Ir Dr Nur Azah Hamzaid is a Professional Engineer (BEM) and Chartered Engineer (IMechE, UK). She is Associate Professor at Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her bachelor in Mechatronics Engineering (1st class Hons) in 2005 and pursued her PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia in the same year. Since 2010, she has been pioneering the Biomechatronics, Neuroprosthetics and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) research group in Malaysia. She is  a Biomedical Engineering Consultant at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), seeing patients of complex rehabilitation cases at the Rehabilitation Robotics Clinic (CREATE).

Dr Azah holds a Masters Certificate in Leadership by the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development, Malaysia. Her passion in teaching and learning led her to leadership roles in Academic Development and Enhancement Centre (ADEC) for 8 years under the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) office, and was the Director until early 2024. She is also a Certified Trainer under HRDCorp.

Dr Azah develops the Biomechatronics and Prosthetics & Orthotics courses which include FES in Rehabilitation Robotics. In her second year of service in UM, in 2011, she was appointed as the Program Coordinator of Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering (Prosthetics & Orthotics), the first degree program aiming to produce Prosthetics & Orthotics Engineers in Malaysia.

Dr Azah is the Founding President and currently Vice President of International FES Society (IFESS) Malaysia Chapter and Executive Board Member of IFESS International for the 3rd term. She was Board Member of International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics Malaysia. She is also the co-founder of the engineering outreach program  "Let's Go To Mummie's Lab", which focuses on young children's education through STEM and play.

She has published at least 90 ISI-listed scientific publications, over 50 conference papers, a number of books and book chapters. Dr Azah has a few patents and trademarks, granted and filed. Her FES expertise has also brought her to the 2016 FES-Cycling Cybathlon championship, a world event for technology-assisted race for people with disabilities, in which their team placed 7th in the world.

Dr Azah has so far graduated and are supervising several PhD and MEngSc students. She has also won Innovation Awards from ITEX, PECIPTA, Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE), BioMalaysia, i-ENVEX, KNovasi, and her work has been featured in national mass media including BFM radio, Nona TV3, Selamat Pagi Malaysia RTM, Mingguan Wanita, and other local newspapers, apart from UM Award for PhD completion in less than 3 years. She was also nominated for the UNESCO Award for the Popularization of Science in 2019.

Her aim is to improve the Rehabilitation Engineering field in Malaysia by uplifting the knowledge and application through quality teaching and curriculum enhancement via industrial involvement, better student experience and participation in and out of class and in research. She strives to bridge the gap between actual society and patient's need and technology provision through sustainable means.

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