Malaysia has been heralded by the United Nations for encouraging women to participate in the workforce with the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) seeing an encouraging show of intelligent, successful Malaysian women. The Peak sits down with some of our STEM stars to talk to them about their achievements, challenges and what more needs to be done to further champion women in Science.
Chow Pui Hee
Co-Founder and Director, Samaiden Sdn. Bhd.
Tell us a bit about your early life.
I actually graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2001. When I tell people that I studied chemical engineering, they always assume that I found employment in the oil & gas or petrochemicals industry. But as I was doing my internship at a petrochemical company right after graduating, I found that I didn’t quite enjoy the work. It’s a very confined environment and work is pretty much routine – there were no discoveries to be made at all really. The excitement only came when a problem arises, and you have to solve it. All the processes for this field have already been developed so it just requires monitoring.
When did solar energy become an important agenda for you?
This story is from the March 2020 edition of The PEAK Malaysia.
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