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Q3 Edition 2 July - Sept 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter JULY – SEPT, 2018 http://www.ieeemy.org/mysection Table of Contents From Editor 3 Achievement & Award 4 -2018 Awards Winner -IEEE Malaysia Section Awards - Call for Nominations 5 IEEE Malaysia Section Activities 6-8 – Membership Development – Educational Activities IEEE Malaysia Subsection Activities 9 - Sarawak Subsection Activities Chapters Activities 10-21 - IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter (APMTT) - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) - IEEE Control Systems Society (CS) - IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) - IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) - IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) - IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) - IEEE Penang EDS/MTT-S/SSCS Joint Chapter -IEEE Photonics Society (IPS), Malaysia Chapter - IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) - IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) Student Branch Activities 22 - University of Nottingham Malaysia Student Branch Special Events 23-28 - IEEE R10 Congress - IEEE SYWL Upcoming Events 29 Q3 Edition 3 July - Sept 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Message From the Editor It’s our pleasure to release a Q3 edition of 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section newsletter. This edition covers activities which have been conducted between the month of July to September, 2018. Section’s activities include Membership Development and Educational Activities including TISP- KPM STEM Initiative. We also received reporting articles from Sarawak Subsection,12 Technical Chapters, reporting articles from students activities including R10 and SYWL congress and 1 article from UNMC Student Branch. In this edition, we congratulate all IEEE Region 10 award winners and WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award . On behalf of the Executive Committee, well done! We greatly value your support and commitment. I would like to thank all who contributed the reporting articles to this edition. I hope that you find this newsletter informative and useful. Looking forward to your continued support in the newsletter activities. If you have any suggestions or comments, you can reach me at [email protected]. Kind regards and thank you. Haidawati Mohamad Nasir, Editor – IEEE Malaysia Newsletter Q3 Edition 4 July - Sept 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Achievement & Award Congratulations to the following units and individuals for receiving the 2018 awards R10 Student Activities Committee- Student Branch Award: IEEE Multimedia University Student Branch R10 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group Award: IEEE Malaysia Section WIE Affinity Group R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award: Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin R10 Student Activities Committee-Volunteer Award: Kong Sheng How & 2018 WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award Zuhaina Zakaria Q3 Edition 5 July - Sept 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Achievement & Awards IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION AWARDS Deadline 2018 30th Nov 2018 CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS CHAPTER/STUDENT BRANCH AWARD INDIVIDUAL AWARD Outstanding Chapter Outstanding Volunteer Large Chapter (120 members or more) Outstanding WIE Volunteer Medium Chapter (51-119 members) Outstanding YP Volunteer Small Chapter (50 members or less) Outstanding Student Volunteer Outstanding Student Branch Q3 edition Jul-Aug, 2018 6 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Membership Development Reported by Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin [email protected] IEEE Malaysia Membership Development (MD)—Senior Membership Elevation Program Senior members are very important for IEEE Malaysia because of several reasons. Senior membership provides a platform for loyal members to get recognized for their professional contribution to the fields that are important to IEEE; it is the highest grade that members can apply. For the past four years, we have seen reducing number of members (as observed in all regions and countries), but the number of senior members continued to grow. Being a senior member encourages them to retain their membership and in turn, to offer their time as volunteers. By the end of September 2018, ten senior membership elevation workshops have been conducted throughout the country, including Sabah and Sarawak. In order to maximize resources, Malaysia section collaborated with several chapters and student branches as Universiti Teknologi Petronas well as the subsections as listed in the table below. This year, the attendance has been very encouraging. For this effort, Malaysia section received the R10 MD Incentive Grants award under “retention” and “SM elevation” categories. The impacts from past efforts together with other MD activities contributed to the award of “2018 Outstanding Section Membership Retention Performance”. Universiti Malaysia Sabah International Islamic University Malaysia Taylor’s University Region (Venue Location) Co-Organizers Date Speakers & Facilitators #attendees Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) & Central (Taylor’s Lakeside) Section 2 July 2018 40 Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) Central (UiTM Shah Alam) Section/EduSoc 18 July 2018 Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) 27 Northern (UTP Perak) Section 20 July 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 10 Sabah (UMS Sabah) Section/Sabah Subsection 30 July 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 7 Section/WIE/IMS/ Central (IIUM Gombak) 6 Aug 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 20 IIUM SB/UniKL SB Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) & Southern (UTM Skudai) Section/PES 12 Aug 2018 15 Dr Md Pauzi Abdullah (UTM) Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi (UNIMAS) & Sarawak (UNIMAS) Sarawak Subsection 2 Aug 2018 7 Dr David Bong (UNIMAS) Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi (UNIMAS) & Sarawak (Swinburne) Sarawak Subsection 3 Aug 2018 2 Dr David Bong (UNIMAS) Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi (UNIMAS) & Sarawak (UCTS, Sibu) Sarawak Subsection 27 Aug 2018 15 Dr David Bong (UNIMAS) Central (TM R&D) Section/APMTTEMC/WIE 28 Sep 2018 Dr Zuhaina Zakaria (UiTM) 12 Northern (USM Eng) Section/OES/WIE/USM SB 17 Oct 2018 Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin (UTP) 20 Q3 Edition 7 July - Sept 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Membership Development Reported by Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin [email protected] IEEE Malaysia Membership Development (MD)—Senior Membership Elevation Program The main reason why Malaysia section decided to conduct the SM elevation is because it recognized that members face several challenges to submit the applications. First, they don’t have time to write all the necessary details. The 3-hour hands-on workshop provided the time for them to work on the application. Second, most members feel that SM elevation is out of their reach and that the requirements for 10 years of experience and 5 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai years of significant achievements are too high for them to achieve, especially those who are in their thirties, especially in the academics. Many people mistook the 10 years of experience with the years of IEEE membership. During the workshop, the facilitators explained the requirements listed in the light-blue shaded boxes below. The last and most important reason for having the workshop is because of the third requirement. During the Universiti Teknologi MARA workshop (sometimes after), facilitators assist applicants by introducing the potential referees, typically those from 2017 2018 46 the same organizations where they currently work. 26 SM applications are assessed and approved by the 22 14 Admissions & Advancement (A&A) committee, which 9 8 8 7 9 9 convene six times a year. The number of Malaysia section members elevated in each A&A meeting for 2017 & 2018 Feb Apr June Aug Oct Nov Feb Apr June Aug Oct Nov are shown in the chart on the right. In addition, as of the end of September 2018, 50 new SM applicants have got their applications completed with all required referees and Requirements for Senior Membership Elevation should be elevated during the Oct A&A meeting. There 1.10 years of Professional Experience* are 34 other applications which are still pending one or 2.5 years of Significant Performance more references and will be brought to the future A&A 3.References: Required from Senior Members, meetings when all referees have submitted their referrals. Fellows or Honorary Members -2 if nominated, 3 if self nominated *Education contributes to the number of years of professional experience: • 3 years for a BS in an IEEE-designated field, or • 4 years for a Masters, or • 5 years for a Telekom Malaysia R&D Dr Jacey & Dr David facilitating the workshops in Sarawak Doctorate Q3 Edition 8 July - Sept 2018 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Education Activities Reported by LEE Yoot Khuan, Education Activities Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section ([email protected]) IEEE Malaysia EA TISP at KPM Colloquium on Scope: Educational Outreach | Continuing STEM Education Zon Kelantan, Universiti Malaysia Education/Professional Development | Accreditation Kelantan, 14Aug2018 Seminar | TISP . Terms and Conditions can be found in application The IEEE Malaysia EA TISP – KPM STEM Initiative form here (https://ieeemy.org/mysection/2018/07/5231/). Committee participated at the KPM Colloquium on IEEE EA Awareness – IEEE eLearning Library STEM Education Zon Kelantan, officiated by Director, Technical Education and Vocational Training (School IEEE eLearning Library selects the best educational Division), Ministry of Education, En Zainuren Mohd courses from IEEE conferences and workshops around Nor, on behalf of Education Director General, Datuk the world and delivers them in engaging, instructional, Dr Amin Senin. The team consists of Mohammad Faizal and interactive online courses for professionals, faculty, Ahmad Fauzi