Research & Development
Annual Report 2018

New VP at the Helm

Prof Ts Dr Faidz bin Abd Rahman commenced his position as the new UTAR Vice President of R&D and Commercialisation (RDC) of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman effective 1 September 2018.

Prof Faidz received his B.Sc. (Hons.) and MSc degrees from the Department of Physics, University of Malaya in 1994 and 1996 respectively and his PhD from the Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University (MMU) in 2002. From 1998 to 2008 he was with the Faculty of Engineering, MMU and was appointed to various posts with the last appointment being the Dean for the Institute of Postgraduate Studies at MMU. He was appointed Adjunct Professor at MMU (2008-2009) and was a Research Fellow at Telekom Malaysia Research and Development Sdn Bhd (2003-2005).

Prof Faidz joined UTAR in November 2008 as a Professor at the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science. With his immense experience and knowledge, Prof Faidz was appointed as Deputy Dean of the Faculty in 2009 and then the Director for the Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research in 2010 where he was tasked to lead the development of postgraduate programmes and research activities in UTAR until his current promotion as the Vice President of R & D and Commercialisation.