Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering - Doctor of Philosophy, Laval University, Canada
- Master in Mechanical Engineering - Masters Degree, University of Sherbrooke
- Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor Degree, University of Sherbrooke
Meftah Hrairi (Prof. Dr.)
Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
Other's position:
Head, Kulliyyah of Engineering
meftah@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Meftah Hrairi received his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada in 1990 and 1993, respectively, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Laval University, Canada in 1999. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) where he has more than seventeen years of teaching and research experience. Prior to joining IIUM, Prof. Hrairi was a Senior Solutions Consultant at Gillani Inc., a Senior Application Engineer at i2 Technologies inc., both located in Dallas, Texas, USA, and a research engineer at Precitech inc. located in Quebec City, Canada. Prof. Hrairi has expertise inĀ Structural Health Monitoring, Structural Repair, Finite Element Analysis, Oil & Gas, Thermal Systems, and advanced materials and metal forming techniques to effectively form lightweight alloys for potential applications in the transportation industry. His work, which has spanned various industries including aerospace, automotive, materials, manufacturing and petrochemical, has been already published through several peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers, posters & presentations. Prof. Hrairi is a regular instructor at IIUM in the areas of NDT, FEA, structural mechanics, materials and manufacturing processes in automotive and aerospace applications.
Area of Specialisation
- Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Mechanical Engineering ~ Stress Analysis - Structural Repair, Finite Element Analysis
- Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Interdisplinary Engineering ~ Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) - Structural Health Monitoring
- Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Resource-Based Technology ~ Petroleum and Gas
Professional Membership
- 1994 - 1999: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), American Powder Metallurgy Institute
- 1999 - 2014: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2011 - 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), International Association of Engineers
- 2020: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Graduate Engineer), Board of Engineers Malaysia
- 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Candidate to the engineering profession), Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec
Teaching Responsibilities
ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION | 2016/2017 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 |
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING LAB II | 2011/2012 |
AEROSPACE MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING PROCESS | 2012/2013 |
AEROSPACE MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
APPLIED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD | 2016/2017 2012/2013 |
AUTOMOTIVE INTEGRATED DESIGN | 2018/2019 |
AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS | 2018/2019 2016/2017 |
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS | 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND STATISTICS | 2006/2007 |
ENGINEERING CALCULUS II | 2006/2007 2005/2006 |
FATIGUE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS | 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 |
INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2014/2015 |
INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT (IDP) | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
INTERGRATED DESIGN PROJECT (IDP) | 2017/2018 |
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE | 2015/2016 |
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAB 1 | 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS | 2012/2013 |
NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF STRUCTURES | 2017/2018 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 |
NONDESTUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION | 2008/2009 |
NUMERICAL METHODS FOR ENGINEERS | 2005/2006 2004/2005 |
PHYSICS | 2010/2011 |
PROJECT II | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
STATICS | 2010/2011 2009/2010 2007/2008 2006/2007 |
STRUCTURAL MECHANICS | 2013/2014 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 |
VEHICLE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 |
VEHICLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN & MATERIALS SELECTION | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 |
Vehicle Structures Design | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
VEHICLES STRUCTURE DESIGN | 2021/2022 |
Research Projects
Completed
2022 - 2023 | Bengkel Merekabentuk & Mencetak Prototaip Roket Menggunakan 3D Printer |
2019 - 2023 | Bird Strike Impact Investigation on Rotating Bladed-Propeller Engine considering an Unsteady Flow |
2017 - 2020 | Stress Analysis of Piezoelectric Embedded Structures Subjected to Combined Loading |
2015 - 2019 | Investigation of Piezoelectric Actuation Effect on Fracture Toughness of Isotropic Materials |
2013 - 2017 | Development of Green Transportation System |
2013 - 2015 | Development of Electro-Mechanical Impedance-Based Damage Detection Technique for Structural Health Monitoring |
2013 - 2016 | Wake Vortex Alleviation of a Wing with a Reverse Delta Wing Add-On Device Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) |
2010 - 2013 | Development of a Thermoelectrically Air Conditioned Motorcycle Helmet |
2009 - 2010 | Design and Development of an "Urban Concept Hybrid Car" |
2008 - 2012 | Design and Development of an Automated Magnetic Particle Testing of Automotive parts. |
2007 - 2013 | Investigation of Crack Behaviour in Bonded Dissimilar Materials Under Thermal Loading |
On-Going
2023 - Present | STEM Education Awareness Program for Tahfiz Students: Enhancing Scientific Literacy |
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 |
2021 - Present | A hybrid method combining active and passive repair mechanisms for reducing stress concentration in cracked aircraft structures. |
2020 - Present | Impedance-based structural health monitoring using neural networks for detecting and classifying structural damage |
2018 - Present | PEC for Inspection of CUI in Pipes |
2013 - Present | IIUM Centre of Excellence for Electric Mobility (ICEM) |
2012 - Present | Proton Green Mobility |
Award & Recognition
07 Oct, 2012 | PGMC 2012 Overall Champion - PROTON & MOSTI | National |
07 Oct, 2012 | PGMC 2012 - Farthest Distance Winner - PROTON & MOSTI | National |
07 Oct, 2012 | PGMC 2012 - Fastest Two Laps Winner - PROTON & MOSTI | National |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2022 | Detection of unbalance and looseness faults in a ventilation turbine using vibration signature analysis. In: 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 | Numerical modelling and applied simulation for the vibration monitoring of a ventilation turbine. In: 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021), |
2021 | Numerical Modelling of Bird Strike on a Rotating Engine Blade Based on Variations of Porosity Density. In: 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2021 (ICMAAE'21), |
2021 | Numerical Simulation of Electromechanical Impedance-Based Damage Monitoring of Metallic Structures. In: 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021), |
2021 | Temperature influence on electromechanical impedance method used for damage detection in metallic structure. In: 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2021), |
2020 | Damage assessment on numerical modelling of rotating engine blades subjected to bird strike. In: International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation (ISSA 2020), |
2020 | Optimization of composite patch repair for center-cracked rectangular plate using design of experiments method. In: 1st International Conference on Advanced Light-Weight Materials and Structures, ICALMS 2020, |
2020 | Stress analysis of plate with opposite semicircular notches and adhesively bonded piezoelectric actuators. In: 45th International Conference on Vibroengineering, |
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 | Finite element analysis of thermal stress intensity factors for cracked bimaterial system under convective cooling. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2018), |
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), |
2018 | Multi-objective optimization of incremental sheet metal forming. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive, and Aerospace Engineering 2018 (ICMAAE’18), |
2017 | 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016. In: "3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE 2016", |
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 | Impedance based detection of delamination in composite structures. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16), |
2017 | Parametric model based on imputations techniques for partly interval censored data. In: 4th International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering 2017, ICMAE 2017, |
2017 | Validation of ESP oil wells measured parameters using simulation olga software. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16), |
2016 | Comparative study of R134a and R744 driven solar assisted heat pump systems for different applications. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE 2016, |
2015 | Aerodynamic performance of a naca 23012 half wing model with a reverse delta wing type add-on device . In: 8th Ankara International Aerospace Conference, |
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 | A battery charge balancing system with reducing inrush high spike current for electric vehicle. In: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA 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), |
2013 | An investigation of temperature effect on incremental forming. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013), |
2013 | Course Continual Quality Improvement (CQI) implementation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in engineering education: the Kulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM experience. In: International Conference on Engineering Education 2013, |
2013 | Design and optimization of a micro capacitive pressure sensor. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013), |
2013 | Penang bridge 1 loading analysis using British standard and finite element method for structural health monitoring. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013), |
2013 | Study of hardness and microstructure of Fe-C-Si-Mn-B hardfacing alloy. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE 2013), |
2012 | Design and simulation of a thermoelectric cooling system for motorcyclist helmet. In: 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering (ICMAE’2012), |
2011 | Design and modeling of silicon MEMS accelerometer. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE’11, |
2011 | Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing. In: 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2011), |
2011 | Finite element investigatigation of some aspects affecting the depth and wall thickness of a part formed by single point incremental forming process. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE’11, |
2010 | Development of an adaptive headlamp system. In: International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE 2010), |
2010 | Predicting density distribution in green compacts using finite element simulations. In: International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering (ICMAE’10), |
2010 | Risk analysis factors of the emission in transportation a case study - Dubai taxi. In: 2nd International Conference on Engineering Systems Management and its Applications (ICESMA2010), |
2010 | Signal analysis of vibration measurements for condition monitoring of bearings. In: International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering (ICMAE’10), |
2010 | Towards automatic testing and defect recognition in magnetic particle inspection. In: The 2nd International Conference on Engineering and ICT, |
2010 | Ultrasonic techniques for detection of thinning defects in metal plates. In: 3rd Engineering Conference on Advancement in Mechanical and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment, |
2009 | Development of a system for automatic magnetic particle inspection of automotive components . In: Proceedings of 2nd CUTSE International Conference 2009 CUTSE'09, |
Book
2011 | Advanced topics in mechanical behavior of materials. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-174-1 |
Book Section
2019 | Gas–liquid two-phase upward flow through a vertical pipe. In: MDPI, ISBN: 978-3-03921-427-3, pp. 198-220 |
2017 | Effect of periodic drying on energy utilization, product quality, and drying time. In: CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 9781138746299, pp. 19-32 |
2016 | Drying of fruits and vegetables: The impact of different drying methods on product quality. In: CRC Press, ISBN: 978-1-4987-3499-8, pp. 189-215 |
2014 | Edge Crack, Bimaterial Systems. In: Springer Reference, ISBN: 978-94-007-2738-0 (P) ISBN 978-94-007-2739-7 (eBook) ISBN Bundle 978-94-007-2740-3 (print and electronic bundle), pp. 1085-1092 |
2014 | Edge crack, composite materials. In: Springer Reference, ISBN: 978-94-007-2738-0 (P) ISBN 978-94-007-2739-7 (eBook) ISBN Bundle 978-94-007-2740-3 (print and electronic bundle), pp. 1092-1100 |
2014 | Edge crack, isotropic material. In: Springer Reference, ISBN: 978-94-007-2738-0 (P) ISBN 978-94-007-2739-7 (eBook) ISBN Bundle 978-94-007-2740-3 (print and electronic bundle), pp. 1100-1109 |
2011 | Corrosion detection in aircraft structures by ultrasonic method.. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-148-2, pp. 45-54 |
2011 | Development of automatic magnetic particle system for automotive parts inspection. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-216-8, pp. 160-165 |
2011 | Enhancing magnetic particle testing of automotive parts . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181741, pp. 189-195 |
2011 | Experimental studies of dieless forming . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181741, pp. 167-171 |
2011 | Fatigue damage characterization of aluminum alloy plates. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-148-2, pp. 55-62 |
2011 | Finite element modeling of the powder compaction process. . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-020-1, pp. 203-252 |
2011 | General framework for inverse identification of consecutive parameters. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181741, pp. 177-182 |
2011 | Inverse parameter identification of elastic and inelastic constitutive material models . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181741, pp. 183-188 |
2011 | Mechanical properties of sintered aluminum alloy compacts . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-174-1, pp. 156-160 |
2011 | Numerical simulation of green compacts . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-174-1, pp. 161-166 |
2011 | Overview of the powder metallurgy process . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181741, pp. 151-155 |
2011 | Performance of an automatic magnetic particle inspection of automotive parts. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-216-8, pp. 166-171 |
2011 | Study of spot welding process . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181741, pp. 172-176 |
2011 | Thermal analysis of a micro device used for detection of colorectal cancer. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181581, pp. 220-228 |
2009 | An Integrated approach of ethics and professional issues into engeneering curriculum.. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789833855674, pp. 275-281 |