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Engineering Schools in Burma

  • U Sein Win

    • He retired as Professor and Head of Electrical Power Engineering Department.
    • Before the reorganization of EE Department into EC and EP Departments, he was a Senior Lecturer of the EE Department.
    • He was a Top Student at Michigan University, where he received his MSEE.
    • Since the Scholarship’s sponsor was UBARI, he worked there before he transferred to the EE Department at RIT.
    • His friends called him “Khone Swa Khone Swa” based on his walking style.
    EE Sayas
    • He was President of RIT Swimming Association. He swam even during his business trips to Singapore.
    • He was also President of RIT Rowing Association. He served as Line Judge at RUBC Regattas along with Saya H Num Kok (GBNF) and Saya Dr. San Hla Aung.
    • He was Technical Advisor for UCC.
    • He is an Absent Minded Professor who left behind his spouse at a market. A variant of the ”U Sein Win Joke” was provided by U Aung Myint (RIT, UCC, GBNF).
    • Saya Dr. San Hla Aung fondly remembers U Sein Win and his extensive knowledge.
    • His hobbies include Tinkering and repairing equipment, Rowing, Swimming, Snorkeling, Discussing and arguing about selected subjects, and Western Classical Music.
    EE Association
    • Several former students offered to sponsor Saya to attend the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in October 2000. He politely declined the offer saying, “I have studied in the USA. Please choose another saya who has not been to the USA.”

    Absent Minded Professor

    Saya left his brand new spouse at a Zay (presumably Scott Market / Bogyoke Zay).
    He went back to RIT, and had a long discussion with his students.
    The students asked, “How is Sayagadaw?”
    Saya’s reply : “Let’s end the discussion. It’s past time I should have picked her up at the Zay”.

    U Aung Myint (SPHS64, UCC, GBNF) wrote :

    I heard about that (absent mindedness of Sayar U Sein Win) from some of the students or from the Lab staffs while I was working at the EC lab. What I heard was a little different.
    What I heard was “He parked at Hledan Zay. His wife went for buying. He was waiting inside the car. Suddenly he got an idea of taking a Hair cut nearby instead of waiting for a long time. After hair cutting, he drove back the car alone [leaving his wife behind].”

  • U Aung Khin

    U Aung Khin

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2035

    U Aung Khin

    Visits

    • Saya’s visits to the Bay Area had tremendous impact.
    • One visit resulted in the formation of BAPS (Burmese American Professional Society) — a merger of BEA (Burmese Engineers Association) and BASTS (Burmese American Science and Technology Society).
    SPZP-2000
    • Another visit resulted in a dinner meeting where the Bay Area Alumni Group led by Saya Allen Htay decided unanimously to hold the First Ever Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe on October 28-29 week end. For details, see the articles by Saya Allen Htay, Saya U Nyo Win and U Myat Htoo, Ko Benny Tan and Ko Maurice, and Ko Thein Aung.
    • Saya wrote the Introduction to the article by Dr. Freddie Ba Hli about his father Sayagyi U Ba Hli.
    • Saya wrote several articles for RIT Alumni Newspaper : His student days at RU; Tribute to Saya U Tin Hlaing (M59); On the Road to the Millennium; Brief history of Mechanical Engineering Department.
    Newsletter

    Brief Bio

    • He enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rangoon in 1950. (At that time, one must pass the I.Sc. (Intermediate of Science) with good grades to pursue engineering courses.)
    • He left the Third Year B.Sc.(Engg) class in 1952 upon being selected as a State’s Scholar to continue the undergraduate studies at Lehigh University.
    • He received the B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees and returned in 1956 to join the staff at the Faculty of Engineering as an Assistant Lecturer.
    • Saya was awarded the Colombo Scholarship in 1962 to pursue post-graduate studies at Toronto University. He received the M.A.Sc. degree and returned in 1967 to continue teaching at Rangoon Institute of Technology.
    • Saya served as Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering.
    • In 1976, he resigned from the Institute in 1976 and emigrated to Canada.
    • He retired in 1998 after working for twenty one years in Canada.
    • His post-retirement sojourns can be found in his excellent article written specially for the Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe (Special Issue).

    Health

    • Saya stays fit.
    • He regularly plays golf and tennis.
    Saya & daughter
    • He attended several SPZPs, but now prefers not to travel far except for occasional family gatherings.

    Paying respect in 2015

    • In 2015, Ivan Lee (M69) provided his Mercedes and gas for a whirl wind trip to Canada and the East Coast.
    • Frederick Thet Gyi (M69) manned the wheels for the major part of the trip.
    • Sayagyi U Aung Khin hosted me and my spouse for a night’s stay at his house.
    • Ivan and Fred stayed at a nearby hotel, but spent time chatting with Sayagyi.
    • We enjoyed the Mohinga and Ah Kyaw prepared by Sayagyi.
    • He also asked each of us to pick a souvenir from Windsor, Canada.
    Windsor
  • Kyaw Nyunt (Names)

    Kyaw Nyunt (Names)

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2025

    Kyaw Nyunt (M69)

    RIT Tennis
    • Represented RIT in Tennis
    • Graduated with Mechanical Engineering in 1969
    M69ers in 2009
    • Chair / Patron of Hse Myaung Retirees
    • Attended 69er Gatherings
    • Visited his son in East Coast, USA several times
    USA Visit
    • Passed away in 2019. Yet Lei Soon Kyway was held on April 26, 2019.

    Kyaw Nyunt

    • Chair, Union of Burma Bank
    • Ambassador to Canada
    • Children : Reggie (T71), Dr. Jasmine

    Kyaw Nyunt, Dr.

    • Numerical Methods
    • External examiner, UCC

    Kyaw Nyunt, Dr.

    • SPHS65
    • IM (1) 1972
    • Moved to USA

    Kyaw Nyunt

    • Two members of the Gold medal Burma team in 1961 SEAP Games
    • One was Captain of the team.

  • Tekkatho Moe War 3

    Tekkatho Moe War (U Moe Aung)

    So the saying goes…
    “Once a Teacher, always a Teacher”
    BUT, NOT for some, in some occasions, does it really exist

    “ခံစားချက်ဝေဒနာ၏ ဟိုမှာဘက်ကမ်းသို့”

    နှစ်ပေါင်းများစွာ
    ငါ… မေတ္တာပေးခဲ့…။
    ကာလများစွာ
    ငါ… စေတနာ ဝေဖြာခဲ့…။
    အချိန်များစွာ
    ငါ… ​ပုံသွန်အောခဲ့…။
    သိပ္ပံ ပညာ
    ငါ… ဖြန့်ဝေခဲ့လည်း…။
    မတ်တတ် ခုံစွန်း
    ခြေ ပွန်းစားလည်း…။
    မြေဖြူမှုန်လှေး
    ခွံ့ကျွေးပါးစပ်၊ ခြောက်ကပ်ကပ်လည်း…။
    ပေးဝေစွန့်လွှတ်
    မချွတ်မချော်၊ လှော်ရင်း တုံ့နှေး
    ကမ်းနှင့်ဝေးခဲ့၊ ဖြည်းလေး တက်ကျိုး
    မမျှော်ကိုးခဲ့ ဘဝ၊ မေ့ကြပြီထင့်
    ပြယ်လွင့်ခဲ့ ဘဝ၊ သတိရစေ
    တောင်းဆုခြွေရင်း၊ ဝပ်စင်းပူဇော်
    ငါ.. မမျှော်ဝံ့၊ ငါ.. စွန့်ခဲ့ပြီး
    ရင်းနှီးခဲ့သမျှမူ၊ ပြန်မရယူစတမ်း
    ခရီးလမ်းဆုံး အဝေးတိုင်တိုင်…။ ။

    တက္ကသိုလ် မိုးဝါ
    ၂၁- ၁၂- ၂၀၁၈

  • M69er

    M69er

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    The Mechanical Engineering Department had two sub-departments:

    • Agricultural Engineering
    • Automobile Engineering

    Major Gatherings of 69ers

    The 69er had several major gatherings:

    • 30th Anniversary Gathering in 1999
    • 40th Anniversary Gathering in 2009
    • Golden Jubilee of Admission to RIT in 2014
    • Golden Jubilee of Graduation in 2019

    40th Anniversary Gathering in 2009

    Group photos were taken at the gathering.

    Several sayas and alumni in the Mech Group photo are GBNF.

    • Saya S. Kyaw Aye
    • Saya S. Arya
    • Saya U Soe Lwin
    • Saya U Han Tun
    • Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung)
    • Soe Win
    • Myint Sein
    • Khin Maung Gyi
    • Thein Maung
    • Chit Pe
    • Aye Lwin
    • Myint Thein (Kabar)
    • Tin Tun

    Aung Min

    • Chair, 69er Health Care Fund
      Maintains the 69er GBNF List
    • Organizer, 69er Gatherings
    • Organizer, Paying respect to Saya U Ba Than around Saya’s birthday (October 2nd).
    • Photo taken at a gathering with Fred Thetgyi (M69)

    Some M69ers

    Aung Myint

    • Taught at RIT and Singapore Polytechnic
    • After retirement, resided mostly in New Zealand

    Aye Lwin (GBNF)

    • Secretary, RIT Annual Magazine
    • Secretary, RIT Mechanical Engineering Association
    • Attended 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

    Charlie Aung (Chit Aung)

    • MEHS Alumnus
    • Brother : Stanley Aung (EE63)

    Chit Pe (GBNF)

    • Succumbed to COVID

    Chit Po Po (GBNF)

    • Rowed for RIT
    • Harpist

    Daniel (Tint Lwin)

    • Attended SPZPs starting with SPZP-2000 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
    • Organizer and Entertainer, Gatherings in Singapore (Thingyan, PZP)
    • Guitarist ad Vocalist
    • Retired Associate Professor, NTU

    David (Myint Thein)

    • Alumnus of St. Columban’s High School, Bhamo
    • Member of RUBC (Cox: Dicky / Win Naing)
    • MOGE

    Dicky Tan (Win Naing, GBNF)

    • Represented RIT in Rowing
    • Passed away in Singapore

    Frederick Thetgyi

    • Moved to Philadelphia, USA
    • Attended RIT-UCC Gatherings in New Jersey
    • Drove most of the trip to Canada and East Coast of USA (organized by Ivan)
    • President of MASTAA

    Hla Kyaing

    • Represented RIT in Swimming and Water Polo
    • Had a consulting / contracting firm in the SF Bay Area

    Htay Aung

    Htay Aung
    • Burma Selected in Water Polo (1969 SEAP Games)
    • Secretary, RIT Swimming and Water Polo
      Won Gold medal for 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and Crosslake
    • Spouse: Than Than (Asian Games Champion)

    Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo)

    • Life time Platinum for Bridge
    • Major Donor, 69er Health Care Fund
    • Golden Sponsor, SPZP-2000 and SPZP-2007
    • Host, RIT-UCC Gatherings in New Jersey
    • Founder and CEO, MASTAA
    • Organized two trips to Canada to pay respect to Saya U Aung Khin and Saya Dr. Aung Gyi

    Kenny Wong

    • 6th in Burma in the Matriculation of 1963
    • Moved to California
      Worked briefly in Malaysia as Engineer and Missionary



    Khin Maung Aye

    • Pen name: Maung Hmutt

    Khin Maung Gyi (GBNF)

    • Succumbed to Covid

    Khin Maung Lay

    • Need info

    Khin Maung Tin

    • Taught at RIT and Maritime University

    Khin Than Myint Tin (Margaret)

    • Represented RIT in Track and Field
    • Selected RIT Luyechun
    • Spouse : Kyi Win

    Kyaw Nyunt (GBNF)

    • Member of RIT Tennis Team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy

    Kyi Win (Chan Nyein)

    • Spouse : Khin Than Myint Tin

    Kyin Lwin

    • He is now GBNF

    Mehm Aye Chan (Ohn Maung)

    • Taught at RIT
    • Seafarer
    • Company/Agency for Seafarers
    • For his 80th birthday, hosted the 69er Breakfast Gathering and donated K10 Lakhs to 69er HCF

    Myat San

    • Need info

    Myint Aung

    • Nickname: Minthagyi

    Myint Sein (GBNF)

    • Member, RIT Badminton Team that won the Inter-Institute Trophy

    Myint Swe

    • Need info

    Myint Thein (Kabar, GBNF)

    • Organizer, 69er HCF

    Nay Win (GBNF)

    • Alumnus of PPBRS and MEHS
    • Taught at a Polytechnic in Singapore

    Saw Law La Htwe

    • Need info

    Sein Tun

    • Seafarer

    Sein Win

    • Need info

    Soe Win

    • Need info

    Than Hlaing

    • Need info

    Than Myaing

    • Musician (Violin)

    Thein Maung (GBNF)

    • Succumbed to Covid

    Tin Aung Win (Oscar)

    • Organizer, HIC Zoom Meeting
    • Photo taken at Graduation with his father

    Tin Htut (Harry)

    • Pen name: Mon Yu
    • Hobbies; Music, Tai Chi

    Tin Htut

    • Seafarer

    Tin Maung Lay (GBNF)

    • Moved to California
    • Worked for assignments in Middle East

    Tin Myint (John T Lee, GBNF)

    • Luyechun for 4th BE
    • Represented RIT in Table Tennis
    • Spouse : Lyo Kyin Sein (Mabel)

    Tin Shein

    • Represented RIT in Chinlon

    Tin Tun (GBNF)

    • Old Paulian (SPHS63)
    • Secretary, RIT Thaing Association
    • Taught to seafarers

    Walter (Ngwe Soe)

    • UTC
    • Guitarist

    Win Htein (GBNF)

    • Helped run his family business (e.g trucking)

    Win Lwin

    • Secretary, RIT Hiking and Mountaineering Association
    • Represented RIT in the All Institutes Expedition to Sarameti.

    Ye Kaung

    • Need info

    Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung, GBNF)

    • Entrepreneur in Dawei
    • Spouse succumbed to Covid
    • A year later, he succumbed to Covid

  • Kyaw Min (T69)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Sad news in 2019

    Ko Aung Min (M69) wrote :

    Dear friends of RIT69ers,

    I am quite saddened to inform you that Ko Kyaw Min (Tex69) passed away at 3 / 30 pm today (3 August 2019) at Mandalay. He had been paralyzed for about 10 years. Daw Linn Linn Aung of Singapore recently supported him in some ways while she was here .
    May his soul Rest In Peace
    GBNF is now 89
    TAKE CARE ALL

    Aung Min (M69)

    Ko Tin Aung Win (M69) wrote :

    We will follow you one day, my dear friend Ar boung Ni.

    Ma Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T69) wrote :

    So sad to hear about Ko Kyaw Min. He was my thesis partner in final year. Never heard or met him after our convocation. One of us has gone. May his soul rest in peace!

    RIT 69ers FB Page

    The page has 20+ comments for Ko Aung Min’s post.

  • RIT69ers

    RIT69ers

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Sai Kham Pan

    Kham Pan
    • Burma Selected for Badminton.
    • National ranks: No. (1) in Doubles. No. (2) in Singles.
    RIT Badminton 1
    RIT Badminton 2
    • RIT Badminton won Inter-Institute Trophy. Myint Sein and Bishnu Shahi are now GBNF.

    Burma Selected Couple

    Than Than & Htay Aung
    • Htay Aung represented Burma in Water Polo at the 5th SEAP Games in 1969.
    • Than Than won Gold Medals at SEAP Games and Asian Games.

    Hla Min

    • Received Alumni Appeciaton Award three times
    • First time : Oct 2000 at SPZP-2000
    SPZP-2000
    • Second time : Aug 2016 at Soon Kwyay Gathering at Half Moon Bay
    Award 2
    • Third time : Sep 2016 at Annual Dinner of NorCal RIT AA
    Award 3

    U Han Sein (A Pho Gyi)

    • RIT Selected for Swimming, Water Polo, Diving and Basketball
    Han Sein
    • Became a Tone Kyaw when he was inadvertently listed as GBNF in the 69er Contact List (in 1999).
    • He was sentenced to 20 years by a kangaroo court (along with Dr. Aung Khin Sint and Ma Thidar – Sanchaung).
      He was released after 17 years.
    • He was a Thet Kyee of Latha Township.
    • He took photos at the 69er gatherings and distributed them to selected attendees.
    • He succumbed to Covid

    U Ngwe Tun (Tun Tun)

    Ngwe Tun
    • Every month, he offers Garawa money to Ashin Ukkamsa (Victor Aung Chaw) and Ashin Pannagavesaka (Bobby Myo Tun) in memory of his beloved spouse.
    • He offered to host the 69er breakfast gathering for September 2022, but the gathering did not take place.
      Apology was offered by U Aung Min and team.

    U Khin Maung Win (Roland)

    Roland (Center), Cyril (Right)
    • He was known for his debating skills.
    • He also competed in Scrabble tournaments.

    U Sein Myint (K K Wong)

    Sein Myint (Right)
    • He represented RIT in Swimming, Water Polo and Rowing.
    • He is a major Donor for 69er HCF and EE69er HCF.
    • He spends time in Singapore, California and Myanmar.

    U Than Hla (Cyril)

    • Left before graduation to study overseas

    U Tin Aung Win (Oscar)

    Oscar
    • He is a Moderator of RIT Updates FB group.

      He uses Zoom to keep in touch with selected 69ers and HIC Colleagues.
    • He gave me rides to attend 69er gatherings.

    U Tin Htut (Harry)

    U Tin Htut ( Harry)
    • Senior 69er
    • Retired author
    • Tai Chi, Music

    Albert Kyaw Min

    Albert Kyaw Min
    • President (AGPPI)
    • Guitarist & Vocalist along with Daniel Tint Lwin (Singapore) and Robert Win Boh (Australia)

    Gathering in Singapore

    • Nay Win (GBNF)
    • Win Boh / Robert– Australia
    • Yi Yi Khaing / Vilma
    • Minn Aung / Hla Thaung
    • Win Naing / Dicky (GBNF)
    • Tint Lwin / Danny — retired Associate Professor from NTU
    • Aung Myint — retired from Singapore Polytechnic
    • Kyaw Minn / Ei Kun

    Mini-gathering

    • Tint Lwin / Danny
    • Sein Myint / K K Wong
    • Aung Myint & spouse
    • Myint Maung

    Update

    • Many 69ers have less or no time for their hobbies. e.g U Tin Maung Aye (Accordion)
    • About 40% of the 69ers are GBNF. 20+ passed away (within the past two years; mostly due to Covid)
    • Some have medical problems.
  • Longing [for]

    Longing [for]

    by U Moe Aung & Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    • Poem by Tekkatho Moe War
    Saya Moe & me
    • Translated by Hla Min

    Longing [for]

    A Tar Ye (water for Burmese New Year) is cool.

    My heart is not; it’s still (some what) hot.

    Thingyan Ye (water) is clear.

    My vision is still (some what) fuzzy.

    Thingyan Tay (music) is lively.

    It can no longer penetrate/capture my heart.

    Thingyan Nya (night) is beautiful.

    My life is still (some what) ugly.

    Mont lone ye baw (delicacy) is dancing merrily.

    My feet and hands are (seemingly) slow and laggard.

    Well … This year’s Thingyan
    this (auspicious) season
    makes me long for youth again.

    (To [my] birthday on April 1 & to Jaya [old age])

    Tekkatho Moe War
    Translated by Hla Min

  • U Tin U’s birthday

    U Tin U’s birthday

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    U Tin U & Children
    • U Tin U celebrated his 90th birthday on August 3, 2019.
      He offered robes to 66 monks at Dat Poung Zon Aung Min Gaung pagoda. There were about 100 attendees.
    • The family also celebrated Dinner.
    • U Tin Htoon (A60) compiled a special Photo Album for his eldest brother.

    Interviews

    • U Tin U earlier gave three interviews.
    • He gave an interview to Min Ko, his eldest grandson, several years back.
    • He gave an interview to Saya U Soe Paing for the HMEE-2012 project.
    • He gave an interview about his tenure as Captain of RGC (Rangoon Golf Club).
  • Gathering (August 2018)

    Gathering (August 2018)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : May 2025

    Aug 1
    Aug 2
    Aug 3
    Aug 4

    69ers have a monthly breakfast gathering at Royal Rose (Taw Win Hnin Si). The August 2018 gathering was hosted by

    • Daw Myint Myint (C)
    • U Soe Thein (Peter, EE)

    Several attendees including U Aung Min (M) posted the photos on their walls and on the RIT69ers page.