Technical Director, Profmetal Sdn Bhd, from 2008 - present.
In-house consultant & mentor for TNB Research, 2002 - present.
Consultant to insurance companies on forensic analysis.
Consultant to tin mining industries in Indonesia, 2004 - present.
Consultant to metal/foundry/casting industries, 1970s - present.
Senior Research Fellow, University of Malaya, 1999 to 2002.
Associate Professor in University of Malaya, 1985 to 1999.
Tutor, University of Malaya, 1967 to 1968.
Teaching Administration
Taught courses such as engineering drawing, hydraulics, strength of materials, mechanical design, wear & corrosion, fracture & fatigue at the University of Malaya from 1970 to 2002
Also supervised 4 Master's students during this period.
Research Interests
Fracture & fatigue; failure analysis.
Foundry technology.
Metallurgy of austenitic manganese steels and high chromium irons.
Heat treatment of steels.
Abrasive/erosive wear.
Corrosion under insulation of a very large, multi-layered roof.
Funded Research Projects
IRPA funded project on reverse technology, to produce local castings for automotive use, worth about RM 130,000 (1990s).
2.5-year, RM 1.5 million project, funded by Sanko Industrial, to solve corrosion problems at the KLIA roof during fabrication (1999 to 2002).
Professional Membership
FIEM
P.Eng
Professional Activities
Past chaiman of two SIRIM Technical Committees, on Castings and on Lifting Devices respectively. Has produced a few Malaysian Standards.
Have been involved in IEM committees.
Others
Have a very wide experience in the forensic analysis of engineering failures, covering mechanical, metallurgical and electrical equipment, and steel structures. Have more than 400 reports to my credit.
Am conducting professional courses on material related topics for industry.
Was expert witness on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Sengkang train derailment in the 1990s.
Was the Independent consultant into the collapse of the Putra LRT Launcher in the 1990s.
