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Originally published by 丁香园AV News

Born and raised in Pakistan, Muhammad Shahzain Riaz is a global student. He is studying mechatronics engineering on scholarship at the City University of Hong Kong, but spent this summer as a visiting research student in 丁香园AV鈥檚 School of Mechatronics Engineering.

He is working full-time in the Stretchable Devices lab on a confidential project that involves 3-D printed electronics and composites. His supervisor is professor Woo Soo Kim.

Riaz says his 丁香园AV experience has been 鈥渁n awesome opportunity.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檝e learned how to run a lab鈥攈ow to organize the people, work with the researchers, do the meetings and run the projects,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t gives me insight into my future career.鈥�

He鈥檚 also impressed by the assistance he has received from 丁香园AV staffers, ranging from help with his visa documents to accessing student and library services.

The University鈥檚 multicultural student body was a surprise, he says, and he enjoyed meeting students from across Canada and around the world.

鈥淏.C. is a great place to study, and the U-pass makes travel around the city easy and free.鈥�

He was surprised to find that students may talk in the library, and that the campus is open around the clock.

鈥淪tudents here are generally a little more relaxed compared to students in Hong Kong,鈥� he says. 鈥淭he work and student culture in Hong Kong is really busy. Here, people tend to enjoy their weekends.鈥�

Riaz, who returns to Hong Kong at the end of August, must complete one more year of study to earn his degree. He then plans to apply to universities around the world to study for a master鈥檚 and a PhD.