Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and National Instruments (NI) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UTAR Perak Campus on 24 October 2012.
Signing the MoU on behalf of the parties were UTAR President Ir. Professor
Academician Dato' Dr. Chuah Hean Teik and NI Southeast Asia Managing
Director Chandran Nair, while UTAR Faculty of Engineering and Green
Technology (FEGT) Deputy Dean (Research and Development (R&D) and
Postgraduate Programmes) Dr. Lee Sheng Chyan and NI District Sales Manager
Kaw Kiam Leong signed as witnesses.
As a precursor to the highly anticipated ceremony, Prof. Chuah said, "UTAR
and NI shall be signing a MoU for, among a host of collaborative items, the
establishment of a NI LabVIEW Academy and future NI Centre of Excellence
(CoE) in the Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology (FEGT) at Perak
campus and Faculty of Engineering and Science (FES) at Kuala Lumpur campus."
He added, "I am delighted to announce that the NI's LabVIEW Academy at UTAR
is the first one to be established in a university in Malaysia. UTAR
and NI have co-invested a total of RM812,000 to set up the facility and
certification programmes. UTAR will provide the NI hardware, while NI
will provide the NI software and services in the LabVIEW Academy in UTAR.
NI will provide services which include the Certified LabVIEW Associate
Developer certification voucher for UTAR students, LabVIEW training Core I
and Core II with CLAD certification for 10 lecturers, NI online resources,
NI technical support, participation in NI Graphical System Design Award
contest and application for NI Academic Research Grant."
Prof. Chuah's sentiments were ricocheted by the Managing Director of
National Instruments in Southeast Asia Chandran Nair. "Partnering with UTAR
exemplifies our commitment to the research and academic community in
Malaysia," said Nair. He added, "With the construction of our R&D and
operations facility in Penang nearing completion, it is set to spur economic
activity in the high-technology sector and create jobs for at least 1,500
people over the next 10 years."
Under the MoU, a LabVIEW Academy will be set up in UTAR Perak Campus to
generate more LabVIEW-trained and LabVIEW-certified developers and engineers
from UTAR under- and postgraduate students to better serve the Electrical
and Electronic (E&E) industry in Malaysia. The future UTAR-NI CoE for
Green Technology in Perak Campus shall be a champion of R&D activities and
academia-industry collaboration in the field of Green Technology.
Research collaboration between NI Penang R&D Centre and UTAR FEGT will be
intensified. Industrial attachment programmes for UTAR faculty members
and students to NI Penang for industry exposure and internship will also be
intensified. In return, UTAR cooperate by allowing NI to use the
NI-equipped academy and CoE facilities in Perak Campus for the purposes of
training, talent development, showcase and corporate social responsibility
(CSR) events such as competitions of national and international levels.
Headquartered in the United States of America (USA), National Instruments
Corporation or NI is a multinational company that focuses on the production
of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.
Hands Adjoined: Prof. Chuah (second from left) exchanging the MoU with
Chandran Nair while Dr. Lee (first from left) and Kaw look on.
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