BIODATA & CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Name : - Azni Zain Ahmed (Prof Dr) 2. Positions Held : - Lecturer, 1979-1991 - Senior Lecturer, 1992-1995 - Pre Science Coordinator, 1994-1995 - Associate Professor, 1996-2000 - Dean Faculty of Science, Nov 2000 - July 2001 - Professor, January 2001 - present - Assistant Vice Chancellor (Research), August 2001 April 2009 - Assistant Vice Chancellor (Puncak Alam and Puncak Perdana Campuses), May 2009 May 2010 - D eputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International), June 2010 present 3. Contact Address : - Level 4 - Chancellory - Universiti Teknologi MARA - 40450 Shah Alam - Selangor, MALAYSIA 4. I/C No. : - (New) 560413-03-5056 (Old) 5031647 1 / 5
5. Contact No : - Tel : 603-55442233 - Fax : 603-55443210 6. Email address : - azniz132@salam.uitm.edu.my - profazni@gmail.com 7. Date & Place of Birth : - 13 April 1956, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia 8. Gender : - Female 9. Education : - Sultan Alam Shah Primary School, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - Bukit Bintang Girls School, Kuala Lumpur - Sekolah Tun Fatimah, Johor Bharu, Malaysia - Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Southampton Technical College, UK - Aston University, UK - Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - University of Hertfordshire, UK 10. Qualifications : - BSc (Physics and Urban Planning), Aston (UK) - MSc (Solar Energy), UKM (Malaysia) - PhD (Energy in Buildings), Hertfordshire (UK) 11. Work experience : - Lecturer, ITM, 1979 1990 - Senior Lecturer,ITM, 1991 1995 - Pre Science Coordinator, ITM, 1994-1995 - Associate Professor, ITM, 1996 2000 - Dean, Faculty of Science, UiTM, 2000 2001 - Professor, UiTM, 2001 present - Senior Fellow, Institute of Science, 2005 - present - Assistant Vice Chancellor (Research), UiTM, 2001 2009 - Assistant Vice Chancellor (Puncak Alam & Puncak Perdana Campuses) 2009-2010 2 / 5
- Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International), 2010-present 12. Professional experience : - Energy Audit in Industries, 1993-1994 - Energy Efficiency and Environmental Technologies Programme, Japan, 1994 - Panel of Writers for Codes of Practice for Energy Efficiency in Non-domestic Buildings, 2000 - Panel of judges for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency national schools poster competition, 20 - Panel of judges for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency national essay writing competition, 200 - Steering Committee on Energy Efficiency Strategies for the Ministry of Energy, Communications an - Low Energy Office (LEO) project for Ministry of Energy, Water and Communictaions office building - Industrial Grant Scheme (IGS), Technical Evaluation Committee member, 2002 - Panel of Judges, Energy & Environment Category, Pameran Rekacipta & Penyelidikan UPM, 2003 - IGS Technical Committee Chairperson, 2003 - Technical Working Group Member : Architectural Considerations and Daylighting for Improvement - Steering Committee Member for Improvement to the Malaysian Standards MS 1525:2001 - Member of IRPA Top Down Technical Evaluation Committee for project Bioconversion of Palm Oi - Member of Technical and Financial Evaluation Committee for escience grant. Energy Sector, Minis - Member of Technical and Financial Evaluation Committee for TechnoFund. Industrial Sector, Minis - Member of Technical Evaluation Committeee, Fundamental Research Grants 2nd Cycle, 2007. Min - Member of Technical Evaluation Committeee, Fundamental Research Grants 3rd Cycle, 2008. Min - Technical Committee Member, Green Technology, GreenTech Malaysia, 2009 present - Technical Committee Member for Energy Efficiency, Low Energy Architecture and Passive Design 13. Areas of Research: - Solar Energy - Daylight Modelling and Daylighting in Buildings - Thermal Comfort in Buildings - Bioclimatics - Passive Solar Technologies 14. Professional Affiliations : - Malaysian Institute of Energy InTEM (President) - World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) (International Steering Committee Member) 15. (Personal)Achievements : - Excellent Service Award ITM, 1994. - Merit Award for Best Paper (New Processes, Products and Energy Category) at Malaysian Science 3 / 5
- Excellent Service Award UiTM, 1999 - Best Researcher Award, UiTM, 2000. - Silver Medal at the 29th International Exhibition of Designs and Inventions, Geneva, April 2001. - Special Award at the Malaysian Universities R&D Exhibition, 2001 for Best Project in Renewable E - Excellent Service Award UiTM, 2002 - Gold Medal at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia s Research Exhibition, 2003 - Bronze Award at the Science & Technology Exhibition 2004. - Best Paper Award at UiTM IRPA Seminar 2004. - Gold Medal at UKM R&D Exhibition, 2004 (in collaboration with UKM). - Silver Medal at Pameran R&D IPTA, PWTC, 2005. - Silver Medal at Eureka! 54th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies, Bru - Special Vice Chancellor s Award 2005 in conjunction with UiTM Quality Day - Gold Medal at 34th International Inventions, New Techniques and Products, Geneva, Switzerland, - Silver Medal at the Invention and New Product Exhibition (INPEX 2006) on 7-10 June 2006, Pittsbu - Gold Medal at the Inventions, Innovations and Design (IID 2007) exhibition,uitm, 2007. - Consolation Prize for National Intellectual Property Award at Hari Harta Intelek Negara, 24-27 Ap - Silver Medal at International Exposition of Research & Inventions of IHLs 2007 Pecipta 07, 10-12 A - Gold Medal at Eureka! 56th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies, Brus - Silver Medal at International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2008). - Silver Medal at Eureka! 57th World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technologies, Bru - 3 Patents pending 4 / 5
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