{"id":19,"date":"2024-10-02T06:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T06:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/?p=19"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:53:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:53:26","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/2024\/10\/02\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2802\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-SLAID-3M-20242025-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" style=\"width:673px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2802\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-SLAID-3M-20242025-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2802\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-SLAID-3M-20242025-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2802\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-SLAID-3M-20242025-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2802\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-SLAID-3M-20242025-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2802\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-SLAID-3M-20242025-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nik Shahman<\/strong> Ariff<br><em>Innovative Industrial Design Lecturer<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Empowering the Future of Design through Expertise in Industrial Design, Design Thinking, and New Product Development&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background<\/strong><br>Hailing from Kota Bharu, Kelantan, I am happily married to Mazura, and together, we are blessed with three wonderful children who bring joy and adventure into our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education<\/strong><br>I began my educational journey at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Sultan Ismail (1) and continued through Sultan Ismail College in Kota Bharu. My passion for design led me to earn a degree in Industrial Design from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), followed by a Master\u2019s in Industrial Design from Loughborough University, UK. I then culminated my academic pursuit with a PhD from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), specializing in Design Sketching, where I explored the role of sketching in shared understanding in the designI began my educational journey at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Sultan Ismail (1) and continued through Sultan Ismail College in Kota Bharu. My passion for design led me to earn a degree in Industrial Design from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), followed by a Master\u2019s in Industrial Design from Loughborough University, UK. I then culminated my academic pursuit with a PhD from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), specializing in Design Sketching, where I explored the powerful role of sketching in fostering shared understanding in the design process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Areas of Expertise<\/strong><br>Design Sketching, Design Communication, New Product Development, and Industrial Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Personal Interests<\/strong><br>In my spare time, I love exploring the world on two wheels\u2014whether I am cycling through scenic routes or cruising on big CC motorbikes, the thrill of the ride never gets old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nik Shahman AriffInnovative Industrial Design Lecturer &#8220;Empowering the Future of Design through Expertise in Industrial Design, Design Thinking, and New Product Development&#8221; BackgroundHailing from Kota Bharu, Kelantan, I am happily married to Mazura, and together, we are blessed with three wonderful children who bring joy and adventure into our lives. EducationI began my educational journey &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/2024\/10\/02\/about-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/nikshahman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}