Tan Kah Hooi from the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering received the R10 Educational Activities Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016

  Congratulations to Tan Kah Hooi (ex-Head of R&D
  Department from IEEE USM Student Branch)
  for receiving the R10 EA Outstanding Volunteer
  Award 2016. He  is actively involved as volunteer for
 Techmentor Malaysia,an event where the volunteers
 guide secondary school students on learning Arduino
  and leading them to the final competition which is
 Young Innovate Malaysia Competition.
 He teaches the students about the knowledge in
 programming, electronic circuit, project
 management and also time management. He believes
 that through this program, the students will have an
 early exposure to programming and electronic circuit

 which will further benefit their future education and foster their interest towards science and engineering field. He managed to guide other volunteers to make sure that they fully understand the project before the teaching process. His passion had influenced and inspired his teammates and the students to think creatively and innovatively to develop their projects successfully. Under his leadership, the school which was mentored by the IEEE USM SB succeeded in winning the 1st Runner Up of the competition. As a winner, Tan Kah Hooi has received a certificate and plaque which was given during the IEEE R10 Congress in India. He also received free IEEE membership for the following year 2017. Congratulations once again to Tan Kah Hooi!!