Advanced Maritime Technologies and Applications: Papers from the Icmat 2021 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030899943)

Azman Ismail is a senior lecturer at Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, and Master of Engineering in Mechanical-Marine Technology from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Prior to that, he was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electrical, Electronics and System from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Graduate Diploma in Industrial Education and Training from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He grooms his technical skill at Victoria University of Technology, Australia for Advanced Diploma in Construction and Repair Technology (Marine Vessels). He is also active in research and development for welding and joining technologies especially for friction stir welding on tubular sections and flat panels. This also includes green technologies for sustainable marine and coastal development. He is currently leading a research cluster of Advanced Maritime Industries Sustainability at his university. He has published his research findings in indexed journals and book chapters and actively competes at international and national level innovation competitions. In addition to his achievements, he has been a reviewer and editor for some international journals including Springer. Besides that, he is also active in conservation works as committee member for the National Eco-Campus Program with the World Wide Fund for Nature of Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia).

Wardiah Mohd Dahalan had received her PhD in Power System from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2013 and bachelor's degree (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University of Dundee, Scotland, UK in 1996. She is currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering of University Kuala Lumpur (UniKL-MIMET). As the head of Research & Innovation department since 2015, she actively administers all research activities in UniKL-MIMET. Supervising of internal and external research grants and organization of all activities related to innovation such as exhibitions, competition and conferences are her core activities at UniKL-MIMET. She actively participates in research as a principle or co-principle in many research grants. At the same time, she also shares her expertise by becoming either the author or co-author of the publications of local as well as international journals, books and proceedings especially in the area of power system and energy. Her deep research interest includes network reconfiguration, Optimization Techniques and renewable energy. She is also a member of IEEE, Rina-IMARest, Malaysian Society for Engineering & Technology (MySET) and Malaysia Board of Technologist (MBOT).

Andreas ﾖchsner is a Full Professor for lightweight design and structural simulation at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Having obtained aDipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (1997), Germany, he served as a research and teaching assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg from 1997 to 2003 while working to complete his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Cellular Metals Group affiliated with the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He spent seven years (2007-2013) as a Full Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, where he was also Head of the Advanced Materials and Structure Lab. From 2014-2017 he was a Full Professor at the School of Engineering, Griffith University, Australia and Leader of the Mechanical Engineering Program (Head of Discipline and Program Director).