On 21st June 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between MMU and Aeronerve at the Melaka campus. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mazliham Mohd Su’ud, the President of MMU and Mr. Muslim Abdullah Zaik, the Chief Executive Officer of Aeronerve signed the pact to explore more collaboration opportunities between academia and industry.  Witnessing the signing were Prof. Ir. Dr. Hairul Azhar Abdul Rashid, Vice President of Research, Industrial Collaborations, and Engagement (VP RICE) and Ts. Azril Hanafi Abdullah Sharwani, Executive Director of Aeronerve, who is also our Permata Dunia.

This MoU underlines possible collaboration between two parties including joint research, students and staff internship, short courses, co-forming of a drone certification centre, and others. Aeronerve’s core business is in the area of drone-based remote sensing, and both parties will be benefitted from this collaboration, especially in terms of the research development.

Also attending the event were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ervina Efzan Mohd Noor, Director of Industry Collaboration and Engagement Centre (ICEC); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fazly Salleh Abas, Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET); Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Ng Poh Kiat, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology;  Dr. Khair Razlan Othman, and other officers.