{"id":7800,"date":"2010-09-21T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=7800"},"modified":"2015-05-13T23:54:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T23:54:38","slug":"the-ukm-crystal-way-to-promote-inovation-among-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2010\/september-2010\/the-ukm-crystal-way-to-promote-inovation-among-students\/","title":{"rendered":"The UKM CRYSTal way to promote inovation among students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2010%2Fseptember-2010%2Fthe-ukm-crystal-way-to-promote-inovation-among-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=7800&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/CRYSTal4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>TUESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2010 16:46<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Abdul Ghani Nasir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 22 September 2010 &#8211; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) yesterday launched its new school community programme, CRYSTal (Creative YouthS Through Innovative Learning) involving three secondary schools in Bangi as part of a more concerted effort to promote innovation and creativity among school students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe programme is sponsored by the Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) and organised together with the Ministry of Education. UKM students act as mentors to three groups of students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jalan Tiga, Bandar Baru Bangi; Sekolah Menengah Teknik Kajang and Sekolah Menengah Jalan Bukit, Kajang. MTDC gave RM189,460 to sponsor the programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nUKM designed the training modules particularly in programming micro-chips as well as organising courses for teachers and students. Micro-controller chip used in the project is easily programmed by connecting it to the computer enabling it to perform various functions automatically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSome UKM lecturers have been inducted as advisors and help train the mentors and built the training modules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr.\u00a0Muhd Shaman Bakar handover MTDC cheque to Prof. Hassan<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the UKM Vice Chancellor when launching the programme at SMK Jalan Tiga, here yesterday, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International Affairs) UKM, Prof Dato\u2019 Ir. Dr. Hassan Basri said the programme is a good example of the varsity\u2019s involvement in community programmes through the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment and the Faculty of Information Science and Technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThrough the project UKM students became mentors helping the students to be more innovative and encouraging them to be creative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cBesides training our students to understand the needs of society, the programme also equipped them with the skills that may help them in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn line with this, UKM plans to give its students involved in such communal activities credit for curriculum and co-curriculum activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nProf Hassan said apart from being involved in such local programmes it is also taking part at the international level by being a member of The Talloires Network which has a membership of more than 200 institutions of higher learning committed to civics and social activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/CRYSTal1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/CRYSTal3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this membership UKM signed a declaration to apply academic skills in the university for the benefit of society,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nProf Hassan said UKM had also been involved in helping flood victims in Pagoh, Muar in 2007 and adopted Kampung Kundang Ulu where research and educational programmes were held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt had recently successfully organised an intervention project \u2018Kem Perkasa Remaja\u2019\u00a0to help rehabilitate wayward youths involved in illegal motorcycle racing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nUnder the CRYSTaL project, students from SMT Kajang, created an Intelligent Traffic Light signals to help pedestrians cross roads. Traffic lights were installed with sensors which regulated the signals accordingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nStudents from SMK Jalan Tiga, Bangi built an Intelligent Home sensors to help manage electrical supplies for most of the electrical appliances in homes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe third group of students from SM Jalan Bukit, Kajang developed sensors used in cars that can help to avoid collision named the Non-Collision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nA pioneer project similar to CRYSTaL was organised by UKM with United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) called Smart Programme involving SMK Nusajaya and SMK Sultan Abu Bakar in Johore a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAmong the applications successfully developed by students from the two schools were ways to save electricity used in the laboratory and class rooms, queues at school canteens and helping farmers manage their coops for ducks.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/CRYSTal2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/CRYSTal5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2010 16:46 By Abdul Ghani Nasir BANGI, 22 September 2010 &#8211; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) yesterday launched<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2010\/september-2010\/the-ukm-crystal-way-to-promote-inovation-among-students\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7801,"parent":1404,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7800","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7802,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7800\/revisions\/7802"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}