This program is a video game application competition online among students of the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Through this competition, students can build close relationships with each other in addition to building skills thinking creatively and critically.

There are 4 online games that have been held such as Mobile Legend, PES Mobile, Skribbl.io and PUBG. The program was held for three days on which it is implemented in stages according to rounds of each game. The competition was held as a tournament competition between the Departments of the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Students from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering department have participated in this activity. There are 2 groups of students from our department who have won the place of champion and 1st runner up in the Skribbl.io competition.

On the 8th December 2020, IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) has organised a “Option Talk” which had been participated by 56 students from Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Honours, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). All of the participants are from third year of Bachelor Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Honours as this was a introduction talk for them to choose their option in the coming sixth semester. The option talk was organised by the Committee member of IEEESB UPM which is the program director for this program, Tan Hooi Chee, and supervised by Dr. Haslina Binti Jaafar.

There are three speakers for this option talk which are:

1. Power engineering option talked Assoc. Prof. Dr Norhafiz Azis

2. Microelectronic engineering option talked by Assoc. Prof. Dr Suhaidi Shafie

3. Control engineering option talked by Assoc. Prof. Dr Shamsul Bahari Mohd Noor

On the 7th of November 2020, IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) has organised a webinar titled “Internship Sharing Program” which had been participated by 36 students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The webinar was organised by the Committee member of IEEESB UPM which is the program director for this program, Flora Ngu Shuh Ching, and was supervised by Dr. Hafiz Rashidi b Harun @ Ramli.

The webinar was conducted for one hour and thirty minutes from 9am until 10.30am. Every time after each presenter finish presenting, there was a Q&A session afterwards where participants had the opportunity to ask any question regarding the topic to the presenter. In conclusion, the program ran smoothly, and the participants were hoped to be able to apply the knowledge gained for their future internship application as well as how to face the challenges during the whole application process and during internship.

The participants also learned in detail about the steps in applying for an internship. There also some exposure to some companies like My one Cooperation Subang Jaya, Texas Instrument and NPL company. And at the last 30 minutes before the program end, there are sharing program on resume and CV writing. These include the preparation of materials, submission of documents, preparation for interview, selection process before interview, and the process when they are offered the position in the company they applied to.

IEEEXtreme 14.0 was a 24-hour worldwide programming competition and started simultaneously around the world at 00:00:00 UTC 24th October 2020. IEEE Student Branch University Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) sent two teams, which were Team PUTRA 1 and PUTRA 2 to represent the student branch to compete in IEEEXtreme 14.0. The teams were comprised of second and third year students from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Department of Computer and Communication System Engineering from University Putra Malaysia. The teams were supervised by the appointed proctor, Prof. Madya Dr. Noor ‘Ain Binti Kamsani and assisted by program director, Muhammad Syamil Aizat.

Team PUTRA 1

Member:

1) Ahmad Qayyum Fikri Ahmad Jazimin

2) Aishah binti Abd Rahman

3) Nur Alifah Ilyana Mohd Sharihan

Malaysia Ranking: 12; Global Ranking: 1616

Team PUTRA 2

Member:

1) Muhammad Syamil Aizat bin Ahmad Zaidi

2) Norshalisa Alis binti Zuremi

Malaysia Ranking: 10; Global Ranking: 1468

This video was done together with the cooperation of academic staff. The video was chaired by the advisor of IEESB, Dr. Hafiz Rashidi followed by the Head of Department Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd. Khair b. Hassan for the welcome remarks, academic matters were presented by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Noor Izzri b. Abd. Wahab and ended with the IEESB committee members.

The impact of the video is that students will have a clearer guide in facing their days in the faculty. They will be more familiar with the new surrounding and working environment once they are back to university during face to
face classes. This video also provides them the opportunity to know their lecturers and committee members of the IEESB.

The objectives of this programs are to expose the students about the innovation and technology nowadays. Maker Fair is a unique window of opportunity for the innovators, makers, creators and Tech enthusiasts to showcase their marvelous products to the international community.

Key outcomes of the events:

• Promoting IEEE and enhancing the visibility of IEEE organization in educational activities.
• Provide commercialization platforms as well as encourage research and innovation among universities, research institutions and industry.

On the 22nd until 23rd of August 2020, IEEE Student Branch UPM joined as organising partner and worked with AIESEC@UPM in holding YouthSpeak Forum (YSF) 2020. This event also involved other organizations such as Youth Opportunities Malaysia, Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar (MPP) UPM, Asia Pasific University SPE Student Chapter, Computer Science Students’ Association, APU Model United Nations and Computer Science Student Association UPM (ComSSA). With the theme of Future Transformation, Youth Employment and Sustainable Impacts, the events included power talk, panel discussion and action spaces for delegates to have more interaction with speakers. 

The event was receiving 200 registrations from 12 nationalities of delegation with 94% satisfaction rate reported. We sincerely thanks AIESEC@UPM for offering this opportunity for collaboration.

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.

Women’s In Engineering (WIE) Malaysia had sponsored RM50 for the 20th Celebration of Women In Engineering Day.

On the 10 th of May 2020, IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) has organised a webinar titled “Guide to Job Application and Interview Preparation” which had been participated by 20 students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) of different departments and faculties.

The objectives of this “Guide to Job Application and Interview Preparation” webinar are to encourage students to gain knowledge on how to understand the challenges in today’s employment, to learn what to include in a resume and cover letter, and to get to know the common interview questions and how to answer them.

The impacts of this program are that participants had the chance to learn about the process of job application and how to be prepared if they are shortlisted to undergo for the company’s interview session. This webinar is also beneficial towards the fresh graduates as employers nowadays tend to see what can the applicants offer in terms of knowledge and soft skills that can benefit their companies.

The participants were given an introduction of the speaker and an introduction regarding the reality of the job application and how competitive it is nowadays. The participants also learned in detail about the steps in applying for a job. These include the preparation of materials, submission of documents, preparation for interview, selection process before interview,  and the process when they are offered the position in the company they applied to.