Mohd Sultan Ibrahim graduated with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering in 1999 from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and obtained a Master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the same university in 2002. He later obtained his Ph.D. in Aeronautics from Imperial College London in 2010. Currently, he is attached as an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIUM. He is engaged in teaching Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Finite Element Analysis, and Machine Design. He is also involved with several consultation works namely with Dalia Industries Sdn. Bhd on the development of composite pole and with CTRM on springback analysis of aerospace parts made of composites. His research interest includes FEA and failure analysis of composite structures.

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING LAB I	2016/2017
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING LAB II	2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
Applied Finite Element Method	2023/2024 2021/2022
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING LAB 1	2012/2013
COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING	2014/2015
DYNAMICS	2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2007/2008 2004/2005
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS	2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014
INTERGRATED DESIGN PROJECT	2013/2014
MACHINE DESIGN	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB 1	2013/2014
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (LAB)	2003/2004
PROJECT I	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
PROJECT II	2019/2020 2017/2018 2011/2012
SEMINAR	2004/2005
SEMINAR I	2010/2011
SEMINAR II	2009/2010
VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS	2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003
VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS (LAB)	2004/2005

Completed

2017 - 2020	Stress Analysis of Piezoelectric Embedded Structures Subjected to Combined Loading
2016 - 2020	A New Finite Element for Analysis of Smart Laminated Circular Cylindrical Shells under Hygro-Thermo-Electric-Mechanical Loads
2015 - 2019	Investigation of Piezoelectric Actuation Effect on Fracture Toughness of Isotropic Materials
2014 - 2017	Investigation on the Effects of Foam-Filled Paper Honeycomb Coupled Boundary Conditions on the Compression Strength of Lightweight Sandwich Structure
2013 - 2016	Hybrid Singularly Implicit - Explicit Kernel Function Method For Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis Of Multiple Interfering Aeroelastic Lifting Surfaces
2013 - 2015	Development of Electro-Mechanical Impedance-Based Damage Detection Technique for Structural Health Monitoring
2013 - 2017	A Fundamental Study of the Effect of Stitch Pattern on Mechanical Performance of Palm Fiber Composites
2012 - 2015	Investigation of Flow-Induced Pulsation in Piping Networks of Gas Transportation Systems
2012 - 2016	Particle Swarm Optimization of Vehicle Front-end Geometry for Pediatric Pedestrian - Crash Protection
2012 - 2015	New Constitutive Law Behavior of Foam-Honeycomb Material to Absorb the Energy of Impact
2012 - 2016	An Investigation of the Influence of Hygrothermal loads on the Behavior of Composite Laminates
2012 - 2015	Study on the Effect of Piezoelectric Actuation on Fracture Toughness of Composite Structures
2011 - 2016	RU 2011: Design and Development of Vacuum Bagging (VB) Manufacturing Setup for Composite Structures Fabrication with Minimized Manufacturing Defects and Optimal Mechanical Performance
2011 - 2014	RU 2011: Improving Impact Damage Tolerance of Composite Structures Using Smart Materials

On-Going

2022 - Present	An Accurate Shear Deformable Finite Element Model for Stress Analysis of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced (FG-CNTR) Composite Laminates under Thermo-Electric-Mechanical Loads
2017 - Present	The Low Cycle Fatigue Investigation of Kinematic Joints Subjected to Random Cyclic Loading
2016 - Present	Advance Composite Springback Analysis Development (Phase 2)
2015 - Present	Parametric Optimization of a Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain with a Battery-Supercapacitor Energy Storage System
2010 - Present	Damage control of composite plates

Article

2023	A study on the effect of piezoelectric nonlinearity on the bending behaviour of smart laminated composite beam. Materials, 16 (7) pp. 1-19
2022	A new method of reinforcing graphene nanoplatelets in glass/epoxy composites. Material Science and Engineering Technology, () pp.
2022	The hybridization effects of glass and carbon fibers on the mechanical properties of kenaf mat/epoxy composites. Journal of Natural Fibers, 19 (17) pp. 15432-15447
2020	Computational analysis of low velocity impacts on Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) composite. TEST Engineering & Management, 83 (May - June 2020) pp. 1242-1247
2020	Experimental study on Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) composite subjected to three point bending using ANOVA technique. TEST Engineering & Management, 83 (May – June 2020) pp. 1248-1255
2019	Determination of stress intensity factor of actuated cracked aluminum plate using strain gages. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 7 (6S) pp. 241-245
2019	Modeling different repair configurations of an aluminum plate with a hole. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 7 (6S) pp. 235-240
2019	Shape control of composite plates with piezoelectric actuators. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 7 (6S) pp. 219-223
2019	Spring back of thick curved uni-directional carbon fibre reinforced composite laminate for aircraft structure application. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 7 (6S) pp. 224-228
2018	Evaluating the reduction of stress intensity factor in center-cracked plates using piezoelectric actuators. Actuators, 7 (2) pp. 1-13
2018	Experimental and numerical analysis of piezoelectric active repair of edge-cracked plate. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 29 (18) pp. 3656-3666
2018	Failure analysis of woven Kevlar/Epoxy under uniaxial tension. International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE), 7 (4) pp. 235-239
2017	Modeling approach to evaluating reduction in stress intensity factor in center-cracked plate with piezoelectric actuator patches. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 28 (10) pp. 1334-1345
2017	Numerical investigation of springback in mechanical clinching process. International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture, 2 (4) pp. 86-93
2017	Perforation of polycarbonate sheet when subjected to impact test– A review. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 12 (24) pp. 14514-14522
2016	Effect of thread material and stitch orientation on tensile mechanical property of stitched oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber reinforced epoxy composites. Journal of Built Environment, Technology and Engineering, 1 () pp. 282-288
2015	Effects of adhesive bond on active repair of aluminium plate using piezoelectric patch. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 799-80 () pp. 788-793
2015	Finite element modeling of clinching process for joining dissimilar materials. Advanced Materials Research, 1115 () pp. 109-112
2015	Finite element simulation of electro-mechanical impedance technique. Advanced Materials Research, 1115 () pp. 539-542
2015	IIUM cubeSat structural subsystem design. Advanced Materials Research, 1115 () pp. 568-572
2015	Mode I stress intensity factor for a cracked plate with an integrated piezoelectric actuator. Advanced Materials Research, 1115 () pp. 517-522
2015	Survey of active structural control and repair using piezoelectric patches. Actuators, 4 () pp. 77-98
2015	The effect of piezoelectric actuation on stress distribution in aluminum plate with circular hole. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10 (21) pp. 9723-9729
2014	Study on the effect of window opening on the drag characteristics of a car. International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, 9 (3-4) pp. 311-320
2013	Experimental Investigation on the Energy Absorption Capability of Foam-filled Nomex Honeycomb Structure. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 393 () pp. 460-466
2012	Modeling of a turning tool holder with finite elements and simulation of its free vibration frequencies. Advanced Materials Research, 576 () pp. 659-664
2008	Three-dimensional static shape control analysis of composite plates using distributed piezoelectric actuators. Smart Materials and Structures, 17 (2) pp. 1-10

Conference or Workshop Item

2022	A review of effect of higher order nonlinear theories on analysis of Piezoelectric laminates. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021),
2021	Assessment of shell theories for cross-ply and angle-ply laminated cylindrical shells under thermo-mechanical loads. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021),
2021	Crash analysis of aircraft composite fuselage under belly landing. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021),
2019	Review of manufacturing process for good quality of composite assessment. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2018),
2018	Determination of stress intensity factor of actuated cracked aluminum plate using strain gages. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2018),
2018	Experimental study of low-velocity impact on foam-filled kraft paper honeycomb structure. In: "International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME 2017)",
2018	Modeling different repair configurations of an aluminum plate with a hole. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive, and Aerospace Engineering 2018 (ICMAAE’18),
2017	A study on the parameters affecting the properties of coated paper honeycomb. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16),
2017	Effect of stitching on the tensile mechanical property of empty fruit bunch oil palm fiber reinforced epoxy composites. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE 2016,
2017	Effect of temperature and moisture dependent material properties on the bending behavior of laminated cylindrical shell under hygrothermal loads. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16),
2017	Estimation of stress concentration factor of plate with hole using piezoelectric actuator and finite element method. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16),
2017	Finite element analysis of a composite crash box subjected to low velocity impact. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE 2016,
2017	Numerical analysis of kraft paper honey comb subjected to uniform compression loading. In: International Conference on Materials Physics and Mechanics 2017,
2017	Optimal location of piezoelectric patches for active vibration control. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE '16),
2017	Tensile mechanical property of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber reinforced epoxy composites. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE 2016,
2017	Tensile mechanical property of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber reinforced epoxy composites. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE 2016,
2016	Experimental study on energy absorption of foam filled kraft paper honeycomb subjected to quasi-static uniform compression loading. In: 6th Innovation in Aerospace Engineering and Technology, AEROTECH 2016,
2015	Finite element modeling of clinching process for joining dissimilar materials. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME 2014),
2015	Finite element simulation of electro-mechanical impedance technique. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME 2014),
2014	Derivation of stress intensity factor for a cracked plate with an integrated piezoelectric actuator. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME 2014),
2014	Orifice plate flowmeter performance under pulsating flow conditions. In: Automotive and Vehicle Technologies Conference (AVTECH) 2013,
2013	Analysis of composite box beam with piezoelectric actuators using ANSYS. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE' 13),
2013	Study of the effect of different curing setups on mechanical properties of low cost composite structures. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013),
2013	Three-dimensional vibration analysis of fluid-filled pipes. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013),
2009	Delamination control in composite beams using piezoelectric actuators. In: 17th International Conference on Composite Materials,