35 Curtin students join Floating Structure Challenge

MIRI: Thirty-five students of Curtin University Malaysia recently took part in a ‘Floating Structure Challenge’ organised by the university’s Department of Civil and Construction Engineering. The competition was organised as part of the students’ study of units related to structural analysis which is an integral part of the civil and construction engineering course at the […]

A target every semester

KUCHING: “All is well” is a quote that 23-year-old engineering student Ryan Adler Tan lives by for a better life. The young lad, who majors in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), received the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) Gold Medal Awards 2022 at the recently concluded IEM Annual Dinner and Awards […]

Engineering students learn from the best

MIRI: Mechanical engineering students of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently attended two online industrial talks by engineering managers from Schneider Electric Industries SAS, a global specialist in energy management and automation with operations in more than 100 countries. Together with students and academic staff from other engineering disciplines, they also participated in a virtual […]

Technical fields grads will be much sought after in future

KUALA LUMPUR: The younger generation needs to be encouraged to venture into technical fields, especially engineering which is often associated with the term ‘dirty, difficult and dangerous’ or 3D, as these fields have brighter job market potential with higher returns. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said graduates of fields that often raise negative perceptions, […]

Curtin students among Top 50 nominees for awards

MIRI: Three engineering students of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) have done their university proud by making it to the Top 50 nominees for the prestigious MonStar Awards 2020. Billed as Malaysia’s largest young talent awards, the MonStar Awards were created to discover and recognise young talents in Malaysia.  This year’s awards, themed ‘2020: A Year […]

Walking the runway

Making your appearance on stage can be a nerve-wracking experience, and despite being a runway model for countless shows now, Irfan Razali still gets nervous from time to time. However, Irfan admits that modelling has changed his life for the better. Not as easy as it looks according to runway model Irfan Razali, behind the […]