Institution news
The International Young Members Committee (IYMC) have started the IMechE Student Chapter of the Year Award, which recognises the efforts of the IMechE Student Chapters. For the first time the competition was piloted in South East Asia with hopes of rolling out to the wider international region in the future.
The competition had entries from 9 South East Asia Student Chapters from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia submitted their annual reports for 2022 to be in the running for the Best Student Chapter (SC) prizes.
At the end the term year, all IMechE Student Chapters South East Asia were encouraged to submit an annual report about their Student Chapter's progress, activities, recruitment, and any relevant initiatives. The submitted reports were evaluated by a judging panel elected by the International Young Members Committee.
Through this award, it is aimed to achieve the following objectives:
a) To give due recognition to the student chapter that had performed outstandingly
b) To provide an avenue for the student chapter to share their best practices with other student chapters
c) To provide student chapter to present their work through written presentation
d) To provide the student chapters an opportunity to build their network across the region.
The Institution is pleased to announce the results of the 2022 Student Chapter of the Year Award.
The Results
Winner: IMechE Universiti Malaya Student Chapter
Runners-up: IMechE Republic Polytechnic Student Chapter
This year's competition has seen some very high-quality entries. Congratulations to everyone who took part in this competition.
It is hoped that the competition will be open to all regions next year. For questions about next year’s competition, contact Mary.Newton@imeche.org