Lew Kah Wei Received IStructE Book Prize Year 2019

The School of Civil Engineering is proud of Lew Kah Wei for receiving the award of IStructE Book Prize 2019 by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), Malaysia Regional Group. This award honors excellence in structural engineering courses of a final year undergraduate student.

Kah Wei’s academic record has been consistently excellent. He has attained the highest aggregate marks in the structural analysis and design courses during his study since academic session 2016/2017. He has scored A in grade for all seven structural engineering courses and the highest mark in the class for two courses.

Kah Wei has also actively participated in engineering competition and sports. He has received national and international recognition. Among the participated engineering competitions include NTU Bridge Design Competition at NTU Singapore (12th Place), Beyond Structures 2018 at UNITEN (1st Runner-Up), Structural Earthquake Stability 4.0 at UTAR (Champion) and Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research for Schools in Taiwan (Second Prize, Quake-Resistant Certificate, Best Architectural (Artistic) Award and Best Design Idea of Exhibits Award). Kah Wei was also a basketball player for the university. His team has achieved champion in 19th IMT-GT Varsity Carnival 2017 in Indonesia and MASUM Sport Carnival in UNIMAP.

Congratulations to Kah Wei from the School of Civil Engineering. We hope this great performance will inspire undergraduate students to strive for higher achievement in future.