Syariful Syafiq Shamsudin received a B.Eng. (Mechanical Aeronautics) degree from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia in 2003, an M.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering) degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia, in 2007, and a Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand in 2013. He is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. His current research interests include aircraft and rotorcraft system identification, intelligent adaptive control, and unmanned aerial system design.