PhD, MEng, BEng, Dip. (Mechanical Engineering)

Assistant Professor

Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering IIUM

Agile and Sustainable Manufacturing Research Unit (ASMARU)

PhD Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Tribology), Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

MEng, BEng, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

E-mail: hafissulaiman@iium.edu.my

Fax: +6-03 6196 4477

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I Tribology I Surface Engineering I Surface Texturing I Coating I Lubrication I Friction I Wear I

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• Leader, Fundamental studies of tribological behavior of Palm Pressed Fiber (PPF) oil in cold metal forming process, RAGS, 2012.
• Leader, Tribology in Metal Forming, Short-term Research Grant Scheme UniMAP – Publication Incentive, 2012.
• Member, Fundamental study on prominency of Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) pyrolysis oil functioning as green lubricant in metal forming process. FRGS, 2012.
• Member, Development of vegetable oils as lubricant. Short-term Research Grant Scheme UniMAP, 2012.
• Leader, Lubricant film thickness mechanism in hip joint replacement. Short-term Research Grant Scheme UniMAP, 2012.
• Leader, Lubricant optimization applied on magnetic hard disk media surface, RAGS, 2013.
• Member, Fundamental study on microwave assisted-pyrolysis of rice residue in the presence of eco-friendly microwave absorber. FRGS, 2013.
• Leader, Characterization of orthopedic implant self-loosening and anti-loosening screw failure mechanism under mixed-mode loading. FRGS, 2014.
• Member, Oil analysis of palm stearin as bio-lubricant, FRGS 2014.
• Leader, Multifunctional surface for improved tribological performance, Short-term Research Grant Scheme UniMAP, 2018.
• Leader, Contact mechanisms of tailored tool surfaces in tribologically severe manufacturing processes, Japanese Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation (TTRF), 2018.
• Leader, Stamping of motorcycle sprocket, SMX Solutions – Steinbeis Malaysia & RK Takasago Chain Sdn Bhd, 2018.
• Member, Elucidation of crack propagation behaviour in trimming of light weight body-in-white part made of ultra-high strength steel sheet, FRGS 2018.
• Leader, Reduction of environmentally hazardous oil consumption in sheet-metal forming using Engineered Tool Surface (ETS), MTUN – Industry Research Grant Scheme, 2019.
• Member, Enhanced tribological behaviour of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene by treated-dolomite inclusion, FRGS 2019.
• Member, Elucidating the synergistic effect of hybrid nano-fillers for thermally conducive and electrically insulating polymeric nanocomposites, FRGS 2019.

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• 2006: Scholarship, Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC)
• 2009: Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia & UniMAP
• 2013: Young Tribologist grant award, Japanese Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation (TTRF) & MyTriboS MITC2013
• 2014: Ronpaku program (turned down the offer), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Collaboration – UniMAP,  Kansai University Japan &  Fuji Electric (M) S/B
• 2014: Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia & UniMAP
• 2017: Travel grant, Otto Mønsted Fund to ICTP2017 in Cambridge, UK
• 2018: Travel grant, Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity (JSTP) & Nichidai Corporation to attend ISPF2018 in Nagoya Japan
• 2018: Research Grant award – PhD Graduate-on-time, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
• 2018: Winner, Steinbeis Subject Matter Experts (SMX) Solutions & RK Takasago Chain (Malaysia) S/B
• 2018: International Research Grant, Japanese Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation (TTRF)
• 2018: Travel grant, International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) to AsiaTrib2018
• 2019: Young Tribologist Best Paper Award, AsiaTrib2018
• 2019: Chairman, 3rd Mytribos Symposium & Chief-in-Editor for Proceedings of 3rd Mytribos Symposium