Prof. Ir. Dr. WAN ABU BAKAR WAN ABAS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

PhD (1978), BSc (Mech Engng) (1974). University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Diploma (Mech. Engng) (1972), Technical College, Kuala Lumpur (now UTM).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Board of Engineers, Malaysia.

Member, Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM).

Ex-President, Malaysian Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (MSMBE).

President, Society for Prosthetists and Orthotists, Malaysia (PPOM).

Panel, Engineering Accreditation Council, Panel.

Fellow, Academy Of Sciences, Malaysia,

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES (PREVIOUS)

Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya.

Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya.

Director, Centre for Applied Biomechanics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya.      Coordinator, Master of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,

College Master, Second Residential College, University of Malaya.

Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya.

Deputy Dean (Acting), Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya.

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Acting), University of Malaya.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Tissue Mechanics
Applied Biomechanics
Motion Analysis

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Has published engineering books and many research articles in reputable international journals in the areas of biomedical engineering.

Set-up the Biomedical Engineering Programme (1997) and later (2001) the Biomedical . Engineering Department, University of Malaya,

Was involved in the setting-up of the Biomedical Engineering Programme (Prosthetics & Orthotics) at the Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Malaya,

Has supervised postgraduate students at Masters and Phd levels.

CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY

Prof. Dr. Ir. Wan Abu Bakar is a well-known creative writer who has published a novel, short stories, poems, as well as academic books and articles on Malay literature in Malaysia and Indonesia under the pen name Irwan Abu Bakar. He is an associate editor of Dewan Sastera, which is Malaysia’s top literary magazine. He owns the publishing company Esastera Enterprise. He promoted e-literature in Malaysia since 2002 through the portal e-Sastera.com which is currently very active in the Facebook. In 2010, he set up a society for e-literature activists, the Persatuan Aktivis E-sastera, Malaysia (E-SASTERA) and has been the President of the society since. He is also the Head Coordinator for the Gabungan Komunitas Sastra ASEAN (GAKSA) and the World Association of Literary Communities (WALC). He has also served as a Panel member for a number of literary awards in Malaysia. Besides, has also served as the Vice President of NUMERA, a regional literary society for Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.