Dr. Reduan Bin Mat Dan
Machinery and Lubricant Analyst (MLA) Level III
Dr. Reduan Bin Mat Dan is a certified Machinery and Lubricant Analyst (MLA) Level III from the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML). In addition, he is also a MIBoC certified vibration analyst CAT II and also a Chartered Engineer under IMechE, UK. He graduated in Petroleum engineering in 1994 from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA. Upon graduation, he joined MOX bhd. as a production engineer in a welding electrode manufacturing plant. After 3 years in his first job, he joined Power Cables Malaysia (PCM) as a process engineer in aluminium continuous casting and rolling plant. His last position in PCM was as head of the department of PILC division as process owner overseeing a large part of the manufacturing process. In 2004, he decided to further study in the area of MSc. in Maintenance Engineering and Asset Management at The University of Manchester, UK where he graduated with distinction in 2005.
He joined the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) in 2006 as a lecturer and continued his stay in the UK to read for his Ph.D. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering specifically in wear debris and oil analysis. His current research interest continues to be dominated by wear debris and oil analysis with a special focus on predicting the life of gears. He is now a senior lecturer and the head of the department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTeM. He was also greatly involved in a few consultation jobs on vibration monitoring at various oil and gas, and power plant companies. In continuing his passion for wear debris and oil analysis, he is now actively involved in conducting training on the subject for the students in the university and for the engineers and technicians in the industry.
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Azman Bin Abdullah
Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council, UK
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Azman Bin Abdullah is a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council, UK under the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). He is also a Professional Engineer registered under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and a member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. Upon graduation, he joined Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) previously known as Malaysia Shipyard Engineering (MSE) as a Technical Executive for the Machinery Department of Ship Repair. In 2004, he joined Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) previously known as Kolej Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka as a tutor under the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He furthered his study at the Master's Level and graduated with MSc. Automotive and Motorsport Engineering, in 2005, at Brunel University, United Kingdom.
He became a lecturer at UTeM and taught several courses such as Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle Control Systems, and Green Vehicle Technology. Until 2007, he was actively involved in several types of research on vehicle design and analyses, semi-active suspension systems, and the development of active dampers for automotive applications. In 2007, he continued his study at the Ph.D. level at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. At this university, several courses regarding tribology were taken such as railway maintenance, advanced tribology, and frontier mechanical systems. His thesis was related to railway dynamics and control systems. Upon graduation in 2011, he became a senior lecturer at UTeM. After being promoted as Associate Professor in 2017, he performed industrial attachment at ERL Maintenance and Support Sdn. Bhd. and improved his knowledge in railway maintenance and tribology, wheel wear, transformer oil analyses, brake disks, brake pad analyses, and gearbox maintenance.
