But what’s different about Ng is that he started his degree programme when he was just 15 at Duke University, one of the best universities in the United States.
Nineteen-year-old Ng, who graduated from the university with a distinction in May, is currently pursuing his Masters in the same discipline at Stanford University, another top university in the United States.
Child genius: Ng holding a photo of himself as a baby. The prodigy has aspirations of inventing a way to recycle everyday waste into a possible source of energy. The academically-gifted Ng hopes his studies will enable him to improve or design new processes to recycle waste.
“The waste in landfills can be converted to natural gas for generating electricity,” he said.
When he completes his Masters, Ng plans to start a company that deals with sustainable energy.
He has no idea where he would be based in the future, but Ng isn’t ruling out coming back to Malaysia, as he believes there are many opportunities here.
Ng also harbours a hope to help the nation’s gifted students realise their potential.
He was invited on Monday by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to deliver a talk to Permata Pintar Negara programme students.
The programme was established to cultivate and train gifted students.
“I found my talk with them to be very engaging and lively. I am interested in working with them in the future,” he said.
Ng said being smart was not enough and that good communication skills were very important.
He added that smart students needed to push themselves to do well all the time.
According to Ng, he does not regard any form of pressure negatively but uses it to motivate himself instead.
“If you’re not pushed, all that potential might not be realised. And that too is a form of waste,” he said.
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