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TABLE OF CONTENTS IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

1 3
FOREWORD BY IEEE MALAYSIA
SECTION CHAIR (2015) ABOUT IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION
PAGE 01-02 PAGE 05-06

4
IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION

2
CHRONOLOGICAL

6
FOREWORD BY PAGE 07-08
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION
PAGE 03-04 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2015)
PAGE 13-14

5
IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION
CHAIR'S HISTORY
PAGE 09-12

15 •ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY

•EDUCATION SOCIETY
PAGE 42-44

16
• CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY
• ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND
BIOLOGY SOCIETY
PAGE 45-48

14
• INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT SOCIETY

17
• COMMUNICATION SOCIETY AND VEHICULAR
TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOINT CHAPTER
PAGE 39-41
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY
PAGE 49-50

13
ELECTRON DEVICES / MICROWAVE THEORY

18
AND TECHNIQUES / SOLID STATE CIRCUITS
JOINT CHAPTER, PENANG
PAGE 37-38 • SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS SOCIETY
• GEOSCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING SOCIETY
PAGE 51-52
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION TABLE OF CONTENTS

7 • IEEE FELLOW IN MALAYSIA SECTION

• IEEE LIFE MEMBERS IN MALAYSIA SECTION
PAGE 15-17
•PHOTONICS SOCIETY
•CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS SOCIETY
PAGE 33-36 12
11
•SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY
•INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS / INDUSTRY
APPLICATIONS JOINT CHAPTER

8
PAGE 29-32

10
• ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY
• POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY • COMPUTER SOCIETY
PAGE 19-22 • COMPONENTS, PACKAGING &
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES

9
SOCIETY
ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION / PAGE 25-28
MICROWAVE THEORY &
TECHNIQUE / ELECTROMAGNETIC
COMPATIBILITY JOINT CHAPTER
PAGE 23-24

STUDENT BRANCHES
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND CHAPTERS
PAGE 59-60 PAGE 63-64

20
• COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SOCIETY
• OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY
• DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
SOCIETY
PAGE 55-57
EDITORIAL BOARD
PAGE 65 24
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING

19
PAGE 61-62
• POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY
• TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
PAGE 53-54 LEGENDS
TECHNICAL CHAPTERS
AFFINITY GROUPS
01 FOREWORD BY IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHAIR (2015)
WORDS OF
OUR LEADER
BY ZUHAINA ZAKARIA
In 2015, we cele-
brate the 30th anni-
versary of IEEE
Malaysia Section. It
was established on
28 July 1985 with
400 members. Over
the past 30 years of
establishment, IEEE
Malaysia Section has
developed into a thriving organization
and has experienced various phases of
developments. IEEE Malaysia Section is
now proud with 4 joint chapters, 20 chap-
ters, 2 affinity groups, 20 Student Branch-
es and 5 student chapters. Its member-
ship has reached 3500 members which
indicate encouraging development in the
effort to attract electrical engineering
professionals in Malaysia to IEEE.
IEEE Malaysia Section with its technical
chapters had successfully organized many
major events ranging from conferences
and technical talks to social events. Some
of the past major events include Region
10 Conference (TENCON) 2000 and IEEE
Region 10 Technical Symposium 2014
(TENSYMP). From these activities, the
presence of IEEE in the Malaysian public
and in Region 10 has been enhanced
tremendously. As a result, IEEE Malaysia
has received several accolades from
Region 10. In the year 2000, it was award-
ed Region 10 Distinguished Section
Award and once again in 2006, IEEE
Malaysia was the recipient for Region 10
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
Distinguished Large Section Award. The
section has also initiated its own confer-
ence i.e. Student Conference on Research
and Development (SCOReD) in 2001.
SCOReD has become a series of highly
successful Asia Pacific regional confer-
ence. Each year, the student branches in
Malaysia take turns in hosting this confer-
ence.
Anniversaries provide a valuable opportu-
nity for reflection. Thus, this book com-
memorates the thirty years of IEEE Malay-
sia Section. It reflects on the history and
growth of the section and its technical
chapters through the years. However, it is
not possible to cover these in about 72
pages. The content in this book has been
driven by associate editors from each
chapter and they have had the opportuni-
ty to explored the significance importance
for the past thirty years. I hope as you
browse this book, you will gain a real
sense of the history of IEEE Malaysia Sec-
tion.
This book has been made possible with
the much appreciated input from associ-
ate editors and chapter chairs. Finally, I
would like to recognize Fawnizu Azmadi
Hussin and Norliza Mohd Noor who over-
saw the project and ensured its success.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION FOREWORD BY IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHAIR (2015)
02

“
ANNIVERSARIES PROVIDE A VALU-
ABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR REFLEC-
TION. THUS, THIS BOOK COMMEMO-
RATES THE THIRTY YEARS OF IEEE
It is important to note that the IEEE Malaysia
Section is comprised of volunteers. On
behalf of the current Executive Committee, I
would like to express my appreciation to all
past chairs and executive committees for
their contributions that made the journey a
success. I also hope that the incoming com-
MALAYSIA SECTION. IT REFLECTS ON mittee will continue to drive IEEE Malaysia
THE HISTORY AND GROWTH OF THE Section to a greater height.
SECTION AND ITS TECHNICAL CHAP-
TERS THROUGH THE YEARS.”
03 FOREWORD BY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

FROM THE
EDITOR’S DESK
BY FAWNIZU AZMADI HUSSIN

The idea to EFFORT

IT TOOK AN EXTRAORDINARY the required Personal Data Protection Act
publish TO COM-
PILE ALL THE this special edition
HISTORICAL guidelines. That information was the
INFORMATION
to BOOK,
INCLUDED IN THIS IN ORDER TOimportant
commemorate GET seed that created this 72-page
the 30th anniversa-
THIS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVEreport that you are holding in your hands.
PUBLICATION PUBLISHED.
ry of the THE IEEE I
EFFORT HAS couldn’t have done this alone. I also
BEEN TREMENDOUS. MANY Section
MONTHS WEREengaged the assistance of the Associate
Malaysia Editor for the Malaysia Section history,
SPENT, AND MANY PEOPLEbyWERE
was mooted the INTER-
VIEWED, EMAILEDchair,
AND CALLED. Norliza Mohd Noor, who is also the imme-
MANY MORE
Zuhaina
PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE EDITINGdiate AND past chair. Special appreciation goes
Zakaria, when she to one past chair, Borhanuddin Mohd Ali,
PROOFREADING OF THIS BOOK.”
realized that import- who were tireless in answering my bar-
ant milestone. I knew early that the job rage of questions regarding the past
was not going to be a trivial one. It was history of the Malaysia Section.
going to involve an extensive research on
the history of Malaysia section, which The twenty-five detailed chapter histories
would not have been possible without the
includes all the 25 chapters. The editing
continuous contributions from the associ-
job was not going to be an easy one con- ate editors that represent each chapter;
sidering how complex the organization is the associate editors were nominated by
and how many volunteers are involved in the 2015 chapter chairs. They were tasked
making this professional society run like a to compile the historical information for
well-oiled machine it is today. their respective chapters, which include a
brief history of formation, where applica-
I started using my good helper “Google” ble, photos and biographies of all past
to find all annual reports of the Malaysia and current chairs, a summary of all execu-
section, but as expected I only managed tive committee members since formation,
to find a handful of those reports; all from and highlights of the chapter’s major
the last 15 years. The reports from the first activities and achievements. The list of all
15 years were non-existent. Having been the associate editors involved in making
acquainted with the IEEE Asia Pacific this special 30th anniversary commemora-
Operations Center during the earlier tive publication possible, is given on page
excomm meeting, I sought the assistance 72. I would like to especially thank each
of Wan Chin Teh, who connected me to and every one of them for their efforts.
Fanny Su Beh Noi and Ewell Tan who were
very helpful to provide me the history of Happy 30th Anniversary.
all section and chapter chairs in the Malay-
sia Section. Of course, in doing this, the
IEEE AP staff, who are based in Singapore,
was careful to ensure that we abide to all
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
“
IT TOOK AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO COM-
PILE ALL THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION
INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK, IN ORDER TO GET
THIS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE
PUBLICATION PUBLISHED. THE EFFORT HAS
BEEN TREMENDOUS. MANY MONTHS WERE
SPENT, AND MANY PEOPLE WERE INTER-
VIEWED, EMAILED AND CALLED. MANY MORE
PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE EDITING AND
PROOFREADING OF THIS BOOK.”
FOREWORD BY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
04
To all members, I hope this special docu-
ment can become a source of reference for
you to understand more about this organi-
zation. Without all the volunteers featured in
this book as well as those who contributed
directly or indirectly behind the scene, IEEE
Malaysia Section and all the Technical
Chapters would not have been able to pro-
vide the countless benefits to all its
3500-strong members.
Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
 05 ABOUT IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

EYE-TRIPLE-E
IEEE, pronounced "Eye-triple-E," stands for the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
IEEE, an association dedicated to advancing inno-
vation and technological excellence for the bene-
fit of humanity, is the world’s largest technical
professional society. It is designed to serve profes-
sionals involved in all aspects of the electrical,
electronic, and computing fields and related areas
of science and technology that underlie modern Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society (2008),
civilization.
Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Society (2010), Geoscience and
IEEE’s roots go back to 1884 when electricity
Remote Sensing Society (2012), Com-
began to become a major influence in society.
putational Intelligence Society (2014),
There was one major established electrical indus-
Technology and Engineering Management
try, the telegraph, which since the 1840s had come
Society (TEMS) and Oceanic Engineering
to connect the world with a data
Society in 2015. Currently there are 24 technical
communications system faster than the speed of
societies of Malaysia Chapter. Various other chap-
transportation. The telephone and electric power
ters have also been established; their details are
and light industries had just gotten underway.
available in this special book which has been
prepared for the 30th anniversary commemoration
IEEE Malaysia Section established its roots in
for IEEE Malaysia Section. Some of the chapter has
Malaysia 30 years ago, in 1985. Since establish-
received the best chapter award from their respec-
ment, Malaysia section has been headed by 13
tive society. Among them were IEEE Signal Process-
charismatic leaders from both industry and
ing Malaysia Chapter (2011 and 2014), IEEE Com-
academia; a few of them are no longer with us
munication/Vehicular Technology Joint Society
today. May their souls rest in peace. Twenty-four
Malaysia Chapter (2014), IEEE Control System Soci-
technical chapters have been established, with the
ety Malaysia Chapter (2015), IEEE Circuit and
first one in 1992 during the tenure of the second
Systems Society Malaysia Chapter (2015), and IEEE
section chair, who was instrumental in driving and
Engineering Medicine and Biology Society Malaysia
bringing a strong momentum to this professional
Chapter (2015). Electronic Devices Society Malaysia
society. The trend of technical chapter establish-
Chapter received the EDS R10 Chapter of the Year
ments and activities is a good indicator as to how
Award and IEEE Power Engineering Society Malaysia
interests in technologies have developed in
Chapter received the High Performance Chapter
Malaysia. The formation of various Malaysia chap-
Award from IEEE PES in 2014 and 2015.
ters of technical societies in Malaysia is an indicator
of growth. Starting from Electron Devices Society
IEEE Malaysia Section has organized IEEE R10
(1992) and Power and Energy Society (1992), to
conferences namely TENCON 2000 under the lead-
joint chapter of Antenna &
ership of the late Marzuki Khalid and TENSYMP 2014
Propagation Society and Microwave, Electromag-
under the leadership of Mahamod Ismail. IEEE
netic Compatibility Society (1997), Computer Soci-
Malaysia Section after 16 years break will again orga-
ety (1999), Signal Processing Society (2002), Instru-
nized TENCON2017 in Penang under the leadership
mentation and Measurement Society (2005),
of Norliza Mohd Noor.
Robotics and Automation Society (2006), Control
Systems Society (2007),
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION ABOUT IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION
06

In addition, two affinity groups namely Women in Branch Counselor Award were won by Rosmiwati
Engineering (WIE) and Young Professionals (YP) Mohd Mokhtar (IEEE USM Student Branch Counsel-
are actively bringing together members with or) and Alpha Agape Gopalai (IEEE Curtin Sarawak
similar demographics. WIE and YP are Student Branch Counselor). Lim King Hann from
actively involved in organizing the social IEEE Curtin Sarawak Student Branch received the
events for IEEE Malaysia Sections. Outstanding Branch counselor Award in 2015. IEEE
Annual IEEE Malaysia Section Bowl- USM Student Branch also received first place for the
ing tournament and Annual IEEE 2015 IEEE R10 Best Website Award. Four student
Malaysia Section Dinner are branches (USM, Curtin Sarawak, UNMC and UPM)
among the activities that and Swinburne Sarawak became the hub for 2014
were well received by IEEE Xtreme Competition, a 24-hour coding compe-
members. In April tition. USM managed to make it in the top 100 in the
2015 WIE orga- world ranking, and ranked 24th in IEEE R10 and 1st
nized ‘Conquering in Malaysia.
Broga Hill and
Clean-up Communi- Annually, hundreds of technical activities are
ty Project’ which was conducted by the IEEE members in Malaysia,
very well received by mem- normally through one of the technical chapters,
bers including students. affinity groups and student branches and chapters.
Zuhaina Zakaria, Norliza Mohd Every year, Malaysia section and the technical chap-
Noor, Lee Yoot Khuan and Esther ters receive various awards either from Region 10
Ling were being invited as the invited (Asia Pacific) or the IEEE Headquarter (based in the
speakers at the 2015 WIE Summit in Chen- United States). Many of its volunteers have also been
nai, India. awarded. Dr Lee Yoot Khuan received 2013 IEEE R10
Educational Activities Award (Informal Education)
In the universities, more than twenty student and 2015 IEEE R10 Outstanding Individual Award
branches and studenchapters have been estab- for Humanitarian Technology Activities Award (HTA).
lished starting from UTM Student Branch formed in Some specific details are available in the individual
1999. Then soon followed by the other public chapter reports in this book. Most of the details are
university which are USM, UKM, UPM, UiTM and UM also available at IEEE Malaysia section website
Student Branch were formed. Currently there are (http://ieeemy.org/) or the chapters’ own websites,
21 IEEE Student Branches throughout Malaysia which are linked from the section website.
including the latest addition from UNIMAP, Perlis.
These platforms provide avenues for the students Membership in Malaysia section has grown signifi-
to be involved with the professional society at an cantly in the last decade as show in the Figure B.1.
early age. IEEE Malaysia Student Branches have The plots also show a healthy growth in the number
done us proud by winning several awards from R10. of higher grade membership. IEEE Malaysia Section
Among them is Esther Ling Pi Ya from IEEE Curtin is now considered as large section (having more
Sarawak Student Branch for receiving the 2014 than 1500 members), therefore in January 2016 saw
IEEE Larry K. Wilson Award. 2014 and 2015 R10 the birth of Sarawak subsection after the petition
Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award recipi- submitted in 2015 and finally approved!! This is the
ent was IEEE Curtin Sarawak Student Branch. 2014 way to multiply the membership faster and hopefully
IEEE Outstanding more subsections will be borne.

4000 3607
3479 0%
3280 0% 1% 2%
3500 10%
12%
2880
3000
2464 15%
2052
2500
1663 1975

2000 60%

1500
Af�iliate Associate Student Graduate Member Senior Life Fellow
Member Member Member Member Member
1000 2011 53 89 276 364 1535 143 3 1
2012 47 83 258 489 1820 180 2 1
500 2013 44 68 293 598 2026 247 3 1
2014 15 58 447 685 2105 291 5 1
0 Af�iliate Member Associate Student Member
2015 43 49 411 552 2073 345 5 1
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Graduate Member Member Senior Member

Figure B.1: Total Number of IEEE Malaysia Active Members (2008-2015) Figure B.2: IEEE Malaysia Active Members by Grade (2015) Figure B.3: IEEE Malaysia Active Members by Grade (2011-2015)
07 IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHRONOLOGICAL IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

ESTABLISHMENT OF
ELECTRON DEVICES / MICROWAVE
THEORY AND TECHNIQUES /
SOLID STATE CIRCUITS

TECHNICAL CHAPTERS
JOINT CHAPTER, PENANG
(EDS/MTT/SSCS)
CH10341

AND AFFINITY GROUPS

2005
CIRCUITS AND
SYSTEMS SOCIETY
(CAS)
ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY CH10307
(EDS) 2003
CH10105
1992 COMPONENTS, PACKAGING &
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
SOCIETY ROBOTICS AND
(CPMT) AUTOMATION SOCIETY
CH10258 (RAS)
2000 CH10365
2006
ANTENNA & PROPAGATION /
MICROWAVE THEORY & TECHNIQUE /
ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
JOINT CHAPTER
(AP/MTT/EMC)
CH10226 PHOTONICS SOCIETY
1997 (PS)
CH10306
2003

1992 2000 2002 2004 2006

COMPUTER SOCIETY SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY

(CS) (SP)
CH10253 CH10284
1999 2002 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS /
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
JOINT CHAPTER
GRADUATES OF THE LAST DECADES (IE/IA)
(GOLD) CH10295
CH10106 2003
1999
COMMUNICATION SOCIETY AND
VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY
JOINT CHAPTER
(COMSOC/VTS)
CH10361
INSTRUMENTATION AND 2006
POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY MEASUREMENT SOCIETY
(PES) (IMS)
CH10106 CH10355
1992 2005
 IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHRONOLOGICAL
08

SYSTEMS, MAN AND

CYBERNETICS SOCIETY
(SMC)
CH10534
2010
DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL
INSULATION SOCIETY
(DEI)
CH10733
2015
COMPUTATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE SOCIETY
ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE (CIS)
AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY CH10669
(EMBS) 2014
CH10441
2008
POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY
(PELS)
CH10628
CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY 2013
(CSS)
CH10421
2007

2008 2010 2013 2014 2016

EDUCATION SOCIETY
(EDUSOC)
CH10396 GEOSCIENCE & REMOTE
2007 SENSING SOCIETY
(GRS)
CH10619
2012
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
(YP)
(FORMERLY GOLD)
2014 OCEANIC ENGINEERING
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY
(CES) SOCIETY
CH10455 (OE)
2008 CH10729
2015
TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING (TEMS)
(WIE) CH10653 LEGENDS
2007 2013 TECHNICAL CHAPTERS
AFFINITY GROUPS
 09 IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHAIRʼS HISTORY IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

HISTORY OF IEEE MALAYSIA

SECTION CHAIRS
Muha Pandak Ahmad passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 6 2009 in Hospital Serdang, Selangor,
Malaysia near his home. He was 49 and is survived by 6 children. Dr Muha became our first elected Chair and
kept in office for 9 years, from 1988 to 1996. This was at the time that there was no limit set for the terms of
office for an executive committee member. He established IEEE Malaysia Section with a small band of people
from his UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or National University of Malaysia) base and gradually grew it
to a respectable organization by the time he left office. Despite his failing health, his fervor to serve the
community knew no respite; he was the Chair of Global Networking Bureau, in a local Islamic based Business
Community; the President of his school alumni association, and oflate he became the founding member the
Hussein Ahmad is a
newly formed Malaysian Science, Engineering and Technology Society (mSET), and duly became the
former professor of High
Treasurer. Besides being a member of IEEE, he is also a corporate member of Institute of Engineers Malaysia (MIEM) with Professional Voltage Engineering at the
Engineers qualification, which carries the title Ir for Ingenieur. Such was his dedication that in April 2005 he was conferred Darjah Dato’ Faculty of Electrical
Paduka Mahkota Perak (D.P.M.P) bringing the title of Dato’ by the King of Perak, his home state. During his tenureship as IEEE Chair, he Engineering, Universiti
even managed to get the King and his Regent to grace many of our IEEE Annual Dinner, which is a feat never repeated ever since. Dr Teknologi Malaysia. He is
Muha obtained his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) UK in also the former Director of
1984 and then became a tutor in UKM upon returning home. He subsequently went on to further his studies and obtained his PhD in Institute of High Voltage
1988 in Control Engineering from the same university and returned home to become a lecturer. He subsequently left in 1991 to form and High Current (IVAT)
his own company, Teleference Intelligence Sdn Bhd, offering services in M&E at the time when the economy was booming and also UTM. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
spent times in Esso and another local company. Dr Muha was taken off life support and passed away after lapsing into a coma due to in High Voltage Engineering, University of
complications arising from multiple failures, from the kidney, brain, heart, and to other internal infections. His contribution to IEEE in Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in
general and Malaysia Section in particular is very much 1986. He received Individual Appreciative Award at
remembered and his demise is greatly mourned. His the IEEE Malaysia 2004 Dinner Night for his
untimely departure is very much missed by the contribution as the Head of Power Engineering
community. Chapter (1994- 2000).

1985-1987 1988-1996 1997

Academician Dato’ Ir. (Dr.) Lee Yee Cheong, BE Hons (Adelaide), Hon. Doc Eng (UNITEN), DPMP, KMN, AO, Dato’ Lee is the Malaysian Chairman, Governing Council, International
Science Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC), Kuala Lumpur; Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission,
Member of the National Science and Research Council, Malaysia; Pro-Chancellor, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur; Chairman Global Council InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)
Science Education Program; Jury member of "OECD Award for Taking Innovative Development to Scale"; former Chairman of Governing Board, the Institute of Energy Policy and
Research (IEPRe), University Tenaga Malaysia (UNITEN); Adjunct Professor of UNITEN; Advisor to MIGHT International; Member of Global Science Innovation Advisory Council
(GSIAC); Vice Chairman, UN Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN) Malaysia; former Patron of the International Young Professionals Foundation; former Member of the
International Advisory Board of “Engineers Without Borders” Canada; Director of Malaysia Australia Foundation and Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technolo-
gy, UK, the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, Engineers Australia, Myanmar Engineering Society and the Institution of Engineers, Mauritius. He was President and now Distinguished
Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia; Member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia and the Board of Architects Malaysia; Chairman and now Honorary President
of Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC); the first Asian President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) 2003-2005; He represented WFEO as Co-chair
of the “International Science and Technology Community” Major Group of UN Commission on Sustainable Development 2000-2006 and attended UN World Summit on Sustainable
Development Jo’burg 2002 and World Summit on Information Societies Tunis 2005. He was Co-chair of Task Force “Science, Technology and Innovation” of the United Nations
Millennium Project 2002-2005; Member of the Board of Trustees of Engineers Against Poverty, U.K; Member of the International Commission for Education for Sustainable Develop-
ment Practice, Earth Institute, Columbia University 2006-2008; Member of International Advisory Board of Grand Challenges Canada and Member of the National Economic and
Social Council Kenya. He served with the National Electricity Board, 1961-1979. He then founded and was CEO of Tenaga Ewbank Preece and later KTA Tenaga 1980-2002. He
became a Partner of Ewbank Preece Consulting Group, UK; He was a Board Director of UMW Holdings Berhad 2000-2008; a Commissioner of the Energy
Commission of Malaysia 2005-2009; and a Council Member of Badan Warisan Malaysia (Heritage Organisation Malaysia), 2005-2009. He is founding
Secretary General and Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia; the founder President of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology;
Foreign Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering; and a Corresponding Member of the Pan-American Academy of
Engineering. He served as a founding Board member of the InterAcademy Council (IAC) of the world’s scientific academies 2001-2004. He served as Special
Advisor to IAC Co-Chair on Sustainable Energy 2008-2009 and Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia 2006-2007. He was
Co-author of the UN Millennium Project Science Technology and Innovation Task Force Study Report “Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development”,
2005. He published his autobiography “Think Malaysia, Act Global” September 2010. He was awarded the Jang YoungSil Grand International Science and
Culture Prize, Korea; the Malaysian State Awards of DPMP and KMN and the Honorary Officer in the Order of Australia (AO)..
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHAIRʼS HISTORY
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Jaafar H Bakar
Education
• Received a Diploma in Electrical
Engineering from Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia in 1978.
• BSc.(Hons) in Electrical a&
Electronic Degrees from Glasgow
University U.K. 1982 respectively.
• Completed MSc. Degrees in 1986
from California State University,
Northridge U.S.A. in Electrical Engineering (Major in
Telecommunication).
Job Experience
• Chief Technology Officer, Hanitek Sdn Bhd (2014–present).
Shamsudin H.M. Amin (born in 1956) is a Professor of Mechatron-
In an areas of telecommunication solutions, wireless services
ics and Robotics Engineering in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and broadband services. Fixed and wireless broadband
(UTM). He is attached to the Centre of Artificial Intelligence and network and services as well as it’s application.
Robotics (CAIRO) as head of Robotics Research Group, as well as at • Associate Professor (part time) Dec 2014-Present, Lincoln
the Control and Mechatronics Department (CMED) at the Faculty of University College, Petaling Jaya, Selangor DE
Electrical Engineering, UTM. He has served in UTM since 1980 in • Chief Operating Officer (COO) of TMR&D Sdn Bhd
various positions including as Dean of Cybernetics Research, and • General Manager for Marketing, Business Development &
Director of UTM’s Research University Secretariat. He obtained his Commercialization at Telekom Research & Development
Bachelor of Engineering in Control Systems in 1980 from the from 2008-April 2011
University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He later obtained his MSc. and Ph.D in robotics • Program Head for Access Network Technologies from Sept
from the same University. His research interests: Intelligent mobile robots, biologically 2005-July 2008)
inspired robots, vision system for automated inspection, wall climbing robots, • Industrial Development Senior Manager (2000-2003)
multi-agent robotic systems, behaviour-based robotics and humanoids. He is an Ericsson Telecommunication Sdn. Bhd.
associate editor of Polytechnica Hungarica. To date he has been invited to deliver 16 • Senior Project Manager (1998 – March 2000) Ericsson
keynotes on robotics at various conferences. Academy Sdn. Bhd.
• Senior Manager (1997 – August 1998) Ericsson
Academy Sdn. Bhd
• Associate Professor ( 1979 – 1996) Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia.

1998-2000 2001 2002

In the year 1987, Allahyarham

Marzuki B Khalid started his first profession-
al career in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as
Head, Control Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of
Enginering. Due to his excellence in service, Allahyarham
was appointed as both the Director of Centre of Artificial
Intelligence and Robotics and also the Director of the
Malaysia-Japan University Centre. His last position was the Deputy
Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation of UTM. His contribution to
IEEE Malaysia is immense. With his vision and drive he has expanded IEEE Malaysia from an unknown little society to what it is now, a respectable organisation with more than 3500 members
(2015). He motivated many professionals to join IEEE, especially from among the growing numbers of the academic community. He encouraged members to setup technical society Malaysia
chapter and he himself started a few Chapters, which currently in 2015 with 28 technical chapters. He also encouraged the setting up IEEE Student Branch where IEEE UTM Student Branch
became the first student branch in Malaysia. He encouraged chapters to have their flagship conferences and many other technical activities, which have turned into household names and
recognized by the IEEE. He initiated IEEE SCOReD (Student Conference on Research and Development) and it has been held yearly ever since. Once selected as the winner of the "Institution
of Engineers Malaysia Young Engineer Award 1994" for outstanding research and consultancy achievements, Allahyarham has over 200 papers published in international journals and
conferences. In recognition of his calibre and credibility, Allahyarham was elected as the General Chairman for the IFAC Symposium on “AI in Real-Time Control” in 1997, the IEEE TENCON
2000 Conference, the IEEE “Ethics Education in Engineering” in 2004 and the “International Conference on Mechatronics” in 2005. He has also been appointed to sit in the Technical Advisory
Committees of more than 40 international conferences around the world. A co-author of the book entitled ‘Neuro-Control and its Applications’ published by Springer-Verlag, United Kingdom,
Allahyarham held several prestigious positions in the local industry associations including the Chairman of the IEEE Malaysia Section. He was also the first President of the Instrumentation &
Control Society of Malaysia and the Vice-President and Fellow of the Artificial Intelligence Society of Malaysia. Regionally, Allahyarham was the founding member of the Asian Control Professors
Association. He has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence published by Elsevier Science, United
Kingdom and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Systems and Control Engineering from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK. In the year 2001, Allahyarham
was elected as an Executive Committee member of the IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific). MyCEB appointed Allahyarham as one of its Kesatrias in 2012. During his
tenure, Allahyarham assisted MyCEB in organising a session with the academicians of UTM in April 2012 where he presented a case study on how he won the bid
for Malaysia to host the Asian Control Conference 2015. With his influence as Past Chair of IEEE Malaysia Section, he has also assisted by connecting MyCEB to IEEE
Malaysia and contributed 4 leads that were ready for bidding. Prof. Datin Dr Rubiyah Yusof, Allahyarham’s beloved wife, now the Director of Center For Artificial
Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia will continue Allahyarham’s efforts as the Chairman of the Organizing committee. Allahyarham was
truly a force to be reckoned with; his contributions are greatly appreciated and will be continued by future generations.
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Borhanuddin Mohd Ali obtained his BSc

(Hons) Electrical and Electronics Engineer-
ing from Loughborough University in 1979;
MSc and PhD from University of Wales,
Cardiff, UK, in 1981 and 1985, respectively.
He became a lecturer in UPM in 1985, and
Professor in 2002 and served at various
positions in UPM and external organiza-
tions. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of IET and a
Chartered Engineer. He also served at various positions in
ComSoc and Malaysia Section, ComSoc APB and IEEE Region
10, and is presently Executive Co Chair of the forthcoming
ICC2016 Kuala Lumpur. His research interest spans WSN and IoT,
Wireless Resource Management, Mobility Management and
Broadband Wireless Access, in which he published over 100
papers in refereed journals and over 200 conference papers. He
has just completed a pilot implementation of WSN for the
government of Malaysia. Borhanuddin Mohd Ali became a
member of IEEE in 1987. He first became active in IEEE through
ComSoc Chapter in which he was a founding member. After
completing his term in ComSoc as Chapter Chair, he started to
focus on IEEE Sections. Initially he was elected as one of the four
excom members, holding specific tasks such as publications and
newsletters. Later be rose to the position of Vice Chair for 1 year,
and eventually Chair for 2 years. His main contribution during his
terms as the Section Chair are as follows;
1. Amended the constitution as requested by IEEE. Some of the
main items amended were
a. To limit the appointment to a post to 2 years maximum,
b. Revised the annual term of office to Jan-Dec, from the previous
April-March,
c. Streamline the post and type of office bearers,
2. Started the annual Outstanding Volunteer and Chapter of the
year award.
3. Developed multimedia materials on IEEE Malaysia.
Mohd Nasir Taib received his degree in Electrical Engineer-
ing from the University of Tasmania, Australia, M.Sc. in Control
Engineering from Sheffield University, UK, and the PhD
degree in Instrumentation from the UMIST, UK. Currently, he is
a Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University
Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He is a very proactive
person in UiTM, shouldering many responsibilities via UiTM
level committees and intellectual discourses besides being
one of the appointed senate member of UiTM. He is leading an active research
group in advanced signal processing with applications in control system, biomedi-
cal engineering, energy studies, optical fibre sensors and nonlinear system. He has
published more than 200 technical papers, locally and at international level. He is a
senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc., USA (IEEE),
and also members of the IEEE Control Society, IEEE I&M Society, the Instrumenta-
tion System and Automation Society, USA (ISA), the Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Malaysian Society of BME, the Institution of Engineer-
ing & Technology, UK (IET), Optical Society of America (OSA) and the International
Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). Currently, he is the Chair of the IEEE
Malaysian Section. He has been awarded twice as the Best Researcher in UiTM (in
2003 and 2005) and received many national and international awards, and patents
for his research and inventions.

2003-2004 2005-2006 2007-2008

Norman Mariun is the Professor of

Electrical Power Engineering at the
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra
Malaysia. He has proved to be an active IEEE
volunteer where he has been serving various
positions in IEEE such as Chapter/Section Commit-
tee for IEEE Power and Energy, Executive Commit-
tee Member of IEEE Region 10 Asia, Australia and
New Zealand Region (2007-2010), Chapter Rep for
IEEE Asia, Australia and New Zealand Region (East)
Power and Energy Society, Chair IEEE Malaysia
Section 2007 etc.. Due to his excellent contributions,
he received IEEE Malaysia
Section Best Volunteer
Award 2002 and
Distinguished Individual
Award, Institute of
Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (USA) Power
Engineering Society in
November 2005.
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Mahamod Ismail (mahamod@eng.ukm.my) joined the
Department of Electrical, Electronics and System
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environ-
ment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1985. He
is the former Head of the Department and a Professor in
Communication Engineering. He received the B.Sc.
degree in Electrical and Electronics from University of
Strathclyde, U.K. in 1985, the M.Sc. degree in Communi-
cation Engineering and Digital Electronics from University of Manchester
Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester U.K. in 1987, and the
Ph.D. from University of Bradford, U.K. in 1996. He was with the first Malaysia
Microsatellite TiungSat Team Engineers in Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. U.K.
from June 1997 until March 1998. In the summer semester 2003, he served as
a Guest Professor in Computer Engineering in the University of Duisburg-Es-
sen, Duisburg Germany funded by the German Academic Exchange Services
(DAAD). His research interests include mobile and satellite communication,
and wireless networking particularly on the radio resource management for
the next generation wireless communication network. He is a Senior Member
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), USA and
served as Chair of IEEE, Malaysia Section from 2011 to 2012.
2009-2010 2011-2012
Zaiki Awang (M’97 – SM’03)
received the BSc and MSc degrees in
microwave engineering from the University
of Portsmouth, England in 1984 and 1987
respectively, and the PhD degree from the Universi-
ty of Leeds in 1995. His doctoral work involved
implementation of sol-gel materials in the design of bulk
acoustic wave resonators for microwave integrated circuits. Since August 1985 he has been with
Universiti Teknologi MARA, where he is currently Professor of Microwaves with the Faculty of
Electrical Engineering. He was the Deputy Dean from 1996 to 2002, and Head of Communication
Engineering Department from 1998 to 2002. He is presently Head of Microwave Technology
Centre of the university. He was a Visiting Scholar at Illinois Institute of Technology from August to
November 2009. He is the author of two books - Microwave Engineering for Wireless Communi-
cations (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006), and Microwave Sub-System Design (Springer, 2014). He has
also written several book chapters, and more than 170 technical papers. His research interests
include microwave electronics, advance microwave materials, microwave ultrasonics and
computational electromagnetics. Prof. Awang is an active member of the IEEE. He was the
2008-2010 Chair of IEEE Malaysia Section, and is a founding member
and past Chair of IEEE Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory
and Techniques/Electromagnetic Compatibility Malaysia Chapter. He is
Head of Commission of Electronics and Photonics, and Malaysian
representative for the Fields and Waves Commission of International
Union of Radio Science (URSI). He is the founding member of IEEE
International RF and Microwave (RFM) and Asia Pacific Applied
Electromagnetics (APACE) series of conferences in Malaysia.
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Norliza Mohd Noor is currently attached as Associate Professor in
UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur Campus. She
received her B. Sc. In Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech
University in Lubbock, Texas and her Master of Electrical Engineer-
ing (by research) and PhD (Electrical Engineering) from UTM. Her
research area is in image processing and image analysis. Her
current work concentrates on medical image analysis for lung
diseases. She has published many papers in journals and in
indexed conference proceedings, and has published one
academic book and two book chapters. She is a senior member of IEEE where she has been
a member for more than 25 years starting as student member while studying in USA. In
1998-2001, she held several key positions in IEEE Malaysia Section. She is the founding
chapter chair for IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter in 2002 and she held the
position till 2006. Under her, many Signal Processing Society DLPs has come to Malaysia
shore. She is an active IEEE volunteer and held key positions in IEEE Signal Processing
Society Malaysia Chapter and IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology Society Malaysia
Chapter till now. She received the IEEE Malaysia Section Best Volunteer Award in 2004. She
is the founder for IPIARTI, a free symposium for the members to share and exchange
knowledge in the field of image, video processing and analysis. Due to this event, research
on image and video has increased tremendously. She has been a committee member of
ICSIPA, the flagship conference of Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter. In 2014, she was the
co-chair for IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP2014) that was held in Kuala Lumpur. She
was elected as the IEEE Malaysia Section Chair for two years 2013-2014, and currently she is
the IEEE R10 Individual Benefits and Services Coordinator and MGA Geographic Unit
Operations Support Committee – Technical Chapter Representative. Among the
achievement under her tenure as the section chair:
• Establish the Section Student Representative (SSR), Section Special Interest Group on
Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) group
• Encourage members to apply IEEE Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
Fund, IEEE SIGHT Fund, and IEEE Region 10 Fund. In total IEEE Malaysia members received
USD11000 in 2013 an USD 5000 in 2014 from these funds.
• Esther Ling, SSR 2014 received Larry K. Wilson Award
• IEEE Univeristi Sains Malaysia (USM) Student Branch and IEEE Curtin Sarawak Student
Branch received the Best Student Branch Award.
• Their counselor Dr Rosmiwati Mokhtar (USM) and Dr Alpha Agape Gopalai (Curtin
Sarawak) received the Best Counselor Award
• Establish the IEEE Undergrad Final Year
Competition in 2014
2013-2014 2015
Zuhaina Zakaria received Bachelor
of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1989,
Masters Degree from Napier University,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 1997 and PhD in
Power System from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,
UK in 2005. She has been working in University Technology
MARA (UiTM) for more than 20 years and currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty
of Electrical Engineering. Her main research interests are in the areas of power quality,
load profiling and power system analysis and operation. Dr Zuhaina is also a senior
member of IEEE and the current chair for IEEE Malaysia Section. She has joined IEEE
since 1999 and has served as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia Section as follows:
• Exco-Member (Student Activities)- 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2007/2008
• Treasurer, 2008-2009
• Secretary, 2010, 2012-2013
• Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch, 2005-2007
In the technical society, she is also one of the active volunteer in IEEE Power and
Engineering (PES) Malaysia Chapter. She was appointed as committee member,
treasurer from 2005-2007, Vice Chair from 2013-2014 and finally the current chair for
PES Malaysia. Dr. Zuhaina has also been appointed as the Chapter Representative for
R10 PES which requires her to monitor the running of seven PES chapters in the south
East Asia. In addition, Dr. Zuhaina was the founder for IEEE Malaysia Section-Women in
Engineering Affinity Group which was formed in July 2007. She actively participated in
organizing major IEEE conferences in Malaysia since 2006
which includes Student Conference on Research and Develop-
ment 2006, International Conference on Engineering
Education (ICEED) from 2009 until present, Innovative Smart
Grid Technologies (ISGT) Asia 2014, TENSYMP 2014 and many
more. Dr. Zuhaina is an experienced and committed member
of IEEE Malaysia Section and received recognition of IEEE
Malaysia Section Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2010.
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2015 EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
ROZITA JAILANI
SECRETARY
(M’03), Head of Degree Program in Faculty of Electrical
Engineering at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM),
Malaysia. She received her Ph.D in Automatic Control and
System Engineering from University of Sheffield, United
Kingdom in 2011. Her research interests in Biomedical
Engineering are in the areas of exoskeleton technology for
rehabilitation and mobility, image processing for medical imaging, gait analysis of
brain impaired patients and artificial intelligence system for many applications.
MD PAUZI ABDULLAH
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
(M’05, SM’13) received the bachelors degree (B.Eng)
from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia in 2002,
masters degree (M.Sc) and doctorate degree (Ph.D) in
Electrical Power Engineering in University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow, United Kingdom in 2003 and 2008 respectively.
Currently he is a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, UTM Johor Bahru. He has served as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia
Section as the Chair of Student Activities for 4 consecutive years (2012-2015). During
his term, among new initiatives introduced are Student Branch Leadership Camp,
Student Congress, Online Final Year Project Competition etc. In IEEE Power & Energy
Society Malaysia Chapter, he was elected as committee member (2011,2014),
Secretary (2012,2013) and Vice chair (2015).
LEE YOOT KHUAN
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
(M'01, SM'13) received her PhD in EE Eng (Biomedical)
from Nottingham U in 2007. She is an Assoc Prof at the Fac
of EE, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She is a SMember of
IEEE and EMBS, a Member of BEM and IET. She has been
the ExCom (EA) of IEEE-Malaysia and IEEE-WIE; She has
served as the ExCom (EA), Chair and Past Chair of IEEE-EM-
BS Malaysia. Under her leadership, the Chapter has won the 2012 IEEE-EMBS
Outstanding Chapter Award worldwide and the 2012 Best Chapter Award from IEEE
Malaysia. She has also won the 2012 Best Volunteer Award from IEEE Malaysia, 2013
IEEE R10 Educational Activities Award for Informal Education and 2015 IEEE R10
Outstanding Individual Award for Humanitarian Technology Activities. She is Mentor
to the IEEE-EMBS International Student Conference in Malaysia by appointment of
IEEE-EMBS President. She has projects with IEEE-SIGHT and IEEE-EPIC to serve the
Underprivileged, Underserved and Special Needs community.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
(M’99, SM’13) received Bachelor of
Engineering in Electrical Engineering
from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in
1989, Masters Degree from Napier
University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
#40335331 in 1997 and PhD in Power System from
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK in
2005. She has been working in University Technology MARA (UiTM) for more than 20
years and currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Her
main research interests are in the areas of power quality, load profiling and power
system analysis and operation.Dr Zuhaina is also a senior member of IEEE and the
current chair for IEEE Malaysia Section. She has joined IEEE since 1999 and has served
as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia Section as Exco-Member (Student Activities)-
2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2007/2008, Treasurer, 2008-2009, Secretary, 2010,
2012-2013 and Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch, 2005-2007.
#80401642
M FAIZAL AHMAD FAUZI
VICE CHAIR
(M’00, SM’10), received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
from Imperial College,London,UK in 1999,and the Ph.D.degree in Electronics and
Computer Science from University of Southampton,Southampton, UK in 2004.He
is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia
University. His main research interests are in the area of signal and image process-
ing, pattern recognition, computer vision and medical imaging. He was appointed
as the Director for the Center for Quality Assurance and Academic Excellence
(CQAAE) at MMU in August 2012. From May 2013 to June 2014, he was attached
to the Clinical Image Analysis Lab at the Ohio State University, USA where he works
on digital histopathology, especially on follicular lymphoma and glioblastoma
diseases analysis. He has published more than 70 journal and conference articles
to date. Mohammad Faizal is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which he first joined in 2000. He was the chair for the
Signal Processing Chapter from 2008 to 2013. Under his stewardship, the chapter
started organizing their flagship events such as the IEEE International Conference
on Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA) and the IPIARTI and SASSP
workshops, as well as aggressively promoting the chapters through various
activities such as workshops, seminars, DLP talks, competitions, social activities and
membership drives throughout the country. Subsequently the chapter was
awarded the first ever recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the
Year Award in 2011. He was the general co-chair of ICSIPA2009 and the general
chair for ICSIPA 2011. He is currently serving as the Vice Chair of the IEEE Malaysia
Section as well as the past chair of the Signal Processing chapter.
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In the technical society, she is also one of the active volunteer in IEEE Power and
Engineering (PES) Malaysia Chapter. She was appointed as committee member,
treasurer from 2005-2007, Vice Chair from 2013-2014 and finally the current chair for
PES Malaysia. Dr. Zuhaina has also been appointed as the Chapter Representative for
R10 PES which requires her to monitor the running of seven PES chapters in the south
East Asia. In addition, Dr. Zuhaina was the founder for IEEE Malaysia Section-Women in
Engineering Affinity Group which was formed in July 2007. She actively participated in
organizing major IEEE conferences in Malaysia since 2006 which includes Student
Conference on Research and Development 2006, International Conference on
Engineering Education (ICEED) from 2009 until present, Innovative Smart Grid
Technologies (ISGT) Asia 2014, TENSYMP 2014 and many more. Dr. Zuhaina is an
experienced and committed member of IEEE Malaysia Section and received recogni-
tion of IEEE Malaysia Section Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2010.
#04970141
NORLIZA MOHD NOOR
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
(M’83, SM’08), currently attached as Associate Professor in UTM Razak School of
Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala
Lumpur Campus. She received her B. Sc. In Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech
University in Lubbock, Texas and her Master of Electrical Engineering (by research)
and PhD (Electrical Engineering) from UTM. Her research area is in image process-
ing and image analysis. Her current work concentrates on medical image analysis
for lung diseases. She has published many papers in journals and in indexed
conference proceedings, and has published one academic book and two book
chapters. She is a senior member of IEEE where she has been a member for more
than 28 years starting as student member while studying in USA. In 1998-2001,
she held several key positions in IEEE Malaysia Section. She is the founding chapter
chair for IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter in 2002 and she held the
position till 2006. Under her, many Signal Processing Society DLPs has come to
Malaysia shore. She is an active IEEE volunteer and held key positions in IEEE Signal
Processing Society Malaysia Chapter and IEEE Engineering Medicine and Biology
Society Malaysia Chapter till now. She received the IEEE Malaysia Section Best
Volunteer Award in 2004. She is the founder for IPIARTI, a free symposium for the
members to share and exchange knowledge in the field of image, video process-
ing and analysis. Due to this event, research on image and video has increased
tremendously. She has been a committee member of ICSIPA, the flagship
conference of Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter. In 2014, she was the co-chair for
IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP2014) that was held in Kuala Lumpur. She
was elected as the IEEE Malaysia Section Chair for two years 2013-2014, and
appointed to be 2015-2016 IEEE R10 Individual Benefits and Services Coordinator
and MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee – Technical Chapter
Representative.
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CHRISTOPHER CHEW
TREASURER
a UK graduate with a BSc(Hons) Engineering (Surrey)
degree and an MBA (Strathclyde). He has had over 35
years of international working experience in various
industries and had held technical and managerial
positions including founding an ICT company. He is
currently a licenced financial adviser (CFP) and a General
Council member of the Malaysian Institute of Management. He also serves as a
member of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation’s evaluation panel for
the award of research grants and financial assistance. He has been an active IEEE
member for the past 17 years and is the current 2015/2017 session Hon. Treasurer of
the IEEE Malaysian Section and Auditor of the Computer Chapter and the Technology
Engineering Management Society.
FRANKLIN J. JOSEPH
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/
INDUSTRIAL RELATION
(M'93, SM'13) ,an electrical engineer by training with a
vast sea-going experience. He served on four different
squadrons of ships over a span of 12 years before
assuming desk jobs at the Naval Engineering Command
in Lumut and Naval Headquarters in KL. Some of his
notable contributions were the setting up of Obsolescence Management Office at
the Naval Engineering Command which still is the focal point on RMN's fleet
upgrades and the Technical Seaworthiness Office at Naval Headquarters responsible
for developing policies in ensuring a seaworthy fleet.
FAWNIZU AZMADI HUSSIN
COMMUNICATION/ NEWSLETTER
(M’02, SM’14) is Director of Strategic Alliance Office and
Associate Professor at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP).
He was the Deputy Head of Electrical & Electronic
Engineering department at UTP (2013-2014) and a
Visiting Professor at Intel Microelectronics Malaysia
(2012). He graduated from University of Minnesota (BSc),
University of New South Wales (MengSc) and Nara Institute of Science and Technolo-
gy (D.Eng). He has filed five patent applications and five copyrights and published
more than 100 papers. He was the 2013 & 2014 Chair of the IEEE CAS Malaysia,
where he inaugurated the Hi-Tea event as a platform for members to network and
introduced three categories of awards to recognize members. He is currently an
excomm member of IEEE Malaysia Section (2015 and 2016).
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ABOUT OUR
FELLOW
Dr. Chuah Hean Teik graduated with a BEng
(First Class Honours), MEngSc and PhD in
electrical engineering, all from University of
Malaya, Malaysia. From July 1988-April 1997,
he was on the faculty of the Electrical Engi-
neering Department of the University of
Malaya. From March-Nov 1994, he was a
Fulbright Scholar at the Wave Scattering
Research Centre, University of Texas at Arling-
ton, USA. From May 1997–Jan 2008, Dr
Chuah was a Senior Professor at the Multime-
dia University (MMU), during which he held
various posts as Vice President (R&D and Aca-
demic Development), Dean of Engineering,
and Director of Research. From June
2001-Jan 2008, he also assumed the duty of
the Penang State Government Professor of
ICT in MMU. Since April 2008, he has been
appointed as President of Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia.
His research interests include microwave
remote sensing and applied electromagnetics.
He has authored/co-authored more than 260
papers in international journals and confer-
ences. Dr. Chuah has received many awards
locally and internationally. Among them
include the Professor Chin Fung Kee Gold
Medal for Engineering Management in 1986,
the inaugural Young Engineer Award by the
Institution of Engineers, Malaysia in 1991;
1990 Young Scientist Award at the 23rd Gener-
al Assembly of the International Union of
Radio Science (URSI) at Prague, Czechoslova-
kia; 1993 Young Scientist Award at the 24th
General Assembly of URSI at Kyoto, Japan;
1995 Young Scientist Award (Industrial Sector)
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
by the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technol-
ogy and the Environment; 1999 Malaysian
Toray Science Foundation Science and Tech-
nology Award for his contributions in the area
of microwave remote sensing; 2002 Sterling
Award from the Sterling Group of Universities
(researchbased universities in UK with engi-
neering faculties) for his services to promotion
of engineering profession; 2011 IET Malaysia
Outstanding Achievement Award; Rotary
Charity Foundation of Kuala Lumpur Research
Gold Medal 2012 for excellence in original
research and significant achievement in the
field of electrical engineering; 2014 Distin-
guished Engineer Award by IEM Penang
Branch, 2016 Taiwan Professional Education
and Culture Medal for his contribution towards
education and cultural exchange between
Malaysia and Taiwan. In collaboration with
Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing, his
research team working on “Paddy Monitoring
and Yield Prediction System using Remote
Sensing and GIS Technologies” won a Gold
Medal at the 2003 Malaysian Science and
Technology Expo, and a Gold Medal at the
32nd International Exhibition of Inventions at
Geneva in 2004. In recognition of his valuable
services, the Governor of the State of Penang
Malaysia conferred upon him an Order of
Chivalry, Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri, which
carries the title “Dato”, in July 2005. For his
significant contribution in engineering profes-
sion, he was awarded Honorary Doctor of
Engineering by MMU in August 2013
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IR. PROFESSOR ACADEMICIAN
DATO’ DR. CHUAH HEAN TEIK,
UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
Dr. Chuah is an eminent technical leader. He
was the President of the Federation of Engi-
neeering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific
(FEIAP) from 2011-2015, and is currently the
Chairman of FEIAP Standing Committee on
Engineering Education. Dr. Chuah was the
President of IEM (2009-2011). He is a Senior
Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia
(ASM); Hon. Fellow of the ASEAN Federation
of Engineering Organisations, IEM, and Myan-
mar Engineering Society; a Founding Fellow of
the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Tech-
nology; Fellow of the Remote Sensing & Pho-
togrammetry Society, UK; the Institution of
Engineering and Technology, UK; the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA;
and the Electromagnetics Academy, USA. He
is also a Professional Engineer in Malaysia, a
Chartered Engineer with the Engineering
Council, UK; an APEC, EMF and ASEAN Engi-
neer; and Hon. Member of the Golden Key
International Honour Society. Dr. Chuah serves
as reviewer for technical papers submitted to
international journals such as Progress in Elec-
tromagnetics Research (PIER) Journal, and
IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
He is currently a member of the Disciplinary
Committee Panel under the Advocates and
Solicitors’ Disciplinary Board, Malaysia, Coun-
cil Member of ASM (2007-2011, 2014-2016)
and was a Council Member of the Malaysian
Qualifications Agency (2008-2012). He also
serves in Technical Committee or Advisory
Committee of a few regional and international
conferences and symposia.
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Due to his technical expertise, he has been
appointed to various committees at national
level, which included:
i) Chairman, KLIA2 Independent Safety Com-
mittee (appointed by Minister of Transport
Malaysia in Dec 2014) to review safety issues
for KLIA2 Airport in Malaysia (2014-2015)
ii) Member, Malaysia Education System Review
Panel, appointed by Government of Malay-
sia as one of the 12-member Panel to review
the Education Blueprint of Malaysia (2012)
iii) Member of Selection Committee for
Science and Technology Award and Science
and Technology Research Grant, Malaysia
Toray Science Foundation (2012-to-date)
iv) Member, Auditor Committee, Mahathir
Science Award Foundation (2012-to-date)
v) Member of Examination Committee for
Science Education Award of Malaysia Toray
Science Foundation (2006-2011)
vi) Member of the Independent Investigation
Panel, Cabinet of Malaysia Government for
the Cameron Highlands Bus Accident
(2011)
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IEEE LIFE MEMBERS

CURRENT POSITION
• Honourary Adviser, Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce
• Honourary Adviser, Federation of Hakka Association, Malayisa
• Honourary Adviser, Malaysia We Association

NG LIP YONG (LIP Y NG)
06880199
BIOGRAPHY
Mr Ng joined the IEEE as a Student Member in his first year (1970/71) at the University
of Sheffield where he graduated with a B.Eng.(Hons) in Electronic Engineering in 1973.
He then obtained the M.Sc. Degree in Communications & Microwave Engineering at
University of Leeds in 1974. He started his professional career in 1975 as an engineer at
Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd (STC), Basildon, England. He held variuos managerial,
technical and engineering positions until 2000 when he became a full-time politician. A
year after returning to Malaysia in 1980, Mr Ng became an active member of Parti
Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, a component political party of the ruling coalition Barisan
Nasional. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for 2 terms from 1999 to 2008. He
was a backbencher for the first term and he served as Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of
Plantation Industries & Commodities Malaysia (2004/06) before being appointed as
Deputy Minister, Ministry of International Trade & Industry Malaysia (MITI) (2006/08). He
did not seek re-election in 2008. He also held various positions in government, commu-
nity organizations, resident and trade associations.
POSITIONS HELD IN GOVERNMENT
2006 - 2008 Deputy Minister, Ministry of International Trade & Industry Malaysia
(MITI)
2007 - 2008 Chairman, Malaysian Logistic Council
2004 - 2006 Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Plantation Industries &
Commodities Malaysia
1999- 2008 Member of Parliament for Batu Constituency, Kuala Lumpur
PROFESSIONAL/BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
2010 - 2011 Business Adviser, Hiap Teck Venture Berhad
2008 - 2009 Managing Director, Hai-O Marketing Sdn Bhd
2003 - 2004 Director, Tenaga Nasional Berhad
1982 - 2004 Director of several family-owned private companies and involved in a variety
of businesses including:
• Consultant to GTE International Inc.
• Supply and installation of telecommunications equipment and systems
• Operation of electronic messaging services
• Housing development
• Management of oil palm plantations
1980 - 1982 Resident Manager, Malaysian Representative Office GTE International
1975 - 1980 Incorporated, USA Engineer
Telecommunications Authority of Singapore (TAS)
1975 Engineer Standard Telephone & Cables Ltd (STC), Basildon, England
POSITIONS HELD IN OTHER ORGANISATIONS
2009 - 2012 The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia
(ACCCIM) : Adviser, Small & Medium Enterprises & Human Resource
Development Committee
2007 - 2008 Federation of ASEAN Shippers Council : Chairman
2006 - 2008 Malaysian National Shippers Council : Chairman
1999- 2000 Second National Economic Consultative Council (NECC II) : Member,
1999- 2000 Deputy Chairman of Human Resource Development Committee
1999 - 2000 Advisory Board, City of Kuala Lumpur : Member
1993 - 1994 Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) : Deputy Chairman,
1989 - 1994 DIirector
1993 - 1994 Malaysian Futures Clearing Corporation (MFCC) : Chairman,
1991 - 1994 Director
1994 - 1996 Housing Developers Association Malaysia (HDA) : Secretary General,
1990 - 1996 National Council Member
1983 - 1987 Majlis Perbandaran Seremban (MPS) : Ahli Majlis

PROF. C. ESWARAN

BIOGRAPHY
Prof. C. Eswaran received his B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, where he worked as a Professor in the Department of Electrical
Engineering until January 2002. Currently he is working as a Professor in the Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Multimedia University, Malaysia. He is also serving as the chairman
of one of the university’s center of excellence, the Center for Visual Computing. Prof. C. Eswaran served as a visiting faculty and research fellow in many international universities such as
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Concordia University, Canada, University of Victoria, Canada, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has also received prestigious
international fellowships such as the Humboldt-Fellowship (Germany) and Advanced Systems Institute Fellowship (British Columbia, Canada). He has successfully supervised more
than 50 Ph.D and M.S students in the areas of Multimedia Systems, Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Health Informatics. He has published more
than 240 research papers in these areas in reputed international journals and conferences. He has also carried out several sponsored research projects and served as an industrial
consultant in these areas. He is serving as a reviewer for many international journals and conferences.
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ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY (EDS)

SPO ID : CH10105
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : P. SUSTHITHA MENON, UKM

HISTORY
The IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Malaysia chapter was established in 1991 and was founded by the late Prof Dr Zahari Mohd Darus from the
Department of Electric, Electronic and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Till now, EDS Malaysia
has successfully organized conferences, short courses, technical talks and workshops related to electronic devices. Prof Dato’ Dr Burhanuddin Yeop
Majlis (Director of the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), UKM) is currently the advisor for the society and Assoc Prof Dr
Badariah Bais from the Department of Electric, Electronic and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UKM is the current chair of the society.

CHAIRS CONFERENCES
Prof Dr Zahari Mohd Darus IEEE Electron Devices Malaysia Chapter has been organizing two
• (UKM) conferences in a bi-annual manner since 1992. The first conference is
• 1991-1994 the International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE)
Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin •
Yeop Majlis • and the second conference is the National Symposium on Microelec-
(UKM) • tronics (NSM) which later the name is changed to the Regional
1994-2006 • Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM). The latest ICSE is
• (UKM) the ICSE2014, which is the 11th ICSE conference organized by the
• 2007-2008 IEEE EDS Malaysia. The latest RSM is the RSM2015, which is the 10th
•
Assoc Prof Dr Zaliman Sauli • RSM conference being organized by the IEEE EDS Malaysia.
(UniMAP) •
2009-2010 • Year Conference Venue ED Malaysia Chair

• Prof Dr Ibrahim Ahmad

1992 ICSE1992 PWTC, Kuala Lumpur Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

•
Yeop Majlis
(UNITEN) 1996 ICSE1996 Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
• 2011-2012 Resort, Penang Yeop Majlis
Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Nizar • 1997 NSM1997 UKM, Bangi Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
Hamidon • Yeop Majlis
(UPM) • 1998 ICSE1998 Equatorial, Bangi Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

•
Yeop Majlis
2013-2014 1999 NSM1999 Pan Paci�ic Pangkor Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
• Assoc Prof Dr Badariah Bais Yeop Majlis
• (UKM) 2000 ICSE2000 Guoman Port Dickson
Resort, Negeri Sembilan
Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
Yeop Majlis
2015-Present 2001 NSM2001 Awana, Genting Highland Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
Yeop Majlis
2002 ICSE2002 The Gurney Resort Hotel Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
and Residences, Penang Yeop Majlis
2015 COMMITTEES 2003 NSM2003 Putra Palace, Kangar Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
Yeop Majlis
No Name Post IEEE number Affliation
2004 ICSE2004 Mines Beach Resort & Spa, Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
1 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Badariah Chair 41345811 (SM) UKM
Bais Kuala Lumpur Yeop Majlis
2 Assoc. Prof. Dr Norhayati Vice-Chair 90662495 (M) UM 2005 NSM2005 Hilton, Kuching Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
Soin Yeop Majlis
3 Assoc. Prof. Dr. P Susthitha Secretary 90569420 (SM) UKM 2006 ICSE2006 Prince Hotel & Residence Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin
Menon Kuala Lumpur Yeop Majlis
4 Dr. Zubaida Yusoff Assistant 91081340 (M) MMU 2007 RSM2007 Paradise Sandy Beach Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari
Secretary Resort, Penang
5 Assoc. Prof Dr. Roslina Treasurer 41356415 (M) UPM
2008 ICSE2008 Johor International Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari
Sidek
Convention Centre,
6 Prof. Dr. AHM Zahirul Alam Committee 41276664 (SM) UIA
7 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainal Arif Committee 90543978 (M) UTP Persada Johor Bahru
Burhanudin 2009 RSM2009 Kota Bahru, Kelantan Prof Madya Dr Zaliman Sauli
8 Dr. Asrulnizam Abd Manaf Committee 90607617 (M) USM 2010 ICSE2010 Holiday Inn, Melaka Prof Madya Dr Zaliman Sauli
9 Ir. Nor Azhadi Hj. Ngah Committee 92930766 TMRnD 2011 RSM2011 Le Meridien, Kota Prof Dr Ibrahim Ahmad
10 Ir. Hazian Mamat Committee 90564738 (SM) MIMOS Kinabalu, Sabah
11 Dr. Suhaidi Sha�ie Committee 90564817 (SM) UPM 2012 ICSE2012 Grand Millenium, Kuala Prof Dr Ibrahim Ahmad
12 Dr. Lim Wee Teck Committee 40168206 (SM) ON Lumpur
Semiconductor
2013 RSM2013 Holiday Villa Beach Resort Prof Madya Dr Mohd Nizar
13 Dr. Hashimah Hashim Committee 80718309 (M) UiTM
& Spa, Langkawi Island Hamidon
14 Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Md Committee 92100646 (SM) UNIMAP
Arshad 2014 ICSE2014 Berjaya Times Square Prof Madya Dr Mohd Nizar
15 Dr. Siti Noorjannah Ibrahim Committee 92428276 (M) UIA Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Hamidon
16 Dr. Jahariah Sampe Committee 93298952 (M) UKM 2015 RSM2015 Primula Hotel, Kuala Prof Madya Dr Badariah Bais
17 Prof. Dato' Dr. Committee, 428045 (SM) UKM Terengganu
Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis Past Chair 1
18 Prof. Dr. Sahbudin Shaari Committee, 90446127 (M) UKM
Past Chair 2
19 Prof Dr. Zaliman Sauli Committee, 40304398 (SM) UNIMAP
Past Chair 3
20 Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Committee, 40236591 (SM) UNITEN
Past Chair 4
21 Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Nizar Committee, 41356221 (M) UPM
Hamidon Past Chair 5
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TECHNICAL PAPERS ICSE/RSM PUBLISHED IN IEEE EXPLORE/INDEXED IN ISI/SCOPUS

Membership of IEEE EDS Malaysia Chapter is generally on the increasing trend. Please refer to the MEMBERSHIP STATUS 2015
graph below for the details of the membership between 2010 and 2014:

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POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY (PES)
SPO ID : CH10106
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : MD PAUZI ABDULLAH, UTM
CHAIRS
HUSSEIN AHMAD (1994-1999)
The first Chair of IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter. He is a former professor of High
Voltage Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia. He is also the former Director of Institute of High Voltage
and High Current (IVAT) UTM. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in
High Voltage Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and
Technology in 1986. He received Individual Appreciative Award at the IEEE
Malaysia 2004 Dinner Night for his contribution as the Head of Power
Engineering Chapter (1994- 2000).
AZAH MOHAMED (2004-2005)
obtained her BSc (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering from King’s
College, University of London in 1978, MSc and PhD in Electrical Power
Engineering from University of Malaya in 1988 and 1995, respectively. She
joined UKM as a tutor in 1985 and became a lecturer at the Department of
Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering in 1988. Prior to the academic
post in UKM she was with Jabatan Telekom Malaysia for five years (1981-1985).
She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996 and a full Professor in 2004.
She has been actively involved with IEEE in which she was the Secretary of IEEE
Power Engineering Society Malaysia Chapter (2001), Vice-Chair PES Malaysia
Chapter (2002- 2003), Committee Member IEEE Malaysia Section
(2001-2002), and organizing committee member of four IEEE Malaysia Section
Dinners. She held the Publicity and Publication portfolio for the Section in 2001
until 2003 and responsible for the publication of the newsletter and the
Malaysia Section Website. She was the Chair of PES Malaysia Chapter for 2004-
2005
ZAHRUL FAIZI HUSSIEN (2008-2009)
Currently the head of Malakoff Utilities Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Wirazone
Sdn. Bhd). Prior joining Malakoff utilities' he was a General Manager at TNBR
and was the Assoc. Prof at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) prior to
that.During his tenure as PES chair, PES Malaysia won IEEE-PES Outstanding
Chapter Award, Small Chapters Category 2007 from PES HQ. He has been
actively involved with IEEE locally and internationally in which he was the
Committee Member of IEEE Malaysia Section and Chapter Rep for IEEE Asia,
Australia and New Zealand Region (East) Power and Energy Society.
IZHAM ZAINAL ABIDIN (2011-2012)
Joined the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) as a lecturer in the College of
Engineering in 2002. He received his Ordinary National Diploma in Engineer-
ing from Coventry Technical College in 1994. He then further his study into the
bachelor’s degree level and received his BEng in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Southampton in 1997. He was later obtained his PhD in
Electrical Engineering (Power) from the Strathclyde University in 2002. Over the
years, Assoc. Prof. Dr Izham has been actively involved in Professional
Associations and bodies both at International and national levels to promote
engineering. In IEEE Power and Energy (PES) Malaysia Chapter, he was
appointed as committee member, treasurer, Vice chair and finally as Chair for
2011-2012.
ZUHAINA ZAKARIA (2015)
Received B.Eng Degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1989, MSc Degree from Napier University, Edinburgh, UK in 1997 and PhD in Power System from University of
Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK in 2005. She is an associate professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, (UiTM). She is also a senior member of IEEE and the current chair for IEEE Malaysia Section. Dr.
Zuhaina joined IEEE since 1999 and has served as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia Section as follows: Exco-Member (Student Activities) in year 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2007/2008, Treasurer in year
2008-2009, Secretary in year 2010, 2012-2013 and Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch n year 2005-2007. In IEEE Power and Engineering (PES) Malaysia Chapter, she was appointed as
committee member, treasurer from 2005-2007, Vice chair from 2013-2014 and finally the current chair for PES Malaysia. Dr. Zuhaina has also been appointed as the Chapter Representative for R10 PES.
She is also the founder for IEEE Malaysia Section-Women in Engineering Affinity Group which was formed in July 2007. She received recognition of IEEE Malaysia Section Outstanding Volunteer Award for
2010.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
NORMAN MARIUN (2000-2003)
the Professor of ElectricalPower Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering,
Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has proved to be an active IEEE volunteer where
he has been serving various positions in IEEE such as Chapter/Section
Committee for IEEE Power and Energy, Executive Committee Member of IEEE
Region 10 Asia, Australia and New Zealand Region (2007-2010), Chapter Rep
for IEEE Asia, Australia and New Zealand Region (East) Power and Energy
Society, Chair IEEE Malaysia Section 2007 etc. Due to his excellent contribu-
tions, he received IEEE Malaysia Section Best olunteer Award 2002 and
Distinguished Individual Award, Institute of Electrical and Elaectronics
Engineers (USA) Power Engineering Society in November 2005
MICHAEL JOSEPH (2006-2007)
with Alstom Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. as the O&M Hub Director for the Execution
Centre based on Kuala Lumpur covering the Asia Pacific area. His background
from power plant operations to various business development roles in
organization over the last 20 years. Currently he leads a team in the execution
of the Gas Turbine Combined Cycle plant contracts for the Area. He is an active
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Power and Energy Society – Malaysia Chapter.
ISMAIL MUSIRIN (2010)
Obtained Diploma of Electrical Power Engineering in 1987, Bachelor of
Electrical Engineering (Hons) in 1990; both from Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, MSc in Pulsed Power Technology in 1992 from University of
Strathclyde, United Kingdom and PhD in Electrical Engineering from
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia in 2004. He is a senior member of
IEEE, IEEE Power and Energy (PES), Computer Society, senior member of
International Association of Computer Sciences and Information Technolo-
gy (IACSIT), International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and Artificial
Immune System Society (ARTIST).
ZAINAL ABIDIN AB KADIR (2013-2014)
Received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from
Universiti Putra Malaysia and Ph.D. degree in High Voltage Engineering
from the University of Manchester, U.K in 2001 and 2006, respectively.
Currently, he is the Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation) and Professor at
the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
He is also the Director at the Centre for Electromagnetic and Lightning
Protection Research (CELP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is a member of
IET, IEM, CIGRE and a Senior Member of IEEE. He is the recipient of the Vice
Chancellor Fellowship Award (Young Scientist) 2011, Young Scientist
Network (YSN-ASM) 2012, Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM) 2014,
Anugerah Tokoh Jasa Gemilang 2015 (contributions to the school’s
development activities), Tokoh Anak Muda Kelantan (Akademik) 2015 and
the nominee for 2015 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and
Education (ASPIRE Prize). On a high note, Professor Zainal was promoted to
a full professor in 2012 at the age of 33 and is recently selected and listed
as the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Lecturer.
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AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

WINNER FOR IEEE PES CHAPTERS WEB SITE CONTEST RUNNERS-UP 2014 IEEE PES OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD
(LARGE CHAPTERS CATEGORY)
WINNER FOR IEEE PES CHAPTERS WEB SITE CONTEST

2007 2008 2011 2013 2015

RUNNERS-UP FOR IEEE PES CHAPTERS WEB SITE CONTEST

2007 IEEE-PES OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD RUNNERS-UP 2012 IEEE PES OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD
(SMALL CHAPTERS CATEGORY) (LARGE CHAPTERS CATEGORY)

CONFERENCES
• IEEE PES INNOVATIVE SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES 2014 ASIAN CONFERENCE (ISGT ASIA 2014)
• IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER AND ENERGY (PECON) 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

OUTSTANDING ENGINEER AWARDS

DR. ABDUL HALIM ABU BAKAR MICHAEL JOSEPH

IR DR. LEE YEE CHEONG TNB ALSTOM

2005 2007 2010

2006 2009
PROF DR. KHALID MOHAMED NOR DR. SALLEHUDIN YUSOF
UTM APS

E-MAIL AND NEWSLETTER ACTIVITIES, HOME PAGE

WEB PAGE: HTTP://SITES.IEEE.ORG/MALAYSIA-PES
FACEBOOK PAGE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/IEEE-POWER-AND-ENERGY-SOCIETY-MALAYSIA-CHAPTER
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ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY JOINT CHAPTER (AP/MTT/EMCA)
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION / MICROWAVE THEORY & TECHNIQUE /

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY JOINT CHAPTER (AP/MTT/EMCA)
SPO ID : CH10226
ASSOCIATE EDITORS : ZAIKI AWANG, UiTM | FAUZIAHANIM SEMAN , UTHM

HISTORY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The IEEE Malaysia Section AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter is an associa-
tion dedicated to serve professionals involved in antennas and propa-
gation, microwave engineering and applied electromagnetics. The
chapter was originally formed in 1997 as MTT/AP Malaysia by a group
of leading university experts and industralists which included Prof. Dr
Zaiki Awang, Dr. Chandran, Dr Deepak K. Ghodgaonkar and Prof.
Mazlina Esa and later became AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter in 2001.

The chapter started its activities by organizing several technical talks

delivered by IEEE Distinguished Lecture Programme (DLP) speakers
2013
and conducted various technical visits to the industry. From a small Chair : Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh (UiTM)
chapter with less than 20 members, it has now grown in stature, with Vice-Chair : Badrul Hisham Ahmad (UTeM)
membership now totaling more than 400, and is one of the most active Past-Chair : Mohamad Kamal A Rahim (UTM)
IEEE chapters in Malaysia. Secretary : Mohd Tarmizi Ali (UiTM)
Treasurer : Aziati Husna Awang(UiTM)
The chapter organises the highly successful Asia-Pacific Conference on Excomm : Zaiki Awang (UiTM)
Suhaila Subahir (UiTM)
Applied Electromagnetics (APACE) and IEEE International RF and
Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin (UTM)
Microwave Conference (RFM) series of conferences; and routinely
Linus Lau (CST)
invites prominent speakers from around the world under the IEEE Maisarah Abu (UTeM)
Distinguished Lecturer Programme. Due to its outstanding perfor-
mance, and in recognition of its significant contribution to IEEE profes-
sionals in Region 10, the chapter has been given the privilege to host
the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2017 (APMC 2017), which is
ranked third in the world microwave conference.

PAST CHAIRS

2014
Chair : Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh (UiTM)
Vice-Chair : Badrul Hisham Ahmad (UTeM)
2004 – 2006
Prof Dr Zaiki Awang Past-Chair : Mohamad Kamal A Rahim (UTM)
(UiTM) Secretary : Mohd Tarmizi Ali (UiTM)
Treasurer : Aziati Husna Awang(UiTM)
Excomm : Zaiki Awang (UiTM)
2007 – 2009 Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin (UTM)
Prof Dr Mazlina Esa Linus Lau (RF Station)
(UTM) Fauziahanim Che Seman (UTHM)
Hamzah Asyrani Sulaiman (UTeM)
2010 – 2012
Prof Dr Mohamad
Kamal A Rahim
(UTM)

2013 – 2014
Dr Mohd Khairul
Salleh
(UiTM)

2015 – 2016
Prof Madya Dr Badrul
Hisham Ahmad
(UTeM)
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONFERENCES

Penang
RFM2013

• Shah Alam • Putrajaya

2015 APACE 2003

• Subang
RFM2004
RFM2006
• Kuala Lumpur
RFM2008
Chair : Badrul Hisham Ahmad (UTeM)
Vice-Chair : Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin (UTM)
Past-Chair : Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh (UiTM) Malacca
• Port Dickson APACE 2007 Kuching
Secretary : Fauziahanim Che Seman (UTHM) APACE 2012
APACE 2010 RFM2015
Treasurer : Aziati Husna Awang (UiTM) • Seremban
Excomm : Zaiki Awang (UiTM) RFM2011
Mohamad Kamal A Rahim (UTM)
Mohd Tarmizi Ali (UiTM) Johor Bharu
Hamzah Asyrani Sulaiman (UTeM) APACE 2005
Grace Soo Yong Lim (University of Nottingham Malaysia) APACE 2014

PAST EVENTS

Opening Ceremony in APACE 2004 Prof Erius Talk in DLP 2011 AGM Dinner in 2013

Chapter AGM 2013 Chapter AGM 2014

1st Malaysia-Japan Workshop on Radio Technology (MJWRT2015), 15 June 2015 Chapter AGM 2015
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COMPUTER SOCIETY (CS)

SPO ID : CH10253
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : RAWIDEAN MOHD KASSIM, MIMOS

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Computer Chapter, Malaysia Section (IEEE-CS Malaysia) formed in Dec 3, 1999 has continued to strive with various activities for the benefit
of its members. More than 100 major activities were organized from the year 2000 ranging from technical, educational to social activities. With full
commitment from the Executive Committee, IEEE-CS Malaysia will be looking forward to organizing more activities in future.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

The IEEE-CS was chaired by Dr. Abdul Rahman Ramli from Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM) from year 1999 – 2001. Dr. Rahman has laid
some foundation for the chapter. During this period we organized our
first conference “National Real-Time Technology and Applications
Symposium” (RENTAS), 17-18 October 2000. Besides that we
organize some workshop.
Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim who was Vice Chair before lead
the IEEE-CS Malaysia from 2002 – 2013. During his leadership the
chapter organized many activities. Some of the major conferences
are IEEE Conference on Open Systems (ICOS), IEEE Conference on
e-Learning, e-Management and e-Services (IC3e) and IEEE Confer-
ence on Wireless Sensor (ICWiSe). ICOS started in 2010 and this year
is the 6th ICOS organized successfully in Melaka. The above confer-
ences are organized annually. Besides that, several workshop and
DVP talks were organized such as Smart Home, Six Sigma for
Engineers, Green Computing and Crowd Sourcing.
In year 2012, IEEE CS Malaysia managed to create network with IEEE
Computer Chapters in other countries. The ex-comm. visited IEEE
Victoria Section (Melbourne, Australia) and IEEE Computer Chapter
(Beijing, China). The network will help in organizing and hosting talks
and conferences, and exchanging expertise and programs.
In year 2013, Dr. Rahim Ahmad from UNITEN became the Chapter
Chair. In 2013, the Chapter participated in bidding for ICDE 2015
conference in Brisbane, Australia. The ex-comm. went to Brisbane
and made a presentation to ICDE Committee. We did a good presen-
tation however the Koreans won the bidding. The bidding was fully
funded by MyCEB.
Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Yusoff became Chapter Chair in 2014 and 2015.
The chapter organized the annual conferences; ICOS, ICWise and
IC3e in Melaka. A visit to Rangsit University, Bangkok and Software
House was organized in October 2015.
In general, the activities can be divided into 3 categories; technical,
educational and social. The technical and educational activities are
mainly conferences, talks (including DVP) and workshops.
Major conferences are RENTAS (National Real-Time Technology and
Applications Symposium) , started in 2000, ICOS, annual conference
started in 2010, IC3e, annual conference started in 2011, ICWiSe,
annual conference started in 2012. The above conferences are
organized successfully in Melaka from 24-26 August 2015. More than
100 participants attended the conferences.
Besides that, the chapter also organized technical co-sponsorship
conferences. These conferences are organized in collaboration with
local universities and organizations. The ex-comm. will be part of the
organizing committee and their role is to advise the committee on
technical matters especially on the quality of the paper complying
IEEE requirements. Some of the conferences are Conference on IT &
Applications (CITA), Malaysian Software Conference (MySec), South
East Asian Network of Ergonomics Society (SEANES) Conference,
Data Mining & Optimization (DMO), International Conference on
Innovation Management and Technology Research (ICIMTR).
The Chapter also participated in social activities such as organizing
Hari Raya Open House, visiting Charity Homes and co-sponsoring
IEEE-Freescale Smart Car Competition in 2008 and 2011. The
Chapter also organize membership drive in several local universities
and also during conferences and workshops. We hope more
members will join the Chapter in near future.

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COMPONENTS, PACKAGING & MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES

SOCIETY (CMPT)
SPO ID : CH10258
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : AZHAR ARIPIN, ON SEMICONDUCTOR

HISTORY
IEEE/CPMT (Component, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology) Malaysia Chapter is the forum for Malaysian scientists and engineers engaged
in the research, design and development of revolutionary advances in IC packaging and manufacturing. The Society strives for the advancement of
the theory and practice of electrical and electronics engineering and of the allied arts and sciences, and the maintenance of a high professional
standing among its members and others and with special attention of such aims within the field of interest of the Society. The CPMT Society
promotes close cooperation and exchange of technical information among its members and others through technical conferences and workshops,
peer-reviewed publications, and collaboration with other organizations in the world.

The Malaysian CPMT Chapter was formally established in 2003 by a group of professional headed by Prof. K. N. Seetharamu from University Science
Malaysia, CH Chew, Ghazali Omar from ON Semiconductor, Teck Joo from Intel and few others. The Chapter has been getting very strong support
from the Santa Clara Sister Chapter and CPMT top leadership. People like Bill Chen, Prof. Sung Yi, Prof. Ricky Lee and Rolf Aschenbrenner have been
very instrumental in their support to the growth of the Malaysia Chapter. Since then, the Chapter has been very active in organizing international
conferences, seminars, workshops and technical meetings. The chapter has developed tremendously in terms of its membership comprising of
engineering community from industry and universities. Since 2006 until 2014, the Chapter has organised five well-received IEMT (International
Electronics Manufacturing Technology) conferences and more than 10 technical seminars for the engineering community in the field of IC packag-
ing. Since its inception, the Chapter has been headed by the following leaders:

CHAIRS
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PROF. K. N. SEETHARAMU •
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MR. CHEW CHEE HIONG
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Born on 22nd August 1939. He graduated from Mysore University in Mechanical • Received Bachelor of Engineering degree with 1st Class Honors from University
Engineering in the year 1960. He obtained his Master Degree in Power • of Technology, Malaysia in 1989 and MBA from Herriot Watts University. Current-
Engineering in the year 1962, from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He • ly, he is the regional head of Package Development for ON Semiconductor Asia.
obtained his doctoral degree in 1973, in the field of heat transfer from Indian • He started his career as a development engineer with Motorola Semiconductor
Institute of Technology, Madras. His doctoral thesis was judged as one of the • Sector and involves in various technology platforms like Heavy Al wire, Au wire,
excellent thesis by Prof. Rohsenow from MIT, a world-renowned person in the • Clip bond, Mold Encapsulation, RF Power Module. He won one of the best
field of heat transfer. He has an industrial experience of more than 3 years (Oct. • paper award in Internepcon 1991. He is pioneer to establish the packaging
1962 - Dec. 1965) in a paper mill before he joined the academic life. He served • design group in Motorola Seremban in 1995 (FEA, Fundamental Analytical
BIT Ranchi as an Assistant Professor from 1965-1968. He joined Indian Institute of • tools, Packaging design etc). In 1997, He was awarded Motorola Privileged
Technology, Madras in the year 1968, as a lecturer and rose to the level of • Scientific and Technology Society Engineering Award for his leadership and
Professor in the year 1980. He joined the School of Mechanical Engineering, • Motorola Six Sigma Black Belt award. To date, he owns 10 patents. Currently, he
University Science Malaysia as a Professor in the year 1996 on invitation. He took • is key driver for ON Semiconductor industry leadership package solutions and
voluntary retirement from IIT Madras in September 1998 to continue his • project collaboration with Government/University.
assignment at University of Science Malaysia. •
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MR. AZHAR ARIPIN •
• MR. LIM WEE TECK
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Graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical • Received his B Eng. (Elec Eng) and M Sc. in Electrical Engineering from National
Engineering in 1992. He started his professional career as an R&D engineer with • University of Singapore in 1995 and 2000 respectively. He started his career as
Motorola Malaysia. • Product Engineer with Texas Instruments and is currently attached to the Device
• Engineering team with ON Semiconductor. He joined the IEEE in 1995 and
• became a CPMT Chapter member in 2003. He believes in getting involved in
• the CPMT Chapter activities and connecting with peers. He had encouraged
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DR. KIM S SIOW
fellow members to apply for Senior Member elevation had supported/been the
• reference for more than 5 SM elevation application.
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A Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Microengineering and •
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DR. CHEE CHOONG KOOI
Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Prior to joining IMEN,
he has worked as a materials engineer at multi-national companies and the •
National University of Singapore. His research interests are related to surface •
modification using plasma technologies for biomaterials, adhesion and •
microfluidic applications, and joining technologies using sintered silver. He •
completed his Ph.D. in Engineering (Minerals and Materials) under the University •
of South Australia President Scholarship in 2007. His previous education • Currently serves as the principal at KBU international college. Prior to this
includes Bachelor of Applied Science (Materials Engineering) with Honours and • assignment, he was in with Intel since 2001. He graduated from National
Masters of Applied Science from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore • University of Singapore in 1992 and obtained his Master degree in Polymer
obtained in 1997 and 1999 respectively. His numerous publications receive • Science from Lancaster University. He earned his PhD also in Polymer Science
more than 600 citations, and his h-index is 7. He also reviews journal papers • from the same university in 2001.
regularly for more than 15 international journals from Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, •
Taylor-Francis and IEEE Transactions. Kim S Siow also teaches “Scientific Writing •
for Publication” for academics as well as researchers in industry.Besides scientific •
writing, he has co-written a module on "Project Management" for graduate •
trainees and taught "Master level" course in "Project Risk Management". He is •
also a certified Project Management Professional PMP® since 2009.
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CONFERENCES AND TECHNICAL FORUMS

IEEE CPMT International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Conferences:
(2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 (In Progress))
An international event organized by the IEEE CPMT Malaysia Chapter with co-sponsorship
from CPMT society of IEEE, Santa Clara Valley Chapter. It is a major forum, providing opportuni-
ties to network and meet leading experts, in addition to exchange of up-to-date knowledge in
the field. Since 1990’s, IEMT has gained a reputation as a premier electronic materials and
manufacturing technology conference and well attended by experts all over the world.

IEEE CPMT Electronics Materials and Packaging Conference (EMAP) Conferences

(2004, 2009, 2016 (In Progress))
EMAP features good coverage of developments in all areas of electronics materials and
packaging, from design to manufacturing and operation. EMAP is a regional major forum,
providing opportunities to network and meet leading experts in addition to exchange of up to
date knowledge in the field. Since 1999, EMAP was held rotational by R10 CPMT chapters and
has gained a reputation as a premier electronics materials and packaging conference in Asia
Pacific, where the bulk of the packaging activities are taking place.

IEEE CPMT Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Workshops:

(2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
A 1-day event focusing on advanced packaging related workshop, which covered both the
Northern (Penang) and Central region (Kuala Lumpur). The workshop typically covering 2 key
areas of interest: latest technology trends and also latest advancement in design/ material/ and
manufacturing process.

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IEMT & EMAP Conferences (2004 – 2014)

IEEE Section & CPMT Chapter AGM (2014 & 2015)

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SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY (SP)

SPO ID : CH10284
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : VIJANTH ASIRVADAM, UTP

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) is an international Society whose purpose is to: advance and disseminate state-of-the-art scientific informa-
tion and resources; educate the signal processing community; and provide a venue for people to interact and exchange ideas. The term "signal"
includes audio, video, speech, image, communication, geophysical, sonar, radar, medical, musical, and other signals.

IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter was established in August 2002 with membership of only 25 people. It has been trying to place itself as the society that
generates interest by bringing the latest information and resources to the local members through its activity. This include the flagship events such as
the ICSIPA conference series and the IPIARTI and SASSP workshops, as well as workshops, seminars, DLP talks, competitions, social activities and
membership drives. The membership as of January 2015 is now 120+ people.The chapter has been selected as the first recipient of the IEEE Signal
Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award in the year 2011. The chapter again won the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award
in 2014, together with the IEEE Malaysia Section Best Chapter Award the same year.

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

The International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applica-
tions (ICSIPA) is a biennial conference organized by the IEEE Signal
Processing Society Malaysia Chapter. The conference provides a forum
for the researchers and engineers from academia and industry to discuss
and present the latest technological advances and research results in the
fields of theoretical, experimental, and application of signal, image and
video processing.
The conference aims to bring together engineers and scientists in signal,
image and video processing locally and internationally for a better
cohesion and collaboration in the fields of mutual interest. The recent
IEEE ICSIPA 2015 was the fourth in the series and was held in Kuala
Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It was attended by about 120 participants
from over 50 countries with 60% international participation. 105 papers
were presented at an acceptance rate of 45%. The previous IEEE ICSIPA
conferences, held in 2009, 2011 and 2013 at Kuala Lumpur and Melaka,
were also major successes with 50% - 70% international participation.
Other conferences which IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter technical co-spon-
sored were the IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP 2014), the
International Conference on Intelligent & Advanced Systems (ICIAS
2012, 2014, 2016) and the International Conference on Information
Science, Signal Processing and Their Applications (ISSPA 2010).
The Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real Time Imaging Sympo-
sium (IPIARTI) and the IEEE Symposium on Acoustics, Speech and
Signal Processing (SASSP) are annual events organized by the IEEE
Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter for researchers working in
the image processing and analysis, pattern recognition, computer
vision and real-time imaging area.
This free event is open for all IEEE members and non-members with the
aim of bringing the university - industry community together to share
and discuss the latest trends and technology in the field. This event also
aims to promote IEEE Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter to Malaysian
audience.
IPIARTI and SASSP provide good opportunities for local researchers to
get together to share their work as well as exchanging ideas with
others. The 1-day symposiums usually comprises of a few keynote
speeches followed by other presentations in a conference style setting.
The first IPIARTI was held at the UTM International Campus, Kuala
Lumpur on 16th December 2010, with 9 presentations and over 80
participants. Since then, it has been organized annually with at least one
IEEE Signal Processing Society DLP and local invited presentations and
had attracted no less than 100 participants in each event. SASSP started
in the year 2013 at Universiti Tenaga Malaysia.

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Mohammad Faizal receiving the 2011 Chapter of the Year Award

from SPS President, K.J. Ray Liu at ICASSP2012 in Kyoto, Japan

Syed Abdul Rahman receiving the 2014 Chapter of the Year Award
from SPS President, Alex Aceroat ICASSP2015 in Brisbane, Australia
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CHAIRS

Currently attached as Associate Professor in UTM Razak School of Engineering and

Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur Campus. NORLIZA MOHD NOOR
She received her B. Sc. In Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, (2002 – 2006)
Texas and her Master of Electrical Engineering (by research) and PhD (Electrical
Engineering) from UTM. Her research area is in image processing and image analysis.
Her current work concentrates on medical image analysis for lung diseases. She has
published many papers in journals and in indexed conference proceedings, and has
published one academic book and two book chapters. She is a senior member of IEEE
where she has been a member for more than 25 years starting as student member
while studying in USA. In 1998-2001, she held several key positions in IEEE Malaysia
Section. She is the founding chapter chair for IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia
Chapter in 2002 and she held the position till 2006. Under her, many Signal Process-
ing Society DLPs has come to Malaysia shore. She is an active IEEE volunteer and held
key positions in IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter and IEEE Engineering
Medicine and Biology Society Malaysia Chapter till now. She is the founder for IPIARTI,
a free symposium for the members to share and exchange knowledge in the field of
image, video processing and analysis. Due to this event, research on image and video
has increased tremendously. She has been a committee member of ICSIPA, the
flagship conference of Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter. In 2014, she was the
co-chair for IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP2014) that was held in Kuala
Lumpur. She was elected as the IEEE Malaysia Section Chair for two years 2013-2014,
and currently she is the IEEE R10 Individual Benefits and Services Coordinator and
MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee – Technical Chapter Representa-
tive.

MOHAMMAD FAIZAL AHMAD FAUZI Received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial
College, London, UK in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Computer
(2007 – 2012) Science from University of Southampton, Southampton, UK in 2004. He is currently an
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University. His main
research interests are in the area of signal and image processing, pattern recognition,
computer vision and medical imaging. He was appointed as the Director for the Center
for Quality Assurance and Academic Excellence (CQAAE) at MMU in August 2012.
From May 2013 to June 2014, he was attached to the Clinical Image Analysis Lab at the
Ohio State University, USA where he works on digital histopathology, especially on
follicular lymphoma and glioblastoma diseases analysis. He has published more than
70 journal and conference articles to date. Mohammad Faizal is a Senior Member of
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which he first joined in 2000.
He was the chair for the Signal Processing Chapter from 2008 to 2013. Under his
stewardship, the chapter started organizing their flagship events such as the IEEE
International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA) and
the IPIARTI and SASSP workshops, as well as aggressively promoting the chapters
through various activities such as workshops, seminars, DLP talks, competitions, social
activities and membership drives throughout the country. Subsequently the chapter
was awarded the first ever recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the
Year Award in 2011. He was the general cochair of ICSIPA2009 and the general chair
for ICSIPA 2011. He is currently serving as the Vice Chair of the IEEE Malaysia Section as
well as the past chair of the Signal Processing chapter.

Received his PhD degree from the University of Bradford, England in 1997 in the area SYED ABDUL RAHMAN SYED ABU BAKAR
of Image Processing for application in Video Surveillance. He has been with Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia (or better known as UTM) since 1992 where currently he is an (2013 – present)
associate professor in the department of Electronics and Computer Engineering under
the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. In 2004, he setup the Computer Vision,Video and
Image Processing research lab in UTM and has become the head since then. Syed has
been with IEEE since 1999 where he is currently a senior member of IEEE. Syed has
been an active member in IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter. He has
been the chair for SPS Malaysia Chapter since 2014 and has served as the vicechair
prior to that. In 2014 he received Certificate of Merit from IEEE Signal Processing
Society for dedicated leadership as Chapter Chair and support of the activities of the
SPS Malaysia Chapter. He has served as the Technical Chair in ICSIPA 2009, Program
Chair in ICSIPA 2011, Technical Chair in ICSIPA 2013, and Publications Chair in ICSIPA
2015.
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PAST COMMITTEES
2008 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Secretary : Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)
Treasurer : Dr. Niranjan Debnath (UTAR)
Committee : Dr. Low Seng Ming (Monash)
Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM)
Matthew Teow (KDU College)
2009 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. Low Sew Ming (Monash)
Secretary : Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)
Treasurer :Dr. Niranjan Debnath (UTAR)
Committee : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (MMU)
Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM)
Matthew Teow (KDU College)
Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Farah Yasmin Abdul Rahman (UiTM)
Zaipatimah Ali (UNITEN)
2010 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. Low Sew Ming (Monash)
Secretary : Ihsan M. Yassin (UiTM)
Treasurer : Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (MMU)
Committee : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM)
Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)
Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)
Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)
Auditor : Dr. Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU)
2011 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (MMU)
Secretary : Dr. Vijanth S Asirvadam (UTP)
Treasurer : Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Committee : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Dr. Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM)
Dr. Nor’aini Abd Jalil (UiTM)
Dr. Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)
Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)
Auditor : Dr. Low Ser Ming (Monash)
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
2012 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Secretary : Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)
Treasurer : Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (Nilai U)
Committee : Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Dr. Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM)
Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)
Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)
Dr. Nor’aini Abdul Jalil (UiTM)
Dr. Matthew Teow (Taylor's)
2013 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Secretary : Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)
Treasurer : Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (Nilai U)
Committee : Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Dr. Hezerul Abd Karim (MMU)
Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)
Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)
Dr. Nor’aini Abdul Jalil (UiTM)
Dr. Sabira Khatun (UniMAP)
2014 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Past Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)
Secretary : Prof. Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (Nilai U)
Treasurer : Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)
Committee : Dr. Kushairy A. Kadir (UniKL)
Prof. Dr. Sabira Khatun (UniMAP)
Dr. Nor’aini Abdul Jalil (UiTM)
Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Dr. Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU)
Zaipatimah Ali (UNITEN)
2015 COMMITTEE
Chair : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)
Past Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)
Vice-Chair : Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)
Secretary : Prof. Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (APU)
Treasurer : Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)
Committee : Dr. Kushairy A. Kadir (UniKL)
Prof. Dr. Sabira Khatun (UniMAP)
Dr. Nor’aini Abdul Jalil (UiTM)
Dr.Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)
Dr. Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU)
Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)
Auditor : Zaipatimah Ali (UNITEN)
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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS / INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS JOINT CHAPTER (IE/IA)

SPO ID : CH10295
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : NORITA MD TAHIR, UiTM

HISTORY
EEE Malaysia IE/IA Joint Chapter was separated from IEEE Malaysia PEL
Chapter in Feb 2014 and was officially established in Feb 2014 by its first
chair, Mustafar Kamal Hamzah who was then a professor at Universiti
Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Mustafar Kamal Hamzah served as chair until
2015. The first election for Executive Committee was conducted on 23rd
February 2014 in Shah Alam Selangor and the following office bearers
are appointed for the year 2014:
Chapter Chair : Mustafar Kamal Hamzah
Vice Chair : Nooritawati Md Tahir
Hon. Secretary : Gobbi Ramasamy
Treasurer : Mohammad Nawawi Seroji
Committee : Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh
Rahimi Baharom
Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi
Oskar Hasdinor Hassan
The first activity of IEEE Malaysia IE/IA Joint Chapter was a Technical
Lecture sponsored by IEEE Industrial Applications Society in conjunction
with the Presidential Visit by Blake Lloyds namely President of IEEE
Industrial Applications Society together with Peter Magyar the IAS CMD
Chair that was held on the 20 December 2014 in Shah Alam, Selangor.
Technical Lecture by Blake Lloyd, IAS President was on ‘The Effects of
Modern Variable Speed Drives on Motor Winding Insulation’ whilst Peter
Magyar, IAS CMD Chair talked on ‘Overview of Young Member Activity’.
IAS CMD Chair Peter Magyar
President of IEEE IAS Blake Lloyds
Additionally, on the 9th December 2015, IEEE Malaysia PEL Chapter and
IEEE Malaysia IE/IA Joint Chapter have organized a National Lecture
Program (NLP) on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives at the Faculty
of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam,
Selangor. A total of 80 participants consisting of academic staff,
engineers and students attended the talk, which was held to present
current challenges on electric motor drives system faced by industries.
Speakers were Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Gobbi Ramasamy while another
President of IEEE IAS Blake Lloyds and IAS CMD Chair Peter Magyar
technical talk on the artificial intelligence in power electronics was
delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi. Meanwhile,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nooritawati Md Tahir the Interim Chair of IEEE Malaysia
IE/IA Joint Chapter, took the opportunity to introduce and promote the
activities of IEEE Malaysia to participants. She also presented in brief, the
process to be followed to form an IEEE PEL or IE/IA Student Branch at
UiTM Shah Alam. The programme was a success as it managed to attract
quite a number of students to register as IEEE Student Members.

CHAIR’S BIOGRAPHY
MUSTAFAR KAMAL HAMZAH 2014 - 2015
A lecturer with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam since 1985 until 2015.
He was the vice-chair of the IEEE Malaysia PELS/IES/IAS Joint Chapter (2008/09), Vice Chair of IEEE Malaysia Section
(2010/12) and Chair of IEEE Malaysia PEL/IE/IA Joint Chapter (2011/13). He has published/presented over 100 technical
papers in various areas and conducted over 100 public lectures/workshops, served as a power quality consultants’ to a
number of organisations, the Chief Examiner for the MLVK certification exams and served as chairmen of Applications
Bioinformatics for the formulation of National Bioinformatics Technology Roadmap. His research interests includes; Matrix
Converters, Active Power Filters, Bioinformatics, Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics.

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PHOTONICS SOCIETY (PS)

SPO ID : CH10306
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : FAIRUZ BIN ABDULLAH, UNITEN

HISTORY
IEEE Photonics Society Malaysia Chapter was established in 2003 by Dr. Mohd Khazani Abdullah who then was working with Fakulti Kejuruteraan,
Universiti Putra Malaysia. Dr. Khazani was selected as pro-term committee chairman in 2003 and elected as chairman in first annual general meeting
of the chapter which was known as IEEE Laser and Electro-Optic Society (LEOS) then.

In 2004, myIPS organized the very first photonics conference called Malaysia Conference on Photonics (MCP). The conference objective was to
provide platform for local research to share their findings in photonics research. The event was a big success. From there, myIPS continues to support
photonics community in Malaysia through various programs.

After six years of laying the foundation, myIPS organize the first ever photonic conference locally in July 2010. The conference was known as IEEE
International Conference on Photonics (ICP). The first edition was held in Langkawi and attracted participants from regional photonics community
apart from local institutions. The conference is organized annually to offer a platform where experts in photonics from all over the world were invited
to present their latest research in their institution. Optoelectronics Research Center (ORC) in Southampton University, UK and Centre for Ultrahigh
bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Australia are among the top research centers to give support for ICP every year.

Beside technical activities, myIPS also focus on membership development. The activities were designed to promote photonics field in Malaysia as
well as attracting member to join IPS. Photonics Lecture Series (PLS) is one example with objective to introduce young local expert who recently
graduated from PhD to the photonics community. During this event mainly IPS is promoted. Hence, in 2012 myIPS was given Highest Membership
Increase award by IPS HQ. In the following year, myIPS assist members to apply for promotion to senior member. The effort was acknowledged by
IPS HQ and awarded myIPS with Senior Membership Initiative award.

CHAIRS
DR. MOHAMAD KHAZANI ABDULLAH DR. AHMAD FAUZI ABAS DR. AHMAD ASHRIF A BAKAR
CEO, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGIES SDN. BHD. FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN, FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN& ALAM BINA,
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

DR. MD ZAINI JAMALUDIN DR. FAIRUZ ABDULLAH

MANAGING DIRECTOR, SENIOR LECTURER,
UNITEN R&D SDN. BHD. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

2003-2004 2005 2006-2007 2008 2009-2010 2011 2012 2013-2014 2015

DR. SUHAIRI SAHARUDIN DR. AHMAD SHUKRI MUHAMMAD NOOR

SENIOR RESEARCHER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
MIMOS BERHAD FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN,
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

DR. KAHARUDIN DIMYATI DR. HAIRUL AZHAR ABDUL RASHID

PROFESSOR, DIRECTOR,
FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN, RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTER,
UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN MALAYSIA & PROFESSOR,
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING,
MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY
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CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS SOCIETY (CAS)
SPO ID : CH10307
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : NURUL AMZIAH MD YUNUS, UPM
INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Malaysia chapter was founded in 2003 by Professor Sudhanshu S. Jamuar, who was then a professor at Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM). Prof. Jamuar served as the Chair for a period of 6 years until 2008. The formation of IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter was approved
in Dec. 2003 with overwhelming support from all the members of CAS Malaysia. Prof. S.S. Jamuar was named as the Pro-term Chapter Chair till the
election of new executive committee for the IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter in 2014. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UPM was
selected as the Secretariat for the Chapter.
The first activity of IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter was held on 27th May
2004 with a full day workshop X–fest 2004 Malaysia in UPM Serdang.
The X-fest was organized by Memec Insight, Singapore and was
supported by IEEE Malaysia Section and Xilinx. Being the first activity
of the Chapter, we were not expecting many participants. But we were
surprised to have more than 100 participants in the workshop. Thus
executive committee decided to have more Technical, Social, Educa-
tional and Professional meetings encouraged by the overwhelming
response in X-fest. We were able to reach many members and
non-members in organizing our technical seminars, tutorials,
membership development program etc. Year 2005 was another
successful year for the chapter during which. IEEE CASS VP (Region
10) nominated our chapter for the best Chapter Award for the year
2005. We missed it with small margin and decided to work harder to
get this award in subsequent year. IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2007 Chapter of the Year Award was presented to IEEE Malaysia
Section during ECCTD 2007 in Seville, Spain. Prof. S.S. Jamuar,
Chapter Chair received the award. We also received special funding
for US$500 from CASS headquarters to conduct our technical
activities during 2007. We were also adjudged the Runner up for the
Best chapter Award in Malaysia for the year 2005-2006. Prof. S.S.
Jamuar was adjudged as Runner up for the Best Volunteer Award for
the year 2005-2006. This resulted in many more awards coming to the
Chapter in subsequent years and this provided incentives in terms of
cash support from IEEE CAS Head Quarter to IEEE CAS Malaysia
Chapter.
During Wan Zuha Wan Hasan chairpersonship in 2010, the Workshop
on Smart Sensor Systems (WSSS2010) was held in April 20-21 at
Auditorium, MIMOS Bhd, Kuala Lumpur. It gave a view of the impor-
tance of Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN) to the nation’s economy;
which had focused on state of the art development in smart sensor
systems technology, the establishment of Community of Practice in
sensor system, Strategic direction, Central facilities, Funding and
Collaborative research framework and had discussed collaborative
effort for RMK10 project proposals. MIMOS, IEEE Circuits and System
Society and National Center of Excellent in Sensor Technology (NEST)
were co-organizing the workshop. The workshop was a big achieve-
ment in IEEE CAS Malaysia as it was able to cooperate with industry,
MIMOS Berhad and National Center of Excellent in Sensor Technolo-
gy (NEST), one of UPM’s Center of Excellents. 70 participants nation-
wide have attended the workshop. IEEE CAS Society Malaysia also
had organized 10th biennial the 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Circuits and
Systems Conference (APCCAS2010) at Kuala Lumpur under Prof.
Sudhanshu Shekhar Jamuar as the General Chair of APCCAS 2010. In
the conference, IEEE CASS M had offered all delegates an exciting
technical program that showcases the recent development in the field
of circuits and systems.
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The IEEE APCCAS is a major international forum established by the
CASS for students, engineers, scientists, educationists, and executives,
to exchange their latest research. The conference received 410
submissions from 35 countries. There were contribution of ten
distinguished experts from academia and industry gave both founda-
tions and emerging applications of circuits and systems. There were
10 parallel sessions consisting of 304 oral presentations and one
industrial session. The success of IEEE APCCAS 2010 was indebted to
a very long list of individuals, committees, and organizations. There
were more than 400 participants have attended the conference.
In 2011 under the chairpersonship of Maryam Mohd Isa, a Workshop
on Greentechnology Circuits and Systems (WGT2011) was held.
There were 30 participants participated in the workshop. Four
renowned speakers from academics and industries were invited to
give the talk during the event. Dr. Ing Yiannos Manoli gave a talk on
Energy Harvesting from Devices to Systems, Prof. Magdy Bayoumi talk
was entitled Towards Green Circuits and Systems, Prof. Yoshimitsu
Uemura gave an overview on Biomass Utilization to Mitigate CO2
Emission and Mr. Victor Lee had enlightened the topic on Malaysia
towards Green Environment.
In 2013, under the chairpersonship of Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, CASS
Malaysia Section has successfully organized the 2nd ICCAS2013, held
on the 18th – 19th September 2013 at the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
Three speakers were invited to deliver keynote speeches during the
conference. They were Assoc. Prof. Joseph Sylvester Chang (Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore) Dr. Pui Boon Hean (Symmid
Corporation) and Prof. Mingui Sun (University of Pittsburgh, USA).
CASS Malaysia also organized two DLP talk, delivered by Prof. Mingui
Sun and Prof. Robert Chen-Hao Chang; plus three technical talks
delivered by Prof. Gerald Sobelman (University of Minnesota, USA),
Mr. Edward Lim Jin Keong (Texas Instruments Malaysia) and Mr Benja-
min Kwame Sarpong (Texas Instruments Dallas).
ACHIEVEMENTS
• IEEE CAS Chapter of The Year (2007)
• IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2011)
• IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2012)
• IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2014)
• IEEE Malaysia 3rd Best Chapter (2014)
• IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2015)
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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. WAN ZUHA WAN HASAN PROF. SUDHANSHU S JAMUAR
Received his degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering Received his M. Tech and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from
from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1997 and received his Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India in 1970 and
Master degree in 2000 from the same university. He received 1977 respectively. He worked as Research Assistant, Senior
his Ph.D. degree in Microelectronic Engineering from Universi- Research Fellow and Senior Research Assistant from 1969 to
ti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2010. Currently, he is the Head of 1975 at IIT Kanpur. During 1975-76, he was with Hindustan
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti 2009-2010 2003-2008 Aeronautics Ltd., Lucknow. Subsequently he joined the Lasers
Putra Malaysia. He joined IEEE as a member since year 2002. In 2004, he was and Spectroscopy Group in the Physics Department at IIT Kanpur, where he was
elected as Ex-Comm of IEEE CASS Malaysia and then as a Secretary in 2006. In involved in the design of various types of Laser Systems. He joined as Lecturer
2008, Wan Zuha was elected as Chapter Chair of IEEE CASS Malaysia for Electrical Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1977,
2008-2010 sessions and continuously recognize as past chair until now. During his where he became Assistant Professor in 1980. He was attached to Bath College of
involvement from 2004 to 2012, he contributed numbers of CAS activities such as Further Education, Bath (UK), Aalborg University, Aalborg (Denmark) during 1987
DLPs, Tutorial, Workshop, Community Services and Conferences. One of the and 2000. He was a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT
biggest contributions that he has made was hosting APCCAS2010 in Malaysia on Delhi from 1991 to 2003. He was Consultant to UNESCO during 1996 in Lagos
6th-9th Dec 2010 at Hilton and Le Meridien Hotel, KL. Almost 350 papers were State University, Lagos (Nigeria). He was with University Putra Malaysia during
presented and more than 400 participants have attended the conference. Another 1996 – 97 and 2001 - 2009 in the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Engineer-
main activity, jointly organized by IEEE CAS Malaysia and MIMOS Berhad was the ing, University of Malaya (Malaysia) 2009-2013. Presently he is Professor in the
Workshop on Smart Sensor 2010 (WSSS2010). 70 participants nationwide have School of Microelectronics Engineering at University Malaysia Perlis since Novem-
attended the workshop. Other activities such as distinguished lecture programs ber 2013. He has been teaching and conducting research in the areas of Electronic
(DLP), membership drives, tutorials and small workshops have also been carried Circuit Design, Instrumentation and Communication Systems. He has about 65
out. Through the contributions and efforts, IEEE CASS Malaysia was awarded papers in the International Journals and has attended several International
Runner-up for the Best Chapter and Best Volunteer Award in 2006, Best Chapter Conferences and presented papers. He received Taiwan Patent on “A Simulation
Award from IEEE Region 10 in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Apart from actively Circuit Layout Design for Low Voltage, Low Power and High Performance Type II
involved with IEEE CASS Malaysia, he is also a member of IEEE-EDS Malaysia and Current Conveyor”. He is recipient of Meghnad Saha Memorial Award 1976 from
IEEE-EMBS Malaysia. IETE, Distinguished Alumni Award from BIT Sindri in 1999, Best paper award in IETE
journal of Education 2004 from IETE. He is Fellow of IET, Senior member of IEEE and
ASSOCIATE PROF. DR FAWNIZU AZMADI HUSSIN Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering (India).
He is also a Chartered Engineer. He was DLP speaker for IEEE CAS for the year
Director of Strategic Alliance Office at Universiti Teknologi 2008-2009. He is on the Editorial Board of Wireless Personnel Communication
Petronas (UTP), where he advises the Vice Chancellor on Journal. He was the Chapter Chair for IEEE CAS Chapter from 2003 to 2008 in
matters related to collaborations with partners from the Malaysia.
industry, university or government. He was the Program
Manager of Master by coursework program at UTP
(2009-2013) and the Deputy Head of Electrical & Electronic 2013-2014 DR. MARYAM MOHD ISA
Engineering department at UTP (2013-2014). He spent almost one year as a Currently a Senior Lecturer at University Putra Malaysia where
Visiting Professor at Intel Microelectronics (Malaysia)’s SOC DFx department in she received her B.Eng. in 1996. Upon her graduation, she
2012-13. He obtained the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Computer Design) joined Sony Technology Malaysia and later pursued her studies
from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, U.S.A. in 1999 and subsequently his and received her PhD in 2006. Her current research interests are
M.Eng.Sc. in Systems and Control from the University of New South Wales, in Digital Circuits and Microwave Sensor System. She is an active
Australia in 2001. Dr Fawnizu obtained his PhD in 2008 at the Nara Institute of 2011-2012 member for IEEE CAS Malaysia since 2006, she was the IEEE
Science and Technology in Japan under the scholarship from the Japanese CAS Malaysia chair for 2011 and 2012; co-chair for 2009 and 2010; and treasurer
Government (Monbukagakusho). His PhD thesis was on core-based testing of for 2008. She was also the IEEE Malaysia Section Treasurer for 2010 and 2011.
system-on-chips (SOC) and network-on-chips (NOC), which won an award at the During APCCAS 2010, she was one of the organizing committee. She actively
ASP-DAC 2008 Student Forum. Dr Fawnizu’s research interests are in VLSI design organized the CASS DLP and tutorials in Malaysia since 2009. CAS Malaysia was
and test especially in core-based testing, SOC and NOC. Dr Fawnizu currently works awarded social activity fund for schools the first time during her term as the chair.
on test and debug of ICs, including DFT, BIST and test scheduling. He also works on The activity is to increase interest in school children in engineering and technology.
embedded systems applications targeting mostly biomedical applications. He has She has successfully organized CAS Malaysia Workshop on Green Technology in
filed five patent applications and two copyrights and published more than 80 2011 prior to the CAS Malaysia conference, where she started up International
papers. His most recent journal paper in IEEE Sensors was awarded The Most Conference on Circuits and System (ICCAS) in 2012 and continues to serve as the
Downloaded Paper from the IEEE Sensors Council. He is actively involved with the conference chair until 2015 where International Circuit and System Symposium
IEEE Malaysia Section. He was the 2013 & 2014 Chair of the IEEE Circuits and (ICSYS) was held. During her term. IEEE CAS Malaysia was awarded as IEEE CAS
Systems Society Malaysia Chapter and currently an excomm member of IEEE R10 Chapter of the Year Award for 2011 and 2012.
Malaysia Section. During his term as chair, Fawnizu inaugurated the Hi-Tea event
(2013) as a platform for members to network and meet other CAS Malaysia DR. NURUL AMZIAH MD YUNUS
members. He also introduced three categories of awards to recognize members
from Bachelor, Masters and PhD for their outstanding work in the field of circuits & Received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Southamp-
systems in Malaysia. ton, United Kingdom in the field of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering majoring in Bionanoelectronics Microfluidics
Engineering in 2010. In the year 2012, she had continued her postdoctoral at the Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, focusing on microfluidic fabrication. She
obtained B.Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1997 and in 2001 she was awarded a Master Degree (M.Sc) in
2015
Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, UPM. Her research interest includes design and fabrication of micro and nanofluidic, Lab on a chip (LoC) and Bio and Chem MEMS devices, with a special
interest on the use of AC and DC electrokinetic techniques for fluid and particle separation and manipulation. She also works on thin film solar cells, sensors and flexible organic. She
has published more than thirty papers in conference proceedings and more than twenty papers in academic journals. She has been invited as a professional reviewer and editor of
national and international journals and conferences. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate level courses covering electronic subjects. She is actively involved in voluntarily
works especially with IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Malaysia Chapter (IEEE CASS M) since 2003. She is also active in IEEE EMBS Society Malaysia Chapter. In 2004, 2005, 2011 and
2012 she was the hon. secretary of IEEE CASS M.The Chapter won the best Chapter Award for the year 2005. In 2014 she has been elected as the vice chair and in 2015-2016 she has
been selected as chair of IEEE CASS M.The chapter won the IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year award in 2015. She has carried an important role in IEEE CASS M major events such
as in ICCAS and ICSYS conferences plus WiCAS and High Tea events.
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PROF. MOHAMMAD ISMAIL WITH

PARTICIPANTS AFTER HIS TECHNICAL
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2015 IEEE CASS OUTREACH INITIATIVE

ON SUMMER SCHOOL ON IC DESIGN & SCHOOL PROGRAM AT SMA MAAHAD
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ELECTRON DEVICES / MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES /

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SPO ID : CH10341
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : WONG PENG WEN, UTP

INTRODUCTION
Established by Grant A. Ellis, PhD, on September 9, 2005, Penang’s MTT/ED/AP chapter was the first IEEE chapter in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial
Zone, Penang, Malaysia. A plan to start an IEEE SSC chapter in Penang was started by Mr Boon Eu SEOW in 2006, but delayed due to the insufficiency
of SSC members. Two years later, MTT/ED/AP Chapter Chair Mr. Yut Hoong CHOW proposed that the AP society of MTT/ED/AP be replaced by SSC
to better focus on related industries in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. Subsequently the group was reorganized officially on May 15, 2008 and
renamed as the IEEE Malaysia Electron Devices Society, the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the Solid-State Circuits Society
(ED15/MTT17/SSC37) joint chapter, with registration number, CH10341.

The IEEE Penang Joint Chapter hopes to support and accelerate the growth of electronic industries in its communities by sponsoring and organizing
seminars and lectures by subject matter experts. In this regard, the first technical talk was held on 10th August, 2005 and continuously coupled with
IEEE distinguished lectures, technical talk and seminars in subsequent years.

CHAIRS
2005-2006
GRANT A. ELLIS received his Ph.D. degree in
electrical engineering from the University of
Washington, Seattle, in 1995. He was Professor
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the
Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Tronoh, Malay-
sia. His current research interests are Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) and RFIC
design, novel millimeter wave MMIC design,
Microwave computer aided design techniques,
and electromagnetic propagation. Dr Ellis has
written over 30 papers and publications and
holds 4 US patents. He is a member of the Tau
Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu National Engineering
Honor Societies and the Sigma Xi scientific
research society. He is a registered professional
engineer in the State of California, and has been
a Senior Member of the IEEE since 2004.
2010-2011,2013
BOON LENG LIM received his Master degree
in Solid State Physic from Universiti Sains Malay-
sia in 1995. He also completed his Master
degree in Business Administration from
Heriot-Watt University in 1998. He is currently a
senior manager in Altera Corporation Sdn. Bhd.
He drives and manages major product platform
qualification which span across different
package types, assembly sites, device features
and new technology. He holds a US patent on
test method for bond pad quality monitoring.
2012
JAGADHESWARAN RAJENDRAN was born
in Peanng, Malaysia. He has 11 years of industri-
al experience in the field of RF circuit design
and has served various companies such as Laird
Technologies, Motorola Inc, Avago Tech. and
Silterra Malaysia. Currently he is a senior lecturer
in Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interest
is in the field of RFIC design where he holds a
PhD degree from Universiti of Malaya. Dr.
Jagadheswaran is a member of IEEE.

2008-2009
YUT HOONG CHOW graduated with Bend
(Hons) from Uni. NSW, Sydney in 1988. Since
then, he has designed consumer electronics
products, circuits for RF two-way radios, GaAs
MMICs and worked on active device modeling.
He was elevated to IEEE senior member in
2007. He has presented papers at IEEE IMS,
EuMC and APMC conferences. He has 6
granted US patents and one pending.
2014-2015
DR. TUN ZAINAL received his BSEE, MSEE, and DSEE degrees from Washington University in St.
Louis in 1995, 1998, and 2002, respectively. He was with NEC Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd, Teluk
Panglima Garang, Banting as a product engineer from 1995 to December 1996. Upon completion
his postgraduate studies, he joined Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Nibong Tebal, Penang as a
faculty in July 2002, then was appointed as the program chairman for Electronic Program in 2005
until Dec 2006. Subsequently, in 2009 he was promoted as an associate professor until August
2014. Recently, in September 2014, he joined Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) as an associ-
ate professor. For the past 12 years, his research interest revolves around radio frequency integrat-
ed circuits (RFIC) notably in designing RF transceiver blocks such as LNA, QVCO, Down-Mixers,
Up-Mixers, BPF, LPF, and PA. In addition, he had also supervised postgraduate or undergraduate
final year projects on various mixed-signal design such as PLL, ADC, and DAC. All his research work
is for the deployment of circuit blocks for various wireless transceivers for applications such as RFID,
WCDMA, WLAN, and UWB. As for the digital implementation, he had supervised 1 MSc work on
semi-custom design of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) chip using Verilog. On the fundamental aspect
of the research, he also has been working on the design of on-chip CMOS integrated inductors for
both narrowband and recently for wideband implementation. Since joining UTP, he is with
nanotechnology cluster and is currently interested in the implementation of energy harvester
circuits such as RF-to-DC, AC-to-DC, and DC-to-DC converters, transceiver circuits, power manage-
ment circuits, ADC, as well read-out circuits to complement the existing established sensor & MEMs
group in UTP. His current goal is to fully realize the energy harvester system on-chip utilizing the
ubiquitous CMOS technology.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
YEAR 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201 0 201 1 201 2 201 3 201 4 201 5

PAST CHAIR Grant A. Richard Yut Hoong Boon Jagadhes Boon Leng
ELLIS KEATING CHOW Leng LIM waran LIM
Rajendran

CHAIR Grant A. Grant A. Richard Yut Hoong Yut Hoong Boon Leng Boon Leng Jagadhes Boon Leng Tun Zainal Tun Zainal
ELLIS ELLIS KEATING CHOW CHOW LIM LIM waran LIM Azni Azni
Rajendra Zulkifli Zulkifli
n

VICE CHAIR Richard Richard Yut Hoong Bernard Lance Chin Kong Chin Kong Boon Jagadhes Basir Peng Wen
KEATING KEATING CHOW HIEW Menn Tatt YONG YONG Leng LIM waran Saibon WONG
LAI Rajendran

SECRETARY Brian HOE Brian HOE Boon Eu Boon Eu Boon Eu Lance Lance Nagendra Nagendra Lance Lance
SEOW SEOW SEOW Menn Tatt Menn Tatt n n Menn Tatt Menn Tatt
LAI LAI Karunaka Karunakar LAI LAI
ran an

TREASURER Chin Kong Chin Kong Bernard Chin Kong Chin Kong Ben Zee Ben Zee Chun Lee Chun Lee Mohd Bernard
YONG YONG HIEW YONG YONG Min OOI Min OOI LER LER Fadzil Ain LIM

WEBMASTER Boon Eu Boon Eu Boon Eu Boon Eu Boon Eu Lance Lance Fakhrul Hisham
SEOW SEOW SEOW SEOW SEOW Menn Tatt Menn Tatt
LAI LAI

MEMBERS Don Beng Yufridin S.S.

Yang Wahab Jamuar
QUAH

MEMBERS Lay Heng Jagadhes Anwar

CHEE waran Faizd
Rajendran Osman

MEMBERS Nagendra Choo

n Yong LEE
Karunakar
an

TECHNICAL Yut Hoong Yut Yut Hoong Yut Hoong Yut Hoong
ADVISOR CHOW Hoong CHOW CHOW CHOW
CHOW

TECHNICAL Boon Leng Boon Leng

ADVISOR LIM LIM
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IEEE INSTRUMENTATION
INSTRUMENTATION ANDAND MEASUREMENT
MEASUREMENT SOCIETY
SOCIETY CHAPTER
(IMS)
CHAPTER : IMS
SPO ID : CH10355
SPO ID : CH10355
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : SHEROZ KHAN, IIUM
ASSOCIATE EDITORS : SHEROZ KHAN, IIUM

INTRODUCTION
Chapter started by Serge Domidinko in 2006 who remained its chair until 2008. Rini Akmeliawati who also remained its chair until 2010 followed
him. Then Chairs continued included Tin Win, and Kuang Ye Chew, Sheroz Khan and Teddy Gunawan. Sheroz Khan assuming its Chair in 2012, has
remained as it sectary since 2014. The chapter revived with new activities. The pat-president of the IEEE IMS, Kim Fowler, was invited as the IEEE DLP
for the ICCCE2012. Beside this we ran an IEEE Tutorial in parallel under the IEEE IMS Chapter, providing the chapter with a surplus enough to get
ready for more aggressive professional activities by holding an FYP competition within the faculty of Engineering at International Islamic University
Malaysia. Next move was for preparing the IEEE IMS Malaysia bid for I2MTC to be held in Kuala Lumpur. Sheroz Khan (IIUM) as Secretary of the
Chapter, Sheroz Khan made presentation to the IMS board of directors (more than 12 people) in Minneapolis on 9 May 2013. The Board declined to
award any future I2MTC at this time, mainly due to two reasons: (i) they are in process of making standard bidding package, (ii) making sure that
venue is moved yearly in prescribed manner. However, the board has stressed the need for working with IMS Malaysia for future I2MTC conference,
while final decision upon our re-submission will be made in I2MTC2014 in Uruguay. It is here when the Chapter was advised for starting an Interna-
tional Conference. The idea of the International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Application (ICSIMA) was launched. The
First ICSIMA was held on 26-27 November 2013 Royale Bintang Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Since then ICSIMA has been an annual event on 25-27
NOVEMBER 2014 BERJAYA Hotels & Resorts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and 24-25 November 2015 in Putrajaya Marriot, Malaysia. Tutorial by Kim
Fowler on “Principles of Instrumentation and Measurement” at UTM Razak
School to an audience of 16 participants, most graduate students from
surrounding institutions. The basic concepts of measurement and
instrumentation configuration are discussed. Instrumentation systems could
be centralized for use in house hold, aircrafts and ships or distributed for
applications on smart-grids and hospitals. He touched on basic terms such
as accuracy, precision, resolution SR and stability; tutorial is well received.

EVENTS

Dr Kushsairy Abdul Kadir represented the I2MTC2015 in Pisa Italy in The chapter has been doing Charity events on 7 July for the Pusat
May 2015 and attended the Board of Directors meeting with a Tahfiz Al-Nasar, Taman Sierra Ulu Kelang (UK), Ampang Malaysia.
pledge to place our in Taipei this year in May 2016 for I2MTC2019 to She presented 29 students aged 2-17 and the two Ustaz with
be held in Kuala Lumpur. Hampers by our IMS member Dr Hasmah Mansor.

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COMMUNICATION SOCIETY AND VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY
JOINT CHAPTER (COMSOC/VTS)
SPO ID : CH10361
ASSOCIATE EDITORS : FAZIRULHISYAM HASHIM, UPM
HISTORY
The joint chapter was initially an individual IEEE Malaysia Communica-
tion Society (ComSoc) Chapter which was formed on June 26, 1992.
Later, it became a joint chapter with IEEE Malaysia Vehicular Technology
Society, and officially known as IEEE Malaysia Communications Society
and Vehicular Technology Society Joint Chapter (ComSoc/VTS) on May
9, 2006. The joint chapter was formed to strengthen both chapters as
both communications and vehicular technology are inter-related in
nature. The ComSoc/VTS Malaysia is a community comprised of a
diverse group of academicians, industry professionals, researchers and
students who shares common interest in advancing all communications
and vehicular technologies. The formation of joint chapter had definitely
enhanced the collaboration among members from both chapters.
Since its formation, the joint chapter has 6 previous and current chairs.
The Chairs were elected during Annual General Meeting (AGM), and it is
the practice of ComSoc/VTS Malaysia to limit the Chair to 2 terms.
ComSoc/VTS Malaysia is envisaged to be the main platform to its
members to exchange ideas on communications and vehicular technol-
ogies, and information networking. Owing to this vision, since it began
operations in May 2006, on average more than 40 activities per year
were conducted and participated by the members. Some of the core
activities are technical related activities (lecture, talk, seminar and
workshop); professional and career talks to high school, college and
university students; social activities with members, orphanage, hospital
patient and community; which generally received enthusiastic participa-
tion from the members as well as the public.
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In addition, over the years ComSoc/VTS Malaysia has organized and
owns 2 flagship conferences namely Malaysia International Conference
on Communications (MICC) and International Symposium on Telecom-
munication Technologies (ISTT). ComSoc/VTS Malaysia is also very active
in organizing Distinguished Lecturer/Speaker Program (DLP and DSP)
for its members. This is evident from the number of DLP/DSP being
organized by the joint chapter, which is in average 5 activities per year.
Due to the good reputation among ComSoc chapters all over the world,
ComSoc/VTS Malaysia has been appointed as the organizer or host of
several flagship conferences such as 2011 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference
on Communications (APCC2011) and the most important one is 2016
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2016).
Over the years, we can also witness various important achievements for
ComSoc/VTS Malaysia - won the 2014 ComSoc Chapter of the Year
Award by IEEE ComSoc beating Republic of Macedonia, Colombia and
New Jersey Coast Chapter. This is indeed a pinnacle for any chapter. This
award was presented in the prestigious award luncheon during the 2014
IEEE Globecom Conference at Austin, Texas, USA on December 12,
2014. As another “feather in the cap”, ComSoc/VTS Malaysia also
received the 2014 Chapter Achievement Award. This means that
ComSoc/VTS Malaysia has won this award for two consecutive years,
since 2013 even though it missed out on the Chapter of the Year award
in 2013. ComSoc/VTS Malaysia also won Asia Pacific Best Chapter of the
Year, and with this award it immediately becomes the candidate for the
ComSoc Chapter of the Year. In addition, ComSoc/VTS Malaysia also
won VTS Chapter of the Year Award for two consecutive years in 2012
and 2013, and won IEEE Malaysia Best Chapter of the Year several times
where the most recent ones were in 2013 and 2014.
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CHAIRS
DR. HAFIZAL MOHAMAD (2009-2010)
Received the B.Eng. with First Class Honours and Ph.D. in Electron-
ic Engineering from University of Southampton, UK in 1998 and
2003, respectively. He was a faculty member at the Multimedia
University, Malaysia from 1998. He served a short stint as a visiting
fellow at National Institute of Information and Communication
Technology (NICT), Yokosuka, Japan in 2005. Since 2007, he is a Senior Staff
Researcher at Wireless Communications Cluster, MIMOS Berhad, where he leads a
team of researchers working on Internet of things, cognitive radio and mesh
network. He has published over 70 journal and conference papers. He has 7
patents granted and 35 patents filed. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He was the
Vice Chair for IEEE Malaysia Section (2013) and the Chair for IEEE ComSoc/VT
Malaysia Chapter (2009 – 2011). He has involved in organizing a number of
conferences including; Conference Operation Chair for ICC 2016 (Kuala Lumpur),
Technical Program Chair for APCC 2011 (Sabah), and Tutorial Chair for ICT 2007
(Penang).
DR. NORDIN RAMLI (2013-2014)
Received B.Eng degree in electrical engineering from Keio
University, Japan in 1999. He received the M.Eng and Ph.D
degrees, both in electronic engineering from The University of
Electro-Communications, Japan in 2005 and 2008, respectively.
Previously, he was at Telekom Malaysia Berhad as network
engineer from 1999-2008, and lecturer at Multimedia University, Malaysia from
2008-2009. Currently, he is a Staff Researcher at Wireless Network & Protocol
Research (WNPR), MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia. His current research and develop-
ment (R&D) interests are in the area of cognitive radio, TV white space, space-time
processing, equalization, adaptive array system and wireless mesh networking.
Based on his work, he has published over 40 journals and conference papers, and
filed more than 20 patents related to wireless communications which are pending
at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Intellectual Property
Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO). He is a member of IEEE, and was served as the
Chairperson of IEEE Malaysia Communication Society and Vehicular Technology
Society Joint Chapter from 2013-2014. Previously, he also served as Secretary
(2010-2012) of this society. He was a Technical Program Chair for 2014 IEEE Region
10 Symposium (TENSYMP2014) and 2014 IEEE International Symposium on
Telecommunication Technologies (ISTT2014). He also serves as Chairman of White
Space Working Group, a technical working group under Malaysia Technical
Standard Forum Berhad (MTSFB) from 2013 until now, to study on the availability
of white space communication in Malaysia. Now, he is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at
the School of Electrical Systems Engineering of Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP).
He is a registered professional engineer under Board of Engineer, Malaysia.
Currently, Dr Nordin Ramli serves as the Associate Editor for the IEICE Communica-
tion Express (CoMEX) from June 2014.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
PROF. DR. BORHANUDDIN MOHD ALI (2007-2008)
Obtained his BSc (Hons) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
from Loughborough University in 1979; MSc and PhD from
University of Wales, Cardiff, UK, in 1981 and 1985, respectively.
He became a lecturer in UPM in 1985, and Professor in 2002 and
served at various positions in UPM and external organizations at
senior management level. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of IET and
a Chartered Engineer. He first served IEEE as a committee member way back in the
late 90s, then became the Vice Chair in 2002, and then the Chair 2003-2004. He
also served as the IEEE Region 10 Chair for Meeting and Conferences in 2011. Prior
to that, he also served as the ComSoc Chair in1995-1998, after serving several years
as the committee member. He also served at various positions in ComSoc Asia
Pacific Board, in which he is now the Vice Director. Presently he is the Executive Co
Chair of the forthcoming ICC2016 Kuala Lumpur, a flagship conference for IEEE
ComSoc. His research interest spans wireless communications including wireless
sensor networks and IoT, wireless resource management, mobility and broadband
wireless, in which he published over 100 papers in refereed journals and over 200
conference papers.
PROF. DR. TIONG SIEH KIONG (2011-2012)
Currently a professor in the College of Engineering, Universiti
Tenaga Nasional. He is also the head of electronic and information
technology unit at Power Engineering Centre, the head of System
and Machine Intelligence Centre in College of Engineering,
Universiti Tenaga Nasional. He received his B.Eng. (Hons), MSc and
PhD, in Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering from the Nasional University of
Malaysia (UKM) in year 1997, 2000 and 2006 respectively. His research interests are
artificial intelligence, microcontroller system and communication system. He has
been actively involved in leading research and consultancy projects for government
and industries. He is currently a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of
Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and a graduate Member of the Institute of Engineers
Malaysia (IEM). He is also an active Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic
Engineers, USA (IEEE) where he is currently the past chair of its Communication &
Vehicular Technology Society (Malaysia Chapter). He has been actively involved in
many conferences as conference co-chair, technical program chair, treasurer,
patronage chair and excom of MICC-ICON2005, MICC-ICT2007, NCTT-MCP2008,
ICEE2009, MICC2009, IEEE SCOReD2010, APCC2011, ICCCE2012, ICWCA2012,
ISTT2012, MICC2013, ISTT2014, MICC2015, ICARET2015, ICC2016.
DR. FAZIRULHISYAM HASHIM (2015)
Received B.Eng. degree from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and holds
an M.Sc. degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a Ph.D. degree
from the University of Sydney, Australia. He is currently a research-
er and a lecturer at the Wireless and Photonic Network Research
Center of Excellence (WiPNET) at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. His
research interests include network security and QoS of next generation mobile
networks, green communication systems, and wireless sensor networks. He has
published over 70 journal and conference papers. He is the current Chair of IEEE
ComSoc/VTS Malaysia Chapter (year 2015), and was the Vice Chair (2014) and
Secretary (2013). He also involved in organizing a number of conferences; Secretary
for APCC 2011 (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah), MICC 2013 (Kuala Lumpur) and ISTT 2014
(Langkawi, Kedah). He is also a TPC member/reviewer for many international
conferences and journals.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY (RAS)
42

ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION SOCIETY (RAS)

SPO ID : CH10365
ASSOCIATE EDITORS : IRRAIVAN ELAMVAZUTHI, UTP | ROSDIAZLI IBRAHIM, UTP

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's (RAS) objectives are scientific, literary and educational in character. The Society strives for the advance-
ment of the theory and practice of robotics and automation engineering and science and of the allied arts and sciences, and for the maintenance of
high professional standards among its members, all in consonance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the IEEE and with special attention to such
aims within the Field of Interest of the Society.

RAS strives to advance innovation, education, and fundamental and applied research in robotics and automation. Robotics focuses on systems
incorporating sensors and actuators that operate autonomously or semi-autonomously in cooperation with humans. Robotics research emphasizes
intelligence and adaptability to cope with unstructured environments. Automation research emphasizes efficiency, productivity, quality, and reliabili-
ty, focusing on systems that operate autonomously, often in structured environments over extended periods, and on the explicit structuring of such
environments.

The Society provides aid in promoting close cooperation and exchange of technical information among its Members and Affiliates, and to this end
holds meetings for the presentation of papers and their discussion, sponsors appropriate periodicals and special technical publications, and through
its committees, studies and provides for the needs of its members and affiliates.

CHAIRS ACTIVITIES
PROF. S. G. PONNAMBALAM • INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT
(UNIVERSITY OF MONASH MALAYSIA) SENSORS (IRIS)
80392660 • INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOTICS AND MANUFACTURING
2006-2009
AUTOMATION (ROMA)
• INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDICAL & REHABILITATION
ROBOTICS & INSTRUMENTATION (MRRI)
MR. VEERA RAGAVAN S • INTERNATIONAL ROBOT PRIDE COMPETITION (PRIDE)
(UNIVERSITY OF MONASH MALAYSIA)
80666230
2011 GALLERY

DR. S. PARASURAMAN
(UNIVERSITY OF MONASH MALAYSIA)
90376510
2012-2013

DR. HANAFIAH B YUSSOF

(UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA)
80606969
2013
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EDUCATION SOCIETY (EDUSOC)

SPO ID : CH10396
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : JULIANA JOHARI, UiTM

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Education Society (EduSoc) is a society of the IEEE that focuses on the theory and practice of engineering education and educational
technology involved in the effective delivery of domain knowledge of all fields within the scope of interest of IEEE. In, the year 2007, EduSoc Malaysia
chapter was first introduced and chaired by Dr. Riza Muhida (IIUM) until 2008. Then Dr. Low Sew Ming (Monash University, Malaysia) became the
Chapter Chair from 2009 to 2012. Subsequently the current Chapter chair Dr. Juliana Johari from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) assumed the
position from 2013. Since then, EduSoc have initiated many new activities to date. With the full commitment from the Executive Committee,
IEEE-EduSoc Malaysia will be looking forward to organizing more activities in future.

ACTIVITIES
In general, the activities can be divided into three categories: Technical, Educational and Social. The technical and educational activities are mainly
conference, talks and workshops.

The main major conference organised by EduSoc in conjunction with the Engineering and Technical Education Research Group (EnTER), Faculty of
Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia is the yearly International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED) since 2009.
ICEED has successfully served as a platform for networking and provides forum for the sharing of innovation and good practices in engineering
education. In the year 2015, for the first time, ICEED was held overseas in Japan. The IEEE 7th ICEED was jointly organised by IEEE EduSoc Malaysia,
EnTER, Kanazawa Technical College (KTC), Japan and IEEE Nagoya Section.

In addition to ICEED, IEEE EduSoc Malaysian Chapter technical has co-sponsored the following conferences: 2016 IEEE International Conference on
Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE’16) and the International
Conference on Electrical, Electronics and System Engineering (ICEESE
2013, 2014). 2015 OFFICE BEARERS
It is hoped that these conferences will not only support discussions but
Chair : JULIANA JOHARI
will initiate and facilitate collaboration among the participants to under- Vice-Chair : NORLIDA BUNIYAMIN
take research and development in the field of engineering education.
Outcomes from this conference should drive innovation in the teaching
Secretary : ROSNI ABU KASSIM
of engineering and help stakeholders create innovative engineering Treasurer : KAMARIAH ISMAIL
programs that will produce engineering graduates as required by the
industry and the nation. Committee : AISAH MOHAMED
AZILAH SAPARON
Befitting its mission to inspire, engage and encourage school students to
nurture interest in engineering, EduSoc is involved in Science 2 Action MAHANIJAH MD KAMAL
workshops with several schools in the Juliana Johari vicinity of Klang NINA KORLINA MADZHI
Valley. The students get to partake in the hands-on engineering projects
and talk given by our ExComm. RAJENDRAN PARTHIBAN
The chapter also organized social activities such as bowling tournaments
SYED KHALEEL AHMED
co-jointly with Young Professional, WIE and PES and social visit to other ZUHAINA HJ ZAKARIA
IEEE section. To spur the growth of EduSoc members, memberships
drive is carried out throughout the activities.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION EDUCATION SOCIETY (EDUSOC)
44

GALLERY

2015 IEEE 7TH ICEED KANAZAWA JAPAN 2015 SCIENCE 2 ACTION WORKSHOP

2015 IEEE BOWLING TOURNAMENT

 45 CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY (CSS) IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY (CSS)

SPO ID : CH10421
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : ROSMIWATI MOHD-MOKHTAR, USM

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Control System Society (CSS) Malaysia Chapter was established since 2007 and till now it has become one of the active chapters in Malaysia
with positive growth of its members and numbers of activities that have been conducted every year. The IEEE CSS Malaysia Chapter has member
representative from various institutions and industries. This has made the chapter to be actively involved in advancing the control system technology
and its application as a whole and strengthening the networking and relationship locally and worldwide.

CHAIRS AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2011 – IEEE CONTROL SYSTEM SOCIETY: THE 2011 OUTSTANDING
MOHD NASIR TAIB CHAPTER AWARD
4132957 • 2015 – IEEE CONTROL SYSTEM SOCIETY: THE 2015 OUTSTANDING
2007-2009 CHAPTER AWARD

SAMSUL BAHARI MOHD NOOR CONFERENCES

41466522 • 2010 – CSPA2010; ICSGRC2010
2019-2010 • 2011 – CSPA2011; ICSGRC2011; ICSET2011; ICCSCE2011
• 2012 – CSPA2012; ICSGRC2012; ICCSCE2012
• 2013 – CSPA2013; ICSGRC2013; ICSET2013; ICCSCE2013;
MOHD NASIR TAIB ICSPC2013
41329574 • 2014 – CSPA2014; ICSGRC2014; ICCSCE2014; ICSPC2014
2011 • 2015 – CSPA2015; ICSGRC2015; ICSET2015; ICCSCE2015;
ICSPC2015
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
YEAR 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
GALLERY
STANDING IEEE CSS MALAYSIA
CHAPTER MEMBERS
PAST CHAIR Samsul Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir

CHAIR Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir Nasir

VICE CHAIR Wahyudi Sy. Khaleel Sy. Khaleel Sy. Khaleel Yahaya Hazlina Fua’ad

SECRETARY Rini Ramli Ramli Ramli Ramli Ramli Ramli

TREASURER Mahanijah Manan Manan Rozita Nooritawati Nooritawati Rozita

MEMBERS Ramli Safanah Yahaya Yahaya Raja Manan Khair

MEMBERS Safanah Rini Hezri Hezri Shahren Babul Kamil

CONFERENCE: CSPA2015 SOCIAL
MEMBERS Ismaila Nooritawati Shahren Raja Sy. Khaleel Vijanth Babul TECHNICAL WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION
TO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PROGRAM
MEMBERS Hezri Nooritawati Shahreen Rini Sy. Khaleel Erny AT UITM MEETING: IEEE
MEMBERS Rozita Rosmiwati Erny Erny Rosmiwati

MEMBERS Rini Manan Rosmiwati Ihsan Yahaya

MEMBERS Samsul Vijanth Fua’ad Zakaria

MEMBERS Norhaliza Hezri Nooritawati

MEMBERS Norhaliza Hezri

SOCIAL ACTIVITY: TRIP TO

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM
MEMBERS Rini

MEMBERS Sy. Khaleel

MEMBERS Vijanth
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBS)
SPO ID : CH10441
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : CHONG YU ZHENG, UTAR
HISTORY
2009 THE FORMATIVE DAYS
The IEEE-EMBS Malaysia Chapter was founded in 2009 spearheaded by a few
enthusiastic members of IEEE Malaysia Section with interest in Engineering in
Medicine and Biology (EMB). The foundation Chair was Prof. Ir. Dr. Fatimah
Ibrahim along with seven (7) others founding EXCO members. Through its
formation year, the chapter have garnered numerous activities with limited
resources, namely co-sponsors of two (2) conferences – the 2009 IEEE Sympo-
sium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA 2009) and the 2009 Interna-
tional Conference for Technical Postgraduates (TECHPOS 2009). The chapter also
has initiated outreach to other communities to join as members through
consistent membership drives in various institutions during the first year of its
inception. Various technical activities were also organized such as technical talks,
Distinguished Lecturer Programs during the first session. To sum up the first
year, twenty-three (23) technical activities were organized, followed by eight (8)
social meetings, and six (6) administrative meetings. Such activities became
stepping stone for the chapter to further develop in subsequent years.
2011 INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH
The year 2011 saw International Outreach of the Chapter with fellow IEEE-EMBS
Chapters across R10. This year marks the third anniversary of the Chapter. Under
the leadership of A/Prof. Dr. Lee Yoot Khuan and committee, engagements with
various R10 EMBS chapters were established. The Chapter has technical
activities linkages with the IEEE-EMBS Chapters of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and
Macau. Joint technical symposium was held in the Shenzhen Institute of
Advanced Technology (SIAT). These activities have brought other IEEE-EMBS
chapters to discuss various issues regarding EMB, and to foster long-lasting
relationship amongst peers. The chapter also has launched its Official Homep-
age at http://myembs.org. With the official website, this has enabled speed fast
dissemination of information, and up-to-date happenings of the Chapter. Tally
for activities organized in 2011 were twenty-two (22) Administrative Meetings,
twenty-nine (29), and eight (8) Social Gatherings. It was one of the most active
years since the formation of the Chapter.
2013 SPURRING GROWTH
Year 2013 recorded twenty (20) administrative meetings, twenty-three (23)
technical activities, and twenty-five (25) social gatherings. This year marked the
fifth anniversary of the Chapter, hence the aim of the year was to increase
members’ participation in chapter’s activities. The chapter also launched social
platform page, via Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/myembs) to
engage members, and to attract future members through utilization of social
media. The first SIGHT group (MySIGHT4Rehab) was also formed in this year as
an engagement of volunteers in humanitarian technologies. To enhance
member’s experiences, the Chapter also launched three (3) different activities
grants for members, student members, and non-members to organize EMB-re-
lated activities in Malaysia. These grants have attracted various attention from
members as well as non-members to organize and participate in various EMB
activities. In line with engaging student members to EMBS, a new student club
of EMBS was setup in Curtin University Sarawak, it’s a first in Malaysia. Thus,
these activities have spurred memberships in EMB for Malaysia Section to grow
exponentially at 120 % for 2013.
ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBS)
46
THE BIRTH OF FLAGSHIP CONFERENCE
OF THE CHAPTER 2010
2010 witnessed the birth of the flagship conference conceived by the
Chapter, the IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
(IECBES) series. The conference was mooted to put Malaysia in the map of
the world of EMB. The biennial conference witnessed over 150
participants from local and international participation. Although in its
second year of formation, the chapter has gained its exposure to other
peers in Region 10 with this conference. In addition, the year 2010 was a
fruitful year compared to the previous session with more engagement
activities, may it be technical or social amongst members. In total, there
were three (3) administrative engagements, six (6) technical engage-
ments, and three (3) social engagements. With continuous efforts from
the office-bearers headed by the foundation chair, the Chapter managed
to introduce the world of EMB in the Malaysian cEontext
FIRST MOST OUTSTANDING
CHAPTER AWARD 2012
This year marks the fourth year of the Chapter in the EMBS global family.
In this year also, the chapter has gained international reputation, whereby
it was bestowed with the IEEE-EMBS Most Outstanding Chapter for 2012
for the activities organized by the Chapter in 2012. The remarkable year
was supplemented with Best Volunteer Award awarded by IEEE Malaysia
Section to the Chapter Chair, A/Prof. Dr. Lee Yoot Khuan for her exemplary
contribution to the Chapter. In addition, the chapter also has organized a
highly successful second edition of the IECBES conference in Langkawi.
With various supports from various worldwide EMBS chapters, the
conference has attracted some 200 participants to share their findings on
EMB. The quality of the conference was technically-recognized whereby
publications were indexed in the Web of Science (ISI) database. As in the
previous years, the chapter actively convened various activities to further
engage fellow members; these amounted to a whooping fifty-three (53)
technical activities, eighteen (18) administrative meetings, and twelve
(12) social meetings.
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS 2014
Upholding the motto of IEEE, Advancing Technology for Humanity, the
Chapter efforts have included Humanitarian efforts to its overall Agenda.
The Chapter has organized two (2) International Conferences, namely the
2014 IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES
2014) which attracted more than 200 participants, the largest Biomedical
Engineering Conference in Sarawak; and the inaugural IEEE-EMBS
International Student Conference (ISC 2014) that registered 100
undergraduate and postgraduate participants. Twelve (12) awards were
presented to Best Final Year Project Students, and Best Paper Presenters in
ISC 2014. Total of twenty-nine (29) Technical Activities were conducted
throughout the session, which inclusive of four (4) DLP Talks, eleven (11)
technical talks, four (4) workshops, three (3) technical supporters of
conferences, two (2) IEEE-EPICS Project Commissioning Sessions, five (5)
membership drives. Twenty-one (21) Administrative Activities, and thirty
one (31) social, and awards were recorded throughout the year.
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SECOND MOST OUTSTANDING

2015 CHAPTER AWARD
The Chapter was awarded with the 2015 IEEE-EMBS Most Outstanding Chapter Award in a ceremony in conjunction with IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Conference (EMBC) in Milan, Italy based on the outstanding activities organized by the Chapter in 2014. It is a great honour for the Chapter to have been awarded
twice with such honours. Such achievement is a first in history of EMBS. Hence, the new office-bearers in 2015 session will continue to strive for the best in future.

PAST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES

2009 - 2010 2013
Chair : Fatimah Ibrahim (UM) Chair : Chong Yu Zheng (UTAR)
Vice-Chair : Harsa Amylia Mat Sakim (USM) Vice-Chair : Wahidah Mansor Vice (UiTM)
Secretary : Wahidah Mansor (UiTM) Secretary : Darwin Gouwanda (Monash)
Treasurer : Siti Zawiyah Md Dawal (UM) Treasurer : Afaf Rozan Md. Radzol (UTM)
Immediate Past Chair : Chong Yu Zheng (UTAR) Immediate Past Chair : Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM)
EXCO Member : Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM) EXCO Member : Norliza Mohd. Noor (UiTM)
Norliza Mohd. Noor (UTM) Fatimah Ibrahim (UM)
CHONG Yu Zheng (UTAR) Zamane Abdul Rahman (MOH)
Akram Gasmelseed (UiTM) Alpha Agape Gopalai (Curtin)

2010 - 2011 2014

Chair : Fatimah Ibrahim (UM) Chair : Chong Yu Zheng (UTAR)
Vice-Chair : Wahidah Mansor (UiTM) Vice-Chair : Wahidah Mansor Vice (UiTM)
Secretary : CHONG Yu Zheng (UTAR) Secretary : Darwin Gouwanda (Monash)
Treasurer : Norliza Mohd. Noor (UTM) Treasurer : Afaf Rozan Md. Radzol (UTM)
EXCO Member : Siti Anom Ahmad (UPM) Immediate Past Chair : Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM)
Nurul Amziah Md. Yunus (UPM) EXCO Member : Norliza Mohd. Noor (UiTM)
Mohd. Nasir Taib (UiTM) Fatimah Ibrahim (UM)
Siti Zawiah Md. Daud (UiTM) Nabilah Ibrahim (UTHM)
Norhayati Soin Executive (UM) Alpha Agape Gopalai (Curtin)
Harsa Amylia Mat Sakim (USM)
Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM)
2011
Chair : Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM) 2015 - 2016
Vice-Chair : Wahidah Mansor (UiTM) Chair : Wahidah Mansor (UiTM)
Secretary : CHONG Yu Zheng (UTAR) Vice-Chair : Darwin Gouwanda (Monash)
Treasurer : Norliza Mohd. Noor (UTM) Secretary : Alpha Agape Gopalai (Monash)
Immediate Past Chair : Fatimah Ibrahim (UM) Treasurer : Norliza Mohd. Noor (UTM)
EXCO Member : Siti Anom Ahmad (UPM) Immediate Past Chair : Chong Yu Zheng (UTAR)
Afaf Rozan Mohd Radzol (UiTM) EXCO Member : Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM)
Mohd. Nasir Taib (UiTM) Fatimah Ibrahim (UM)
Alwin Kumar Rathinam (UM) Nabilah Ibrahim (UTHM)
Lim King Hann (Curtin)
2012 Yogeswaran Mohan (UTAR)
Chair : Lee Yoot Khuan (UiTM) Aamir Saeed Malik (UTP)
Vice-Chair : Wahidah Mansor (UiTM)
Secretary : CHONG Yu Zheng (UTAR)
Treasurer : Norliza Mohd. Noor (UTM)
Immediate Past Chair : Fatimah Ibrahim (UM)
EXCO Member : Siti Anom Ahmad (UPM)
Afaf Rozan Mohd Radzol (UiTM)
Mohd. Nasir Taib (UiTM)
Alwin Kumar Rathinam (UM)
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBS)
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GALLERY
From Left to Right : CHONG Yu Zheng (Secretary), Norliza Mohd. Noor (Treasurer), Siti
Anom Ahmad (Exco), Prof. Toshiyo Tamura (Distinguished Guest), Prof. YT Zhang (Distin-
guished Guest), Wahidah Mansor (Vice-Chair), Lee Yoot Khuan (EXCO), Nurul Amziah
(EXCO), Siti Zawiah Md. Daud (EXCO)
Not in picture : Fatimah Ibrahim (Chair), Mohd. Nasir Taib (EXCO), Norhayati Soin (EXCO),
Harsa Amylia Mat Sakim (EXCO)

2010-2011 Exco Line-Up with Distinguished Guests

6th from the Right CHONG Yu Zheng (Secretary), Lee Yoot Khuan (Chair),
Fatimah Ibrahim (Immediate Past Chair), Wahidah Mansor (Vice-Chair), Norliza
Mohd. Noor (Treasurer), Siti Anom Ahmad (EXCO Member), Alwin Kumar (EXCO
Member)
Not in Picture : Afaf Rodzan Mohd. Radzol (EXCO Member), Mohd. Nasir Taib
(EXCO Member) 2011-2012 EXCO Line-Up in SIAT

From Left to Right – Siti Anom Ahmad (EXCO), Lee Yoot Khuan (Chair), Norliza Mohd.
Noor (Treasurer), Prof. Toshiyo Tamura (Distinguish Guest), Prof. Fedor Lehocki (Distin-
guish Guest), Fatimah Ibrahim (Immediate Past Chair), Prof. Nigel H. Lovell (Distin-
guished Guest), Wahidah Mansor (Vice-Chair), CHONG Yu Zheng (Secretary), Darwin
Gouwanda (Secretary)
Not in picture >>> Afaf Rozan Mohd. Radzol (EXCO Member), Mohd. Nasir Taib (EXCO
Member), Alwin Kumar Rathinam (EXCO Member)

2012-2013 EXCO Line-Up

Front Row – Fatimah Ibrahim (Advisor), Wahidah Mansor (Vice Chair), Nabilah
Ibrahim (EXCO), Siti Anom Ahmad (EXCO), Norliza Mohd. Noor (EXCO), Afaf
Rozan Mohd. Radzol (Treasurer). From Left to Right, Back Row – Darwin
Gouwanda (Secretary), Alpha Agape Gopalai (EXCO), CHONG Yu Zheng (Chair)
Not in picture – Zamane Abdul Rahman (EXCO), Lee Yoot Khuan (Immediate
Past Chair) 2013-2014 Exco Line-Up
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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (CES)

SPO ID : CH10455
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : V P THINAGARAN, UPM

HISTORY
The IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Malaysia Chapter was established in 2008 by Assoc. Prof. Dr Abd Rahman Ramli (UPM) together with Dr Thinagaran Perumal (UPM) and
Dr Chui Yew Leong Malaysia. Dr Rahman served as Chair for a period of 5 years until 2013.

The IEEE CESoc Malaysia Chapter was approved in October 2008 with overwhelming support of all the members of CESoc Malaysia. Stefan Mozar, the Past-President of IEEE
Consumer Electronics Society, was instrumental in establishing the CESoc Malaysia Chapter back in year 2008. Dr Abd Rahman Ramli was named the Pro-term Chapter Chair till
the election for appointing an executive committee for the IEEE CESoc Malaysia Chapter. Department of Computer and Communication System Engineering was the Secretariat
for the Chapter. Following office bearers were appointed for the year 2008.

Chapter chair Assoc. Prof. Dr Abd Rahman Ramli

Hon. Secretary Dr Chui Yew Leong
Treasurer Dr. Thinagaran Perumal

Committee members Mr. Adam Chuah Abdullah

The first activity of IEEE CESoc Malaysia Chapter was held on 25th November 2008 with a full day seminar on Smart Home Technologies in ITMA, UPM Serdang. The seminar
was organized by Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia and was supported by IEEE CESoc Malaysia. Despite the fact that the elected Executive Committee
had only about 2 months to plan and organize and carry out activities for the year, IEEE CESoc Malaysia , managed to bring up host of activities for the benefits of members,
young professionals and students. Therefore Executive Committee decided to have more Technical, Social, Educational and Professional meetings encouraged by member’s
feedback in recent years. IEEE CESoc Malaysia to reach many members and non-members via technical seminars, tutorials, membership development program etc. A series of
membership drive was carried out in several higher learning institutions like MAHSA University and UPM. The chapter received special funding amounting US$12,000 from
CESoc headquarters to conduct Summer School on Biomedical Technologies. The event took place on 7th -9th November 2014 in Universiti Teknologi Petronas. The summer
school was co-organized by Centre for Intelligent Signal and Imaging Research (CISIR) and fully sponsored by IEEE CESoc Malaysia. Another milestone for the chapter was about
Dr Thinagaran Perumal, who won the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Early Career Award in the year 2014. The award aimed to give recognition to individuals for their
contributions to the advancement of technology and innovation in the field of consumer electronics in the early stages of their careers. Dr Thinagaran is also the current Chapter
Chair for IEEE CESoc Malaysia. We are glad for his achievement and may this bring CESoc Malaysia chapter to greater heights. Year 2015 was the turning point for IEEE CESoc
Malaysia Chapter, being chosen to host International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE 2017) in Kuala Lumpur.This is an important milestone for IEEE CESoc Malaysia
and IEEE CESoc Malaysia is expected to expand its scope in the coming years to form more collaboration between industry and students.The focus will be on forming industry-ac-
ademia collaboration, as well as engaging with young professional for CE related activities.
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
CHAIRS
2008 - 2013 2014
Assoc. Prof. Dr Abd Rahman Ramli Dr Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani
Abd Rahman Ramli received the B.S. Electron- Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani received the B.S.
ics in Universiti Kebangsaan, M.Sc in Informa- degree in University of Technology Malay-
tion Technology System from University of sia, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree from the
Strathclyde and Ph.D. degree from the Univer- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
sity of Bradford, UK in 1995. He is currently an USA. He was with Intel Penang Design
Associate Professor with Department of Center as visiting professor designing
Computer and Communication System chipset for Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor on
Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. His 32nm Intel process technology, visiting
main interests are imaging, image processing scholar at the ASIC & Systems State Key Lab
systems and intelligent systems. He teaches in Fudan University, China, visiting
undergraduate and postgraduate level course assistant professor at Al-Neelain University,
covering computer architecture, multimedia Sudan and engineer at MIMOS. His current
systems and image processing. He served as a research interests include low energy/pow-
past chair for IEEE Consumer Electronics (M) er and fault-tolerant System-on-Chip
Chapter, and Executive Committee in the IEEE design, Network-on-Chip, bus coding and
CESoc Chapter. He has published more than interconnect design and smart systems
200 academic journals in the areas of image and sensors. He serves as a past chair for
processing and other multidisciplinary field. IEEE Consumer Electronics (M) Chapter,
He is well-known in the academic circles, often committee in the IEEE CAS (M) Chapter and
contributing towards curriculum and accredi- was a Treasurer for the IEEE GOLD. He
tation related developments in Malaysia. serves on the technical program commit-
tees for IEEE ICCAS’13, APCCAS’10 and
ASQED’09. He was the Publication chair for
IEEE APCCAS’10, IEEE ICCAS’12, ICCAS’13,
and ICSyS’15.
Figure 1: Dr Thinagaran Perumal with IEEE CESoc Early Career Award 2014 in
Tokyo, Japan.
Seen here with Dr Takako Nonaka (Board of Governor) and Stefan Mozar
(Past-President IEEE CESoc)
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (CES)
50
2015
Dr Thinagaran Perumal
Thinagaran Perumal received B.Eng in
Computer and Communication System
Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia,
MSc in Intelligent Systems and PhD in Smart
Technology and Robotics from same university.
He is the recipient of 2014 Early Career Award
from IEEE Consumer Electronics Society for his
pioneering contribution in the field of consum-
er electronics. He completed his PhD at Univer-
siti Putra Malaysia, in the area of smart technol-
ogy and robotics. He is currently a Senior
Lecturer at the Department of Computer
Science, Faculty of Computer Science and
Information Technology, Universiti Putra
Malaysia. He is also currently appointed as
Head of Cyber-Physical Systems unit in the
faculty and also served as Chair of IEEE
Consumer Electronics Society Malaysia
Chapter. Previously, he was the Secretary for
IEEE CESoc Malaysia, and also served as
Treasurer for the chapter during the founding
years. His research interests are towards
interoperability aspects of smart homes,
Internet of Things (IoT), wearable computing,
and cyber-physical systems. His recent
research activities include proactive architec-
ture for IoT systems; development of the
cognitive IoT frameworks for smart homes and
wearable devices for rehabilitation purposes.
He is an active member of IEEE Consumer
Electronics Society as well its CESoc Future
Directions Committee on Internet of Things. He
has successfully leaded severally IEEE IoT
initiatives for CESoc on international
workshops as well as panel sessions during CE
conferences with consumer centric themes. He
has been invited to give several keynote
lectures and plenary talk on Internet of Things
in various institutions and organizations
internationally. He has published several
papers in IEEE Conferences and Journals and
also serving as TPC member for several
reputed IEEE conferences like IEEE ICCE2015,
GCCE 2015, IEEE WF-IoT 2015. He was also
awarded as Program Volunteer for IEEE Volun-
teer Leadership Training (VOLT 2014), New
York. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
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SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS SOCIETY (SMC)

SPO ID : CH10534
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : ANANG HUDAYA MUHAMAD AMIN, MMU

HISTORY
The IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Malaysia chapter was established in 2010 by its first chair, Associate Professor Dr Tan Ching Seong, who was then an assistant professor at
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). The vision of the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society is to be recognized as the world leading society for the advancement of theory and
application in systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and cybernetics.The mission of the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society is to serve the interests of its members
and the community at large by promoting the theory, practice, and interdisciplinary aspects of systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and cybernetics. It is
accomplished through conferences, publications, and other activities that contribute to the professional needs of its members”.

We aim to engage in the development of systems engineering technology including problem definition methods, modeling, and simulation, methods of system experimentation, human
factors engineering, data and methods, systems design techniques and test and evaluation methods. The integration of the theories of communication, control, cybernetics, stochastics,
optimization, and system structure towards the formulation of a general theory of systems.The application at hardware and software levels to the analysis and design of biological, ecological,
socio-economic, social service, computer information, and operational man-machine systems.

CHAIRS
Dr Ching Seong Tan serves as an Associate Professor in
Multimedia University, Malaysia. Concurrently, he is also
the honorary secretary of TEEAM and Vice Chairman of
MyCIE. He is also the recipient of J. William Fulbright
Award 2012/2013. Dr Tan received his first degree in 1998
at the University of Malaya, the oldest university in
Malaysia. He obtained his PhD in Engineering in 2006.
Academically, he has served in various institutions as
C. S. TAN, PHD director, department head, research centre chair, and
research team leader since 2005. He is a senior member of
IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), member of SPIE (International Society
of Optical Engineering) and Chartered Engineer (Institute of Mechanical Engineer, UK). He has
co-authored an engineering text book, titled: Applied Engineering Failure Analaysia: Theory and
Practice.
Dr Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari is currently an Associate
Professor in Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia,
where he also serves as the Head of Mechanical Engineering
Department and a senate member of the university. Dr
Khairul received his first degree in 2000 from Waseda
University, Japan. He obtained his PhD in Engineering in
2006 from Kanazawa University, Japan. Academically, he has
served UNITEN since 2007, after his Post-Doctorate in KHAIRUL SALLEH
Kanazawa University, Japan. He is a senior member of IEEE MOHAMED
(the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and is a SAHARI, PHD
Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia. He has authored and
co-authored over 50 peer reviewed journal papers and over 50 peer reviewed conference
papers. His expertise is in the area of robotics, mechatronics, artificial intelligence and control.

COMMITTEE
WANG, XIN, PHD YEAR 201 0 201 1 201 2 201 3 201 4 201 5

Dr Wang, Xin serves as the Senior Lecturer in Monash (Pro -Tem)

University Malaysia. She obtained PhD in Engineering in

PAST CHAIR
2007. She is a member of IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and
CHAIR Tan Ching Seong Tan Ching Seong Wang Xin Khairul Salleh Khairul Salleh Khairul Salleh
Electronics Engineers and Chartered Engineer (Institute of Mohamed Sahari Mohamed Sahari Mohamed Sahari

Mechanical Engineer, UK). Her expertise is in the VICE CHAIR Loo Chu Kiong Tay Yong Haur Tay Yong Haur Tay Yong Haur Tay Yong Haur

non-destructive evaluation, optical metrology and 3D SECRETARY Wang Xin Goi Bok Min Chew Kuew Wai Karthigayan Karthigayan

imaging. She has published 2 book chapters, over 20 Muthukaruppan Muthukaruppan

papers in peer-reviewed journals, and several conference TREASURER Teoh Chee Hooi Khairul Salleh
Mohamed Sahari
Wang Xin Teoh Chee Hooi Syed Abdul
Rahman Alhadadd

papers. Syed Mohammed

MEMBERS Khairul Salleh Karthigayan Goi Bok Min Lee Chien Sing Lee Chien Sing
Mohamed Sahari Muthukaruppan

MEMBERS Karthigayan Ho Jee Hou Ho Jee Hou Lai Weng Kin Lai Weng Kin
Muthukaruppan

MEMBERS Tay Yong Haur Teoh Chee Hooi Ho Jee Hou Yong Thian Khok

MEMBERS Rosmiwati Mohd Karthigayan Syed Abdul Anang Hudaya

Mokhtar Muthukaruppan Rahman Alhadadd Muhamad Amin
Syed Mohammed

MEMBERS Ho Jee Hou Chai Tong Yuen

Auditor Chai Tong Yuen Tan Ching Seong Tan Ching Seong Tan Ching Seong Tan Ching Seong
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION GEOSCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING SOCIETY (GRSS)
52

GEOSCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING SOCIETY (GRSS)

SPO ID : CH10619
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : ZULKIFLEE ABD LATIF, UiTM

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chapter was established in 27th September 2012 with overwhelming support ofall the members of GRSS Malaysia. Prof.
Dato’ Chuah was named the Pro-term Chapter Chair till the election for appointing an executive committee for the IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chapter in
2013. Following office bearers were appointed for the year 2013.
Chapter Chair : Ir. Professor Academician Dato’ Dr. Chuah Hean Teik
Vice Chair : Ir. Professor Dr. Koo Voon Chet
Hon. Secretary : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Tuong-Thuy
Treasurer : Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Chan Yee Kit
Committee : Assoc Prof. Dr. Lim Tien Sze
Dr. Dinesh Sathyamoorthy
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kasturi Devi A/P Kanniah
Dr. Gobi Vetharatnam
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulkiflee Abd Latif
The first activity of IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chapter was held on 22nd Nov 2013 with a full day workshop IWGRS 2013 in MMU Malacca. The IWGRS
2013 was organized together with the Centre for Remote Sensing and Surveillance Technologies (CRSST), MMU and was supported by the IEEE
Malaysia Section. Being the first activity of the Chapter, we were surprised to have more than 50 participants in the workshop. Since then, a series of
Technical, Social, Educational and Professional meetings and events
have been organized for the remote sensing communities in Malaysia.

CHAIRS

IR. PROFESSOR ACADEMICIAN

DATO’ DR. CHUAH HEAN TEIK 2013 - 2015
graduated with a BEng (First Class Honours), MEngSc and PhD in electrical engineering, all from University of Malaya,
Malaysia, in 1986, 1988 and 1992, respectively. Since April 2008, he has been appointed as President of Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia. His research interests include microwave remote sensing, applied electromagnetics,
and wave propagation for indoor and outdoor communications. He has authored/co-authored more than 250 papers in
international journals and conferences. His contributions in microwave remote sensing are exemplary. He has formulated various theoretical models
(High-order Renormalization Model, Monte-Carlo Models and Dense Medium Phase and Amplitude Correction Theory DM-PACT) to elucidate
scattering mechanisms in sparse media and electricallydense media so as to enhance one’s understanding of the physics of the problem, leading to
better insight and applications of remote sensing techniques for monitoring and management of earth resources. His models were used by research
groups in other countries for predictions of microwave backscatter returns from tropical forest stands, as well as from snow cover and sea-ice.ngi-
neering and Technology; Hon. Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society; and Hon. Member of Myanmar Engineering Society.

2015 - 2017 IR. PROF. DR. KOO VOON CHET

received his B.Eng. (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaysia, in 1997. He obtained his M.Eng.Sc.
and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Multimedia University, Malaysia, in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He is the
recipient of the inaugural Young Engineer Award by the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia in 2004. Prof. Koo is presently
the Professor and the Chairperson of the Centre of Remote Sensing and Surveillance Technologies with the Multimedia
University, the Chair of the IEEE Malaysia Section Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Chapter, and a Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of
Engineering and Technology (AAET). Together with his team members, he has invented the first ground-based scatterometer and the first
UAV-based SAR for the Malaysia Government. Prof Koo’s current research interest includes synthetic aperture radar (SAR) design and signal process-
ing for remote sensing and surveillance applications. He has authored/co-authored more than 100 papers in international journals and conferences.
 53 POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (PELS) IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY (PELS)

SPO ID : CH10628
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : TAN CHEE WEI, UTM

HISTORY
The IEEE Power Electronics Society Malaysia chapter was formed in early 2014 which accepts members those who registered with IEEE PE Society. Before the formation of this PEL Malaysia Chapter,
it was part of a joint chapter, i.e. the three rapid growing IEEE societies Power Electronics (PELS), Industry Applications (IAS) and Industrial Electronics (IES). The joint chapter was then chaired by Mr.
Mustafar Kamal Hamzah from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) while the past chair of the joint chapter was Professor Ir. Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Mohamed Yatim from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM). Before the formation of this joint chapter in 2004, most of the members were placed under Power Engineering Society (PES). This joint chapter accepts members those who registered in
one/more out of the three societies. The number of members for the joint chapters has increased to about forty by the end of year 2005.

CHAIR
Nik Rumzi Nik Idris (M’97–SM’03) received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wollongong,Australia,
the M.Sc. degree in power electronics from Bradford University, West Yorkshire, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree from Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia (UTM) in 1989, 1993, and 2000, respectively. He was an associate researcher at the University of Akron, USA in 2001.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and is the head of Power Electronics and Drives Research
Group, UTM. His research interests include control of ac drive systems and DSP applications in power electronic systems.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. NIK RUMZI NIK IDRIS

ANNEXURE 2014 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

2014 Chair : Nik Rumzi Nik Idris (UTM)
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION DATE
Vice-Chair : Abdul Halim Yatim (UTM)
Secretary : Tan Chee Wei (UTM)
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) 13 October2014 Treasurer : Mohd Zaki Daud (UTM)
IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON 2014) 13-14 October 2014
Executive Committee
Member : Mohammad Nawawi Seroji (UiTM)
Promotion Activity to Attract Students 19 August 2014 Rahimi Baharom (UiTM)
Final Year Power Electronics Related Thesis Competition 31 August 2014 Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim (UiTM)
Gobbi Ramasamy (MMU)
Mohd Amran Bin Mohd Radzi (UPM)
2015
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION DATE
2015 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
Promotion Activity to Attract IEEE PEL membership during 19 -2 0 October 2015 Past Chair : Abdul Halim Yatim (UTM)
CENCON 2015
Chair : Nik Rumzi Nik Idris (UTM)
IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON 2015) 19 - 20 October 2015
Vice-Chair : Gobbi Ramasamy (MMU)
Postgraduate Showcase Competition (PGSC) 19 October 2015 Secretary : Tan Chee Wei (UTM)
Treasurer : Mohd Zaki Daud (UTM)
IEEE National Lecturer Program (NLP) on Power 3December 2015 Executive Committee
Electronics Member : Nor Zaihar B. Yahaya (UTP)
IEEE National Lecturer Program (NLP) on “Power 9 December 2015 Mohd Amran Bin Mohd Radzi (UPM)
Electronics Converter for Motor System: Issues in Nadia Tan Mei Lin (UNTEN)
Industries” Rahimi Baharom(UiTM)
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) 16 October 2015
Shamsul Aizam Zulkifli (UTHM)
Awang Jusoh (UTM)
Webmaster : Syed Abdul Mutalib Al Junid (UiTM)
IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (TEMS)
54

TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (TEMS)

SPO ID : CH10653
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : TEH PEI LEE, MONASH

HISTORY
The IEEE Technology Management Council (TMC) Malaysia Chapter was established on 4 September 2013. In the first year of operation, under the
leadership of the Chapter Chair - Dr. Teh Pei Lee, TMC has successfully organized several events including an international conference (IEEE Interna-
tional Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2014), technical talks, technical field trip to PKT Logistics and social
events. In January 2015, the IEEE Technology Management Council (TMC) was transitioned to a Society, which is known as “Technology and
Engineering Management Society (TEMS).”

The development of economic prosperity for countries, industries and businesses heavily depends on the effective management of technology and
innovation. Scholars, engineers, managers, scientists and policy makers have been discussing the relative importance of the technology and innova-
tion management for years, and the discussions are expected to continue. Management of and progress in technology and innovation are an imper-
ative for the sound development of any country, but particularly for developing and emerging countries. In this regard, TEMS will provide a forum for
important technology and innovation discourse to take place to ensure that technological advance takes place, and does so by taking into consider-
ation the stakeholder challenges currently faced by the world.

CHAIR
Dr. Teh Pei Lee is an Associate Professor at the School of Business, Monash University, Malaysia. Prior to joining
Monash University, she was a Senior Lecturer in Multimedia University. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of
Information Technology, Master of Management, and a Ph.D. in Management. Her teaching and research
interests cover Management Information Systems, Technology Management, Total Quality Management,
Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship, Gerontechnology, Innovation and Learning. She is currently the
Associate Editor of the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education (DSJIE) and International Journal
of Electronic Business (IJEB). She also serves in editorial board of several international journals such as Journal
of Computer Information Systems, Industrial Management & Data Systems, International Journal of
Engineering Business Management and etc. She is the Chair of IEEE Malaysia Chapter Technology and
Engineering Management Society (TEMS), and a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS),
Academy of Management (AOM), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
(INFORMS), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She has authored or co-authored
papers published in several international journals and conferences proceedings. Her work appears in
journals such as Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Expert Systems with Applications, Journal of Computer

DR. TEH PEI LEE

Information Systems, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Total Quality Management & Business
Excellence, Journal of Global Information Management and etc.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT
• Hosted the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2014)
• http://www.meetmatt.net/ieem2014/docs/IEEM%202014%20Program%20Book.pdf
• https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111179663387611566458/albums
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJnzLZEky1U&feature=youtu.be
 55 COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SOCIETY (CIS) IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SOCIETY (CIS)

SPO ID : CH10669
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : YONG SUET PENG, UTP

HISTORY
The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Malaysia chapter was established in 2014 by its first chair, Dr Chan Chee Seng, who is a senior lecturer
at University of Malaya. In 2015, Dr Chan was re-elected as the chair to serve for the society again till to date.

CHAIR 2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chee Seng Chan Chair : Chan Chee Seng (UM)
received his Ph.D. Vice-Chair : Dennis Wong (Swinburne Malaysia)
degree from the Univer- Secretary : Dianne Cheong Lee Mei (UiTM)
sity of Portsmouth, U.K.,
Treasurer : Vivian Yong Suet Peng (UTP)
in 2008. He is currently a
Senior Lecturer at the Committee Member : Sazalinsyah Razali (UTEM)
Faculty of Computer Ibrahima Faye (UTP)
Science and Informa- Lau See Hung (UTAR)
tion Technology,
Hoo Wai Lam (UM)
University of Malaya,
CHAN CHEE SENG Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lim Chee Kau (UM)
He previously held Lai Weng Kin (TAR UC)
appointments in the University of Ulster, U.K. and the Chong Siang Yiew (Nottingham Malaysia)
University of Portsmouth, U.K, respectively. In general,
Loo Chu Kiong (UM)
his research interests are fuzzy qualitative reasoning and
computer vision; with a focus on image/video content
analysis and human–robot interaction. He is the found-
ing chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
DISTINGUISHED LECTURER PROGRAM
(CIS) Malaysia chapter and founder of Malaysian Image • Prof. Nikhil Pal – November 1st 2016, University of Malaya (Tentative)
Analysis and Machine Intelligence Association (MIAMI).
He is/was the organizing chair for the 3rd IAPR Asian
Conference on Pattern Recognition (ACPR2015), and
general chair for the IEEE Visual Communications and
TECHNICAL CO-SPONSOR CONFERENCES
Image Processing (VCIP2013). He is the recipient of • International Conference on Intelligent and Interactive Computing (IIC 2015)
several honors and awards such as the Hitachi Research • 3rd Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition (ACPR 2015)
Fellowship and the IET (Malaysia) Young Engineer. He is • International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences
a senior member of IEEE, and a Chartered Engineer and (ICCOINS 2016)
member of IET.

GROUP PHOTO IN ACPR 2015

IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY (OES)
56

OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY (OES)

SPO ID : CH10729
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : MOHD RIZAL ARSHAD, USM

INTRODUCTION
The establishment of IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter and official endorsement by IEEE OES HQ in early March 2015 is a very significant event for the
ocean technologists and researchers in Malaysia in particular. Malaysia being a maritime nation has tremendous marine resources which need to be
exploited and utilized in the best of ways. The future of Malaysia in various ocean related industries such as oil and gas and mineral prospecting will
require the cooperation and collaborations of all interested parties. With this intent in mind, IEEE OES members have endeavored to establish a more
solid presence in Malaysia. On Friday - 17th April 2015, the IEEE OES Malaysian Chapter held its first Protem committee meeting at the School of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) which is situated in Penang, Malaysia with the attendance of 13 founding
members. As an outcome of the 1st meeting, some of the activities conducted were
IEEE/OES Membership drive in UMT, IIU Gombak and IIU Kuantan. At least two techni- Chapter Chair : Mohd Rizal Arshad (USM)
cal talks were conducted in conjuction with the IEEE/OES membership drive events. Vice Chair : Franklin Joseph (RMN)
OES Chapter was also involved as technical supporter for a national symposium related Hon. Secretary : Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar (USM)
to Ocean Technology or NUSYS 2015 in UMT. More activities are in the pipeline and it is Treasurer : Zool H Ismail (UTM)
hoped the activities will spur higher interests among IEEE members and will directly Committee : Zulkifli Zainal Abidin (UIA)
help to bring sustainable ocean research and development to the forefront. Zainah Md Zain (UMP)
Khalid Isa (UTHM)

CHAIR
MOHD RIZAL ARSHAD
graduated from University of Liverpool, in 1994 with a B.Eng. In Medical Electronics and Instrumentation, an MSc. in Electronic
Control Engineering at the University of Salford in December 1995 & completed his PhD. in Electrical Engineering, with special-
ization in robotic vision system in January 1999. He is currently a Senior Member of IEEE, a Full Professor and the Dean of the
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia. And with his team of researchers, is also the pioneer
of underwater system technology research efforts in Malaysia

First Protem Committee Meeting dated 17 April 2015 Meeting with IEEE OES Headquarters dated 21 March 2016

2015 National Seminar on Underwater System Technology (NUSYS)

 57 DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION SOCIETY (DEIS) IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION SOCIETY (DEIS)

SPO ID : CH10733
ASSOCIATE EDITOR : YANUAR Z. ARIEF

HISTORY
The IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) Malaysia Chapter has been successfully formed in 27 March 2015 after a petition to form
the chapter was signed by 20 members. The petition was inititated during the first meeting of Malaysia High Voltage Network (MyHVnet) which was
held at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Johor Bahru Campus on 26 January 2016 organized by UTM Institute of High Voltage & High Current
(IVAT). Then, the first general meeting meeting of this chapter was held on 11 June 2015 at UTM Kuala Lumpur campus to form its administrative
committee. The meeting was attended by DEIS members from universities in Malaysias such as UM, USM, UPM, UteM, UNITEN, UMP, UNIMAP, and
UTM as a host. Dr. Yanuar Z. Arief was appointed as the first chair of DEIS Malaysia chapter.

CHAIR 2016 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

DR. YANUAR ZULARDIANSYAH ARIEF
Chair : Dr. Yanuar Z. Arief (UTM)
80294150 Vice-Chair : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Kamarol Mohd Jamil (USM)
2015 Secretary : Dr. Hazlee Azil Illias (UM)
Treasurer : Dr. Nor Asiah Muhamad (UTM)
He graduated from Department of Electrical
Engineering, University of Tanjungpura, (UNTAN)
Executive Committee
Pontianak, Indonesia in 1994. He received the M.S.
Member : Dr. Lau Kwan Yiew (UTM)
degree from the Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia in 1998 and Dr. Muzamir Isa (UNIMAP)
PhD from Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan in 2006 in High Dr. Amir Izzani Mohamed (UMP)
Voltage Engineering. He conducted a post-doctoral research at Institute of Dr. Hidayat Zainuddin (UTeM)
Material & Diagnostic in Electrical Engineering, University of Siegen, Dr. Norhafiz Azis (UPM)
Germany from September 2006 until October 2007. Since November Dr. Azrul Mohd Ariffin (UNITEN)
2007. he is a senior lecturer in Institute of High Voltage and High Current, Dr. Md Nor Ramdon Baharom
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Malaysia. As a chair for
new chapter, he and all DEIS executive committees join hands to promote
Dr. Mohd Hafizi Ahmad (UTM)
and perform activities to all members and strengthen research collabora-
tion among the members.

http://deis.ieeemy.org/

The attendee of the first Malaysia High Voltage Network (MyHVnet) at UTM Johor Bahru in 26 January 2015
which initiating the forming of IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter
AFFINITY
GROUPS
 59 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (YP) IEEE MALAYSIAʼS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (YP (FORMERLY GOLD))

ASSOCIATE EDITOR : SHARIFAH MUMTAZAH, UPM

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Young Professionals (IEEE YP) Society Malaysia chapter was established in 2004 under the name of IEEE Graduate of Last Decade
(GOLD). It is part of the global IEEE GOLD society - an international community of enthusiastic, dynamic, and innovative members and volun-
teers. Its main aim is to assist young engineers and professionals to evaluate their career goals, polish their professional image, and create
the building blocks of a lifelong and diverse professional network. In 2014, its name has been changed to IEEE Young Professionals to better
reflect its goal and objectives. Amongst IEEE YP activities include organizing technical talks by professional engineers and student site visits
to relevant industry. This is aligned with our aim of providing the necessary state of the art exposure to future engineers. In addition, the IEEE
YP also provide support to young professionals through motivational talks. We are also actively involved in welfare works and IEEE member-
ship drive in order to bring the society closer to the community. 2015 -IEEE YP Knowledge Sharing Series to UTHM staff entitled: Publish and
Flourish In 2014, our biggest achievement is in co-organizing the 2nd International Conference of Defense & Security Technology Confer-
ence, which was held successfully on 24-25 Sept 2014 at the Palace of The Golden Horses, Kuala Lumpur. IN 2011, the IEEE YP Society
Malaysia Chapter has also won Affinity Group Hall of Fame for our as a recognition to our productive activities.

CHAIRS
PROF. DR. M. IQBAL B. SARIPAN (2009-2010)
The recipient of 2013 National Young Scientist Award and 2012 The Young Outstanding Malaysian
Award (TOYM), Professor Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan was born in Muar, Johor to Saripan Rakob and Hasnah
Hassan, both were teachers. His early education was in Muar before continuing his studies at MRSM
Taiping and UTM (B.Eng. Electrical-Electronics Engineering). Then, he completed his PhD at the Universi-
ty of Surrey, United Kingdom, in the area of digital image processing. He is currently the Deputy Dean,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Iqbal has received a number of international and
national recognition awards. He is also a member of an elite group of Top Research Scientist Malaysia
(TRSM). In January 2013, Elsevier awarded him as the Most Valued Reviewer for Radiation Physics and
Chemistry Journal. Other selected awards in his list are; the Travel Bursary Award ISRP Melbourne
(International Radiation Physics Society), twice the Best Paper Award in San Francisco and London, GOLD
medal in Geneva, GOLD medal in PECIPTA, SILVER in MTE, UPM Excellent Young Researcher Award and
UPM Excellent Consultant Award. His standing in research is visible to the international research commu-
nity in his area. Apart from being a reviewer to many impact factor journals, he is also active as a promo-
tion evaluator and research grant assessor to various agencies, and has been involved as visiting researchers at various institutions. He has
delivered a number of keynote and plenary speeches in overseas and local conferences. At the national level, he is known as an expert in the area
of digital image processing. He has received over RM3million research funding from international and national sponsors. He has published more
than 200 publications, including those in flagship journals of his area, e.g. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, and Radiation Physics and Chemistry. In terms of extension works and services, he has involved
in more than RM10million consultancy projects for government and private sectors. For the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Malaysia, he was the chair for IEEE GOLD Chapter in 2010-2011 (now known as Young Professional), vice chair for IEEE Consumer Electronics in
2009-2012 and vice chair for IEEE Signal Processing 2014-2015.

ASSOCIATE
ASSOC. PROF. DR. AHMAD PROFESSOR
SHUKRI DR. ZUHAINA
B. MUHAMMAD NOORZAKARIA
(2011-2012)
Ahmad Shukri Muhammad Noor, Ph.D. (A.S.M. Noor) is a Senior member of IEEE and actively involve in
Photonics Society (IPS) Malaysia Chapter. He was the past chair of IPS for two terms 2012-2014 and past
chair of IEEE GOLD Affinity Group (now IEEE Young Professionals) in 2011. Now currently the Head of
Department for Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineer-
ing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, he research interest is nonlinear optics, with specialization in optical sensors,
optical microscopes and spectroscopy.
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DR.FAZIRULHISYAM
DR. ROZITA JAILANIHASHIM
(2013-2014)
(2013-2014)
Fazirulhisyam Hashim received B.Eng. degree from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and holds an M.Sc. degree
from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Sydney, Australia. He is currently
a researcher and a lecturer at the Wireless and Photonic Network Research Center of Excellence
(WiPNET) at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests include network security and QoS of next
generation mobile networks, green communication systems, and wireless sensor networks. He has
published over 70 journal and conference papers. He is the current Chair of IEEE ComSoc/VTS Malaysia
Chapter (year 2015), and was the Vice Chair (2014) and the Secretary (2013). In addition, he is the Past
Chair of IEEE Malaysia Young Professionals (YP), and was the Chair (2013 and 2014), the Vice Chair
(2011) and the Secretary (2012) of YP. He also involved in organizing a number of conferences; Secretary
for APCC 2011 (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah), MICC 2013 (Kuala Lumpur) and ISTT 2014 (Langkawi, Kedah).
He is also a TPC member/reviewer for many international conferences and journals.

ASSOCIATE
ASSOC. PROFESSOR
PROFESSOR. DR. ZUHAINA
DR. ADUWATI ZAKARIA
SALI (2015)
Aduwati Sali is currently an Associate Professor at Department of Computer and Communication Systems,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since Dec 2013. She obtained her PhD in Mobile and
Satellite Communications form University of Surrey, UK, in July 2009, her MSc in Communications and
Network Engineering from UPM, Malaysia, in April 2002 and her BEng in Electrical Electronics Engineering
(Communications) from Universi-
ty of Edinburgh, UK, in 1999. She
worked as an Assistant Manager EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
with Telekom Malaysia Bhd from
1999 until 2000. She was YEAR 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

involved with EU-IST Satellite PAST CHAIR Raja Syamsul Azmir Ahmad Fazirulhisyam
M Iqbal Saripan Ahmad Shukri
Network of Excellence (SatNEx) I & II from 2004 until 2009. She is Raja Abdullah Shukri Hashim

the principle investigator and collaborator for projects under the CHAIR M. Iqbal Saripan Ahmad Shukri
Fazirulhisyam Fazirulhisya
Aduwati
Hashim m Hashim
local and international funding bodies; namely Malaysian Ministry
Che Ahmad
of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysian Ministry VICE CHAIR Fazirulhisyam Syamsiah Fairuz
Bukhari Norhana
Hashim Mashohor Abdullah
of Education (MoE), Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS) Che Ujang

(now known as Putra Initiative Grant) UPM, The Academy of Scienc- SECRETARY Fazirulhisyam
Siti Sharifah
Ahmad Shukri Khairunniza Aduwati Mumtazah Syed
es for the Developing World (TWAS-COMSTECH) Joint Grants, and Hashim
Bejo Ahmad

EU Horizon2020 Research and Innovation Staff Exchange TREASURER Fakhrul Zaman Fakhrul Zaman Samsuzana Makhfudza
Mahfudzah
(H2020-RISE). She gave consultations to Malaysian Ministry of Rokhani Rokhani Abd Aziz h

Information and Multimedia, Malaysian Ministry of Education, MEMBERS Mohd Zainal Abidin Mohd Zainal M Iqbal Nurul
Marsyitah
Abd Kadir Abd Kadir Saripan Adilah
National Space Agency, ATSB Bhd and Petronas Bhd. on projects
Mohamad Mohamad
related to mobile and satellite communications. Her research MEMBERS Siti Kharunniza bt.
Ramlee Ramlee
Nurul
Anang
Bejo Muazzah
interests are radio resource management, MAC layer protocols, Kamarudin Kamarudin

satellite communications, wireless sensor networks, satellite-assist- MEMBERS Samsuzana bt Abd

Aduwati Sali
Nurul Adilah
Ramlee Zuraidah
Aziz Abdul Latiff
ed emergency communications and 3D video transmission over
Syamsiah bt Siti Mariam Nor Azura
wireless networks. In 2014, the fateful event of missing MH370 has MEMBERS
Mashohor Shafie@Musa Malini
Faisul Zaid

requested her to be in printed and broadcasting media, specifically Faisul Arif Nur Azura
MEMBERS Khairulmizam Fairuz Abdullah Farid
Astro Awani, RTM, TV Al-Hijrah, BERNAMA, Harian Metro and Ahmad Malini

Metro Ahad, regarding analysis on satellite communication in MEMBERS Sharifah Syamimi

Fairuz Abdullah Suhaidi Shapie Mumtazah Shamsuddi
tracking the aircraft. Syed Ahmad n
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WOMEN IN ENGINEERING (WIE)

ASSOCIATE EDITOR : SYAMIMI SHAMSUDDIN, UiTM

INTRODUCTION
The IEEE Malaysia Women in Engineering Affinity Group was established in 2007 with Associate
Professor Dr. Zuhaina Zakaria as the interim chair. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuhaina, who is currently an
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
served as chair for a period of 4 years beginning 2008 until 2011.
The first activity of IEEE WIE Malaysia was held on 22nd June 2008 with an educational program:
SMART Learning 2008 delivered by Prof Dr. Aziz Sahak in UiTM Shah Alam. As the group’s first
activity, an attendance of 100 participants was very encouraging for us. Another program was held
in 2008 which was a training for teachers: Introduction of Engineering and Robotics to Secondary
School conducted by Dr. Riza Muhida at IIUM, KL. IEEE WIE Malaysia continues to inspire future
engineers and scientists with a talk on ‘Career in Engineering– How to Prepare and What to Expect’
on 20th March 2009 and a second robotics workshop held in IIUM on 15th December 2009. 2010
saw IEEE WIE Malaysia organizing the IEEE Annual and Appreciation Night on 6th November 2010
at the Grand Bluewave Hotel.
In 2013, IEEE WIE Malaysia had received an R10 WIE Award worth USD300 for an Engineering
Outreach Program which was conducted at Sekolah Menengah Tun Perak, involving 120
high-school students. Year 2014 marked another successful year for this affinity group.
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.
Year 2015 holds a calendar full of activities for this group. Befitting its mission to inspire, engage,
encourage, and empower women and nurture interest in engineering, WIE Malaysia had conducted
an essay competition at St Mary’s School Kuala Lumpur, sponsored Awards of Excellence for
innovative final-year undergraduate projects in UNITEN and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and
organized Broga Hill Hiking trip on 11th April 2015 to promote teamwork and hill ‘Gotong-royong’.
WIE Malaysia also acted as technical co-sponsor for the 2015 International Conference on Research
and Education in Mathematics (ICREM2015) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuhaina Zakaria was invited as a
Keynote Speaker during the 2015 Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS2015), an IEEE CASS
outreach initiative in Langkawi. We were also proud as the group was awarded two R10 WIE funds to
carry out social activities in 2015.
In a nutshell, IEEE WIE Malaysia shall continue to inspire and empower girls and ladies to pursue a
career in engineering thus collectively use their diverse talents to innovate for the benefit of
humanity.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
2013: WIE Malaysia had received R10 WIE Award worth USD300 for Engineering Outreach Program
2015: WIE Malaysia was awarded two R10 WIE Support Fund to carry out social activities: USD300 for Essay Competition and USD200 for WIE Open Day

CHAIRS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. ZUHAINA ZAKARIA (2008-2011)
Zuhaina Zakaria received her Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia in 1989, Masters Degree from Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom in 1997 and Ph.D in
Power System from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK in 2005. She has been working in University
Technology MARA (UiTM) for more than 20 years and is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of
Electrical Engineering. Her main research interests are in the areas of power quality, load profiling and power
system analysis and operation.
Dr. Zuhaina is also a senior member of IEEE and the current chair for IEEE Malaysia Section. She has joined
IEEE since 1999 and has served as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia Section as follows:
• Exco-Member (Student Activities)- 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2007/2008
• Treasurer, 2008-2009
• Secretary, 2010, 2012-2013
• Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch, 2005-2007
In the technical society, she is also one of the active volunteer in IEEE Power and Engineering (PES) Malaysia Chapter. She was appointed as
committee member, treasurer from 2005-2007, Vice Chair from 2013-2014 and finally the current chair for PES Malaysia. Dr. Zuhaina has also
been appointed as the Chapter Representative for R10 PES which requires her to monitor the running of seven PES chapters in the south East
Asia. In addition, Dr. Zuhaina was the founder for IEEE Malaysia Section-Women in Engineering Affinity Group which was formed in July 2007.
She actively participated in organizing major IEEE conferences in Malaysia since 2006 which includes Student Conference on Research and
Development 2006, International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED) from 2009 until present, Innovative Smart Grid Technologies
(ISGT) Asia 2014, TENSYMP 2014 and many more. Dr. Zuhaina is an experienced and committed member of IEEE Malaysia Section and
received recognition of IEEE Malaysia Section Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2010.

ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR DR.PROFESSOR DR.
TITIK KHAWA ZUHAINA
ABDUL ZAKARIA
RAHMAN (2012)
Titik Khawa Abdul Rahman is currently a Professor at King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. She received
her BSc in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Hons) from Loughborough University of Technology, UK in
1988 and PhD in Power System Engineering from University of Malaya, Malaysia in 1998. Previously she was
a lecturer in UiTM since 1989 until she was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
UiTM from year 2008 until 2011. In 2005, she was elected as the Secretary for IEEE Malaysia Section. She was
also the IEEE Malaysia UiTM Student Branch counselor since 2003 until October 2005. She is an active
member of IEEE PES since year 200, IEEE EdSoc since 2007 and IEEE WIE since 2007 where she was the WIE
Malaysia Chair in 2012.
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DR. ROZITA JAILANI (2013-2014)

Rozita Jailani is the Head of Degree Program in Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Universiti Teknologi
MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. She received her Ph.D in Automatic Control and System Engineering from Universi-
ty of Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2011. Her research interests in Biomedical Engineering are in the areas of
exoskeleton technology for rehabilitation and mobility, image processing for medical imaging, gait analysis
of brain impaired patients and artificial intelligence system for many applications. Dr. Rozita is also a senior
member of IEEE and the current secretary for IEEE Malaysia Section. She has joined IEEE since 2003 and has
served as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia Section as follows:
• Secretary, 2014-2015
• Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch, 2013 to present
• Chair, WIE Malaysia Section, 2013-2014
In the technical society, she is also one of the active volunteer in IEEE Control System Society (CSS) Malaysia Chapter and IEEE Malaysia
Section-Women in Engineering Affinity Group (WIE). She was appointed as committee member, treasurer, secretary and chair. She actively
participated in organizing major IEEE conferences in Malaysia since 2005 which includes Colloquium on Signal Processing and Its Applications
(CSPA) from 2005 until present, Conference on System Engineering and Technology (ICSET) from 2011 until present, Control and System
Graduate Research Colloquium (ICSGRC) from 2011 until present and many more.

ASSOCIATE
DR. PROFESSOR
NUR EMILEEN DR. ZUHAINA
ABD RASHID (2015) ZAKARIA
Nur Emileen Abd Rashid received her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication
Engineering) from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2001 and subsequently his M.Sc. in
Computer, Communication and Human Centered Engineering from the University of Birmingham,
UK in 2002. She pursued her studies and received her PhD in 2011. Her current research interests are
in Radar Technology, Telecommunication signal processing and clutter modelling. She is actively
involved in voluntarily work with WIE since 2013. In 2013 she was the executive committee of WIE.
During her term as chair, WIE Malaysia was awarded two R10 funds for social activities include
Secondary school essay competition and WIE open day and become Technical co-sponsor for
ICREM7. Presently she is a Senior Lecturer and a Program Coordinator of Master by coursework
program of Electrical & Electronic Engineering department at University Technology MARA.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES
YEAR 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Titik Khawa Zuhaina
PAST CHAIR Zuhaina Zakaria Rozita Jailani
Abdul Rahman Zakaria
Zuhaina Zuhaina Zuhaina Titik Khawa Nur Emileen Abd
CHAIR Zuhaina Zakaria Rozita Jailani Rozita Jailani
Zakaria Zakaria Zakaria Abdul Rahman Rashid
Titik Khawa
VICE CHAIR Sabira Khatun Sabira Khatun Sabira Khatun Lim Soo Yong
Abdul Rahman
Husna Zainol Harsa Emylia Nadia Tan Mei Nadia Tan Mei
SECRETARY Rozita Jailani
Abidin Mat Sakim Lin Lin
Anees Abdul Anees Abdul Aziati Husna Aziati Husna Nur Idora Abdul
TREASURER
Aziz Aziz Awang Awang Razak
Harsa Amylia Norliza Mohd Zuhaina
MEMBERS Lim Soo Yong Lee Yoot Khuan
Mat Sakim noor Zakaria
Husna Zainol Titik Khawa Syamimi
MEMBERS Yusnita Rahayu Belle Ooi
Abidin Abdul Rahman Shamsuddin
Mahanijah Md Normy Norfiza Zaipatimah Lee Yoot
MEMBERS Belle Ooi
Kamal Abdul Razak Ali Khuan
Harsa Emylia
MEMBERS Zuraini Dahari Zaipatimah Ali
Mat Sakim
Lee Yoot Sukreen Hana Nasreen
MEMBERS
Khuan Herman Badruddin
Nur Emileen Norashikin
MEMBERS
Abd Rashid Yahya
MEMBERS Zaipatimah Ali

Nur Idora
MEMBERS
Abdul Razak
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STUDENT BRANCHES AND CHAPTERS

ASSOCIATE EDITOR : MD PAUZI ABDULLAH, UTM

HISTORY
UTP MONASH UNITEN University of Nottingham
UTM
UPM UMS UM UUM INTI

1999 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2016

UKM USM APU

MMU
UiTM UNISEL UNIMAP
UIAM UTAR
Curtin University Nilai University
INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENT
2016
• IEEE Region 10 Students Activities Committee South Asia coordinator : Hussain Falih Mahdi - UKM SB
• IEEE madC Region 10 Coordinator : Hussain Falih Mahdi - UKM SB
2015
• IEEE Region 10 Students Activities Committee : Hussain Falih Mahdi - UKM SB
• IEEE Xtreme Programming 9.0 Region 10 Coordinator : Simon Yeoh Hong Boon - USM SB
• IEEE Xtreme 9.0 Competition Ambassadors (2015) : Lilian Ung - Curtin Sarawak SB, Hussain Madhdi - UKM SB, Ng Ping Jian - USM SB
• IEEE Day Ambassador : Hussain Falih Mahdi - UKM SB, Ali Najah Al-Shamani - UKM SB, Ibrahim Anwar Ahmad
2014
• Esthers Ling from University of Curtin Sarawak who was the Section Student Representative (SSR) for 2014 is appointed as IEEE Region
10 Sub-Student Representative, overseeing Japan, Australia, New Zealand, in addition to Malaysia.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
2015
• USM Student branch won the First Prize for 2015 IEEE Region 10 Website Contest. Their winning website:http://usmieeesb.eng.usm.my
• Student branch counselor Lim King Hann of Curtin University Sarawak has been elected as one of the recipient for IEEE Region 10
Outstanding Branch Counselor and Branch Chapter Advisor Award for 2015.
• USM Student Branch won the Silver prize for 2015 IEEE Region 10 Darrel Chong Student Activity Award
• Curtin University Sarawak won the First Prize of 2015 IEEE Region 10 Exemplary Student Branch Award
2014
• Esther Ling form Curtin Sarawak is the recipient of Larry K. Wilson Award 2014
• Region 10 recipient of IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor Award for 2014 : o Alpha Agape Gopalai- Curtin University Sarawak
o Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar- Universiti Sains Malaysia
• The IEEEXtreme Global Programming Competition :Team from USM Student branch managed to make it to Top 100 in the world ranking,
ranked 24 in R10 and no 1 in Malaysia.
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ACTIVITIES
STUDENT CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (SCOReD)
SCOReD is a series of highly successful Asia Pacific regional conference focusing on students at higher learning institutions in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and other related field is organized by
IEEE Malaysia. It provides a unique platform for students and researchers to share their experience and views in their latest research and breakthroughs. It is created upon the idea of promoting Asia
Pacific as the center of Electrical and Electronics excellence in this region and to prompt the research development activities amongst student researches. The IEEE SCOReD is co-organized by various
Student Branches. The previous edition was co-organized by: • 2015 (13th): Asia Pacific University (APU) Student Branch • 2009 (7th): Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Student Branch
• 2014 (12th): Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Student Branch • 2008 (6th): Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Student Branch
• 2013 (11th): Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Student Branch • 2007 (5th): Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Student Branch
• 2012 (10th): Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Student Branch • 2006 (4th): Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Student Branch
• 2011 (9th): Universiti Multimedia (MMU) Student Branch • 2003 (3rd): Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Student Branch
• 2010 (8th): Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) Student Branch • 2002 (2nd): Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Student Branch
• 2001 (1st): Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Student Branch

IEEE MALAYSIA ONLINE FINAL YEAR PROJECT COMPETITION

Introduced in 2014 and becoming an annual activity. Participating students were requested to submit a softcopy of their A1 poster and short video explaining their final year project.

IEEE MALAYSIA STUDENT CONGRESS

The aim of this congress is to introduce the students to the world of IEEE and to boost student activities in the section by training and motivating the student branch members.The event will specially focus
on interaction and collaboration among student branches to increase effective networking. During the course of the Congress, in addition to the traditional talks catering to the theme, there will be IEEE
guest lectures, networking activities and leadership exercises. The convention will provide a forum and an opportunity for our future leaders to share their ideas and will give a head start to their growth in
technical and professional areas. The previous edition was hosted by : • 2015 : Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Student Branch
• 2014 : Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Student Branch
• 2013 : Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Student Branch

IEEE MALAYSIA STUDENT BRANCH LEADERSHIP CAMP

Introduced in 2012 and becoming an annual activity since then. The aim of this leadership camp is for the chair of student branches to meet up and discus as well as share any issues with regard to IEEE
student activities. Another aim is to train the new committee member of student branch.During the course of the Congress, in addition to the training, each student branch is requested to present/share
their plan activities for the year. Leadership camp is commonly taken place in March/April.

IEEE MALAYSIA OUTSTANDING STUDENT BRANCH AWARD

is annual award given to the student branch that is judged to provide the greatest overall contribution and service to its members. The awards are given during IEEE Dinner in January. During 2015 IEEE
Dinner, the winners are ; • Large* Student Branch Category o 1st Prize: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
o 2nd Prize: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) & Curtin University Sarawak
o 3rd Prize: Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) & Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
• Small* Student Branch Category : Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten)
*Large Student Branch: has 50 and more IEEE student & postgraduate student member, Small Student Branch: has less than 50 IEEE student & postgraduate student
membership (membershipmust be active/paid of the calendar year)

IEEE MALAYSIA STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD 2015

is initiated in 2015 to recognize outstanding student leaders who significantly enhance learning inside and outside the university.The award is given during 2015 IEEE Malaysia student branch leadership
camp on 22 leadership camp on 22 August 2015.The 2015 recipients are Outstanding IEEE Malaysia Student Leadership Award (Hussain Falih Mahdi- UKM SB) and Merit Award (Ali Najah Kadhim- UKM
SB, Gorakanage Ashen Indimal Gomes- UPM SB, Yeoh Hong Boon- USM SB, Basil Andy Lease- Curtin Sarawak SB, Esther Kueh- Curtin Sarawak SB, Yasir Amer- Uniten SB, Jason Ha Heng Teck- Curtin
Sarawak SB, Nur Izatul Saipul Bahari- UPM SB, Tan Ting Feng- USM SB)

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION OUTSTANDING STUDENT VOLUNTEER WARD 2015

The purpose of this award is to recognize annually, in each student Branch of IEEE Malaysia section, the Student member most responsible for an extraordinary accomplishment associated with Student
Activities. The value of a Student member who shows a pattern of dedication and on going service to a Student Branch/Student Branch Chapter is certainly recognized; Hussain Falih Mahdi- UKM SB

CHAIRS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

2005 MohdAmran Mohd Radzi 2013 SalehJavadi (UKM)
2006-2007 Zuhaina Zakaria 2014 Esther Ling (Curtin Sarawak)
2008 Mohd ZainalAbidinAb Kadir 2015 Hussain F Mahdi (UKM)
2009 Ahmad Sabirin Zoolfakar SimonYeoh (USM)
2010 Iqbal Saripan
2011 Yasmin Hanum MohdThayoob
2012-2015 Md Pauzi binAbdullah
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THE EDITORS
Patron : Zuhaina Zakaria, UiTM
Editor-in-Chief : Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, UTP
Associate Editor : Norliza Mohd Noor (Malaysia Section)

Associate Editors for Technical Chapters (alphabetical order)

Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin, MMU (SMC)
Azhar Aripin, On Semiconductor (CPMT)
Chong Yu Zheng, UTAR (EMBS)
Fairuz bin Abdullah, UNITEN (PS)
Fauziahanim Seman, UTHM (AP/MTT/EMCA)
Fazirulhisyam Hashim, UPM (COMSOC/VTS)
Irraivan Elamvazuthi, UTP (RAS)
Juliana Johari, UiTM (EDUSOC)
Md Pauzi Abdullah, UTM (PES)
Mohd Rizal Arshad, USM (OES)
Norita Md Tahir, UiTM (IE/IA)
Nurul Amziah Md Yunus, UPM (CAS)
P.Susthitha Menon, UKM (EDS)
Rawidean Mohd Kassim, MIMOS (CS)
Rosdiazli Ibrahim, UTP (RAS)
Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar, USM (CSS)
Sharifah Mumtazah, UPM (YP)
Sheroz Khan, IIUM (IMS)
Syamimi Shamsuddin, UiTM (WIE)
Tan Chee Wei, UTM (PELS)
Teh Pei Lee, Monash (TEMS)
V P Thinagaran, UPM (CES)
Vijanth Asirvadam, UTP (SP)
Wong Peng Wen , UTP (EDS/MTT/SSCS)
Yanuar Z. Arief (DEIS)
Yong Suet Peng, UTP (CIS)
Zaiki Awang, UiTM (AP/MTT/EMCA)
Zulkiflee Abd Latif, UiTM (GRSS)
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