PART A – CHAPTER SUMMARY
A.1 Executive Summary
CASS Malaysia Section received World Chapter of the Year Award in year 2017. The society has successfully organized several activities such as PrimeAsia2017 Conference (1), DLP (1), Hi-Tea (1), Technical Talk (9), Tutorial (1), Seasonal School (1), School Program (3), Networking Visit (7), Industrial visit (1), Woman in CAS (WiCAS) (1), Chapter Fund (1), Co-organized workshop/seminar/conference (3) and Membership Drive (3). PrimeAsia conference is Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate research in microelectronics and is supported by IEEE CASS Region 10. Distinguished keynote speakers are invited such as Franco Maloberti (CASS President), Massimo Alioto (NUS, Singapore) and Yoshifumi Nishio (CASS Region 10 director, from Tokushima University, Japan). This year, CASS Malaysia has been awarded USD 10,600 from IEEE CASS outreach fund for seasonal school, WiCAS, school program and industrial visit events, USD 4,000 for networking visit and USD 1,200 for SEACAS workshop in Hanoi. Distinguished Lecturer invited by CAS Malaysia was Prof. Tsung Yi Ho from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. CAS Malaysia also awarded 2 students under its Master Dissertation Award and PhD Dissertation Award program. CAS has also sponsored six (6) Undergraduate Final Year Project awards organized by IEEE Malaysia Section, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). CAS Malaysia also participated in the IEEE CASS Student Design Competition where 3 groups of students represents Malaysia at the Region 10 level. CAS Malaysia was awarded USD 500 for the participation in the competition. Networking visits to Japan and Australia were conducted to promote and support the establishment of new chapter and also share few ideas and interests in research. Networking visit was carried out in Shizuoka University and Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) in Japan, Vietnam National University, in Hanoi, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (Unimap) and University of Western Australia in Perth. CAS Malaysia technical co-sponsored InECCE2017 conference which organized by UMP and also co-organizer for Symposium on Material and Nanotechnology (SAMN2017) conference by ITMA, UPM. This year, few CASS Malaysia members have elevated to Senior Member such as Haslina Jaafar and Tun Zainal Azni Zulkifli.
A.2 List of Officer and Executive Committee Members
No | Name | Post | Affiliations |
1 | Wan Zuha Wan Hasan | Past-Chair | UPM |
2 | Maryam Mohd Isa | Past-Chair | UPM |
3 | Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin | Past-Chair | UTP |
4 | Nurul Amziah Md Yunus | Past-Chair | UPM |
5 | Suhaidi Shafie | Chair | UPM |
6 | Tang Tong Boon | Vice-Chair | UTP |
7 | Haslina Jaafar | Secretary | UPM |
8 | Mohd Nazim Mohtar | Treasurer | UPM |
9 | Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani | Excomm Member | UPM |
10 | Mohd Tafir Mustaffa | Excomm Member | USM |
11 | Mohd Amrallah Mustafa | Excomm Member | UPM |
12 | Harikrishnan Ramiah | Excomm Member | UM |
13 | Lini Lee | Excomm Member | MMU |
14 | Tun Zainal Azni Zulkifli | Excomm Member | UTP |
15 | M.L Dennis Wong | Excomm Member | Heriot-Watt, Malaysia |
16 | Jagadheswaran Rajendran | Excomm Member | USM |
17 | Asral Bahari Jambek | Excomm Member | UNIMAP |
18 | Veeraiyah Thangasamy | Auditor | APU |
PART B – CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
B.1 Membership Development Programs
No | Date | Venue | Speaker | No of attendees |
1. | 27/07/2017 | IEEE CAS Membership / High Tea, Unimap | Harikrishnan Ramiah | 70 |
2. | 08/11/2017 | Talk on IEEE CAS Malaysia’s activities / SEACAS, Vietnam | Nurul Amziah Md Yunus | 60 |
3. | 30/11/2017 | Talk on IEEE Circuits and Systems Malaysia Chapter : An opportunity for professional development | Mohd Nazim Mohtar | 30 |
B.2 Professional and Continuing Education Activities (Continuing Educational activities including conferences, technical event, training courses should be reported)
No. | Date | Title | Presenter/ Venue | Category / (Attendance) |
1. | 25/01/2017 | Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017 | Putrajaya | Meeting/Excomm |
2. | 21-22/02/2017 | Advanced ECG Signal Analysis Workshop | Serdang, Selangor | Wokshop / Community |
3. | 24/02/2017 | 1st CAS Committee Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
24/02/2017 | 1st PrimeAsia Conference Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm | |
4. | 25/02/2017 | IEEE Malaysia Chapter Chair Meeting | IEEE Malaysia/ Shah Alam, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
5. | 08/03/2017 | Science Exhibition at SJK (C) Yoke Eng | Penang | Educational Program/ School |
6. | 08/03/2017 | Science Exhibition at SMK (A) Nibong Tebal | Penang | Educational Program/ School |
7. | 09/03/2017 | UPM-KYUTECH Joint Seminar on Solar Technology | Serdang, Selangor | Seminar / Community |
8. | 15/04/2017 | Chapter Fund for Free Workshop at Rumah Permata Kasih (orphanage) | Penang | Educational Program/ School |
9. | 21/04/2017 | 2nd CAS Committee Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
10. | 21/04/2017 | 2nd PrimeAsia Conference Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
11. | 05/05/2017 | 1st WiCAS meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting /WiCAS committee |
12. | 11/05/2017 | CAS FYP Evaluations and Awards at UMP | Pahang | Award / Community |
25/05/2017 | CAS FYP Awards at UPM | Serdang, Selangor | Award / Community | |
13. | 09/06/2017 | 3rd CAS Committee Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
14. | 09/06/2017 | 3rd PrimeAsia Conference Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
15. | 09/06/2017 | Buka Puasa Ramadhan 2017 | Serdang, Selangor | Social / Excomm |
16. | 01/07/2017 | CAS Student Design Competition – 3 submissions from Malaysia | Online | Competition/School & Students |
17. | 13/07/2017 | 2nd WiCAS meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting /WiCAS committee |
18. | 18-19/07/17 | Symposium on Advanced Material and Nanotechnology (SAMN2017) | Bangi, Selangor | Conference/Community |
19. | 27/07/2017 | Visit to School of Microelectronics, Unimap, Perlis | Unimap | Networking Visit |
20. | 27/07/17 | IEEE CASS Hi-Tea Networking | Unimap | Social |
21. | 27/07/17 | IEEE CASS (M) Outstanding Master Award | Unimap | Award |
22. | 27/07/17 | IEEE CASS (M) Outstanding Doctoral Award | Unimap | Award |
23. | 28/07/17 | Technical Talk on DSCC | Suhaidi Shafie/ Unimap | Technical Talk / Community |
24. | 28/07/17 | Technical Talk on Microelectrokinetic Devices, Circuits and Systems | Nurul Amziah Md Yunus / Unimap | Technical Talk / Community |
25. | 8-10/08/2017 | Seasonal School Theme -The fundamental of CMOS-Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design | Penang | Hands-on Workshop / Community |
26. | 18/08/17 | 4th CAS Committee Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
27. | 18/08/17 | 4th PrimeAsia Conference Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
28. | 08/09/2017 | 3rd WiCAS meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting /WiCAS committee |
29. | 18-19/09/2017 | Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (co-sponsored) | Kuala Lumpur | Technical Talk / Community |
30. | 25/09/2017 | 5th PrimeAsia Conference Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
31. | 06/10/2017 | Educational Visit to Semiconductor Industry for Undergraduates | National Instruments, Penang | Visit/Students |
32. | 10/10/2017 | 4th WiCAS meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/ WiCAS committee |
33. | 12/10/17 | Technical Talk on Sensor Energy Supply Systems and Aspects of Sensor Network Communications | Alan L. Harvey / Serdang, Selangor | Technical Talk / Community |
34. | 12/10/17 | Technical Talk on How and Why to be a Consulting Engineer | Alan L. Harvey / Serdang, Selangor | Technical Talk / Community |
35. | 15-17/10/2017 | International Conference on Electrical, Control & Computer Engineering (InECCE2017) | Langkawi, Kedah | Conference / Community |
36. | 20/10/2017 | 6th PrimeAsia Conference Meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/Excomm |
37. | 28/10/21017 | 2nd IEEE Chapter Chair Meeting | IEEE Malaysia / Putrajaya | Meeting/Excomm |
38. | 30/10/2017 | 5th WiCAS meeting | Serdang, Selangor | Meeting/WiCAS committee |
39. | 30/10/2017 | Distinguished Lecture Program (DLP) : Microfluidics | Tsung Yi Ho / Serdang, Selangor | Technical Talk / Community |
40. | 31/10/2017 | Women in Circuits & Systems (WiCAS) 2017 | Bangsar / Kuala Lumpur | Seminar / Community |
41. | 31/10/2017 | Young Female Development Leader | Bangsar / Kuala Lumpur | Award / Community |
42. | 31/10/2017 | Tutorial on microfluidics algorithms, design and biochemistry | Tsung Yi Ho / Kuala Lumpur | Tutorial / Community |
43. | 31/10/2017 | Tutorial on CMOS SPICE Model Extraction for Analog Integrated Circuit Design | Philip Tan Beow Yew / Kuala Lumpur | Tutorial / Community |
44. | 01/11/2017 | R10 CAS Chapter Chair Meeting | Bangsar / Kuala Lumpur | Meeting/Chair |
45. | 01-02/11/2017 | PrimeAsia2017 Conference | Bangsar /Kuala Lumpur | Conference/ Community |
46. | 02/11/2017 | Best Paper Awards | Bangsar / Kuala Lumpur | Award/ Community |
47. | 02/11/2017 | Student Travel Awards | Bangsar / Kuala Lumpur | Award/ Community |
48. | 02/11/2017 | Live Forum Session on Scientific Publishing : Learn From The Pros | Bangsar / Kuala Lumpur | Forum / Community |
49. | 03/11/2017 | Option Talk – Microelectronics | Serdang, Selangor | Talk / Students |
50. | 07-08/11/2017 | South East Asia Workshop on Circuits and Systems (SEACAS 2017) | Vietnam | Symposium/ Networking Visit / Community |
51. | 07/11/2017 | Technical Talk on Reach the Unreached- IEEE CAS Malaysia’s case | Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani / Vietnam | Technical Talk / Community |
52. | 07/11/2017 | Technical Talk on Ultra Low Power SAR ADC | Suhaidi Shafie / Vietnam | Technical Talk / Community |
53. | 08/11/2017 | Fun Engineering Session | Cyberjaya | Educational Program/ School |
54. | 08/11/2017 | Talk on IEEE CAS Malaysia’s activities | Nurul Amziah Md Yunus / Vietnam | Membership Drive / Community |
55. | 18/11/2017 | IEEE Malaysia Section FYP Awards – Electronics Tracks | Penang | Awards |
56. | 27/11/2017 | Region 10 CASS Networking Visit to Shizuoka University, Japan (Image Sensor Laboratory) | Shoji Kawahito / Japan | Networking Visit |
57. | 27/11/2017 | Technical Talk on SAR ADC | Suhaidi Shafie / Japan | Technical Talk/ Community |
58. | 27/11/2017 | Technical Talk on Design of Timing Generator for High Clarity CMOS Image Sensor | Wang Chee Yew/ Japan | Technical Talk/ Community |
59. | 28/11/2017 | Region 10 CASS Networking Visit to Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan (Integrated bio and MEMS Group/Lab) | Kazuaki Sawada / Japan | Networking Visit |
60. | 28/11/2017 | Technical Talk on Lab on Chip for Heavy Metal Sensor | Asrulnizam Abd Manaf/ Japan | Technical Talk/ Community |
61. | 28/11/2017 | Region 10 CASS Networking Visit to Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan (Spintronics Group/Lab) | Hironaga Uchida / Japan | Networking Visit |
62. | 28/11/2017 | Region 10 CASS Networking Visit to Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan (High Voltage Instrumentation and Measurement Lab) | Naohiro Hozumi / Japan | Networking Visit |
63. | 28/11/2017 | Region 10 CASS Networking Visit to Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan (Electronic Material) | Atsunori Matsuda / Japan | Networking Visit |
64. | 30/11/2017 | Region 10 CASS Networking Visit to University of Western Australia | Perth, Australia | Networking Visit |
65. | 30/11/2017 | Technical Talk on Graphene Quantum Dots Quantum Excitation for Ultraviolet Light Harvesting in DSCC | Nazalea Yasmeen / Perth | Technical Talk/ Community |
66. | 30/11/2017 | Technical Talk on Printed Sensor for Ion Detection | Adni Nurili Mohd Kassim / Perth | Technical Talk/ Community |
67. | 30/11/2017 | Talk on IEEE Circuits and Systems Malaysia Chapter : An opportunity for professional development | Mohd Nazim Mohtar / Perth | Membership Drive / Community |
B.4 E-mail and Newsletter Activities, Home Page
- http://cas.ieeemy.org/
- IEEE CASS (M) Q1 Jan-Mar 2017
- IEEE CASS (M) April 2017
- IEEE Malaysia Section Q1 Jan-Mar 2017
- IEEE CASS Newsletter Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2017
- IEEE CASS Newsletter Volume 11, Issue 2, April 2017
- IEEE CASS Newsletter Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2017
B.5 Awards
- 2017 World Chapter of The Year Award
- 2017 CASS Outreach Initiatives on Seasonal School Theme- The Fundamental of CMOS-Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design – awarded USD 5,000
- 2017 CASS Outreach Initiatives on Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS2017)- awarded USD 4,000
- 2017 CASS Outreach Initiatives on Fun Engineering Session – awarded USD 600
- 2017 CASS Outreach Initiatives on Educational Visit to Semiconductor Industry for Undergraduates – awarded USD 1,000
- 2017 R10 CASS Networking Visit Japan – awarded USD 2,000
- 2017 R10 CASS Networking Visit Australia– awarded USD 2,000
- 2017 R10 CASS Support to 1st South East Asia Workshop on Circuits and Systems (SEACAS2017) in Hanoi, Vietnam– awarded USD 1,200
- 2017-2018 CASS Student Design Competition – awarded USD 500
PART C – GOALS AND PLANS
C.1 Goals
C.2 2018 Planned Activities
Activity Type | Activity Description | Date
dd/mm/year |
Technical
|
DLP
Summer/Winter School WiCAS2018 Technical Talks Tutorial |
Jan – Nov 2018 |
Education | School Programs | Feb-Sept 2018 |
Social | CAS Networking High-Tea
Buka Puasa Bowling |
May 2018-Sept2018 |
Professional | Workshops | Jan- Dec 2018 |
Membership | Membership Drives | Jan-Dec 2018 |
Others | Networking Visit to new chapter of IEEE CAS
CASS Student Design Competition |
Oct- Dec 2018 |