Educational Qualification
- Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering, 2009) from the National University of Singapore. Dissertation title: Development of an intelligent Electrolytic In-Process Dressing (ELID) grinding system.
- Master of Science (Mechatronics, 2005) from the National University of Singapore. Dissertation title: Integration of MES (Manufacturing Execution System) software with FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System)
- Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering, 2002) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Academic & Professional Experiences
- Associate Professor at the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), from August 2015 until now.
- Technical Consultant at Mikrotools Pte. Ltd, in Singapore August 2017 until now.
- Visiting Associate Professor at South China University of Technology (SCUT) in April 2019.
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), from July 2012 to August 2015.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, from February 2011 to June 2012.
- Product Engineer at Mikrotools Pte. Ltd, in Singapore from June 2007 to September 2010.
- Research Scholar at Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, from January 2005 to May 2007.
- Graduate Student Researcher (GSR), at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, from January 2004 to January 2005.
- Product Support and Sales Engineer at GETCO LTD Bangladesh which was the sole distributor of Caterpillar products in Bangladesh, from August 2002 to December 2002.
Professional Membership
- Registered as Graduate Engineer, Board of Engineers Malaysia (Registration No: G20211A)
- Chartered Engineer, CEng, Engineering Council UK (Registration No: 624384)
- Member IMechE, (Membership No: 80245304)
- Senior member IEEE (Membership No: 92901934)
- Executive Committee Member of IEEE Robotic and Automation Society for Malaysia Section, 2017, 2019,2020,2021 (IEEE RAS-Malaysia)
List of Competitive Research Grants
Secured a total worth of ~RM 600,000 research grant as the Principle investigator both from Malaysian and International funding agency.
Title | Grant Details | Involvement |
Fundamental Investigation on Laser-EDM Based Micromachining Technology (on-going) | Asian office of Aerospace Research and Development(AOARD), by US Air force USD 30,000 | Principal Investigator |
Modeling and Experimental Investigation on Laser-micro Electro discharge machining based hybrid microfabrication process (on-going) | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 98,000 | Principal Investigator |
Development of a Prototype of Carbon Nanotube based Angular Sensor (completed) | Prototype Research Grant Scheme funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 83,000 | Principal Investigator |
Investigation on the Effect Of “Nano-Powder” in Micro-Wire Electro-Discharge Machining (micro-WEDM) Process for Fabricating Micro Actuators with Nanometric Mirror Surface (completed) | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 103,400 | Principal Investigator |
Study of Effects of Patterning Process on Carbon Nanotube(CNT) Forest Surface (completed) | Fundamental Research Grant Scheme funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 66,000 | Principal Investigator |
Development of a 3-D µ-Patterning Process for Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (VACNT) for New Types of Sensor Fabrication (completed) | E-Science Grant funded by Ministry of Science Technology & Innovation, Malaysia, RM 111,000 | Principal Investigator |
Development of a BCI (Brain Computer Interface) and Shape Memory Alloy Based (SMA) Assistive Hand for Disabled People (completed) | University Grant funded by International Islamic University Malaysia, RM 20,000 | Principal Investigator |
MEMS Based electrostatic Actuator Development for 2 x 2 Optomechanical Switch (completed) | University Grant funded by International Islamic University Malaysia, RM 20,000 | Co-Investigator |
Design and Development of Shoe-Tying Robotic Hands for Prosthetics and Humanoid Application (completed) | University Grant funded by International Islamic University Malaysia, RM 20,000 | Co-Investigator |
Lard and Alcohol Detection in Food and Beverages using Newly Developed Portable Near Infrared Micro-spectrometer (completed) | MIRGS funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 280,000 | Co-Investigator |
Parametric Investigation to Optimize Dynamic Range of Magnetorheological Damper for Prosthetic Limbs (completed) | Exploratory Research Grant Scheme funded by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, RM 137,000 | Co-Investigator |
Industrial Consultancy
Title | Company Name | Involvement |
Development of a ultrasonic vibration device for micro-electro-discharge (uEDM) machining (completed) | Mikrotools Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
| Principal Investigator |
Development of a modular uEDM machine for mirohole fabrication (on-going) | Deseo Enterprise (Malaysia) | Principal Investigator |
Characterization of a newly developed uEDM power supply (on-going) | Mikrotools Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) |
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Design of the 4th Axis for DT-110 Multipurpose Machinetool (completed) | Mikrotools Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) | Principal Investigator |
Micromachining Process Development for Fabricating Pinhole Disk for Laser Applications (completed) | Deseo Enterprise (Malaysia) | Principal Investigator |
Postgraduate Students’ Supervision
Supervised to graduate one Ph.D. and seven Master’s students as the main supervisor, Alhamdulillah. Currently supervising one Ph.D. and three Master’s students.
Title | Level | Involvement |
Laser and Micro Electro Discharge Machining (mEDM) Based Hybrid Machining Technology (on-going) | Ph.D. | Main Supervisor |
Investigation of micro- patterning process of carbon nanotube (cnt) forest for sensor fabrication (completed) | Ph.D. | Main Supervisor |
Development of Modeling and Implementation of Integrated Wind and Solar Power for Desalination Plant (on-going) | Ph.D. | Co-Supervisor |
Development of Prosthetic Limb using Magnetorheological (MR) Fluid Damper (completed) | Ph.D. | Co- Supervisor |
Fuzzy logic modelling of mEDM process (on-going) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Investigation on ultrasonic vibration assisted mEDM operation (on-going) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Modelling of Laser- mEDM based micro drilling operation (on-going) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Design and development of hexapod robot capable of CNC milling (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube based (CNTs) angular sensor (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Smart motion planning for industrial automated guided vehicle (AGV) (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Design and development of a hybrid machine combining rapid prototyping and cnc milling operation (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Development of an intelligent system using a hybrid model to optimize process parameters for micro wire electrical discharge machining (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Micro-mechanical bending process of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes for fabricating displacement sensor (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Development and Performance Comparison of An Assistive Hand Based on Shape Memory Alloy and Linear Actuator (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Enhancing u-WEDM And EDM (Wire/Electro-Discharge Machining) of Doped Silicon (completed) | Master | Main Supervisor |
Bandwith Enhancement of Piezoelectric Based Vibration Energy Harvester Using Magnetic Oscillators (completed) | Master | Co- Supervisor |
Community Service (Academic)
- Editorial board member for Cogent Engineering
- Editorial board member for International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture
- Associate editorial board member for Recent Patents on Nanotechnology
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue “State-Of-The-Art Micromachining,” for Micromachines published by MDPI
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Advanced nanomaterial synthesis and their applications for engineering research”, for Current Nanomaterials published by Bentham Science
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Intelligent Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing”
- for Micromachines published by MDPI
- Serving as the reviewer of the various journals such as The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Additive Manufacturing, Diamond and Related Materials, Chemical Physics Letters,
Carbon, Rapid Prototyping Journal etc.
- Served as Scientific Committee Member for 2017 and 2018 World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing
- Served as International Advisory Board Member for International Conference on Advancements in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2020)
- Served as Co-Chairman, 6th International Conference on Mechatronics, ICOM 2017
- Served as Co-Chairman, 7th International Conference on Mechatronics, ICOM 2019
- Served as Organizing Committee Member for International Conference on Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICAIE), Firat University, Faculty of Engineering in Elazığ, Turkey during May 10-12, 2017
- Served as 2015, The 10th Asian Control Conference, Invited Session Chair, 31st May- 3rd June, Kota Kinabalu, Malysia
- Served as Member, Publicity/Promotion Committee, IIUM Engineering Congress, IEC 2013
Experience as Academic Administrator
- 1st March 2019 to till date: Serving as the coordinator Autonomous Systems and Robotic Research Unit.
- 22nd January 2019 to till date: Serving as the coordinator for the Integrated Design Project for the Department of Mechatronics Engineering.
- 2021: Serving as the member of the PG Curriculum Review Committee.
- 2019 to 2020: Serving as the member of the UG Curriculum Review Committee.
- 2017 to till date: Serving as the member of the evaluation panel (University Level) for research grants.
- 2017 to till date: Serving as the member Staff Recruitment and Promotion Committee (Department level).
- 2017 & 2019: Served as the chairperson for the Committee International Advisory Board and Keynote Speakers for the 6th International Conference on Mechatronics, ICOM 2017.
- 2017: Served as the Board of Studies Member for Department of Mechatronics Engineering.
- January 2015 to December 2016: Served as the Head of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering.
- January 2015 to December 2016: Served as the chairman of the Appointment and Promotion Committee in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia.
- January 2015 to December 2016: Served as the chairman of the Curriculum Review Committee in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia.
- August 2014 to November 2014: Served as the head of the Accommodation Committee for one of the events organized by the Faculty of Engineering.