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VOLUME 09 - 2017
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Paper 26/2017 - A Study of Elevated Wind Speed Assessment at East Malaysia Using Extrapolation Method.
 Shaifatulna’im Shamsuddin & Mohd Asyraf Md Junos
Main Author from Politeknik Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia
 Abstract - Exploring the possibilities of utilizing renewable energy apart of hydro power are crucial due to high growth of demanding market plus the current rate of fossil fuel depletion. Hence, it is a need to analyze the potential of wind power in generating electrical energy. Being Equatorial country, Malaysia has seasonal wind and it differs according to topographic of the area.  Wind speed data at 10 meter height from 9 reading station all over East Malaysia are collected. However, wind study demanding a further data at elevated height to suit the actual positioning of wind turbine. Thus, this study identified Kudat as a site with highest wind speed at 4.2ms-1 and the most mean wind speed, hence it is selected for further consideration. Extrapolation process will be need to determine the projected wind speed at height of 20m,30m,40m,50m and 60m using both Power Law and Log Law method . Their mean wind speed data, yearly mean speed data and cumulative yearly wind speed data are identified and analyzed. The result showing the wind profile pattern for both graphs from Power Law and Log Law and it is showing the increment patents for Log Law are always greater than Power Law. Same results are obtained for wind power density and actual power.  It is showing that Kudat wind power is classify as Class 1, which is having wind speed less than 5.6ms-1 while wind power density is less than 200Wm-2. Nevertheless, with current development, wind class lower than Class 4 are possible for wind energy extraction using mid or small size wind turbine. Hence, to suit the seasonal wind, the hybrid system combining wind and solar shall be applied to compliment the low wind speed.
Paper 27/2017 - Characterization of Aluminum Matrix Composite Al-9Zn-0.1Mg-3Si Reinforced with Ceramic Particulate
Dwi Rahmalinaa, Hendri Sukmaa & Indra Setiaji
Main Author from Universitas Pancasila Jakarta. Indonesia.
Abstract - Nowadays, aluminum alloys are widely used for automotive components such as piston, cylinder head and valve. To enhance its mechanical properties, it can be strengthen by ceramic particulate reinforcement. This research studied the effect of variation of ceramic particulate reinforcement in Al-9Zn-0.1Mg-3Si composite for piston application. The volumetric variations of ceramic particulate are 10% alumina, 10% SiC and 5% alumina + 5 % SiC. The composites are produced by squeeze casting process following with characterization testing of composition, hardness testing, optical and electron microscopy examination. The results showed that composite reinforced with 5% alumina + 5% SiC has the highest hardness of 55 HRB with less of porosity than other composites. Composite reinforced with 10% SiC revealed biggest porosity of 0.25%.
Paper 28/2017 - The Personal Financial Management among the Loan Applicants in Kuantan, Pahang.
 Hazman bin Mat, Mohd Fadhil bin Abdullah @ Dollah & Azre Bin Arifin
 Main Author from Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
Abstract - Prior studies have shown that financial management is important in planning and controlling personal financial action. Its influence by knowledge and decision making among the loan applicants. This study investigates the significant relationship of financial management knowledge and decision making on loan applicant financial management actions. The study proposed that the high level of personal financial management contribute the significant relationship towards financial management actions.  Data was collected through distribution of questionnaires to 100 of loan applicants in Kuantan, Malaysia. Utilizing the descriptive and regression analysis, the results showed that all the variables studied are at high level. Furthermore, the significant relationship between the variables studied positively contribute to the research model. This study contributes to the understanding of important personal financial management regarding to direct the financial management actions. This indirectly contributes to the goal of the educating people on personal financial management.

 Paper 29/2017 - Automatic Umbrella Dryer
 Nurus Sadiqin binti Abdul Razak Khan, Nur Farahaizan binti Idris, Ngai Chooi Hoong & Rosmawati binti Ismail
 Main Author from Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Abstract - The outbreak of the idea to this product is based on problem that occurred in one of the shopping mall. On a rainy day, people are not allowed to enter the mall by security guards for carrying wet umbrellas. This is because the water dripping from the umbrellas will cause wet, slippery and dirty floors. This study is to design a product that has a drying system for the wet umbrella to dry quickly by the mean time. The automatic umbrella dryer is easy to use by putting the umbrella into the machine, it will dry up in a short time. A little manpower required to hold an umbrella in a mean time of the process. This automatic umbrella dryer machine is compact and practical so that it can be placed at the entrance of the shopping mall and fitted with wheels so that it can be moved to another place. It also can be place in an office and even at home. The target user of this product is the people who have to drain and dry the umbrella when entering a place as mention before.

 Paper 30/2017 - Automatic Whiteboard Wiper.
 Masliana Idris &Nurul Izzah Ab Rahim
 Main Author from Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Malaysia
Abstract - Nowadays universities and schools are no longer using blackboard as a medium of teaching and learning. They are using whiteboard because it feels that it is much more conducive and clean rather than using a blackboard. Questionnaires and interviews were conducted and found that educators are often faced with problems in cleaning and wiping the whiteboard. A questionnaire and interview have been conducted and found miscellaneous issues related to using the whiteboard. From the analysis that has been made, result showed that educators have problems in cleaning up the whiteboard and it takes quite some times to clean the whiteboard. The proposed time should be used effectively for teaching and learning in classrooms. Issues regarding to losses of whiteboard duster always happen and the management has to buy the duster repeatedly and it will increased the management expenses. As a result, a product was designed to overcome this problem. This product has been designed by innovating manual whiteboard wiping techniques. Motor and 'toggle switch' have been used to make it easier to clean it. The limitation of this product is that it can only wipe in x axis direction based on the rail that has been installed. Duster can also be opened and switched if it was damaged and can’t be used anymore. An analysis has been conduct and found that, by using this product, the wiping time to clean the whiteboard can be saved up to 50%. Therefore this product is suitable to help educators to save time, energy and improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Paper 31/2017 - Utilizing New Media in Documenting Measured Drawing Products
 Isham Shah Hassan, Norliza Johan & Nornawar Laili
 Main Author from Politeknik Port Dickson, Malaysia
Abstract - Computers and Internet have successfully provided students with various online educational services. With the latest developments in the mobile technology, new methods are emerging to provide educational services through mobile technologies such as mobile phones and PDAs. By providing the educational services using the wireless medium, the educational institutions can facilitate self-access learning.  By using the mobile educational services, lecturers and students can access the services anytime and anywhere they want. This paper discusses the possibility of providing architectural heritage studies on web application through mobile technology. This offers a new approach in architectural education, namely imparting knowledge, or facilitating the imparting of knowledge, through a medium other than the traditional methods used in polytechnic. It does not seek to replace the conventional methods of teaching, which have traditionally been through lecture classes and design studios. It merely aspires to bridge some of the gap that is found between the two and thereby promote better understanding of architectural knowledge. The case study is an important tool in architectural education. Students learn by analyzing, comparing and evaluating aspects of important architectural works. By providing a tool by which this evaluation is facilitated and enhanced through the process of associative thinking, architectural learning is enriched. The paper will conduct formative evaluation of the student projects with the aim to test the feasibility of providing mobile educational services for diploma level architectural students in Port Dickson Polytechnic.  The study found that the mobile learning can be a useful complement to the current computer based learning.
Paper 32/2017 - Designing a 10-in-1 Physiotherapy Wheelchair.
Nur Farahaizan binti Idris,Nurus Sadiqin binti Abdul Razak Khan, Isnuraini binti Kassim@Ismail & Rosmawati binti Ismaila
 Main Author from Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Abstract - Stroke Symptoms usually occur due to excessive blood pressure in the body's system. The next problem that occurs to stroke patients is the constraint to move and the difficulty to go to the rehabilitation clinic for follow-up exercises. This study is based on discussions with rehab patients, patient assistants, nurses and therapist. The aim of the study is to design a product which enable the stroke patients to perform minimal rehabilitation exercises without time constraints and having problems to move to the treatment centre. The product is a simple and practical product which combine several of its functionality and easy to operate at home. The study is also conducted to improve and enhance the therapeutic function of existing product such as seat frame, dumbbell weighting equipment for leg muscle training, pedal cycling exercise, hand palm grip sets, finger reflexology therapy sets, set of exercises for wrists, spine training, wheelchair cushions and headboard and area for storage. With this product, the patient does not have to worry about the movement to go to the treatment centre for follow-up exercises. Patients can use this product with only one assistant from a family member and the assistant can monitor and assist from the start.

 Paper 33/2017 - Modified Playfair Cipher Using Random Key Linear Congruent Method
Muhammad Syahrizal, Murdani, Surya Darma Nasution, Mesran, Robbi Rahim & Andysah Putera Utama Siahaan
Main Author from STMIK Budi Darma, Medan
Abstract - The number of crimes that arise due to data does not have good security makes many users choose one or more cryptographic algorithms to secure data. The application of cryptographic algorithms is widely used such as to secure text data, secure messages on short message service (SMS), secure messages on chat applications, secure records on the database. Many modifications were made to obtain safer algorithms and in this study Playfair cipher which is a classical cryptographic algorithm modified by changing the key consisting of 25 characters to 255 characters and the key used to encode resulting from randomization using a linear congruent method. The result obtained is that the encoded text is hard to know and the key used is random, making it difficult to solve by cryptanalyst.

 Paper 34/2017 -Evaluating Program Learning Outcome for Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Students’ Perception.
Nurul Izzah bt Ab Rahim, Aida Haryati bt Muda & Norazlina bt Abdul Rahman
 Main Author from Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Kuantan
Abstract - Higher education curriculum need to be revised periodically to make sure that the students produced meet the human capital requirement in globalization era and the aspiration of the ministry of higher education. Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DKM) program curriculum has been designed to ensure the graduates produced are qualified to become  parts of human resources that are able to challenge the globalization era in the employment sector. With regard to that, DKM curriculum is not only emphasizing on the knowledge and practical skills aspects but also soft skills that are applied in Program Learning Outcome (PLO). Soft skills include communication skills, problem solving and critical thinking skills, social and responsibilities skills, information management and continuous learning skills, entrepreneurship and management skills, professionalism, ethics and moral, and leadership and team work skills. The objective of this research is to study the DKM students’ perception on their achievement of PLO and to compare the level of achievement through the students’ perceptions with the actual students’ achievement through the examination results. The questionnaire form consists of 43 items distributed to 156 of final semester DKM students in December 2016 session representing the sample of study. Data analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 20. Data analysis methods conducted for this research are descriptive statistics (frequency and score mean) which the reliability value (Cronbach’s alpha), α = 0.97. Result of the analysis showed that respondents gave positive perceptions on the research questions. From the study, it was found that the average mean of 11 PLO studied from the students’ perceptions was 4.06 while the average mean obtained from the students’ examination result was 3.78.

 Paper 35/2017 - The Motivational Factors of Homestay Providers.
Ramli Mohamed & Noraini Taha
Main Author from Shah Alam Community College, Malaysia
Abstract: Home stay is one of many tourist attractions in Malaysia. From the economy prospect, home stay provides a business sources for the provider and other parties as well. As any other perks of tourist attraction, home stay may only reach it maturity peak after a certain time of period. At this level, home stay may suffer a step backwards due to lack of visitor or the providers. In other words, there are needs for home stays to maintain its visitor as well as the venue providers. This qualitative paper investigates one of the pull factor of home stay providers to sustain in this national level program. These study focuses on the motivational factors among them since there has always been a sensible fear that the younger generations will cease doing this business and the entire home stay industry will come to a halt once the current generations passes on. Thus, it is essential to investigate the motivational factors of current home stay provider in order to guarantee its continuity. This study attempts to investigate the motivational factors of home stay providers. Upon completing this study, several motivational factors were identified, which are family support, side income and hobby. Twelve's respondents were interviewed in this study. To maintain the future availability of home stay as attractive Malaysia product, these motivational factors could be considered as initial point to attract people to become home stay hosts.

Paper 36/2017 - Glowing Lines Mark (GLM) Parking Design
 Nur Amira Binti Mansor, Nor Natasya Athirah Binti Noorizzan, Nur Aziemah Binti Abd Rahman & Nurhuda binti Ismail (supervisor)
 Main Author from Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah, Malaysia
Abstract -The mark line is one of the road accessories which is very important reference for driver to park or drive their vehicle in the right way. Issue of parking lines is not a new problems and this matter are always happen when the parking lines are not visible or clear, causing trouble to vehicles’ driver to park their vehicle properly in the box, especially during the night when there is no street light at the parking lot. The limited visibility of the parking space causing the users to take the easy way by parking their vehicle unorganized. Therefore, the luminescence paint is chosen as additional material in road line marking paint. As it main properties are glow in the dark, it resulting parking lines mark can be seen clearly at night and it help users to park their vehicle properly. The ratio of the mixture of the glowing lines mark was testing for the several samples to get the best result. The construction of the line mark based on the result of best sampling was realised at the parking lot at the Quarters of Polytechnic Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah, Kulim Kedah. Then, the satisfaction data from users was collected. The road line marking paint as a base using 3 layer of coating before apply the luminescence paint. The luminescence paint determine by using 2-5 layer of coating. The best result has been choosing to construct the line mark at the parking lot. From the observation the glowing lines become fade after a few hour. The photo luminescent paint only survives for less than 2 hour. The photo luminescent paint can be used as to make the lines mark more clearly at night but it can’t be used for long hour.
Paper 37/2017 - A Study on the Level of Understanding of Green Tourism among Student in Tourism and Hospitality Department, Politeknik Merlimau Melaka.
Azuan binti Alias & Khairulazam bin Annuar
Main Author from Politeknik Merlimau Melaka, Malaysia
Abstract - Green tourism is a term that can be applied in any form of tourism that relates to natural environment and cultural heritage of an area or that undertakes good environmental management or green practice. It is a concept which takes into account the needs of the environment, local residents, businesses and visitors now and in the future. Green tourism in Malaysia concerns with promoting green products, educational programs  on  environmental  management,  and  introducing  the  activities  like  waste  management  via  programs  such  as  recycle  (The  Star  Online,  2010). The purpose of this paper is to look at the level of understanding of green tourism among Tourism and Hospitality students in Politeknik Merlimau Melaka. This is important among the younger generations in higher institutions as the understanding of green tourism can contribute to protecting, conserving and enhancing nature and the physical environment to ensure the long-term health of the life sustaining eco-system. This is a descriptive survey research and data were analyzed using SPSS Version 22 to obtain frequencies, percentage and mean score. The quantitative data were collected using 322 questionnaires distributed among Tourism and Hospitality department students in Politeknik Merlimau, Melaka. The findings of this research indicated a high level of understanding of green tourism among Tourism and Hospitality students in Politeknik Merlimau. Thus, this result will further help to encourage students to be more environmentally conscious and their willingness to implement certain practices to save the environment. Hence, this study suggest further enhance awareness and appreciation of green tourism in Polytechnic in order to conserve the environment.
Paper 38/2017 - Level of Awareness on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) among Malaysian Construction Companies
Nor Hazlin Binti Md.Gharip & Zuriati Binti Abdul Majid
 Main Author from Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Malaysia
Abstract -Corporate Social Responsibility has been demonstrated as success approach to given the positive image of construction companies in many countries such as UK, US, France, And Australia. These successes inspired Malaysian construction industry to implement this approach. Since there is a lot of bad interpretation of construction companies so this study investigates the implementation of CSR in construction companies. Hence, to overcome this bad interpretation, CSR implementation should be put in place and apply in construction companies. Therefore, this research is also investigate the level of awareness on CSR among construction companies (class A contractors), identified the opportunities expected and gaining by the construction companies towards CSR implementation and obstacles facing by the construction companies in implementing CSR. Literature on CSR in other countries and others industry were explored in the earlier stage of this research. Besides that, questionnaire and interview was conducted in order to gain in depth understanding of CSR in Malaysian Construction Companies. The results indicated that there was a positive sign on CSR awareness even though not as a whole part. However interest, opportunities and obstacles of Malaysian construction Companies towards CSR need to be considered. CSR must be seen as how they make money and not only how they spent their money.

 Paper 39/2017 - The Role of Islamic Center for Blocking Idealogy of Syiah Around Polytechnic Students
Mohd Hafiz b. Hussin, Ust. Yusnizam b. Yahya, Charim b. Ibrahim
 Main Author from Politeknik Port Dickson, Malaysia.
Abstract - Shiah is a misconception that cannot be practiced in Malaysia. This story has been gazetted as a stray and dangerous by some Malaysian government agencies such as the State Fatwa Council and the Islamic Development Department (JAKIM). This study addresses the role of polytechnics through an effort centred by the Islamic Centre in preparing students in the face of this increasingly transmitted Shiah phenomenon in Malaysia. This study was carried out through Statistical knowledge approach through the use of SPSS (Statistical Packages for Social Science) software where 150 students were selected randomly. This student selection refers to Intervals which is higher than 95%. This study is also in response to the effectiveness of the effort as well as to know the weaknesses and improvements to the role of the existing Islamic Centre.

 Paper 40/2017 - The Islamic Influence in the Architectural Design of Rumah Gadang.
Isham Shah Hassan, Nuratikah Seman & Nurul Hana Ramli
 Main Author from Politeknik Port Dickson, Malaysia.
Abstract - Islam brings upon harmony and peace to humanity. From an architectural perspective, harmony is valued based on how a space designed to bring comfort, peace and protection to the occupants. A comfortable home is a necessity. The design of a house has to plan by taking into consideration the physical factors, environment and the major needs of the occupants. Unfortunately, nowadays the design of the modern Malay houses has neglected the factor of harmony. The design of the modern Malay houses no longer takes into consideration factors such as climate, the Malay culture, religious restrictions and the comfort of the occupants. This has consequently produced designs of buildings, which are not conducive to be occupants. The solution to this problem is the Malay heritage architecture. This research will look into the benefits of the Malay architecture, specifically the Minangkabau architecture in Negeri Sembilan. The main advantage of the Minangkabau architecture is the ability of the craftsmen in understanding the needs of the environment while designing the houses. The living culture that is Islamic based has blended well among the Malays and the craftsmen have successfully materialized it in designing the Malay houses. Generally, the Minangkabau architecture clearly follows the Islamic concept in providing harmony and comfort to the occupants. This research attempts to see how the Minangkabau architecture has practically applied the Islamic concept in the modern Malay houses to build harmony and comfortable houses in terms of ventilation, the usage of natural sunlight, the design of nature-friendly space and the usage of space to preserve the tradition and culture, which based on Islam. Research carried out by making comparisons between modern Malay architecture and Minangkabau heritage architecture in relation to the concept of harmony in Islam. The finding of the research become as guidelines in designing houses in Malaysia to provide harmony and comfort to the occupants.