ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
1. Name : Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Parvathy Rajendran, CEng UK
2. Academic Qualifications: PhD in Aerospace Engineering (Nov 2012- Cranfield University, UK)
3. Brief Career History :
Associate Professor Ir. Dr. Parvathy Rajendran is currently an associate professor and has served in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia since 2013. She completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Cranfield University, United Kingdom in October 2012. There, her research includes UAV design, development and flight testing and UAV’s systems development and testing.
She has also been involved as a systems and flight test engineer in various UAV projects in the UK, which all successfully flown. Her appointment as the Head of System and Design Research Cluster and as the Laboratory Manager for UAV Laboratory in the School of Aerospace Engineering provides further recognition to her credibility. In 2016, she was awarded with the “Anugerah Pekerja Cemerlang (APC)” for excellence in work and the “Anugerah Sanggar Sanjung” for excellence in high impact publication from USM.
In addition, she has attained the titles Professional Engineer from the Board of Engineers Malaysia and currently serves as EAC Engineering Program Auditor. In addition, she also attained Chartered Engineer (CEng.) from the Engineering Council in United Kingdom. She was honored with international award “Outstanding Women in Engineering” in 2017 from Venus Foundation.
As a young research academician, Rajendran has produced many high-impact publications. She has also been appointed by few international journals to be an editor-in-chief, guest editor, international advisor and member of the reviewer board. She has been the chairman and member of the technical conference committee of various international conferences. In addition, she has maintained various internal and external grants, which totals more than RM 1 million.
Thus, she has contributed well to the development of human capitals. Her active involvement in teaching, research, consultancy and service to the university and community has emphasized her enthusiastic academician nature with high potential to contribute on the aerospace engineering field.
4. Field(s) of Specialization: Aeronautics/Aerospace Engineering (Design & Systems)
5. Current Research Areas/Topics:
- Design (Aircraft & UAV & Propeller & Wing)
- Aircraft/UAV’s Systems {Electric Propulsion & Solar Power Management}
- Obstacle Detection & Avoidance {Control & Image Processing & Visual Tracking}
6. Number of Postgraduate Students Supervised:
| Program | Status | As a Chairman(Main Supervisor) | As a Member( Co-Supervisor) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Graduated | - | - |
| Ongoing | 2 | - | |
| Master(with thesis) | Graduated | 4 | - |
| Ongoing | 4 | - | |
| Master (without thesis) | Graduated | - | - |
| Ongoing | - | - |
7. Achievements / Awards:
- 2015 - Head of System and Design Research Cluster
- 2015 - UAV Laboratory Manager
- 2015 - MIET Member
- 2016 - Anugerah Sanggar Sanjung (Excellence in high impact publication)
- 2016 - Anugerah Pekerja Cemerlang (APC)
- 2016 - Chartered Engineer (CEng.) UK
- 2017 - Outstanding Women in Engineering (International Award)
- 2017 - Associate Professor
- 2017 - Professional Engineer BEM (Ir.)
- 2017 - AeroMech’17 Conference Chairman
- 2019 - Keynote Speaker – IAPE’19 UK
- 2019 - EAC Auditor
- 2019 - Invited Speaker - OBE Implementation
- 2019 - AeroMech’19 Conference Chairman
8. Number of Publications: 78 (till June 2019)
| H-Index: 7 |
|---|
| Publication | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Book | 4 |
| Book Chapter | 5 |
| Journal | 50 |
| Proceedings | 9 |
9. 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
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- Profile :https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Parvathy_Rajendran2
- Room no: 5963
- Ext: 2.33