The IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD) has been a successful series of annual conference since 2001. In line with its predecessor events, the IEEE SCOReD 2017 is focusing on the findings by research students, post-doc fellows and research associates in the institutions of higher learning pursuing research degrees exploring various fields including electrical, electronics, communication, biomedical engineering, materials, renewable energy, mechatronics and professional engineering ethics. The IEEE Malaysia Section has transformed it into an event that is going beyond the borders of Asia Pacific Region. The IEEE SCOReD 2017 is organised by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and co-organised by the IEEE Malaysia Section and the IEEE SB UPM.