Industrial Visit: Proton Manufacturing Plant

A group of 40 students including 2 lecturers from the Faculty of Engineering have recently visited the Proton manufacturing plant in Shah Alam on 3^rd December 2013. Accompanying them were two lecturers from the Faculty of Engineering Dr Hii Ching Lik (student advisor, UNMC-IEM) and Mr Chen Khin Fai. The students departed from UNMC at 8 am and arrived at the Proton manufacturing plant, Shah Alam at 9:30a.m. The visit was guided by Mr Shafiq (Proton) and accompanied by a 2 technical staffs.

The students were then brought to the Saga assembly line (about 1 km walking distance) to have a more detailed view of the production steps such as welding, wheel, door and window assembling, engine assembling, body painting, alignment-balancing and test driving. The students also took the chance to ask about career advice and opportunities in the car industry towards the end of the tour. The visit ended at 12 pm after lunch refreshment hosted by Proton and Mr Shafiq presented Proton souvenir books to all the students before leaving.

Dr Hii and Josh Lau presenting a token of appreciation to Mr Shafiq

Group photo of the participants of the visit

Programmes: Engineering Leadership Program

Three students from the faculty of engineering representing the committee of UNMC-IEM student chapter (2013/14) were invited by ELP Monash to attend the Engineering Leadership Program 2013 Leadership Summit on 26^th November 2013 at Monash University, Sunway Campus. They were Jordan Chia Wei Jian (President UNMC-IEM), Josh Lau Aik Huan (Vice President), Chu Xue Ying (Secretary) and Low Yen Wei (Head, industrial talk). 

The purpose of this program is to stimulate and inspire future leaders among the high performing engineering undergraduate students. Three workshops were organized for the participants namely i) Personal development and employability ii) Critical thinking and iii) Standing out from the crowd. Three keynote talks were presented on green building index, sustainable & green technologies and the greater KL project in this event.

Our committee members in the crowd

Industrial Talk: Food Processing and Career Opportunities

 A talk was delivered by Dr Hii Ching Lik (CEng MIChemE) from the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering to student members of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (UNMC student chapter). 

In his talk Dr Hii shared his experience while working as a researcher in the food industry prior to joining UNMC and the technical skills required to work as a food engineer. It was mentioned in the talk that specific knowledge/skill in food processing is not a key pre-requisite to work as a food engineer but it would serve as an added advantage in job application. 

Currently, a Food Processing Technology module is offered in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering as an elective for the year 3 and 4 students. Malaysia is rich in agriculture resources and investment in domestic food industry is projected with annual growth of 5.3% till the year 2020. Therefore, the domestic food industry is able to generate numerous job opportunities which are a promising outlook especially for the young engineering graduates. Future challenges such as food safety, future food, land use, weather, government policy and issues on sustainability are some of the critical areas currently faced by the food industry.

Dr Hii briefing on the food industry

Turnout for the talk

Token of Appreciation given to Dr Hii by our Vice President, Josh Lau