Chuah Hean Teik
Chuah Hean Teik | |||||||||||||||||
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| 蔡賢德 | |||||||||||||||||
| Former President and CEO of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) | |||||||||||||||||
| In office April 2008 – September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ewe Hong Tat | ||||||||||||||||
| Consultant Professor of Northwestern Polytechnical University | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 2018–Present | |||||||||||||||||
| University Advisor of University of Sanya | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 2020–Present | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 January 1961 George Town, Penang, Federation of Malaya | ||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Malaya | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Engineer Scholar Researcher Industry Leader | ||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蔡贤德 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蔡賢德 | ||||||||||||||||
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Chuah Hean Teik (Chinese: 蔡贤德; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Hiân-tek) is a Malaysian eminent scholar, researcher, academic and industry leader.
He has been the President and CEO of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia from April 2008 until September 2019. He is currently the President of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP) and strongly advocates mutual recognition of engineering degrees in Asia and the Pacific region by promoting the FEIAP Engineering Education guidelines.
He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 for leadership in engineering education.
He is also a Consultant Professor to Northwestern Polytechnical University since 2018 and University Advisor for University of Sanya since 2020.