Engr. Prof. Dr. Zaw Min Aung
Chair, Committee on Education in Engineering, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
President, Myanmar Association of Japan alumni (MAJA)
Chair, Engineering Education Accreditation Committee, Myanmar Engineering Council
Vice President, Myanmar Academy of Technology, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Dr. Zaw Min Aung joined Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) in March 1992 as an instructor in the Electronic Engineering Department. He mainly taught basic electrical engineering subjects at YIT. He then worked at Mandalay Institute of Technology (MIT) from September 1993. He worked there for 12 years, and he was promoted to Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor, respectively.
Dr. Zaw Min Aung got his Master’s degree from Tottori University, Japan, in 2000. He researched the degradation of blue laser diodes for his Master’s Degree. From 2001 to 2005, he conducted his doctoral research, especially on active filters in the telecommunications field, at the Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Russia, and earned his doctorate in 2005. He wrote research papers for his master’s and doctoral degrees, and he also published 27 international papers on electronic fields.
Furthermore, Dr. Zaw Min Aung served as Rector of West Yangon Technological University from 2005 to 2010. Then he was appointed as Director General for the Department of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) from August 2010 to February 2013. When he was working as Director General, many human resource development programs concerning technical education were implemented under his supervision and management.
In February 2013, Dr. Zaw Min Aung was appointed as Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Science and Technology. He supervised the development of science and technology policies and human resource development policies. He also oversaw the implementation of programs of departments under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
In July 2013, he was reshuffled as Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Education. He participated in drafting the National Education Law, Strategies, Policies, and Plans for educational reform and education development. On 31 March 2016, he retired from the Ministry of Education and started a business in the energy field as Chairman of Green Alliance Energy Co., Ltd.
He is currently serving the country as a vice president of the Myanmar Academy of Technology, the chair of the Engineering Education Accreditation Committee of the Myanmar Engineering Council, the chair of the Committee on Education in Engineering of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), and the president of the Myanmar Association of Japan Alumni (MAJA).