The Star Online - 14 December 2006
KUALA LUMPUR: When he was a little boy, Prof Dr Roslan Abd Shukor had always wanted to be a mechanical engineer.
However, this ambition changed when he met physics teacher Yip Chi Kiong when he was 16 and studying at Sekolah Teknik Tuanku Jaafar in Negri Sembilan.
Yip, then 24, convinced him to make a career in physics and yesterday, the professor with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s School of Applied Physics won the Science and Technology Award at the 13th Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) prize presentation ceremony here.
The award was for his work in high-temperature superconductor research which he started in 1989 for his doctorate dissertation.
PROUD MOMENT: Yip (left) showing immense satisfaction at the success of his former student Dr Roslan at the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation prize presentation ceremony yesterday. And to make the event even more memorable, Yip was also present at the event to receive the Science Education Award. Yip, now teaching at SMJK Chan Wa in Negri Sembilan, was honoured for coming up with electronic impulse models of the human nervous system.
Dr Roslan, who shared his award and RM60,000 prize money with Health Ministry consultant clinical virologist Prof Dr Chua Kaw Bing, said he was surprised when he saw Yip get up on stage.
“He is a very good teacher and I started to develop my interest in the subject because of his teaching,” said Dr Roslan, now 44.
“He was my inspiration to go on this path and I would not be here today if not for him.”
As for Yip, he said he was not surprised over Dr Roslan’s achievement, despite it being a situation where the student has overtaken the master.
“I am very happy to see one of my students doing so well. He was one of the students who made good use of the opportunities given to him at Sekolah Teknik Tuanku Jaafar,” he said.
In his speech for the occasion, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis said the Government was constantly reviewing its science and technology policies in keeping with the rapid changes in the world.
His speech was read out by the ministry’s Science, Technology and Innovation Division deputy-director Sakib Kusmi.
He said that with globalisation and the growth of knowledge-intensive industries, Malaysia needed to build strong foundations in science, technology and innovation.
MTSF was established in 1993 with an initial endowment of RM4mil given by Toray Industries Inc. Japan.
However, this ambition changed when he met physics teacher Yip Chi Kiong when he was 16 and studying at Sekolah Teknik Tuanku Jaafar in Negri Sembilan.
Yip, then 24, convinced him to make a career in physics and yesterday, the professor with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s School of Applied Physics won the Science and Technology Award at the 13th Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) prize presentation ceremony here.
The award was for his work in high-temperature superconductor research which he started in 1989 for his doctorate dissertation.
PROUD MOMENT: Yip (left) showing immense satisfaction at the success of his former student Dr Roslan at the Malaysia Toray Science Foundation prize presentation ceremony yesterday. And to make the event even more memorable, Yip was also present at the event to receive the Science Education Award. Yip, now teaching at SMJK Chan Wa in Negri Sembilan, was honoured for coming up with electronic impulse models of the human nervous system.
Dr Roslan, who shared his award and RM60,000 prize money with Health Ministry consultant clinical virologist Prof Dr Chua Kaw Bing, said he was surprised when he saw Yip get up on stage.
“He is a very good teacher and I started to develop my interest in the subject because of his teaching,” said Dr Roslan, now 44.
“He was my inspiration to go on this path and I would not be here today if not for him.”
As for Yip, he said he was not surprised over Dr Roslan’s achievement, despite it being a situation where the student has overtaken the master.
“I am very happy to see one of my students doing so well. He was one of the students who made good use of the opportunities given to him at Sekolah Teknik Tuanku Jaafar,” he said.
In his speech for the occasion, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis said the Government was constantly reviewing its science and technology policies in keeping with the rapid changes in the world.
His speech was read out by the ministry’s Science, Technology and Innovation Division deputy-director Sakib Kusmi.
He said that with globalisation and the growth of knowledge-intensive industries, Malaysia needed to build strong foundations in science, technology and innovation.
MTSF was established in 1993 with an initial endowment of RM4mil given by Toray Industries Inc. Japan.