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Profile<\/p>\n

A little bit about myself<\/h1>\n

I am an Associate Professor in Computational Structural Mechanics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), where I have taught and carried out research since 2005. My work sits at the meeting point of structural mechanics, numerical methods, and software — building methods from first principles, and building them to run.<\/p>\n

\"Ahmad<\/div>\n

Early career at UTM<\/h2>\n

I began my academic career at UTM in September 2005 as a tutor with the IT Unit of the Faculty of Civil Engineering. Those early years immersed me in the academic culture of the university and gave me the space to strengthen my technical grounding wherever I could. In March 2008, having completed my Master’s degree, I was appointed as a lecturer. The role brought a far wider opportunity to contribute to the development of both students and the university, particularly through the teaching and supervision of computing-related subjects in civil engineering.<\/p>\n

Education<\/h2>\n

My Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering was awarded by UTM in 2005, with a specialisation in Construction Management. For my final-year project I developed a decision support system for the appointment of contractors — an early sign of a recurring interest in putting computation to practical use in the construction industry.<\/p>\n

I stayed at UTM for my Master’s degree, where my research applied manufacturing-style simulation to the production of houses under the Industrialised Building System (IBS), modelling the construction process as a production line in order to study throughput and resource use.<\/p>\n

Doctoral research at Imperial College London<\/h2>\n

I completed my PhD at Imperial College London in 2013 under the supervision of Professor Bassam A. Izzuddin, the creator of the ADAPTIC nonlinear structural analysis software. My research addressed the buckling assessment of steel beams with multiple web openings using nonlinear finite element analysis and meshless methods, and developed simplification techniques — including super-element analysis and a rotational spring analogy — that make such assessments tractable for practical design.<\/p>\n

That period shaped how I think about the relationship between rigorous formulation and practical implementation. It is also where my interest in methods that go beyond the mesh took root.<\/p>\n

Research today<\/h2>\n

My current research centres on meshfree and particle methods for structural and solid mechanics — in particular the Moving Least Squares (MLS) approximation and the Element-Free Galerkin (EFG) method — alongside the finite element method that underpins most of structural engineering practice. More recently this has extended to NURBS-based geometry representation for CAD–CAE integration, and to AI- and data-driven applications in civil engineering. I remain interested in computational structural mechanics more broadly, in the application of information technology to construction management, and in questions of structural design and safety.<\/p>\n

Teaching and community<\/h2>\n

I find real satisfaction in being part of a profession that is continuously contributing to knowledge and exploring new things. A large part of that, for me, is teaching: I build interactive tools and open codes so that students can see numerical methods behave, not just read about them. In 2017 I co-founded the Malaysian Society for Numerical Methods (MSNM) to connect Malaysian researchers in this field and to grow the community’s collective reach. I firmly believe there are many more enjoyable things to do and to explore throughout a career as an academician.<\/p>\n

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Position<\/b>Associate Professor Ts. Dr.<\/span><\/div>\n
At UTM since<\/b>September 2005<\/span><\/div>\n
B.Eng. & M.Sc.<\/b>Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/span><\/div>\n
PhD<\/b>Imperial College London, 2013<\/span><\/div>\n
PhD supervisor<\/b>Prof. Bassam A. Izzuddin<\/span><\/div>\n
Research<\/b>Meshfree methods · FEM · NURBS<\/span><\/div>\n
Society<\/b>Co-founder, MSNM (2017)<\/span><\/div>\n
Email<\/b>arazin@utm.my<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Looking for my publications? See Journal Articles<\/a>, my Google Scholar<\/a> profile, or my CV<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Profil<\/p>\n

Serba sedikit tentang saya<\/h1>\n

Saya ialah Profesor Madya dalam bidang Computational Structural Mechanics di Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), tempat saya mengajar dan menjalankan penyelidikan sejak 2005. Kerja saya berada di pertemuan antara mekanik struktur, numerical methods, dan perisian — membina kaedah dari prinsip asas, dan membinanya supaya benar-benar berfungsi.<\/p>\n

\"Ahmad<\/div>\n

Permulaan kerjaya di UTM<\/h2>\n

Saya memulakan kerjaya akademik di UTM pada September 2005 sebagai tutor di Unit IT, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam. Tahun-tahun awal itu membenamkan saya dalam budaya akademik universiti dan memberi ruang untuk mengukuhkan asas teknikal di mana sahaja yang mampu. Pada Mac 2008, setelah menamatkan Ijazah Sarjana, saya dilantik sebagai pensyarah. Peranan ini membuka peluang yang jauh lebih luas untuk menyumbang kepada pembangunan pelajar dan universiti, khususnya melalui pengajaran dan penyeliaan subjek berkaitan pengkomputeran dalam kejuruteraan awam.<\/p>\n

Pendidikan<\/h2>\n

Ijazah Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan Awam saya dianugerahkan oleh UTM pada 2005, dengan pengkhususan dalam Pengurusan Pembinaan. Untuk projek tahun akhir, saya membangunkan satu decision support system bagi pelantikan kontraktor — petanda awal minat yang berterusan untuk mengaplikasikan pengkomputeran secara praktikal dalam industri pembinaan.<\/p>\n

Saya meneruskan Ijazah Sarjana di UTM, dengan penyelidikan yang mengaplikasikan simulasi gaya pembuatan kepada pengeluaran rumah di bawah Industrialised Building System (IBS) — memodelkan proses pembinaan sebagai satu production line untuk mengkaji throughput dan penggunaan sumber.<\/p>\n

Penyelidikan kedoktoran di Imperial College London<\/h2>\n

Saya menamatkan PhD di Imperial College London pada 2013 di bawah seliaan Profesor Bassam A. Izzuddin, pencipta perisian analisis struktur tak linear ADAPTIC. Penyelidikan saya menangani penilaian buckling bagi rasuk keluli dengan berbilang bukaan web menggunakan nonlinear finite element analysis dan meshless methods, serta membangunkan teknik penyederhanaan — termasuk super-element analysis dan rotational spring analogy — yang menjadikan penilaian sebegini praktikal untuk reka bentuk.<\/p>\n

Tempoh itu membentuk cara saya berfikir tentang hubungan antara formulasi yang ketat dan perlaksanaan praktikal. Di situlah juga minat saya terhadap kaedah yang melangkaui mesh mula berakar.<\/p>\n

Penyelidikan kini<\/h2>\n

Penyelidikan saya kini tertumpu pada meshfree dan particle methods untuk mekanik struktur dan pepejal — khususnya Moving Least Squares (MLS) approximation dan Element-Free Galerkin (EFG) method — di samping finite element method yang menjadi tunjang kebanyakan amalan kejuruteraan struktur. Kebelakangan ini ia berkembang kepada perwakilan geometri berasaskan NURBS untuk integrasi CAD–CAE, serta aplikasi AI dan data-driven dalam kejuruteraan awam. Saya kekal berminat dalam computational structural mechanics secara lebih luas, aplikasi teknologi maklumat dalam pengurusan pembinaan, dan persoalan reka bentuk serta keselamatan struktur.<\/p>\n

Pengajaran dan komuniti<\/h2>\n

Saya berasa puas menjadi sebahagian daripada profesion yang sentiasa menyumbang kepada ilmu dan meneroka perkara baharu. Sebahagian besar daripada itu, bagi saya, ialah pengajaran: saya membina alatan interaktif dan kod terbuka supaya pelajar dapat melihat sendiri bagaimana numerical methods berkelakuan, bukan sekadar membacanya. Pada 2017 saya menjadi pengasas bersama Malaysian Society for Numerical Methods (MSNM) untuk menghubungkan penyelidik Malaysia dalam bidang ini dan meluaskan jangkauan kolektif komuniti. Saya yakin masih banyak lagi perkara menyeronokkan untuk dilakukan dan diterokai sepanjang kerjaya sebagai seorang akademik.<\/p>\n

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Jawatan<\/b>Profesor Madya Ts. Dr.<\/span><\/div>\n
Di UTM sejak<\/b>September 2005<\/span><\/div>\n
B.Eng. & M.Sc.<\/b>Universiti Teknologi Malaysia<\/span><\/div>\n
PhD<\/b>Imperial College London, 2013<\/span><\/div>\n
Penyelia PhD<\/b>Prof. Bassam A. Izzuddin<\/span><\/div>\n
Penyelidikan<\/b>Meshfree methods · FEM · NURBS<\/span><\/div>\n
Persatuan<\/b>Pengasas bersama, MSNM (2017)<\/span><\/div>\n
E-mel<\/b>arazin@utm.my<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Mencari penerbitan saya? Lihat Artikel Jurnal<\/a>, profil Google Scholar<\/a>, atau CV saya<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Profile A little bit about myself I am an Associate Professor in Computational Structural Mechanics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), where I have taught and carried out research since 2005. My work sits at the meeting point of structural mechanics, numerical methods, and software — building methods from first principles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6455,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"I started my carrier as an academician in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) since September 2005 as a tutor of IT Unit in Faculty of Civil Engineering. I used this opportunity to really get involved with the academic culture in UTM, at the same time strengthened my knowledge where possible. Later in 2008, I was very glad to be appointed as a lecturer of UTM after completing my Master\u2019s degree in Mac 2008. At this stage, I had more chances to contribute to the development of students and university, especially in teaching and supervision of IT-related subjects. I certainly enjoy this profession on the basis that I can be part of those who are continuously contributing to knowledge and exploring new things, particularly in the field of Civil Engineering IT application. I strongly believe that there are more enjoyable things to do and to be explored throughout my career as an academician.\r\n\r\nTalking about my educational background, my Bachelor Degree was awarded in 2005 by UTM, with regard to Civil Engineering study programme (with major in construction management). As far as research experiences are concerned, my final year project was related to the development of an efficient system for appointing contractors, making used of a well-established approach known as Desicion Support System (DSS). The study was basically to improve the current traditional government scheme towards \u2018so-called\u2019 an IT-applied system. In 2006, I moved forward to Master\u2019s Degree study in Civil Engineering, also concentrating on IT-related construction management field, at the same university. This time, my Master\u2019s research project involved more interesting tasks, implementing a manufacturing skill to simulate house productions under a new construction technology known as Industrialised Building System (IBS). It is a component-based construction where each building component (such as wall, beam, column, slab, etc.) is manufactured and assembled individually, leading to a manufacturing-like production as opposed to the traditional\u00a0cast-in-situ<\/i>\u00a0construction. The aim of my research study was to establish the most efficient method of completing the IBS construction.\r\n\r\nIn fact, the most remarkable achievement of me, as far as academic qualifications are concerned, is the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Imperial College London, which was obtained in 2013. My research work is concerned with the implementation of detailed nonlinear finite element analysis (NFEA), and also included, the new promising approach of meshless methods considering high-level computational mechanics. The final aim was to establish an efficient approach particularly in dealing with buckling assessment of steel beams with multiple web openings. In developing this model, several simplifications (e.g. the use of super-elements analysis and rotational spring analogy (RSA) for simplified buckling analysis) were wisely integrated so as to reduce the complexity of the formulation. In the end, an efficient method that balances the need for accuracy, computational efficiency and also practical applicability was developed. I am very pleased to be supervised by a very prominent supervisor in computational mechanics, Professor Bassam Izzuddin, who is a very dedicating and humble person yet very powerful intellectual in this field.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n