Meet Our Trainers

Ts. Dr. Kuan Teik Hua

Principal Trainer / Head of Company, KL Automation Group of Companies

Ph.D. (Eng.), MEng, B. Tech (Hons), Dip. EE, Dip. Mktg · Evaluation Panel of TTAC

Experience

A proven leadership coach and trainer with 38 years of experience in the "Ex" and SPD field, Ts. Dr. Kuan is trained by Eaton MTL and Pepperl+Fuchs in explosion protection and surge protection techniques. He has regional exposure in installation, selection, troubleshooting, training and consultation in the "Ex" and SPD fields, with involvement in NEPSI, KOSHA and KR approvals. He is the KLAE Group principal trainer and a tutor / lecturer / final-year project supervisor at Wawasan Open University (WOU) and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR).

Ts. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chew Kuew Wai

Consultant / Trainer

Ph.D. (Physics), B.Sc (Hons) (App. Physics)

Experience

Dr. Chew served as a lecturer at Multimedia University (2003–2008) and joined UTAR as an Assistant Professor (2008–2012) before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2013, a role he holds to date. With over 15 years of research experience in advanced materials, hybrid energy storage and electric vehicle-related studies, he has secured more than 10 internal and 4 external grants and supervised over 20 postgraduate students. His interests include hybrid energy storage, EV distance estimation and power electronics, with a current focus on lightning and surge protection for hazardous areas. He is a certified Huawei data centre trainer, has completed over 100 consultancy projects across 20 countries, and is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with IET.

Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wong Jianhui

Consultant / Trainer

Ph.D. (Eng.), MSc. Eng., BEng. (Hons)

Experience

Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wong is trained by Eaton MTL (UK) in explosion-proof and surge protection techniques, and is actively involved in "Ex" installation, equipment selection and conducting "Ex" protection courses. She is currently an Associate Professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), an HRDF-accredited trainer, a member of the Young Scientists Network (Academy of Sciences Malaysia), and an Associate Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET). She has extensive experience in training, teaching and research as a principal investigator and co-researcher — having edited a book and published 3 book chapters, 29 high-impact journal papers and 21 international conference papers. She is key personnel in the patented UTAR microgrid project, and her research has received the MTSF STA Award, PECIPTA Gold Award and UTAR Innovation Excellence Award.

Ir. Prof. Dr. Lim Boon Han

Trainer — Solar PV Design (Intermediate PVsyst)

Ph.D. Eng (Optical), BEng (First Class Hons)

Experience

Ir. Prof. Dr. Lim Boon Han is an Associate Professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia, with 25 years of experience in solar energy. He built an early government-subsidised PV pilot plant in China, invented and mass-produced the world's largest dual-axis sun-tracker (35 m in diameter), and designed and mass-produced 8 m × 8 m non-imaging focusing heliostats as solar furnaces. Working across both industry and academia, he has designed megawatts of PV power plants and been involved in more than 40 research projects with total funding exceeding USD 60 million, spanning almost the entire photovoltaic supply chain from feedstock purification to PV power plant. He holds Professional Engineer (Ir), Chartered Engineer (CEng) and accredited Train-the-Trainer qualifications, and is an Honorary Member of the Malaysia Photovoltaic Industry Association (MPiA), the Malaysia representative to Working Group 3 (PV Systems), Technical Committee 82 of the IEC, and a working group committee member on Photovoltaic Standards at the Department of Standards Malaysia. He has published 70 peer-reviewed papers, co-invented 12 patents, and is an alumnus of the Global Young Academy (GYA), an Associate Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technologies (AAET), a Fulbright Malaysian Scholar (2024–2025), and a visiting scholar awardee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the President's International Fellowship Initiative (2023–2024).