Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) :: Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (Mechatronic) with Honours is one of many Electrical and Electronic Engineering academic programs offered by the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and monitored by the Department of Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering. Take a look!

(1) Do you know there is increasing demand for graduates who can work in an interdisciplinary engineering environment? This demand, when coupled with the appeal of intelligent systems, makes mechatronics and robotics a popular choice for students. Mechatronics graduates will have the interdisciplinary approach necessary to integrate electronics, control, software and mechanical engineering. In addition, you will acquire skills that are transferable to service industries and other areas of the business community.

(2) Traditionally, mechatronics is considered as a fusion of mechanical, electrical, computer and control engineering. Modern mechatronics is about the integration of electronics with mechanical design to create intelligent systems. From fuzzy logic controlled washing machines to space exploration, mechatronics and robotic systems are at the forefront of technological developments.

(3) It is a field with exciting career opportunities and a huge range of applications, from robotics in manufacturing and automation to the automotive, aerospace, medical and leisure and entertainment industries. Recent graduates have secured positions such as Systems Engineers, Project Engineers, Industrial Engineers and Control & Instrumentation Engineers within organizations such ABB, Alstom, Dyson, First Solar, GE Intelligent Platforms, Honeywell, Infineon, Intel, Jacobs Engineering, M+W, Petronas, Shell, Siemens, Sunpower, Yokogawa and so on.

(4) With your broad engineering knowledge base, you probably hold technical design and decision-making positions, often overseeing or playing a central role in engineering design teams. As you acquire sufficient experience and move up the career ladder, you may become a Systems Manager, Project Manager, Factory Manager, or Technical Manager by 35 or earlier.

Perhaps you can consider Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Three graduates from that university have invented something futuristic and very “hot” this year.

Could you describe the kind of research conducted in the Center for AI and Robotics (CAIRO) Lab in Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), please?

Technically possible, but not easy if you don't take every opportunity to tailor a Mechatronics-related curriculum to your own needs during your sophomore year, starting from a solid Mechanical Engineering base.

Mechatronics Engineering is intended for students whose career objectives require greater flexibility, where as Mechanical Engineering is a structured program that prepares students for a broad range of career choices in the field of mechanical engineering.

∴ What exactly do you like about Mechanical Engineering now and then Mechatronics Engineering later?

(1) What do you want to do after university? The more you try to think of reasons why you can't, the more you realize just how much you can.

(2) For your info, Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering combining Mechanics, Electronics, Control and Soft-Computing, rather than a unique subdiscipline of Mechanical Engineering.

(3) While many subdisciplines are a combination of mechanical engineering and one or more branches of engineering, Mechanics is a subdiscipline that is unique to mechanical engineering because it deals with the study of forces and their effect upon matter. Likewise, a Robotic Arm is a prime example of a mechatronics system because it includes aspects of mechanics, electronics, control and soft-computing to do its day-to-day jobs.

(4) An emerging variant of Mechatronics field is Biomechatronics, whose purpose is to integrate mechatronics parts with a human being, usually known as a powered exoskeleton. Cyberdyne Inc. has created commercial exosuits called "Hybrid Assistive Limb" (aka HAL-5) for medical use.

I don't know what's in your mind, but that's probably because you imposed two unreal conditions that clouded your perspective. The foundations of Mechatronics are built on Control & Instrumentation Engineering. Do you know that Mechatronics graduates can apply fundamental instrumentation and control engineering principles to oil and gas facilities design and operation? You did mention your Mechatronics friend hired in Oil & Gas sector, didn't you? Moreover, the prospects for oil and gas counters remain bright in Malaysia.



Malaysia is just at the start of an oil boom, on the back of the promising outlook for the exploration and production (E&P) industry. The country's deepwater projects will assume a prominent role in providing new growth opportunities in Malaysia and are expected to produce about 250,000 bpd of new oil by 2010. All in, nine deepwater fields have been identified for commercial operations from 2007 to 2013.

If you cannot find a job in the oil & gas companies, and unless you are technically incompetent, send your résumé to SIEMENS, ABB and Yokogawa.

And Ivan can imagine beyond these.

This post has been edited by Critical_Fallacy: May 28 2013, 03:31 PM

(1) Thanks for your sharing and your personal experience in attempting to pursue a degree in Mechatronics. You are very right in advising young students to consider carefully when deciding for their education and career prospect in the future. However, I might be missing something here because I’m not sure if I understand what you intend to say.

(2) By your indirect reasoning, do you mean that if that job does not enable you to make money (subjective issue) and earn it fast (relative issue) in Malaysia, then that kind of job is rubbish? I might be incorrectly interpreted them.

(3) In general, if everyone had that belief from the beginning, then would it be logical to say most kinds of job prospects would be “rubbish” by your standard?

(4) Or specifically, so when you shared that belief to others and in comparison they find they make much more money and much faster than you, would it be fair to say that criteria made your current job looked “rubbish”?



This post has been edited by Critical_Fallacy: May 28 2013, 04:55 PM

Most Malaysian Mechatronics courses are directly related to PLC Control Systems and Industrial Automation.

So, are you saying that present Malaysian market goes back to the stone age?



This post has been edited by Critical_Fallacy: Apr 6 2014, 07:32 AM

Good. I don't have the figures. Have you really surveyed the number of factories with automated machines in Malaysia? But I can understand your priorities. It is probably a good advice if one intends to work in the construction industry as electrical or mechanical project engineers. I feel sorry for you because it happens to you at the bad time, and bad place.

May you follow your dreams and always believe in yourself.