Dr. Mohd. Effendi Ewan Bin Mohd. Matore
Associate ProfessorResearch Centre of Education Leadership and Policy
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychometric and Evaluation in Education from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychometric and Evaluation in Education from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
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I am a senior lecturer and currently taking responsibility as the Assistant Dean (Quality and Strategy), Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). I am also a Head of Module (Measurement and Evaluation) and Senior Lecturer in Research Centre of Education Leadership and Policy. Previously, I was also appointed as CITRA Programme Coordinator started from 15.2.2018 until 14 February 2019.
My Doctor of Philosophy was obtained from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang in Psychometric and Evaluation in Education in 2015. Nevertheless, my Master Degree was in Technical and Vocational Education and Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing) from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Johore. I am having vast working experiences since 2007 in various institutions such as polytechnics; Enforcement and Inspectorate Division, Private Higher Educational Institutions, Department of Higher Education (JPT); and as a Visiting Doctoral Student Researcher in 2015 in Faculty of Education, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand for attachment programme.
I believed that this has become the added value to my human development in teaching and administration working experiences. This leads towards my current research area such as educational measurement, psychometrics and evaluation, instrument development, quantitative research, as well as engineering education which considered align with my membership of Malaysian Psychometrics Association (MPA), IEEE Members (Malaysia Section), Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) (Manufacturing and Industrial Technology), Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM) and Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS).
Having more than 14 years of teaching experiences with my teaching philosophy is to “never give up and appreciate the talents and strengths on my students”. Be in UKM as a research university that aim high impact journal publications, I have published as a main author for FIVE high impact journals with FOUR Q1 and ONE Q4 journal with cumulative total impact factor, IF = 14.742. I also published more than 65 articles in indexed journals, 14 indexed proceeding papers, 5 book chapters and 7 articles in local newspapers and 5 creative writing. Apart EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 2 of 129 from publishing, I have won several academic awards such as two Best Paper Award in 2019, Top 3 The highest publication in an indexed journal WoS & SCOPUS in 2019 and Top 2 The highest publication in an indexed journal WoS & SCOPUS for DS51 category in 2018 and more than five intellectual properties.
I have won Gold medal and Special Awards in the 35th World Genius Convention, WGC 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, 5th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2020 recpectively and won Best Poster Award 2018 in the 6th Mechanical Engineering Research Day (MERD'19), UTeM, Melaka. Recently, I also won Gold Medal award and Special Award by The The French Federation Of Inventors (Fédération Françaises Des Inventeurs France) in the 14th International Invention and Innovation Show, INTARG 2021 in Katowice, Poland.
As an Assistant Dean (Quality and Strategy), I have led to become a significant branding for the Faculty organizing Ceremony Award of Seri Sanggar Intelek and Quality Awards Day in 2019 and 2020 which giving appreciation to the faculty members and staff. In addition, I also led several programme accreditation audits such as Ph.D Programme Accreditation Audit (2021), Masters Programme Accreditation Audit (2020), SIRIM QAS International Audit (2020), Integrated Audit SPK PPPS (MS ISO 9001:2015/APA/COPPA/4IR) (2019). Despite the hectic schedule in doing management tasks, I also involved in taskforce team for Professional Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (SPPPT), Teaching & Supervision Assessment System (SPPP), Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Quality and Assurance Centre, UKM, Expert for Rubric Development APEL Q for Quality and Assurance Centre, UKM and for Ujian Berasaskan KompetensiICT UKM 3 – Penubuhan Sekolah Inovator Masa Hadapan (Future Innovator School, FIS) in Pusat GENIUS@Pintar Negara for five years until 31 Mac 2025. I am an energetic person, eager to learn new skills, always coming up with innovative ideas. I am adept at handling multiple tasks on a daily basis competently and at working well under pressure with integrity.