The Institution of

Engineering and Technology

MALAYSIA NETWORK

Internet-of-Things
Human in the loop or Programmed Computer

Healthcare Technology
CT Scan Processing and Detection

An Engineer’s
Work and Volunteering Life Balance
Thought of a
Young Woman Engineer

MAY 2015
ISSUE: MAY 2015
IET MALAYSIA Local Network Inside this issue:
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Main Committee (2014-2016)
Chairman’s Message 2
Welcoming New Committee Members & Chairman
Appreciation of Continuous Support Editorial Page 3
Ir. Dr. Matthew Teow
from IET Members Vice-Chairman Highlight of Past Event 3
Ir. Chang Yew Cheong
IET Community 5
Hon. Secretary
First of all, on behalf of IET Malaysia Net-
Eur Ing. Dr. Lai Weng Kin New Technology: 4-5
work, I would like you to welcome our new
committee members for IET Malaysia Net- Assist. Hon. Sec. The Internet of Things
work (Session 2014 - 2016). Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rodney Tan
6-7
Hon. Treasurer Research & Development:
Dr. Chan Chee Seng Healthcare Technology
The Annual General Meeting was held at No-
vember 2014 has elected the new session Immediate Past Chairman IET Malaysia Local Network 9 - 11
committee for IET Malaysia Network for Ses- Mr. Lawrence Lai Activity Highlights
sion 2014 - 2016. Given this opportunity, I Past Chairman
also would like to thank all the members Ir. Prof. Dr. Vigna Kumaran Young Professional’s 12 - 13
whom has elected me as the new session Thought
Chairman. Definitely, your trusts and supports COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
will be always reminding and also keeping me Ir. Amir Farid Abdul Majid Women in Engineering 14 - 15
to run my duties as a Chairman on leading Ir. Chan Cheong Loong
IET Malaysia Network to be better, stronger, Ir. Chris Chew Young Professional Section 16 - 20
and significant to impact global and local en- Activity Highlights
Mr. Goh Hock Chai
gineering economy and technological devel- Dr. Kok Swee Leong
opment. 22 - 27
Ir. Kok Yen Kwan On Campus Events - Activity
Ir. Lam Sing Yew Highlights
IET Malaysia Network is tasked by IET UK Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leong Wai Yie
to serve our fellow members by supporting 27
Assist. Prof. Dr. Liau Vui Kien IET Malaysia Network Up-
their grows in engineering leadership and Mr. Yong Boon Heng Coming Events
technological advancements. Knowledge and
innovation are the keys to unlock 21st century Young Professionals Section Chairman : Mr. Yong Boon Heng
engineering and technology advancements. To Northern Region Representative : Mr. Tan Soon Keong
address this, we have had planned a series of East Malaysia Representative : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dennis Wong
professional activities to hold up our members
Southern Region Representative : Dr. Low Siow Yong
engineering and technology developments.
Thus, we would like to encourage you to join
us at the monthly activity. Definitely, we shall
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EDITORIAL PAGE HIGHLIGH OF PAST EVENTS

No. Event Venue Date

Refresher training by Colin

Wisma R&D, 6th Feb
1 Sellers (Manager, Registra-
UM 2015
tion & Standard at IET)
Seminar on:
"Routes to Professional Reg-
istration" by Colin Sellers;

IET Malaysia would like to acknowledge our generous Armada Hotel, 7th Feb
2 Technical Talk on:
sponsors for our Prestige Lecture & Annual Dinner. "How Technology Solves PJ 2015
1. Electrical Engineering Technical Division, Institution of Engi- Electrical Product Develop-
neers Malaysia
ment Challenges” by Alex
Wong
2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers PES Malaysia
3. Malaysia Green Building Confederation
Technical Talk on:
4. Society of Malaysian ICT Researchers
i. "Turbo Machinery Remote
5. Multimedia University Campus Monitoring & Diagnostic
6. KDU University College - Oil & Gas Application"
7. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman by Ir. Amir Farid Abdul
8. Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus Majid;
9. Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation Armada Hotel, 21st March
10. Sasbadi Learning Solutions Sdn Bhd 3 Ii. "Rotating Equipment
PJ 2015
'Super-Critical' Classifica-
11. Comfori Sdn Bhd
tion & Dedicated Mainte-
12. Covis Sdn Bhd
nance Program Imple-
13. Mawea Industries Sdn Bhd mentation in Oil & Gas
14. Revotech Electrical Sdn Bhd Upstream Business" by
15. Aeste Works (M) Sdn Bhd Mohd Khairul Rijal B. Ab-
16. Tunku Abdul Rahman University College dul Rahman

Technical Talk on “Image

Processing Technology”:
IET MYCOMMUNITY
i. “Different Applications for
Image Processing” by
Martin Stefan Mueller Armada Hotel, 25th April
4
PJ 2015
Ii. “How Image processing
Can build a Smarter City”
You are invited to visit MyCommunity IET Malaysia Network to
by Dr. Kwong Kae
find out more about us and our events. Hsiang

Present Around the World 30th May

5 UCSI
(PATW) National Level 2015

http://mycommunity.theiet.org . Prestige Lecture & Annual Armada Hotel, 30th May

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Dinner 2015 PJ 2015

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NEW TECHNOLOGY
The Internet of Things:
Human in the Loop or
Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer
I remember reading a book by Professor
Kevin Warwick back in the 1990s about
“why the new race of robots will rule the
world” . In the final chapter, he summarized
the book into three salient points:
We humans are presently the dominant
life form on Earth because of our over-
all intelligence.
It is possible for machines to become
more intelligent than humans in the
reasonably near future.
Machines will then become the dominant
life form on Earth.
This is perhaps reminiscent of HAL
(Heuristically programmed Algorithmic
computer), the main protagonist in the 1968
epic science fiction film by Stanley Kubrick,
2001: A Space Odyssey. In the movie, HAL
was a sentient computer program that not
only capable of independent decision-
making, playing chess and appreciating art,
. bn
2001: A Space Odyssey
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By Assoc. Prof. Dr. JG Khor
but also killing the human astronauts in an humans, the data and instructions were typi-
attempt to prevent itself from being shut cally entered by humans via a keyboard. In
down. examples where
It is estimated that there will be 50 billion data were obtained
The young- devices connected on to the internet by 2020 directly by ma-
er genera- chines through
form an intelligent system of systems with
tions might sensors, such as in
recognize the ability to manage resources in far reach- a fully automated
the later ing corners of the physical world without factory, the sys-
Hollywood the need for human intervention. tems were isolated
incarnations to the confines of
of HAL through characters such as Red application and physical setting.
Queen from Resident Evil and Skynet from
the Terminator series. Today, when we are Today, with the realization of IoT, not only
on the brink of an Internet of Things (IoT) will machines process information faster,
revolution, I cannot help but wonder about they will also have far more information to
the direction of this trajectory. process. It is estimated that there will be 50
billion devices connected on to the internet
Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020. Each of these devices will be col-
No doubt, machines have faster processing lecting and processing information in one
power than humans. However, in the past, form or another. Presumably, they will also
the information processed by machines had share data across a system of connected
always been isolated and limited in scope. devices. As multiple localized systems
For example, although a personal computer share data over the cloud, they form an in-
can crunch numbers much faster than most telligent system of systems with the ability
Science fiction action movie: Terminator: Genisys (2015)

to manage resources in far reaching cor-
ners of the physical world without the need
for human intervention. Hence, machines
are no longer isolated nor are they limited
by scope. For instance, a video by Intel
about the Internet of Things gave the ex-
ample of a smart city. In the example, upon
detecting traffic congestion due to an acci-
dent on the road, intelligent cameras can
share the information with other intelligent
systems to adjust school schedules, change
flight schedules and guide drivers’ routes.
In other words, machines can now make
real-world adjustments to many aspects of
our lives, based on
decisions made by
other machines,
which are, in turn,
based on data ac-
quired by machines.
There is little need
Humans in the
Loop (HIL)
One of the ways to
approach a topic
like Humans in the
Loop (HIL) is to
view it from two
opposing perspec-
tives:
 Keeping Hu-
mans in the
Loop
 Keeping Hu-
mans out of the
Loop
REFERENCES
Cranor, L. F. (2008, April). A framework for
reasoning about the human in the loop. In Pro-
ceedings of the 1st Conference on Usability,
Psychology, and Security (p. 1). USENIX Asso-
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Galdorisi G (2015, February). Keeping Humans
in the Loop. Proceedings Magazine.
Kaufman, C., Perlman, R., & Speciner, M.
(2002). Network security: private communica-
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IET Malaysia Network
Unsurprisingly, the case for keeping hu- When it comes to the crux of the issue,
mans in the loop typically stems from warfare expert and author PW Singer ob-
discussions about military technology. served that military folks tend to speak in
absolutes such as saying “People will al-
Also unsurprisingly, HAL is a common ways want humans in the loop”. But do
feature in these discussions. In his article we, really?
“Keeping Humans in the Loop”, retired
US Navy captain G. Galdorisi discussed Are humans currently in the loop by de-
the rapidly growing area of military au- sign, or because we do not have a choice?
tonomous systems. He observed that Since the dawn of the industrial age, peo-
armed unmanned systems are not only ple have been doing exactly the opposite.
changing the face of modern warfare, but We have been trying our best to remove
they are also altering the process of deci- humans from the loop in every aspect of
sion-making in combat operations. our lives, from the use of factory automa-
tion to business process automation.
On the question of securing our own data,
Kaufman et. al. (2002) noted that,
“Humans are incapable of securely storing
high-quality
cryptographic
keys, and they How much
have unac- autonomy is too
ceptable speed much?’
and accuracy
when perform-
ing cryptographic operations but they are
sufficiently pervasive that we must design
our protocols around their limitations.”
Humans are often perceived to be a major
cause of computer security failures and
are sometimes thought of as the weakest
link in the chain. Even in areas traditional-
ly thought of as being people-oriented,
things are changing.
An article on a recent IEEE Career Alert
newsletter observed that more and more
hiring decisions are being made by com-
As the military increases its reliance on puters. Although the trend of removing
unmanned, autonomous systems, the humans from the loop is not in itself a
question posed is, ‘how much autonomy new phenomenon, the advent of IoT and
is too much?’ An article in The Econo- Big Data pushes the trend into a different
mist entitled ‘Robot ethics: Morals and league.
the machine’ raised the question of ethi-
cal dilemmas in situations where ma- What will the next generation of ma-
chines are allowed to make life-or-death chines be like? Are we heading towards
decision in unpredictable situations. HIL or HAL?
JG Khor is a Char ter ed Engineer and a member of the IET since
1996. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Not-
tingham, Malaysia Campus. Prior to that, he was in the electronic indus-
try, where he was involved in the design of various x86-based embedded
processors and ARM-based system-on-a-chip (SoC), as well as embed-
ded software development. JeenGhee.Khor@nottingham.edu.my
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Healthcare Technology:
Scoliosis CT Scan Processing and Detection
By Mohankumar Palaniswamy & Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leong Wai Yie

The human spine or vertebral column It may lead to further secondary com-
is a complex, load bearing structure. plications. Due to these abnormalities, Lateral (Side) Posterior (Back)
The bones of the spine progressively mechanical properties of the vertebrae Spinal Column Spinal Column
increase in size from top to bottom of and intervertebral disc pressure might
the spine, which is directly proportion- vary between the normal persons and
al to an increase in carrying capacity of patients with spinal deformities
the lower vertebrae. Vertebral column (scoliosis). It can be treated by provid-
consists of series of vertebrae extend- ing braces or by surgery.
Cervical Cervical
ing from the Atlas bone at the base of
the skull to the tip of the tail bone. Braces are provided only for the
young patients (teenagers) having
There are many structural changes congenital scoliosis or with the cobbs
which may be considered abnormal in angle lesser than 40 degree. Because
the human vertebral the bone is not
column. They are: CT scan results will help the ther- completely devel-
Herniated disc, Spi- apist to understand and prescribe oped and can be
nal arthritis, Spina exercises accordingly, which will corrected with the
bifida Ankylosing either avoid or delay the musculo- help of braces Thoracic Thoracic
spondylitis, Spon- skeletal or neurological problems. itself. Whereas
dylosis, Spinal cur- corrective surger-
vature issues like Scoliosis, Lordosis ies are performed in adults for both
and Kyphosis. Among these, scoliosis the congenital and acquired scoliosis.
is quite common among the general With the advancement in medical
population [1]. Some are congenital field, scoliosis corrective surgeries are
and some are idiopathic. Appearance of performed for teenagers in the recent
vertebrae of the scoliosis patient differs years. Even after treating the spinal
from the vertebrae of the normal per- deformities like scoliosis or kyphosis
son. Scoliotic patients have wedge with the help of brace or surgery, the
shaped vertebrae. Due to these abnor- normal spine range of motion is not Lumbar Lumbar
malities, mechanical properties of the achieved.
vertebrae and intervertebral disc pres-
sure might vary between the normal Several studies were done on compar-
persons and patients with spinal de- ison between the normal and abnor-
formities (scoliosis). These abnormali- mal vertebrae (Figure 2). But none of
ties can be confirmed by using radio- the study were done on comparison
graphic methods like x-ray, CT scan between the pre-operative and post- Sacrum Sacrum
and MRI scan. operative scoliosis. This gives the
urge to conduct a study on mechanical
Appearance of the scoliotic vertebrae properties and intervertebral disc pres-
differs from the normal vertebrae. Sco- sure of the human vertebrae between
Coccyx Coccyx
liotic vertebrae are wedge shaped. Be- pre-operative and post-operative scoli-
cause of this wedge shaped vertebrae, osis.
the normal pressure (0.7 kg/cm2) exert-
ed on the intervertebral disc is altered The design of this study is a non- Figure 1: Human spine
and concentrated on either side of the experimental, observational study
disc [1]. with duration of 2 years.

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CT and MRI scan files posture, but also with the respira-
(DICOM) of scoliosis patients tory muscle weakness [2-3]. Pa-
of both genders with the age tients suffering from thoracic sco-
group between 10 to 25 years liosis have a decreased lung vol-
were collected from several ume and lung capacity (Figure 5).
scan centers in and around the The convexity of the spine com-
Tamilnadu, India. presses the lung and the nearby
organs, thereby reducing its size
Five CT scans and twenty two and function.
MRI scans of preoperative sco-
liosis patients were obtained Figure 6 refers to the edge detec-
from different scan centers all tion on scoliotic vertebrae image
around the Tamilnadu. Among using the built-in Canny operator.
them, for few patients scan was The Canny operator detects a wide Figure 3: Transverse view Figure 4: Frontal view
performed in transverse view range of edges in image using
i.e. superior to inferior (Figure multi-stage algorithm. Figure 7
3) and for the majority of the demonstrates the results of CT
others it was frontal view i.e. spine with salt and pepper noise
anterior to posterior (Figure 4). and the image after performing 3D
median filtering. It can be clearly
It is also clear and evident that seen that all the noise on the CT
the intervertebral disc is more spine has been removed.
compressed and thin on the
concave side (left) of the scoli- After processing, these mechani-
osis and elongated and thick on cal properties of the scoliotic ver-
the convex side (right) of the tebrae help us in understanding
scoliosis. This might lead to the range of motion of spine along
the compression of nerve root with the muscular imbalance in
upper quad-
rant. While
Figure 5: Thoracic scoliosis Figure 6: Edge detection using
the interver-
Canny operator
tebral disc
pressure
helps in pre-
dicting the
possible are-
as of initial
disc degener-
ation which
in turn leads
to musculo-
skeletal or
neurological
Figure 2: Scoliosis vertebrae pain. These
on the concave side of the sco- results will
liosis (Figure 4). help the therapist to understand
and prescribe exercises according-
Figure 7: The ‘noisy’ CT spine image (Left) and
Certain scans revealed that ly, which will either avoid or de-
after 3D median filtering (right)
scoliosis not only deals with lay the musculoskeletal or neuro-
the alignment of vertebrae and logical problems.
Mohankumar Palaniswamy is currently a Research Assis-
tant at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He received his Mas-
References ter of Physiotherapy (Biomechanics) in 2013 at SRM Uni-
versity, Kattankulathur, India He has been working as a
Deniz Inal-Ince, Sema Savci, Hulya Arikan, Melda Saglam, Meral Bosnak …. Physiotherapist in Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)
Deniz Dogru. (2009). Effects of scoliosis on respiratory muscle strength in patients and specialised in scoliosis. mohanphysionix06@gmail.com
with neuromuscular disorders. The Spine Journal 9: 981-986.
Hendrik Schmidt, Annette Kettler, Frank Heuer, Ulrich Simon, Lutz Claes and
Hans-Joachim Wilke. (2007). Intradiscal Pressure, Shear Strain and Fiber Strain in Ir. Assoc Prof. Dr. Leong Wai Yie received her PhD in
the Intervertebral Disc under combined loading. SPINE Volume 32, Number 7, pp Electrical Engineering at The Univ. of Queensland, Austral-
748-755. ia. She has over 10 years research & industry experience in
Lu YM, Hutton WC, Gharpuray VM. Do bending, twisting, and diurnal Aus, Singapore, UK and Malaysia with interest in biomedi-
fluid changes in the disc affect the propensity to prolapse? A viscoelastic finite cal signal & image processing, smart control, telecommuni-
element model. Spine 1996;21: pp 2570–9. cations and wireless sensor networks. waiyie@gmail.com

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IET Malaysia Local Network Events

7th Feb 2015, Talk on "

Routes to Professional Registration"by Colin Sellers
Reported by: Lai W eng Kin

Routes to Professional Registration

Colin Sellers, IET’s Manager, for Registra- Colin is an MBA-
tions and Standards started the day’s events by qualified Chartered En-
speaking about how to get professionally reg- gineer and Fellow of
istered as a professional engineer on Saturday the IET. Colin achieved
7th February 2015 at the Armada Hotel, Petal- his Chartered status
ing Jaya. He clarified many aspects of this before he was 30 and
professional registration and the various became a Fellow when
routes to gaining professional recognition. aged 38. He has held
Being a Professionally registered engineer senior management and
demonstrates to our peers and employers that leadership positions in a
we have made a commitment to maintaining, variety of industries and
developing the knowledge, skill set and com- organizations for over
petence required to meet the engineering and 25 years. Colin Sellers delivering his talk
technological needs of the modern world.

How to become a Fellow of the IET

Colin returned to deliver the final talk of the day by sharing
some aspects related to Fellowship of the IET. Fellowship
of the IET is awarded to individuals who have sustained
high levels of achievement, for example through leader-
ship, influence, senior responsibility, innovation, and pro-
fessional service. Fellows of the IET are at the forefront of
engineering, technology or cognate disciplines, which re-
flect the prestigious nature of the highest category of IET
membership. In this talk, Colin touched on some of the cri-
teria, the application process as well as the application
Fellow of the IET: Highest category of IET membership
form before taking some questions from the audience.

How Technology Solves Electrical Product

Development Challenges
Modern technology is now allowing engi-
neers to visualize design complexity in an
easy way. It also has become a platform
for other solutions to work seamlessly to
handle non mechanical concerns. Alex
Wong Chee Liong, the Technical Director
for IME Technology Sdn Bhd., delivered
the second talk of the day by sharing some
key points on how technology can solve
electrical product development challenges.
Products which have embedded electrical
content, including power systems, user
controls, complex wiring, and harnesses
can benefit from this technology, where
2D electrical schematic information can
integrate with 3D design and improves
collaboration for fewer product delays,
more consistent and standardized designs,
lower costs, and faster time-to-market.
Electronic thermal management analysis
enables designers to easily investigate the
impact of cooling and design changes on
component temperatures. This is ensuring
product performance and safety; while
reducing the need for costly prototypes,
eliminating rework or delays, and saving Alex Wong, Technical Director
time and development costs. for IME Technology Sdn. Bhd.

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IET Malaysia Local Network Events
25th April 2015, Technical talk on "
Image Processing Technology"by Martin Stefan & Dr. Kwong Kae Hsiang
Reported by: Lai W eng Kin
Image processing started as early as
1920 and hence it is not surprising
that a lot of progress has been made
since then. We are now seeing many
different commercial applications of
this technology in our daily lives. In
this half-day event, held on 25 April
at the Armada Hotel, we had TWO
experts who presented some of the
technical details on how image pro-
cessing technology may be deployed
to create a better world.
Different applications with image
processing
For this first talk of the day, the
speaker, Martin Stefan started by
introducing the fundamental concepts
of image processing. He illustrated
how we cannot believe everything
we see and how the perception of
beauty can be artificially manipulated
and eventually distorted from its ac-
tual form with a short video presenta-
tion. Next, he then spoke about how
image processing has become more
and more important in an industrial
environment. Two major areas were
identified. The first usage of image
processing is to digitalise product
data. While Computer Aided Tech-
nology is no longer new in the indus-
try and many of us may be very fa-
miliar with CAD, CAM, CAE; but
what about utilising computer tech-
nology for Manufacturing and In-
spection? Image processing can gen-
erate 3D data from sculptures that
can be used for further processing
The second major area in which im-
age processing is used is in the auto-
mation of production lines. Robots
can play a key role in the production
line process.
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Like all other machines,
robots have no eyes and
cannot see any position
change of the parts. In
such cases, robots need
to be reprogramed to
take into account of
these changes, but more
importantly the position
of the part must be quite
accurate. Image pro-
cessing can give eyes to
the robot to find a part or Generating a 3D representation of the face of a volun-
even check if a part is teer from the audience
completely assembled or
machined.
The speaker, Martin Stefan holds a De-
gree in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.
Ing. (FH)) from the University of Ap-
plied Sciences ULM/ Germany. He start-
ed his career as a Technical Draughts-
man in EADS Radar system. After fur-
thering his studies, he joined Voith Pa-
per as an R&D Engineer and was re-
sponsible for the product development as
a group leader. When he came to Malay-
sia his first job involved the develop-
ment of an inspection caliper for pipe-
line inspection. He is now a project man- Dr. Matthew presenting a token of apprecia-
ager and lead engineer in the robot in- tion to Martin Stefan
spection cell for the IME Group.
Attentive audience
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Intelligent Transportation System in the United States of America. There-

– The Crucial Link for Smart City fore, road transportation is vital for sus-
taining the country’s economy, as it is
In this final talk of the day, the speak- essential for moving people and goods
er was Dr Kwong, a senior manager efficiently.
with Recogine, a vibrant engineering
company based in USJ. Recogine Dr Kwong then went on to describe
provides high tech solutions for net- how image processing fits into the In-
work and system projects in the high- telligent Transportation System (ITS)
way, railway, and security industries. and why it is important for a city like
The R&D team led by Dr. Kwong is Kuala Lumpur to embrace such a sys-
working on Intelligent Transport Sys- tem to accelerate its development to
tem for regional and international become a smart city. For example,
clients. such a system can count and identify
the type of vehicle passing through its
He started his talk by sharing some sensor and even provide the license
very interesting statistics related to plate number.
transportation. Not many of us would Dr. Kwong delivering his speech
know that Malaysia has a very high This talk had attracted a significant
car ownership as there is one car for among of in-
every 5 person. Or, that 90% of Ma- terest in our
laysians do not frequently travel by local engineer-
public transport, but instead, uses ing communi-
their own transport to commute. Ac- ty and among
cording to Dr Kwong, nearly 5 bil- the partici-
lion hours are lost annually due to pants for this
traffic congestion in Japan and this talk is a group
equates to financial losses of US$120 of student
BN. members who
had travelled
Citing another source, it is believed from all the
that over 8.5 billion gallons of fuel way from
are wasted due to traffic congestion Kedah.
An example of the data that an ITS can generate

The IET student members from AIMST posing for a group photograph with some of the IET Committee Members.

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YOUNG PROFESSIONAL’S THOUGHT

An Engineer’s Work and

by Yong Boon Heng Volunteering Life Balance
Learn, unlearn and relearn. How does the title These I would say were something very chal-
attract your interest by the first glance? Eye- lenging and the kind of job scope which I least
catching enough? Well basically, I was ap- expected upon graduation. Why is that so? As
proached by the chief editor to pen down my an electrical electronics graduate, you would
thoughts on my life’s journey so far; in the
probably gone through killer courses such as
midst of working, studying and volunteering
life. How will all that fare to me at the 28th year calculating the multi-stages of Bipolar Junction
of my life? Upon writing this, somehow it Transistor (BJT) amperes, mathematical extrap-
makes me to take off some time to evaluate my olation numerical methods, complicated Artifi-
personal report card. Let me put the pieces of cial Intelligence techniques or even the brain-
my puzzle together so that you could compre- squeezing EMF. However, none of these com- 2 element system
hend the ‘typical’ engineer samples out there
plicated lessons and FYP research-based out-
like me.
come were really applicable in
As an electrical “The project-basis job can create a industrial practice for me, at
engineer, I am cur- platform for engineers to explore least not at this point of time
rently working in their critical thinking and creativity except for the very fundamen-
the nation’s biggest besides problem solving skills which tal of electric circuits, V = IR
power utility com- are very much sought after for day and power/energy equations.
pany which all of in and day out operations” In fact, non-technical compe-
you are familiar tencies such as managing peo-
with, TNB. TNB’s core business is divided into ple (bosses, subordinates, vendors and custom- Potential transformer of VCB
3 main divisions which are the Generation, ers), presentation skills, sense of leadership,
Transmission and Distribution. To put this in and financial analysis became very critical in
simplicity, the Generation division manages the my daily jobs. How is that for you other engi-
power plants (apart from the IPPs) to generate neers out there?
electricity that will be stepped up to the national
grid. From there on, the Transmission division Nevertheless, most Business-As-Usual (BAU)
will ensure electricity are well transmitted from jobs have their own job description on technical
the national grid voltage level (500kV, 275kV, aspects and Standard Operating Procedure
132kV) towards Distribution side (33kV and (SOP) so it’s not something that we will do out
below). The Distribution will then manage the of thin air. However, the project-basis job can
electricity being supplied to the customers end. create a platform for engineers to explore their Onsite jobs - checking and testing
All in all, the power utility needs to provide critical thinking
stable, reliable and affordable electricity to the and creativity be-
customers and this is something that I am proud sides problem
of TNB as the top ranked utility in Asia. solving skills
which are very
Under the Distribution Division’s Revenue much sought after
Management Unit which encompasses of meter- for day in and day
ing, billing and revenue assurance, I had been out operations.
involved in Large Power Consumer’s metering During my in-
assurance & recovery, utility’s total system volvement in the
losses, distribution asset maintenance trainings smart metering
and smart metering pilot project for the past 4 With colleagues during Melaka Town Hall Session
pilot project
years.

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I had the opportunity to explore various meter’s

communication technologies such as GPRS,
Power Line Carrier (PLC) and Radio Frequency
(RF) and evaluate what will be the most viable
option to be used. As we are embarking on the
various Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
functions to be implemented, we would need to
make the functions possible within the timeline.
This is critical as most project delay causes a
high cost to the company. Apart from the pro-
ject, in my recent BAU task, I have to make
analysis on the possibility of non-technical loss-
es occurrence and propose solutions to mitigate
them. In brief, the challenges and experiences
working in power utility company (TNB) had
brought the chapter of my life to a higher level.
At the Young Professionals stage (usually aged
23 to 35 years old), we are actually in a transi-
tion from fresh graduates to the very experi-
enced professionals. As the process of learning
never ends, thus volunteering in the IET gives
me an opportunity to be exposed into the “other
worlds” of engineers. Why do I say so is be-
cause here, I get to meet most of the working
volunteers who are willing to sacrifice some of
their precious time to selflessly contribute back
to the society. Some were sharing their profes-
sional experiences to the younger ones while
some organized events for practical knowledge
learning such as site visits, workshops and con-
ferences. Networking with other professionals
and engineers apart from those in the working
loop is also a key advantage of what one can
gain from this platform. This is where I can
unlearn the ‘old’ thoughts/mind-sets and relearn
new things over the time.
Running with the “Citizen
Sports and outdoor activities part of life balance Runner”
As the IET is the largest multidiscipli-
nary engineering institution in the
world, I got the chance to network
with Young Professionals from other
countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Brunei, Singapore, Australia and New
Zealand. Succinctly, what satisfaction
lies in volunteerism, is as how we
would like to perceive it, varying for Young Professionals & On Campuses Lead-
every individuals. ers session
So, how ‘typical’ is my bits of work-
volunteer story as an engineer? Per-
haps, we all lived with a special tale of
our own to share. I am still learning
and would definitely love to hear more
exciting stories and thoughts from oth-
er young professionals. Learning stops
until the day when our heart beat stops
and as I quote from the futurist Alvin
Toffler, “The illiterate of the future are
not those who can’t read or write but
those who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.” [At Hong Kong IET YMS AGM

From the IET Young Professionals committee

platform, it’s very interesting to be able to meet
the younger ones (On Campus students) and
guide them with the experience sharing that we
have accumulated. We offer the students a plat-
form to organize events and nurture their leader-
ship skills. We lead them to a place where we
are currently, if not better. This is in hopeful
that the volunteering cycle continues and sus- The Young and Youthful committees driving IET YPS
tainable for the benefits of the society.

I personally learned to multitask and manage
my time efficiently; juggling my priority in my
work, volunteering, outdoor activities/sports
and further studies.
Yong Boon Heng obtained his B. Eng (Electrical & Electronics) and M. Eng
(Electrical) from UNITEN. Currently he is an Electrical Engineer in Tenaga
Nasional Berhad and has been working for more than 4 years in the same com-
pany. He is an active volunteer in the IET Young Professionals Section (YPS)
as Chairperson for the term 2014/2015. Bhyong@theiet.org

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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING

Thought of a
Young Woman Engineer by Alice Leong

“These are your safety boots and safety want to be an engineer? And when I refer
helmets. Keep them with you for future them back to another question, Why not
site visits.” engineer? Most of the time I will receive
such reply, “It is rare. For females, I mean”.
These are the statements I received from Throwback to years ago when I first decid-
the manager when I first reported to the ed to pick up engineering as my career, my
company. First construction site visit was family was somehow accepted it as a
to Saujana Golf and
shocking news.
Country Club. I was in
joy and full of antici- It is not the gender that decides
They were very afraid
pation, awkwardly on your capabilities, it is the de- if I had too little expe-
putting on the safety sire to achieve, your attitude of rience and information
boots and the yellow life that decides the aptitude. regarding engineering
safety helmet for the that I mislead myself
very first time, I finally into the wrong path.
realise, these heavy safety boots and yel- The strongest reason they denied my wish
low safety helmet don’t make you as an in engineering was the field had always
engineer. You, yourself make you as an known as male-domain. I couldn’t deny that
engineer. I was fearful for the choice I made and, yes
I am still afraid every now and then but fear
A lot of people who just knew me will is definitely not an excuse for anyone to
ask the typical question, why would I achieve goals.
On the rational thought, how ironic is it for
a person to let go of dreams just because of
gender factor.
After all, we are all humans. It is not the
gender that decides on your capabilities, it is
the desire to achieve, your attitude of life
that decides the aptitude. Let me take this
opportunity to state what is really on my
mind regarding women in engineering. Jun-
ior or senior, female or male, I have to state
the fact that we are all the same because at
the end of the day, we are all engineers,
seeking the integrated solutions to improve
people’s life.
To enhance engineering solutions in bring-
ing more benefits to the societies. Let me
emphasize, it is the mutual respect that
counts. Either in discussions, meetings or
project managements, it is the sense of valu-
ing each other presences and opinions that
makes a difference.

Alice Leong: “IET has been one of the most rewarding exposures and platforms in engineering and networking.”

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Engineering field is a state -of –the-
art ground that will continue to
evolve from time to time. Sincerely
from me, I hope the world will stop
stereotyping that engineering is not a
field for females because this will
only bring an effect of drawing away
capable and outstanding women
from being part of us, in this reward-
ing and interesting career.
When was the last time you tell a
female engineer that you appreciate
her presence, her commitment? Re-
gardless of which engineering indus-
try we are in, engineers work togeth-
er as similar to the Principle of Con-
servation of Energy. Only when we
conserve our energies, working to-
gether as one will drive us further in
life and marking more histories in
engineering field. As quoted from
National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration, conservation of energy
is a fundamental concept of physics
along with the conservation of mass
and the conservation of momentum.
Similarly to us, let us move along
together with this momentum and
ignite more sparks in the line to put
our utmost priorities in professional-
ism.
Women, we are all beautiful crea-
tures and unique in our own ways.
Who says we need to make ourselves
acting like men to survive in a men’s
world. We are gifted with such pride
and dignity as ladies to inject gentle
touches into this field. Appreciate
ourselves because we are simply
amazing just the way we are.
Alice Leong Mei Ping is currently completing her studies in B. Eng (Mechanical) from Multimedia University, Ma-
lacca Campus. At this moment, she is undergoing her internship in Critical System Specialist Sdn Bhd. She started
to commit herself in IET after representing Malaysia in Present around the World (PATW) 2013. She is now volun-
teering in the Young Professionals Section (YPS) of Malaysia Local Network as the youngest member.
alicemeiping@theiet.org
IET Malaysia Network
Check out Young Women Engi-
neer at www.theiet.org
Let me take this opportunity to
express my sincere gratitude to-
wards everyone whom I have met
and will be meeting in future.
Thank you for shaping who I am
today and guiding me through in
this field, always sparing me with
strength to drive further in engi-
neering. I am so blessed with all
the supportive friends who always
shower me with words of encour-
agement.
To the experienced engineers, also
my mentors whom I knew at places
specifically in IET and my work-
place, thank you for sharing your
experience, guidance and having
faith in me despite my junior back-
ground.
Most of all, I am so blessed with
my beloved family. They are al-
ways so understanding about my
commitment in life towards engi-
neering, knowing I always want to
explore deeper into this field. To
my beloved mother, thank you for
standing beside me all the time
when everyone is doubting me
about my passion in engineering. Chemical plant site visit with my manager (R), Mr
Without you supporting me, there Wong and my supervisor (L), Mr Tan from Critical
wouldn’t be who I am today. System Specialist Sdn Bhd.
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IET Malaysia YPS Team Building 2015
IET YPS Malaysia Network has successfully The objective of this team build-
organized the 2 days 1 night Annual Team ing is to build network among
Building event at Excel Training & Country OnCampus leaders all over Ma-
Resort, Semenyih, Malaysia on the 17th and laysia whilst forging a strong
18th January 2015. This event had started at bonding amongst them. This is
10am on the 17th of January and ended by 3pm vital for them to coordinate future
the following day. About 55 IET full members joint events as well as maximiz-
from various Malaysia Network OnCampus ing the human resources network.
(MMU Cyberjaya, MMU Melaka, UNITEN, The team building is also one of
UCSI, Nottingham and Swinburne Sarawak) the only platforms for the On-
and 10 IET YPS committee members attended Campus leaders to know the YPS
this team building. Balloon Bomb Activity committees better which will
promote two-way communication
The team building kicked off by introduction from YPS committees and safety briefing on the camp on the latest information on IET.
site before proceeding to formation of groups and team cheers. 6 teams were formed with their group
names which are Pink Panther, Pink Patrick, Green Hornet, Green Hulk, Pink Lion and
Orange Cockroach. They were required to create the flag and keep it with them at all
times; making sure it is not stolen. Then, several ice-breaking and team building games
were conducted such as “Getting to Know you”, “Group Bonding”, “Balloon Bomb”,

Captain Ping Pong Ball Event

Orange Cockroach Pink Panther Team

Timing Belt Activity

Green Hulk Team Pink Lion Team

Jungle Trekking Activity

Pink Patrick Team Green Hornet Team

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“Arrow
through the
Heart”, “Pass
the Bomb”,
“Captain Ping
Pong Ball”,
“Chicken Out”
and “Timing
Belt”.
Throughout
the activities, Mini Forum Sharing Session with IET Malaysia
there were Network Main Committees
prizes given to Mini Forum Sharing Session
the top 3
teams who perform the best throughout the team
building events. The students were also put into
physical activity which is the jungle trekking in the
evening. During the night, a fruitful mini forum
sharing session with IET Malaysia Network Main
Committees under the theme of “Relinquish the
Past, Connecting the Present and Impact to the Fu-
ture” was conducted. Special thanks Eur. Ing. Ir
Jimmy Fam, Dr. Kok, Mr. Goh, Dr. Liau and Dr.
Leong for attending our team building to share their
valuable experiences encompassing the topic on IET
Governance for Future (G4F), Professional Regis-
tration Chartered Engineer, expectations of working
adults and finance welfare.

Group photograph after Mini Forum Sharing Session

The team building ended up on a high note with the feedback session from the
participants and the presentation on Event Proposals and Budget Request the
final day. Though it lasted for 2 days 1 night, there were lots of positive feed-
backs and everyone present is looking forward for the Team Building next year.

Feedback Session

Budget & Event Proposal Presentation Attendees of the IET YPS Team Building Event 2014/15

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Conference: Key technologies for next generation aircraft

Reported by: Stephanie

2015 MARCH, 11– YPS, IET Commissioner in Singapore. Mr.

Malaysia Network took the oppor-
tunity to participate in one of the
great events organized by the IET
Technical Professional Networks,
Conference in Aerospace Confer-
ence, was held in conjunction with
The Great British Week.
It is held globally to reach out to
engineers, technologist, mathema-
ticians and scientists. This year
the event was held in Orchard
Gateway, Emerald City, Singa-
pore. The Aims and objectives
were to promote IET as an interna-
tional institution as well as to ex-
posure the participants on the ad-
vancement in aerospace technolo-
gies and to support extended pro-
fessional learning and career de-
velopment.
The conference was initiated with
a welcome and open address by
Dr. Bicky Banghu, Deputy Chair
of IET Singapore followed by Mr.
Antony Phillison, British High
Chua Wei Chuen, Assistant Head
of the Transport Engineering
(Aerospace) Singapore Econom-
ic Development Board; brought
us back to how it all started in
Singapore.
Manufacturing in BalloonSingaporeBomb Activity
begin with toys and mosquito
coils. In 2015; stepping into Sin-
gapore’s 50th year of independ-
ence, the MRO (Maintenance,
Repair & Overhaul) dominates
the Aerospace Industry in Singa-
pore.
Speech by Mr. Chua Wei Chuen, Assistant Head of the
The huge demand for aircraft is Transport Engineering (Aerospace) Singapore Eco-
due to the increasing rate of af- nomic Development Board
fordability to travel amongst
people. In order to cater to this
increasing demand, it has be-
come a crucial need to manufac-
ture fuel efficient aircrafts. “If
we do not leverage technologies,
we will be disrupted by technolo-
gies” said Mr. Chua.

The advancement in the aviation industry to reduce fuel consumption in air-

crafts
Artistic models
of hybrid elec-
tric aircraft

The key note speaker, Professor Peter Malkin from University

of Cranfield, UK introduced the possibility of CO2 (carbon dioxide)
free travel.

He presented on the ways the aviation industry can evolve to pro-

ducing a More Electric Aircraft (MEA) to accommodate the in-
crease in the number of aircraft these days. The current statistics
Key note speaker, Professor Peter Malkin shows that the number of aircraft doubles every 14 years.

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The evolution as depicted in the figure
above shows the gradual process towards
implementing an electric aircraft. SEA
(Superconducting Electric Aircraft) uses
MgB2 (Magnesium Diboride) which has a
potential of carrying current up to 13,000
Amperes. It is very light weighted and is oil
cooled. In order to produce a Supercon-
ducting Electric Aircraft, the parameters
that need to be considered are size, weight
of the superconductor and low input volt-
age (considering the amplitude). As for the
cryogen used for cooling, both
H2 (hydrogen gas) and LNG (Liquefied
natural gas) are considered. However,
the downsides of H2 are that it is expensive
and hazardous.
Professor Peter Malkin also highlighted the
current developments in pursuit for more
electrical based aircrafts. Clean Sky 2 is a
research program launched in Europe to
develop breakthrough in the air transport
technology. Its’ aim is to build demonstra-
tor aircrafts that fulfill environmental ob-
jectives.
The first technical speaker, Professor Geoff
Gibson from University of Newcastle,
shared about the non-invasive repair meth-
ods for modern carbon composite. He intro-
duced the concept of self-healing; a charac-
teristic exhibited by carbon composites.
The speaker classifies self-healing into two
categories which are autonomous and non-
autonomous. An example where self–
Group photo of IET YPS Malaysia Network & IET Singapore network
IET Malaysia Network
healing can be
used is to heal
delamination
and fix cracks
in polymer
composites.
Carbon com-
posites are
aimed to re-
place metal
that builds up
an aircraft.
However, the IET YPS Malaysia Network with Ms. Yvonne Ko (third from left), IET
various chem- Singapore Network Manager
ical behaviors
or the irregu-
larity in the characteristics of the carbon The final speakers of the day
composites become a downside and need Jas Thandi and Dr. Bicky Bhangu,
extensive research for future implementa- Deputy Chair of IET Singapore intro-
tions. duced the Bloodhound Project which is
the fastest land vehicle. The Blood-
Dr. Hamid Saeedipour, the second technical hound Project aims to accomplish a
speaker presented about his current project speed of 1,000mph (miles per hour).
involving thrust vectoring in jet transport The vehicle was designed by consider-
aircraft design. He mentioned how thrust ing the law of aerodynamics. In August
vectoring deviates from the CTOL 2015, the Bloodhound Supersonic Car
(Conventional Take Off & Landing). Dr. will be put to test at
Hamid highlighted that thrust vectoring can the AeroHub in Newquay, followed
not only be useful for futuristic aircraft in- by Hakskeen Pan in South Africa and
ventions, but also for the current aviation finally returns to South Africa in 2016.
industry; to be used as a backup flight con-
trol system. Thrust vectoring is generally The conference was a very enlighten-
dependent on the engine angle. Therefore at ing event and it truly lived up to its
some point, by putting thrust vectoring into sole motive which is creating new
good use; the aircraft may need no fuel at technologies for the next generation
that point due to its proportional control. aircraft.
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YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SECTION (YPS) - SHARING SESSION
IET Malaysia YPS-SC Talk & Sharing Session Series 1
IET YPS Malaysia Network has
successfully organized the talk
and sharing session series 1 on the
7th January 2015 from 7pm on-
wards till 10pm at UNITEN.
The purpose of this talk is to pre-
pare a platform for Young Profes-
sionals to share their working
experience to the IET OnCampus
students. This will also benefit the
attendees itself as all attendees
were awarded with 2 Continuous
Professional Development (CPD)
hours which will be useful for
their Professional Registration
approved by Board of Engineers
(BEM) Malaysia.
For this series, it’s conducted for
IET UNITEN OnCampus. The
event was also attended by IET
UCSI OnCampus. Besides, this
will be a good event for the On-
Campus leaders and members to
know the YPS committees better.
There were about 60 participants
attended for this talk and sharing
session by 3 Young Professional
speakers. The session kicked off
with Dr. John Tan Teng Hwang
who is the Head of Programme
for Electrical and Electronics En-
gineering at UCSI University,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia spoke
on the technology of MEMS Pres-
sure Sensors and Semiconductor
Fabrication Technology.
Token of appreciation to all 3 speakers by IET UNITEN OnCampus Chairlady, Ms. Chong Shih Min
May 2015 Page 20
Dr. John Tan also shared his
working experiences during his
time in UK.
Next, Engr. Tan Wee Ser, who
is also a member of IET Young
Professionals Community Com-
mittee presented on an interest-
ing topic of his life as a Young
Engineer in a Power Plant. He
has highlighted on the key expe-
Balloon Bomb Activity
riences in power plant including
the power generation mix in
Malaysia, safety precautions and
energy generation from raw ma-
terials to the national grid. Group picture with UCSI OnCampus
Lastly, Mr. Indiran Nadarajan
who is currently a Field Service
Engineer at General Electric
talks on the working experience
of Field Engineer & preparation
to the working world. He gave
valuable tips on what to expect
upon stepping to the working
environment, practical vs text-
book theory and the right atti-
tude of future young engineers.
The attendees are motivated by
the talk and sharing session and
hoping to have this session more
in the future. For the IET YPS,
the upcoming sessions will be
conducted at several other IET Attendees for the talk
OnCampus by other speakers for
the benefits of Young Profes-
sionals and OnCampus students.
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MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY (CYBERJAYA CAMPUS)

10-11/11/2014 – Member Recruitment Drive 2014

On the 10th - 11th November 2014, a membership recruitment drive was
organized in conjunction with the Clubs and Societies Registration Week
and MESCORP Conference. The recruitment drive was held at MMU’s
Multipurpose Hall (10th November 2014), and MMU’s GrandHall (11th
November 2014), where the registration booth was opened from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. During the recruitment drive, committee members had an oppor-
tunity to improve their interpersonal skills by promoting the organization
to the students. The recruitment drive also aims to inform the public on
the IET and engineering technologies.
Solar cars, engineering projects and π game with small
20/12/2014 – Freescale Workshop gifts introduced to attract the students’ attention in the
Grand Hall

On 20th December 2014, a Freescale Workshop was organized at STEM

Exploration Centre located in Cyberjaya. The objectives of this course
are to serve the community by introducing children to the world of em-
bedded systems. It also aims to train students to apply the knowledge
learnt during the workshop in actual world situations for science and
technology in the future, and to build the young generation’s interest
towards the world of engineering. This program is an initiative to mentor
students in using C325A embedded System Lite (Freescale). 2 mentors
from the IET MMU Cyberjaya SC, Miss Ho Ru Xin and Mr. Chua Teck
Hong, volunteered to conduct the course using the facilities provided by
the STEM Exploration Centre. A total of 24 participants aged between 7
Participants receiving help from one of the mentors.
to 17 years old attended this workshop. The course started with an intro-
duction on Freescale, and proceeded with the workshop.

28/1/2015 – “How to Pick the Right Engineer-

On the 28 January 2015, 20 students attended an engineering talk on
“How to pick the Right Engineering” which was held from 3pm to
4pm. The speaker of the talk is Dr Goh Vik Tor, an experienced dep-
uty dean who was in charge of the foundation of engineering of
MMU in the past.

30/1/2015 – 3D Printing Workshop

Dr. Goh introducing the courses offered in

Multimedia University.

On 30th January 2015, a 3D Printing Workshop was organized at

Mr. Mak Kuan Wuey introducing one of the 3D Print-
ing Technologies.
STEM Exploration Centre in Cyberjaya. This workshop is conducted
by Mr. Mak Kuan Wuey and was attended by 20 students. The course
started with an introduction to 3D printing technology, which includes
the history of 3D printing, different types of 3D printing technologies,
and applications of 3D printing.

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MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY (MELAKA CAMPUS)

2-4/9/2014: Soccer Robot Competition

This event is a collaboration event between the four engineering

club in MMU which consist of MMUIEM (main organizer),
MMUIET, ENGSOC, and Robotic Club. There were 5 teams
where each group consist of 2 students participated in this com-
petition. The closing ceremony was held on the last day, attended
by MMUIEM advisor, Prof Dr Ir Sim Kok Swee. The event end-
ed with prize giving ceremony and token of appreciation at cere-
mony.

19/11/2014: Industrial Visit to Texas Instruments

Melaka

Participants were accompanied by the lecturer-in-charge, Mr. Than Thay

in visiting Texas Instruments Electronics Melaka (TIEM). The partici-
pants were welcomed by Ms. Kelly Wee. A welcoming speech was deliv-
ered by the Site Managing Director. This was followed by a brief tech-
nical talk before visiting the plant by Mr. Subbah Rao, who is an engineer
in TI Melaka.

27/11/2014: Matlab Workshop

This Matlab Workshop was delivered by Prof. Dr Ir
Sim Kok Swee with the objective of beefing up
Matlab programming skills. There was a total of 58
students participated in this workshop.

10/1/2015: Hands on Antenna & Fox Hunt

This event started with the introduction of Walkie Talkie

followed by a hands on session and finally Fox Hunt Compe-
tition. All of the participants are provided with the equipment
needed to make a simple Yagi Uda antenna, guided by the
experts who are from Melaka Amateur Radio Community
(MARC V20). The event ended with top 3 winners who
managed to complete the task in the shortest time.

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SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY (SARAWAK CAMPUS)

26/9/2014 – Site Visit to TUDM, Kuching

On 26th September 2014, SSIET organized a site visit to the
air base of Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) also
known as Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). Participants
consisted of 8 SSIET Committee Members, 12 SSIET Mem-
bers, 6 students
from Multimedia
University
Cyberjaya, 3
students from
Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman,
and an SSIET
main advisor, Group photo with Captain Engku Faiz, Captain Rusli, and Military
Dr. Chua Hong Souvenir handed out to Captain Engku Faiz Pilot Mr. Naza.
Siang. by SSIET main advisor, Dr. Chua

27/9/2014 – ARCS Emergency

Communication Exercise
On 27th September 2014, SSIET organized a visit to Institut
Pendidikan Guru Kampus Batu Lintang (IPGK) to observe and
learn from Amateur Radio Club Sarawak (ARCS) Emergency
Communication Exercise. Participants consisted of 8 SSIET
Committee Members, 7 SSIET Members, 6 students from Mul-
timedia University Cyberjaya, and 1 student from Universiti
Tunku Abdul Rahman.
SSIET members observe attentively as ARCS members attempt to
establish communication with Sibu, Bintulu, and Miri
22/10/2014– Talk on “Manufacturing and Rapid
Prototyping”
On 22nd October 2014, SSIET organized a manufacturing talk which was handled by an invited speaker, Mr Lim Yew Kee. Participants
consisted of 6 SSIET Committee Members, 12 SSIET Members and 7 non SSIET Members. Mr Lim Yew Kee shared his vast experiences
in product design and development, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic control system for manufacturing plant and facilities. He explained
that through rapid manufacturing and prototyping, the product development progress could be improved significantly. In term of cost, the
product produced by multi-material poly jet is fairly cheap compared to the hard tooling manufactured product.

22/10/2014 – Site Visit to Telekom Malaysia (TM)

On 22nd October 2014,
SSIET organized a site
visit to Telekom Malay-
sia Sendirian Berhad for
engineering students of
Swinburne Sarawak who
are taking HET183.
However, only 8 of the Souvenir handed out to Mr Lim Yew Kee by Prof.
students taking HET183 M.L. Dennis Wong
participated as they had
class during that time.

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26/11/2014 – Site Visit to SAINS Training Centre
On the 26th of November 2014, SSIET conducted a site visit to
SAINS Training Centre, Kota Samarahan. 6 SSIET committee
members, 5 SSIET members, 3 ICT club members, and 11 stu-
dents from Swinburne University were present. The site visit was
conducted to let students understand more about the company,

3/12/2014 – Talk on “Experience of Working in Tena-

ga Nasional Berhad (TNB) & Engineer Expectations “ Group photo of participants at SAINS Training Centre

On the 3rd of December 2014, SSIET organized a sharing

Technical Talk on Experience of Working in Tenaga Nasional Ber-
had (TNB) & Engineer Expectations
session and invited a guest speaker, Mr. Michael Yong
Boon Heng (YPS Chairman) from Tenaga Nasional Berhad
to Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus.
3 SSIET advisors, 9 SSIET committee members, 15 SSIET
members, 1 alumni of Swinburne University, and 4 stu-
dents from Swinburne University were present. The talk
was conducted to let students understand more about the
working environment that they should expect when they set
out to work in the future.

14/3/2015 – Swinburne Carnival & PI Challenge 2015

On the 14th of March 2015, SSIET organized a carnival sale in conjunction
with Pi Day (14/3/2015), Swinburne Sarawak’s Open Day and Carnival. Visi-
tors and students of Swinburne Sarawak had visited the SSIET booth on that
day. SSIET had set up 3 booths on that day. There were one ice-cream stall,
3D printing booth, and the SSIET Pi Day Challenge booth.

28-29/3/2015 – SSIET Team Building 2015

SSIET orga- SSIET President, Daniel Vong, explaining the
nized a 2-days process of 3D printing
team building
session for the
committee
members which took place on 28th and 29th March 2015. The 2 days and 1
night event at Siar Beach Resort involved 28 participants including two
advisors.

1/4/2015 – Engineering a Better World Seminar

This seminar was delivered by three speakers in four talks.
The first was on the topic of “SCADA Architecture Applica-
tion in High Voltage Transmission 132KV- 500KV Environ-
ment”, by Ir. Jimmy Fam Deng Fong. Followed by second
talk on “Route to Professional Engineer, by Ir. Alphonsus
Dorhat Rahani”. The third talk was delivered by Ir Irwan Bin
Podin on “M&E Consultancy Services for Airports”. Eur Ing.
Ir. Jimmy Fam Deng Fong concluded the seminar by talking
on “Professional Registration for Graduate Engineer”.

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ON CAMPUS EVENTS — ACTIVITY HIGHTLIGHTS

UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

1/72015 - YPS-SC Talk and Sharing Session Series 1

IET YPS Malaysia Network has successfully organized a talk and sharing
session together with UNITEN IET Student Chapter on 7 th January 2015.

Full report on the event can be found in Page 22 of this this newsletter.

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

6/1/2015 - Yakult Factory Tour
On 6th January 2015, UTAR IET Student Chapter organized a site visit to
Yakult’s Factory to gain knowledge about how cultured milk was produced
and what is probiotic and its benefit. There were a total number of 40 stu-
dents attended the meeting, 39 non-IET members and 1 IET member. One of
the lecturers, Dr Lim Yun Seng, was invited to supervise the trip.

30/1/2015 - UTAR IET Member’s Meeting

On 30th January 2015, UTAR IET Student Chapter organized a member’s meet-
ing to welcome the new members and also informing them of what IET is about.
There were a total number of 25 students attended the meeting, 20 non-IET
members and 5 IET members. Dr Lim Yun Seng and Eur. Ing. Ir. Jimmy Fam
were also being invited to the meeting.

6/2/2015 -
MUET Seminar

The MUET seminar was an event first time organized by UTAR IET Stu-
dent Chapter with the objective of teaching students with techniques in an-
swering questions and also providing a platform to clearify student’s doubts
on the examination. It was held on 6th February 2015, Friday from 12.30pm
to 3.30pm. There were a total number of 60 students participated in this
seminar. At the end of the event, there were around 10 students joining IET
Student Chapter.

11/3/2015 - Stock Investment Talk

On 11 March 2015, UTAR IET Student Chapter organized a Stock
Investment Talk conducted by Mr. Arnold Lim. The objective of the
event was to provide a platform for the students who are interested in
stock investment to gain some fundamental knowledge and the infor-
mation of the current investment market. There were a total number of
55 students and 1 lecturer participated in this talk. 8 of them are mem-
bers and the rest of 47 are non-members. About half of the attended
non-members are non-engineering based students.

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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
(MALAYSIA CAMPUS)
12/12/2014 – Field Trip to the 8th International Petroleum
Technology Conference

With collaboration with the UNMC Careers Advisory Service, the IET
UNMC organizing committee liaised with Shell Campus Marketing
Representative to host a field trip to the 8th International Petroleum
Technology Conference that is held at KLCC on the 12th December
2014. A total of 10 participating students took part in the field trip. The
students were first given a tour around Shell’s booth and briefed about
Shell’s latest and existing technology in the oil & gas industry. Later, a
talk about Shell Graduate Program was given before allowing the stu-
dents to go around the exhibition and see what other oil & gas compa-
nies such as Baker Hughes, ExxonMobil, Petronas, Schlumberger, Group photo of the participants with the
Hess and Qatar Petroleum International to name a few, have to offer. instructor

IET MALAYSIA NETWORK UP-COMING EVENTS

No. Event Venue Time Date (2015)
IET YPS-OC Day (Talks & Sharing Ses- Weekdays
1 All On Campuses May to Sept
sion) Evening
Technical Talk on “Healthcare Tech-
9:00 am -
2 nology/Signal Processing/ TBA 16th June
1:00 pm
Bioinformatics”
June to July 15 (Beginning of
3 IET YPS Essay Competition All On Campuses -
New Semester)
4 IET YPS Badminton Klang Valley - Tentative on June 15

5 IET YPS and IEM YES - Hiking Broga Hill - TBA

6 PATW Asia Pacific Beijing - August

7 Technical Talk in Penang Penang - 15th August

Engineering Week 2015 (Co- One Utama & Lake

8 - 1st & 2nd Week Sept
organizing with IEM) Gardens, KL
7:00 pm -
9 IET YPS AGM & Annual Dinner 2015 TBA 12th Sept
11:00 pm

Technical Talk on “Wireless Sensor 9:00 am -

10 TBA Sept
Network” 12:00 pm

Technical Talk on “Internet of 9:00 am -

11 TBA Oct
Things (IOT)” 12:00 pm

Technical Talk on “Power” and

12 TBA Nov
AGM

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 IIEC 2015
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) &
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) - Malaysia
Electrical Conference 2015
30 November – 2nd December 2015
th

Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“Safe, Smart and Innovative Development In Power Systems"

THE CONFERENCE

The Electrical Engineering Technical Division of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM EETD) & The
Institution of Engineering and Technology, Malaysia (IET) is jointly organizing an international conference with
the theme, “Safe, Smart and Innovative Development In Power Systems” from 30th November – 2nd
December 2015.

Who should attend?

This conference is aimed at providing a forum for practicing professionals – Engineers, Consultants,
Contractors, Technologists, Researchers, Academicians, Manufacturers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors,
Building Owners/Developers, Green Building Professionals (i.e. GBI Facilitators, LEED Aps, Green Mark
Professionals, etc), Government Bodies, Construction/Project Managers, Facility Management Personnels &
Planners.

Exhibition
A Technical Exhibition will be organized as an integral part of the conference. Project experience, design
solutions, and application of sustainable solutions for energy utilization focusing on technology and state-of-
the-art information will be highlighted.

TENTATIVE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

30 NOV 2015 Tutorial

1st DEC 2015 (DAY 1)

SUB-THEME: ELECTRICAL SAFETY
SUB-THEME: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT
SUB-THEME: ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CODES AND STANDARDS

2nd DEC 2015 (DAY 2)

SUB-THEME: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
SUB-THEME: NEW FRONTIERS IN POWER ENGINEERING
SUB-THEME: RENEWABLE ENERGY

Registration fees for the conference include full participation at the conference, a set of conference proceedings in CD,
lunches, coffee breaks Foreign participants may pay the registration fees in Ringgit Malaysia or USD equivalent.
*For Online Registration, please log on to www.myiem.org.my for further details.
The closing date for the registration of the conference is by 15 November 2015
For
Visit our website www.iiec.org.my for more info and updates.