Engineering students show prowess at KDU’s School of Engineering Robot Competition 2015

The winning teams of SOE Robot Competition 2015 sharing their joy with Ir. Dr. Matthew Teow Yok Wooi (right in front row) and the organising committee

The School of Engineering (SOE) at KDU University College recently organised its inaugural ‘SOE Robot Competition 2015’ on 28th October 2015 at the atrium of the Utropolis Glenmarie campus. This internal school competition saw 5 teams competing to challenge their proficiency in programming and manoeuvring the new Arduino Robot.

The Arduino Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels. The robot has two processors, one on each of its two boards. The Motor Board controls the motors, and the Control Board reads sensors and decides how to operate. Both Motor and Control boards are microcontroller boards based on the ATmega32u4, a low-power Atmel 8-bit AVR RISC-based microcontroller. Each of the boards is a full Arduino board programmable using the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The Robot has many of its pins mapped to on-board sensors and actuators.

Project Haven- Visit to Precious Children's Home

"We can do no great things, only small things with great love" -Mother Teresa-

It is true, that the things we do, although small but with great love, means more than anything in helping others. Helping the less fortunate does not necessarily comes in monetary form, but it can also come from within our hearts and will.

This time around, the students from Mass Communication, together with the assistance from students of I.T and Engineering, took on a project called "Project Haven". This project was a part of their CSR subject (Corporate Social Responsibility). The event took place at Precious Children's Home, located at Petaling Jaya on 15th March 2012. 

The home consists of approximately 20 kids, some were orphans, some were picked from the streets or even had parents who were drug addicts.

HAVEN- New Home, New Hope!

It is always a good thing to help others in need. Be it the less fortunate, orphans, those from broken families, and so on so forth. Once again, KDU students are doing their part by helping those in need. The UC Degree students of Mass Communication would be running a project called "Haven", assisted by friends from IT and Engineering. 

Project Haven:

So, what more about this project and how can you help? 

There will be limited spots opened for you at the counter on 5th & 6th March (Participation fee is required). Alternatively, you can also support by purchasing chocolate muffins and cookies on both days. . To add onto the sugary fun, there will be ice cream cones on sale too. Profit from the sales will go directly to Precious Children's Home. (Coupons to redeem ice cream cones will be sold around campus starting 1^st March)

About Precious Children's Home:

This home consists of 17 children aged 4 to 17 years old. These children lived on the streets, have parents who are addicts, alcoholics, undergoing rehabilitation/prison before they came to the home. Some are orphans. The class we will be repainting their home, planting trees in their garden, cooking them a hearty lunch and donating basic necessities on that very day to help them live a normal life, like us.

So, what are you waiting for? Let's show our support towards corporate social responsibility and give back to the society. Not only will we feel good helping the less fortunate, but to see them lit a smile on their faces, it is priceless.

-Do come around KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus (Concourse area) on 5th & 6th March, 10.00am-4.00pm, show your support, and have some fun!

*Click HERE to event page

Let's Talk 4G- Fast just got Faster!

We know that technology is growing rapidly in today's era. First, there was the 1G, then the 2G, later on, the 3G, and now, the 4G. The 4G is specifically made for today's internet as demand and expectations of consumers gets higher and more. The 4G technology is fast, reliable, and wide enough for all communication needs. Mr.Ali Tabassi (Chief Operating Officer, YTL Communications) recently presented a topic on this amazing 4G technology at KDU University College, Damansara Jaya Campus on 2nd November 2011. 

Getting to know Mr.Ali Tabassi

Prior to joining YTL Communications in May 2010, he was the Senior Vice President of Global Ecosystem & Standards for Clearwire, responsible for driving industry standards and the global ecosystem to achieve Clearwire's corporate strategies. He also championed the development and implementation of intellectual property invention disclosures as well as establishing Clearwire's domestic and international roaming programme. He is also responsible for Clearwire's international network engineering and operations, product development, and IT services in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Spain as the CTO of the Clearwire International.

GBI Facilitator Basic & Advanced Courses

Have you ever wanted to take on the GBI course? You can now, with registering yourself in the GBI facilitator basic and advanced courses. This basic course provides an introduction to GBI including application procedures for GBI Certification whereas the advanced course is an extension of the Basic Course and completes the full GBI Facilitator Course.

However, completion of both basic and advanced courses is a pre-requisite for participants to qualify for the GBI Facilitator examination. A participant must attend not less than nine modules of the full GBI Facilitator course to complete the course.

Jointly organized by MBGC/green building index

Time: 8.00am-6pm
Date: 19 Nov(Saturday),20 Nov(Sunday),26 Nov(Saturday), 17 Dec (Sat,Exam)
Venue: KDU Damansara Jaya campus

Fees: Basic course (1 day) RM 500 (PAM,ACEM,MGBC,IEM,ISM,MIP Member)
Fees: RM 600 (Non-member)-Basic course
Fees: Advanced Course(3 days) RM 1,200 (PAM,ACEM,MGBC,IEM,ISM,MIPMember)
Fees: RM 1,500 (Non-member)-Advanced course

*For more information, kindly email Dr.Satesh at (satesh@kdu.edu.my) or call 03-79536800

Ask an Engineer!

Got a question or two about Engineering? Ask an Engineer by clicking on this website . Be it about the course structure, about the major itself, about the subjects, about the career path and anything to do with Engineering. The more you ask, the more you gain!

Chempaka AOG Centre visits KDU University College!

KDU University College gave a warm welcome to Chempaka AOG Centre as 40 students and two teachers visited us on 23rd March 2011.

The students were very much the exciting crowd and were very open to get involved in activities and workshops prepared for them.

This took place at KDU University College, Damansara Jaya Campus.

Ms.Nicole Noh, a Student Counsellor, got them involved in a game, which they found interesting and exciting. The game categorizes them in different personality groups. This helped them to understand themselves better and from there, Nicole gave them an overall view on the type of courses which match their personalities.

                                         "Team Realistic" representative!

Mr.Benjamin Koh (Information Technology Tutor), volunteered to test the students' creative models.

Job Discovery Wizard

Written by: Ann Teoh

"We are the extroverts!"

“How well do you know yourself?” Dr Tan Hui Leng, an assessment expert (who is also the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs) posed this question to the students from Frontier Learning Centre, at the “Job Discovery Wizard” workshop held on 26th January, 2011. “Let’s do this simple test to find out more about you. Are you:

• An Extrovert or Introvert?
• A person who uses Sensing or Intuition?
• A Thinking person, or do you follow your Feelings?
• Judging or Perceiving?”

Dr. Tan,"When you discover yourself, you'll know the type of career that suits you."

Who are KDU's Technopreneurs 2010/2011?

Written by: Ann Teoh

Competition judges (l-r): Encik Hishamuddin Mohamed, Mr Brian Crowley,
Dr Tengku Naufal, Mr Gary Goh

A combination of innovative ideas with engineering and computing skills have shuttled creative students to the forefront of the MSC Malaysia-IHL Business Plan and Business Idea Competition for 2010/2011. This inaugural competition held at KDU University College, Damansara Jaya campus, was organised by Ms Law Foong Li, an IT lecturer.

She explained that in propelling Malaysia towards being a knowledge economy, MSC Malaysia with the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) have worked together with institutions of higher learning to discover latent talents in the fields of ICT and business. Termed as “Technopreneurship”, the competition seeks to challenge students from cross-disciplines to work together, as in a real-life organisation.

Design & Innovation Expo 2010

BRITISH DEGREE - SEPTEMBER INTAKE

Written by: Ann Teoh

September marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan for the Muslims, and the ushering in of the celebration of Hari Raya Puasa. Many Malaysians will be taking the opportunity of this long holiday to travel the length of the peninsula to visit friends and families. Then, on 16th September, it is another day for Malaysians to rejoice - being Malaysia Day. In KDU College, another day to look forward to is Graduation Day which falls on 25th September. With so many occasions to celebrate, it is indeed a month of joyfulness.

For many students, it has been a sigh of relief too, as they have completed the tough years of the GCE A-Levels or the SPM examinations. If you have not yet decided on your future course of studies, you may want to know more about pursuing either the Law, Business or Engineering programmes which offer you a British university degree. Start off at KDU College where People Inspire People, and we want to inspire you to achieve a wonderful career.

A KDU Experience for SMK Bukit Bandaraya students

Written by: Ann Teoh

As part of our outreach programme to secondary schools, KDU College extended a warm welcome to students from SMK Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. 39 bright,happy cheerful faces greeted us. Accompanied by their teachers, Puan Sharia Liza Shaari, Encik Aminudin bin Leman and Cik Norhasnisa bt. Abdul Samat, the students who are doing a module on Catering & Serving at their school had the chance to make apple strudel with Chef Yahaya.

Puan Sharia Liza Shaari from SMK Bukit Bandaraya.

Cik Norhasnisa bt Abdul Samat and Encik Aminudin bin Leman (teachers)

Join the KDU Engineering Society!

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