3rd Chiam Teong Tee Memorial Lecture “Developing Engineering Work Force, Designing A Better Future”
Event
Date: Saturday,
23rd March 2019 Time: 9.30
am – 1.30 pm Venue: Auditorium
Tan Sri Prof. Chin Fung Kee Auditorium, Wisma
IEM, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA
ABOUT THE
LECTURE
In this Lecture, various trends and
challenges facing the world, due to the coming of the new Digital Revolution or
commonly known as 4th Industrial Revolution, are discussed which
include urbanization and inequality in wealth distribution, clean water, food
distribution, energy, global warning and climate change, aging population and
physical-space and cyber-space security. To tackle the challenges, we require
new ideas and inventions which will only be possible with excellent knowledge
workers. A brand new set of technology breakthrough will require different new
skill sets, particularly on STEM skill sets, in the engineering workforce. Good
engineering workforce (engineer, engineering technologist and engineering
technician) is considered as the driver for the success of any nation in this
globalized world. The talk will also touch on the challenges faced by
future engineer’s vis-à-vis globalization and mobility of engineers; and what
skills young engineering graduates should acquire to face the challenges. What
is important is now for the educators to train future graduates who can embrace
life-long learning and with strong basic fundamentals of natural sciences and
engineering and who are ready-to-evolve rather than graduates who are just
ready-to-market as many of the graduates will be
entering a whole new sea of employment.
About the Presenter
YBhg. Academician Dato’ Ir. Prof. Dr. Chuah
Hean Teik, graduated with a BEng (First Class Honours),
MEngSc and PhD in electrical engineering, all from University of Malaya,
Malaysia. From July 1988-April 1997, he was on the faculty of the Electrical
Engineering Department of the University of Malaya. From March-Nov 1994, he was
a Fulbright Scholar at the Wave Scattering Research Centre, University of Texas
at Arlington, USA. From May 1997–Jan
2008, Dr Chuah was a Senior Professor at the Multimedia University (MMU),
during which he held various posts as Vice President (R&D and Academic
Development), Dean of Engineering, and Director of Research. From June 2001-Jan
2008, he also assumed the duty of the Penang State Government Professor of ICT
in MMU. Since April 2008, he has been appointed as President of Universiti
Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia. He is also a Consultant Professor to
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China. His research interests include microwave remote sensing and applied
electromagnetics. He has authored/co-authored more than 260 papers in
international journals and conferences. Dr. Chuah has received many awards
locally and internationally. Among them include the Professor Chin Fung Kee
Gold Medal for Engineering Management in 1986, the inaugural Young Engineer
Award by the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia in 1991; 1990 Young Scientist
Award at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science
(URSI) at Prague, Czechoslovakia; 1993
Young Scientist Award at the 24th General Assembly of URSI at Kyoto, Japan;
1995 Young Scientist Award (Industrial Sector) by the Malaysian Ministry of
Science, Technology and the Environment; 1999 Malaysian Toray Science
Foundation Science and Technology Award for his contributions in the area of
microwave remote sensing; 2002 Sterling Award from the Sterling Group of
Universities (research-based universities in UK with engineering faculties) for
his services to promotion of engineering profession; 2011 IET Malaysia
Outstanding Achievement Award; Rotary Charity Foundation of Kuala Lumpur
Research Gold Medal 2012 for excellence in original research and significant
achievement in the field of electrical engineering; 2014 Distinguished Engineer
Award by IEM Penang Branch, 2016 Taiwan Professional Education and Culture
Medal for his contribution towards education and cultural exchange between
Malaysia and Taiwan, 2017 Exemplary Leaders Award (Education Caterory) by The
Federation of Hokkien Assoications of Malaysia, and 2017 Outstanding
Engineering Achievement Award by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering
Organisations. In collaboration with Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing, his
research team working on “Paddy Monitoring and Yield Prediction System using
Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies” won a Gold Medal at the 2003 Malaysian
Science and Technology Expo, and a Gold Medal at the 32nd International
Exhibition of Inventions at Geneva in 2004. In recognition of his valuable
services, the Governor of the State of Penang Malaysia conferred upon him an
Order of Chivalry, Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri, which carries the title
“Dato”, in July 2005. For his significant contribution in engineering
profession, he was awarded Honorary Doctor of Engineering by MMU in August
2013. Dr. Chuah is an eminent technical leader. He is
currently the President of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology
(AAET), Past President of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia
and the Pacific (FEIAP) from 2011-2015, and current Chairman of FEIAP Standing
Committee on Engineering Education. Dr. Chuah was the President of IEM
(2009-2011). He is a Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia (ASM)
and AAET; Hon. Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations,
IEM, and Myanmar Engineering Society; a Founding Fellow of The Academy of Engineering and Technology of the
Developing World; Fellow of the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry
Society, UK; the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK; the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA; and the Electromagnetics Academy,
USA. He is also a Professional Engineer in Malaysia, a Chartered Engineer with
the Engineering Council, UK; an APEC Engineer, International Professional
Engineer and ASEAN Engineer; and Hon. Member of the Golden Key International
Honour Society. Dr. Chuah serves as reviewer for technical papers submitted to
international journals such as Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIER)
Journal, and IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing. He is a current member
of the Disciplinary Committee Panel under the Advocates and Solicitors’
Disciplinary Board, Malaysia, Council Member of ASM (2007-2011, 2014-2016),
current member of Malaysian Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) and was a
Council Member of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (2008-2012). He also
serves in Technical Committee or Advisory Committee of a few regional and
international conferences and symposia. Due to his technical expertise, he has been
appointed to various committees at national level, which included:
Member of the Independent Investigation Panel,
Cabinet of Malaysia Government, for the Cameron Highlands Bus Accident (2011)
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