JOE CHEW
TIMELINE OF MY PROJECTS
This is a complete list of my projects from 2018 all the way until today! Feel free to scroll through my projects and take a look at the Facebook link below each section if you want to know more. This will be updated with each new project i take on!
One of the biggest events of 2025 was the AYIMUN, hosted for 4 days. As the Delegate of Sweden in the World Trade Organization,
I was awarded an honorable mention for my strong, consistent performance in the committee session, networking with people from Kyrgyzstan to Zambia, and convincing the quorum of my solution to balancing Carbon Pricing with Free Trade Principles.
It was nothing short of fantastic and empowering to meet so many young, passionate future youth leaders!
ASIA YOUTH INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS
AUG 2025
SPEAKER
Joining HKBN, one of the largest providers in Hong Kong, as an intern opened my eyes to a whole host of corporate experiences. For the first time, I got to understand how companies operate to meet the needs of their customers. From devising AI implementation points to doing competitor analyses, CSR Volunteering, website design, and visiting secure data centers, I gained and delivered so much in a span of 3 weeks, and left with glowing testimonials from my superiors.
HONG KONG BROADBAND INTERN
JUL 2025
AI
As the lead member of the Biospeed team, I led a team of 2 students to 3D design and create a model car powered by carbon dioxide exhaust through a unique axle-on-top configuration. The official race is due in October, where we hope to claim the top prize and bring home the trophy.
MONASH ENGINEERING CHALLENGE
JUL 2025
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
The first field trip by the BioArmor XPRIZE Team, the first High School team outside of the United States to reach the semifinal team, took us too Nottingham University and LiGno Biotech Sdn Bhd to study the research done in the lab on the effects of Tiger Milk Mushroom strain TMO2 on rodents and the human body. It was a captivating experience to be able to see the methods used up close and discover the process from discovery to production.
XPRIZE PARTNERSHIP WITH LIGNO BIOTECH
JUN 2025
BIO
TECHNOLOGY
I set up booth once again at the Naturetech Showcase at PARC Subang on the 14th of June together with my friends and their respective nature projects. It was a buzzing marketplace full of excited young merchants and patrons, and I joined in with a solo rap performance onstage, too!
NATURETECH SHOWCASE
JUN 2025
OCEANIST
Together with a small group, I travelled to the Kuala Lumpur Sustainable Schools Exhibition to showcase my projects. I managed to network with several professors from Japan and more and talk to them about the feasibility and impact of my projects on the oceans. I also made several sales of my Geofidgetry line and made lasting relationships with many school students!
KL SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS EXHIBITION
JUN 2025
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OCEANIST
After being recruited on short notice as the emcee for a private concert starring Jeff Timmons from 98 degrees, I received a personal commendation from him and an opportunity to interact with him, as well as a new stage to showcase my emcee skills. It was a smashing success, and the night was full of excitement and enjoyment.
98 DEGREES JEFF TIMMONS PRIVATE CONCERT
MAY 2025
EMCEE
At the Private and International School Fair in Mid Valley, I delivered a talk to potential future students at the Ace Edventure booth. Afterwards, I became the impromptu emcee for a set of performances to the public that included my own rap performance. It was a testament to the experience I gained in all my events before in spontaneity
PISF TALK + RAP PERFORMANCE
MAY 2025
RAP
I was first exposed to this new venture when i joined the vocal class in my school. I quickly learned about rap, and immersed myself in it's culture. After a brief 2 months of training, I attended a talent competition at DADI Cinema, Pavilion KL, and received a consolation prize! It was a bold support to my new venture.
ICON FIESTA
APR 2025
RAP
When TEDX came to my school in March, i was invited to join as a guest speaker. Talking on the topic "I'm Alone-but I'm not Lonely", I shared my views on disconnecting and taking time to be WITH yourself in a world where being offline is shunned. My youtube video reached 200 views, and several members of the audience even came up to me and thanked me for bringing this issue into the spotlight.
TEDx DWI EMAS YOUTH
MAR 2025
SPEAKER
Instead of showcasing my previous ocean projects for my school's internal Green Heroes Day, I decided to open a new venture-by starting a fresh line of 3D Printed fidget gadgets-with the aim of showcasing the power of 3D Printing in creating elaborate mechanisms. I earned about RM580 in one selling, proving the demand for such products within the market.
GEOFIDGETRY-GREEN HEROES DAY
FEB 2025
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
In a culmination of 9 months of design work, our designs were showcased at a runway show at The Shoppes, Four Seasons. In addition to my own three designs, I was given the task of organizing an entire section of the show with 9 models. Under pressure, I managed to organize each and every outfit and model backstage and form a flawless show, from taking care of celebrities to leading a team.
FASHION SHOW STUDENT DIRECTOR
JAN 2025
FASHION
I finally received a major recognition for my work in November 2024 when I received a World Youth Achievement Records for being the First Malaysian Youth to Hold Dual Roles as Global Teen Ocean Ambassador and Sustainable Fashion Ocean Ambassador, Active in Ocean Conservation Since Age 8. It was a massive validation of my efforts and a reminder that recognition will come as a result of hard work
YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT RECORDS
NOV 2024
OCEANIST
After an impromptu audition, I was selected to be one of four emcees for the annual Appreciation Day for my school. The event was one of the largest I have ever emceed, with lots of performances, and a large audience. Yet despite it's complexity, it was a huge success. Coming away from the event, I gained valuable training on how to react to changes, stall for time, and lead an event over several hours.
APPRECIATION DAY EMCEE
JUN 2024
EMCEE
I joined a fashion design course led by ME2WE Education in 2024, with no prior experience, or even the ability to draw. I was amazed to join engaged, like minded individuals all getting the chance to design under the mentorship of real fashion designers, for celebrities. I came out with solid Adobe Illustrator skills and two of my designs being worn by celebrities on stage!
ME2WE FASHION DESIGN
MAR-NOV 2024
FASHION
After a previous trip to Ecuador with the Manta Trust, I applied to join their first Manta Trust Ocean Ambassador programme. After a competitive selection, I was accepted and stayed on for the whole year as one of their ambassadors. It was a very heartening experience to see other children like me united in the cause of protecting our ocean.
MANTA TRUST AMBASSADORS
JAN 2024
OCEANIST
Not too long after the launch of my sister's book at Eslite Spectrum, I hosted another book sharing at Cité Book Garden. Contrary to the Book Launch, this took place in a much more intimate setting and provided a fresh experience on smaller scale events for me.
EMCEE FOR BOOK SHARING
NOV 2023
EMCEE
On the 5th of November, my sister, Karen, launched her first book, What Can An 8-Year-Old Tell You, at Eslite Spectrum. I was the emcee for the event, and I received lots of positive feedback from the audience for my handling during the event. I even caught the attention of bookstore manager, who started a collaboration with me for future events
EMCEEING GIG FOR BOOK LAUNCH
NOV 2023
EMCEE
A few months after the ITEX convention, I was invited by the organizer to give a talk about my whole journey with the ocean at the ARCHIDEX Architecture conference. It was the first time I had ever spoken for a full half hour, at such a prestigious conference, too. During my talk, not only did I share about my experiences, but I also shared my visions and dreams to all the architects and business people there, hoping to make an impact to the industry leaders who can make a difference.
ARCHIDEX CONVENTION TALK
JUL 2023
OCEANIST
In the final days of the academic year, I was enlisted to become an Art.C Ambassador for the appreciation day. I explained others' creations and designs in the Art exhibition of the event, and even had my own sneakers displayed, too. I was awarded the Sea Keeper Award for my efforts in Ocean Conservation, and my sneaker's booth received a lot of attention as well
APPRECIATION DAY AMBASSADOR
JUN 2023
OCEANIST
My third attempt at first place of the YEX Factor Pitching Competition came with the Eye Sea You Coral Sneakers. I pushed hard and put in lots of effort preparing for the pitching, and after both of the pitching sessions I had finally achieved my goal of first place and won a full scholarship plus a RM16,000 bursary to Sunway University.
YEX FACTOR PITCHING COMPETITION
JUN 2023
SPEAKER
On a trip back to Hong Kong, I was given the opportunity to join in the mapping of the Sargassum Seagrass and become a pilot for the mapping in Hong Kong! It was a testament to my drone flying skills and a new empowerment to me that I could be on the ground doing conservation projects instead of just spreading awareness like I usually do
SARGASSUM MAPPING IN HK
MAY 2023
OCEANIST
In this event, I showcased my sneakers in my own booth and took part in the WYIE competition. The 3-day exhibition really helped to boost my design by meeting so many supportive people and even the organizer and founder of the event came over to see my creation! I won multiple awards like Bronze medal for WYIE and the Special Gold Award from Hong Kong!
ITEX / WYIE MALAYSIA
MAY 2023
OCEANIST
After the success of the Eye Sea You Coral Sneakers, I continued to further it and drew up a marketing and business strategy which I then pitched to WWF Malaysia. The collaboration would bring in previous projects and the opportunity to do more ocean work in Malaysia as well. The reception was very positive and we are now moving forward with the collaboration.
PITCHING COLLABORATION TO WWF
APR 2023
OCEANIST
The story of the Eye Sea You Coral Sneakers began here where I pitched my design of a 3D Printed pair of sneakers. The left side is white, symbolizing the corals bleaching and dying, while the right side is colorful, symbolizing thriving corals. I was even made the Global Student Ambassador to the Oceans for the ME2WE Sustainable Fashion line and met so many celebrities all supportive of my idea!
ME2WE FASHION DESIGN CONTEST
APR 2023
OCEANIST
In April, I received an order from the fastener company Bossard to design a relay as a symbol of their multi-national project going live in 8 countries. It was the first time I had done something like this for a corporate project and it was a good lesson to me how to write professional invoices and manage the workflow well.
BOSSARD RELAY DESIGN PROJECT
APR 2023
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
As my public speaking skills improved, I started to get invited to different events. Once, I was invited together with a group of other students to become one of the only male panelists at the Women Economic Forum, discussing the topic "Building a Sustainable Future with Women at the Forefront." It was a fascinating experience sharing my thoughts on such a big stage!
WOMEN ECONOMIC FORUM
MAR 2023
SPEAKER
I was invited to be the emcee and opening keynote speaker on my school's Green Heroes Day, and I spoke my message to protect the ocean for the future generation with the audience. Afterwards, I continued to talk to people about the Coral Reef Mapping Ocean Drone at my own booth, sharing my passion and visions with everyone who came.
GREEN HEROES DAY
MAR 2023
OCEANIST
My pitching journey continued with me joining a pitching competition, present my idea "Robotoki"-a digital pet that reminds you to eat your homework. It was another interesting experience with lots of networking with people and several workshops held, too. I won the most innovative idea, and was awarded RM3,000.
GOODDAY KIDSTART PITCHING
FEB 2023
SPEAKER
One of the club's biggest projects was the I Promise The Ocean campaign on World Ocean Day 2022. Students all around the school were invited to write their own promise to the ocean, and the Ocean Motion team had their first experience in running a campaign and spreading awareness amongst their peers!
I PROMISE THE OCEAN CAMPAIGN
JUL 2022
OCEANIST
One of my first physical emcee gigs came in the form of a twin book launch. On the first day, I emceed one of the book launches, fielding questions and conducting the event. on the second day, I worked with a partner emcee for a joint book launch where two books were being launched simultaneously.
TWIN BOOK LAUNCH EMCEE GIG
JUN 2022
EMCEE
When I realised the lack of love for the ocean in my class and the amount of plastic waste, I set off trying to change my classmates by talking every lunch hour and showing "A Plastic Ocean" documentary, It was very hard, and i faced so much resistance at first, but after 2 years of campaigning, together we formed the Ocean Motion club and led our very first strike to end single use plastic in our school
OCEAN MOTION CLUB STRIKES
JAN 2022
OCEANIST
To round off the academic year, I was engaged to be one of a pair of emcees for the Primary Year End Appreciation Day, an event to thank all the teachers and outstanding students. Luckily, I had experience from the Music Rendezvous Concert event, and so managed the performers and sections much better this time round, with communicating with my partner and managing schedule changes, etc...
APPRECIATION DAY EMCEE
NOV 2021
EMCEE
As my reputation as an emcee grew within the school, I started getting invited to emcee more and more events. One of them was the Music RendezVous Year End Concert. This was another very new experience as I had to learn how to coordinate lots of different performers to make an enjoyable show for the audience. Luckily, the event went very well!
MUSIC RENDEZVOUS EMCEE
NOV 2021
EMCEE
Another new event that I was brought in to emcee was the Online My Community Altruist Nite (MCAN) Auction event to raise money for the shelter. I had to work with my partner to discuss emceeing methods, and with our "clients" as well to make sure we raised as much money as we could. The event was a success, and bids for our clients' work were one of the highest!
MCAN AUCTION NIGHT EMCEE
NOV 2021
EMCEE
After being cooped up at home, I decided to use the power of online meeting and run 3D Modelling workshops to fund my college fees. Due to the demand, I even had to open up an additional 2 classes to accomodate students from all around the world, from Taiwan to Australia. Overall, I earned a total of RM6,300 from conducting the workshops
MODELLING THE FUTURE CLASSES
JUN-AUG 2021
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
A large part of my emceeing experience took form in the Global Entrepreneur Talks, an online program where different entrepreneurs would come in every month to share their wisdom. I was part of the emceeing team, and it was an opportunity not just to learn how to conduct a lively interview but to meet the special guests who came in and ask them my own questions, too.
G.E.T TALKS EMCEE
AUG-OCT 2021
EMCEE
During the Pandemic and the resulting lockdowns, despite being confined mostly at home, I still continued to work on my projects. In May, I created "The Story of Covid-19" comic, a comic about how the pandemic can be so detrimental to our mental health, and to tell everyone that you are not alone, and that you can ask for help, too.
THE STORY OF COVID-19 COMIC
MAY 2020
WRITER
As a worldschooler, I travel around the world to learn about different countries. This time, I went to Inverness in the UK and joined their climate strike to see what the local people were doing for the planet. I made an impromptu address, sharing what was happening to my own home, and I was even interviewed by several University students, too!
CLIMATE STRIKES IN INVERNESS
SEP 2019
OCEANIST
My first venture into the world of business pitching manifested itself in the first time I joined a competition. I pitched my Kidwriter idea, an online platform for children to easily publish their own books, for the philosophy "What if children grow up reading books written by children?" I won the 2nd Runner Up for my category and earned a scholarship to am entrepreneurial school, where I furthered my dreams and visions.
YEX FACTOR COMPETITION
JUN 2019
SPEAKER
As well as personal projects, I started to join climate strikes as a way to add my voice into the mix and explore what my local community is doing for the ocean and to find other like minded people who share the same passion as me. It was very heartening to find that I was not alone in fighting to protect the ocean!
CLIMATE STRIKES IN HONG KONG
MAR 2019
OCEANIST
After I realized I had a passion for public speaking, I became the spokesperson for the Ocean Drone again to make a presentation to the Swedish Royal Technology Mission, comprised of the elites from Sweden's academia, business and government. After the presentation, I was even gifted a tealight holder designed by the Prince of Sweden and given the chance to network with all of the officials!
SWEDISH RTM VISIT PRESENTATION
JAN 2019
OCEANIST
I started to hone my public speaking skills when I became the spokesperson for the Coral Reef Mapping Ocean Drone's booth at the DeTour art exhibition. It was the first time I learned how to share knowledge and engage all kind of people, even government officials!
DETOUR EXHIBITION AMBASSADOR
DEC 2018
OCEANIST
This was the second trip for the Coral Reef Mapping Ocean Drone. We went to enter the drone in the Make For The Planet hackathon, which took place in Borneo alongside the Fifth International Marine Conservation Congress. I was the photographer, and I got the opportunity to meet so many other oceanists passionate about the ocean and learn from them, too!
MAKE FOR THE PLANET/IMCC5
JUN 2018
OCEANIST
I began on my 3D Printing, 3D Modelling and business journey when I started selling customized 3D printed keychains at 8 years old by myself. Through hard work and meeting great people, I managed to earn enough to buy my own laptop!
CUSTOM 3D PRINTED KEYCHAINS
JUN 2018
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
In this project, I applied what I had learned about 3D Printing and 3D Modelling, and put it to use to create a water bottle protector with minimal assistance. From that, I embraced the concept of 3D Printing being used as a practical tool to solve real-life problems.
3D PRINTED BOTTLE PROTECTOR
JUN 2018
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
"The Story Of Marine Litter" was a comic I drew to express my deep feelings about the ocean crisis and my first effort to spread awareness. It was even exhibited for a month in a Taiwan Makerspace!
STORY OF MARINE LITTER COMIC
FEB 2018
OCEANIST
Being a worldschooler, I tagged along with my family when we did a maker tour to several schools in Taiwan. We gave talks and hands-on workshops to students, and I got the chance to help out and learn more about Taiwan along the way, too. It was an unforgettable experience about sharing knowledge with people from different walks of life!
MAKER TOUR @ TAIPEI SHUANGXI
JAN 2018
MAKER/3D PRINTING/
MODELLING EXPERT
The field trip to Mindoro was my first involvement of many in the "Coral Reef Mapping Ocean Drone", which is an autonomous drone on the surface that take photos of the coral reefs to make detailed maps for researchers to study. This particular trip was a field testing trip and I was the young documentor and photographer.
SCOUTBOTS FIELD TRIP MINDORO
DEC 2017
OCEANIST
This art exhibition about Marine Litter and the ocean on Cheng Chau Island was one of my first time joining in on an ocean conservation project since becoming an oceanist.
CHEUNG CHAU WAVE ART FESTIVAL
NOV 2017
OCEANIST
I've always considered the ocean as my second home, so I was so shocked when I watched "A Plastic Ocean", and I saw what was happening to our sea. From that day, I became an Oceanist to protect the ocean.
