Rural research: Chew (foreground, centre) at the project site in Sarawak.
FOR their outstanding achievements, an academic and three graduates from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science were recently feted by The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM).
Dr Chew Chun Ming was conferred the Tan Sri Haji Yusoff Prize for his paper titled “Clean water and electricity supplies with solar energy: A sustainable green technology for developing nations” under the general category where it was recognised as an outstanding technical paper on an engineering subject contributed by a corporate member in the chemical engineering discipline.
