Category: RIT

Engineering Schools in Burma

  • RIT Magazine Committees

    Magazine Committee (1969)

    *** စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် မဂ္ဂဇင်း ကော်မတီ

    ** 1969 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်မဂ္ဂဇင်း စာတည်းအဖွဲ့

    * ဆရာ Dr အောင်ကြီး

    * ဆရာ ဦးတိမ်ကြည် (ကွယ်လွန်)

    * ဆရာဦးမိုးအောင် — တက္ကသိုလ်မိုးဝါ

    * ဆရာမ ဒေါ်ရင်ရင်မြ

    * ကိုအေးလွင် (ကွယ်လွန်) — အတွင်းရေးမှူး

    * ကိုကျော်ဝင်းမောင်

    * ကိုဇော်မင်း — ဓာတ်ပုံ မှာပါ

    * ကိုမျိုးဝင်း

    * ကိုဇော်မင်း — ဓာတ်ပုံ မှာ မပါ

    Magazine Committee (1970)

    1970 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် မဂ္ဂဇင်းကော်မတီ

    * ဆရာ Dr အောင်ကြီး

    * ဆရာ ဦးအောင်လှထွန်း (ကွယ်လွန်)

    * ဆရာ ဦးဝင်းကြိုင် (ကွယ်လွန်)

    * ဆရာ ဦးလှ

    * ကိုခင်မောင်သန်း — အတွင်းရေးမှူး

    * အဖွဲ့ဝင် များ

    Magazine Committee (1970 – 1971)

    ** 1970 – 1971 ရန်ကုန်နှစ်လည်မဂ္ဂဇင်း ကော်မတီ

    * ဆရာ များ

    * အဖွဲ့ဝင် များ

    U Moe Aung, U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF)

    U Aye Lwin (M69, GBNF)

    အထွေထွေ General

    Annual Magazines — 23

    2012 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ အတွက် Limited Copies

    reprint လုပ်ခဲ့

    စာတည်းချုပ် (တချို့) Chief Editors

    Dr အောင်ကြီး

    ဦးအောင်လှထွန်း

    ဦးမိုးအောင် — တက္ကသိုလ်မိုးဝါ

    ဘာသာရပ် မဂ္ဂဇင်း (တချို့) Selected Magazines

    Mechanical မဂ္ဂဇင်း

    လျှပ်စစ်စာစောင်

    * RUESU မဂ္ဂဇင်း — 6

    စာတည်း တချို့

    ဦးမောင်မောင် (M54, ကွယ်လွန်)

    Robert Hole (ကွယ်လွန်)

    ဦးမိုးအောင် — တက္ကသိုလ် မိုးဝါ

  • Thanks for Contributions

    U Aung Min (M69)

    • He was my classmate from I.Sc(A) at Leik Khone. Our Roll Numbers were B115 and B116.
    • He is Chair of the 69er HCF (Health Care Fund) and Core Organizer of 69er activities.
    • He maintains the GBNF list for 69ers.
      The list has 124 members (about 40% of the class).

    Major donors of the 69er HCF

    They include Daw Myint Myint (C69), U Khin Maung Oo (Ivan Lee, M69, New Jersey, USA) and U Sein Myint (K K Wong, EP69, Singapore). Many 69ers also donated — large or small, one-time or recurring — to the 69er HCF. Several 69ers donated back part or full the financial support provided by 69er HCF.

    U Zaw Min (Nawaday, EP70)

    • He is the primary author of “RIT Days (1964 – 70)”.
      U Ohn Khine (M70) added some details.
      I edited the long article and published it in my newsletter and website.
    • He hosted Saya U Ba Toke and son U Ye Myint (EP72) for SPZP-2000.

    U Ohn Khine (M70)

    • He was volunteer / organizer for SPZP, SDYF, Alumni Association, HMEE and the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
    • During my visits to Yangon, he gave me rides to attend the meetings and gatherings.
    • He and I compiled the CD Supplement for the HMEE book.
    • He translated Section 1 of the book and summarized Section 2.

    Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC)

    • He was my mentor at RIT EE and UCC.
    • He helped Saya Dr. Chit Swe found UCC.
    • He wrote articles for RIT Alumni Newsletter.
    • He and his team compiled articles and photos (from the archives of RU Central Library).
      He wrote the draft for HMEE book. He also revised U Ohn Khine’s translation and summary.
    • I have published both versions in my Newsletter and website.

    U Aye (M62)

    • He knows many alumni from the 1950s to 1964.
    • He represented RU and BIT in Volleyball.
    • He competed in Track & Field and Soccer.
    • He knows prominent non-alumni (mostly from St. Patrick’s HS, Mudon, Moulmein and Tenasserim Division, RU).

    U Myint Than (M71)

    • He represented RIT in Rowing and Chinlon.
    • He posted several photos.
      He was cox of the RIT Female crew which won the Inter-Institute Coxed Fours.

    Feedback

    * U Aye (M62) wrote :

    The last time I participated in Track and field was in 1958 Inter college and Universities competition held in Mawlamyine. I stood third in Triple Jump. I participated as a member of Mawlamyine College team then.

    During 1953-56, our St Patrick’s HS volleyball teams (A&B) participated in Mawlamyine township championship tournaments. Others teams were Mawlamyine college team, Kyaimaraw & Police team, 3rd Burriff team among others.

    The last time I played soccer was in 1959-60 Ramanya hall team. Our captain was Ko Than Aung(GBNF). Ko Shwe Kyaw(M63), GBNF, Ko Tun Nyunt(Forestry), GBNF, Ko Hla Myint(M62), GBNF.

  • Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung

    U Moe Aung & U Hla Min

    Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) and team published commemorate issues of “Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung” for

    • SPZP-2002
    • SPZP-2007
    • SPZP-2010

    †Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2002

    Sample pages from SPZP-2002 edition are shown.

    Editorial

    Saya wrote the editorial “Essence of SPZP”.

    Publication Team

    • Saya U Moe Aung served as the Chief Editor of the Sar Saung.
    • U Ohn Khin and U Toe Toe Aung served as Editors for the Burmese section.
    • U John Rao and Dr. Soe Thein served as Editors for the English section.
    • U Aung Kyaw Thaik and U Nyan Win Aung helped with the Layout and Typesetting.

    My Poem

    My poem “SAYA PUZAW PWE” (written for SPZP-2000) was reprinted on the back cover of the Sar Saung for SPZP-2002.

  • Publications

    • Still So Young (Working People’s Daily)
      Translation of a short story by U Thu Kha
    • Men on the Moon (Guardian)
      Poem honoring the Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon in July 1969
    • Phaungdaw-u Festival (Working People’s Daily)
      Thadinkyut celebrations at Inlay Lake in Shan State
    • The Great Gandhiji (Working People’s Daily)
      Poem honoring the Centennial of the Apostle of Non-violence
    • To The Fallen Warrior (Forward Magazine)
      Poem honoring the writers and poets who fought for Independence
    • Calendars (BAPS Newsletter)
      Overview of Burmese Calendar and other Calendars
    • A Sea Burial for Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (BAPS Newsletter)
      Last Journey for the alumnus of RIT and UCC

    Still So Young (Working People’s Daily)

    • Short Story by U Thu Kha
    • Translated by Maung Hlaing Phyo (Hla Min)
    • Daw Khin Swe Hla (Editor) wanted a “young” translator (for a change)
    • Received fifty kyats for the translation
    • Saya U Thu Kha was given “Garawa” money of fifty kyats
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    Translation

    Men On The Moon (Guardian)

    • Poem honoring the Apollo 11 Mission in July 1969
    • Historic Landing in Tranquility Bay (Far side of the Moon)
    • Mission Commander : Neil Armstrong
    • Lunar Module Pilot : Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
    • Command Module Pilot : Michael Collins
    • Published in the Guardian Daily newspaper
    • Copy sent by Mr. Hall (USIS) to NASA
    Writing 107
    Poem

    Phaungdaw-u Festival (Working People’s Daily)

    • Annual celebrations at Phaungdaw-u Pagoda in Inle / Inlay (Southern Shan States)
    • Published in the Thadinkyut Supplement (WPD)
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    Poem

    The Great Gandhiji (Working People’s Daily)

    • Commemorate the Centenary of the birth of “The Apostle of Non-violence”
    • Mohandas K. Gandhi / Mahatma Gandhi
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    Poem

    To The Fallen Warrior (Forward Magazine)

    • Honoring the Sarsodaws / Writers who struggled for Burma’s Independence
    • Bohmu Ba Thaw (Maung Thaw Kha) was the Chief Editor
    • U Sein Hla was the Editor
    • Received fifteen kyats for the poem
    • Illustrator received fifty kyats
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    Poem

    Calendars (BAPS Newsletter)

    • Types of Calendars
    • Burmese / Myanmar Calendar
    • Henry Lim was the Chief Editor
    • I was a Contributing Editor
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    Article

    A Sea Burial for Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (BAPS Newsletter)

    • Last journey of Dr. Htay Lwin Nyo (EP74, UCC)
    • I had the honor to press the incinerator at the Crematorium
    • We accompanied Dr. Swe Aye and Dr. Khin Nyo Thet for scattering the ashes into the waters in Santa Cruz Bay, California
    • Published in BAPS Newsletter and RIT Alumni International Newsletter
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    Article
  • Agricultural Engineering

    Sub-department of Mechanical Engineering

    ဆရာ (တချို့)

    U Tin Hlaing ဦးတင်လှိုင် (ကွယ်လွန်)

    1959 စက်မှု ဘွဲ့ရ

    လက်ထောက်ကထိက — Mechanical

    Purdue University က Masters

    ကထိက — Mechanical

    ဌာနမှူး — Agri

    ခေါင်းဆောင်၊ တက္ကသိုလ်များ ဟော်ကီ All Universities’ and Institutes’ Hockey

    RIT ဆရာ ဘော်လုံး အသင်း၊ တင်းနစ် Soccer, Tennis

    Kidney ပြဿနာ — ကွယ်လွန်

    No access to VIP dialysis machines

    U Tin Maung Nyunt ဦးတင်မောင်ညွန့်

    U Tin Maung Nyunt, U Myo Win

    1960 စက်မှုဘွဲ့ရ

    Virginia တက္ကသိုလ် က Agri Masters

    ဥက္ကဌ၊ RIT သိုင်း Thaing

    RIT ဆရာ ဘော်လုံးအသင်း Soccer

    ဦးမျိုးဝင်း (ကွယ်လွန်)

    1965 M/Ag ဘွဲ့ရ

    Melbourne တက္ကသိုလ် က Masters

    RIT Automobile Club

    RIT လှေလှော် Rowing

    အထွေထွေ

    Soviet ဆရာများ

    တချို့ ဘာသာပြန် နဲ့ သင် via Translator

    ကျောင်းသား တချို့ အခက်အခဲတွေ့ Difficulty

    ဆရာဦးဘသန်း က ဦးတင်မောင်ညွန့် ကို

    RIT မှာ Agri သင်ချင်သလား လို့မေး

  • Library Tour

    Proposal

    In 2017, Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72) requested his former sayas and colleagues to donate for the “Training Component” of the YTU Modernization Project. The projected expense was $3000.

    U Aung Myaing

    Sponsors and donors

    Saya U Maung Maung (George, ChE66) donated $500 as seed money for the fund. Saya U Myat Thwin (ChE66) and Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) donated $500 each. Yap May Hoe (ChE67) donated $1000.

    U Maung Maung
    U Myat Thwin
    U Tin Maung Nyunt

    Other sayas and alumni in the US, Singapore and Myanmar donated in cash and kind.

    Better late than never

    It took some time to get the “Training Component” project by the higher authorities.

    The project came to fruition in July 2018.

    U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) posted photos about the tour to the selected libraries in Singapore.

    Lib Tour 1
    Lib Tour 2
    Lib Tour 3
    Lib Tour 4
  • Electrical Engineering

    • RIT EE Sayas : Several sayas are now GBNF
    • Executive Committee Members of RIT Electrical Engineering Association : Saya U Kyaw Tun (GBNF) was President
    • Hlyat Sit Sar Saung Committee : Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) was Chief Editor
    • I was an EC and a member of the Sar Saung Committee. I later served as Secretary of RIT EE Association.

  • Dr. San Hla Aung

    Dr. San Hla Aung (Center)

    Brief Bio

    • He had to wait one year after passing the Matriculation exam in 1951 to attend the University of Rangoon because he was under age.
    C58
    • He graduated as a Top Civil Engineering student in 1958 and was awarded the U Kyaw Sein prize.
    Convocation in 1958
    • He joined the Civil Engineering Department in 1958 as Assistant Lecturer.
    • He received Scholarship to do his Masters at MIT.
    • Upon his return, he was promoted to Lecturer.
    • He is Past President of RIT Swimming and Water Polo. He is Past President of RIT Rowing. He served as Line Judge at RUBC Regattas with Sayagyi U Num Kok and Saya U Sein Win.
    • He received his Ph.D. from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.
    • He retired as Professor at Tulane University.
    • He taught almost six decades in Burma/Myanmar and USA.

    Contributions

    • Saya donated K10 lakhs from the Garawa mony received at SPZP to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation (SDYF).
    • He wrote “Memories of the days at the Faculty of Engineering, RU”
    • He helped Saya Allen Htay (C58, GBNF) with the caption of the Group photo of C58.
    • After retirement, Saya spent his time in Myanmar, with his daughter in New York and with his son in San Francisco.
  • Burmese Teachers

    • U Pe Tin (Std. V & Std. VI)
    • U Nge (Std. VII)
    • U Nyunt Maung (Std. VIII)
    • U Sein (Std. IX and Std. X)
    • Daw Po (I.Sc (A))
    • Class Teachers
      in lower grades (KG and Primary School)
    • Relieving Teachers
      from other sections

    Comments

    • U Tin Aung Win
      U Nyunt Maung was our Mathematics teacher for us at that time [at Sacred Heart].
      Another Mathematics teacher was Mr. Lazarus.
    • U Nyunt Tin
      Our Sayars from SPHS.
      U Nge was my teacher in 7th Std.
      U Sein was Burmese Teacher in Matric Class (1963-1964).
      I have a great chance to pay homage online to our Sayars & Brothers of SPHS.
      I matriculated in 1964 and entered R I T as a first year student.
      Graduated in 1970 (Civil ).
      I was in SPHS from 1955 to 1964, as a boarding student.
    • U Ngwe Tun (Tun Tun)
      I remember those days!
  • Textile Engg Sayas

    U Maung Maung Than (GBNF)

    U Maung Maung Than
    • Studied BS at Clemson University and MS at Lowell in the USA
    • He joined BIT in 1957 as lecturer -Head of Textile Engineering Department at BOC college
    • 1964 was appointed Professor at RIT
    • Served as Rector, 1990-1992
    • Director General of The Department of Higher Education 1992-1994 and retired
    • Served as Director of Studies at DSTA (Defense Services Technical Academy)
    • Chair, RIT Sports Council
    • Hobbies : Chinlon, Golf, Music

    Daw Tin Tin Ohn (GBNF)

    • Also known as Amy Thwin
    • One of the pioneering female students at BIT
    • Sayama in 1961
    • Passed away in the mid-1990s of cancer

    Dr. Julie Han (GBNF)

    • One of the pioneering female students at BIT
    • Sayama in 1961
    • Vice President (TBSA) and Fund raiser for Dhammananda Vihara
    • Attended SPZP-2000 and provided brief bio
    • Passed away in the USA

    U Shwe Yi (GBNF)

    • Taught at RIT until retirement.
    • Met his daughter-in-law (Guest speaker at the San Francisco Bay Area Literary Talks)

    U Hla Shwe (GBNF)

    U Hla Shwe
    • Saya in 1969
    • Taught at RIT until retirement
    • His demise is lamented in “To the Shwe Duo”
      Poem by Tekkatho Moe War, Translation by Hla Min