Dr. Aimi Shazwani Ghazali

Aimi Shazwani binti Ghazali was born on 13-01-1988 in Pahang, Malaysia. Aimi presented her works at several top-ranking conferences and journals related to human-robot interaction. From 2007, Aimi has involved in multiple research projects and have been recognized for its academic contributions. With her final year degree project entitled ‘Design of Identification System for Early Warning of Vector Borne-Disease: Case Study of Aedes Mosquito’, IIUM and its industrial partners awarded Aimi’s bachelor thesis as the Best Poster Award in the Final Year Project Exhibition and a Silver Medal in IIUM Research, Invention & Innovation Exhibition (IRIEE) 2011. During her bachelor degree convocation in 2011, IIUM awarded Aimi as the Best Student (Academic) for Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics), Best Student in Robotics and Automation, Wahyudi Martono Award in Control and Instrumentation, and Rector’s List sponsored by Shell Malaysia. In 2012, Aimi started her master degree with a dissertation entitled ‘Development of in-the-loop Emotion Recognition System for Human Machine Interaction (HMI)’ specifically for upper extremity rehabilitation platform. During her master degree, she has been awarded a Bronze Medal in British Invention Show (BIS) 2014, a Bronze Medal in IRIIE 2014, a Silver Medal in Persidangan Dan Eskpo Ciptaan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Antarabangsa (PECIPTA) 2013 and a Silver Medal in IRIIE 2013. Currently, Aimi works as an Assistant Professor at IIUM. Her current research interests focus on developing biomechatronics systems and designing social robots for persuasion activities. Her future goal is to aid the academic community in developing social robots for a better lifestyle.