17 Dec 2014 – Prof. Myung Hoon Sunwoo from Ajou University, South Korea delivered CAS Distinguished Lecture – Low Power Estimation Specific Instruction Set Processors (MESIP) – Novel Design Challenge For Nano Technology Era at UPM. The design techniques in realizing MESIP were discussed.

15 Dec 2014 – Prof. Mircea Stan from University of Virginia, US delivered CAS Distinguished Lecture – Breaking the 3D Power Delivery Walls Using Voltage Stacking at UPM. The evolution of 3DIC was discussed and Utilisation of CMOS switch in realizing voltage stacking was elaborated.

7 Nov 2014 – Mr Chan Yit Wei from Texas Instruments Malaysia delivered a technical talk on Assembly & Test Process – An Insight into Semiconductor Company from Texas Instruments. The roles and skill sets required for product and test engineering to gain great insight and impact on new technologies released to the market were discussed.

27 – 28 Nov 2014 – 60 final year students taking Electrical Power Generation course participated in the visit to Loji Janakuasa Tanjung Bin. Students had the chance to observe the electrical power generator used to power up some part of Malaysia in a great detail.

19 Nov 2014 – 6 representatives from CASS Malaysia Chapter conducted a networking visit to CASS Seoul Chapter at Ajou University, South Korea. IEEESB UPM took this opportunity to exchange ideas and research works at Seoul Chapter related to circuits and systems. Ms Fatimah Abd Rahman participated in the visit.

9 Nov 2014 – Eight IEEESB UPM committee members participated in the 2014 IEEE Malaysia Student Congress held at UKM, Bangi. They are:

Nur Izzatul Bahari

Alyssa Sinten Ining

Sofia Syarina Shamsul Azman

‘Ainatun Najihah Abdul Ghani

Nur Azian

Gorakanage Ashen Indimal

Khoo Kay Hoo

Azrul Azam Ismail

6 Nov 2014 – IEEESB UPM sent 29 students to this Designing with Freescale – Kinetis & i.MX Solutions workshop held at Holiday Villa Subang Jaya. Participants learnt to design low power solution for IoT applications in this workshop. This event was organised by Freescale. The participants are:

1. ONG KAI SHENG (161734)
2. ONG WEE CHIEK (174329)
3. CHIN QI PEI (176946)
4. NG WEI CHOON (176586)
5. VOON YONG JIAN (178950)
6. RAJINDRA MURUGAIAH (181075)
7. HARI HARAN NADARAJAN (181038)
8. LAXSHAN A/L RAMAR (178868)
9. MOHAMED ASHRAF BIN AKBAR ALI (176672)
10. MUHAMAD MUIZUDDIN ABDUL RAZAK (180896)
11. AHMAD FAQIH SAMIR MOHAMAD HISHAM (181037)
12. MUHAMMAD ARIF ZAINUDIN (178650)
13. DANIAL HAKIM MOHD SUHAIMI (180328)
14. MUHAMMAD FARHAN MUSTAFA (178859)
15. AFNAN RUSYAIDI ABU BAKAR (177732)
16. NUR IZZATUL SAIPULPUL BAHARI (188020)
17. NUR NADZIRAH KHAIRUL AZHAR (167297)
18. KHOO KAY HOO (166667)
19. LAU KARN JYE (167680)
20. CHAN CHI YEN (161308)
21. LOKE CHI CHUNG (161307)
22. SAI SIONG JUN (161359)
23. CHUN KEAN HONG (161556)
24. VICKERAMAN A/L A. K. RAJAN (170795)
25. MOHAMAD RAZI HAFIZHAT MOHD RODI (177993)
26. MUHAMMAD AMIRUL ZULKIFLI (179356)
27. MUHAMMAD SYAZWAN HASSAN (180804)
28. MUHAMMAD SYAHMI AZHARI (180606)
29. MUHAMMAD SAFWAN SHUKRI (180602)

20 – 27 Oct 2014 – Mr Yeo Chiau Woon from Teradyne Malaysia conducted a professional workshop on Eagle Test System-88 Multi-Site-Testing Programming. Participants of this training from UPM are :

1) Siti Zanariah Ayub

2) Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Amin

3) Muhammad Razif Rapli

4) Mohammad Zaihasril Hasan

Thank you to the previous committee who have put n their effort for IEEESB UPM!

Congratulations to the newly elected committee!

Do come and join us!

This workshop will help participants to explore the Arduino kit, provides an opportunity for participants to apply concepts of basic electronic theory in interesting ways, and without strict monitoring. Indirectly, this method will provide a space for participants to gain the mind of the creative ideas that they can, through their daily work, tests and learning their theory.

The Arduino workshop was targeted for 25 undergraduate students at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). This workshop was held over two days, to provide more time for participants to adapt to the new information learned. In addition, each participant was provided with one Arduino kit during the two-day workshop and they have an option to purchase it after the training. Mr Radin Yusof Radin Sadi conducted the workshop where he had an experience using the Arduino kit for his final year project at UPM. He won the 2014 IEEE CAS (M) Innovative Award and bagged a silver award during the International Innovation Festival (INNOFEST) 2014 for his project entitled “Smart Home Energy Monitoring System”. He is now working as engineer at RSF Engineering Services.

The effectiveness of this workshop was evaluated through a competition held at the end of the training session. The participants were asked to produce one of the most creative design by applying the knowledge gained from the workshop.

Many Thanks To:

Program Director

Lau Karn Jye

Executive Committees

‘Ainatun Najihah binti Abdul Ghani

Nur Izzatul binti Saipul Bahari

Gorakanage Ashen Indimal Gomes

Yahya S. G. Al Saleh

More photos: https://www.facebook.com/UPM.IEEESB

UPM Students to Compete in IEEEXtreme Worldwide Programming Competition

Prize-Winning Team to attend one of IEEE’s Global Conferences.

Undergraduate and graduate computer programming students are gearing up to compete for the rights to call themselves the “world’s best programmers” – and a free trip to one of hundreds of IEEE technical worldwide conferences — during the upcoming programming competition, IEEEXtreme 8.0. The eighth annual worldwide college programming competition involves teams of IEEE student members working collaboratively to solve a series of challenging programming problems. IEEE, the world’s leading technical professional association for the advancement of technology, conducts the computer programming competition. IEEE student branches will host the competition on their local campuses. The 24-hour competition will begin simultaneously at college campuses around the world at 00:00:00 UTC 18 October, 2014.

This year, UPM sent 21 students to compete in the competition of which they were divided into 7 groups. The students camped at D.2.1.B  Lab during the competition. Congratulations to all Extremers!

A team of delegates from UPM went to Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan on the 20th September 2014 to participate in Seminar Kejuruteraan Elektronik and promote IEEE Student Branch UPM.

Many Thanks To:

Delegate Lead

Mohd Farid Mokhtar

Nurul Haziqah Hamzah

Zainorfatiah Zainol

IC design or Integrated circuit design is a subset of electrical engineering, the field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. IC design encompasses a particular logic and circuit design techniques which are required in designing ICs, to build an electrical network with miniaturized components. Summer school on IC design and test with the theme “Operational Amplifier” was organized as a course of lectures with the aims of upgrading the knowledge and giving a comprehensive insight of the field of Integrated Circuits and its industry to all attendees. The series of lectures offered at the summer school was presented by well-acquainted resource persons selected from universities as well as from private sector in Malaysia. At the same time it was opened to all students nationwide to join and acquire the knowledge disseminated. The program of study was organized by the IEEE Student Branch of Universiti Putra Malaysia and co-organised by IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Malaysia Chapter and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The program was funded under 2014 IEEE CASS Outreach Initiatives. The program was conducted at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). It commenced with two and a half days of lectures, half a day practical session. In the full program apart from the lecture series, it contained a half a day’s tour and a ceremonial conclusion session with an award presentation to resource persons and participation certificates to all the participants.

 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM

The technical program of the event consisted of 8 lectures. The 8 lecture topics included; Overview of IC design, Overview of Manufacturing IC Automation, Overview of IC Test & Characterization, Basic Principles of Sensor, Basic Principles of Operational Amplifiers, Basic Principles of Analog to Digital Converters, Op-Amp Circuit Design and Op-Amp Parameter Test.The series of lectures were organized to fulfill the main goal of the event, upgrade the knowledge of engineering students and give an insight on what to expect in the industry once graduated. A Practical session with a couple of students per group was included to make the participants understand the practical side of the theory sessions they had in all the lectures.

TOUR

It was the organizing committees’ ambition to make the event / workshop as attractive and enjoyable as possible for all participants. Thus, a tour was organized for all attendees, giving a rare opportunity for engineering students to connect with nature, while, giving a glimpse of what Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) had to offer. The tour consisted of visiting a deer park, dairy farm and a horse ranch in an area named Edu-Park, managed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). It was a guided tour where all the information was well explained by officers at the Edu Park. Transport for circling around the Edu Park in special observatory vehicles, were also provided by Edu Park of UPM.

CLOSING CEREMONY

The Closing Ceremony included a presentation of participation certificates to all the participants and was held at the La’Apprenti, Putra Restaurant at UPM. The Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuha Wan Hasan, invited guests and all participants and members of the organizing committee, attended the event. The Head of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of UPM awarded the certificates of participation to the participants. The Advisor of the program, Dr. Noor Ain Kamsani who is the Counselor of IEEE Student Branch UPM and also the Secretary of IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter delivered the vote of thanks at the end of the session.

Many Thanks To:

Program Director

Gorakanage Ashen Indimal Gomes

Executive Committees

Khoo Kay Hoo

‘Ainatun Najihah binti Abdul Ghani

Nur Izzatul binti Saipul Bahari

Lau Karn Jye

Fatimah binti Abdul Rahman

Detail of the event: http://cas.ieeemy.org      More photos: https://www.facebook.com/UPM.IEEESB

IEEESB UPM was chosen by IEEE EMBS and Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, UPM to became the secretariat for the IEEE EMBS International Student Conference to be held for the first time in Malaysia. 

The IEEE EMBS International Student Conference (ISC 2014) Malaysia provides a unique platform for postgraduate, and undergraduate students to share their experiences and views of their latest research breakthrough, as well as in emerging areas related to EMBS fields of interest. This conference upholds the motto of “By the Students, For the Students”.

Many Thanks to:

Secretariat

Fatimah binti Abdul Rahman

Nurul Ain Atirah binti Mat Nasir

Hani Muslihah binti Abdul Halim

Nur Izzatul binti Saipul Bahari

Khoo Kay Hoo

Nurul Fauzani Jamaluddin

Wong Zhen Yang

Maged SalehHossein Ghapanchizadeh

Norhafeezah Kamaruddin

Badrul Hisham Abu Bakar

More detail about the conference : http://www.myembs.org/conferences.php?p=42