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Professor Ir. Dr. Masjuki Hj. Hassan was a '2017-Merdeka Award winner in the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Category' and listed as '2017-Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics'. He obtained his B.Sc.(Hons), Mech Eng from Leeds University, U.K. in 1977. This was followed by his M.Sc. in Tribology and Ph.D. in Mech Eng from the same university in 1978 and 1982 respectively. On completion of his PhD, he was appointed as a lecturer in 1983 at University of Malaya. He is a Senior Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Malaya and currently is also Visiting Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Administratively, he was appointed as Acting Dean, Deputy Dean, and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department on several occasions. He also sat on many committees at International, National (Ministries), and University levels. He served as Senate Member of University of Malaya on several occasions and was Secretary of Council of National Professors - Engineering, Technology and Built Environment Cluster until 31st March 2016. He is Chairman of Council of National Professors - University of Malaya Chapter from 1st June 2016 to 31st May 2018. He was the founding President of Malaysian Tribology Society (MyTRIBOS) from 2007 to 2017. He is immediate past Vice - Presidents of International Tribology Council (ITC), UK. He is the Head of the Centre for Energy Sciences and Research Fellow at Center of Malay Excellence Study, University of Malaya. He received many other awards for his outstanding academic achievements and also member of many International and National professional organizations. He collaborated and is still collaborating with many international research organizations such as United State Agency for International Aid Agency (USAID), Asean-Australian Energy Conservation Program (AAECP), ASIAN Development Bank (ADB), ASIA-EU Grant, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and AUN-Seed Net Program and Universities. He has successfully supervised many local and foreign Master and PhD students. He has published more than 500 journal articles, received more than 12,000 citations and h index of 62. His major contribution to the nation is through his expertise in biodiesel fuel production and automotive engineering have been much sought for to strengthen Malaysian Government Policy to blend various percentages of biodiesel from palm oil with fossil diesel to be sold at petrol pumps throughout Malaysia. His other contribution to the nation is his involvement in more than 6 Technical Committees at SIRIM developing various Malaysian Standards for various Malaysian manufacturing industries. He reviewed and still being invited to review many journal articles by renown publishers. He is a CEng(UK), MSAE(USA), PEng/Ir(Malaysia) and FIMechE(UK).