Moving Forward to Greater Heights

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interview Moving Forward To Greater Heights To many engineering graduates, Y. Bhg. Dato' Engr. Prof. Dr Chuah Hean Teik, FIEM, P. Eng. is not a stranger. From Universiti Malaya, to Multimedia University, and now Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, his contribution to the advancement of engineering education is well known. Dato' Chuah is proud to declare that he is 100% educated in Malaysia, from his BEng (First Class Honours), to M. Eng. Sc. and PhD in electrical engineering. Although when he was young, his ambition was to become a teacher, he grew up being inspired to be an engineer. JURUTERA spoke to the Penang-born incoming president, Dr Chuah Hean Teik, on his vision for IEM. as the incoming President, what do you hope to achieve during your tenure? The IEM presidency can only be held for a maximum of two terms, with the agreement of the Council for the second term. Two years is a short time; what is important now is to ask ourselves how we can make IEM more relevant, especially to engineers in the new era. Many people have the misconception that IEM membership is only for civil and consultant engineers. This is not true as IEM membership is for all disciplines of engineers in Malaysia, including civil, electrical, mechanical, and even new branches of engineering such as biomedical engineering. Members of IEM come from various sectors; we have members who are in the teaching profession, the public as well as the private sector. Thus, in the next two years, I hope we can make IEM even more relevant to young graduates so that they would feel proud to be its members. Secondly, we should ask ourselves how we can serve our current members and retain them. We need to make the current members feel that it is worthwhile for them to continue becoming IEM members. This is easier said than done because, as I mentioned before, we have members coming from various

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