In today’s
competitive world, it is highly crucial for engineers to be equipped with
highly developed innovative skills and able to convert the ideas to common use
in order to contribute to the country’s development. Recognising that, KBU
International College’s School of Engineering and Computing always encourages
its graduates to showcase their innovative idea through their final year
projects and the hands on training that is provided to them.
As
such, the College celebrated its latest graduating batch from the field of
engineering and computing by organising the Innovation Day for the second
consecutive year.
The
celebration was specially-designed to showcase some of the students’ finest
final-year projects from the field of BEng (Hons) Electrical & Electronic
Engineering, BSc (Hons) Information and Communications Technology and BSc
(Hons) Software Engineering.
“Some of the
highlights of this year’s Innovation Day would be Design and Implementation of
Android Smartphone Universal Remote, Online Manga Rental, Design of Encryption
Algorithm for Data Security System Using VHDL Programming, and An Augmented
Reality Mobile Classifieds (iOS),” said School of Engineering and Computing
Head Lye Boon Han.
He added the
Innovation Day 2013 caters as a platform for students to connect with the
industry.
“It is also a
channel where students can meet with their potential employers as we have
invited more than 40 well-known companies and higher education institution to
participate in this year’s celebration,” he said.
He added: “It
is good to see our students come up with innovative projects that rectify
common problems which we encounter in our daily lives such as Android Universal
Remote, Traffic problems and so on. This will definitely lure industry players
who were present during the innovation day to hire them and some students have
already been approached by the industry players to join them.”
One of the
industry players who were present during the Innovation Day, Jeffery Lee from
Emerald Systems also talked highly about the student projects.
“The projects
which were showcased are very impressive and I found the ideas that the
students come up with is very different and innovative. With a proper packaging
and marketing, the projects can be a hit in the market,” he said.
Wilson Tham,
who designed the Android Smartphone Universal Remote, said that the lecturers
were always there to assist them when he faced problems in his project.
The student
who designed an application which allows one to easily switch from one device to
another was beaming with joy as he was approached by a total of five industry
players who were keen to hire him.
“This is
definitely what a student wants; to be hired immediately upon graduation,” he
added.
Other than
that, the School also encouraged the students by presenting RM1000 each for the
best projects which was chosen through 60% of professional assessment and 40%
of voting process.
Student, Eng
Lian Xun’s An Augmented Reality Mobile Classifieds (iOS) project was identified
as the best project for the Computing category while Kaartigaiyan Gunasegaran
and Low Hui Zian were presented with RM1000 for their project which solves
traffic problems, Intelligent Traffic Guidance
System, under the Engineering category.
KBU’s School
of Engineering and Computing collaborates with UK universities such as
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to
provide quality programmes such as BSc (Hons) Computer & Network
Engineering (3+0), BEng (Hons) Electrical & Electronic Engineering (3+0),
Foundation in Engineering, Science and Technology, Diploma in Electronic
Engineering, Diploma in Mechatronics, BSc (Hons) Software Engineering (3+0)
and BSc (Hons) Information &
Communications Technology (3+0).
KBU
graduates have a track record of being headhunted to exciting and rewarding
careers in diverse fields ranging from engineering to computing, graphic design
to interior architecture & design, all within a short timeframe and in many
instances, immediately upon their graduation.
