Autor: Lian Yee Kok

Dr. Mohd Hasnun Arif Hassan earned his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Bingen,  Germany, in 2010. During the final year of his undergraduate study, he was offered a scholarship by Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) to pursue a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, which he graduated with distinction in 2012. After that, he embarked on his Ph.D. journey at UMP where he studied about the head injury sustained by soccer players due to heading manoeuvre. He completed his Ph.D. study in 2016, then continue to serve UMP as a senior lecturer.    His research interests include finite element modelling of the interaction between human and sports equipment, instrumentation of sports equipment and injury prevention particularly with regard to sports and traffic accidents. His work aims to apply engineering principles in sports not only to enhance the performance of an athlete but also to prevent injuries.    Besides research work, Hasnun also involves in managing journals, namely the Movement, Health and Exercise (Mo HE Journal) under the Ministry of Education of Malaysia, where he now serves as a section editor. He is also the founding editor-in-chief of Mekatronika, a UMP mechatronics journal, and also currently serves as one of the coordinators of Open Journal System (OJS) in UMP. He considers himself a computer geek who enjoys graphic design and website development. Hasnun also loves music and plays guitar, bass and/or drum occasionally.   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Munir Che Muhamed is an associate professor in Sport and Exercise Science at the Lifestyle Science Research Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute,  Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. His academic endeavour started in 1990 when he was awarded the Federal Sports Scholarship by the Ministry of Youth and Sport Malaysia.  He received his Bachelor and Master of Science Degree from Indiana State University in Exercise Science in 1994 and 1996, respectively. He then completed his doctoral studies in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Sydney in 2005. His primary research interest includes environmental exercise physiology where he had examined the influence of relative humidity in the development of heat stress and its effect on sports performance. In addition, Dr. Munir had also examined circulatory and muscular physiological responses to exercise.     He has presented his research findings in several national and international scientific conferences. A former national and intercollegiate athlete at Indiana State University, Dr. Munir competed in Division I NCAA Men’s Tennis competition for four years. Dr. Munir remains active in consultancy work relating to Sport Science within several government agencies. He was previously the chairman of National Coaching Board, Malaysia, from 2009–2011.     Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Shanita Safii joined the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, UKM, as a tutor till 1996 and currently is a dietetic lecturer in the Dietetics program and a chair of the Centre for the Community Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, UKM, since January 2022. Her past and current experiences are giving lectures on sports nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, healthy lifestyles, conducting weight management camps and counselling out-patients at the UKM Medical Centre. Her specialisation is web- and mobile app development on dietary assessment, training and energy requirement among athletes and active individuals (Nutri Sport Ex TM, Diet Score TM and i Diet Score TM) and determining glycemic index value of carbohydrate-containing foods and the nutritional status of specific groups. Nik Shanita is a consultant and panel to review sports science level 1–3 curriculum for coaches and teachers under the National Sports Council of Malaysia (NSC). She also delivers sports nutrition lectures in the Continuous Coach Education (CCE) NSC program. She has just been awarded as an honorary fellow of the Malaysian Dietitians Association and a life member, past honorary treasurer and honorary auditor of the Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity.  Associate Prof. Dr. Kok Lian Yee has a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) and a Masters in Science (Sports Science) from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and a doctoral degree specialising in Exercise Physiology (Physical Conditioning) from the University of Western Australia. Dr. Kok was a PE teacher for five years before working as a faculty member at UPM beginning 1997 until she moved to her current employment at Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) in 2020 as an associate professor at the Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences.  Dr. Kok has taught courses related to exercise physiology, physical conditioning and coaching methodology in PE and sports and has been involved in research concerning optimization of performance for elite athletes, strength and conditioning methods for different sports, testing and evaluation for sports and exercise, and more recently, research related to training practices during the COVID-19 pandemic with a world-wide group of researchers. Her research has been published in journals such as Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Sports Medicine, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation and the Journal of Human Kinetics. Dr. Kok has also been an advisor to the National Sports Council Malaysia, National Institute of Sport Malaysia and the Johor State Sports Council, in addition to being a past president of the Society of Health and Physical Educators, Malaysia. At the ASEAN level, Dr. Kok is one of the founders of the ASEAN Council for PE and Sports (ACPES) and was a secretary-general for many years before becoming an advisor recently. These positions have allowed her to speak on numerous occasions on topics related to training and coaching.  Dr. Kok is currently the vice president of the Malaysian Netball Association and, as an athlete, represented Malaysia in the first Asian netball championships where Malaysia finished as champions. Dr. Kok also coached the Malaysian netball team from 1999 until 2002, when she helped the national team obtain the best ranking in the 1999 world netball championships, and Malaysia’s first gold medal in netball during the 2001 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games. For this, she was named “Coach of the Year (Female, High Performance Athletes) by the National Sports Council in 2002. In addition to that, she has helped the National Coaching Academy, and sports associations develop their coaching manuals and coach development programs. Currently, Dr. Kok is actively involved in improving coach education in Malaysia.  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raja Mohammed Firhad Raja Azidin is an associate professor at the Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA (Ui TM). He completed his Ph.D. at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK, focusing on developing biomechanical and neuromuscular injury risk assessment. He is also interested in strength and conditioning for high-performance athletic success. He currently serves as the head of Strength and Conditioning for Selangor Football Club, competing in Malaysia Professional Super League. He oversees the physical conditioning department of the club with a particular focus on players’ football-specific physical development and monitoring training load, together with initiating applied research in football-related areas. He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles on the influence of fatigue on biomechanical and neuromuscular markers of injury risk during dynamic tasks and developing injury risk assessment for injury prevention, screening, rehabilitation and return to play. His current research interest is developing high-performance physical conditioning interventions for elite athletes.  Prof. Ir. Dr. Noor Azuan Abu Osman graduated from University of Bradford, UK, with a B.Eng. Hons. in Mechanical Engineering, followed by M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Strathclyde, UK. Azuan’s research interests are quite wide ranging under the general umbrella of biomechanics. However, his main interests are the measurements of human movement, prosthetics design, the development of instrumentation for forces and joint motion, and the design of prosthetics, orthotics and orthopaedic implants. In 2004, he received BLESMA award from ISPO UK NMS in recognition of his significant contribution to the development of the prosthetic socket. He is currently the deputy president of Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (MSMBE), affiliated organisations of International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). He is currently the dean of Engineering and also the deputy director of Centre for Applied Biomechanics and the Coordinator of Motion Analysis Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. He has publications in books, conference proceedings and journals. He is also a chartered engineer (C.Eng.) and fellow (FIMech E) with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK, chartered professional engineer (C.Peng.) and fellow (FIEAust) with Engineers Australia. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roosfa Hashim, Ph.D., is a lecturer, writer, editor, publisher and publishing trainer with more than thirty-year experiences in publishing. He is the author of four writing and publishing manuals, four biographies and five research based books. Roosfa has also collaborated with several authors on three co-edited works.  After a successful career in publishing, Roosfa now coaches other people to achieve the same success. He offers a wide range of publishing programs and services—from writing and editing to proofreading and indexing. Currently, Roosfa is the director of International Islamic University Malaysia Press. Prior to this, Roosfa  spent more than twenty years as an editor and lecturer at National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia—UKM). Roosfa is also teaching at the Department of Library and Information Sciences, Kulliyyah of Information Communication and Technology,  International Islamic University Malaysia. At the international publishing arena, Roosfa Hashim is a board member of the International Union of Islamic Book Publishers (IUIBP) based in Istanbul, Turkey.