SENAI, Dec 3 – First-year students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), recently participated in an industrial trip to FOZ One Group at Senai Airport City as part of their ‘Introduction to Electrical Engineering’ course. They were joined by fourth-year FKE students, making it a collaborative learning experience across academic levels.
The visit began with a welcoming speech by the Director, Michael Lee Boon Oon, who inspired the students with a talk on ‘What Inspires You to the World’. He encouraged them to think about their potential to contribute meaningfully to the engineering field and society at large.
Following this, Vincent Pong Wei Loon, the marketing director, delivered an insightful session on ‘Making a Good Product R&D’. He elaborated on the importance of three key areas: product design, testing, and electrical & electronic design. Vincent also discussed career opportunities at FOZ One Group, emphasizing how the organization values innovation and societal contributions. The company is green building index certified and received excellent award Score A in the Intertek External Audit 2022.
This trip was a valuable opportunity for students to witness how theoretical knowledge is translated into practical solutions. It opened their minds to the technological advancements at FOZ One and reinforced the importance of sustainable engineering practices. The students left with a deeper appreciation of the responsibilities of electrical engineers and the impact they can have on society.
Najwa Afiffah Mohd Fauzi, one of the student expressed that, “The visit showed the technological advancements in the electrical engineering sector, including automation systems which is my interest. I was inspired to learn more and keep up with industry trends after witnessing these technologies in use”. She learnt through exploring the new technologies available at the industry.
On the other hand, Muhammad Firdaus Mazlan says “I got ideas for new projects from the visit. I was motivated to investigate more projects involving monitoring and management after observing, for example, the significance of electronics in developing an embedded system into the vacuum machine for a more reliable product development and the networks in monitoring industrial equipment and stock in the parts management.”
This is the importance key to ensure success by having an interdisciplinary collaboration of specialties and needs. Not only that, most of the students were very thrilled to get to know the real world industry, e.g. Humam Dawarh says, “It was quit insightful visit and it was very exciting to see how does the manufacturing world is working and get in depth with different manufacturing processes. The most attractive part of the visit is when we get into the RDD part of the company where the development of there new product which includes all the product development cycle steps from the scratch up until testing and validation of the product.”
The visit was a rewarding experience that gave students knowledge and motivation for their future academic and professional endeavors. The company has also express their interest into the UTM students to work together with them in the future.
This article was written by Nurul Ashikin Abdul-Kadir and Nor Aini Zakaria