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Assalamualaikum and hi :) Do you know that "My PhD” in Dutch is "Mijn Doctoraat"? Just so you know. Anyway, this will be just a short post. My mind has been entertaining the idea of publishing my thesis, insya Allah once I've finished writing it. I came across this notion for the first time many years ago when I met a senior colleague who just got back from his PhD study in TU Leuven. He said that his thesis was published as book, complete with ISBN number.  You and I know that in most universities (especially Malaysia), thesis are published as hardcover manuscripts which are then archived in the library, accumulating dust over the years and not accessible to be referred or cited by academia. What a huge waste! Then recently I met another young lady who had just completed her PhD at TU Delft. Also, same story. She had printed over 100 copies of her thesis-book. Amazing. So this is my dream. Publishing my own thesis as a book.  Also, ther...

IEEE WIE Affinity Group collaboration with UiTM Shah Alam had successfully organized a Special Lecture: The process for Measurement, Assessments and Evaluations of Programme Educational Objectives by Prof. Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid from the University of West Florida.  The details are as follows; Lecture Title: THE PROCESS FOR MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS OF PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES Date: 21st May 2014 Time: 8.30 am – 12.00 noon Venue: Al-Hidayah Seminar Room, Level 9, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM, Shah Alam Speaker: Prof. Dr. Muhammad H. Rashid, University of West Florida Lecture Synopsis: The Malaysian Engineering Accreditation Council requires that the programme objectives must describe the expected achievements of graduates in their career and professional life a few years after graduation and these must be consistent with the mission and vision of the institution. There must also be a process of on-going assessment and...

Alhamdulillah. Our project to help children with autism in Malaysia was featured on a 2-page spread in today's newspaper. The online version of the article can be viewed here:  http://www.nst.com.my/

It has been a while since my last oral presentation in a conference. Therefore I was quite looking forward to present my paper for the 2014 IEEE Region 10 Technical Symposium (TENSYMP) from 14-16th April 2014. The official website for this conference is  http://ieeemy.org/tensymp/ .  IEEE TENSYMP is a Region  10 Symposium, which was previously known as TENCON Spring. It is is sponsored by IEEE Region 10 and IEEE Malaysia Section and supported by the following Malaysia Chapters: Communication Society and Vehicular Technology Society Antennas & Propagation / Microwave Theory & Techniques / Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter Photonics Society Signal Processing Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter The conference was excellently organized and I would like to congratulate the organizing committee. There were delegates and participants from Japan, Philippines, India and Malaysia of course. All the papers presented in the Bio...

Assalam and hi :) Comic from www.phdcomics.com  :) I am now officially in my final semester of PhD study. Being where I am now and looking back to the first day I started my study in HuRoBs lab (in August 2011), I have come out with the combination of the 4 elements that will make a fantastic PhD experience. These thoughts are entirely my own opinion and I'll take the time to elaborate more on this later. The four elements are subsets of 3 main components of a PhD: 1) the doctorate candidate, 2)the supervisor and of course 3) the research topic. The recipe for a stress-free PhD.  Also, I believe that one's success is also not heavily related to the university or institution where the study is being conducted. A lot of people out there may not agree with this statement but lets agree to disagree ya. Remember to always love you PhD and enjoy the journey :) Don't you just love this poster? Taken from www.theherstoryprofessor.net