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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180712 Site Visit To Malaysia Meteorological Department

    Date 12 July 2018 Time 2:00pm - 5:30pm Venue Malaysia Meteorological Department, Petaling Jaya Organizer UCSI IET On-Campus Trainers - Attendance 39 students Objective To expose students to radar and satellite technologies which are used to detect and predict the weather. To understand and learn the workings on how the weather can be read, monitored, and displayed in real-time. To understand how predictions and forecasting is done to prevent or minimize casualties. To witness the working of equipment. To get a glimpse of career possibilities as a Communications major. Details The event begins by gathering and registering the students at Block A lobby and will travel to Malaysian Meteorological Department by bus. The  estimated number of participants is 40. Upon reaching the destination, the…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180630 AutoCad Workshop

    Date 30 June 2018 Time 9am-1pm Venue 203, Block K, UCSI University North Wing Organizer UCSI IET On-Campus Trainers Tai Kar Wai, Chong Ying Hai and Pang Kah Hoe Attendance 15 students  Objective To provide the students a platform to learn AutoCAD software. To ease students in doing their project design using AutoCAD software. To explore students with the possibilities and shortcuts of AutoCAD software. Details The event take place in UCSI University North Wing. The registration will start from 9am till 10am. Then we will start off by teaching the students the basic drawing of AutoCAD and the hotkeys at the same time. After the teaching session, we will provide them some practices to do. There will be tutors there to guild them on how to finish the practices we gave. Lastly, we will take a photo…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180629 Site Visit To MCMC Cyberjaya

    Date 29th June 2018 Time 9am-1pm Venue MCMC Cyberjaya Organizer UCSI IET On-Campus Trainers - Attendance 28 students and 6 lecturers Objective To learn about MCMC as a government agency responsible for regulating the implementation of policies in relation to communication, multimedia sector. To expose students to the Digital Lifestyle Malaysia (DLM) Experiential Learning Space. To explore about our world of a Connected Smart Digital Malaysia where ICT drives innovation and transformation in many aspects. Details The participants will need to arrive in UCSI University for registration at 8.15am and will depart at 8:30am and arrived at MCMC Cyberjaya at 9am. The person-in-charge of our visit in MCMC Cyberjaya will bring us to walk around the place and introduce us the myMaker IoT Lab. The time…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180602 IET's Faraday Challenge

    Date 2 nd June 2018 Time 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Venue Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar international school, Seremban Organizer Organized by IET Young Professional Session Malaysia and supported by Gieption Sdn. Bhd. and UCSI IET Trainers Koh Jia Shun(Leader), Tai Kar Wai, Chong Ying Hai, Low Jia Wei, Pang Kah Hoe, Jordan Lee Syuen Zhen and Chin Lit Pern Attendance 57 students Objective To encourage students to develop their interest in STEM field. To allow the students to know briefly about 4 th Industrial Revolution Details The workshop start with the primary student. While Koh Jia Shun was teaching, the others tutors were guiding and ensuring the primary student get to follow the flow of the workshop. We can see that the kids are enjoying themselves while learning the micro::bit. Some of them are quite fast…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180314 Pi-Day

    Date 14 th March 2018 Time 9:00am – 4:00pm Venue Block E level 4, UCSI University South Wing Organizer UCSI IET On-Campus Attendance 30 students Objective To develop participants' critical thinking skills while doing calculation problems. To honor pi as this special constant shows up in many disciplines, including chemistry, physics and mathematics. To engage participants with pi day so that they can remember this very meaningful day in the future. Details The students were given 9 questions that  was related to pi. The questions were made in such a way that they would learn more about pi. Their last question or task is to memorize the pi value as much as they can. Many students manage to memorize 10 digit long. While participating in this event, students were tested for their critical thinking…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180309 Present Around The World (University Level)

    Date 9 th March 2018 Time 2:00pm – 5.00 pm Venue Block K208, UCSI University North Wing Organizer UCSI IET On-Campus Trainers - Attendance 4 participants Objective To provide a platform for young engineers and technicians to develop their presentation skills. To improve the communication skills and interpersonal skills which are essential for future career. To build connections with fellow participants around the globe. To allow participants to take initiative to learn more about current technology Details Emcees welcome the judges, audiences and participants. He gave a short brief about the rules and regulations of this competition. After every presentation, the judges gave some feedback on their presentation. After all the participants have finish their presentation, the judges discussed…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180307 IET's Faraday Challenge

    Date 7 th March 2018 Time 10:30 am – 11:30 am Venue Block E level 4, Design Project Studio E&E Laboratory, UCSI University South Wing Organizer Head of Department (E&E) & IET YPS Chairman, Dr. John Tan, Dr. Susan Tiang, Dr. Lim Wei Hong & Mr. Manickam and supported by UCSI IET On Campus student committee members Trainers Tai Kar Wai (leader), Chong Ying Hai, Pang Kah Hoe, Yang Jen Bin, Ngo Kah Lock, Koh Jia Shun and Low Jia Wei Attendance 30 secondary students Objective To encourage students to develop their interest in STEM field. To allow the students to know briefly about 4 th Industrial Revolution Details The workshop was kick started by Dr. John Tan, the Head of Electrical  and Electronic Engineering Department. He gave a brief idea on what is  an engineer, the 4th Industrial Revolution…

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  • [UCSI IET OC]:180210 Arduino Workshop

    Date 10 th February 2018 Time 8:30 am – 5.30 pm Venue Block K207, UCSI University North Wing Organizer UCSI IET On-Campus supported by UCSI IEEE-HKN Mu Alpha, UCSI Robotic Club and Gieption Company Trainers Mr. Voon Yoon Nam and Committee Member of UCSI IET On-Campus and UCSI-HKN Mu Alpha Attendance 17 students Objective To encourage young engineers and technicians to develop their presentation skills in this fun and friendly environment. To improve the communication skills and teamwork among the participants which are essential for future career. To expose student in exploring the endless possibilities of Arduino for the application of Electrical and Electronic (E&E) sector To build up the Arduino programming community To uphold everyone can programming core value in publicizing programming…

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  • [IET-USM OC]:181212 Technical Sharing - Exploratory Data Analytic In Graphical View

    Synopsis of Workshop: Data visualization using graphics and plots at the beginning stage of analytics can help researchers to observe the pattern of data distribution and hence suggest the possible analytic strategies. In fact, there are a few guidelines that can be followed to produce a good graph which is capable to convey the message effectively. At the end of the day, audience will be able to choose and plot the right graph by looking at the size, properties and the types of data.

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  • [IET-USM OC]:181205 Technical Sharing - Experimental Design Concept

    Synopsis of Workshop: Experimental design is a process of planning a test, which collects the right amount and types of data to answer a question of interest. In engineering, experimental design is useful for analyzing failure, tuning design parameters, optimizing system performance, validating system design etc. This sharing aims to provide audience the basic principles of experimental design and step-by-step procedures to obtain more statistically results from experiments and hence improve the quality of the work. Reported by: Tan Earn Tzeh

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  • [IET-USM OC]:181128 Bonding Day & Life Skill Workshop

    In   order to strengthen the bond of committees of USM OC, the members had a bonding day on 28 Nov where we gathered to have a workshop “ How to Write Courteously ”, conducted by Dr. Goh Hui Weng  from 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm . Dr. Goh is a certified trainer by HRDF Malaysia & Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications and indeed we have a very fruitful workshop. After the workshop, all of the members had a wonderful barbecue session together. We believe we are now able to work even well together to make USM OC better in future. Synopsis of Workshop: Writing is one of the most important skill in our learning journey. It helps us to convey our idea and deal or interact with people more effectively. In fact, most of the first introduction we have with a person is through the written medium and sometimes…

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  • [IET-USM OC]:181019 Twinning Program with UNITEN OC

    IET-USM OC did a collaboration with UNITEN OC during the Faraday Challenge organized on the 20th Oct where their volunteers came over to give their support and assistance to make that event a success. The committees from both sides bonded really well together and we had exchanged ideas about IET. Other than that, we also have a great badminton session. Thanks to Mr. Alvin Chua for arranging the visit and we definitely look forward to having more collaborations in the future.  Reported by: Tan Earn Tzeh

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  • [IET-USM OC]:181017 STEM Talk

    IET-USM OC had traveled to three schools in Penang (Jit Sin High School, Chung Ling Butterworth High School & Heng Ee High School)  on  17 Oct  to introduce to the students on the upcoming IET Faraday Challenge that is happening on 20 Oct at USM Engineering Campus. At the same time, we also give a simple workshop to the students on how to do coding on BBC micro:bit .  Reported by: Tan Earn Tzeh

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  • Are You Attending 5G - The Advent?

    The IET’s event on 5G is nearly here and we have an exciting line up of speakers scheduled for the day    Wednesday 30 January 2019 IET Savoy Place, London, UK Register here Dr Reza Karimi Dr. Karimi is Director at Huawei Technologies’ Corporate Strategy Department, with focus on technology standards and spectrum regulation. Until recently, he was Technical Policy Director at the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, with responsibilities in a range of spectrum management initiatives, including a review of the UK’s licence exemption framework, the auction of spectrum for 4G mobile communications at 800 MHz/2.6 GHz, and database-assisted access to TV white space spectrum. Previously, Mr. Karimi was with Bell Laboratories at Lucent Technologies, and Motorola GSM Products Division. He is the author…

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  • YPCC Meeting December 2018

    I had a wonder meeting with our YPCC Committee in London last December 2018, it was a very engaged and effective meeting with volunteers around the world. we started our meeting with a sweet and short team building led by Imran, follow by a list of agendas to complete. We had a great discussion on the like The Future of Membership, The Future of PEI and The Future of EC. I am enjoyed the brainstorming idea and providing our opinions for respective topics. At the second day, I had presented our Asia Pacific updates on the CC Market Stalls. The concept is each CC-YP Reps prepared their updates on a A2 paper. After the market stall, CC-Reps also present their plan on how to promote the Engineering Open House goes Global to YPCC committee. We ended our meeting at 3.30pm, I feel that YPCC meeting…

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  • Get A GRIP Of Your Handbook (IET London Network)

    “SME's are great for project progression, however a SME that can articulate technical complexity and risks based off experiences with working with all GRIP levels is more likely to understand that hazard logs are not a place to park issues" discussed Ivan Lucic Engineering Systems Director of Network Rail, at the Bob the Builder of the Railways: Systems Integration to the Rescue? event organised by the IET London Network held at the IET Savoy place. The skilled system integrator can produce an argument for and against technical-debt and justify what the risk actually is so your handbook has a truer reflection on systems integration.  From an assurance perspective, the 8 stages of GRIP ensures pre and post implementation success, as it lets you asks burning questions such as, what happens after…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • IET Merseyside And Western Cheshire Events Newsletter - January 2019 to September 2019 Is Now Available As An On-line Flip Book

    IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Events Newsletter - January 2019 to September 2019 is now available as an on-line flip book, please click the link  On-line flip book. The newsletter is also attached to this blog as a pdf file, the file size is 1.8Mb.  Twice per year, the Merseyside and Western Cheshire Local Network publishes an events newsletter.  The newsletter contains news about free events to attend, articles on past events and contact information for the local network.  The newsletter is available in hard copy, online flip book and pdf file.

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  • [IET-USM OC]:181020 Faraday Challenge (Penang)

    IET-USM OC has carried out the Faraday Challenge on the 20th of October 2018 . Our theme for this year was – Coding the Future. The purpose of this event is to instil interest of STEM related fields among high school students in addition to their daily learning in schools. The event was endorsed by the Education Department of Penang State and had managed to attract 52 students, separated into 9 groups, from all over Penang. The event was kicked off with welcoming remarks by Mr. Cheng Wei Han, President of IET-USM OC. In our version of Faraday Challenge, each team was given a BBC micro:bit to code for any real-time applications. In addition, we also provided every team with an equal number of virtual coins (Faraday Points) which could be used to exchange additional equipment or devices to develop…

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  • Greenpower Awareness Conference - Bournemouth and Poole College

    For anyone interested in STEM activities and helping young people set up a IET Formula 24 Electric Car Team to race in the Greenpower Education Trust races there is going to be a Greenpower Awareness Conference at Bournemouth Poole College on Wednesday 6 February full details at  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bournemouth-poole-college-greenpower-event-tickets-53536325591

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  • IET YPS Leadership Camp 2018/19

    IET YPS Malaysia Network had organized their annual team building event entitled "IET YPS Leadership Camp 2018/2019 " on 5th to 6th January 2018 at Carpe Diem Orchard Home Serendah.   A team building event with IET YPS Malaysia, IET Malaysia Local Network, IET Communities Committee Asia Pacific (CC-AP), IET YPS Singapore, IET YPS Brunei, IET YMS Hong Kong, IEM Young Engineers Section (YES), Monash Engineers Australia Monash Sunway Student Section, and not forgetting our beloved On Campus groups from all over the country, UTAR, UNITEN, UCSI, Swinburne, UoSM, Heriott Watt, Taylor's, USM, MMU Cyberjaya, MAHSA, TARUC and UiTM. This year's team building had a series of games, bbq dinner, Project Management Lifeskills (conducted by Michael Boon Heng), new On Campus introduction from MAHSA, TARUC…

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  • “Being An Engineering Technician Helped In My Job Interview”

    Earlier this year manufacturing engineer Frida Nzaba moved into a role at Rolls-Royce repairing jet engines – and she’s convinced that being an Engineering Technician (EngTech) helped her to get the job.Frida is now a Repair Capability Manufacturing Engineer at Rolls-Royce Engine Overhaul Services, based in Derby. Her working day is spent developing and implementing ways to repair jet engine components. “The main thing I enjoy is the fact that I can go into work and see various jet engines being stripped and assembled ready to dispatch to the customer; this is just mind blowing,” she says. Frida’s typical day involves the technical and interpersonal aspects of undertaking a repair, and she admits she loves the combination. “What excites me about my job is being able to identify a problem or…

  • Congratulations To New Year Honours Recipients!

    We’re delighted that several of our Fellows and Members have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s New Year Honours listing. Michelle Richmond FIET, Professor Hugh Griffiths FIET, Juergen Maier FIET, David Hughes FIET and Roger Medwell MIET were among those to receive honours. Michelle Richmond Michelle, our Director of Membership and Professional Development, has received an MBE for her work as an ambassador for women in engineering, for spearheading initiatives encouraging young people into STEM careers and for setting engineering standards. A 1990 winner of our Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award, Michelle started working for the IET in 2006. Since then she’s taken executive responsibility for a range of our activities promoting the development of future and current engineers. These range…

    Amy Wilson
    Amy Wilson

  • Calendar of events January – December 2019

    Proposed date of event Event details Event partners (if applicable) 5 - 6 Jan. ‘19 IET Malaysia Invite - Teambuilding and Leadership Program IET Malaysia 18 Jan. ‘19 Effective Public Speaking Soap Box by Edwin Lim   Jan. ’19 Technical Visit to Brunei Garisson   2 Feb. ‘19 Technical Talk: IET Wiring Regulations Update (Open Forum) by Dr Wiliam   16 Feb. ‘19 Technical Visit: Bukit Panggal Power Station   16 Feb. ’19 Technical Talk by University Brunei Darussalam (UBD) UBD 2 March ‘19 Technical Visit to Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) or Brunei Shell Tanker (BST)   9 March ‘19 National Present Around The World (PATW) Competition   16 March ‘19 Technical Visit to Solar Farm   March ‘19 Shell Eco-Marathon Competition   March ‘19 Professional Registration Workshop by Lim Sam Lee   6 Apr. ‘19 Technical…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • CCAP Meeting in Malaysia

    Meeting with IET Malaysia Network committee members Date: 05/01/2019 Time: 09:00am-05:00pm Venue: Aloft Hotel kuala LumpurIt was a great weekend meeting with CCAP Committee and IET Malaysia Network Committee at last Saturday (05/01/2019) We started our meeting with CCAP agenda and follow by meeting with Malaysia Network Commmittee. At 11:30am, our Malaysia Network Committee members joined in the meeting room. Dr.Leong (IET Malaysia Network Chair) introduced the IET Malaysia Network activities happened in 2018 to us. It was followed by Dr John (IET Malaysia YPS Immediate Past Chair) and Mr Indiran (IET Malaysia YPS Chair) presented the YPS activities and their planned events. We were fascinated by the overall events organised by Malaysia Network. At 12:30pm, CCAP committee members and IET Malaysia…

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