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Marwan Nafea, PhD, MEng, BEng (Hons), FHEA, GradEng, GradIEM, GradTech, MIET, MIEEE, PMIFERP, MIAENG, MICSES
Dr. Marwan Nafea received my B.Eng. (Hons.) degree in Electronic Engineering from Sebha University, Brak, Libya, in 2010, and M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He served as a Researcher and Software Developer in the Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, University Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia from July 2017 to October 2018. He also served as a Researcher in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia from May to December 2018. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. He held different administrative positions related to accreditation, educational quality assurance, infrastructure, and others. He was recognized as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), UK in June 2020. Then, he was recognized as an FHEA, UK in December 2021. he currently serves as a Guest Editor in Frontiers in Materials, Review Editor on the Editorial Board in Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, and as an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences, the International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems, and the International Journal of Applied Power Engineering. He also served as an editor of a book on sensors and as an invited reviewer for several journals and conferences. His research interests are in the areas of 4D printing, MEMS, microfabrication technologies, wireless microfluidic devices, microactuators, modeling & control, optimization, and biosignals.
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Latest Grants
- Vehicle-in-the-Loop Safety Testing Platform for Autonomous Vehicle Using Malaysian Road and Traffic Environment, The YTI Professorial Chair Programme (YTIPCP) Grant (PNB/ED/2021/SYTI/EXTERNAL/CMCO (66)), University of Nottingham Malaysia, Vimal Rau Aparow, Marwan Nafea, Tomás Henrique Bodé Maul, and Hishamuddin Jamaluddin, RM 265700, 3/5/2021 - 28/4/2023, Role: Co-Principal Researcher.
- A Study and Analysis of Shape Programming of a 4D-Printed Implantable Shape Memory Polymer Microactuator, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2019/TK05/UNIM/02/2), University of Nottingham Malaysia, Marwan Nafea, Haider Abbas F Almurib, Michelle Tan Tien Tien, Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Ali, and Ahmad 'Athif Mohd Faudzi, RM 64200, 01/09/2019 - 31/05/2022.
Awards and Recognition
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Excellence Award, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 2021.
- Research Excellence Award, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 2021.
- Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 2021.
- Featured article (Isolation of Fetal ECG Signals from Abdominal ECG Using Wavelet Analysis) in IRBM Journal, IRBM: Trends for 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irbm.2021.01.005.
- Featured article (MEMS Actuators for Biomedical Applications: A Review) in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering: Highlights of 2021. https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0960-1317/page/highlights-of-2020.
- Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 2020.
- Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 9 December 2019.
- Bronze Research Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, 9 December 2019.
- Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Hybrid PSO-Tuned PID and Hysteresis-Observer Based Control for Piezoelectric Micropositioning Stages", In the International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Application 2019 (ICSIMA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 August 2019.
- Best Presentation Award for the paper entitled "Hybrid PSO-Tuned PID and Hysteresis-Observer Based Control for Piezoelectric Micropositioning Stages", In the International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Application 2019 (ICSIMA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 August 2019.
- Best Paper Award in Biosignal Analysis and Processing II Session for the paper entitled "Brainwave-Controlled System for Smart Home Applications", In the 2018 International Conference on BioSignal Analysis, Processing and Systems (ICBAPS), Sarawak, Malaysia, 25 July 2018.
- Gold Medal in Research Exhibition & Competition "Brainwave-Controlled System for Smart Home Applications" in FBME International Innovation Day 2018, Faculty of Bioscience & Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia, 18 April 2018.
- Best Presentation Award in Control Theory and Applications Track for the paper entitled "A Hybrid Control Approach for Precise Positioning of a Piezo-Actuated Stage", In the 2014 14th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 22-25 October 2014.
- Best Presentation Award (Overall - Faculty of Electrical Engineering) of the 4th Electrical Engineering Research Colloquium (EERC 2013), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, 24 December 2013.
- Best Presentation Award (Control Category) of the 4th Electrical Engineering Research Colloquium (EERC 2013), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, 24 December 2013.
- Silver Medal for the Invention/Innovation "Control of Shape-Memory-Alloy Actuators Using Field Frequency Modulation for Microfluidic Application", at the 15th Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX 2013), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, 4 October 2013.
- Bronze Medal for the Invention/Innovation "Frequency-Controlled Wireless Shape-Memory-Alloy Microgripper", at the 15th Industrial Art and Technology Exhibition (INATEX 2013), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, 4 October 2013.
Editorial Memberships
- Guest Associate Editor in Frontiers in Materials.
- Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.
- Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences.
- Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems.
- Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Applied Power Engineering.
Peer Review Activities
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
- Advanced Materials Technologies.
- Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing.
- IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
- European Polymer Journal.
- Express Polymer Letters.
- Mechatronics.
- Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.
- Soft Computing.
- Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures.
- PLOS One.
- Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering.
- Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
- Micromachines.
- Fractal and Fractional.
- Measurement & Control.
- Applied Sciences.
- Microsystem Technologies.
- Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control.
- International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation.
- IET Circuits, Devices & Systems.
- IET Signal Processing.
- Energies.
- Mathematics.
- Robotica.
- COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering.
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly.
- Actuators.
- Jurnal Teknologi.
- Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.
- SAE Technical Papers.
- International Journal of Integrated Engineering.
- TELKOMNIKA.
- Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics.
- Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering.
- Journal of Drug Design, Delivery and Safety.
- International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems.
- International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing.
- International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
- International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems.
- IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation.
- IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence.
- International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems
- Applications of Modelling and Simulation.
- Punjab University Journal of Mathematics.
He also served as a reviewer for various international conferences.
News and Media Coverage
New Drug Delivery Systems Findings from University of Technology Reported (A wirelessly-controlled piezoelectric microvalve for regulated drug delivery), Pharmacy Choice News, 5 October 2018.
Administrative Tasks:
- Faculty Educational Quality Assurance Committee (FEQA), University of Nottingham Malaysia, August 2021.
- Faculty Infrastructure Committee Member, University of Nottingham Malaysia, November 2020.
- Workload Planner, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, August 2020.
- Year 1 Progress Test Coordinator, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, September 2019.
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Information Technology Committee, University of Nottingham Malaysia, February 2019.
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Accreditation & External Partnerships Committee Member, Engineering Programmes Accreditation, University of Nottingham Malaysia, January 2019 - July 2021.
- Faculty of Science and Engineering Accreditation & External Partnerships Committee Member, Outcome Based Education, University of Nottingham Malaysia, January 2019 - July 2021.
- Accreditation Officer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, January 2019.
- Teaching Assistants' Duties Coordinator, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, January 2019 - September 2021.
Teaching Summary
Current Modules:
- Contemporary Engineering Themes (EEEE1043/EEEE2048)
- Electrical Energy Conditioning and Control (EEEE2049)
- Electronic Processing and Communications (EEEE2050/EEEE2053)
- Control Systems and System Dynamics (EEEE3120)
- Advanced Control System Design (EEEE4064)
Past Modules:
- Computer Aided Engineering (EEEE1026)
- Web Based Computing (EEEE3029)
- Project in Digital Signal Processing (EEEE4063)
Research Summary
MEMS
4D printing
Wireless microfluidic devices
Piezoelectric actuators
Shape memory alloys
Soft actuators
Dielectric elastomers
Silicon wafers machining using… read more
Selected Publications
YOUSIF SAAD ALSHEBLY, MARWAN NAFEA, MOHAMED SULTAN MOHAMED ALI and HAIDER A.F. ALMURIB, 2021. Review on recent advances in 4D printing of shape memory polymers European Polymer Journal. 159, 110708 FARAH AFIQA MOHD GHAZALI, MD NAZIBUL HASAN, TARIQ REHMAN, MARWAN NAFEA, MOHAMED SULTAN MOHAMED ALI and KENICHI TAKAHATA, 2020. MEMS actuators for biomedical applications: a review Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 30(7), 073001 NAFEA, MARWAN, NAWABJAN, AMIRJAN and MOHAMED ALI, MOHAMED SULTAN, 2018. A wirelessly-controlled piezoelectric microvalve for regulated drug delivery: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 279, 191-203