Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The establishment of Fuel Cell Institute (Institut Sel Fuel), the first research institute in Malaysia conducting research on fuel cell and hydrogen energy, was approved by the Ministry of Higher Education on the 1st of July 2006. The name of the Institute was initially Institute of Fuel Cell Technology (Institut Teknologi Sel Bahan Api). The new name Fuel Cell Institute (Institut Sel Fuel) was approved on 14th July 2007. The Institute began operation officially with the appointment of Prof. Ir. Dr. Hj. Wan Ramli Wan Daud as the founding Director by the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Yg. Bhg. Prof. Dato Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Sahabudin on the 1st of January 2007 for a three year term. The appointment of Prof. Wan Ramli was in recognition of his extensive research in the fuel cell and hydrogen energy with more than 50 publications in indexed international journals. Prof. Wan Ramli was reappointed the director on the 1st of January 2010 for another two yea...