SEDEX 32 - Portal To The Future

By Prasad Madhavan, Foundation/2nd, ME

Chancellor Complex, 11 December 2013 – The 32^nd Science and Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX) was held recently at with this year’s theme of “Portal To The Future”.

The event was held in the Foyer of Chancellor Hall, from 8am to 5pm for two days. This event was split into several categories which includes Final Year Project (FYP), Engineering Team Project (ETP), Post Graduate (PG), Open Innovation Challenge (OIC) and Young Inventor’s Challenge (YIC).

There has been no change in the aim of conducting this extraordinary event for the past 16 years. It has always been in SEDEX’s interest to nurture and develop newer talents that might be able to make a difference to our country or perhaps our world in the future. SEDEX is also seen to be one step ahead in aim of improving science and technological development in Malaysia, as they give opportunity to young talents from both primary and secondary schools to participate in the Young Inventor’s Challenge category, hoping to encourage those who participated to be inventors when the time is right.

This event was a job well done as it was supported by a total of 402 participants which is tabulated as follows:

Category	Total Participants
Young Inventors Challenge	36
Open Innovation Challenge	76
Final Year Project	81
Post Graduate	31
Engineering Team Project	178

Notable winners are “Integrated Mobile Card System For Loyalty Programs” grabbing the Chairman’s Most Innovative Champion and “Forget Us Not (FUN)” for the People’s Choice Award.

The HOT team would like to congratulate the SEDEX Project Director, Mr. Kong Chin Zheng for the effort of SEDEX Committee members and himself in making SEDEX 32 a huge success. We wish you good luck for your SEDEX event in the coming years.

Photos courtesy of SEDEX 32 committee.

Post by Science and Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDeX UTP).

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AIESEC Orphanage Open Day

By, Neroshinni Balachandran, CE

Multipurpose Hall, 29th November- Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS’ AIESEC chapter has taken another noble step in proving their concern over the society’s welfare and humanity- and this time the focus was the orphans. Among the main objectives that the Youth Engagement Development (YED) under AIESEC UTP chapter stressed upon throughout the event was to expose the orphans to modern educational facilities and to inspire them to pursue tertiary education. Ipoh and Batu Gajah orphanage homes were invited to be a part of the event and 61 orphans participated where the oldest was 22 years old and the youngest was two. The event started off at 10am by letting the orphans to have a look around the Information Resource Centre (IRC), UTP followed by some fun activities. At 2pm, UTP students were given chance to interact with the orphans and both students and orphans were entertained by a dance before the orphans returned to their respective homes.

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Kembara Sufi XI : Manifestation Of Love

By Natasha Eliyana Azahari

Tronoh, 30^th November 2013 – Following last year’s success, the Kembara Sufi XI concert was back again, this time gloriously themed “Manifestation of Love”. Students and outsiders alike were seen gathered at Chancellor Hall to attend the concert. An Islamic concert organised annually by Rakan Masjid UTP (RM UTP) and Kelab Media dan Teknologi (MEDTECH UTP), this year’s Kembara Sufi concert featured three local acts – IM Nazrul, ex-contestant from Iman Muda , a programme airing at Astro Oasis, , UNIC, a well-known nasyeed group, and Aizat Amdan, an ex-contestant from reality programme, Akademi Fantasia.

The concert was kick started by an introduction from IM Nazrul, followed by a performance from UNIC. After a montage video on the theme done by UTP students was screened, Raqib Majid, fellow label mate of UNIC made an appearance onstage, promoting their latest single, Bintang Syurga. Singer Aizat Amdan then awed the crowd with an acoustic performance with his brother in which some of the songs performed by him were actually self-composed.

Although attendance wasn’t “full-house” like last year, the concert was still considered a success as many felt it was worth the ticket price. The concert goes to show that UTP-ians do not only emphasize on academic excellence but also believes in strengthening its student’s religious belief by encouraging the conduct of religious events such as these. 

The following are highlights of the event:

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