UniKLBMI NEWS

UniKL BMI in a Glimpse • P. 3

Maths Clinic: Mastering the Skills • P. 5

Shining Stars of 2018 • P. 11

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Dean's Message • P. 2

Say NO to drugs   • P. 4

V O L U M E I • I S S U E 1 2 0 1 9  

Visit To Telkom University • P. 6

Welcome Mercu Buana University • P. 6

TechnoFest : Inculcating

Entrepreneurial Culture • P. 7

BMI Food Favor (BFF) • P. 8

Jom Sahur Bersama YAB Dato' MB • P. 8

Community Outreach • P. 9

In the Spotlight • P. 10

BRIDGING COURSE : THEPATH TO BECOMING AGRADUATE ENGINEER The Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved

the UniKL Bachelor of Engineering Technology

(Electrical) – BEM Graduate Engineer (Electrical)

Registration Bridging Course.

The bridging course was conducted at UniKL BMI on

a modular-basis consisting of six modules, namely

Electromagnetic Theory, High Voltage Engineering,

Communication System, Power System Control &

Analysis, Power System Protection and Integrated

Design Project.

Twenty four students have successfully completed

all the modules within 5 months period and have

been approved by the BEM to be registered as

Graduate Engineers (Electrical discipline).

Congratulations to all of them!

New intake for Bridging Course will commence in

July 2019.

by Dr Nurul Hanis Azhan

Contact us:

UniKL British Malaysian Institute Bt. 8, Jalan Sungai Pusu, 53100 Gombak

enquiries@unikl.edu.my

https://bmi.unikl.edu.my/

+603-6184 1000

New PBL Centre of Excellence   • P. 5

B E H I N D T H E

D E A N ' S D E S K

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and

Merciful, this year is a year of progress and

challenges. This year has also seen new

developments and brighter prospects for

UniKL British Malaysian Institute. Firstly, I

would like to take this opportunity to

congratulate all the continuous efforts shown

by our dedicate staff, from the academic to

the support staff, your dedication is much

appreciated and the effects can be seen in

the academic quality and improvement of the

university as a whole.

Significant progress can be seen in all areas

of the university, we have managed to

produce more industrial related research

projects, academic conferences, and publish

more journal publications.

Recently we have announced to build a state

of the art, 100% renewable energy building

that will host researchers and renewable solar

projects under one roof. This new endeavor

will propel the university to be a well-known

expert in this field and boost the image of

UniKL British Malaysian Institute.

 

I wish to convey my gratitude to all who

worked hard to improve the university and

may next year brings more opportunities for us

to improve ourselves, academic qualities,

students’ lifestyles and the university as a

renowned academic institutions Where

Knowledge is Applied.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kushsairy  Abdul Kadir

Head of Campus / Dean

UniKL British Malaysian Institute

2

UniKL BMI IN A GLIMPSE

N E W C H A R G E M A N C O U R S EO F F E R E D  

R e c e n t l y , U n i K L B M I r e c e i v e d a c c r e d i t a t i o n f r o m

S u r u h a n j a y a T e n a g a ( S T ) t o c o n d u c t 1 1 k V B O

C o u r s e . T h e c o u r s e i s o f f e r e d a s f u l l - t i m e a n d

p a r t - t i m e m o d e s . T h e f i r s t b a t c h h a s s t a r t e d i n

A p r i l 2 0 1 9 w i t h 1 6 f u l l - t i m e s t u d e n t s a n d 1 6 p a r t -

t i m e s t u d e n t s . T h e s e c o n d b a t c h i s e x p e c t e d t o b e

o f f e r e d i n J u n e 2 0 1 9 .

.

T A L K B Y P R A S A R A N AP R E S I D E N T & C E O

Speaker : Datuk Mohamed Hazlan Mohamed,

PRASARANA President and CEO

Date         : Apri l 10 , 2019 (Wednesday)

     T ime         : 3 .00 pm – 5 .00pm

     Venue   : Gemilang Hall , UniKL BMI

This event was a col laboration between

Industrial Linkages Unit , I I IP and Student

Representative Committee (SRC) UniKL BMI.

I N T R A S T U D E N T F R O MN I C E U N I V E R S I T Y , F R A N C E

T w o s t u d e n t s , M s . S a m y r a Z i o u d a n d M s . T h a i s

L e s s i n f r o m N i c e U n i v e r s i t y , F r a n c e , c a m e f o r

t h e i r i n t e r n s h i p a t U n i K L B M I , i n t h e f i e l d o f

b u s i n e s s m a r k e t i n g . T h e i r i n t e r n s h i p d u r a t i o n

w a s f o r t w o m o n t h s f r o m 1 0 A p r i l u n t i l 0 5 J u n e

2 0 1 9 .  

3

Kelab Antidadah for Selangor private universities waslaunched in UniKL BMI on 9th February 2019 whichwitnessed the inaugural presence of YAB Tuan AmirudinBin Shari, Menteri Besar of Selangor on campus.Thisevent was successfully organized by Residential CollegeCommittee (RCC) UniKL BMI in collaboration withAgensi Anti Dadah Kebangsaan (AADK Selangor) andPersatuan Mencegah Dadah Malaysia (PEMADAMSelangor). Officiated by the Menteri Besar, the event was alsoattended by the Director General of AADK, YDH CPDato' Sri Zulkifli Bin Abdullah, UniKL President/CEO,Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su’ud, UniKL BMI Dean,AP Dr. Kushsairy Abdul Kadir and the Top Managementof UniKL. It was an honour to be the host of this lively event and itwas a good opportunity to create awareness of the perilsof drug abuse to university students. Besides the officiallaunch at Gemilang Hall, fun and educational activitiesfor participants were carried out all around the campussuch as Sembang Santai – Tak Seronok Pun Dadah,Explorace – Kami Benci Dadah, aerobics and also sukanrakyat. A total of 531 UniKL BMI students and 81students from other private universities participated inthe event.

Say NO to drugs! by Maziatul Husni Mior Harun

"University students need to create

awareness among the youths on the

perils of drug abuse and its negative

effects" - YAB Tn. Amirudin Shari,

Selangor Menteri Besar

4

UniKL BMI UNVEILS NEWCENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FORPBL (COE-PBL)b y D r K a n e n d r a N a i d u V i j a y a k u m a r

Problem Based Learning (PBL) is an important facet

to the 21st century T&L activity which simulates

complex real-world problems to be solved. Through

PBL, students are exposed to active learning

approach which is student centered and fosters

positive attitude towards critical and analytical

thinking.

In line with this, UniKL Centre of Excellence for PBL

(COE-PBL) is established in UniKL BMI to provide

expertise in PBL activities for TVET programmes.

THE COE-PBL is equipped with state-of-the-art

equipment to facilitate students to develop and

enhance their problem-solving skills.

COE-PBL can accommodate 50 participants at any

one time and is therefore conducive for students to

carry out group-based activities since each group has

access to audio/visual devices.

UniKL BMI’s PBL coordinator, Dr. Mohd Fahmi

Hussin mentions that COE-PBL initiative is a

stepping stone for UniKL BMI in bridging the gap

between industry and academia. He added that such

active learning approach can be further improvised

to Project Based Learning and even cater for

Integrated Design Projects that can be applied to

multi-disciplinary problems.

MATHS CLINIC: MASTERINGTHE SKILLSb y D r S u r a y a M o h a m a d

The Maths Clinic or previously known as Maths Corner

is one of the initiatives from Communication

Technology (CommTech) section that has been

conducted every semester since July 2017.

The objectives of this program are to give additional

help to students by strengthening their foundation in

Mathematics and enhance their ability to follow the

syllabus meant for that particular semester.

In addition, this clinic helps students who have

difficulty in mastering the skills and concepts of

mathematical reasoning and computations.

This program has the full support from CommTech

section lecturers who voluntarily take part as tutors.

Any students can enroll in the said clinics which are

scheduled for two sessions, from 10am to 12pm and

2pm to 4pm from Monday to Friday.

"COE-PBL initiative is a stepping stone inbridging the gap betweenindustry and academia"-Dr. Mohd Fahmi Hussin

5

ICE2T 2019 COMMITTEE VISIT TO TELKOM UNIVERSITYb y M a r h a i n i e N o o r F a r h a n a M a r l a n

On 30th April 2019, representatives of2019 International Conference onEngineering Technology andTechnopreneurship (ICE2T 2019) hasvisited Telkom University located inBandung, Indonesia. Telkom Universitywill be the host of our upcoming UniKLBMI conference which will be held on13th to 15th August 2019. In conjunction with the visit, thecommittee had a discussion andcoordination meeting to kick start theprogramme.

Conference secretariat : Dr Siti Marwangi : sitimarwangi@unikl.edu.my Dr Mohamad Ismail Sulaiman :mismail@unikl.edu.my Ms Marhainie : marhainie@unik.edu.my

The conference aims to provide aninternational platform for researchers,academics, professionals and studentsfrom various fields to interact anddisseminate information on latestdevelopments. Participants who are interested to submitpapers for the 2019 InternationalConference on Engineering Technologyand Technopreneurship (ICE2T 2019)can contact the conference secretariat.

WELCOME MERCU BUANAUNIVERSITY

From 19th February to March3rd, 2019, UniKL organized ashort mobility program withMercu Buana University, whichinvolved 16 students fromIndonesia and 3 studentfacilitators from UniKL BMI. Several activities were scheduledfor the participants to discoverthe city, explore Malaysianculture and attend valuablecourses in UniKL BMI.

b y N o r i d a K a m a r u d d i n

A 2-day entrepreneurshipclass was conducted by UniKLBMI lecturers to expose thestudents to basicentrepreneurship course. Thestudents were required topresent their business plans atthe end of the course. Furthermore, a CSR project andseveral team building activitieswere also organized at RimbaBamboo waterfall, Gombak.

"I LEARNED A LOT OF

NEW THINGS ABOUT

MALAYSIA, ITS

BEAUTIFUL CULTURE

AND ITS FRIENDLY

PEOPLE."

- TISKA MAYZURA

6

TechnoFest : Inculcating Entrepreneurial Culture

by Norida Kamaruddin

Nasi Lemak Teh O – IR 4.0

Students were given the awareness on dynamicchanges in technology that led to IR 4.0. The

speaker shared his experiences going to severalwestern countries and he has explored on various

new technologies on his own.

TechnoFest is a semesterly activity organized by Technoputra Development Unit. This semester,TechnoFest was a two-day program conducted on 3-4 April 2019. Numerous activities wereorganized to show our commitment in realizing the UniKL mission and vision to create future

entrepreneurs especially among the students and graduates.

SSM Mobile RegistrationCounter

Companies Commission of Malaysian (SSM) hasintroduced “1Pelajar 1Perniagaan” scheme for

university students for free. This initiative by SSMis an effort to promote entrepreneurship

participation among the university students.Ultimately, we managed to get a lot of students to

register their businesses with SSM.

Nasi Lemak Teh O: ProgramLiterasi Kewangan ASNB

This programme was a talk by Amanah SahamNasional Berhad (ASNB). During the talk, the

participants were exposed to financialmanagement in order to create awareness and

literacy among the youth about the importance offinancial management.

Business Games

Business games were organized by StudentEntrepreneurship Association (SEA) Club. The

participation for the business games was open toall students. Prizes were given to all the winners.

Product Exhibition & Competition

This is a semesterly event participated by allBusiness Management Techniques students.

Students were required to produce a prototype forthe exhibition. They had to demonstrate and

explain the functionality of their product. Productsthat met criteria for the best usability,

functionality, originality and technologyapplication were selected as the exhibition

winners.

Business Carnival

The participants for the Business Carnival werestudents from Essential Management Principleswho are required to open business stalls. The

theme for this semester was “Food Truck”concept.

Nasi Lemak Teh O: IR 4.0

Students were given the awareness on dynamicchanges in technology that led to IR 4.0. The

speaker, AP Dr. Mohd Hizam Hanafiah from UKMshared his experiences going to several westerncountries and exploring various new technologies

on his own.

FAMA – My Best Buy

The program included sales of vegetables, fruits,food items such as frozen food, satay, variety ofdrinks, keropok lekor, and many others. FAMA

also had invited a number of food truckssubsidized by FAMA to also join the event. FAMA

also prepared a fruit decoration competition forthe staff and an explorace for the students.

Sembang Santai Bersama CGC

Sembang Santai Bersama CGC’s CEO was asharing session with the students on how to starta new business, especially for technical students.

7

BMI FOOD FAVOUR (BFF)b y M a z i a t u l H u s n i M i o r H a r u n

BMI Food Favour (BFF) is an initiative by StudentsDevelopment and Campus Lifestyle Section with theobjective to help students in financial difficulties, so thatno student goes hungry on campus. Started in 2016,this year marked the 7th consecutive semesters wherewe are able to provide a little assistance to students,especially the new intake who are waiting to receivetheir study loan. Packed food like nasi lemak, fried rice and fried noodlesare served from 10am every Monday to Fridaythroughout the semester at the BFF corner. From thehumble beginning of 30 packs, and with generouscontributions from UniKL BMI staff, now we are serving70 packs of food every day. Funding comes from kind-hearted staff through a minimal salary deduction or cashcontribution to achieve the RM2100 monthly target. Alumni, students and outsiders also contributegenerously to this project. Our hope is for this BFFinitiative to continue and grow for the welfare of ourstudents.

JOM SAHUR BERSAMA YABDATO' MENTERI BESARb y S u h a i z a N g a h

On 26th May 2019, Urus Setia Kesedaran Kenegaraandan Pemerkasaan Komuniti Negeri Selangor (TeamSelangor) in collaboration with Student RepresentativeCommittee (SRC) UniKL BMI and Surau Siswa UniKLBMI has sucessfully organized Jom Sahur Bersama YABDato' Menteri Besar Selangor, Tuan Amirudin bin Shari. UniKL BMI was chosen as one of the higher learninginstitutions around Selangor to organize thisprogramme. Among the attendees of the programmewere UniKL President/CEO, Prof. Dato’ Dr. MazlihamMohd Su’ud, Gombak Setia State Assemblyman Y.BTuan Muhammad Hilman Idham and UniKL BMI Dean,AP Dr. Kushsairy Abdul Kadir. More than 150 studentsparticipated in the program. YAB Dato' Menteri Besar also delivered a tazkirahbefore the end of the programme. We really appreciatehis willingness to spend time with our students.

8

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Scratch for Schools

Arduino 101

On the Watch

Electronics Technology Section in collaboration with Postgraduate Studies Section held a CSR named“Scratch for Schools (S4S) with Raspberry Pi" on the2nd of March and 12th of April 2019 for students fromSekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Gombak andKolej Vokasional Setapak. The aim of the programmeis to expose the students to basic programming skillsusing graphics with hands-on approach.

Medical Engineering Technology Section hasconducted a workshop on Introduction to Arduino forSekolah Menengah Vokasional Setapak students.The workshop introduced students to the basic ofprogramming and simple input/output processing ofanalog and digital signals.

Communication Technology section has kindlysponsored a full set of CCTV (consisting of fourcameras), computer monitor, banquet table andseveral other tools to Sekolah Agama Al-Ghazali atBandar Saujana Putra, Selangor. The installation ofCCTV was done by the Communication Technologysection staff themselves.

by Dr Suraya Mohamad

by Hisham Mohamad Desa

by Mohamed Shaharudeen Yunus

Solar System Project by Suhaiza Ngah

This programme was held in Sungai Kejar & SungaiTiang, villages of the Orang Asli community in TasikBanding, Royal Belum National Park Perak with the aim to install a solar system in the areas. It is acollaboration between Malaysian Relief Agency (MRA)Perak Branch, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute(UniKL BMI).

9

GLOBAL SKILLS CHALLENGE (GSC)AUSTRALIA 2019 9-15 APRIL 2019

Congratulations to Hj. Zakaria Ismail (UniKL

BMI) and Mr Amir Syazwan (Giat MARA

Taiping) for winning the Gold Medal in

Electrical Installation skill competition.

INVENTION, INNOVATION ANDTECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (ITEX) 2019 2-4 MAY 2019

Congratulations to Dr Zulkhairi Mohd Yusof,

Dr Md Masum Billah, Mr Abdul Malik Mohd

Ali and Mr Muhammad Haziq Kamarul

Azman for winning Gold Medal in the

competition.

NOVEL RESEARCH & INNOVATIONCOMPETITION (NRIC) 2019 19-21 APRIL 2019

Congratulations to Dr Mohd Azraie Mohd

Azmi, Mr Muhammad Nazreen Azraai, Mr

Mohammad Hazim Firas, Mr Syed

Muhammad Ashraf and Mr Wan Ahmad

Mustaqim for winning Silver Award in the

competition.

INTERNATIONAL INVENTION &INNOVATIVE COMPETITION (INIIC)SERIES 1 2019 27 APRIL 2019

Congratulations to Dr Siti Marwangi

Mohamad Maharum and Mr  Mohamad

Muqri Mohamad Maharum for winning Silver

Award in the competition.

In the Spotlight

10

Shining stars of 2018 C H E E R S T O T H E

Bazilah Ismail

TOP PERFORMER AWARD

Jamaliah Mohamad

Dr. Kanendra Naidu A/L Vijyakumar

Ir. Dr. Mohammed Reyasudin Basir Khan

Dr. Mohd Azraie Mohd Azami @ Mohd Azmi

Mohd Zubir Suboh

Noorrisma Ismail

Norhaslinawati Ramli

Rahemah Othman

Siti Zaiummi Mohd Zawawi

Dr. Zulkhairi Mohd Yusof

STAFF PROMOTION

AP. Dr. Ahmad Sabry Mohamad Azhar Mohd Sood

11

Senior Lecturer

to Associate Professor

Senior Technician

to Technical Officer

Assoc. Prof. Dr.Kushsairy Abdul Kadir

PatronSuhaiza NgahEditor-in-Chief

EDITORIAL BOARD