KuZilati KuShaari

Associate Professor,  Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, KSA, ChE Dept., (09/2025 – present)

Associate Professor,  Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, ChE Dept., (07/2012 – 12/2023)

• Registrar, Registry Division (01/2023 – 12/2023)
  • Strategic planning for the Registry Division to reach university vision of Financial Sustainability and Responsibility as well as Global Prominence through:
    • Student intake including marketing, admission and sponsorship.
    • Students records including registration and examination
    • International Student Management Unit
    • Senate and Accreditations
    • Planning and Compliance
• Dean of Center for Foundation Studies (04/2022 – 12/2022)
• Strategic planning for Center of Foundations
• Oversee the Center for Foundation Studies academic operation.
• Collaborate with Registry Division to enhance first year student experience particularly in academic matters.
• Strategic planning for Faculty of Engineering collaborative activities to increase student enrollment.
• Enhance Collaboration with industry partners to reduce industry-academic gap.
• Registration and Examination
• International Student Management Unit
• Increased the mobility percentage exceeding the target of 5% inbound and outbound.
• Set-up Technopreneurship Center
• Increase internship oversea placements.
• Achieved 100% student internship placements even at the highest number of interns
• Dean of Faculty of Engineering (03/2020 – 03/2022)
• Director, Registry Division (01/2018 – 02/2020)
• Head, Center for Student Mobility, Internship and Adjunct Lectureship, UTP, (04/2015-12/2017)
• Panel of Module Development of Training of Trainers for Practicum and Industrial Training for MOHE

-        This is an AKEPT grant granted to UTM to develop a module for MOHE/MOE.  This module provides a guidelines and minimum requirement for all Malaysian higher institution industrial internship program.   The team consists of academicians from other IPTAS in Malaysia (UTM, UPM, UUM, UM, UIA).  UTP is the only representative from IPTS. AKEPT is currently using this module to conduct training for master trainers of all higher institution in Malaysia.

-        Conduct the training as a speaker and facilitator.

• Cluster Leader of Advanced Material and Reaction Engineering

-        Conduct final exam question vetting of the courses in the cluster

-        Coordinate task force for a new curriculum review involving the restructuring of course syllabus and adding new course.

-        Promote research activity among the faculty members in the cluster.

-        Ensure that the post graduate students assigned to faculty members in the cluster are fairly distributed.

Senior Lecturer,  Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, ChE Dept., (06/2008 – 2012)

• Associate Head of Department for Industry and External Linkages.

-        Initiate networking between industries, professional associations and other institution with UTP Chem Engineering Dept.

• Industrial Internship Coordinator since 2008

-        In-charged of lecturers placements for industrial internship visit

-        Verify all the special project titles assigned to chemical engineering student by their plant supervisor during the internship period

Research Assistant,  West Virginia University, ChE Dept., (06/2003 – 11/2007)

·       Conduct a series of experiments using high speed camera to investigate the impact behavior of a droplet on pharmaceutical tablet surface.

·       Simulate a model of droplet impact behavior on different surface roughness using Fluent® CFD code.

Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University, ChE Dept., (08/2002 – 05/2003)

·       Assist Unit Operation instructor during lab session.

·       Grade students’ lab reports.

Research Assistant,  West Virginia University, ChE Dept., (10/2000 – 07/2002)

·       Simulate a coating model in Wurster fluidized bed coating equipment using Visual Basic® programming language.

·       In-charge of laboratory inventory and safety.

Process and QC Engineer, Etion Battery (M) Sdn. Bhd., Kedah, Malaysia (07/1997 – 07/2000)

• Prepare SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for a new set-up company and other documentations for ISO compliance.
• Optimize the production yield by improving the process and implementing JIT system.

·       Monitor product quality using six sigma tools such as SPC (Statistical Process Control) chart.

Process Engineer, Euromedical Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Agilent (M) Sdn. Bhd. Subsidiary), Kedah, Malaysia (05/1996 – 06/1997)

·       Responsible to optimize production yield by fabricating new jigs and fixtures.

·       Optimize the production cost by improving the process and introducing new equipment to replace the manual process.

Facilities Engineer, Esso Production (M) Inc., Terengganu, Malaysia (02/1995 – 04/1996)

• Responsible as a project manager for platforms and satellites facilities.

Appointed as a project manager for a new gas-lift facilities for the satellite gas reservoirs.