Other details about Dr Fawnizu can also be found at his LinkedIn profile and resume/CV (PDF). A 1-page CV is available here.
Research profiles on ORCID, Scholar, Web of Science ResearcherID, SCOPUS, SciProfiles, ResearchGate, and Academia.
Some pofile photos are available here.
Associate Professor, UTP (2013 - current)
Director, Strategic Alliance Office, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (2014-2018)
Deputy Head of E&E Department, UTP (2012-2014)
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, UTP (2001-2013)
Trainee Lecturer, UTP (1999-2001)
Guest Editor, MDPI Micromachines (2022-2023). Sumbit your paper here to this special issue on "Recent Advances in Emerging Transistor Technologies and Their Applications".
Board of Examination, Polytechnic & Community Colleges, Ministry of Higher Education MOHE (2022-2025, 2025-2028)
MOHE’s MyQUEST College Rating Taskforce and Lead Facilitator (2021-2023)
MOHE’s SETARA University Rating Taskforce (2025-2026)
Board of Study at FoE, Universiti Putra Malaysia (2020-2023)
Visiting Professor at Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT-UTM) (2020)
Visiting Professor at Intel Microelectronics (2012-2013)
In progress: 1
Completed: 26
Value: ~RM2.5 mil
Patents (granted): 6
Copyrights: 6
PhD: 10 main, 2 co
MSc: 4 main, 8 co, 10 dissertations
UG: 55 FYP, 8 capstones
Refereed journals: 60
Book chapters: 5
Conferences/Seminars: 100+
Citations: 1900+
h10-/i10-index: 23/54
"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)
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"
Computer engineering and science related research
ARM/RISC-V based SoC design
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)
IC Testing and Design-for-Testability (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"