Having working experiences in universities and government departments in Myanmar for a decade, Dr. Thein Min Htike has been conducting and managing research studies and programs on diverse topics including wind energy technologies, mechanical vibration, ultrasonic particle separation and numerical computation. He has been researching on small-scale wind turbines for rural electrification and also managing a project to promote wind energy and disseminate wind energy technologies to concerned personnel with the support of Mekong-ROK Cooperation Fund 2017. In addition to his research, he also advises students from Yangon Technological University for their mobilities to partner universities in Asia and Europe. He also takes initiative roles to promote students’ leadership in applying renewable energy technologies for community actions.
Through this ASEAN Science and Technology (S&T) Fellowship, Dr. Thein Min Htike aspires to escalate renewable energy research of his university to become reference for renewable energy policy at his own country. He is also aiming to promote dialogue opportunities and initiate coordination mechanism among all of the stakeholders. He hopes that the fellowship outcome will contribute in realising renewable energy goals of Myanmar. As a fellow, he will work with Department of Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education of Myanmar.
Dr. Thein Min Htike holds Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (2007) and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (2012). He also conducted post-doctoral fellowship on ultrasonic separation technology in Tokyo Institute of Technology (2014).