Associate Professor Dr Azam Che Idris

Associate Professor Dr Azam Che Idris

  • Associate Professor
Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • School of Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr Azam Che is a rocket scientist turned AI professional, currently serving in the Department of Data Science and AI at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ University. He holds a master and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Manchester and is a certified IBM AI Engineering Professional.

Dr Azam is a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council UK, a Chartered IT Professional with the British Computer Society, and a Chartered Manager with the Chartered Management Institute. He also maintains a professional European Engineer (EUR ING) status with FEANI.

Prior to joining ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, he conducted research and teaching at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and has consulted for multiple AI startups. His multidisciplinary work spans deep-learning–based human action recognition, physics-informed neural-network modelling of coastal waves, and transformer-based generative-AI for engineering design and sequential data processing. Dr Azam welcomes academic and industrial partnerships with anyone interested in applying AI to solve challenging problems.
 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD Aerospace Engineering, University of Manchester (2014)
  • MEng Aerospace Engineering with Management

Research Interests

  • Physics-Informed Neural Networks
  • Deep Learning for Sequential Data Modelling
  • Generative AI for Engineering Design
  • Deep Learning Based Fluid Dynamics Modelling

Teaching Areas

  • Programming
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Multiphysics Simulation

Courses Taught

  • Thermo-fluids
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Programming
  • Engineering mathematics
  • Statistics

Notable Publications

2025 -

MM Imran, J Kang, Y Kim, G Jung, T Park, A Che Idris, JH Suh, ... (2025). Prediction of melt pool height based on the spatiotemporal adjacency features in laser metal deposition using machine learning.  Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 1 – 30  ()

2025 -

ZK Lawal, H Yassin, DTC Lai, AC Idris (2025).  Modeling the complex spatio-temporal dynamics of ocean wave parameters: A hybrid PINN-LSTM approach for accurate wave forecasting. Measurement, 252, 117383 ( ) 

2024 -

ZK Lawal, H Yassin, D Teck Ching Lai, A Che Idris (2024).  Understanding the dynamics of ocean wave-current interactions through multivariate multi-step time series forecasting. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 1,  2393978 () 

2024 -

MM Imran, A Che Idris, LC De Silva, YB Kim, PE Abas. (2024).  Advancements in 3D printing: Directed energy deposition techniques, defect analysis, and quality monitoring. Technologies, 12 (6), 86 () 

2024 -

RR Chowdhury, AC Idris, PE Abas. (2024). Identifying SH-IoT devices from network traffic characteristics using random forest classifier. Wireless Networks, 30 (1), 405 – 419. () 

 

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Professional Technologist (PTech) – 2019
  2. Chartered Engineer (CEng) – 2019
  3. European Engineer (EUR ING) – 2019
  4. Chartered Manager (CMgr) – 2020
  5. Chartered IT Professional (CITP) – 2022
     

Professional Associations

  1. Member (MIET) – The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  2. Member (MBCS) – British Computer Society (BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT)
  3. Member (MCMI) – Chartered Management Institute (CMI)