The School of Architecture, Management & Surveying organized the 3rd Design Review on 10. Several respected experts in the field of architecture and interior architecture from reputable organization were invited to review the works of UCSI's students. Exhibits included the initial conceptual models, final scaled models as well as concept posters. Students were required to explain their inspiration and the rational behind their designs to the panelist. The exhibition was opned for public viewing at 2pm well after the panel review.

UCSI's Engineering team once again impressed judges to bag themselves the 1st Prize at the National IP Day 2007. The team led by CRDC researchers won the award for their newly improved Modular Socket (MOST) invention in the University Category (B). The award was handed to the team by Datuk Mohd. Shafiee Apdal, the Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs at a Gala Diner to mark the event. Their invention is an improvement over a similar device which had earlier won the team an award at the EINIC 2007 (see February 2007).

On the 27th of March 2007, UCSI in collaboration with USM launched the "A Survey of Medicine Prices" Report. The launch was held in conjunction with the one day seminar on "Equitable Access to Medicine for Malaysians: A Way Forward through A Medicine Pricing Policy" organized by the USM's School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Women's Development Research Centre in Penang. The report was painstakingly composed by a joint- UCSI & USM research team headed by Dr. Zaheer Ud-Din Babar, a former Senior Lecturer at the UCSI School of Pharmacy. The launch was officiated by UCSI's Vice President for Research & Corporate Affairs, Prof. Dr. Norfadzillah Hitam and USM's Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, Dato' Professor Muhamad Idiris Saleh.

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UCSI's Engineering students with the assistance by the UCSI Centre for R&D Commercialization participated in the annual Universiti Malaya Engineering Inventions 'n' Innovation Competition. The event was graced by the Deputy Ministry for Higher Education Datuk Ong Tee Keat. The highly resourceful UCSI team was awarded the Public Choice Award for their invention, the “Modular Socket” or known in short as MOST, which was developed by Low Tong Kong and his team members, Hiew Tian Wai, Chiew Ang Zee, Tan Aik Soon and Sugendran Palanisamy. This invention allows the users to add on any number of sockets to the existing MOST. There are also the E-Fuse, Surge Protector, e-Timer, RF Switch and the IR Switch.

UCSI's second team, led by Lee Chong Haw, Khong Poh Yee, Kean Chin Siang, Low Tong Kong and Sugendran Palanisamy, was awarded the LG Special Award for the GSM Power Metering System. This invention is actually a GSM unit installed at every power meter, in every home. Data from the GSM unit will be digitally transmitted to the billing centre of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, where it is processed and the billing statement can be sent to the user either via postal mail, short message services (SMS) or e-mail.

UCSI's Interior Design Students score big at the Malaysian Society for Interior Designers (MSID)'s 11th Interior Design Students' Saturday held on the 5th of August 2006 at PJ Art & Design. The Interior Design Students Saturday is an event formulated by MSID in order to reach out to future designers to realise their role in society and to bridge the gap among students from various interior design schools and college in the country. This event is carried out annually on any selected Saturday hosted by any of the design institution registered in the MSID list of school. Students from various participating schools participated in events of fun and games, creative workshop, creative performance and seminars & talks carried out all in one Saturday.

UCS's highly skilled team won the following:-

Synergy Lighting Design Competition [RM 1000.00 cash voucher] 1st Grand Prize Winner - UCSI Student : Chloe Liew, Phoneix Fok, Farah Nur, Izwan Helmy Lecturer: Mohd. Redzwan Hisham Bidin	Synergy Exhibition Booth Competition 2nd Prize Winner - UCSI Student : Yu Pui Ja, Neoh Aik Buey Lecturer : Chia Lin Lin
Synergy Choral Speaking Competition 3rd Prize Winner - UCSI Student : Matthew Chang, Fanson Kwong Der An, Gary Ng, Tan Chien Hong, Amirah Izzati Zakaria, Lee Wei Ren, Stephen Tan, Shiu Wai Choon, Lee Wen Yi, Tang Choon Wah. Lecturer : Kelvin Ching	Synergy Design Medley [collaboration with other colleges] 2nd Prize Winner - UCSI Student : Izwan Helmy [UCSI representative] 3rd Prize Winner - UCSI Student : Annie Jaid Parker [UCSI representative]

Prof. Dr. James Graham of the University of East London conducted a Workshop on 'Editing for Excellence' on the 29th of June. The workshop was conducted for members of the Research & Corporate Affairs Division and UCSI Editorial Panel. Points covered included the usage of Plain English for clearer and more concise communication.

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Click here to view the acceptance speech by Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Arshad.