Through the ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellowship, Dr. Htwe has primarily supported research and development and S&T activities in the formulation of the national STI policy by strengthening collaboration among universities, research institutes, and industry (URI) nationally and throughout the region. Under the Fellowship, she has formulated guidelines for collaborative research among URI and set up a network directory of research facilities for engineering and research departments in Myanmar with linkages to ASEAN.
Dr. Htwe holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Mandalay Technological University (2000) and both a Master’s Degree (2002) and Ph.D. (2006) from Yangon Technological University in Myanmar.