UniMAP Student To Represent Malaysia At CERN Geneva

KANGAR, 15 June – A Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) student was chosen to represent the nation in the Summer Student Programme at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Chin Yuk Ming, 25, a Bachelor of Materials Engineering student was selected with two other participants to attend the eight-week programme beginning 20 June.

“I did not expect to be chosen to attend this programme as I would be the only engineering degree student among physics candidates.

“For eight weeks the other researchers and I will be involved in the study of material characterisation of new materials used for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator which is located at CERN,” said Chin.

Chin further expressed excitement at learning new things at CERN and sharing the knowledge acquired there with friends and colleagues in Malaysia.

UniMAP Vice Chancellor Dato’ Prof. Dr. Zul Azhar Zahid Jamal said that CERN's selection of Chin Yuk Ming is a recognition of research and learning programmes of excellence offered by UniMAP.

“Even prouder is that Chin is the only candidate from an engineering background chosen to carry out fundamental research at CERN,” he disclosed.

Dato' Zul further elaborated that Chin Yuk Ming's involvement in the Summer Student Programme will be fully utilised to help complete his own research thesis in the production of advanced cathode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

“We are focusing on high impact studies for the sustainability of education excellence at UniMAP and fundamental high impact researches are paramount to explore new sciences by UniMAP researchers.

“I hope that scientific discoveries gained from these studies would be shared with other UniMAP students directly through lectures and talks in class or the lecturer's guidance to postgraduate students,” he said.