JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 11, 2017 – MaGICX was appointed by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) as their Creative Centre Network Partner in the southern region.

The Chief Executive Officer of MDEC, Datuk Yasmin Mahmood announced the appointment during her official visit to MaGICX to officiate the memorandum of understanding (MoU) Exchange Ceremony between MaGICX and MDEC.

The purpose of the MoU was to leverage on programmes and facilities under the “Creative Content & Technologies Infrastructure Support” banner.

Its objectives are to promote events, facilities, services of the parties related to games/gamification and creative industry and to share annual plans of programmes and events and offer special rates for programmes, events and services to incubation partners and incubatees.

On the same day, Datuk Yasmin Mahmood was able to experience the Classroom of the Future, which was recently launched by the Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, in partnership with Cisco Malaysia.

Also in attendance are the Dean of Faculty Computing, Prof. Dr. Abdul Samad Hj. Ismail and the Director of Centre for Information Communication Technology (CICT), Prof. Dr. Ali Selamat.

Media and Game Innovation Centre of Excellence (MaGICX) is a strategic collaboration between UTM and Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).

Established in 2013, MaGICX plays an important role and a key driver for the Digital Media Industry and Gamification Technology as well as the first centre in Malaysia that focuses on research, talent development and product commercialization.

Source: MaGICX Appointed As Creative Centre Network Partner for MDEC

19-20 December, 2017
Dewan Banquet, Bangunan Canseleri Sultan Ibrahim, UTMJB

UTM International is proud to extend our invitation to UTM staff and students to UTM Global Day, which will be held on 19-20 December 2017.

UTM Global Day will be a platform to meet and engage with our partners from all over the world. We have lined up various programmes to entertain and enlighten UTM staff as well as students on internationalization activities.

Please mark in your calendar if you are interested to know the followings:
• Global Mobility: Where is your next destination? What are available scholarships?
• UTM Global Partners: Who are they?
• Global Experience : Activities of International Student Society & Internationalization at Home
• International Student and Staff Pass and Visa

Please register here :-
http://www.utm.my/…/utm-global-day-2017-student-registrati…/

*free gifts available for the first 200 registered!

On behalf of
UTM International

OHOR BAHRU,  25 November 2017 – A Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE) student team has won the grand prize for the degree category at the The Great Lab Grand Design Challenge 2017.

The winning team, named ‘Edar Solution’ won the judges over with their product called “MESO”, which functions as a machinery diagnosis and predictive maintenance system.

The team comprised five FKE students, namely, Jason Lim Ji Chen, Teh Zhi Huei, Chin Linn Kern, Chin Hung Wei and Tay Yee Yang, with Dr Yeong Che Fai acting as the team’s advisor.

The Great Lab Grand Design Challenge 2017 is a competition organised by Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) and aimed to let encourage student in understanding challenges in the industry and community, innovating ideas into workable solutions and convincing industry judges that could potentially be your partners, investors or even employers.

The competition took place beginning in early March 2017 where 26 teams were shortlisted by winning preliminary rounds from the CREST-Industry Analytical Challenge, TGL Summer Workshop, Semiconductor & Optoelectronics Cluster Bootcamp and Medical Devices Cluster Bootcamp.

All the teams were given RM 1500 as project fund to design and construct their product as well as commercialise it.

On 25^th November, 26 participant team from 12 different universities (UTM, USM, UM, UNIMAP, CUCMS, IIUM, UniKL, UTHM, INTI, APU, UiTM Shah Alam and UTeM) gathered in Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Penang to present their product.

After three levels of the pitching section, MESO successfully to bring Edar Solution team to stand out from the 26 teams and achieved as the champion of The Great Lab Grand Design Challenge 2017.

With the high degree of the data analysis on cloud based on the real-time industry machinery data, MESO can helps the industry practitioner in diagnosis and predictive faults maintenance. And, the Remote Augmented Reality Maintenance System function significantly ease the technicians and vendor in troubleshooting machinery problem and increase the efficiency. Thus, in the Revolution of Industry 4.0, MESO will definitely play an outstanding role in the future of industry.

Applicant must consist of individual/team members from winning teams from CREST 2017

Talent programs as listed below:

Ø CREST-Industry Analytical Challenge Finale Northern, Central & Southern Region (May 2017)

Ø TGL Summer Workshop (27th till 30th July 2017).

Ø Semiconductor & Optoelectronics Cluster Bootcamp (10th till 13th August 2017)

Ø Medical Devices Cluster Bootcamp (24th till 27th August 2017)

Ø Invited Teams from iUM Disrupt (11th till 12th March 2017)

Source: FKE Student Team won The Great Lab Grand Design Challenge 2017

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STEM Education Workshop Using ARDUSAT

November 27, 2017 by 820320065676

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM) ARDUSAT project team is exploring the use of ARDUSAT for STEM education at schools in Malaysia.  The first workshop was carried out at UTM for teachers and researchers, while this 2^nd phase workshop was conducted at school where students were exposed to use the ARDUSAT kit for a selected module.

ADNI ISLAMIC SCHOOL was selected to be a pilot school for 2^nd phase workshop.  For this workshop, the team from UTM and ATSB brought 7 ARDUSAT kits and 7 facilitators.   Grouping of 4 to 5 students per group (29 students’ altogether) from 3 classes of Form 2, namely 2 As-Suyuuti, 2 Al-Fateh and 2 An-Nasa’ie was involved in the workshop. Each of group was equipped with ARDUSAT kits and a computer with pre-installed software from ARDUSAT to perform the experiments related to science, sensors, satellite technology, electronics and computer knowledge.

Assessments were made to gauge the effectiveness of the workshop, and were  carried out through observation on the students’ ability to perform the experiments as well as the ability of the students to answer the throw-out questions on the relevant topics given. As an overall, the workshop was able to enhance the level of skills and knowledge among students toward the subject matter. The students were able to complete the experiments and relate the ARDUSAT technologies to their STEM subjects.

Source: STEM Education Workshop Using ARDUSAT

BANGKOK, THAILAND, December 1, 2017 – Representatives of governments and leading universities in ASEAN and Japan gathered in Bangkok on December 1, 2017 to sign on the Cooperative Framework Phase IV of the AUN/SEED-Net or ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network.  The Signing Ceremony was jointly organized by the ASEAN University Network (AUN) Secretariat, the AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in cooperation with the Office of Higher Education Commission (OHEC) and the Ministry of Education of Thailand, and was attended by representatives of the ASEAN member countries, Japan, the representative of the ASEAN Secretariat, and presidents, representatives of the AUN/SEED-Net Member Institutions as well as invited observers.

Since its inauguration in 2001, AUN/SEED-Net has been implementing program activities with 26 Member Institutions from ASEAN and 14 Supporting Universities from Japan. Since 2001, the AUN/SEED-Net Project has given scholarships to over 1,300 students and young teaching staff to study in Master’s and Doctoral levels to strengthen faculty qualifications and academic capacities. It also produces a number of collaborative research projects between the ASEAN member institutions and Japanese supporting universities, tightens connection and partnership among them, and sets off the network of engineering experts among ASEAN and Japan. Around 211 research grants are awarded to faculty staff; while 450 supports awarded to faculty staff for mobility programme. In accordance with the previous work plan, the Government of Japan made a commitment to support Phase IV.

Signing on behalf of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) was the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International), Prof. Dr. Zainuddin Abd. Manan. Also attending the ceremony was Pro-Vice Chancellor (International), Prof. Dr. Nordin Yahaya. The activity plan for the AUN/SEED-Net Project – Phase IV would start from March 2018 to March 2023. Since 2012, UTM has become an AUN/SEED-Net Member Institution and in the face of Phase IV, UTM will be the host for the field of Civil Engineering and Natural Disaster.

Two major goals were expected from the implementation of Phase IV:  (1) the expansion of network at the institutional as well as individual level and (2) solving regional common issues and developing industry sector in the region through AUN/SEED-Net network. As the network was regarded as the most important asset for project’s result, the goal to be achieved by the end of Phase IV was to maintain and expand the network. The four expected outputs : (1) strengthening network among MIs, industry, and community (2) enhancing research and educational capacity (3) jointing research to solve common regional issues and (4) expanding network between MIs and JSUs.

Source: The Signing Ceremony on the Cooperative Framework Phase IV of the ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net)

SEM MATIC Look for UTM Expert for Industrial Solution
November 28, 2017 by WFFWA

JOHOR BAHRU – 3 UTM Experts were invited by the SEM-MATIC Sdn. Bhd. on the 16th November, 2017 to help them in solving a few materials and machining/tuning issues. SEM-MATIC which is one of the leading industries in precision manufacturing solutions who believe that UTM is the best platform to refer to,  has invited Dr Norhayati, Dr. Norizah and Dr. Wan Fahmin Faiz from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME) to have a short visit to their production plants – so that the delegates could have a clear understanding on the said issues. Although the company has been established in 2002 by three business partners; Switzerland, England, and Malaysia company, however, the production yield recorded is still unsatisfactory. The SEM-MATIC chief operating officer, Mr. Raul Garcia Elvira said: “we never expected to be approached by the UTM Experts to assist us in production line albeit we already have our own team to look into our production problem yet, it remains the same” during Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) signing. The UTM teams were expected to solve their issues especially in materials for the load-bearing shaft and the optimization of the machining process. In the continuation of the first phase meeting, several students were brought to visit the production plant so that they can have practical exposure and insights to the real working environment such as the working of an automated production line. Students were amazed at the automated system which could be set accordingly without involving much human intervention. “From phase 1 and 2, we are now looking for the next phase of the collaboration as they (the SEM-MATIC) are ready to discuss a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 5 years of collaboration in December 2017” said Dr. Norhayati. This collaboration will not only be for the benefit of research and development but will also be beneficial to the UTM staff/students for industrial attachment. This collaboration also would be a significant opportunity for the UTM Experts to share, to market the UTM brand and contribute more to the society.

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Industrial Visit at SEM MATIC Sdn Bhd.

NDA Signing between UTM-SEM MATIC

Source: SEM MATIC Looking for UTM Expert for Industrial Solution

Source: UTMLead received a visit from a delegation from UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MALANG INDONESIA

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) won the first and second prize in the Kuala Lumpur Orchids and Bonsai show 2017 hosted by Kuala Lumpur City Hall or DBKL at Taman Pudu Ulu, Cheras. There were three competition teams with a group of five (5) students who are the fourth year, third year and second-year students from Landscape Architecture Department, Faculty of Built Environment who were coordinated by Dr Lee Yoke Lai together with two supporting staff (En. Hassan bin Sahat and En. Mohd Azahari bin Md Amin).

All participants had to construct the designed gardens from 28 to 30 December 2017. Two teams with the design concept: ‘The Reflexia and Meraki’ won the first prize and second prize competing with five (5) other groups. Both UTM teams selected colourful orchids integrated with the competition theme ‘warna-warni Malaysia’ to create an interesting and unique garden layout that symbolised multi-ethnic, culturally diverse and peaceful Malaysia. Another UTM team was awarded a consolation prize for their interpretation of “Laman Ikatan Citra” to emphasise the beauty of orchid garden design.

The prize-giving ceremony was held on 3^rd December 2017. All the entries were given RM3, 500 incentives by DBKL in the orchid competition. Furthermore, alumni sponsorship of the Institute of Landscape Architecture Southern Chapter (ILAM SC) had contributed to students’ financial support in this competition. All in all, the hard work, design innovation and good teamwork contributed to the performance and success in this university orchid competition.

Again, congratulations on the great achievement by Department of Landscape Architecture for making UTM proud.

First prize: The Reflexia (Laman Pantulan)

Mohammad Sabar Bin Mustaffa

Muhammad afiq harith bin zulkhairi

Nur Aqilah binti Mohd Noordin

Muhamad Taqiy Bin Asshaari

Muhamad Zulhelmy Bin Azmi

Second prize: Meraki

Aimi Norhanani binti Nordin

Nurul Aqilah binti Ramli

Nurul Asyiqin Binti Hasdi

Natasha Binti Nasiumin

Nur Izzati Hanani Rosli

Consolation prize: Laman Ikatan Citra

Amirul Naim Bin Mohd Sani

Mohd Amirul Jasmeen Bin Razak

Mohd Amiruk Hazim Bin Arifin

Muhd Atiqi Bin Mustapa

Mohd Irfan Bin Joohari

Source: Landscape Architecture Students Won 1ST and 2nd Prize in Kuala Lumpur Orchids Competition