Dr Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
Associate Professor of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Ahli Lembaga Peperiksaan, Jabatan Politeknik, Ministry of Higher Education (2022-2024)
Past Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section
Past Chair, IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Malaysia Chapter
Past Director, UTP Strategic Alliance Office
Other details about Dr Fawnizu can also be found at his LinkedIn profile and resume/CV (PDF).
Research profiles on ORCID, Scholar, Web of Science, SCOPUS, SciProfiles, ResearchGate, and Academia.
Links to profile photos available (waist up) here or here or (shoulder level) here or here.
Work Experience (24 years)
Associate Professor, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) (2013 - current)
Program Manager, MSc Electronic Systems Engineering, UTP (2009-2013, 2023-2024)
MyQUEST Taskforce under the Higher Education Department (2021-2022)
Ahli Lembaga Peperiksaan, Politeknik/Kolej Komuniti, Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (2022-2025)
Director, Strategic Alliance Office, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (2014-2018)
Deputy Head of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, UTP (2013-2014)
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (2001-2013)
Board of Study for Master of Computer Engineering at UPM (2020-2023)
Visiting Professor at Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT-UTM, 2020)
Visiting Professor at Intel Malaysia (2012-2013)
Guest Editor, MDPI Micromachines (2022-2023). Sumbit your paper here to this special issue on "Recent Advances in Emerging Transistor Technologies and Their Applications".
In progress: 1
Completed: 24
Value: ~RM2.5 mil
Patents (granted): 6
Copyrights: 6
Phd: 12
MSc: 12
Refereed journals: 51
Book chapters: 5
Conferences/Seminars: 101
Citations: 1400
h10-/i10-index: 18/41
"Optimal Fractional-order Predictive PI Controllers: For Process Control Applications with Additional Filtering", ISBN: 978-981-19-6516-6, Springer, Published 2022.
"CPU-based Application Transformation to CUDA", ISBN: 978-365-9171-21-5, Published: 12 July 2012.
"IEEE Malaysia’s 30th Anniversary Commemoration", ISBN: 978-967-2048-00-8, Published: 20 November 2016
2 Gold Medals at IENA (Germany-2014)
3 Gold Medals at MTE & ITEX (2014-2016)
Asia Pacific Outstanding Volunteer Award (IEEE-2018)
CASS Innovation Award (IEEE-2016)
External Award Winner Award (UTP-2017)
Healthy Lifestyle Award (UTP-2020)
Courses Taught
UG: Digital Electronics, Computer Systems Architecture, Distributed & Parallel Computing, Digital Systems Design, Data & Computer Network, Embedded Systems, Introduction to VLSI, System-on-Chip Design
PG: Advanced Digital Systems Design, VLSI Systems Design, Research Methodology, "System Verification, Test and Validation Methodologies"
Research Interests
Computer engineering and science related research
RRAM and CNTFET
Ternary logic
Fault/delay-tolerant systems
RISC-V open architecture
Hardware security
Algorithm and digital architecture
Multimedia and AI algorithm (HW/SW)
Testing and DFT
Control and optimization
IT-related topics including data networking, distributed/parallel computing
Dr Fawnizu is interested in all aspects of computer engineering and science covering both hardware and software scopes.
Standing Committee Digital Communication, IEEE Circuits & Systems Society
Membership Development Coordinator, IEEE Region 10 (Asia Pacific) (2021 & 2022)
Chair, IEEE Malaysia Awards & Recognition Committee (2021 & 2022)
Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section (2019 & 2020)
Vice Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section (2017 & 2018)
Excom, IEEE Malaysia Section (2015 & 2016)
Chair, IEEE Circuits & Systems Malaysia (2013 & 2014)
Excom, IEEE Circuits & Systems Malaysia (2009 - 2012)
Excom, IEEE Robotics & Automation Malaysia (2019 & 2020)
The list of paper publications can be found on this website here.
Dr Fawnizu also spends time on non-technical non-fiction writing. Check out his blog.
Dr Fawnizu is also Guest Editing for MDPI Micromachines (JCR Q1 journal). Link to Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Emerging Transistor Technologies and Their Applications"