Hanim Salleh is a Mechanical Engineering Professor and a Chartered Engineer (UK) with more than 27 years of experience in academic, training and leadership. She graduated with a BSc in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Georgia, USA; Master of Science from UPM and PhD in Sound and Vibration from University of Southampton, UK. She has authored many publications and has won more than 30 national and international invention awards in the area of vibration, energy harvesting, energy materials and mechanical design. In 2022 she was selected to receive the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship (LIF Global) by the Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom.