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July 2013Volume (4), Issue (7)

Keynote Speakers

Professor Dr. Iven Mareels

Dean, School of Engineering,

University of Melbourne.

Ofcial launch of the conference

by Professor Dato Dr. Hassan Said,

Vice Chancellor & President,

Taylors University.

Mr. Arnold

Senior Production Manager,

Shell Rening Companies.

Invited guests and the faculty members of Taylors University School of Engineering in a group photo.

EURECA (Engineering

Undergraduate Researchand Catalysis) Conference 2013July 1-2

The inaugural EURECA conference is the rst conference in Malaysia that caters

specically for undergraduate engineering students, giving them a platform to

present their nal year research work.

As a requirement for graduation for all Taylors University School of Engineeringnal year students, the conference has seen the participation of 73 nal year

engineering students from Taylors University and 1 participant from the University

of Nottingham, Malaysia.

The aim of this conference is to help undergraduate students develop their

research skills and experience the networking opportunities with industry and

academic experts. The keynote speakers for EURECA 2013 were Dr. Dian Darina

Indah bt Daruis from the National Defence University of Malaysia, Mr. Arnold Teo

from Shell Malaysia and Professor Iven Mareels from the University of Melbourne.


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Taylors University Engineering Fair July 2013July 5

Taylors Engineering Fair is an event held traditionally every

semester to showcase the innovative concepts, ground-

breaking inventions and revolutionary ideas of the engineering

students of Taylors University, which are then judged by

academic experts and leading industry representativesbased on various categories. There were 128 groups from all

the three disciplines - Mechanical, Chemical and Electrical

Engineering - taking part in the fair. From Race Car to War

Robots, Pyrolysis Cooking Stove to Bioethanol Production

Plants, Brain Controlled wheelchair to 500 Megawatt Solar

Power Plant in range, these are just a tip of an iceberg of the

already impressive projects that were showcased at the July

2013 Taylors Engineering Fair.

In other words, it is a full-spectrum exhibition of the future

technologies painstakingly designed and crafted by the

engineering students for the future generations.

It Moves!!!

Award:Taylors Grand Challenge Amphibian

Vehicle Race

Amphibian vehicle is an important mode of transportation

that is used by many all over the world eg: military purpose,

emergency. Realising the importance of this vehicle, desires

to instill students designing skills coupled with a sense of

responsibility, sustainability and creativity.

Team Members: Oh Wei Szin, Chew Hong Jun,

Melvin Mok Poh Chuen, Chong Chiang Hoong,

Ricky Saputra

Sem1

Judging in progress for the Nanouid

Cooling System for Solar Panels.


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Sem2 Taylors Racing Team

Award:

Best Ergonomic Design Project Award

This project is a double-seater racing car powered by a Honda cbr250r

engine, which will compete in the 2013 EIMA race at the Melaka InternationalMotorsport Circuit.

Team Members: Justin Moo Xian Yuen, Naresh Jeyapalan,

Jason Law Sie Wei, Ivan Chai Voon Kian, Leroy Liaw Kwok Leung,

Khine Thin Zar Sint, Fatemah Donyamali

Sem2Easy-Disposal Cat Litter Box

Award:

Highest Marketing Potential Project Award

One of the hassles of owning a cat is to clean its waste from the litter box.

This project is designed to make this process easier, especially for those who

own a lot of cats. Instead of picking the faeces one-by-one, this device will

allow cat owners to rid them all in one go.

Team Members: Muhammad Anas, Tengku Mohamad Faris Bin TengkuSalehudin, Terry Vun, Lee Jia Hin, Manish Kumar Sing Domun

Sem2 Chairish Life

Award:

Best Return on Investment Project Award

This chair implements a stretching mechanism that allows

users to ex their muscles within reachable space even in the

midst of a hectic routine. Stretching improves ones blood

circulation when he/she sits down for too long. By applying

ergonomic principles, this chair helps boost productivity and

efciency of the user.

Team Members: Lee Pak Kee, Kong Ye Kai, Sze Zi Cheng,Teh Kai Ren, Heng Jing Lei, Wong Jing Jie


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Sem3

Judging in progress for the Briefcase

Size Biodiesel Plant from House

Cooking Oil (GG Tank).

Briefcase Size Biodiesel Plant from House Cooking Oil (GG Tank)

Award:

Best Multidisciplinary Project Award

Aimed at converting waste cooking oil into biodiesel,

this is the product of the hard and united work of thisgroups members. Made out of recyclable materials,

it is not only environmental friendly but also aids in

generating income for people in rural areas.

Team Members: Sun Yeng Joe, Gavin Neo Hung Ming,

Chin Meei Huey, Choon Zhe Shyi, Tan Wei Tar

Pyrolysis Cooking Stove

Award:

Best Environmentally Friendly Design

Project Award

This project develops an environmental-friendly cooking stovethat uses biomass as fuel to generate heat. A secondary air

supply is introduced to ensure complete combustion takes

place.

Team Members: Aiman Bin Yusri, Aisyah Hanis Binti Abdul Aziz,

Justin Leong Chee Mun, Ling Tek Soon, Low Shen Hin

Sem3

Sem3

Nanocarbon Capture from Diesel Exhaust

Award:

Best Return on Investment Project Award

This project designed a cyclone separator that is able to

separate nanoparticles from diesel exhaust which may be

harmful to human bodies.

Team Members: Yap Zhu Wei, Kok Cher Zheng,

Khor Shern Huong, Tan Yi Jin, Yeoh Woanlin

Sem3


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Sem4

Sem4

Palm Oil Efuent Treatment &

Preparation of Activated Carbon

Award:

Best Environmentally Friendly Design

Project Award

This project aims to produce activated carbon from oil

palm shell and use it for wastewater treatment replacing

the existing method to reduce the cost for wastewater

treatment.

Team Members: Saravanakumar A/L Rajentheran,

Alicia Cheok Pei Yin, Ma Qianyi, Yong Mun Yee

Herbal Processing Technology

Award:

Most Innovative Design Project Award

This is a new product using a medicinal herb (betel

leaves) for its known bio-activity, which can be used as

soap and/or toothpaste.

Team Members: Ameena Ali (Jaime), Mariam

Abdul Hafeez, Aisyah Fadhilah Bt Mahmood Azmy,

Chia Wan Teng

Snapshots of the engineering projects

displayed at the fair.

Palm Oil Cutter & Collection System

Award:

Best CAD/CAM Design Project Award

This project aims to create a smarter way to harvest oil palm

fruits to reduce the difculties faced by plantation workers.

Team Members: Joshua Chieng Lie Yang, Chia Voon Kui, Tan

Chee Hong, Mok Chui Jet, Lee Neng Yung, Lee Pei Ying

Sem4


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Sem 5

Students demonstrating their

Fit 2 Space project.

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Award:

Taylors Capstone Project Prize

The objective of this project is to design a polyvinyl chloride

(PVC) production plant that will convert the basic components

(chlorine & ethylene) into the intermediary product, vinyl chloride

monomer (VCM) and nally to PVC. To complete this project,

application of knowledge regarding ow sheeting, process energy

integration, process modelling using simulation software (i.e.

Unisim) and equipment sizing.

Team Members: Siow Yea Ying, Lai Chooi San, Tsu Weng Huang,

Ho Szu Jie

Biodiesel Production

Award:


This project is to produce biodiesel from extraction of algae

oil via transesterication process.

Team Members: Joanne Chan Wan Rou, Phing Hui Min, Kalananthni,

Chun Eugene

Sem5

Sem5

Conceive & Design a Human-Powered Vehicle & Its

Associated Manufacturing Plant

Award:


A human powered vehicle (HPV) can be dened as a type of vehicle, which

uses only human muscle power as the input energy to allow movement of

the vehicle itself. This project aims to improve the ergonomic and safety of

the design of a HPV. Besides that, a manufacturing plant is modeled to mass

produce the vehicle.

Team Members: Pang Zong Xin, Chan Jian Sheng, Yap Kian Hoong,

Lim Ze Qian, Lim Ming Tat

Sem5


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Sem6 Production of Methyl Tertiary Buthyl

Ether (MTBE)

Award:


Incorporating chemical process design skills, this designproject covers the production of methyl tertiary butyl

ether (MTBE) that belongs to a group of chemicals

known as oxygenates. The MTBE plant production

capacity of 300,000 metric tonnes per year is utilised

in the automotive industry where the oxygenate acts

as an additive in fuel for gasoline engines to enhance

combustion process and reduce the emissions of exhaust

pollutants. Acting as an octane enhancer, MTBE is an

ideal substitute for lead in the blending of gasoline.

Team Members: Fang Yan Kai, Khoo Meow Shan,

Nor Azhreeha Binti Abdul Hamed

Human Powered Vehicle

Award:


This project is to develop human powered vehicle for

the HPV Inter-Uni competition. This vehicle has to purelyoperate using human power without engines. The HPV

is required to deliver maximum energy transmission in

order to win the race.

Team Members: Low Kean Peng, Wong Chyishen,

Pang Chuan Yao

Sem6

Human Powered Vehicle (HPV)

Award:


This project is a three-wheeler HPV, specially developed

to compete in the race.

Team Members: Dominic Ang Ding Xiong,

Ng Kun Yong, Lim Wei Kit, Gabriel Ngui Kai Zhneg,

Michael Loon Chee Yan

Sem6

Panel of judges brieng session.


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Sem8

Sem8 Developing an Integrated Approach

for Experimental Modal Analysis of

Multi-Bent Copper Phosphorous Tubes

(by Cheok Jian Tyng)

Award:Taylors Research Prize (Individual)

This project was conducted to design an EMA test to

gauge the impact hammer modal testing on multibent

oxidised phosphorus copper tube within the interesting

frequency range of 1Hz to 200Hz. The test xture needs

to be designed by following the general principles

of vibration of a test xture design by altering the

resonances out of the range of testing.

Heat Transfer Enhancements Using CNT

Nanouids in a Turbulent Flow Heat

Exchanger(by Ong Seik San)Award:

Taylors Research Prize (Individual)

Suspensions of Nano-sized particles (


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Sem8

Automatic Car-Plate Detection &

Recognition System(by Ng Simin)

Award:


This project aims to improve the automatic number plate

recognition system.

Drying Kinetics & Total Phenolic

Content of Dried Mentha ArvensisLeaves(by Wong Siew Fan)

Award:


The objective of this study is to investigate the effects

of natural sun drying and infrared drying on drying

characteristics and total phenolic content of MA leaves.

Drying temperature of infrared dried MA leaves was

ranged from 50C - 80C and average natural sun drying

temperature was 30C- 45C.

Se

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Design & Development of Single-Sided

Linear Induction Motor

(by Khumira Ismail)

Award:


Linear motor provides a linear motion of thrust along its

axis. In this project, height to width ratio of the permanent

magnets is varied to investigate the change to the motors

thrust characteristics.

Mems Biosensor: The Elecmagnetism

Approach(by Chan Ching Hong)

Award:Taylors Research Prize (Individual)

The project uses elecmagnetism theory to test the

hypothesis of MEMS biosensors using inductance to sense

the existance of pathogens.

Sem8

Sem8

Group photo during the closing

ceremony of Taylors Engineering Fair.


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Taylors Human Powered Vehicle Race

CO2Car Competition

July 7

July 7

The third year, second semester

students from Taylors University School

of Engineering participated in the

inaugural Taylors Human Powered

Vehicle Race THPV. Four teams

participated in the race, each with their

own human powered vehicle. The HPVs

were conceived, designed, implemented

throughout the year as part of the

Mechanical Engineering Capstone

Project module; and operated in the

race by one of the team members.

The qualifying session of the race

consists of the each team completing

a lap and locking in the lap time. The

best lap time determined the position

of the team on the starting grid. Team

1s HPV was piloted by Domonic Ang

Carbon dioxide car (CO2car) competition 2013 was

successfully held on 8thJuly 2013 at Taylors University,

Lakeside Campus. A total of 48 teams consisting of high

school students in Klang Valley competed in the event.

The objective of the event is to develop critical thinking

skills and cultivate team work among school students via

engineering projects.

Team #1s HPV piloted by Dominic Ang.

Opening address by the Dean, School

of Engineering, Professor Dr. Mushtak

Al-Atabi.

Team #2s HPV piloted

by Ahmad Fikri.

Group Photo of the contestants of the HPV Race.

and completed the qualifying session in

rst place with a time of 25.3 seconds,

10 seconds ahead of the second place

team, Team 2. The HPVs for Team 2,

3 and 4 were piloted by Ahmad Fikri,

Mohaymen Khan and Low Kean Peng

respectively. The race consisted of 5

laps. Team 1 dominated the race and

nished the race a lap ahead of the

second place team, Team 2.


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Prize giving ceremony tothe winners.

Awards Team School

Best Presentation Formula 5 Tsun Jin High School

Best Researched Project Neonites SMJK Chong Hwa

Most Cost Effective Project Big Axle Donuts Sri Emas International School

Most Creative Project Jetpack Joyride Wesley Methodist School

Best Supportive Teacher Pn. Sin SMK Taman Desa

Best Poster Moving Forward Catholic High School

2nd Runner Up Mighty Minds SMJK Chong Hwa

1st Runner Up Big Axle Donuts Sri Emas International School

Champion Tsun Jin C Tsun Jin High School

Participating teams were required to construct a model vehicle

which is capable of carrying a 500ml bottle. The model vehicle

must be powered by carbon dioxide (CO2) and travel the

distance specied.

Each team presented and explained their model vehicles

technical characteristics to a panel of judges, who then

evaluate the teams based on their creative design ideas and

initiatives. Next, the cars were released one by one along a

runway to compete against each other according to the

specied travelling distance. Cars were not to travel beyond

the set limit of 5.5 meters. Other than teams presentation

and creativeness of the model, the research model, the cost

effectiveness of building the model and the poster is alsotaken into consideration as part of the winning criteria.

During the closing ceremony of the competition, the

following awards were presented to the respective winners:


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Ofcial Visit by Founder and

President of MINDS

First Foundation inEngineering Orientation

July 16

July 23

Academician Tan Sri Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr. Augustine S.H. Ong, the President of the Malaysian Invention and Design

Society (MINDS), and MINDS Executive Secretary, Chrys Tee,

visited Taylors Technology Innovation Centre (TTIC) on the

16thJuly 2013. Present at the visit to welcome the guests

were Taylors University Vice Chancellor and President,

Professor Dato Dr. Hassan Said; Dean School of Engineering,

Professor Dr. Mushtak Al-Atabi; Dean School of Architecture,

Building and Design, Mr. Tony Liew; Deputy Dean of Taylors

Design School, Mr. Ken Tan; Associate Dean (International

Relations) of Taylors Design School, Charles Naidu; Design

Schools lecturer, Mr. Stephen Poon and Director of TTIC,

Associate Professor Dr. Edwin Chung.

Tan Sri Ong visit was at the invitation of Mr. Stephen Poon

who as a committee member of MINDS noticed similarities

in some of the objectives of the two organisations and how

the two organisations can complement each other. At the

core of this discussion was how the two organisations can

work together to promote the practice of innovation within

the country especially to secondary school students. Possible

research collaboration and the appointment of Tan Sri Ong as

an Adjunct Professor were also discussed.

The inaugural intake of 79 Foundation in Engineering students

kick-started with the orientation week on 23rdto 25thJuly2013. Professor Dr. Mushtak Al-Atabi, Dean of SOE, presented

exciting concepts on the need to be an engineer to the new

babies during his opening speech. Ir. Dr. Satesh Narayana

Namasivayam, the Deputy Dean of SOE, also introduced the

academic regulations and code of conduct to the students.

Taylors University, Lakeside Campus (JPT/BPP/1000-801/67/Jld.2(32) KPT/JPS/DFT/US/B21)No.1, Jalan Taylors, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Group photo with Tan Sri Ong (third from

right) at the end of the ofcial visit.

Professor Dr. Mushtak

Al-Atabi brieng students

during FIE orientation.

Tan Sri Ong presented a coffee table publication

as souvenir to Prof. Dato Dr. Hassan.

The new students were

engrossed with the talk by

Ir. Dr. Satesh.

(603) 5629 5000 [email protected] www.taylors.edu.my(603) 5629 5001

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