniques, Standards, and Trends”

on 1st September 2015. 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

IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS)

2015 : Young Female Professional/Post Graduate

Student Travel Award

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

Prof. Hsueh-Ming Hang from National Taipei

University of Technology (NTUT)


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IEEE Education Society

Representatives of Edusoc committee

Science to Action (S2A)

The bowling tournament held in Bangi Bowling Megalane on 12th Sept 2015.

Co-Organize Bowling Tournament

7th International Conference on Engineering Education 2015

The international conference held on 17th and 18th November 2015 in Kanazawa Hotel,

Kanazawa, Japan.

Participants in Science to Action


More than 30 students from Sekolah Kebangsaan Puncak Alam were invited to join an event

called Science to Action (S2A) on 30th Oct 2015 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.

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KBU International College held innovation day of final year

project on 11th June 2015 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)

KBU International College

IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society

(CPMT) Malaysia organized the inaugural IEEE Final Year Project

for Malaysian Universities on 11th September 2015. Curtin

University Sarawak was the first university to participate in this

program. The 2015 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.

Curtin University Sarawak

IEEE Component, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology

Society (CPMT) Malaysian chapter organized a one day

workshop on Semiconductor Advanced Packaging on the

7th and 8th 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

Workshop on Semiconductor Advanced Packaging


(CPMT)Reported by: Vemal Raja Manikam

[email protected]

A winner Chong Ping Tin (centre)


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IEEE Day at Yangon University on Oct 5-8, 2015

by Kim. S. Siow

IEEE Day from Yangon University, Oct 5-8, 2015

On IEEE Day 2015, 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.

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 2015.

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.


(CPMT)


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The IEEE Electron Devices Malaysia Chapter organized

the 10th IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and

Nanoelectronics (IEEE-RSM2015) at the Primula Beach

Hotel, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia from the 19th to 21st

August 2015.

The conference was organized by Universiti Sultan Zainal

Abidin (UNISZA) and the ED Malaysia Chapter.

RSM2015 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).

On 17 August 2015, 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

The chapter participated in the 2015 IEEE Malaysia Final Year Project (FYP) Online Competition held on

12th June 2015 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”.

Participants of RSM 2015 at Kuala Terengganu,

Malaysia

Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Talk

IEEE-RSM 2015 Conference

IEEE FYP Award

IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS)

Reported by: Badariah Bais, Norjannah Ibrahim and P Susthitha Menon

[email protected]


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The chapter co-organized the 2nd 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 17th of August 2015 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.

A programme called “Fun Time with IEEE EDS

Malaysia Chapter” was held on the 21st of

August 2015 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 TPM2015 at UKM

Organizers and participants of the Educational Programme

EDS-ETC in TERENGGANU

TPM 2015

IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS)


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Lee Yoot Khuan represented the IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group to the

IEEE Region 10 Student, Young Professionals and Women in Engineering

Congress 2015, 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 Young Professional (YP), Education Society (EduSoc), Power and Energy Society (PES) and

Women In Engineering (Wie) co-organised 2015 IEEE Bowling Tournament which was held on 12 September

2015, 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.

2015 IEEE R10 SYPW Congress

2015 IEEE Malaysia Section BOWLING TOURNAMENT


Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group

Reported by: Lee Yoot Khuan,

[email protected]

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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, 2015. 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

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 (1st Prize), Rm100 (2nd Prize) and Rm100 (3rd 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.

2015 IEEE WIE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

IEEE MALAYSIA WIE AWARD: Essay Competition for Girls’ High Schools

Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group

Reported by: Lee Yoot Khuan,

[email protected]


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