{"id":14080,"date":"2022-10-26T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibnusina.utm.my\/?page_id=14080"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:33:04","slug":"director-message-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/director-message-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Director Message<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Bismillahirahmanirahim,<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Almighty.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is a privilege to serve as the Director of the Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (ISI-SIR), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Guided by our vision and mission, we will strengthen a research culture that is rigorous, collaborative, and future-facing, anchored in frontier mathematics, science, and applied science, while staying publicly engaged and financially sustainable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">With six Research Centres covering sustainable nanomaterials, laser technologies, industrial and applied mathematics, lipid engineering, big data, and fiqh\u2013science technology integration, ISI-SIR will sharpen its focus on transdisciplinary research that delivers clear societal outcomes, stronger high-impact partnerships with effective translation, and talent development through postgraduate excellence, consultancy, and training<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I invite researchers, industry partners, agencies, and communities to build with us, where ISI-SIR becomes not only a place where discoveries are made, but where solutions are delivered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/01\/initial-300x81.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"66\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15888 alignnone size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Muhammad Safwan Abd Aziz<\/em><br \/>Director, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (ISI-SIR), UTM<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/01\/Safwan_web.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Safwan_web\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/01\/Safwan_web.png 1152w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/01\/Safwan_web-980x735.png 980w, https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/01\/Safwan_web-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1152px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-15897\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url('')\" class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p>Knowledge does its best work when it moves\u2014across disciplines, across sectors, and into real decisions that improve lives. ISI-SIR was built for that movement: turning frontier science into value for industry, society, and the nation.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11422,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14080","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11422"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14080"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15902,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14080\/revisions\/15902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/isi-sir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}