Sami Salama Hussen Hajjaj
Dr Sami Hajjaj is an academic with more 15 years of experience in engineering education, research, and administration. His areas of interest include Automation, Robotics, Robot Systems, the Internet of Things (IoT), Data Science (Machine Learning), Engineering Education, and impact of Technology on Society. His projects cover a wide range of fields, including Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Industrial Robotics, Agriculture Automation, Robots for TV & Film, educational Robots, among others. He taught courses on related topics, published journal papers, conducted training in multiple countries, registered patents and other intellectual properties (on IoT and Robotics), and won several international and industry Innovation awards on related topics. He is a Professional Engineer (PEng), a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE), a Certified IoT Specialist (CIoTs), and a certified Professional Trainer.
Kisheen Rao Gsangaya
Kisheen Rao holds a Masters in mechanical engineering, and has been working on Internet of Things (IoT) projects since 2017. For his Masters, he focused on IoT and its applications in agriculture, energy, vehicle systems, and others. He has published several papers and patents on related fields and has won numerous awards at university, national, and international levels.
He is a member of the Centre for Advance Mechatronics and Robotics (CaMaRo), specializing in controller programming, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and embedded systems. He contributed in developing the IoT training manual targeted for Undergraduate students, from the student perspective, and co-conducted many of these hands-on sessions, under the supervision of his mentor, Dr Hajjaj. Upon graduation with first-class honours, he founded EzyChip Technologies, an engineering solutions company specializing in robotics, autonomous systems, IoT solutions, and related technologies. He is also a registered Graduate Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia.
