"The Integrated Engineering Department proudly congratulates Ts Dr Azlan Ahmad on receiving the Excellent in Teaching and Learning Award (Transformative Teaching) at the Quality Award 2024.
This recognition celebrates Dr Azlan’s innovative work in Reimagining the Engineering Team Project (ETP), a transformative approach that repositions ETP from a conventional academic requirement into an authentic, experience-driven learning journey. The initiative emphasises real-world problem framing, team-based accountability, and iterative execution, mirroring professional engineering practice.
Through this redesigned framework, students are challenged to navigate ambiguity, collaborate effectively, and translate ideas into functional solutions. They are developing not only technical competence, but also engineering judgement and professional mindset.
“Transformative teaching begins when students stop working for marks and start working to make things work.”
— Ts Dr Azlan Ahmad
The award committee recognised the initiative’s impact in cultivating deeper student ownership, stronger learning engagement, and scalable experiential teaching practices aligned with industry expectations.
This achievement reflects the department’s continued commitment to innovative pedagogy and meaningful learning experiences. The department congratulates Ts Dr Azlan Ahmad on this well-deserved honour and looks forward to the continued advancement of transformative teaching within our programmes."
