UiTM’s Electrical Engineering Lecturers Appointed to the Accreditation Council, Board of Engineers Malaysia

Two active and outstanding lecturers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia have been given recognition by the Board of Engineers (BEM) Malaysia and received prestigious appointments recently.

Prof. Ir. Dr. Norlida Buniyamin was recently appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC), Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) for the session 2019/2020. The appointment was based on entry level computer science jobs active participation and contribution to the engineering fraternity both in Malaysia and in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

Norlida has actively contributed to the improvement and maintenance of the standards of engineering education in Malaysia and in the ASEAN region. In 2018, she was elected as the first woman Head Commissioner of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation (AFEO, established in 1972). She is a board member of BEM since 2017 and is currently chairing the Training and Education committee of the BEM. She is also a member of the National Monitoring Committee (NMC), BEM, that monitors the standards and mobility of Malaysian professional engineers.