Bio: I joined DUT in October 2014 and am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design, the co-ordinator of the PhD in Visual and Performing Arts, and a member of the Institutional Research Ethics Committee.

Webpage URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hPIp7iUAAAAJ&hl=en

Courses Currently Teaching: Postgraduate supervision, as well as the undergraduate course History and Theory of Graphic Design 3.

Research and Innovation focus: My main research interests are visual literacy, visual semiotics and visual research methods (also known as image-based research).

Bio: He is a trans-disciplinary designer, researcher and educator. He holds a PhD in Product Design, UMK Malaysia in 2016, where he engaged in design to enhance the connection between indigenous values and modernity. After his PhD program, he pursued a two years’ Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Vaal University of Technology, South Africa before joining DUT as a Senior Lecturer. He has several research publications in accredited journals, international conference proceedings and as book/book chapters. He is also a recipient of several academic and innovative awards, which includes Malaysian International Scholarship 2014-2016, Malaysia; Gold Medallist at ITEX’15, Malaysia; UMK Excellent Postgraduate Researcher’s Award 2016; KMIC International Champion 2017, Berlin Germany; NDHRN Emerging Scholar Award 2018, Philadelphia, USA.

Webpage URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vf6zZcgAAAAJ&hl=en

Courses Currently Teaching: Undergraduate: History and Theory of Graphic Design II, Critical and Contextual Studies II and History Theory of Graphic Design III, Postgraduate: Research methodology and Postgraduate supervision.

Research and Innovation focus: His main research interests are the links between contemporary design, design process and indigenous knowledge system (IKS). His current research project, funded by DUT’s Research Capacity Development Grant, is exploring the experience-centric application of IoT in consumer product design.