We welcome all IEEESB UPM committee members of batch 2022/2023 to participate in the IEEESB UPM First Committee Meeting. Club advisors and counsellors are invited to the meeting as well.
2020 Annual General Meeting
On the 25 of February 2020, IEEE Student Branch University Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM), Women In Engineering (WIE) and Power & Energy Society (PES) has held an “Annual General Meeting 2020” at Dewan Kuliah 5, Faculty of Engineering which aim for recruiting new committee members.
The session has started with Introduction to IEEE. It was followed by Student Branch Overview, WIE and PES. Next, “Why should you join IEEE?” has been presented with testimonial and a video from Shaun Yap, former treasurer (Sep 2016 – Aug 2018). He identified the common problems that usually happened among university students like students are not career driven, lack of networking opportunity etc.
IEEE has provided him the opportunities for networking and character building. A short video to recap of events in Year 2019 has been played. A total of more than 35 events have been carried out on Year 2019.
The selection of committee members was done by voting basis where each person can vote twice. We have successfully recruited 7 new members:
● Aisswarya A/P K.Vasu
● Kavieraj A/L Anbualagan
● How Han Yang
● Nurul Najiha binti Borhanudin
● Shahris bin Suhaimi
● Ahmad Qayyum Fikri Bin Ahmad Jazimin
● Flora Ng Shuh Ching
The AGM has ended by certificate giving ceremony to committee member of session 2018/19.
2019 Assembly Language for Beginners Workshop
The Assembly Language for Beginners Workshop 2019
On the 20th of April 2019, IEEE Student Branch University Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) held
an “Assembly Language for Beginners“ Workshop which had been participated by 18 students
from University Putra Malaysia (UPM) from different departments and faculties.Students from
different departments joined this workshop as it was open to all to gain extra knowledge
regarding assembly language. The workshop and tutorial provided was given by Prof. Madya Dr.
Wan Zuha b. Wan Hasan and lab session regarding application of the assembly language was
given by Mr. Divakaran a/l Santhosam.
The objective of “Assembly Language for Beginners“ Workshop was to encourage the
participants to explore more on machine language instructions, give a chance to learn low-level
programming language for microprocessors and other programmable devices without strict
monitoring. The impact of the program is to increase understanding about programming among
students in achieving a goal that has been set and build the students’ confidence in
programming.This workshop was also beneficial towards students as they can use the knowledge
they got in their final year projects.
The registration of participants started at 8.30am. The participants arrived at the
Microprocessor Laboratory (Block D2.1) at 8:30am.Breakfast was served for the participants
after registration. After registration, the participants were given an introduction session. After
that, the workshop started. The participants learned basic assembly language and were able to
use the theory of the assembly language to create complete program.Around 12:00pm,certificates
were distributed to the students.
In conclusion, the program ran smoothly, and the participants were able to apply the
knowledge received for future project or future use and can face real world problems that would
require them to use assembly language to solve.
2019 Android Studio Workshop
On the 23rd of March 2019, IEEE Student Branch University Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) held an “Android Application Development Workshop” which had been participated by 17 students from University Putra Malaysia (UPM) from different departments and faculties. As students who participated came from different departments and faculties, the workshop is open to anyone who is interested to join the workshop to gain extra knowledge regarding android application development. The workshop and tutorial provided is given by the Gieption Sdn Bhd officer, Voon Yoon Nam, and supervised by Dr Hafiz Rashidi Ramli.
The objective of participants in the Android Application Development Workshop is to encourage the students to gain knowledge in how to use Android Studio to build an application and to learn the Java programming language. The impact of the program is to learn about Java and Android Studio, build a simple Android application and convert their ideas into real applications. This workshop is also beneficial towards the society as nowadays they use the mobile app in their daily life to assist them with their daily schedules.
The participants arrived at the microprocessor laboratory (Block D2.1) at 9:00am. The participants were required to download the “Android Studio” software beforehand as they will be using the software to develop android application and it save time as well. The participants were served a breakfast after registering. After registering session, the participants were given an introduction of the speaker and an introduction regarding the android application as it can be concluded that nowadays the society use it a lot to aid their daily activities. The participants also learned the basics of Java programming language, designing the layout of the application, writing code for a simple application and installing the APK in android electronic device. After that, around 11:50am to 12:00pm, there is a Q&A session and certificate-giving ceremony to the instructor.
In conclusion, the program ran smoothly, and the participants were able to apply the knowledge received for future project or future use and can face real world problems that would require them to use programming language to solve.
2019 CV Writing Workshop
Objectives of the event
The main purpose of this particular event is to help participants to create effective resume and
improve the one that they already have, expose students to LinkedIn and learn different types
of formats for resume and CV.
Details of the event
The event was held on the 17th of March 2019 at the Seminary Hall of Engineering
Faculty, UPM from 9.45am to 1.30pm. Mrs. Hanie Razaif-Bohlender who is top 43 inspirational
LinkedIn icons in Malaysia and also known as doctor career was the instructor for this
workshop and successfully instructed thirteen participants. The participants came from various
background of studies. Seven of them are first year students and two of them are from second
year, third year and post graduate student each .Firstly, the event was started off by a simple
introduction about CV and resume. Next, she briefed us on different types of format for CV and
resume for different purpose. Then, the instructor helped participants to create free LinkedIn
account and link the CV with the account. Participants showed their attention to instructor by
giving responds to all instructor’s questions. Mrs. Hanie shared some good tips for interview
and her experiences as interviewer. Generally, this event has truly enabled the participant to
write an effective CV for their future and they able to avoid simple mistakes that always be
done by fresh graduate and interns in applying for jobs and internship.
2019 “Design Thinking: For Transformation of Ideas” Workshop
Objectives of the event
The main purpose of this particular event is to enhance the IEEE student’s capability of the
utilizing the Design Thinking for their future IEEE projects. Moreover, to nurture the practice
of ideate mode, define mode, ideate mode, prototype mode and test mode which would
ensure a smooth flow in a project building as well as to learn about project management.
Details of the event
The event was held on the 24 th of February 2019 at the Seminary Hall of Engineering
Faculty, UPM from 3pm to 6pm. Mr. Brien Lee Meng Siong was the trainer for this
workshop and successfully trained us eleven IEEE members. Firstly, the event was started off
by a simple ice breaking session of introducing ourselves.Next,he briefed us on the types of
Design Thinking which consists of five essential elements (Empathize, Define, Ideate,
Prototype and Test).Then,the trainer divided the eleven of us into three different groups and
were given a case study.From the case study we had role plays to understand individuals from
different age groups and their perspectives.This enabled us to empathize and understand how
to come up with a solution that would not be biased towards one party.One of the definitive
solution method was the fishbone technique with really helps us to brain storm from the
various problems we face to branch out the relatable solutions that can be utilized.There were
Q&A questions and a Kahoot Session done to also test us on our understanding and every
correct answers and the top three rankers of the Kahoot Session were rewarded with
chocolates.Generally,this event has truly enabled the participant to engage in a
comprehensive session to have a clearer understanding on the effectiveness of brainstorming
and to understand further on Design Thinking.
2018 IEEE Paintball Friendly Match
On the 17th of November 2018, a Paintball match was held at Cyberjaya Paintball Park, Cyberjaya. The purpose of the event was to encourage participation from different student branches for IEEE related events and to provide a networking space for IEEE members to share ideas on future collaboration opportunities and develop solutions to overcome problems faced by each particular student branch. A total of 16 participants for this event consists of IEEE members from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC).
The event began at 10AM with a short introduction to the purpose of the event and ice breaking session to be acquainted with IEEE members from other universities. The paintball session lasted for 2 hours, comprising of 2 modes of gameplay: Last Man Standing and Zombie, in 2 types of fields which are Speedball and Forest-Bunker field. Safety precautions were made by the marshals to ensure the safety of the players. The main protective equipments are the vest and face mask. Markers are filled with pellets that can be shot at other players.
After the paintball session, a networking and brainstorming session was held. Individual student branches had the opportunity to promote their own programs as well as to seek out for collaborative oppurtunies with other student branches to organise high-impact events. The types of programs that were discussed during the session were either technical, social or humanitarian in nature. Most student branches are in the process of organising boot camps that aim to educate undergraduate students with specific engineering skills such as communication, programming and semiconductor design. Other student branches were planning competitions to garner interest of students to develop solutions for current local issues such as “Methods to overcome Palm Oil Waste Products”. The networking and brainstorming session ended at 1PM which also marks the end of the event. The event was successful in fulfilling its objective of providing oppurtunies for collaboration and cooperation between IEEE student branches in Malaysia.
Participants gathered at Cyberjaya Paintball Park
Speedball Field
Networking and Brainstorming Session
IEEE members from IEEESB UPM, UNITEN, UTAR and UNMC
2018 Membership Drive
Objectives of the event
The main purpose of we opening the booth is to promote the advantage of being a part of IEEE member for students. Next, we want to expose the students with the professional bodies of electrical and electronic engineering and acknowledge them with the important skill which has high marketing value.
Details of the event
We opened the booth for two days at 24th and 25th of September 2018. The booth opening is located at the foyer faculty of engineering UPM. It is opened from 10am to 4pm for each day. The committees in charge basically were from the second year and third year students of electrical and electronics course. Total committees involved in the program were 13 students. The second year students were in charged to manage the booth in the morning session and the evening session was taken by the third year students. Marketing kits were given to all the groups. All members used the kit to promote IEEE and its benefits to all engineering students in the venue mentioned above. We did sell bracelets and electronic stuff during the event to collect funds for the program. Free drinks and IEEE button batch were distributed during the event to attract more students to come by. The button batches were sponsored by the previous event that has extra of them. The drinks were bought at the supermarket by the committees. The targeted group to join IEEE were all undergraduate students from all departments especially bachelor of electrical and electronics engineering UPM. By the end of the event, we managed to attract four students to join the IEEE club.