An Authentic Engineering Assessment in Sarawak gives students the opportunity to enhance their research skills and explore the socio-environmental impacts that engineering decisions have on local communities. In this podcast, Course Coordinator Dr. Elammaran Jayamani (Sarawak) and his student Haripratshanth Palani Velayda Shanmugasundram reflect on their experience of an authentic assessment which sees students propose sustainable energy sources for small regional communities.