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Academic research in a public university

Interview with Prof. Dr. Mohd Rizal Bin Arshad from Universiti Sains Malaysia

Have you ever wondered how an academic research career is like in Malaysia? We interviewed Prof Dr. Rizal from Universiti Sains Malaysia, to share his experience working in a public university. His research focus is on the utilisation of technology for marine-related applications.

What are the projects that you’re working on right now? How would they benefit the public?

My research focus is on the utilisation of various state-of-the-art technology for ocean or marine-related applications. My specific focus areas are underwater robotics platforms development, underwater sensor technology and optimum utilisation of technology for oceanographic applications.

My research covers:
The design and development of novel ocean-going robotics crafts such as Unmanned Underwater Vehicle(UUV), Remotely-Operated Vehicle (ROV) and Underwater gliders.
Device and applications development of marine acoustics transducers and decision-making algorithms
New ocean-going sensors which mimic the way ocean creatures are sensing the environment are being modeled and tested in our labs.

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IEEE R10 APPOINMENT

TANTINGG Tan Ting Feng (previously 2015 Chair of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Student Branch) has been appointed Lead for Email and Social Media Marketing,IEEE R10 Newsletter.
Ting Feng completed his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering with First Class Honours at Universiti Sains Malaysia and is now a NAND Device Product Engineer (Non-Volatile Memory) at Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd.
He has been active in IEEE for the past 4 years and he received the IEEE Malaysia Student Leadership Merit Award in year 2015. Under his leadership as the 2015 Chair of IEEE USM, IEEE USM successfully obtained several prominent achievements such as Silver in 2015 Darrel Chong Award, 1st in Region 10 and 3rd globally in IEEE Student Branch Website Competition and IEEE Malaysia Best Student Branch for year 2015.  
Ting Feng would like to thank Sir Ravikiran for giving him the opportunity to contribute in IEEE R10 Newsletter Team.

1st Prize for IEEE Region 10 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest 2016: Tan Ting Feng & Fow Jun Ee from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Tan Ting Feng and Fow Jun Ee, undergraduate from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering respectively supervised by Dr. Teoh Soo Siang and Dr. Yen Kin Sam, emerged as the overall winner (1st Prize) at the IEEE Region 10 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest 2016. Their winning paper, entitled “Development of Network Based Surveillance Module (NBSM) for Wildlife Conservation” presented a new form of surveillance technology to monitor wildlife and keep the poachers at bay. A digital certificate was emailed to them. We extend our congratulations to them for winning the award!

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