On the 9th March 2020, IEEE Student Branch University Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) in collaboration of IEEE Women In Engineering(WIESB UPM), Power & Energy Society (PES) and Persatuan Mahasiswa Fakulti Kejuruteraan (PEMAJU) had held 20th celebration of Women In Engineering Day at the foyer of Faculty Engineering, UPM. The celebration was open to all of the students from Faculty Engineering, UPM. The organizer of the celebration is Hafiza binti Hasnan and her team with 15-20 people and was supervised by Dr. Wan Fatinhamamah binti Wan Ahmad.
This event will help the participants to explore Women In Engineering (WIE), give chances to them to know about the benefits of this organisation. Indirectly, this method will provide a space for participants to get creative ideas as many as they can, through their new exposure and knowledge on WIE. This event will help the participants to obtain new motivation in their engineering course and inspire them to follow their academic interest in a career in engineering.
This activity able to help the participants to appreciate women and build up the relationship between women. The free giving of drink and food able to attract the attention of participant to visit the booth and greet “Happy Women Day” to each other. Impact of the activity is to create the opportunities to learn and explore Women In Engineering (WIE) organisation. Besides that, it also able to encourage the participants to be inspired and be hardworking to pursue their dreams in engineering field. It is also exposing students about nowadays and future engineering organisation. A network between IEEE members was developed for future activities through this celebration.
Women’s In Engineering (WIE) Malaysia had sponsored RM50 for the 20th Celebration of Women In Engineering Day.