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School of Aerospace Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Parvathy Rajendran, CEng UK

  1. Name: Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Parvathy Rajendran, CEng UK

  2. Academic Qualifications:
  • PhD (Aerospace Engineering) Cranfield University, United Kingdom (Nov 2012)
  • MSc (Aerospace Engineering) Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (Mac 2008)
  • BEng (Hons) (Aerospace Engineering) Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (Aug 2004)
  • MBA (Governance & Control) Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (Sept 2024)
  1. Biography:

Associate Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Parvathy Rajendran has been an academic lecturer at the School of Aerospace Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) since 2013. She completed her PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, in October 2012. Her research includes UAV design, development, flight testing, and systems development. She has also been involved as a system and flight test engineer in various UAV projects in the UK, which all successfully flown. Her appointment as the Head of the System and Design Research Cluster and the Laboratory Manager for the UAV Laboratory in the School of Aerospace Engineering further recognized her credibility. She received many awards for excellence in work and excellence in high-impact publications from USM. Besides, she has attained the title of Professional Engineer from the Board of Engineers Malaysia and currently serves as EAC Engineering Program Auditor. In addition, she also attained a Chartered Engineer (CEng.) from the Engineering Council in the United Kingdom and a Professional Technologist (Ts.) from the Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT). Furthermore, she was honored with an international award, “Outstanding Women in Engineering,” from Venus Foundation. As a research academician, Parvathy Rajendran has produced many high-impact publications. A few international journals have also appointed her to be an editor-in-chief, guest editor, international advisor, and reviewer board member. She also contributed internationally through multiple visiting professor appointments in China and India. She has provided consultancy services worth RM 317,543.66 across 34 project services, including technical evaluation, auditing, and delivering talks. Eight out of 26 projects are international consultancy work. She has been the chairman and member of the technical conference committee of various international conferences. Also, she has maintained various internal and external grants totaling more than RM 2 million. Thus, she has contributed well to the development of human capital. Her active involvement in teaching, research, consultancy, and service to the university and community has emphasized her enthusiastic academic nature and high potential to contribute to aerospace engineering.

  1. Field(s) of Specialization: Aeronautics/Aerospace Engineering (Design & Systems)

  2. Current Research Areas/Topics:
  1. Design (Aircraft & UAV & Propeller & Wing)
  2. Aircraft/UAV Systems (Electric Propulsion & Solar Power Management)
  3. Obstacle Detection & Avoidance (Control & Image Processing & Visual Tracking)
  1. Number of Postgraduate Students Supervised:

Program

Status

Main Supervisor

Co-Supervisor

PhD

Graduated

3

-

Ongoing

6

-

Master

Graduated

7

2

Ongoing

2

-
  1. Achievements / Awards:
  • 2024 – Regional Level - Certified Officer of in Quality Assurance of Higher Education (MQA)
  • 2024 - Visiting Professor - Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engg. Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • 2024 - Visiting Professor - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology HKUST (Guangzhou) China (23rd in the Word QS Ranking)
  • 2023 – Institutional Level - Certified Officer of in Quality Assurance of Higher Education (MQA)
  • 2022 - MQA Panel Auditor 
  • 2022 - Train The Trainer (TTT) HRDF (Human Resource Development Corporation)
  • 2022 - TTAC Panel Evaluator - Lembaga Teknologis Malaysia (MBOT)
  • 2022 - Invited Speaker - CMR Institute of Technology, India
  • 2022 – Programme Level - Certified Officer of in Quality Assurance of Higher Education (MQA)
  • 2021 – Keynote Speaker - ICAMMM2021, India
  • 2021 – Invited Speaker - Selangor Aviation Show 2021, Malaysia
  • 2021 – Invited Speaker - IEM Talk Series, Malaysia
  • 2021 – Keynote Speaker - ICAMMM2020, India
  • 2020 - Teaching Permit, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi
  • 2020 - Best Presenter Award - First City University College, Malaysia
  • 2020 - Grant Assessor - National Science Centre, Poland
  • 2020 -  Program Examiner - UniKL MIAT (Bach. of Aircraft Eng. Tech.)
  • 2020 – Invited Speaker – ATDMAE 2020 Hong Kong
  • 2020 - Keynote Speaker – MRAE 2020 India
  • 2019 - Keynote Speaker – IAPE’19 UK
  • 2019 - Invited Speaker - OBE Implementation
  • 2019 - EAC Auditor
  • 2019 - AeroMech’19 Conference Chairman
  • 2017 - Professional Engineer BEM (Ir.)
  • 2017 - Outstanding Women in Engineering (International Award)
  • 2017 - Associate Professor
  • 2017 - AeroMech’17 Conference Chairman
  • 2016 - Chartered Engineer (CEng.) UK
  • 2016 - Anugerah Pekerja Cemerlang (APC)
  • 2015 - UAV Laboratory Manager
  • 2015 - MIET Member
  • 2015 - Head of System and Design Research Cluster
  1. Number of Publications: 166 (till Oct 2024)  

H-Index: 19

Publication

Quantity

Book

7

Book Chapter

10

Journal

109

Proceedings

40
  1. Contact Details:
  • Work Address: School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang.
  • Tel. No. : +604-599 5963
  • Fax No. : +604-5996911
  • Mobile Phone No. : +6013-4868128
  • E-mail Address : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Profile :https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Parvathy_Rajendran2
  • Room no: 5963
  • Ext: 2.33