Dr. Ahmad Saifizul Abdullah is an associate Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He joined University of Malaya in 1999 and has been teaching instrumentation and control system engineering to mechanical engineering students since 2003. His area of expertise and research interests are in instrumentation and control system engineering.
Dr. Ahmad Saifizul Abdullah and his team have been involved in various kinds of research areas dealing with sensors, control system and intelligent systems. He is an active consultant to many government agencies and business companies both locally and globally. Recently, his research focus on Smart Sensor and Intelligent Transportation Systems, with the goal of reducing road accident fatalities, road pavement damage, and emissions from vehicular traffic, particularly those involving heavy vehicles.
Dr. Ahmad Saifizul Abdullah has won many international awards for his research and development efforts. Among the prestigious awards he has received are "Best of the Best Awards" at the Malaysian Technology Expo 2013, "Best Paper Award - Discovering Interesting Facts" at the 9th Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies Conference 2011, and "Outstanding Paper Award" at the 17th Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) World Congress, 2010. He has also published over 80 scientific and technical papers, secured over 30 research awards, and filed several patents.