Building a Legacy ...
Aerospace Education
- PhD in Aerospace (Automatic Flight Control Systems)
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, University of Southampton, UK. March 2000.
Thesis Title: "Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Control System for an Hypersonic Transport Aircraft"

- Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace (2nd Upper Class Honours)
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK. July 1996
- Certificate of Industrial Training
University of Liverpool and British Aerospace (Military Aircraft Division), UK. July 1995.
- Experimental Mechanics of Flight
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University, UK. March 1994.
Professional Affiliation and Licenses
- Engineering Council (EC), London, UK
- Chartered Engineer, which entitles the use the post-nominal designation - CEng. Registration No.: 537751. August 2017 - present.
- International Professional Engineer, which entitles the use the post-nominal designation IntPE (UK). Feb 2021 - present.
- Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Stevenage, London, UK.
Member, which entitles the use of suffix - MIET. Membership No.: 1100516941. January 2017 - present.
- Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales d'Ingénieurs (FEANI) / European Federation of National Engineering Associations, Brussels, Belgium
European Engineer, which entitles the use of pre-nominal designation - EUR ING. Registration No.: 33698. April 2018 - present.
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, USA
Member, which entitles the use of suffix MIEEE. Membership No.: 95454290. January 2019 - present.
- ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineering Coordinating Committee, Jakarta, INDONESIA
ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE). Registration No.: ACPE-04456/MY. June 2021 - present.
- Board of Engineer (BEM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Professional Engineer, which entitles the use of prefix - Ir. (Ingenieur) and suffix - PEng. Registration No.: 18421. January 2018 - present.
- Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM)
Student Pilot License (SPL), License No.: 13054. May 2017.
- Royal Selangor Flying Club (RSFC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Member, Membership No.: Z61. June 2018.
- Air Adventure Flying Club (AAFC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Life Member, Membership No.: 0267-08-SEL-346 (ADV 346). March 2017 - present.
- Klang Shooting Club, Selangor, Malaysia
Life Member, Membership No.: 2020 - L.
- Semenyih Shooting Club, Selangor, Malaysia
Member, Membership No.: 555.
Awards & Recognition
'Excellence in Teaching' Award, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2022.
Putra InnoCreative Award (Best InnoCreative Educator in Alternative Assessment) for the Aerospace Design Project course offered to 4th year Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering Students, Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2019, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 16 - 17 October 2019.
- Best Kaizen Idea Award for published paper 'Concept Paper: Kaizen Principles in Aerospace Education', International Conference on Kaizen in Management, Education, Social Science and Technology (ICKMEST2018), Perak Malaysia, 21 - 23 December 2018.
- 'Excellence in Teaching' Award, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2018.
- 'Excellence in Teaching' Award, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2017.
- GOLD MEDAL, 'Emergency Control Revert System (ECRS) for UAV/RPV', INPEX 2005, Pittsburgh USA, 8 - 11 June 2005.
- SILVER MEDAL, "Emergency Control Revert System (ECRS) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/Remotely Piloted Vehicle", ITEX 2005, PWTC MALAYSIA, 19 - 21 May 2005.
- BRONZE MEDAL, "Emergency Control Revert System (ECRS) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/Remotely Piloted Vehicle", Exhibition of Invention, Research & Innovation 2005, UPM MALAYSIA, 1 - 19 March 2005.
- ANUGERAH SAINTIS CEMERLANG (Excellent Scientist Award) 2005, Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, 2005.
Employment
- Senior Lecturer
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. December 2016 - present.
- Director / Founder
Asmara Aerospace Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 2008 - April 2016.
- Lecturer
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. February 2000 - June 2008.
- Tutor
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. January 1997 - January 2000.
- Aerospace Laboratory Demonstrator
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Southampton University Southampton, UK. March 1998 - December 1999.
- Graduate Engineer
Mersey Ferries, Merseyside, Liverpool, UK. May 1996 - October 1996.
- Engineer (Internship)
British Aerospace (Military Aircraft Division), Brough, Hull, UK. 1994 - 1995.