Prof. Dato’ Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohamad Dali Isa, DIMP
BEng(Hons)Aero, MSc, PhD, PEng, DES CAT 1/II (DCA-AN96), MSET, MMIM, MTAM, AET, MBOT
Mohamad Dali Isa has been in the aviation industry for more than 28 years. Mohamad Dali is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and led the Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT) as a Dean/Head of Campus from August 2016 until July 2020. He was also an Accountable Manager for both Department of Civil Aviation and European Aviation Safety Agency Ab-Initio Training Organization Part 147 together with Directorate General Technical Airworthiness of State Authority based in Armed Forces. He obtained his B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees in Aeronautics and Advanced Materials from University of Technology, Malaysia (1992) and Surrey University, United Kingdom (2000) respectively.He has completed a PhD program in Aerospace Engineering at RMIT University and also serves as a Professional Engineer (Ir., P.Eng.) in Mechanical Discipline since year 2002 until 2009. He worked with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) as a Technical Services Engineer for almost 13 years. In MAS, he was a Category I and II (Department of Civil Aviation – AN96) signatories responsible for any minor and major structural design alteration to narrow and wide-body aircrafts including repair and modification. He was a leading engineer for first Malaysia in-house B747 heavy maintenance overhaul and pylon modifications. He was also a MAS Technical Representative for Airbus, A300 and Boeing, B747-300 heavy maintenance visits and special repairs conducted at British Aerospace (BAe) and Qantas Engineering. Ir. Mohamad Dali was the first Malaysian being the member of Airbus Structures Working Group (ASWG). In 2001, he was promoted as a Head of Engineering for KLIA and line operations. He joined UniKL MIAT in early 2005. Dr. Mohamad Dali research interests include aircraft structures particularly composite materials, damage tolerance and fail-safe design. He has authored numerous numbers of industrial technical or engineering reports (approx. more than 400 reports), and also authored technical publications in leading journals. He has also lectured in several invited industrial short courses to Airlines, Royal Malaysian Airforce, Airod, Sepang Aircraft Engineering (SAE) etc and giving regular talks and comments on MH370 and MH17 incidents in the media i.e. RTM 1, Bernama Astro Awani and leading newspapers. He was the first Chairman of Malaysian Society of Engineering Technologist (MSET) founded in 2008 and now a professional member of ASEAN Engineering Technologist
Muhamad Khalizi BIN Abdul Razak
Managing Director – NALURI CINDAI SDN BHD
Khalizi Razak has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing and corporate world. He is currently the Managing Director of Naluri Cindai Sdn Bhd. He has degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1991 from Queen Mary College, University of London. He was part of the pioneering group which started the composites aerospace manufacturing in Malaysia through Eagle Aircraft Malaysia Sdn Bhd in 1997 and was involved in the certification of E150B in Perth, Australia and manufacturing transfer program of E150B from Perth Australia to Melaka Malaysia. In 1999, he was transferred to CTRM Aero Composites, serving various position with the last position as the CEO of CTRM Aero Composites Sdn Bhd from 2009 through 2012 Over the last 7 years, he has coached more than 30 SMEs companies intended to embark the journey to become part of aerospace supply chain eco system
Khairil Anwar Bin Abu Kassim (Ir. Ts. Dr.),
Adjunct Prof.
Director General – Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS)
Secretary General – ASEAN NCAP
Adjunct Professor, UTM KL
Advisor – Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, Malaysia
Editor-in-chief – Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia.
– International Journal of Road Safety
- Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim is the Secretary General of ASEAN NCAP, one of ten NCAP’s in the world that encourage safer cars development in the market. In MIROS, he is the Director General of MIROS, one of the leaders in road safety area that help researchers & engineers to realize their full potential in the safety system. To date, he has been supervising and developing multiple International and local research and development grants and projects in MIROS with a total worth RM 40 Million.
- On February 25th , 2010, MIROS has created the nation history by conducting Passenger Car Outdoor Crash Test, the first in Malaysia and South East ASEAN, this success story spread out to Europe, USA and others ASIAN countries. It was never in their mind, that country like Malaysia able to execute a crash test. Currently, the MIROS PC3 has conducted more than 100 crash tests since May 2012 and it is one of the official crash laboratories for ASEAN NCAP.
- In his junior years, Khairil left Okayama University of Science to devote his energies to several companies in Japan and Malaysia. It was his third job at Autoliv Hirotako that makes he choose the career of saving people life through safety equipment’s. The vision than brought to MIROS, in a broader position, to enhance manufacturer’s performance to produce a safer vehicle.
- Under Khairil’s leadership, ASEAN NCAP mission continually improves towards establishing a reliable independent consumer information for safer cars. More manufacturers have increased their vehicle safety capacity and ability as a result of safety rating and strategies implemented by the team. It is well accepted that to enter the ASEAN market, the minimum required rating is now 4 star which confidently translate to reduction of road fatality. MIROS has recognized his commitment by awarding him the Excellent Service Award in his first full-service year in 2009 and 2016 together Most Impact Researcher Award in 2010. He is also receiving special awards for his dedicated works and commitment throughout his tenure.
- The opportunities to work at several corners of the world has given him a chance to expand his professional capacity throughout his life and career. However, the privilege comes with immense responsibilities and exciting challenge set by MIROS. Admittedly, he will devote himself until vehicle safety becomes standard, not as an option