SYNOPSIS

Material engineering is an emerging engineering discipline and yet it has been supporting all engineering disciplines for ages. The importance of engineering materials in producing fascinating engineering miracles and high-end products is well accepted and undoubtful “Material Science and Engineering” is one of the must-learn subjects by all engineering disciplines back in university. In the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, requirements of engineering materials become more stringent to embrace unexpected challenges not only limited to fundamental aspect of engineering design but also from the delicate perspective in applications. Undeniable that electro-humanoid is the centric of this new era that becomes the pillar for the coming Mega Trends. Therefore, the role of MATERIAL ENGINEER in this new era needs to be redefined in order to counteract on the headwind. In this Webinar, the challenges will be elaborated and the historical development of MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING towards the establishment of a new engineering discipline - MATERIAL ENGINEER – will be briefly presented.


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Ir. Prof. Dr. CHEONG KUAN YEW

As a passionate researcher, educator, trainer, consultant, solution provider, and Professional Engineer of material science and engineering for more than twenty years, Kuan Yew CHEONG is a full Professor at the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Prof. Cheong served as a Commissioned Senior Scientist at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (2004, 2006), Adjunct Associate Professor at Multimedia University, Malaysia (2012), Visiting Lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (2012), Malaysia, Visiting Professor at National Taiwan University (2018), MIMOS Semiconductor Sdn Bhd (2018), Technical Advisor for NTG Innovation Pte. Ltd., Singapore (January – December 2019), and Editor of “Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing”, Elsevier (2015 – June 2021). Now, he is an External Examiner for Wawasan Open University (Malaysia), INTI International College Penang (Malaysia), affiliated to Innovation Centre for Clean Water and Sustainable Energy (WISE), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (November 2018 to October 2021), Technical Consultant of failure analysis for MIMOS Semiconductor Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), and Editor-in-Chief of “Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing”, Elsevier (since July 2021).

He has published more than 200 high impact-factor journals, 6 reputable book chapters, 4 edited books, and 1 granted Malaysian Patent (MY-153033-A), which in-line with his research direction of solving environmental and energy related issue through the development of advanced oxide based on wide bandgap semiconductor and exploring the potential of utilizing natural organic materials to produce “all-natural” electronic devices.

As a registered Professional Engineer (Board of Engineers, Malaysia), a “Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) 2013” (Academy of Sciences Malaysia), and a Certified Professional Trainer (Ministry of Human Resource, Malaysia), Prof. Cheong has delivered more than 250 technical training courses to various local and multinational industries and has resolved many industrial cases related to processing of electronic materials both wafer and package levels.

Currently, Prof. Cheong is a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Senior Member of Institute of Electrical, Electronic Engineers (IEEE), a Principal Interviewer for Professional Interview of IEM, Senior Evaluation Panel of Engineering Program under Engineering Accreditation Council, Malaysia, and Protem Chairman of a newly established Material Engineering Technical Division under IEM.


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- IEM Members: Free of Charge (FOC)