Professor Ir. Dr. Nukman bin Yusoff, being a Professional CAD/CAM Engineer registered under Board of Engineers Malaysia, he has pioneering the Computer Aided Design / Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) field in Malaysia. He acquired his PhD from Loughborough University (field of research: Laser Materials Processing) in 2009 and Master in Engineering Science, MSc. (Mechatronics) from DeMontFort University, Leicester United Kingdom in 1998. He acquired his first degree in CAD/CAM from University of Central England in Birmingham. Since then he has been teaching undergraduate courses in the field of CAD/CAM and Manufacturing and graduate level of teaching in Manufacturing Automation and Control and other field of subjects in Manufacturing. His administration experience in UM shining when he was appointed as Head Of Department of Engineering Design & Manufacture in 2007 till 2009. Since working in UM Nukman was actively doing research in the field of Laser Materials Processing, Human Factors, CAD/CAM, CNC and Manufacturing Process and Management. Being a Principal Researcher in UM he has secured totaling of several millions of grants from internal and international sources which he managed to supervised more than handfull PhD graduates and quite a number of Masters or other post graduates which currently working under his supervision.  His main research interest is in Green Manufacturing and Human Factors. He successfully helps to improvise the lifecycle of Malaysian long traditional boat used by village people in the remote area such as in Ulu Tembeling Pahang. From the lab research work he manages to optimize the use of vegetable oil as lubricants in machining. He also active in Ergonomics research and consultancies with ORCHID, Ergonomics Research Team in UM. Some of his recent research on Human Factors including Driving behavior of ageing drivers and manual lifting research in Malaysian Industries. Current research going on in Mental workload and Mental Fatigue  among Malaysian service sectors in Malaysia under National Institute of Safety and Health research work. He does a lot of research in laser materials processing using Carbon dioxide lasers, excimer lasers and fibre lasers interacted with metals and non-metals. He authored more than sixty quality ISI and Scopus indexed research articles in Manufacturing Processes and Systems including three scientific books which being referred worldwide.

As an infectious diseases physician, lecturer, and researcher at Universiti Malaya, I focus on advancing research through randomized controlled trials to improve treatment strategies for infections caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. I am dedicated to optimizing antimicrobial therapies in critically ill patients by integrating pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles to achieve better therapeutic outcomes.

  Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Zul Ilham bin Zulkiflee Lubes completed his B.Sc.(Hons.) in Universiti Malaya (UM), a Panasonic Scholar for M.Sc. and a JICA AUN/SEED-Net Scholar for his Doctoral study at the Department of Socio-Environmental Energy Science, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Japan. His research interest is in the field of biomass science and bioenergy, with esteemed awards from Japan Institute of Energy and American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS). Currently, as part of Malaysia's effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, he is actively studying structure, function and decomposition of biomass for conversion to gaseous, liquid and solid energy carriers as well as sustainable feed. Dr. Zul Ilham also serves as Associate Editor for academic journals PROGEE, MJS, JISDeP, JSAEM and EJChE. He has been appointed as M.Sc. and Ph.D. external examiner for several Malaysian universities (USIM, USM, UTM, UTeM, UiTM and IIUM) and internationally (Brunei and Poland). As an alumnus of the Young South-East Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellows Program, he volunteers regularly in promoting energy literacy, renewable energy and climate action to youth and community (Sustainable Development Goals; SDG 7 and 13) including being the country coordinator of the Asian Students Environment Platform (ASEP), a project supported by AEON Environmental Foundation. Professionally, he is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) by ASEAN Centre of Energy and a Professional Technologist accredited by the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT). He and his team also secured national and industrial research grants such as the FRGS, Gamuda Land, Petronas as well as several coveted international research grants. Dr. Zul Ilham has been invited to participate as plenary or invited speaker in several international conferences and has been Visiting Scholar to several universities (Kyoto University Japan, Zhejiang University China, Universitas Andalas and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Indonesia). He was also the recipient of Fulbright Malaysian Scholar Award 2022/2023 as Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA. Administratively, Dr. Zul Ilham was the Program Coordinator for B.Sc. Environmental Science and Management, Deputy Director at the UM Centre of Civilisational Dialogue, Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) for the Faculty of Science UM and the Director of UM Grant Management Centre. He is also the core member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Forest Biomass Ecosystem Living Lab Initiative and expert panel in the ASEAN-UNESCAP Carbon Neutrality Campus Network, tasked to formulate a regional carbon neutral course for university students. His latest chapter in a book with the title "Challenges of Environmental Justice in the Decarbonization of Development in Malaysia" had recently been published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (2025). He is currently on secondment to a national think tank agency, Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM) as Principal Fellow and Director, Centre for Science and Environment Studies. WoS publications: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1414836Scopus publications: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218544179Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jVPTqGsAAAAJ&hl=enCommunity Outreach Activities: https://zulilham.wordpress.com/activities/