IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

Third Quarter | July – September 2014

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IEEE Region 10 Annual General Meeting, 22 Aug 2014

A total of 120 delegates from 48 sections convened at Elicium 2 at RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam. Amsterdam

is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the

cultural capital of the Netherlands. An introduction to Amsterdam since 1600 by Radboud Molijin eased the

backdrop of R10 AGM. Two addresses by WIE Chair, Nita Patel and YP Chair, Timothy Wong led the meeting with

updates and happenings at their respective affinity groups. Briefing on National Society Agreements was given by

Joseph V. Lillie followed by two presentations: R10 History Coordinator, Isao Shirakawa, and R10 Young

Professionals Coordinator, Ko Kikuta. R10 Director Toshio Fukuda delivered his welcome address through

telepresence.

Video-conferencing - welcome address by

Prof Fukuda

Delegates from 48 R10 Sections

Additionally, the result of a social media campaign ‘I join IEEE’

was announced by Gowtham Prasad. The Innovation Category

Award went to Asma Sajid of Lahore Section while the Popular

Category Award went to Chelliah Ramachadran of Madras

Section.

Nancy Ostin presented IEEE-ETA KAPPA NU to capture the

interests of student members with added prestige and visibility .

T. S. Rangarajan informed the delegates that Technology

Management Council (TMC) will become Technology and

Engineering Management Society (TEMS) with membership

starting 2 September 2014. The TEMS mission is to “advance,

enhance, and improve essential management knowledge and

skills of IEEE members”. This society is relevant as more

technology professionals are called to function as executives

besides focusing on technology.

Reports on TENSYMP 2014 and R10-HTC 2014 were also

presented. Addresses by President-Elect Candidates 2015

comprising Tariq Durrani, Frederick Mintzer, and Barry Shoop,

with Q & A raised interesting questions on their aspirations for

members and career development as well as increasing IEEE

value for members, professionals and the public. The AGM

adjourned at 12.15 pm. R10 Delegates in Amsterdam

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A count of 1063 IEEE attendees comprising staff, primary delegates from 296 sections,

secondary delegates from 127 sections, exhibitors, and sponsors convened at IEEE Sections

Congress 2014 (SC2014). Attendees could use the SC2014 mobile application or Web site to

view the program schedule, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors. They can also connect with

other attendees and interact via social media. There were five 75-minute Breakout Sessions

apart from 62 Learning Labs and 38 IGNITE! Sessions. Furthermore, the presentations were

linked to session topics.

Robothespian, a life sized interactive humanoid robot, thrilled the attendees with greetings,

expressions and a choice of coloured LED body lighting. Robothespian is remote control

from a tablet PC with telepresence.

Sections Congress is a triennial

gathering of IEEE grassroots

leadership to:

network with other Section

leaders;

attend training programs;

develop recommendations to

guide the future of IEEE.

This year IEEE Member and

Geographic Activities (MGA)

Board partnered with Region 8 in

hosting IEEE Sections Congress

2014 (SC2014) in Amsterdam,

Netherlands, at the Rai

Convention Center, from 22 to 24

August 2014.

2014 Sections Congress

Welcome to SC2014 Breakout Session: Leadership

Development for Volunteers IGNITE! Session: Using Distinguished

Lecturers to Inspire and Attract Members

Learning Lab Noorden: IEEE Awards

Program Learning Lab Zuiden: Professional

productivity and Collaboration Tool

(PPCT): Networks and Research

Senior Member Update Results - 12 April 2014 SM Panel Meeting

Last Name First Name Society

Ahmad Siti Control Systems Society

Bashir Nouruddeen Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society

Gnanagurunathan Gnanam Antennas and Propagation Society

Taher Montadar

Tin Chin-Che Electron Devices Society

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More on SC2014

The 2014 IEEE Honors Ceremony was held on 23

August 2014 with the theme “Inspire” The honorees are

those who have served to inspire others as leaders within

industry and academia. There are those whose work

itself is the inspiration that drives successors to keep

moving the state-of-art forward. There were

presentations for Corporate Recognitions, Service

Awards, IEEE Honorary Membership, IEEE Joint Award

and IEEE Medals.

The Closing Ceremony was held on 24 August 2014. Tom

McKee, keynote speaker, spoke on volunteer experience.

Seismic shifts in volunteerism, and the knowledge-based

economy has resulted in a new breed of volunteers. Volunteer

leaders do not manage volunteers but empower them.

Additionally, volunteer leaders do not ask for a long-term

commitment but a one-time event commitment. Primary Section

Delegates had voted for five (5) prioritized recommendations

during IEEE Sections Congress 2014.

Closing Ceremony

Delegates leaving their marks on the

memorable banner which will be displayed

during the next Sections Congress

SPOTLIGHTS

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IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group Special Session was held on the 15th of April 2014 in conjunction with the IEEE

Region-10 Technical Symposium 2014 at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This event was held

to provide a platform for women engineers in IEEE to understand more about WIE, to network and to share their

success stories. This event, chaired by Dr. Lee Yoot Khuan, was joined by about 25 participants, which comprises of

both men and women engineers and academicians in engineering. Prof. Dr. Takako Hashimoto, IEEE WIE Region-10

Coordinator, spoke about the mission of WIE, which among others are to recognize outstanding women engineers,

advocate women in leadership roles, and to facilitate the development of programs and activities that promote entry

into and retention of women in engineering through a video presentation. She also urged all the participants to engage

in activities that can promote a ‘zero gender gap society’. Finally, she congratulated WIE Malaysia in successfully

organizing this event. WIE Malaysia was honored to have Ir. Hjh. Khalidah Binti Haron (former Managing Director of

the New ILSAS, TNB) to give an inspiring and lively talk on ‘Charting Your Own Journey, Defining Your Own

Success’. Ir. Khalidah challenged the participants to question the meaning of success, the importance of being

successful, and the types of ideal outcomes desired by each individual. She shared her success stories and encouraged

us to be self-actualizing leaders. Best paper awards sponsored by Region-10 WIE were also presented to three young

women engineers. The winners were selected based on the technical content and presentation of their papers.

Nadia Tan Mei Lin

Secretary WIE Affinity Group

Ir. Hjh. Khalidah on ‘Charting

Your Own Journey, Defining

Your Own Success’

Attendees of the IEEE Malaysia

WIE-Affinity-Group Special Session

2014 IEEE EDS Malaysia Final Year Project (FYP) Award in Micro

and Nanoelectronics

IEEE EDS Malaysia has awarding the best Final Year Project (FYP) Award to

micro and nanoelectronics engineering undergraduate students in local and private

universities in Malaysia. Winners will receive a certificate and RM100 monetary

award. Three undergraduate students have received their awards with details as

follows.

The annual Final Year Project Poster Presentation was held on the 21st of May

2014 at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM. The “Best

Project Award” was awarded to Khairul Akif Bin Mohd. Azmi with the project

entitled “Fabrication and Characterization of Transparent Conductors based on

Carbon Nanotube for Display Application”.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

successfully organized the Electronics and Computer Engineering Exposition

(ECEX 2014) on May 19, 2014 at UTM which showcased the work of final year

undergraduate students from the fields of signal processing, VLSI and

microelectronics, embedded and FPGA design, and biomedical electronics. The

IEEE EDS Malaysia FYP Award in Microelectronics was bagged by Ms Nor

Farhana Ramli with her project entitled “Fabrication of Porous Silicon for pH-

based Biosensor” .

On the 19th of June 2014, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

(ECE), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) held the poster

presentation for their final year undergraduate students at the department itself. The

IEEE EDS Malaysia Chapter awarded the best FYP in micro/nanoelectronics to Mr

Abdul Azim b. Rashid for his project entitled “Investigation On The Effects Of

Radiations On GaAs Solar Cell For Satellite Application”.

Submitted by P Susthitha Menon

Khairul Akif with his presentation

WIE Special Session at 2014 TENSYMP

Award presented to Nor Farhana Ramli

Abdul Azim receiving his Award