Professional Development
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Jan 2010 – March 2014
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Skills
Personal:
Ability to work with others and provide excellent communication skills. Proven ability to contribute and accomplish objectives in both independent and team-oriented research environments. Proven ability to work under pressure in a busy environment and resolve conflicts effectively. Skilled at using statistical analysis of data set to determine relationship and significance.
Professional
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Mechanical system design, renewable energy harvesting processes design, life cycle assessment, desalination and cooling cycles design, instrumentation and optimization, environmental impact assessment, modeling and simulation of system and processes, project planning and management.
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Educational movies development, website design and graphics design

Employement



International Standing
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Invited as sustainability expert at COP26, World Future Energy Forum, Climate change summit, 31 Oct 2021 – 12 Nov 2021, Glasgow, UK
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Consultant at UNESCO safe school project in Guyana, South America (2020)
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Business expert and Net Zero judge at Newcastle Student Climate Change Summit and Net Zero Innovation Challenge, Newcastle City Council UK (2021)
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IMechE CEng interview committee member (2021 – Now)
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IMechE academic liaison officer at Northumbria University (2021 – Now)
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Elected as a Mentor at International Desalination Association Young Leader Program (IDA-YLP) (2020 – Now)
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Regional coordinator for IDA-YLP from 2015-2019 for Middle East and Africa region.
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Invited to submit my research to UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
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Invited to submit my research to Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (ORE)

Certifications
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Research Leadership Development Programme by AdvanceHE, 13 July 2022
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Northumbria Managers Induction Training, 16 March 2022.
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Northern Accelerator Future Leaders (Entrepreneurship) Certification, 09 Dec 2021
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Grant Review and Panel Member Certification by EPSRC, 30 June 2021
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Charted Engineer Certification (Engineering Council UK), 06 Oct 2021
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Post graduate certificate of advance practice (PGCAP), 03 March 2021
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Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 12 Feb 2021
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Researcher to Innovator by SETsquared – Partnership of the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton & Surrey (10 days)
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Research Impact Planning by NEF (New Economics Foundation) Consulting
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Entrepreneurship in Research Context by the Business School, the University of Greenwich
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Writing Research Commercialization Bids by Blueberry Ltd
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Pitching, Boosting Research & Collaboration Opportunities by Enter-Rise Ltd + IP Pragmatics Ltd
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The Entrepreneurial Academic by Blueberry Ltd
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EPSRC Mock Panel – Exercise by University of Exeter and Northumbria University
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Getting your research into the media by Media Players International