WHO ’ S WHO IN ENGINEERING MALAYSIA
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2017-2020 Head , Department of Aerospace Engineering , UPM
2016-2017 Deputy Director , Corporate Strategy and Communication , UPM
ABD . RAHIM BIN ABU TALIB , Ir . Prof . Dr .
Born June , 1975
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER
abdrahim @ upm . edu . my dr . rahim75 @ gmail . com
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Professor , Department of Aerospace Engineering , Universiti Putra Malaysia ( UPM )
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng . ( Hons ) Aeronautical Engineering , University of Salford , U . K
• D . Phil Engineering Science , University of Oxford , U . K
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
2014-2015 Head of Aerospace , Industry Intelligence Division Malaysia Industry-Government for High Technology ( MIGHT )
2012-2014 Senior General Manager , MiGHT-Meteor Advanced Manufacturing Sdn . Bhd .
2011-2012 Chief Operating Officer , Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre ( AMIC )
2010-2020 Associate Professor , Department of Aerospace Engineering , UPM
2009-2011 Deputy Dean ( Academic , Students ’ Affairs and Industry Network ), Faculty of Engineering , UPM
1998-2010 Held various academic positions up to senior lecturer , Department of Aerospace Engineering , UPM
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• Secretary General , Southeast Asia Network in Aerospace Engineering ( SANAE )
• Member , Board of Directors , Science and Creativity Centre ( Pusat Sains & Kreativiti Terengganu - PSKT ), Terengganu
AREA OF EXPERTISE
• Aerodynamics , heat transfer , propulsion , sustainable aviation & materials
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & AWARDS
• Fellow , Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology ( MySET )
• Science Award , Sustainable Aviation & Energy Research Society ( SARES ), Malaysia 2020
• Young Scientist Award , Sustainable Aviation & Energy Research Society ( SARES ), Budapest , Hungary 2019
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