As an ASEAN-U.S. S&T Fellow, Dr. Dahlan was involved in drafting a policy brief and plan of action for solar thermal policy in Malaysia and revising the Renewable Energy Technology Roadmap for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. She was selected as the S&T Fellowship’s first “ambassador” visiting Washington, DC in May 2016 to share her experiences as a Fellow with various organization.
Dr. Dahlan is currently working as a Coordinator under the Office of International Affairs, Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Malaysia where she organizes international collaboration and staff and student exchange programs. Along with 2015-16 Malaysia Fellow Dr. Sakimin and 2015-16 Vietnal Fellow Dr. Nguyen, she has secured a 2016 Collaborative Research Grant from the International Foundation for Science (IFS) to conduct research on “Green Energy, Smart Agriculture.” Recognising her achievement in education and industry, in April 2017 she was appointed by UiTM as Associate Professor.
Dr. Dahlan received her Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with Honors from the Universiti Tenaga Nasional in Malaysia (2001), and her Master’s Degree (2003) and Ph.D. (2011) in energy economics from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.