IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) with collaboration with IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group Universiti Putra Malaysia (WIE AG UPM) had successfully organized the FEED THE HUNGER: KITCHEN IN CALAIS TALK on the February 20^th, 2017 as one of the humanitarian activities of this club. The half-day event was participated by 30 students and lecturers from Faculty of Engineering, UPM.

The event was organised to share expertise and experience of the founder of Kitchen in Calais (KiC); Mr. Jamal, his wife, Mrs. Sofinee and their son, Ahmad Seif; in doing their humanitarian project in Calais Jungle for about 1 year and a half. This program involves sharing session along with answering questions from the participants who joined. Among the points highlighted by the speakers are their experiences and stories that captured their heart and the importance of humanity awareness to the world. They also bring along one of their volunteers that have involved with them for about 3 months. Thus, through the FEED THE HUNGER: KITCHEN IN CALAIS TALK program, this wealth of experience and expertise can be shared among the participants can help strengthen relationships between them.

            The first session of the program started at 10.00 a.m with sharing session from Mr. Jamal until 11.00 a.m. Then the program stop for a break. Each participants reveived a packed breakfast of ‘nasi lemak’ and mineral water. The program continued again with sharing session from Mrs. Sofinee about the awareness of the humanitarian projects. Then, the program then continued with sharing from their 14-years old son, Ahmad Seif and their volunteer, Mr. Raqib. At 1.30 p.m, the program ended with presentation of appreciation gifts as well as group photos.

            Positive feedbacks were obtained from all the participants where they were satisfied with the organization of the event in terms of food, venue and and the sharing session. Some improvements were suggested on the time for the program as it was clash with students’ lecture class.

IEEE SB UPM and WIE AG UPM would like to thank all the committees of FEED THE HUNGER: KITCHEN IN CALAIS TALK for helping to make this event successful. Also, thank you to all participants of Faculty of Engineering, UPM for joining the event.

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CHENNAI, INDIA

14 participants from PEMAJU has arrived at Chennai International Airport

For our first day, PEMAJU’s members arrived at Chennai International Airport safely. A total of 14 participants from PEMAJU has joined this program. Our arrival have been welcomed by representative of Veltech Dr. RR & Dr. SR University and brought us to hostel. After checked in to our convenient rooms, they had prepared us Indian traditional food such as puree with curry.

Welcoming ceremony for PEMAJU’s members was held at International Conference Hall. Veltech Universities management and also their local students welcome us with an open arms. After the welcoming ceremony, their local students usher us to each building at the faculty including the laboratory and also the building that usually they will use to do some research. Besides, they are also inform to us about the syllabus that will be taught for the whole semester.

Welcoming ceremony at International Conference Hall.

For the next activity is industrial visit to M/s Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, Power Source Division Maraimalai Nagar. We gain a lot of input and information regarding the usage of batteries. The battery will be use for vehicles in India. Besides, they also import their product to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Industrial visit to M/s Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, Power Source Division Maraimalai Nagar.

Our first class started on 3^rd day in India. We got opportunities to enter the class “Engineering Graphics, Fits & tolerance in design of machine elements” by Dr. A. T. Ravichandran (Professor and Head) & Dr. R. Velu (Professor), Dept. of Mechanical Eng for three hours. Both classes gave us a lot of information regarding Graphic design that always applied by an any engineer in the world.

Class of “Engineering Graphics, Fits & tolerance in design of machine elements”

After finishing our class, we were brought to M/s. Shardlow India Limited, Huzur Garden, Sembiyam, Perambur, Chennai to visit the manufacturing of lorries engine. From this industrial visit, we received thousand of inputs and information. The factory have been operated for 50 years in Chennai.

Industrial visit at M/s. Shardlow India Limited, Huzur Garden, Sembiyam, Perambur, Chennai

For our next class started on 4^th day in India. We got opportunities to enter the class “Three Dimensional Printing and Scanning with Real Time Applications” was teach by Dr.U.Chandra Sekhar (Pro Vice Chancellor), Mr.Shri Harish (Asst. Prof.) & Mr.Riyaz Ahmed (Asst.Prof.), from Department of Mechanical Engineering. From this class, it was so enjoyable and we got a lot of an information about 3D printing. Usually 3D application can be define by cutting, subtractive manufacturing, forming and additive manufacturing. Next, we also got knowledge about 3D printing is actually relatively new class of manufacturing methods which quickly produce physical prototypes from 3D CAD data.

Class of “Three Dimensional Printing and Scanning with Real Time Applications”

Other than that, we also attend the lecture on “Automobile Engineering” by Dr.S.Jai Chandar (Professor) and Mr.S.Ganesan (Asst. Prof.), from department of Automobile Engineering. From this class, we can learn the power train system and also the basic outline of an automobile.

Our fifth day start with industrial visit to M/s. India Pistons Limited, Simpsons Sembiyam Estate, Sembiyam, Perambur, Chennai while after lunch hour we attended class. After breakfast they told us to gathered at 9.30am to start with industrial visit at M/s. India Pistons Limited. Besides, from this industrial visit, the officer was explained about the the process on how to produce piston. At this factory, they used two different method which are robotic line and manual line. They used 10 operation (in the piston) means it have 10 machine to be used. From this process, it will start with melting the aluminum, mould, grooving, dishing, finishing grooving, FOD, and ending with table inspection. Based on the information that are told by the officer, they can produce in range 300-600 pistons a day.

Industrial visit to M/s. India Pistons Limited, Simpsons Sembiyam Estate, Sembiyam, Perambur, Chennai

After finish the touring session at the factory, we went to faculty for lunch and then attend the class of “Manufacturing practices and Current trends in Lean Manufacturing and Group Technology” lectured by Prof. S.Sekar, (Professor), Dr.Manimaran (Professor) & Dr.P.An (Asso. Prof.) from department of mechanical engineering. From this class, we got some information about manufacturing processes such as welding, casting, cutting and assembling. Manufacturing process is a sequence operations and processes designed to create a specific product.

Class of “Manufacturing practices and Current trends in Lean Manufacturing and Group Technology”

On Friday our 6^th days in Chennai, they were bring us to M/s. Amalgamations Repco Limited, 136, NH 5, J Garden, Madhavaram, Chennai. This factory actually produced clutch plate for any vehicle in India. They use the transmission system for this process. From here we can know that the function of clutch plate is to transmit torque, also engaging and disengaging. Besides, the material that have been used was low carbon steel. They also produce two types of plate which are the black one and wooden color. This will overcome the different quality. The officer was told us that they can produced about 1000 to 1500 of clutch plate for one day.

Industrial visit at M/s. Amalgamations Repco Limited, 136, NH 5, J Garden, Madhavaram, Chennai

After that, they bring us to Walaja Big Mosque, Triplicane, Chennai, India to solat Jumaat where as for the girls we went to the surau that nearby of Muslims houses to do solat zuhur. Next, we went to the shopping mall in the Chennai city and also the Marina Beach to take some picture as a memory.

At Marina Beach

For the 7^th Day they bring us to the Chennai city to buy some souvenir. Besides, we went to the famous place of saree so that we can buy a lot of saree with the standard price and all of us very satisfied with that.

We buy a lot of saree at the famous place of saree in Chennai

As usual, at 8.30 am all of us took our breakfast and after that, we went to the Mahabalipuram. Along the journey to Mahabalipuram, we were very excited because we can saw the view of village, town and also the highway existing in Chennai. In addition, before we arrived at Mahabalipuram, they bring us to the Tiger Cave Beach. New experience that we can look at their coastal areas and also there are many other sales outlets. We take the opportunity to shoot any picture and keep as a memories.

The Tiger Cave Beach

When finished viewing the Tiger Cave Beach, we proceed to Mahabalipuram. At Mahabalipuram, we saw a lot of areas that have been carved on the stone which is known as a temple for the Indians. This place is famous because it is not only visited by Indians but also tourists from abroad has also been to Mahabalipuram for every carving on the stone shows how smooth their art and attracted the attention of every tourist who comes.

At Mahabalipuram

For the 9^th day, at 9.00 am, all of us attend the lecture on Environmental Issue by Mr.J.Jaganraj (Asst.Prof.) and Dr.K.R.Aswin Sidhaarth (Asso. Prof.), from Department of Civil Engineering. In this class, we know that environmental Engineering is  actually to finding the solution on how to protect solid, liquid, and also gas for our environment. Besides, as a civil engineer, need to design something that related with environment such as water tank. He also teach us how the process of waste water treatment.

Lecture on Environmental Issue

At 10,30 am we were attended Cosmetic Engineering by Prof. S. Mohan. During this class, we can know how is paradism formed and also the recent advances in photonics. Besides, we also know what is the different between laser that can be use as a surgery and also the laser that can give the negative impact for those that use the laser. Laser technology is getting smaller, cheaper and more wavelength versatile.

Lecture on Cosmetic Engineering

Next, after lunch hour, for the next class is “Indian culture” by Mrs.Gayathri Shekar, Head of Operation, Tharaitiket. This class is very interesting because of we can know the culture of Indian that always followed such as they used kangar/kolam to feeds ant and Tulsi to prevented diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

Lecture on “Indian culture”

For the next day, we attended lecture on “Air craft propulsion”, “Mechanics of Machines”, “Numerical Method” and “Statistics”. For each class was held about one hour and half. For class “Air craft population” by Dr.S.Ganeshan (Professor) from department of mechanical Engineering, all of us can learn about jet is actually gas coming out from the nozzle. Besides, he also told us that the function of nozzle is to converting fluids pressure energy into kinetic energy. Other than that, we can know that there are 4 types of jet which are turbo jet engine, turbo prop engine, pulse jet engine and ram jet engine.

Lecture on “Air craft propulsion”, “Mechanics of Machines”, “Numerical Method” and “Statistics”

Next, at 10,30 am, we attended lecture on “Mechanics of Machines” by Dr Praveen A.S from department of Mechanical Engineering. Actually from this class we can compared the differentiation between machine and mechanism. Besides, he also gave all of us info about rigid body is actually non deforrnable body that the size and shape does not change.

At 12,30 pm after lunch hour and prayer, we continued with class “Numerical Method” and “Statistics” by Dr.V.Sundarapandian (Professor) & Dr.S.Srinivasa Raghavan (Professor) by department of Mathematical. Usually they give lecture on the basic of mathematical.

On the next day, as usual all of us will attend the class after finish our breakfast. At 9.00 am we went to our class to attend the lecture on solar energy by Dr.Jee Joe Michael, (Asso. Prof.) from department of Mechanical Engineering. From this class we learn about the basic and history of solar energy also about its utilization. Besides, we also can know why solar energy are needed because of the high and increasing energy demand, increase in global warming and need for land restoration.

 After that, at 10,30 am we continued with lecture on Power Generation by Mr.J.M.Babu (Asso. Prof.), from Department of Mechanical Engineering. During this class, we learn about the renewable energy source and non renewable energy source. Other than that, we can know eight types of power generation with their advantages and also disadvantages. This class is quite interesting because the Dr plays some videos regarding power generation.

At 1.15 pm after all of us had our lunch and also pray, we attend the lecture on Indian History by Mrs.Sugatha, Vice Principle, Veltech School. This class is very fun and interesting because of we can know a part of Indian history that we never know before this besides the lecturer is very happening. A part of some info that we got, there were 29 states in India, 325 languages in India, 45 folk dances, and 32 district in Tamil Nadu. Besides, Chennai formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India’s fourth largest city and it is located on the Commandeer Coast of the Bay of Bengal.

Lecture on Indian History by Mrs.Sugatha , Vice Principle, Veltech School

Next, for the 12^th Day in Veltech, as usual after we finish our breakfast at 9.00 am we went to the lecture on “Super alloys and Recent trends in Environmental science & Engineering” by Dr.G.Deena Dayalan (Professor) & Dr.R.Varatharajan (Professor) from Department of Mechanical Engineering. During this class, we can know about selection of materials which are availability, material properties and relative price. Besides, for environmental issues, we can know about the air pollution, land pollution and others.

At 1.00 pm after we had our lunch and prayer, we continued with the lecture on “Fluid Mechanics, I. C. Engines and Heat Transfer” by Mr.Thamarai Kannan (Asst. Prof.), Dr.V.Suresh (Asso. Prof.) & Mr.Dilip Raja (Asso. Prof.), from Department of Mechanical Engineering. For both class was very interesting besides we can understand any info that they had told us because all of us already studied for this subject. For example we know that what is fluid, what is different between liquid and solid and what is the different between heat and temperature.

After class of “Fluid Mechanics, I. C. Engines and Heat Transfer”

Closing ceremony for PEMAJU’s members was held at International Conference Hall start with speech by Vice Canselor of Veltech Dr. RR & Dr. SR University and followed by some feedback from PEMAJU’s members within two weeks in Veltech. Next, after finished the closing ceremony, we went to the School of Media Technology and Communication to record some video as a feedback from us to promote Veltech Dr. RR & Dr. SR University. After that, we went to the big mosque near by Annanagar to perform our prayer and then they bring us to buys anything as a souvenir.

After Closing ceremony

EE Option Talk 2016 was held at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia on 14^th of November 2016. The program has brought more than 60 participants comprised of 3^rd year students and lecturers from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering UPM.

The program was held to create interest in several majors being offered at Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, UPM; to promote and disseminate knowledge on various topics and technologies of electrical & electronic engineering; and to expose students about electrical & electronic engineering as a profession in a wide field. Apart from that, it was also held to celebrate on the newly formed IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group at UPM Branch.

The program started with the inauguration of IEEE Women in Engineering Student Branch Affinity Group UPM by the WIE SB Chair, Fatimah binti Abd. Rahman. Then, the program continued with talks on “Electrical Power Engineering” by Ir. Dr. Mohammad Lutfi bin Othman, followed by the second speaker, Dr. Nurul Amziah binti Md. Yunus who gave a talk on “Micro Electronics Engineering” and ended with the talk on “Control System and Signal Processing”  by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Samsul Bahari bin Mohd. Noor.

During this program, the students were given opportunities to enquire further on specific engineering major and aligned it with their personal interest. Positive feedback from the students was obtained at the end of the program where they were able to determine the preferred options. Then, the program ended with a group photo session and networking session during tea.

IEEE SB UPM and Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, UPM would like to extend our gratitude to the sponsors of the event, which are IEEE Circuits & Systems Malaysia Chapter, IEEE Control Systems Society Malaysia Chapter, IEEE Malaysia Section and IEEE Women In Engineering, Region 10 for making this event a success.

On 10th November 2016, a group of final year students from Electric and Electronic department participated in a site-visit to Sultan Yussuf Power Generation Station at Cameron Highlands, Pahang.

This event was participated by a total of 43 participants which were consisted of 40 students and accompanied by 3 lecturers which is headed by Dr Norhafiz bin Azis, lecturer for EEE 4307 Electrical Power Generation and Utilisation.

The main aim of the site-visit trip is to expose and integrate the real concept of power generation especially involving renewable source of energy. Besides that, this visit is seen as the best possible way for the students to experience the real-time working environment at power generation station.

The participants arrived at the power station at 9.00 a.m by bus. Initially, the students were gathered at the Jor Excellence Centre (JEP). All safety precautions and information was delivered by Encik Nazif and Encik Azman. It was stressed that the safety of each participants remains the most important aspect to be protected for the site-visit.

The site-visit was started by using the vans in order to reach the power house. It was a once in a life time opportunity ride because it is located 500 meter underground. At the power house, all the working equipments such as transformer, diesel generator, and turbine were shown to the participants.

The power station generates its supply from water (hydro) and transferred via penstock. The penstock is then divided into four different sections and transferred directly to others four horizontal turbines and its respective generators. Next, the 11kV produced by each four generators will be step-up to 132kV and transferred to the consumer. At the power house, there are several crucial protection systems such as firefighting and air cooling system.

The diesel generator is located near the turbine is used as the auxiliary system. It requires only 5 minutes to start the generator back to its normal conditions if there is any interruption. The power station also equipped itself with a scheduled of every minor and major inspection. Every month, there will be minor inspection whereas the major overhaul will be conducted every 4 years. This marks the end of our tour inside the power house.

The students were then returned back to the Jor Excellence Center. In the afternoon, a short Q&A session was held. Then, Encik Nazif was presented with a small token of appreciation from Dr. Norhafiz on behalf of UPM department.

In conclusion, the objective for this site-visit had been achieved as most of the students gives positives responds and understand more on the fundamental operations of the hydro power station.

Persatuan Mahasiswa Mahasiswi Kejuruteraan (PEMAJU), in association Majilis Perwakilan Pelajar(MPP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has organized an Entrepreneurship Carnival in view of Entrepreneurship Week on the 19^th to 21^th October 2016 . This program was held around the compound of the engineering faculty. The activities that were carried out were a technical talk and sales from each engineering department. IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) has participated in this event by setting up booths to sell electrical and electronic related products to the students in the engineering faculty.

            The purpose of this program was to instil and motivate undergraduates to cultivate skills needed to breach the business world and become a successful entrepreneur. The technical talk was held on Friday, 21^th October, to help students understand the important characteristics in a successful entrepreneur and the criteria of a successful and well organised business.

            From 19^th to 21^th October 2016, an ongoing carnival sale was carried out by different engineering departments. Each department was provided with a booth to help facilitate the sales of their products. Each engineering department was given the liberty to sell products that are related to their field of study and all profits will go to their respective societies. IEEESB UPM participated in this event by selling products such as pendrives, breadboards and microcontroller-based kits. Used textbooks and reference books were also collected to be sold to those who were interested. All products were sold and profits from the sale were received by IEEESB UPM.

            IEEESB UPM members participated in this event by managing the booths at different intervals. IEEESB UPM members from 2^nd year to 4^th year of Electrical and Electronic Engineering took part in making sure the booth was operational from 10am to 5pm.

            In conclusion, this event was carried out successfully and each department, including IEEESB UPM have benefited from it. Further programs such as this can be held in the future with more activities such as game-booths that are set up to promote each engineering departments field of study with interesting and innovative ideas that can boost sales as well as enlighten the society of the benefits enjoyed through research in each engineering department. The organisers have taken a small step in building the interest of undergraduates to become entrepreneurs that are innovative and successful.

IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) had successfully organized the EE GAMES 2016 on the October 3^rd, 2016 as one of the annual activities of this club. The one-day event was participated by 170 students of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UPM.

The event was organised to share expertise and experience of every individual as well as strengthen the relationship between the new students and current students of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. This program involves a range of activities. Among these are group activity, namely futsal game. Apart from to test physical strength of the participants, activities such as futsal can also help to inculcate positive competitive attitude among the participants. Meanwhile, explorace and tele match games were held to help the participants to get to know each other when the session takes place. Thus, through the EE GAMES 2016, this wealth of experience and expertise can be shared among the participants can help strengthen relationships between them.

            The program started at 9.00 a.m with futsal activity and ended around 1.00 p.m. Then the program continued at 3.00 p.m with explorace and telematch games. The explorace activity involved 4 checkpoints, namely “Zig-zag Stability”, “Aim It Right”, “Le-Trans Siberian” and “Catch Me If You Can”. Each checkpoints help students to improve their critical thinking skills as long as their teamwork skills. Telematch game, “The Giant Teeter” then started at 4.30 p.m. This game is intended to enhance students’ teamwork and leadership skills. These games ended at 5.30 p.m. “Welcome Dinner” then started at 9.00 p.m with opening speech by President of IEEESB UPM and continued with dining session. During the dining session, videos from each batch were presented. Then, the program continued with ‘Dikir Barat’ performance by the First Year students. The program then continued with prize giving session and celebration of IEEE Day as well as group photos.

            Positive feedbacks were obtained from all the participants where they were satisfied with the organization of the event in terms of food, venue and and the games played. Some improvements were suggested on the time for the program as they feel a little bit tired with the pack schedules.

IEEE SB UPM would like to thank all the committees of EE Games 2016 and other volunteers from the students itself for supporting this event. Also, thank you to all participants of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering for joining the event.

Minggu Perkasa Putra was successfully conducted on 1^st September 2016 organized by Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar UPM, in collaboration with PEMAJU and IEEESB UPM. This program was held between the lecturers and new students of Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering program for intake 2016/2017.

The objective of this Minggu Perkasa Putra program is to introduce the new students to the Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering program offered at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Information and resources that will allow students to make appropriate academic plans and healthy social choices were also provided during the event. This program was held together by the lecturers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering UPM to create a welcoming environment that builds a sense of community among the incoming class and in order to connect the new students to faculty, staff and their colleagues.

This one-day program was started with the greetings from the Head of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Prof. Madya Dr. Wan Zuha Wan Hasan and followed by the talk from Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Nizar Hamidon regarding career in the engineering field. After the group photo session, a forum entitled “Adaptation to the New Environment in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering UPM” was moderated by Dr. Noor Ain Kamsani, with speacial appearance of four panels; Prof. Dr. Mohd Hamiruce Marhaban (Panel 1), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Samsul Bahari Mohd Noor (Panel 2), Dr. Norhafiz Azis (Panel 3), and Mr Hafiz Rashidi Harun@Ramli (Panel 4). Some of the new students asked questions regarding the academic plans and social activities during the Q&A Session. After the forum session, a talk was given by the Academic Coordinators of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Anom Ahmad and Dr. Asnor Juraiza Ishak to help the new students to understand the study scheme in Electrical & Electronic Engineering Program. The Minggu Perkasa Putra program ended with the “Session with Academic Advisor” slot. Lunch was provided by the PEMAJU.

In conclusion, this program is important especially for the new students to get to know and strengthen the bonds with the academic and technical staffs at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering UPM.

2016 IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering. Life Member Congress (SYWLC) was held in Bangalore, India on 25^th to 27^th of August. The congress has brought together more than 250 participants representing students, lecturers, engineers and practitioners from all over Asia Pacific region. This congress also been done in conjunction of Region 10 50^th Anniversary Celebration.

2 participants from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) participated the congress and won the IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award. From almost 1,300 student branches, around 50 of them in their nominations and only 5 student branches were being awarded. Besides UPM, there were also University Vishveswarayya College of Engineering Bangalore (Bangalore Section), College of Engineering Chengannur (Kerala Section), Taxila Univ Of Engineering And Tech (Islamabad Section) and The University of Melbourne (Victorian Section).

This congress that was held for the 4th 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  IEEE vTools training, IEEE Collabratec, building career through IEEE 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 hard work 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. Malaysia section has been awarded first place for the best stall during the multicultural night. 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.

“Smart Home Development Using Arduino”  was the theme selected for school program this year at introduced on the 25 April 2016 at the International Modern Arabic School (IMAS), Putrajaya. This workshop was attended by 59 students and facilitated by 10 students from Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics), UPM. IEEE Student Branch UPM and IMAS jointly organized the event.

The aim of the program is to introduce the concept of smart home to the secondary school students and promote UPM as a place to study after leaving the school. During the program, participants were exposed to engineering thinking skills, teamwork and leadership skills. The learning techniques used during the workshop is learning by doing.

The workshop begins with opening remarks from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuha Wan Hasan, the Head, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Then the students were briefed on the physical view and functions of each component on the Arduino Uno board followed by demonstration of smart home system applications. During this demonstration, each facilitator was given a booth to showcase their project.

The school students were divided into groups, where each group spent about 15 minutes at each booth. During this time, the facilitators demonstrated the project and explained the interesting facts about their project to the students. Then, the groups move to other booth, and keeps rotating until all groups had visited all booth and demonstrated them.

At the end of the workshop, each group will choose a booth and dissemble all components on the board and then try to re-build the system by following the schematic diagram shown in posters and under the supervision from the facilitators.

At the end, the program was conducted successfully, where all the students were excited because they have learnt something new. Some students even requested from us to send them the details of the components we used during the workshop, as they are interested to build their own smart home system at home. The name of components, codes of the system, schematics diagram of the projects were given to the schools as a token of appreciation from IEEE SB UPM.

We appreciate the IMAS School’s administration for cooperation and financial support in making this workshop a successful event.

IEEE SB Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, UPM was successfully conducted an Arduino Hands on Workshop 3.0 for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The workshop was participated by 2 instructors and 30 students from Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The workshop was divided into two sessions which were about the Introduction to Arduino and Labview-Microcontroller Data Acquisition. Introduction to Arduino session was conducted by Ashen Gomes while the Labview-Microcontroller Data Acquisition session was conducted by Lau Karn Jye.

The main objective of this workshop is to get a deepe understanding about Arduino board and Labview-Microcontroller Data Acquisition software to all students. At the beginning of the Introduction to Arduino session, the students were introduced to basic electronic components such as breadboard, jump wire, resistors, light emitting diode (LED), light dependent resistor (LDR), switch, potentiometer and Arduino board. There are three different projects in this session conducted by Ashen Gomes by using Arduino board which are byte LED on, string LED on, and analogue to digital conversion (ADC). Lastly students were assigned to complete the mini project about comparator that was given by the instructor.

After that, the Labview-Microcontroller Data Acquisition session was started after lunch break. This session’s contents includes the introduction of Labview programming, Labview data type conversion, Arduino Serial data in one dimensional array presentation, Labview Serial communication setup, and Labview data for external application. The instructor explained details about the step to create and simulate the Labview program.

The workshop has successfully provided a platform for the students to learn and experience the benefit of using Arduino board and also Labview software for future purposes. Other than that, this workshop is also an opportunity for final year students of UPM to learn the process of programming by using Arduino and Labview for their final year projects.

EEE SB UPM would like to thank Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, committees of IEEE SB UPM and all participants from Universiti Putra Malaysia for supporting this event.

IEEE SB Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, UPM has been successfully conducted IEEE Membership Drive for undergraduate students whose currently taking Bachelor of Electric & Electronic Engineering. This program had been held on 21 Mac 2016 at Seminar Room 2, Faculty of Engineering.

The objective of this event is to fill up the student with the current knowledge and skills to boost up their marketability. The main objective of this event is to expose the student on the benefits of becoming an IEEE member especially after graduate. Other than that, it is one of the ways for the students to interact and communicate with professional bodies from department.

The IEEE Membership Drive 2016 was participated by almost 30 participants came from second year and third year student. The speaker for this event was Dr Noor Ain Kamsani, the advisor of IEEE student branch UPM. The speaker managed to open the minds of participants to find out more details about the benefits of joining IEEE student branch. After the session, the participants are given the opportunity to ask more questions about IEEE. The refreshments were provided to participants and speaker sponsored by IEEESB UPM at the end of the seminar. Token of appreciation also be given to those who participate.

The IEEE Membership Drive 2016 has successfully provided some knowledge about the current situation in jobs opportunity and how becoming an IEEE member can help the students after the graduation. It is hoped that the exposure will attract the students to be an IEEE member.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) organised the annual Asasi Education Fair 2016 on 2^nd March 2016 at Dewan Besar PKKSSAAS this year. The education fair was participated by all the faculties in UPM including Faculty of Engineering and the faculty has invited student clubs to also participate in the event. IEEE Student Branch of UPM participated by setting up a booth to promote Electrical & Electronic Engineering to the public.

The objective of the education fair is to expose the academic programmes offered in UPM to high school, STPM, matriculation and foundation students. This one-day event was participated by all faculties by exhibiting materials at their booth to attract the students to drop by and learn more about the programme. The faculty representatives were also presented and briefed the visitors about the academic programmes being offered.

For engineering faculty’s booth, each department’s club has their own booth including IEEESB UPM. IEEESB UPM to share information about electrical and electronic engineering for instance, the details on the minimum qualifications required and also provides knowledge in choosing their desired programmes. Besides that, the visitors were also being briefed about student club activities and achievements. One of the attractions at IEEESB booth was the demonstration of Freescale Car which was programmed by EE students for a Freescale Cup competition.

In conclusion, the education fair is one of the important mechanisms in promoting UPM to the community especially to the school leavers and matriculation graduates to further their studies in UPM.

IEEESB UPM 2016 Team Building was successfully conducted on 11th-12th January 2016. This two days team building was done to prepare, plan and discuss the activities that will be executed in 2016.

The objectives of this team building are to plan for the 2016 activities and to get each committee to know each other. This is because the new committee was formed at the end of November 2015 and after that students were occupied with preparation for final examination. Hence, the team building was done after the final examination ended.

The team building was attended by the elected executive committees of IEEESB UPM for 2016 session. The executive committees are, Fatimah (chair), Faris (vice chair 1), Azman (vice chair 2), Ain (Secretary 1), Mariam (Secretary 2), Aleeya (Treasurer), Sukri Chia, Syed, Khai Chein, Syahmi, Nisa, Madihah, Abdulrahman, Izziani and Shaun.

On the first day, the executive committees were briefed on the preparation of proposals and reports according to UPM and also IEEE formats. In the evening, brainstorming was performed to come up with activities for year 2016. Each committee was assigned to at least one activity. On the next day, the preparation of activity proposals for BHEP were conducted. Proposals and budgeting were discussed for each activities were carried out in the evening. From the presentation, a lot of improvement, suggestions and discussions among the committees were done thus achieved the objectives of the program.

In conclusion, this team building is important in order to plan for IEEESB UPM activities accordingly and it is hope that all the activities planned will be carried out smoothly.

EE GAMES 2015 are the activities planned and carried out by members of the association IEEESB Universiti Putra Malaysia as one of the annual activities of this club. It is intended that the association members can share expertise and experience of individuals as well as a strong bonding among the new students and current students in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

This seminar is was organized by the „IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter‟ and the „IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia‟ and took place in the well-equipped Seminar Room 2 of Faculty of Engineering in Universiti Putra Malaysia on 6th November 2015 from 9.00 am until 11.00 am.

The refreshments were provided to participants and speaker sponsored by „IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter‟ at the end of the seminar. The speaker managed to open the minds of participants to find out more details about renewable energy in a casual environment.

About 61 participants came from undergraduate students, 5 participants from postgraduate students and 9 participants from lecturers of different departments in Faculty of Engineering in Universiti Putra Malaysia. The speaker came from excellent background and experiences and presented the audience with different practical experiences, insight and views. It gave a good impression and understanding of the current perspective of renewable energy in Malaysia and the smart grid concept with a great explanation.

The positive feedback from the participants indicated that the seminar has run smoothly as well as increased knowledge among participants.

The programming Workshop was started with introductory presentations by program director Mr. Ong Wee Chiek. He introduced about operation of IEEEXtreme 9.0 which is a global programming challenge. He also explained about rules and regulations of the competition. He illustrated the situation during competition and shared his previous experience of involvement.

The workshop is then proceeded with short lecture on programming language conducted by Dr. Noor Ain Kamsani. She explained about HackerRank platform used in IEEEXtreme competition. Participants were asked to sign up at HackerRank website. She demonstrated solving of sample problems provided on the platform. During the session, participants were able to experience real-time problem solving during the programming competition. The participants had discussions between them in understanding the problems. They were briefed about scoring criteria of the competition. They also learnt about programming skills required in order to score. Through this workshop, IEEESB UPM aims to achieve higher ranking in IEEEXtreme 9.0.

IEEESB Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, UPM and IEEE Circuit & System Society (CASS) Malaysia Chapter, have successfully conducted a Summer School for undergraduate and postgraduate students during the semester break between 1st July and 1st September 2015. The Summer School was divided into 2 events, which there are a 2-month program and a 1-day program. The 2-month program was participated by 5 lecturers, 3 facilitators and 10 2nd year undergraduate students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). 2 of the students were from Computer System and Communication Engineering Department and others were from Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department. The 1-day program was held on 26th August 2015. This program was participated by 3 invited speakers from industry which are Intelligent Circuit Engineering, MIMOS and Teradyne; and 31 participants which consist of engineers from Silterra, undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and lecturers from UPM as well as other universities.

The IEEE Malaysia student congress 2015 was organized and hosted by IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) at the faculty of engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The line of event was designed to train and motivate the branch members with the aim of introducing them to the world of IEEE and to boost the student activities in the section. It was specially focus on interaction and collaboration among student branches to increase effective networking.

The event mainly consists of 3 major sessions. Namely, the invited guest speeches session, final year undergraduate project exhibition and award ceremony and Networking and Collaborative session. Invited guest speeches session had 7 speeches. The session with final year undergraduate project exhibition and award ceremony was done with 32 posters under 13 different tracks. Each track was sponsored by an IEEE chapter. Awards were given for 30 winners.

The session we had for Networking and collaboration, we were able to use the time among all the participants where the participation was nearly 100 and from 14 different student branches. The main aim of this session was to motivate the branch members to boost their activities and to focus on interaction and collaboration among student branches in increasing the networking among them. For the achievement of the aim, we made the session to be done in groups where each group should consist of the members of other student branches and was given the task of writing a brief proposal together and the best proposal was chosen from the groups.

IEEE Region 10 Student. Young Professional. Women in Engineering Congress (SYWC) 2015 was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 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 promotes their country‟s culture, food and lifestyle. During the day, the participants are given talks regarding engineering and IEEE world.

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.

IEEE Membership Drive is an annual program of IEEESB club. It involves IEEESB club advisor and students from department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. IEEE Membership Drive. The objective of the program is to provide exposure and benefits to students who sign up as a member of IEEE. IEEE also establishes friendship among young people who have passion and interest to socialize with each other to share ideas that can help in engineering careers in the future. Students with professional background as well as expose students to the informal learning.