Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus organized an event on 26th February 2019. The event was a site visit to Gamuda IBS Sepang. This event was International collaboration with Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus in Melbourne and Gamuda Berhad. The event was expected to understand how Industrial Building System will be a construction method that highly in demanded in future. Based on the feedback, the participants were impressed by the robotics system the company de

On the 25th February, Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus organized a site visit to Yakult Factory in Negeri Sembilan. The visit is an International collaboration with Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus and Yakultt (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. The site visit begun with a briefing by Mr. Yeaw Zhi Xiong and ended with a tour of the factory processes. Sadly, the processes are confidential hence there are no photos included about said processes. At, 9:30 pm, a representative

On the 25th February, Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus collaborated with Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus and Materialise Sdn Bhd to organize a site visit to Materialise in Petaling Jaya. The site visit begun with a briefing by Ms. Jacy Ong and ended with a tour of the factory processes. Here, participants learnt a lot about the wonders of 3D printing and its applications in the medical field as well as prototypes. Through the briefing participants also came

Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus organized an industry visit to Keysight Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a company manufactures and markets electronic test and measurement equipment and software. This event is an International collaboration with Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus and Keysight Technologies. Total of 20 participants under the guidance of Dr Chua Hong Siang and Dr Ismat Hijazin were involved in this visit. The event was an International Collaborat

On 22 February, Swinburne Sarawak IET on Campus was proudly to collaborate with Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne and Nee Shen, Ho from Intel Malaysia to organise a study tour among 20 participants from Sarawak Campus and Melbourne Campus to Intel Technology Sdn Bhd. The students who comprised third-year and forth-year from different engineering background and members of Swinburne Sarawak IET on Campus, were accompanied by Dr. Chua Hong Siang and Dr. Ismat Hijazin

Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus (SSIET) had organized a site visit to ViTrox Corporation Berhad. This is an international collaboration with Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) and ViTrox Corporation Berhad. It was a technical site visit aimed to expose the participants to the technical aspects, company structure and culture, health and safety, as well as internship and career opportunities. It consisted of 2 advisors, from Swinburne Melbourne and Swinb

On 21st of February 2019, Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus collaborated with Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus (Australia) and Cincaria Sdn Bhd to organize a site visit. Cincaria Sdn Bhd is one of the companies that contract manufacturer electro mechanical in Penang. There was a total of 20 participants from multidisciplinary engineering courses. This site visit provided a golden opportunity for the students to learn about the manufacturing process of circuit

On 19 February 2019, Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus collaborated with Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus, Melbourne and Kim Hin Industry Berhad to organize a Site Visit to Kim Hin Industry Berhad, one of the leading manufacturers of ceramic floors and tiles. The site visit was held to provide an opportunity for the students to understand the overall manufacturing process the company's products, the company's history, and experience the organisational culture

Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus organised a site visit at Master-Pack (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd on 19th February 2019. The visit was a collaboration event with Swinburne Melbourne and Master-pack. The visit focus on the operations of the company as well as occupational health and safety. 20 participants from Swinburne Sarawak and Swinburne Melbourne attended this visit. The participants were accompanied by Deputy Head of School – Engineering, Dr Chua Hong Siang and Senior Lecturer, D

On 18 February 2019, SSIET held an international collaboration event with Swinburne Hawthorn Campus (Melbourne), organizing a Career Talk and Sharing Session presented by X-FAB (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd. Initially, SSIET wanted to visit X-FAB facility in Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone, Kuching. However, as renovation works were still on-going at the site, the X-FAB personnel opted to come to the University to do a virtual site presentation, sharing session, and also career talk. Gene

The use of conventional fossil fuels, a non-renewable source of energy, has been frequently regarded as unsustainable, as well as being relatively harmful to the environment. To reduce the use of these fuels, Solar Energy is one of the more popular ways of generating energy in a way that is renewable and has a lower carbon footprint. On 18 February 2019, SSIET organized a site visit to LONGi (Kuching) Sdn. Bhd, one of the major manufacturers of high-efficiency mono-crystallin

On 21 December 2018, Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus (SSIET) organised a Team Building outing to wrap things up for the year. The purpose of the event was to strengthen the bonds of committees and members from different engineering backgrounds. This time, the committee planned a hike in Gunung Gading National Park. At 7.30 am, participants gathered at Swinburne A Block lobby. After taking attendance, the participants car-pooled to McDonald's for breakfast. Upon arriving at Gu

Now that finals are over, semester 2 2018 has officially ended. What better way to celebrate than to munch on some delicious food together with some friends? On 12 December 2018, SSIET organised an appreciation dinner for committees at Nando's in Vivacity Megamall. The main purpose of the dinner was to show gratitude and appreciation to the SSIET's committee for their contributions and commitment throughout the semester. After gathering at Swinburne's A-Block lobby and arrivi

As students, we can agree that stress gets to the best of us, especially during the examination period. On 29th November 2018, SSIET has organized a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Challenge, which is an apple-stacking mini game. The event provides a path to create critical thinking as well as stress relief. In the game, participants are to build a tower using apples within a given time frame. At 10.30 am, the committees set up a booth at G-block with tables,

Matlab is considered as a "high-performance language for technical computing", that has a wide range of uses such as math and computation, Modeling, simulation and prototyping, visualization, exploration and analysis of data (read here for more). In industries, this system is chosen for high-productivity research, development and analysis, and has become the standard instructional tool for advanced courses in universities for engineering, mathematics, and science. On the 17th

Telecommunication plays a big part in our everyday lives through the exchange of information, and has become vital in connecting people effectively around the world. In Malaysia, one of the largest telecommunication companies is Telekom Malaysia Berhad, also known as TM. On 14th November 2018, SSIET had organized an academic site visit to Telekom Malaysia Berhad at Jalan Were with a total number of 13 participants. The site visit aims to expose students to real world’s teleco

Intel is undoubtedly one of the largest microprocessor companies, and it would be interesting to know what it's like to work in such a company. On 30 October 2018, SSIET partnered with Intel Malaysia (based in Penang) to conduct an Intel Recruitment Drive, presented by Intel Malaysia's representative, Mr. Alex Goon, from the company's Human Resource Department. During the presentation, Mr. Alex Goon introduced the missions and visions of the company. As an employee of the com

According to the IEM Training Centre, a Professional Engineer has to sit through the Professional Competency Examination (PCE) in order to obtain a Practicing Certificate. This exam consists of 2 papers - Common Paper and Discipline Paper. On 27 October 2018, SSIET hosted a talk titled "Preparation For BEM PCE Exam For Electrical Engineers", led by Professional Electrical Engineer, Ir. Kuan Jew Xun, and Ms. Priscilla. In his talk, Ir. Kuan firstly explained the Common Paper.

On 24 October 2018, SSIET's Jehovah Yii organized a site visit to Sejingkat Power Corporation Sdn Bhd, a site for coal power generation. This site visit is carried out in collaboration with Dr. Jubaer Ahmed and his students of the unit EEE30005 Electrical Integrated Design Project. The objective of the site visit was to expose these students to the whole power generation process with coal-processing, which was in line with what they were learning in their unit. After a 40-min

Third meeting in a row. It is just week 5 since the semester had started. SSIET committees are conducting their meetings more than ever. This time, the meeting ended exactly on time with duration of one hour. This efficiency can be achieved because of everyone cooperation. Our President is still seeking a way to make the meeting more productive and efficient. Talking about productive and effective meeting, one of the person that we can all learn from is him --- Elon Musk. Elo