Expert Profiles
Our team comprises internationally trained researchers with doctoral degrees from world-leading universities in the UK, USA, Japan, and Malaysia.

Professor in the Department of Thermofluid, Faculty of Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering. Received his Bachelor degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida; Master Degree from University of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK; and PhD from State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Combustion, Energy and Heat Transfer; Sustainable low emission combustion; High speed reacting flow; Sustainable energy conversion; Heat transfer enhancement.

Senior lecturer in the Department of Thermofluid. Received his Bachelor degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States and completed his PhD from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom in 2014.
Specialises in reacting flow modelling using OpenFOAM. Reviewer for the Applied Energy journal.

Senior lecturer in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Thermofluid. Received his bachelor's degree from UTM; MSc from Coventry University, UK; and PhD from the University of Leeds, UK.
Combustion and flame studies, burning rates and flame propagation, flame instability, combustion in aerosols and sprays, optical diagnostics, thermodynamics, heat transfer.

Senior lecturer in the Department of Thermofluid. Received her Bachelor degree from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; Master and PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Research analysis, new concept development, simulation and validation. Broad knowledge in micro cooling, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and thermal engineering.

Senior lecturer in the Department of Thermofluid. Received his Bachelor Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Master degree from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
High-speed combustion phenomena (Detonation waves), Chemical kinetics, Turbulent combustion, Thermodynamics and energy studies, Computational methods in Engineering.

Senior lecturer in the Department of Thermofluid. Bachelor from University of Wisconsin, Madison (2007); MSc in Thermal Power from Cranfield University, UK (2015); PhD from UTM (2020).
Experimental works on advanced material synthesis using combustion processes.

Senior lecturer at UTM's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Thermofluid. BSc in Mechanical Aeronautics from UTM (2009); MSc from UTM (2011); PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University (2016).
Biodiesel, microgas turbines, and biomass gasification technology.

Dr Mohd Faizal Hasan
BEng Mech (Japan) · MEng Mech (UTM) · PhD Eng (Japan)
Obtained his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Keio University, Japan. His PhD research focused on Palladium/Argentum (Pd/Ag) purification membrane for fuel cell applications, and methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production.
Densification, torrefaction and gasification of biomass.