UTP students wins internship with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia

By CARSIFU | 10 March 2022


KUALA LUMPUR: Five students from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) have earned their spot to intern with Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) after emerging as winners in the Ideas Challenge Round of The Vision of an Electric Future and Sustainable Mobility for Tomorrow Virtual STEM Series.

The challenge was sponsored by MBM in partnership with Petrosains, The Discovery Centre.

Their team Zefal beat four other teams to clinch the top spot in the tertiary category.

Team Zefal with Sagree (left) and Ezarisma (right).
Team Zefal with Sagree (left) and Ezarisma (right).


Team Commutators from Monash University was first runner-up while team MEEngineers from UTP was the second runner-up.

Under the secondary category of the Ideas Challenge Round, five students from team Vitality from SMK Putrajaya Precinct 18(1) emerged as winners, beating four other teams from SMK Seri Hartamas (first runner-up), SMK USJ 13 (second runner-up), followed by SMK Saujana Utama and SMK Seri Bintang Selatan.

Petrosains Sdn Bhd CEO Ezarisma Azni Mohamad said the organisation was inspired by young people who were thinking ahead on how to live in a sustainable manner without putting unnecessary strain on natural resources and environment.

Team Vitality with Sagree (right) and Ezarisma (left).
Team Vitality with Ezarisma (left) and Sagree (right).


“At Petrosains, we are proactively cultivating an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects through our science centres in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bharu, Kuantan, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.

“We also have numerous online workshops to cater to lifelong learning available to everyone, including students, teachers, and family units,” he said.

The winners were announced alongside the launch of Mercedes-Benz Malaysia's EQA 250 AMG Line electric vehicle today.

Also present at the event were MBM president and CEO Sagree Sardien, Petronas Dagangan Bhd managing director and CEO Azrul Osman Rani and MBM vice-president of sales and marketing Michael Jopp.

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