Sazmal Effendi bin Arshad was born on December 2, 1972, and currently serves as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources at UMS, specializing in Inorganic Chemistry. Since joining UMS in 1999 as a tutor, he has established a distinguished academic and research career. Prior to his tenure at UMS, Professor Sazmal spent three years at Sime Darby Tyre Technology Centre in Petaling Jaya.

He earned his PhD in Engineering Materials, focusing on Glass-ceramics, from the University of Sheffield between 2000 and 2005. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry from Liverpool John Moores University, which he completed in 1996, and he is also a proud alumnus of ITM Shah Alam, where he obtained his diploma in Industrial Chemistry in 1994.

He is deeply passionate about mentoring emerging scholars in the field of Solid-state Chemistry with a special emphasis on Glass, Ceramics, Zeolites, and Clay Chemistry. He is currently engaged in cutting-edge research on the crystallization processes of Zeolite T and L from kaolinite clay, including examining solid-state crystallizing parameters for forming kalsilite from kaolinite. Additionally, his innovative transdisciplinary research includes developing Microbial Fuel Cells for generating bioelectricity from wastewater and exploring the potential for biohydrogen production.

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Mohamad Dali Isa  was the first Chairman of Malaysian Society of Engineering Technologist (MSET) founded in 2008. He was also a Deputy President of Malaysia Society of Engineering and Technology (MySET).  In the corporate world, Mohamad Dali holds a position of Director and Chief Executive Officer of renowed aeropace training centre at Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) which is a subsidiary of Government Linked Company responsibled for the development of professional trainings approved by the competent authorities such as Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

He had 13 years of experience serving as a field Aviation Structural Design Engineer of Malaysia Airlines. Thereafter he joined Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT) as an Associate Professor and subsequently promoted to Professor. Whilst in UniKL MIAT, he was still practicing engineering consultation via Centre for Aerospace Design Sdn Bhd. (CAeD), a company which is recognized by both UniKL MIAT and Department of Civil Aviation of Malaysia (DCA). He has held various academia and industrial management positions including Dean of UniKL MIAT,  Chief Executive Officer of CAeD, Accountable Manager of UniKL Resources Sdn. Bhd and Head of Technical Services (Operations) of Malaysia Airlines. Mohamad Dali was the first Malaysian being the member of Airbus Structures Working Group (ASWG).

He earned his PhD from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Australia in Aerospace Engineering. He holds Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Aeronautics and Master of Science in Advanced Materials from University of Technology Malaysia and University of Surrey, United Kingdom respectively. His research interests include aircraft structures particularly composite materials, damage tolerance and fail-safe design. He has authored numerous numbers of industrial technical or engineering reports totaling more than 400 and also authored technical publications in leading journals.

Mohamad Dali is a Professional Engineer and Professional Technologist. He has lectured in several invited industrial short courses for Airlines, Royal Malaysian Airforce, Airod and Sepang Aircraft Engineering (SAE) and actively given regular talks and comments on MH370 and MH17 incidents in the media including RTM 1, Bernama Astro Awani and leading newspapers.