{"id":184605,"date":"2025-08-25T04:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=184605"},"modified":"2025-08-25T04:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T04:26:37","slug":"integrated-design-project-mfga-3300-showcase-day-by-manufacturing-engineering-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=184605","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Design Project\u00a0(MFGA 3300)\u00a0Showcase\u00a0Day by\u00a0Manufacturing Engineering Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By, Dr.\u00a0Adibah Amir,\u00a0Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering,\u00a0Kulliyyah\u00a0of Engineering,\u00a0International Islamic\u00a0University\u00a0Malaysia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation, teamwork, and real-world relevance were on full display at the Integrated Design Project (MFGA 3300) Showcase Day on 4th<\/sup> of June 2025, held by the Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering at the Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The showcase featured six groups of third-year Manufacturing Engineering students who presented their final prototypes after a semester-long journey through product design, system integration, and performance evaluation. The event aimed to bridge academic learning with practical engineering and entrepreneurial thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding weight to the occasion, external examiners from Perodua Manufacturing Sdn Bhd and BI Technologies Corporation Sdn Bhd were invited to evaluate the projects, offering students an invaluable industry perspective on their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each group was assessed based on a comprehensive rubric that covered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Safety considerations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 User friendliness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Test and verification methodology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Business model development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Cost analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Performance of the prototype<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course required\u00a0students not only to build\u00a0a\u00a0functional\u00a0prototype\u00a0but also to think like engineers in a real production environment,\u00a0where safety, feasibility, and market viability matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projects ranged from automated robot inspection systems and energy-efficient devices to IoT-enabled production solutions. Notably, Group 4, supervised by the author, demonstrated an automatic bee bread processor for a local SME in the apiculture sector. Combining dual functions in processing bee bread; precision heating and automated grinding, to ensure consistent quality and a hygienic process, producing fine, uniformly dried bee bread as the final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bee bread, a fermented pollen product created by stingless bees within the hive, is increasingly recognized as a functional food . While the global bee bread market is valued at USD 228 million, Malaysia\u2019s local SME sales for Kelulut honey and related products remain modest at RM33.6 million, highlighting significant untapped potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group 4\u2019s design incorporates several key innovations, which are portable rollers for flexible use, an enclosed chamber to reduce contamination risks, and an emergency shut-down mushroom switch for operator safety. The achievement of this prototype lies in its ability to reduce drying process from 12 hours to 4 hours for a 1-kilogram batch, a remarkable efficiency gain compared to standard food dehydrator. This invention eliminates the need for human intervention, marking a leap forward in food processing automation for niche industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond academic grading, the event succeeded in fostering meaningful conversations among students, lecturers, and industry experts, reinforcing IIUM\u2019s mission to produce holistic engineers grounded in both theory and practical relevance. The event was not only a technical success but also a spiritual one, aligning with IIUM\u2019s Tawhidic epistemology, integrating knowledge with ethics, purpose, and service to society. Students were not merely building machines; they were solving real problems with accountability, sustainability, and compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the semester concludes, the MFGA 3300 showcase has once again proven to be more than an academic checkpoint.\u00a0It is a crucible where engineering talent is tested, refined, and inspired,\u00a0a launchpad for ethical innovators who will shape Malaysia\u2019s manufacturing future.***<\/p>\n\n\n

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Figure 1:\u00a0Author with Group 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure\u00a02:\u00a0Design evaluation in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure\u00a03:\u00a0Performance evaluation in\u00a0progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 4: Explaining user friendliness to examiners***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By, Dr.\u00a0Adibah Amir,\u00a0Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering,\u00a0Kulliyyah\u00a0of Engineering,\u00a0International Islamic\u00a0University\u00a0Malaysia Innovation, teamwork, and real-world relevance were on full display at the Integrated Design Project (MFGA… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":184606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,6,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[257,239],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_2352.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184611,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184605\/revisions\/184611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/184606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}