pensyarah universiti
jabatan pendidikan kejuruteraan
t.umawathy@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Teknologi Digital dan Terkehadapan,
Teknologi Digital dan Terkehadapan,
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Umawathy Techanamurthy merupakan pensyarah di Jabatan Pendidikan Kejuruteraan, Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Alam Bina, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Sebelum ini, beliau bertugas sebagai Penolong Pengarah Kanan di Bahagian Instruksional dan Pembelajaran Digital, Jabatan Pendidikan Politeknik dan Kolej Komuniti, Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi sejak Julai 2018 sehingga Disember 2022. Sebelum itu, beliau merupakan pensyarah di Kolej Komuniti Selayang dan Kolej Komuniti Hulu Selangor dalam bidang Multimedia. Beliau menerima Ijazah Kedoktoran Teknologi Pengajaran dari Universiti Malaya pada tahun 2018. Tajuk tesis PhD adalah Development of a Flipped Classroom Module based on Problem-Solving for Community Colleges (Pembangunan Modul Kelas Berbalik berasaskan Penyelesaian Masalah bagi Kolej Komuniti). Berdasarkan kepakaran beliau dalam Kelas Berbalik dan Pembangunan Modul bersama warga industri dan SME, beliau turut mengendalikan bengkel Rekabentuk dan Pembangunan Modul Kelas Berbalik. Beliau juga aktif berkongsi melalui webinar dalam negara dan luar negara. Beliau juga pernah menjadi Penyelidik Utama bagi geran T-ARGS yang berfokuskan Pembangunan modul untuk kursus Internet of Things (IoT) di Kolej Komuniti. Antara current interests beliau adalah dalam bidang rekabentuk teknologi pengajaran, pedagogi baharu dan penggunaan teknologi untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kemahiran menyelesaikan masalah.
Dr. Umawathy Techanamurthy is currently a lecturer at the Engineering Education Department, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, National University of Malaysia. Prior to this, she was a Senior Assistant Director at the Instructional and Digital Learning Division, Department of Polytechnic and Community College Education, Ministry of Higher Education since July 2018 to Dec 2022. Prior to that, she was a lecturer at Kolej Komuniti
Selayang and Kolej Komuniti Hulu Selangor where she taught Multimedia related subjects. She received her PhD in
Instructional Technology from University Malaya in 2018. Her PhD thesis is entitled the Development of a Flipped Classroom Module based on Problem-Solving for Community Colleges. Based on her expertise in Flipped Classroom and
Module Development with industry and subject matter experts, she conducts workshops on Flipped Classroom module
design and development. She also conducts knowledge sharing webinars, both locally and internationally. She is the principal investigator for the T-ARGS research grant focusing on Flipped Classroom module development for Internet of Things (IoT) at Community Colleges. Her current interests are in instructional design and new pedagogies and use of technology for knowledge gain and problem-solving skills development.
che ku nuraini che ku mohd, faaizah shahbodin, mohammed nasser mohammed al-andoli, nurul hajar mohd yussoff, umawathy techanamurthy, ulka chandini pendit. (2026). transforming learning mathematics through interactive mobile games (imobimath). - journal of advanced research design. 20 - 28.
umawathy techanamurthy. (2026). ai and useful online learning applications. - teaching and learning week. .
shujat ali, asma abu-samah, mohammed h. alsharif, rosdiadee nordin, nauman saqib, mohammed sani adam, umawathy techanamurthy, manzareen mustafa and nor fadzilah abdullah. (2026). synthetizing 6g kpis for diverse future use cases: a comprehensive review of emerging standards, technologies, and societal needs. - mdpi future internet. 1 - 37.
umawathy techanamurthy, ramalatha marimuthu, bozenna pasik-duncan. (2026). engineering students’ opinion on the use of a digital escape room as a learning strategy for learning integration and differentiation. - 2025 11th international conference on control, decision and information technologies (codit). 1565 - 1570.
umawathy techanamurthy, bavani nageswana row. (2025). lesta glow paper circuit kit module. - . .
umawathy techanamurthy, muhammad saqib iqbal, zulhasni abdul rahim. (2025). industry 4.0 readiness and strategic plan failures in smes: a comprehensive analysis. - plos one . 1 - 12.
karpaga priya r, praveen kumar balachandran, umawathy techanamurthy, muhammad ammirrul atiqi mohd zainuri. (2025). zero-dagnet: a domain-adversarial graph network integrated with poco for cyber-physical security in smart grid. - energy science & engineering. 6430 - 6456.
shujat ali, asma abu-samah, mohammed h. alsharif, rosdiadee nordin, nauman saqib, mohammed sani adam, umawathy techanamurthy, manzareen mustafa and nor fadzilah abdullah. (2026). synthetizing 6g kpis for diverse future use cases: a comprehensive review of emerging standards, technologies, and societal needs. - mdpi future internet. 1 - 37.
che ku nuraini che ku mohd, faaizah shahbodin, mohammed nasser mohammed al-andoli, nurul hajar mohd yussoff, umawathy techanamurthy, ulka chandini pendit. (2026). transforming learning mathematics through interactive mobile games (imobimath). - journal of advanced research design. 20 - 28.
umawathy techanamurthy, muhammad saqib iqbal, zulhasni abdul rahim. (2025). industry 4.0 readiness and strategic plan failures in smes: a comprehensive analysis. - plos one . 1 - 12.
umawathy techanamurthy, kee-man chuah, i-van yee. (2025). developing engineering students’ empathy skills using serious games in project management: an exploratory study. - australasian journal of engineering education. 109 - 123.
marlya dahuri, umawathy techanamurthy, noor aisyah mokhtar1, afaq hyder chohan, adi irfan che ani1 . (2025). an integrated model for efficient defect management and improved service delivery: a preliminary study at malaysian polytechnics. - journal of design and built environment . 25 - 38.
umawathy techanamurthy, ramalatha marimuthu, bozenna pasik-duncan. (2026). engineering students’ opinion on the use of a digital escape room as a learning strategy for learning integration and differentiation. - 2025 11th international conference on control, decision and information technologies (codit). 1565 - 1570.
renia lopez, helen geng, daniel shen jiandong umawathy techanamurthy, aru nurgissayeva. (2025). enhancing ai literacy through immersive vr evaluating pedagogical design and genai integration. - 2025 the 7th international conference on computer science and technologies in education (cste 2025). 718 - 723.
techanamurthy, umawathy; osman, muhaimin; zambri, muhammad aiman ahmad. (2024). jr.dronetech outreach program for school-aged children in malaysia. - ieee global engineering education conference, educon. 1 - 6.
piyasuda pangsapa, paulina pui yun wong, gary wai chung wong, umawathy techanamurthy, wan syukriah wan mohamad, daniel shen jiandong. (2023). enhancing humanities learning with metaverse technology: a study on student engagement and performance. - 11th international conference on information and education technology. 251-255.
fahmi ezzudin esham, nur amira zulkifli, rasya dheyaa mahdi al-khafaji, ruzairi abdul rahim, fatin aliah phang abdullah, umawathy techanamurthy, siti zarina mohd muji, jaysuman pusppanathan. (2025). electrical impedance tomography(eit) for pneumonia detection in lungs using finite element analysis (fem). - sensor & instrumentation system series 4. 125 - 133.
lei fang, xue zhou, daniel shen, aru nurgissayeva, umawathy techanamurthy, and renia lopez-ozieblo. (2025). . - lecture notes in artificial intelligence. .
siti rosminah md derus, norisza dalila ismail, umawathy techanamurthy. (2024). empowering student final year projects via the integration of the design thinking model and flipped classroom strategy. - education in a competitive and globalizing world. 143 - 156.
muhammad bukhari jauhari, ummu sakinah subri, md baharuddin abdul rahman, umawathy techanamurthy. (2024). educational objectives in shaping curriculum development and guiding teaching and learning. - . 63 - 66.
siti hajar mohd jainuri, krist angel francis, noor hedayah tawil, nurrul ain a. rahman, nur amira zulkifli, umawathy techanamurthy, hadafi fitri abdul latip, fatin aliah phang abdullah, adam wong yong kang, tee kian sek, jaysuman pusppanathan. (2023). health oxy-pulse digital electronic simulation using quartus prime software. - series 36. 143-152.
siti umiara zakaria, sahriah basri, mismisuraya meor ahmad, umawathy techanamurthy, siti kartom kamarudin. (2025). meningkatkan minat pelajar terhadap pendidikan sel fuel menggunakan realiti terimbuh melalui aplikasi telefon pintar di malaysia. - jurnal kejuruteraan. 935 - 946.
umawathy techanamurthy. (2025). pelajar ukm bawa pengalaman stem kepada kanak-kanak terpinggir, tidak berdokumen dan tanpa kerakyatan. - berita ukm. .
umawathy techanamurthy, wardah fatimah mohammad yusoff & zulkifli mohd nopiah. (2025). tahap pengetahuan konsep sistem ekonomi kitaran dan kelestarian dalam kalangan pelajar universiti bidang pengajian kejuruteraan dan alam bina (knowledge level of circular economy and sustainability concepts among university students from the engineering . - jurnal kejuruteraan. 947 - 957.
umawathy techanamurthy. (2025). pelajar ukm bawa pengalaman stem kepada pelajar sekolah di hulu langat. - berita ukm. .
sahriah basri, norazuwana binti shaari, umawathy a/p techanamurthy, siti hasanah binti osman, engku luqman hakim bin engku kamal bakri . (2025). buku panduan kits pembelajaran salt-selfuel. - . .
umawathy techanamurthy. (2026). ai and useful online learning applications. - teaching and learning week. .
umawathy techanamurthy. (2025). pelajar ukm bawa pengalaman stem kepada kanak-kanak terpinggir, tidak berdokumen dan tanpa kerakyatan. - berita ukm. .
umawathy techanamurthy, norhana arsad, rosmina jaafar. (2025). hearts and circuits: volunteer reflections through stem outreach. - 3rd international conference on sulam 2025: shaping futures with service-learning (icsl2025). .
umawathy techanamurthy, roksana johan tumpa, rosmina jaafar. (2025). empowering future project managers. - research in engineering education symposium (rees). .
umawathy techanamurthy. (2025). spotlight on stem education in malaysia: challenges & way forward. - . .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| IMPLEMENTATION OF THINGSSENTRAL CLOUD BASED IOT PLATFORM FOR ENRICHING STEAM EDUCATION | etika info sdn bhd | 75.1% (2024-12-24 sehingga 2026-06-23) |
| SALT-SELFUEL : KIT PENDIDIKAN STEAM INTERAKTIF BERASASKAN TEKNOLOGI SEL FUEL | atrish technic services sdn bhd | 75.1% (2024-12-24 sehingga 2026-06-23) |
| A SKILL ACQUISITION PERIODISATION FRAMEWORK FOR DRONE SOCCER PERFORMANCE | malaysia sports aviation federation msaf | 63.5% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
| TRANSFORMASI SOSIO-EKONOMI MELALUI TVET: PENILAIAN KEBERKESANAN PROGRAM KOLEJ KOMUNITI HULU LANGAT DAN GOPENG DALAM PEMERKASAAN KOMUNITI ORANG ASLI | kolej komuniti hulu langat, selangor | 57.3% (2024-12-16 sehingga 2026-12-15) |
EDUCATION :ARTS AND APPLIED ARTS
Instructional Technology, TVET Education, Module Design and Development
Pengalaman / Experience : 14 tahun/years(s)