Dr. Aung Gyi

• Joined Rangoon University in 1949
• Selected as State Scholar to US to pursue BSCE and MSCE at MIT
• Retired as Rector of RIT
• Moved to Canada
• Wrote articles for RIT Alumni International Newsletter, Commemorative Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung and HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education)

U Min Wun

• Joined Rangoon University in 1949
• Selected as State Scholar to US to pursue BSCE at MIT and MSCE at Cornell
• Retired as Professor of Civil Engineering at RIT
• Moved to USA
• Wrote articles for RIT Alumni International Newsletter and HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education)

U Maung Maung Than

• Joined Rangoon University in 1949
• Selected as State Scholar to US to pursue BS and MS in Textile Engineering
• Retired as Rector of RIT
• Chair, RIT Sports Council
• Expertise : Harp, Chinlon

U Khin Aung Kyi

• Stood Seventh in Burma in Matriculation
• Won Collegiate Scholarship
• Joined Rangoon University in 1949
• Selected as State Scholar to US to pursue BS and MS in Chemical Engineering at MIT
• Retired as Rector of RIT
• Taught in Thailand
• Gave interview for HMEE (History of Myanmar Engineering Education)

Twinning Program

• Initiated by Sayagyi U Ba Hli, first native Dean of Engineering
• Project to send State Scholars to US to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies in the US.
• Dr. Aung Gyi, U Khin Aung Kyi and U Maung Maung Than were the first three undergraduates selected by the project