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Majority of technical college in Japan adapted hands-on education system. Among the attributes of hands-on education system is to emphasizes on students' creativity in problem solving. This paper aims to describe the hands-on implementation in Kanazawa Technical College, Japan based on the author observation during an internship program. The method is then compared to Outcome-based Education framework...
This paper presents an overview and result of a preliminary research using a non-invasive ultrasound technology to measure sugar content in bananas. The result of the sugar content measurement from this non-invasive test is then compared to the result of sugar content measurement using a standard proven instrument, a Refractometer. Preliminary results indicates that it is possible to measure sugar...
This paper highlights the importance of using student data to drive improvement in education planning. It then presents techniques of how to obtain knowledge from databases such as large arrays of student data from academic Institution databases. Further, it describes the development of a tool that will enable faculty members to identify, predict and classify students based on academic performance...
This paper provides an overview of online student feedback systems in tertiary institutions. It is then introduce a student feedback online system (SuFO) developed and used in a public university in Malaysia. Subsequently, this paper describes how data from SuFO is used to observe the quality of teaching between experience and inexperience lecturer. The evaluation is based on students' response in...
This paper presents an overview of Capstone Project implementation at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), and discusses the current assessments methods and related issues. The Capstone project marked course outcomes that are strongly correlated with the engineering program requirements of the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) in Malaysia. The paper put forward...
This paper presents an overview and result of the application of adapted B-mode imaging for measurement of chicken intramuscular fat content. Adapted B-mode imaging was proposed to increase the positioning accuracy of B-mode image with the objective to correct the phase error due to used of predetermined ultrasonic velocity in conventional B-mode imaging. The positioning accuracy of adaptive and conventional...
This paper describes the development on a microstrip antenna that is built with an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure integrated within the antenna. The antenna, termed EBG-microstrip (EBG-M) antenna is purposely built for use in a non-invasive hyperthermia cancer treatment. The EBG-M was built with the aim to improve penetration depth and reduce unwanted hot-spots which may damage surrounding...
This paper presents an outcome of a final year project of a design and analysis of a gate valve using SolidWorks which is a Simulation software. The scope of this project focused on two parts, i) learning how to use Solidworks as a tool for product development and ii) a gate valve design and analysis of its fluid flow. The gate valve was designed in detail in two and three dimensional models that...
Autonomous mobile robot is a mobile robot that can move without human supervision. The use of autonomous mobile robots has increased in various fields such as in the industrial, agricultural, and military sectors. This paper presents the development of a mobile robot that uses Fuzzy Logic approach to control a robot's movement in an area cluttered with static obstacles. In the experiment presented...
A robotic device that resembles, have the characteristics and dexterity of a human hand is called an anthropomorphic robot hand. This paper presents an overview of previous research in the area of anthropomorphic hand and a discussion of human hand movement focusing on power grip. Subsequently, this paper presents the result of a preliminary research that used SolidWorks to design an anthropomorphic...
Prediction of students' academic performance is very crucial to any university management to reduce the rate of attrition among students upon graduation. This paper describes a Neural Network (NN) Prediction model that is used to predict the academic performance of students. The outcomes of this model are then compared to results using Linear Regression (LR). This paper presents a comparison study...
Predicting students' performance is very important if not crucial especially in engineering courses. This is to enable strategic intervention to be carried out before the students reach the higher semesters including the final semester before graduation. This paper presents a comparison study between Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Linear Regression (LR) in predicting the academic performance...
This paper presents a literature review on the use of a large array of data about students and courses that was collected by institutions and learning analytics to improve students success and retention. Academic analytics is getting notable attention, because it assists educational institutions in improving student achievement and success, increasing student retention, and reduce the load of liability...
The proposed Fire alarm system is a real-time monitoring system that detects the presence of smoke in the air due to fire and captures images via a camera installed inside a room when a fire occurs. The embedded systems used to develop this fire alarm system are Raspberry Pi and Arduino Uno. The key feature of the system is the ability to remotely send an alert when a fire is detected. When the presence...
Cancer thermal therapy is a treatment that uses heat generated using Electromagnetic (EM) fields. This treatment, significantly increase the effectiveness of radiotherapy or chemotherapy treatment towards cancerous tissue or cell. The main goal of this paper is to provide an overview of previous and present technology on cancer thermal therapy which is based on the application of various types of...
In the academic industry, students' early performance prediction is important to academic communities so that strategic intervention can be planned before students reach the final semester. This paper presents a study on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model development in predicting academic performance of engineering students. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) was used to measure the academic...
Music has been known to improve learning and cognition. The ways in which musicians think and perform have increasingly become subjects of interest to scientists particularly in light of advances in neuroscience research. This study examines the brainwave activity of a group of violinists as they perform. Using electroencephalography (EEG), the left and right brainwaves of the musicians were recorded...
Students performance is very crucial to any educational institution particularly in the engineering field. This paper describes a neural network based model (NN model) for academic performance prediction of Electrical Engineering Degree students at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. The study was conducted on student intakes from Matriculation entry...
This paper provides an overview of the process of obtaining accreditation for a new Bachelor degree engineering program. One of the major requirements of the accreditation process in Malaysia is the Self Assessment Report (SAR). The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into the development of SAR. The observation presented herewith is based on a case-study of an actual process of SAR development...
The application of automation for handling of non-rigid or semi rigid food products are limited due to the lack of a suitable or appropriate gripper. Most of the currently existing grippers are not suitable for handling food products in manufacturing processes due to the characteristics or texture of food which are often delicate, easily marked or bruised, adhesive and slippery. In this paper, a flexible,...
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