Dr. Tin Win

by Myint Thin & Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Dr. Tin Win, son of U Kwet Kaw and Daw Hla Yi, was a Maths Gold Medalist in 1958 I.Sc. Exams. He stood first in 1962 batch of B.Sc. Mech. Eng. graduates. After working at Mandalay Brewery and Distillery for a year, he joined RIT as an Assistant Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department in 1963. He left for Melbourne University, Australia, in 1966 and obtained the doctorate degree in 1971. In 1972, he was promoted to Lecturer and worked at RIT till 1977 when he left for USA.

After working six months at Gardner Denver in Dallas, Texas, he joined Brown & Root (Halliburton Company) in Houston and became Head of Mechanical and Piping Department in 1988. Since 1992, he has been working as a Project Manager, currently in Subsea Engineering Division of Brown & Root Energy Services Business Unit.

He married Lily (Khin Htar Yee, T72) in 1984, and both of them will be attending the RIT Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe.

Updates (by Hla Min)

• Saya is Past President of BASES
• Was interviewed by Mandalay Gazette
• Ran the Los Angeles Marathon to raise fund for SPZP-2007
• Core organizer for 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles
• Ma Rosie, his sister, worked for RIT Chemistry department from 1965 to 1976
• Penny, another sister, is from the class of 70
• Lily was Founding member & Secretary of BEA (in Northern California) before she moved to Texas
• After retirement, he and Lily relocated to Los Angeles (Southern California).
• Lily’s sister is from the class of A73.

• Myint Thin (M71, GBNF) is a multiple RIT Luyechun. He rowed for RIT. He sponsored Sayagyi U Ba Than to SPZP-2007 in Singapore. He worked in Singapore and Malaysia.