Malaysian Technical Students Attend Engineering Camp

Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:21

One of our latest project with Agilent Technologies and its partner ATM Solution Sdn Bhd. I was personally involved as one of the guest speaker to share about career in engineering to these students.

Photo with the all the students, rep from Agilent, Malaysia Ministry of Education & ATM Solution. I am in the 1st row, 2nd from the right.

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Agilent Technologies recently hosted 60 high school students from 18 technical and vocational schools in Malaysia at a five-day engineering camp supported by the Ministry of Education and University Science Malaysia (USM). Held at USM, the camp gave students exposure to an engineering career and the technical and soft skills required to excel in this field. Activities included a series of talks on electrical, mechanical and civil engineering and an introduction to test and measurement. Students also spent a day at Agilent’s Penang campus where they were given an overview of Agilent’s products and interacted with engineers on-site. The highlight of the camp was a design project where students learned to strategize against competitors, decide on tradeoffs and work within constraints.

This program is strategically conducted as a platform for these technical students to be aware on the expectation that will be put on them as they enter into their engineering career. Even though it will take another 5-6 years for them to begin contributing as engineers, it is an advantage for these students to be nurtured with the right skill sets as early as possible. With that, we hope this program not only help the corporate sector to pay back to the society in the short term but in the long term helps to grow world class engineers of the future.

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2 Responses to “Malaysian Technical Students Attend Engineering Camp”

  1. Randy Nichols says:

    January 17th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

  2. Yusoff says:

    February 26th, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks Randy for adding me into you Goggle News Reader.. Looking forward to share more and hear more from you…

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