Dr. Norhayati is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya in Malaysia. Holding a PhD from the University of Reading, UK, awarded in 2011 under the Indoor Environment and Energy Research Group, she has cultivated a strong academic and research background. In addition to her academic pursuits, Dr. Norhayati holds the position of Registered Building Surveyor and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Malaysia (MRISM), bringing a practical and professional dimension to her research. Her leadership journey in academia encompasses her role as the Deputy Dean (Development) for the Faculty of Built Environment presently and prior roles as the Head of the Department of Building Surveying and the Head of the Research Unit for Building Science & Performance at the Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, from 2014 to 2018. Currently, she holds the position of Deputy Dean (Development) for the faculty. Her research contributions extend beyond academia, with active participation in SIRIM International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as a Technical Committee of ISO/TC 146/SC2 for “IAQ and Workplace Atmospheres”. Dr. Norhayati has been actively involved in cutting-edge research in the fields of Indoor Environmental Quality and Zero Energy Buildings securing both national and international grants to support her research endeavors. Her work encompasses innovative approaches to enhancing indoor air quality, ventilation systems, and optimizing building energy and thermal performance. Her exceptional research efforts have earned her several awards, including the University of Malaya Excellence Service Award, Gold Awards at diverse International Research Innovation Competitions and the prestigious Hitachi Research Fellowship Award from The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation Japan. Demonstrating a notable research impact, she has published over 60 research articles with more than 1000 citations.

Dr Sheena Kaur graduated with a doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University, U.K. An alumnus of Universiti Malaya (U.M.), Malaysia's leading university, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (English Literature), Diploma in Education (TESL) and Master of English as a Second Language (M.ESL).  She is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, U.M. She was formerly Head of Strategic Global Alliances Division at the International Relations Centre (IRC), Universiti Malaya from 15 March 2023 to 15 March 2024. She has also held several other administrative positions in her career at the university, most recently as the Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies (1 Sept 2020 - 1st Sept 2022) at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, U.M., the Deputy Director of the International Relations Office, U.M. (1st August 2017-31st July 2019), the Head of the Language Unit (17 th Nov 2014-31st July 2016), Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, where she was involved in curriculum planning and design of various English courses for local and international undergraduates. From 2010-2012, she was the Head of the Multimedia Planning Unit at the faculty and was a member of the university's e-learning committee. She is also currently involved in several task force committees under the university's Transformation Plan. Sheena has taught several courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research interests include applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and digital humanities. She is a reviewer for several journals including Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy; Pertanika (UPM); Journal of Modern Languages (UM), Gema Online Journal of Language Studies (UKM) and SEARCH (Taylor's College).  She is actively involved in community work, and was the coordinator for the faculty's Community Engagement course during its inception, as well as being a member of the university's advisory board for the course. She led the faculty's first community project for the Community Engagement course with the Semai community at Pos Pantos, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, involving first year undergraduates.  Sheena has recently been awarded the US-ASEAN Fulbright Award for 2024/2025 where she is hosted by Prof Vasti Torres, at Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Her research project on women leadership in higher education compares the challenges of women leaders in higher academic contexts in the US and Malaysia.    

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:   Refereed Published Journal Papers, Conference Proceeding Papers and Papers Submitted for Conference and Publication:     Kazi, M.S.N. (1981). New look at maintenance of a process plant. Proceedings, 26th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Khulna, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.M. (1982). Behaviors of an induced draught fan. Proceedings, 27th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1984). K2CO3 deposition is the cause of abnormal vibration of a CO2 centrifugal compressor in a process plant. Proceedings, 28th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1985). Changing of duplex angular contact ball bearings by a pair of deep groove ball bearings at the driven end of a low-pressure solution pump. Proceedings, 29th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1985). Study of the effect of run out on vibration characteristics of an alternator shaft. Proceedings, 29th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1985). Oil contamination of a non-condensing turbine. Proceedings, 10th annual Bangladesh Science conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1985). Steam, gas and air trap in process industries. Proceedings, 10th annual Bangladesh Science conference. Kazi, M.S.N. (1985). Effect of excessive vibration on bearing temperature of a centrifugal gas compressor. Proceedings, 10th annual Bangladesh Science conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1985). Vibration problem study of anti friction bearings. Proceedings, 10th annual Bangladesh Science conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1987). Study of rubbing vibration characteristic of an overhung rotor. Proceedings, 12th annual Bangladesh Science conference, Jahangir Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1990). Study of forced convection heat transfer over smooth and finned tubes. Proceedings, 34th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1991). Study of forced convection heat transfer over three heated angular finned tubes. Proceedings, 35th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1992). Appearance of target plate when the steam blowing is over. Proceedings, 17th annual Bangladesh Science conference, Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Khan, M.H. and Kazi, M.S.N. (1992). Effect of fin angles on cross flow heat transfer from a tube. Journal of the Institution of Engineers, India, Mech. Engg. Division, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp.145-148. Kazi, M.S.N. (1993). Steam blowing and acceptance criteria. Journal of Institution of Engineers Bangladesh, vol.21,no. 1. Kazi, M.S.N. and Khan, M.H. (1993). An Experimental study of forced convection heat transfer over finned tubes. Proceedings, 37th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1993). Corrosion effect on tubes of a carbamate condenser in a urea plant. Proceedings, 37th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. (1994). An experimental study of forced convection heat transfer over finned tubes of different fin configuration. Proceedings, 38th annual convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Kazi, M.S.N. and Khan, M.H. (1995). An experimental study of forced convection heat transfer over a finned tube for different orientations. Proceedings, 6th Asian congress of fluid mechanics, Vol. 2, Singapore. Kazi, M.S.N. and Khan, M.H. (1999). Effect of fin pitches on cross flow heat transfer from a tube. Submitted for publication in the Journal of the Institution of Engineers, India. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X.D. (1998). Heat Transfer to Natural Fibre suspensions. Proceedings of IPENZ Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1998, Vol. 5, pp. 91-96. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X. D. (1998). Heat Exchanger Fouling Mitigation with Flexible Fibres. Proceedings of 26th CHEMECA Conference, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 1998, Paper no.177.6. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X. D. (1999). Heat Transfer in the Drag Reducing Regime of Wood Pulp Fibre Suspension Flow. Chem. Eng. Journal, 1999, CE2655, Vol. 73, pp. 247-253. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X. D. (1999). Heat Transfer Coefficient-a New Method to Relate Fibre and Paper Properties. Proceedings of 27th CHEMECA Conference, New Castle, Australia, 1999, Section 6, p. 162 and CD Rom. Kazi, M.S.N., Chen, X.D., Duffy, G.G. and Muller-Steinhagen, H.M. (1999). Fibre Modified Scaling Mechanisms in Heat Transfer Fouling Mitigation. Proceedings of Mitigation of Heat Exchanger Fouling and its Economic and Environmental Implications, Banff, Canada, 1999, Section V, pp. 1-8. Duffy, G.G., Kazi, M.S.N. and Chen, X.D. (2000). Heat Transfer Coefficient-a New Way to Monitor Wood Pulp Quality. Proceedings of 54th Annual Appita Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2000, Paper 4B12, Vol. 2, pp. 605-614. Duffy, G.G., Kazi, M.S.N. and Chen, X.D. (2000). Heat Transfer to Fibre Suspensions in Annular Flow. Proceedings of 28th CHEMECA Conference, Perth, Australia, 2000, Paper no. C-4.2, pp. 366-369. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X. D. (2002). Fibre Modified Scaling in Heat Transfer Fouling Mitigation. Chem. Eng. Comm., 2002, Vol. 189, No. 3, pp. 1-17. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X. D. (2001). Heat Transfer Fouling Mitigation with Wood Pulp Fibres. Proceedings of Heat Exchanger Fouling, Fundamental Approaches and Technical Solutions, Davos, Switzerland, 2001, Section iii, pp. 21-27. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X. D. (2001). A Study of Fouling and Fouling Mitigation on Smooth and Roughened Metal Surfaces and a Polymeric Material. Proceedings of Heat Exchanger Fouling, Fundamental Approaches and Technical Solutions, Davos, Switzerland, 2001, Section iii, pp. 9-17. Duffy, G.G., Kazi, M.S.N. and Chen, X.D. (2002). Pressure Drop Measurement-a New Way to Monitor Wood Pulp Quality. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Appita Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, March, 2002. Duffy, G.G., Chen, X.D. and Kazi, M.S.N. (2002). Fibre Particle Characterisation. Proceedings of the Hydrotransport 15 Conference, Banff, Canada, June, 2002. Kazi, M.S.N., Chen, X.D. and Duffy, G.G. (2002). Cleaning of Mineral Fouling Deposits on Heat Exchanger Surfaces. Proceedings of the 30th Chemeca Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, September, 2002. Kazi, M. S. N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X.D. (2002). A Study of Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss of Suspensions of Synthetic Filaments and Wood Pulp Fibres in Annular Flow. Proceedings of the 30th Chemeca Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, September, 2002. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X.D. (2002). Validation of Heat Transfer Data for Fibre Suspensions in Annular Flow. Proceedings of the 30th Chemeca Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, September, 2002. Kazi, M.S.N., Duffy, G.G. and Chen, X.D. (2009). Fouling and Fouling Mitigation on Different Heat Exchanging Surfaces. Proceedings of Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning Conference, Pichl, Schladming 8973, Austria, June, 2009.