POSITION: LECTURER

ADDRESS:
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
43400 SERDANG
SELANGOR
MALAYSIA

TEL: 603-949 6101 ext. 2098

E-MAIL: sapuan@eng.upm.edu.my

DATE OF BIRTH: 25 September 1965

QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

1.B.Eng (Mechanical Engineering), University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 1990
2. MSc (Engineering Design), Loughborough University, Leics, UK, 1994
3. Ph.D (Concurrent Engineering), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, 1998
4. Member, Society of Automotive Engineers, USA

LANGUAGE SKILL:
Malay, English, Urdu, Turkish, Javanese and Arabic

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Concurrent Engineering
Polymeric Based Composites
Automotive Chassis Design
Biofuels
Energy Conservation in Industries
Engineering Design Methods
Thermo-elastohydrodynamic lubrication
Turbulent flow in circular pipes

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

KMP 3303 Applied Fluid Mechanics
KMP 3903 Industrial Management
KMP 3404 Composite Materials Technologies
Concurrent Engineering (Service lectures)

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

Concurrent engineering of polymeric based composite automotive air intake manifold
Concurrent engineering of polymeric based composite automotive gear selector housing
Computer aided material selection for injection moulding process
Computer aided efficient manufacturing system for injection moulding process
Polymeric-based composites in Malaysia
Marine and shipping applications of polymeric based composites
Development of  country boats
Quality function deployment
Boundary element analysis of thermo-elastohydrodynamic lubrication

PUBLICATIONS:

1. H. Masjuki, A.M. Zaki and S.M. Sapuan, Proceedings of the Second IMechE. Seminar on Fuels for Automotive and Industrial Diesel Engines, London, 6-7 April 1993, pp. 129-137.
2. H. Masjuki and S.M. Sapuan, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Small Engines and their Fuels, Chiangmai, 21-24 September 1993, pp. 7-13.
3.H. Masjuki and S.M. Sapuan, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 15, no. 3, 1993, pp. 293-304.
4.H.Masjuki and S.M. Sapuan, Proceedings of National Conference on Energy and Environment towards 2020, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 26-27 October 1993, pp. 216-229.
5. H. Masjuki, A.M. Zaki and S.M. Sapuan, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society (JAOCS), 70, no. 10, 1993, pp. 1021-1025.
6. H. Masjuki and S.M. Sapuan, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society (JAOCS), 72, no. 5, 1995, pp. 609-612.
7. S.M. Sapuan, H. Masjuki and A. Azlan, Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, no. 7, 1995, pp. 13-15.
8. S.M. Sapuan, H.S. Abdalla and R.J. Nash, Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference on Manufacturing Research, Leicester, UK, 12-14 September 1995, pp. 79-83.
9. S.M. Sapuan, Kereta daripada komposit, Utusan Malaysia, 31 October 1995, p. 19.
10. S.M. Sapuan, H. Masjuki and A. Azlan, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Power and Energy, Part A, 210, no. A1, 1996, pp. 47-53.
11. S.M. Sapuan and P. Willmot, ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 13, no. 2, pp. 67-85.
11. S.M. Sapuan, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, 57, no. 4, 1996, pp. 63-74.
13. S.M. Sapuan and A Gayretli, AEESEAP Journal of Engineering Education, 26, no. 1 & 2, 1996, pp. 52-61.
14. S.M. Sapuan, M.A.Majid, P.Z. Yaacob and S.B.A.Bakar, Energy Management, 21, no. 1, pp. 23-29.
15. S.M. Sapuan and H.S. Abdalla, Proceedings of the First Symposium on Knowledge Exchange: Manufacturing, Logistics and Management, Loughborough, 24 July 1997, pp. 33-42.
16. S.M. Sapuan, Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, no. 7, 1997, pp. 50-64.
17. S.M. Sapuan, H.S. Abdalla and R.J. Nash, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Automated Composites (ICAC97), Glasgow, 4-5 September 1997, pp. 373-380.
18. A.H. Abu-Bakar, D.J. Smith and S.M. Sapuan, Malaysian Management Review, 32, no. 4, 1997, pp. 11-17.
19.S.M. Sapuan, ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 15, no. 1, 1998, pp.15-32.
20. S.M. Sapuan, ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 15, no. 1, 1998, pp.67-85.
21. S.M. Sapuan and H.S. Abdalla, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 29A, 7, 1998, pp. 731-742.
22. A. Gayretli and S.M. Sapuan, Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, no. 8, 1998, pp 46-51.
23. S.M. Sapuan,  Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Processing Technologies (AMPT98), Kuala Lumpur, 1998, pp. 1083-1090.
24. S.M. Sapuan, Paper accepted for publication in Bulletin of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, July 1998.
25. S.M. Sapuan, Paper accepted for publication in  Materials World, July 1998.
26. S.M. Sapuan, A.H. Mollah and M.Y. Hassan, Paper to be presented at the National Science Congress in Agro-Industry, Fisheries and Marine Science, 7-9 November 1998.