Nurzal Effiyana Ghazali, Ph.D., graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with a
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical (Telecommunications) in 2007. She holds a Master of
Engineering degree from both the Shibaura Institute of Technology (2010) and UTM (2011). After
completing her doctorate in 2016 from UTM, she serves Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM as a
Senior Lecturer. Currently, she is the Director of the UTM Centre for Engineering Education (CEE)
and holds the position of Vice President at the Society for Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM).
She has authored over 30 journal and conference publications and has received more than 20 national
and international honors in the fields of IoT, mobility management, and engineering education. She
consults nationally and internationally in alternative assessment and Outcome-Based Education (OBE),
Student-Centered Learning (SCL), Project-Based Learning (PjBL), and the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning (SoTL). She has collaborated with organizations such as the Japan Society for
Engineering Education (JSEE), the Philippine Association of Engineering Schools (PAES), and several
universities in Japan, Indonesia, and Brunei.
She has gained recognition for her contributions to education, receiving the Teaching Award, the
Blended Learning Award, the Innovation in Teaching and Learning Award, and the Sakura Science
Plan.