KLIUC

Sunday March 23, 2008

Engineering feat

FOUR second-year civil engineering students from the Kuala Lumpur Infrastructure University College (KLIUC) recently represented Malaysia in the fifth Inter-University Invitational Civil Engineering Competition (IUICEC) 2008.

Hosted by Tongji University's College of Civil Engineering in Shanghai, China, this biennial event saw the participation of a total of 18 teams – 16 from Asia, and one team each from the University of Tennessee, United States, and University IUAV of Venice, Italy.

We did it! The KLIUC team after bagging seventh place in this year’s Inter-University Invitational Civil Engineering Competition.

The four-day competition required students to design and fabricate a scaled crane-like structure that would pass a specified load test.

Said KLIUC team leader Mohamed Vishal: “We never thought we would be selected to participate in this competition.

“We were excited to be part of this exciting venture. It was also the perfect opportunity for us to update ourselves on the latest technology developments in civil engineering.”

Mohamed added that aside from learning new engineering methods, they also had the chance to make new friends from all over the world who shared their passion for engineering.

The competition, which was first held in 2000, aims to inspire innovation among undergraduate civil engineering students, as well as establish friendship and cooperation between participating universities.

Despite being newcomers to the competition, the KLIUC team – comprising Mohamed, Lin Yong Sim, Fierra A. Roslan and Chong Kah Hing – managed to finish in the seventh place.

“I am proud of the achievements made by our students,” said KLIUC School of Engineering dean Khairul Salleh.

“All our students have shown commitment and dedication in completing the project. We hope that this will become an annual project for KLIUC students,” he added.

Khairul, together with lecturer Yap Ai Kin, had accompanied the team and served as its advisors during the competition.

The first prize went to the host, Tongji University.

The next competition will be held at the National University of Singapore in 2010. KLIUC will be the proud hosts in 2012.