Curtin Australia’s head of Petroleum Engineering shares expertise with M’sian campus

MIRI: Curtin University, Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently hosted a series of lectures by Associate Professor Mofazzal Hossain, Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering with Curtin University’s main campus in Perth, Australia for students here.

The lectures were related to the Petroleum Field Development Planning unit for final-year undergraduate petroleum engineering students and Well Stimulation, Remediation and Intervention Operations unit for postgraduate students.

“Students found the lectures very engaging as Associate Professor Hossain gave many practical field examples, shared statistics and solutions related to the subject matter. He also provided consultation to the students to ensure a good understanding of the topics,” said Curtin Malaysia in a statement yesterday.

Associate Professor Hossain is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 16 years’ experience in teaching, research and consulting work in multiple areas of petroleum engineering, including drilling, well completion, petroleum production engineering and petroleum field development planning, in Australia, the Middle East and the United States.

Head of Curtin Malaysia’s Department of Petroleum Engineering, Dr Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud, applauded Associate Professor Hossain’s commitment and contributions to the global oil and gas industry and the teaching of petroleum engineering at Curtin University.

He added that the visit to Curtin Malaysia demonstrated the synergy between Curtin’s Australian and Malaysian campuses in sharing resources and expertise.

Curtin Malaysia offers a fouryear Bachelor of Engineering ( Petroleum Engineering, Hons.) and 18-month Master of Petroleum Engineering courses.

Both offer a multidisciplinary education covering a wide variety of subjects that are core to the petroleum engineering field.

Curtin’s Bachelor of Engineering ( Petroleum Engineering, Hons.) course is accredited by Engineers Australia ( EAust) and Board of Engineers Malaysia ( BEM) and graduates fulfil the stage one competencies required by EAust as the pathway to chartered engineer status (CPEng).

Students of the Master of Petroleum Engineering, meanwhile, can apply for student membership to the Society of Petroleum Engineers and upon graduation, they may apply for active membership of the society.

Since its establishment in 1999, Curtin Malaysia has experienced exponential growth in enrolment for all its engineering, science and technology courses, as they are identical to those offered by its Australian campus.

The courses are accredited by professional bodies in Australia, Malaysia and abroad, and engineering and science students in particular have the benefit of extensive industry exposure.