Dear Fellow Members,

MALAYSIA BRANCH In partnership with IMechE Univerisiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Student Chapter (SC), we hosted the prestigious IMechE Leadership QUARTERLY Conference 2019 (ILC 2019) at , , , . Thanks to IMechE UNITEN SC for the great NEWSLETTER effort, making it a very successful event.

October 2019 Diwali will be celebrated in October. We wish all our Hindu members Happy Diwali. Malaysia Branch We will hold our annual dinner in December. We are looking forward to seeing you.

Ir. C.C. Chow

Past Events The speakers were able to share insightful ideas and experiences from their professional experience to help 1.0 IMechE Leadership Conference 2019 and inspire the young leaders. They all shared their On 17 August 2019, IMechE Malaysia in partnership stories on how they built something from nothing, and with IMechE UNITEN SC hosted the prestigious how they became who they are today. IMechE Leadership Conference 2019 (ILC 2019) at Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya.

An overwhelming attendance to the ILC 2019

The conference attracted young leaders from all Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah speaks to the audience across Malaysia and renown keynote speakers, including Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah AO, Chairman of The pinnacle of the event was the prime keynote Sunway Group and Founding trustee of the Jeffrey speech, where Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah shared his Cheah Foundation as the prime keynote speaker. vision and his life’s work, Sunway Group. Tan Sri explained how he wishes to educate the youth to bring Other notable speakers were: out the best in themselves. “Keep asking ‘Why not?’ • Ms Shazreeza Abdul Kadir, Group Global Affairs as you make your life journey. Do so with integrity as of AirAsia your guide, humility as your virtue and pursuit of • Mr Animesh Mukherjee, Chief People Officer of excellence as your choice”, Tan Sri shared, using Lazada Malaysia Sunway University and Sunway Group as key • Mr Tee Lin Yik, CEO of Tee Intellectual Property examples. • Professor Ir Ts Dr Vinesh Thiruchelvam, Chairman of IMechE South East Asia IMechE Malaysia would like to share Tan Sri Jeffrey sharing their vast experience across numerous Cheah’s vision, "I aspire to inspire before I expire". industries.

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October 2019 Malaysia Branch

IMechE Malaysia wishes to thank Tan Sri Jeffrey We look forward to seeing you in our next networking Cheah for graciously allowing IMechE the use of sessions. Sunway University to hold this prestigious event.

A participant actively asks questions during the conference

According to the organizing committee, the turnout was incredible, with students registering from various Networking session with members in Malacca universities, including the likes of UNITEN, Monash, UTM, Sunway, UUM and many more. When asked, the team from IMechE UNITEN SC added, “The young leaders were absolutely satisfied with the value they gained during the conference and are excited to plan their life ahead. It was indeed a fruitful event."

2.0 Networking Networking session provides an opportunity to the members to interactive among each other. It also enables IMechE Malaysia to seek members’ feedback or comments.

On 5th August 2019, a networking session was held in Royal Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur.

Another networking session was held in Hatten Place, Malacca on 28th September 2019. More than 30 members attended.

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3.0 Evening Talks A few Evening Talks were jointly organized with The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and Engineers Australia Malaysia Chapter (EAMC) as below: • “Sustainable Recycling for Future Automotive Structures” on 24th July 2019, delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Khir Mohd Nor. • “Technological Innovation – Engineer for Future” on 3rd August 2019, presented by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohamed Thariq Bin Haji Hameed Sultan. • “System Integration in The Railway Industry” on 17th September 2019, presented by Dato’ Ir. Dr. Kevin Lam. • “The Potential for Mass Production of Nanocellulose from Oil Palm Biomass in Kogi presents his talks with numerous interesting tools

Malaysia” on 28th September 2019, presented by

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hidayah Ariffin. 5.0 Membership Application Workshop

A Membership Application Workshop was held on 28th

September 2019 from 9.00am to 12.00pm in Menara 4.0 Talks by IMechE Fellow Member from Singapore UOA Bangsar. On 10th September 2019, a Fellow Member of IMechE

Singapore, Mr. B K Oberoi (also known as Kogi) Many engineers have expressed their wishes to visited Kuala Lumpur. IMechE Malaysia has organized become Professionally Registered Engineers and talks, titled “Just An Engineer Or An Excellent Members of the IMechE. This 3 hour course has been Engineer” in conjunction with his visit. designed to help the applicants through each of the

UK-SPEC competence statements and application Kogi delivered the talks at three places, namely paperwork, preparing them for the submission of UNITEN, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus application form and Professional Review Interview. and IEM. The talks were well attended, where he

shared with the audience about his vast experience The workshop was conducted by Mr. Zen Teng, the working as a “hands-on” Mechanical Engineer. Many South East Asia Business Development Manager of examples have been presented by Kogi on “out-of- IMechE. the-box thinking”.

Another session of the workshop will be conducted in October 2019.

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October 2019 Malaysia Branch

Coming Events

1.0 South East Asia Regional Speak Out for 6.0 Annual Dinner Engineering (SEAR SOfE) Competition Date: 9th December 2019 Date: 12th October 2019 Venue: Bunga Raya Restaurant, Royal Lake Club, Venue: Asia Pacific University (APU) Kuala Lumpur Do come and support! Contact: Dr. Lau Ee Von ([email protected])

2.0 Membership Application Workshop Date: 26th October 2019 Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm Venue: Menara UOA Bangsar Conducted by Mr. Zen Teng, the South East Asia Business Development Manager of IMechE. Contact Us

3.0 Talks jointly organized with The Institution of Dr. Lau Ee Von (Hon. Secretary) Engineers Malaysia (IEM): (T): +6012-3566339 (E): [email protected] Talk on “Repurposing of Crop-Waste” th Date: 29 October 2019 Ir. C.C. Chow Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm (T): +6012-6022310 Venue: Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya (E): [email protected] Speaker: Professor Amanda Ellis

4.0 Networking A networking session will be held on 15th November 2019 (Friday) in Johor Bahru. We look forward to meeting up with you.

5.0 Supported Conference – 1st International Conference on Orthotics and Prosthetics, “Empowering Disability Through Technology” Date: 20th – 21st November 2019 Venue: KDU University College Utropolis Glenmarie, Shah Alam

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