Prof. Ir. Dr. Fatimah Ibrahim was born in Muar, Johor and is the fifth among seven siblings. Her primary and secondary education was in Muar Convent School. She received her B.Sc.E.E. degree from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA in 1989, the M.Sc. Electronics (Medical Systems) degree from the University of Hertfordshire, UK in 1994 and Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2005. Currently, she is a Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, UM and Director of the UM Centre for Innovation and Commercialization (UMCIC). She was also the founder of the Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering (CIME) and advisor for Center of Printable Electronics (CPE) Universiti Malaya. She is a certified Chartered Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (PEPC) since 2012. She is a member of the Malaysian Medical Devices Standard committee with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and has contributed towards more than 100 Malaysian Medical Standards with SIRIM. She was also an advisor for the Medical Device Act 2012. Fatimah has been instrumental in the progress of biomedical engineering (BME) in Malaysia, responsible for establishing the pioneering Department of BME at the University of Malaya in 1997. She introduced and initiated Biological Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (BioMEMS) field of research as a result of technology transfer from University of California Irvine, United