Employer
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Job Title
Associate Professor
Home Town
Skudai, Malaysia
Current Location
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Faculty
Research Topic
Integration and wireless control methods for micromachined shape-memory-alloy actuators and their MEMS Applications
Research Supervisor(s)Kenichi Takahata
UBC Degree Conferred in
2012
What are your main responsibilities or activities in your current position?
Teaching, research, consultancy, and social work.
How does your current work relate to your graduate degree?
I learned almost everything that I am doing at my workplace right now during my study at UBC. Especially the research and publication part.
What do you like and what do you find challenging about your current position?
The social work and community service requirements.
What motivated you to pursue graduate work at UBC?
UBC's world ranking.
What did you enjoy the most about your time as a graduate student at UBC?
I really enjoyed the research environment.
How did the graduate degree at UBC help you achieve your career and/or personal development goals?:
What key things did you do, or what attitudes or approaches did you have, that contributed to your success?
Work hard.
What is your best piece of advice for current graduate students preparing for their future careers?
Explore all the available opportunities at UBC. You may not have the same opportunity again.