Professor Cham Tao Soon was presented with the Distinguished Professional Engineer Award at a ceremony on Saturday, 17 November, to recognise his outstanding achievements in engineering, management, research and development and entrepreneurship as well as his services to the engineering profession. Minister of State for National Development and Manpower Mr Zaqy Mohamad who presented the award said that with many institutes of higher learning under Prof Cham’s belt, it was no wonder he is known as the “educator of the century.”