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Civil Engineering Sayagyis
by Hla Min

Updated : May 2025

မြို့ပြအင်ဂျင်နီယာဌာန ဆရာကြီးများ

1957 – 58 မြို့ပြ
- ဦးဘလှီ (ကွယ်) U Ba Hli (GBNF)
  မဟာဌာနမှူး Dean
  Proponent of the “Twinning Program” between the Faculty of Engineering, RU and prestigious universities in the USA
- ဦးနန်ကောက် (ကွယ်) H Num Kok (GBNF)
  BOC ကောလိပ်မှာ စာ စသင် Started as a teacher at BOC College
  Saya of our sayas
- ဦးအောင်ကြီး U Aung Gyi
  နောက် — Dr.၊ ပါမောက္ခချုပ် Rector
- ဦးမင်းဝန် (ကွယ်) U Min Wun (GBNF)
  နောက် — ပါမောက္ခ Professor
- ကိုအယ်လင်ဌေး (C58, ကွယ်) Allen Htay (GBNF)
  နောက် — ကထိက Lecturer
  President, RIT Photography Association
  Leader,San Francisco Bay Area RIT Alumni Group
  ဥက္ကဌ၊ RIT Alumni International / President
  Organizer, SPZP-2000
  Author, “Brother, can you afford to spare $500 and more?”
  In saya’s memory, his spouse Daw Mu Mu Kin donated saya’s books to YTU Library. She also provided financial aid to eligible YTU students.
SPZP-2000 Organizers

Thingyan — April 1966
- ကိုစံလှအောင် (C58) San Hla Aung
  နောက် — ကထိက
  President, RIT Swimming Association
  President, RIT Rowing Association
  Line Judge, RUBC Regattas
  Dr., Tulane University ပါမောက္ခ Professor
Donated Garawa money to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
- ကိုဝင်းသိန်း (C58, ကွယ်) Win Thein
  နောက် — Dr., ပါမောက္ခ Professor
  In saya’s memory, his sister donated to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation, MES and Starvation Eradication
Civil Engineering Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe

အထွေထွေ General
- SPZP-2000 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ Saya Pu Zaw Pwe
  RIT Alumni International (headed by Saya Allen Htay) hosted the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in October 2000.
  Benny Tan (M70) and Maurice Chee (M75) were co-Chair of the Working Committee.
ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမများSayas and Sayama at SPZP-2000

Several Civil Engineering sayas attended SPZP-2000. They include Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun, U Allen Htay, Dr. San Hla Aung, Dr. Aung Soe, U Myint Lwin, U Tin Maung, and U Myat Htoo.
- စွယ်တော်ရိပ်ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
Dr.စံလှအောင် အလှူငွေ ပေးအပ်
On behalf of SDYF, Saya U Moe Aung, U Wynn Htain Oo and Nan Khin Nwe accepted Dr. San Hla Aung’s donation.
- မြို့ပြဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ Civil Engineering Pu Zaw Pwe
  Before the pandemic, there used to be All-Civil Reunion and PZPs.
  Later, some PZPs are conducted via Zoom.
- ဆရာဦးဘသန်း၊ Dr. စံလှအောင်
  Dr. San Hla Aung visited Winner Inn and paid respect to Saya U Ba Than.
- 1966 သင်္ကြန် — ဆရာအယ်လင်ဌေး
  An old photo shows Saya Allen during Thingyan festival.
May 15, 2025
2014 RIT Golden Jubilee
2014 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ရွှေရတု

RIT Golden Jubilee in 2014

ပရိသတ် (တချို့) Attendees

ရွှေရတု Logo

ရွှေရတု လမ်း နဲ့ ရွှေရတု ခုံ များ Shwe YaDu Lann and Benches
- Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) composed a poem called “Shwe YaDu Lann”.
- U Hla Min translated the poem.
မန်းဘဲ ရဲ့ ရွှေရတု ကာတွန်း Cartoon

Thanks for Cupid’s missed shot

ရွှေရတု ညစာ စားပွဲ Shwe YaDu Dinner

အထွေထွေ General
- မန်းဘဲ (earlier pen name of APK)
  အတွင်းရေးမှူး၊ RIT ကာတွန်း အဖွဲ့ Secreatry, RIT Cartoonists Association
  Maintainer of RIT Cartoon Box (started by U Myint Pe)
  (နောက်)
  အော်ပီကျယ် Aw Pi Kye
  ဥက္ကဌ၊ မြန်မာပြည် ကာတွန်း အသင်း President, Myanmar Cartoonists Association
- မော်ဒယ် နဲ့ organizer ဗိုလ်ပုချို
- တင်မိုးလွင် Tin Moe Lwin
  Master of Ceremonies အခမ်းနားမှူး
- ဝင်းထိန်ဦး Wynn Htain Oo
  Organizer, Fund raiser
May 15, 2025
U Han Sein (C69)
- RIT Selected for Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Basketball
- He was a Prisoner of Conscience.
  Sentenced to 20 years by Adhamma authorities.
  Released after 17 years.
- He was inadvertently listed as GBNF in the 69er Address Book.
  He became a Tone Kyaw
- He volunteered as Photographer for the 69er gatherings.
- He was active in Latha Township
- Passed away a year ago
Some Memories
May 15, 2025
Daw Myint Myint (C69)
- She has a big heart.
- Co-founder of Myit Ma Kha International Trading Co.
  with her beloved spouse U Htein Win (M66, GBNF)
- The following are sampling of her donations.
- Donated twice (100 and 50 Lakhs)
  for YTU Library Modernization Project.
- Major donor (along with Ivan Lee and U Sein Myint)
  for the 69er Health Care Fund.
- Sponsored / Hosted several 69er Gatherings.
  Monthly Breakfast Gathering at Taw Win Hnin Si (e.g. for her birthday)
  Ad hoc Lunch Gathering (e.g. Welcoming Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T69) at Western Park
  Several tables at the Annual Dinner & Entertainment Gathering
C69 in 2009

Major Donors
- Ivan Lee (Khin Maung Oo, M69)
- K K Wong (Sein Myint, EP69)
- Myint Myint, Daw (C69)
- …
May 15, 2025
RIT69++ (GBNF)
The members from the Class satisfy at least one condition
- (a) attended 2nd BE in 1964
- (b) graduated in 1969
- (c) left before graduation
- (d) studied at least a year with those defined in (a) and (b).
U Aung Min (M69) and team maintain
- 69er Health Care Fund (HCF)
- Contact info : email, phone …
- List of GBNF
GBNF List of 69ers

Sorted by Major and Name

Architecture
- Tobias Kittum Ku (Tobi) #108
- Tin Maung Hla
Chemical
- Aung Min
- Aung Myat Kyaw
- Khin Maung Oo #74
- Mehm Tun Hlaing
- Myint Swe #53
- Tin Nu, Daw
Civil
- Aung Myint #101
- Ba Hla Myint
- John Aung
- Han Sein (Tone Kyaw Ah Pho Gyi) #93
- Khin Maung Myint #85
- Khin Maung Nyunt
- Khin Maung Than
- Khin Swe
- Kyaw Zan Hein
- Maung Aye
- Maung Ko
- Mya Than
- Myo Kywe
- Pho Tin #62
- San Linn #82
- Saw Yan Naing #79
- Soe Myint #42
- Than Soe Hlaing #63
- Thar Dway #44
- Tin Hla #97
- Tin Nwe #41
- Tin San #98
- Tin Shwe #112
- Tun Aung Lwin #57
- Win Aung Kyaw #43
- Win Kyi #87
Electrical
- Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye) #100
- Aung Gyi Shwe #107
- Aung Than (Pyinmana)
- Aung Thu Yein (Brownie) #61
- Aye Thaw #50
- Chit Tin #78
- Khin Maung Nyo
- Khin Maung Thwe
- Khin Maung Tint #95
- Khin Maung Win (Sargalay) #90
- Khin Win
- Kyaw Soe (DCA)
- Mehm Paw Oo #114
- Min Thaw (Gilbert)
- Myint Swe (Mogok)
- Myo Aung #75
- Myo Hein #96
- Soe Myint Thein #113
- Soe Thein (Yamethin) #48
- Soe Win
- Thein Swe #103
- Tin Hla #59
- Tin Maung Soe (Tommy) #91
- Tun Oo Khine #49
- Win Myint #69
- Ye Naing
Mechanical
- Chit Pe #106
- Chit Po Po #52
- Hla Than
- I Zyar Linn #86
- Khin Maung
- Khin Maung Gyi #105
- Khin Maung Lay #72
- Kyaw Nyunt (Tennis) #88
- Lun Maung #40
- Myat San #45
- Myint Aung #73
- Myint Sein
- Myint Swe #92
- Myint Thein (Maung Kabar) #77
- Nay Win #81
- Nyunt Maung
- Phaw Re La
- Sein Than #51
- Sein Win #94
- Soe Tint
- Soe Win #104
- Thein Maung 109
- Tin Aung
- Tin Maung Lay #66
- Tin Myint #80
- Tun Aung
- Win Htein
- Win Thein #46
- Win Naing #71
- Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung) #99
- Yin Kyu #54
Metallurgy
- Maung Tun #102
- Mya Thaung #84
- Myo Myint #83
Mining
- Aung Naing #55
- Chit Htun #58
- Chit Swe
- Kyaw Soe #65
- Kyaw Than
- Kyaw Tint #110
- Myint Kyi #47
- Myint Swe
Petroleum
- Kyaw San
- Nyi Maung
Textile
- Chit Swe #60
- Hla Shwe #70
- Hla Tun (Japan Gyi)
- Jimmy Kyin
- Kyaw Din
- Kyaw Min #89
- Kyaw Sint (E Tai) #64
- Min Min Than, Daw #76
- Myint Myint Kyi, Daw #56
- Nan Su Su, Daw #111
- Sein Win #68
- Tint Swe (Amarapura)
GBNF in July – October 2021

98. Tin San Civil
99. Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung) Mechanical
100. Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye) Electrical
101. Aung Myint Civil
102. Tun Metallurgy
103. Thein Swe Electrical
104. Soe Win Mechanical
105. Khin Maung Gyi Mechanical
106. Chit Pe Mechanical
107. Aung Gyi Shwe Electrical
108. Tobias Kittim Ku, Saw Architecture
109. Thein Maung Mechanical
110. Kyaw Tint Mining
111. Nan Su Su, Daw Textile
112. Tin Shwe Civil
113. Soe Myint Thein Electrical
114. Mehm Paw Oo Electrical
115. Aung Myint Petroleum

Kyaw Tint

Thein Maung

Han Sein

Aung Myint (Pet69) with fellow sayas
May 15, 2025
RIT Buddhist Association

ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာအသင်း

အထွေထွေ General

Published the Ovada book at SPZP-2012 and SPZP-2016

May 15, 2025
Ten
Numeral
- HIndu-Arabic numeral : 10
- Roam numeral : X
Bases of Meritorious Action
- Dana / Giving
- Sila / Morality
- Bhavana / Mediation
- Apacayana / Reverence
- Veyyavacca / Service
- Pattidana / Sharing of one’s merit
- Pattanumodana / Rejoicing in others’ merit
- Dhamma desana / Teaching or preaching the dhamma
- Dhamma savana / Listening to the dhamma
- Ditthijukamma / Straightening one’s right view
Kasinas
- Earth kasina
- Water kasina
- Fire kasina
- Air kasina
- Blue kasina
- Yellow kasina
- Red kasina
- White kasina
- Space kasina or limited-space kasina
- Light kasina
Anusati / Kinds of Recollections

The recollection of
- the Buddha
- the Dhamma
- the Sangh
- Morality
- Generosity
- Devas or deities
- Peace
- Death
- the mindfulness of the body
- the mindfulness of breathing
Dasa Bala / Wisdom-Powers of the Buddha

Understanding as it truly is
- the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible
- the results of actions (kammas) undertaken, past, present, and future, with ssibilities and with causes
- the ways leading to all destinations (all the states of existence and nibbana)
- the world with its many and different elements
- how beings have different inclinations
- the disposition of the faculty of other beings, other persons
- the defilement, the cleaning and the emergence of the jhanas, liberations, concentrations, and attainments
Pu-Di-Ah (three kinds of “special” knowledge)
- Recollecting His manifold past lives
- With the divine eye seeing the beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, fair and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate (understanding how beings pass on according to kammas)
- By realizing for Himself with direct knowledge, here and now entering upon and abiding in the deliverance of mind and deliverance of wisdom that are taintless with the destruction of the taints
Miscellaneous
- Decimal digits : 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Decade : ten years
- Decad : group of ten elements
- Ten Commandments
- Ten Paramis / perfections
- Ten evil or bad actions
- Ten good actions
- Last ten lives of the Bodhisatta (Jataka tales)
- Ten precepts of a novice
- Ten directions
May 15, 2025
Khanda, Mora and Vatta Sutta
Paritta

Khandha Sutta
- Fourth Sutta in “Paritta Pali”
- To protect from [venomous] snake bites, send Metta (loving kindness) to the four types/families of snakes
- Extend to other reptiles
Mora Sutta
- Fifth Sutta in “Paritta Pali”
- Boddhisatta : Buddha to be
- Jataka Tales : “550” Nipata (actually 547 tales about Bodhhisatta)
- Mora : Peacock
- Punctually recites Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer
- Protects from snares/traps
Vatta Sutta
- Sixth Sutta in “Paritta Pali”
- Another Jataka Tale
- Vatta : Quail
- Asseveration of truth
- Protects from fire
Pali (in Burmese Script) for the three Suttas
May 15, 2025
Air Con for YTU Library

James Shwe (Left)

I [James Shwe] will donate $ 5000 but allow me to review the building plans (architectural, structural, electrical and HVAC) and the HVAC system load calculations. Allow me to put in my two cents worth of opinion. If the building envelope construction is not done well with wall & roof thermal insulation, fenestration heat gain control, infiltration control, etc. the system will get oversized and will cost a lot more to operate. We also have to think of controlling water damage from leaks and condensation. Humidity control is also important. Fan coils are constant volume variable temperature systems and don’t provide Good humidity control which is considered important here for libraries and museums. Off course, we have to look at the finances and maintenance. We can only do what is practical. I only want to see if things can be optimized within the budget!

May 15, 2025
Sayas U Tin Maung Nyunt and Allen Htay
- Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt is a day older than Saya Allen Htay (GBNF).
  Their birthdays are December 30th and December 31st.
- They would share their experiences with the younger people over lunch.
- The two sayas bonded on the long return journey by sea from USA where they did their graduate studies in Agricultural Engineering and Civil Engineering.
  There were three other Burmese — including U Soe Paing and U Ko Ko Lay — on that ship.
  They played Bridge (a card game for four players).
- The journey was lengthened by a strike at a port in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
  It gave the sayas an opportunity to visit Kandy.
Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60)

He worked briefly for a JVC (Joint Venture Corporation) run by his relative. He applied for States Scholar after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper.

Upon his return, he was assigned to Yezin Agricultural College. Before reporting for duty, he visited RIT to pay respect to Saya U Ba Than who asked Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt if he would like to join the Agricultural Engineering (Sub-department of Mechanical Engineering).

He moved to Thailand and then USA.

Saya feels blessed for three occasions. They involve the simple joys of life.

Food was scarce during the war time. Saya’s mother had a small jar of oil to cook. Occasionally, she would give “See nei Sar” (oil and salt) to eat rice. Saya remembers that as a “Nutt Thokedar” (delicacies of the deities).

After the Japanese evacuated, the Allied planes still strafe suspect targets. Since there was no available transport, Saya and his did had to trek a long time to the nearest “safe haven”. Saya had “htamin chauk and a tomato”. He had to ration his food to survive the journey. The small bites brought a lot of joy — that cannot be equaled by later all-you-can-eat buffet.

Saya lives in California, USA. One year, he went to Myanmar to participate in a meditation retreat outside Yangon. Probably due to side effects of taking some medicine, there was swfor elling in the body and the face. It was “Kan So” (bad luck). Two dhamma friends took him to a nearby hospital where the doctor and the staff treated him well. It was “Kan Kaung” (good luck). The services were good and the costs were reasonable.

Saya stayed fit by doing exercises (hiking, stationary bike) and by practicing meditation.

He had an operation a couple of years back. He has recovered fully.

Saya donated for the Training Component of the YTU Library Project and also to the General Fund of Cal RIT Alumni Association.

Saya Allen Htay (C58)

He joined the Civil Engineering Department as Assistant Lecturer.
He received his MS from Harvard University.
Upon his return to Burma, he was promoted to Lecturer.

He moved to USA.

Saya Allen Htay was special in his own ways.

He would take different routes (going out and then coming back) to enjoy nature and the scenery. (

He took me to a BAPS picnic. After he told me that it was time to leave, it took an hour (or so) to reach his car. It was a typical “Burmese Good Bye” greeting his colleagues, friends and former students along the way.

He would often arrive late and stay late at gatherings.

Saya remembered that his mother would take the food (which a child refused to eat) and put in the fridge. There was no concession. When the child felt really hungry, he or she will devour the food.

Saya was the de facto leader of the San Francisco Bay Area RIT Alumni Group. He served as President of “RIT Alumni International” which organized the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in Northern California, USA in October. His article “Brother, can you afford US 500 dollars?” resulted in having five Golden Sponsors for SPZP-2000.

He attended SPZPs in Singapore and Myanmar, and took photographs at the SF Bay Area Gatherings.

During a visit to Las Vegas for the MEHS Reunion (along with his spouse who matriculated from MEHS in 1957), Saya had a stroke. He briefly recovered, but finally succumbed to his illness.

He retired twice in the USA, but his former students offered him jobs to “un-retire”.

Two of his grandsons have Allen in their names : one as a first name, and another as a middle name.
May 15, 2025