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Shafie Bin Kamaruddin

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D in Manufacturing Engineering - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
  • Master of Science (Manufacturing Engineering) - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Manufacturing) - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Shafie Bin Kamaruddin (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING

Other's position:

Head of Department, Kulliyyah of Engineering

shafie@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Dr. Shafie Kamaruddin is an Associate Professor in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering with a strong background in both industry and academia. He began his professional career as a Testing Executive at SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd after completing his Bachelor’s degree at International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) in 2009. He later obtained a Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering from the same institution and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on intelligent optimization, additive manufacturing, and manufacturing automation, with particular interests in advanced manufacturing technologies. He is actively involved in research projects, student supervision, and curriculum development, and has contributed to peer-reviewed publications and funded research initiatives. In addition to his academic work, he engages in community outreach and professional training activities, promoting the application of modern manufacturing technologies in education and industry.


Area of Specialisation


  • Engineering Tech ~ Engineering And Technology ~ Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ~ Other Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering n.e.c. - Intelligent Optimisation


Professional Membership


  • 2019 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Board of Engineers Malaysia


Teaching Responsibilities


COMPUTER AIDED DRAWING 2025/2026
COMPUTER INTERGRATED MANUFACTURING (CIM) 2024/2025 2023/2024
ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 2023/2024 2022/2023
ENGINEERING DRAWING 2018/2019
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 2025/2026 2024/2025
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2019/2020
INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT 2021/2022
INTERGRATED DESIGN PROJECT 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2018/2019
MACHINE LEARNING 2025/2026
MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION ROBOTICS 2021/2022 2019/2020
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING LAB III 2018/2019
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING LAB II 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING LAB IV 2024/2025 2023/2024
METROLOGY AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS 2020/2021 2019/2020
PROJECT I 2019/2020 2018/2019
Robotics in Manufacturing 2025/2026 2024/2025 2021/2022
SEMINAR 2018/2019
SMART MANUFACTURING 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024
WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019


Supervision


Integration Of Theory Of Inventive Problem Solving (Triz) Into Value Analysis Value Engineering (Vave) During New Product Development (Npd) Phase.
Ph.D Completed 2023 Co-supervisor
A Generic Preventive Maintenance Framework Of Industrial Boiler Corrosion.
Ph.D Completed 2022 Co-supervisor
Investigation Of Porous Lattice Copper Electrodes Using Fused Filament Fabrication For Electrochemical Applications.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Predicting Tribological Performance Of Liquid Lubricants And Coated-Surfaces By Machine Learning Approaches.
Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor
Additively Manufactured Polylactic Acid Nested Skeleton Doped With Metallic Additives For Hybrid Rocket Fuel Grains.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2024 - 2025 Climate Change Resilient Schools: Preparing for a Sustainable Future
2024 - 2025 GREENSCAPE Hub For Sustainable Kebun Komuniti Education @ AQUAGREEN Educational Centre
2023 - 2025 Development of an Automated Solder Joint Defect Detection System
2022 - 2025 Food Security for People at Remote Area - Implementation of Symbiotic System of Fish and Vegetable Farming
2022 - 2023 Transferring Knowledge and Skills in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) and 3D Printing Technology to MCP Resources Sdn Bhd and Taman Matang Jaya Community via Hands-On Training
2021 - 2022 Development of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) System Extruder for Printing Tin Material
2020 - 2022 Elucidating mechanical and tribological properties of carbon-based coatings
2020 - 2021 Design and Development of New Food Holder for Food Packaging Using 3D Printing Technology
2020 - 2022 Characterisation of Mechanical and Structural Properties of 3D Printed Metal Composite via Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
2019 - 2023 Improving the Bees Algorithm for Large Scale Continuous Optimisation Problem
On-Going
2026 - Present Visi Sentuhan: Aplikasi AI untuk Segmentasi Imej dan Penjanaan Corak Bertekstur bagi Golongan Cacat Penglihatan
2025 - Present Touch2Read: Public Showcase of Braille and Tactile Innovation for Inclusive Learning
2025 - Present Program Pemindahan Ilmu dan Peningkatan Sosio-Ekonomi Isi Rumah Melalui Pertanian Akua-Ponik
2025 - Present Developing an Enhanced 3D-Printed Smokey Surface-to-Air Sounding Rocket (STAR-X-3) and Launching System for Pilot Training
2022 - Present Let's make things using 3D Printer
2007 - Present Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Technology Research Unit (AMTech)


Publications


Articles

2025 Influence of infill and nozzle diameter on porosity of PLA 3d printed parts. International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XVII (1) pp. 31-41
2025 Mechanical properties of 3D-printed polylactide carbon fiber based on fused deposition modeling. International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XVII (3) pp. 108-126
2025 Prediction of tribological behaviour using machine learning. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computational Thinking and Data Science, 6 (1) pp. 28-37
2025 The effects of printing parameters on shape transformation capability of 3D printed structures of smart material. International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, XVII (3) pp. 185-193
2024 Effect of heat treatment on mechanical properties and dimensional accuracy of 3D-Printed black carbon fiber HTPLA. Heliyon, 10 (11) pp.
2024 Effect of the printing parameters on the tensile strength and surface roughness of a photopolymer resin using dlp 3d printing. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 20 (1) pp. 189-200
2024 Effect of the printing parameters on the tensile strength and surface roughness of a photopolymer resin using DLP 3D printing. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 20 (1) pp. 189-200
2024 Product design and development strategies for an automated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) defects detection systems. International Journal on Computational Engineering (COMIEN), 1 (3) pp. 75-78
2023 Effects of coating and lubrication on friction and wear for metal-to metal application. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Mechanics, 110 (1) pp. 52-62
2023 Properties and tribological evaluation of graphene and fullerene nanoparticles as additives in oil lubrication. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 237 (8) pp. 1647-1656
2022 A review study on the effect of printing parameters of fused deposition modelling (fdm) metal polymer composite parts on mechanical properties and surface roughness. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 18 (1) pp. 281-297
2022 A review study on the effect of printing parameters of fused deposition modelling (FDM) metal polymer composite parts on mechanical properties and surface roughness. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 18 (1) pp. 281-297
2022 A short review on the effect of nozzle geometry in 3D printing process using FDM system. ASEAN Journal of Engineering and Technology (AJET), 2 (2) pp. 1-4
2022 Comparison study on mechanical properties of 3d printed pla and pla/aluminium composites using fused deposition modeling method. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 18 (1) pp. 1-11
2022 The effects of FDM printing parameters on the compression properties of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) using finite element analysis. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 14 (2) pp. 86-92
2021 Optimization of drilling path using the bees algorithm. Manufacturing Technology, 21 (6) pp. 1-7
2020 The Effect of Printing Parameters on Scaffold Structure Using Low-cost 3D Printer. TEST Engineering & Management, 82 () pp. 8255 -8263
2020 The effects of printing parameters on the surface quality of metal composite by using fused deposition modeling. Solid State Technology, 63 (5) pp. 866-874
2019 Application of the bees algorithm for constrained mechanical design optimisation problem. International Journal of Engineering Materials and Manufacture, 4 (1) pp. 27-32
2019 Bees algorithm enhanced with Nelder and Mead method for numerical function optimisation. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2129 () pp. 1-9
Conference or Workshop Items

2025 An automated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) defects detection system. In: ICAMME 2024,
2024 Application of the Bees Algorithm to find optimal drill path sequence. In: 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics (SIMM 2023),
2023 Design simulation and development of prototype filling nozzle in food industry. In: 8th Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology 2021,
2023 Review on fused deposition modelling extruder types with their specialities in filament extrusion process. In: 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, ICAMME 2022,
2023 Review on fused deposition modelling extruder types with their specialities in filament extrusion process. In: 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME2022),
2022 Friction and wear behaviours of hard-coated/uncoated bearing steels under nano-additive oil lubrication. In: 3rd Malaysian International Tribology Conference, MITC 2020,
Book Sections

2025 Optimisation of Surface Roughness in 3D Printing Using the Bees Algorithm. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-031-64935-6, pp. 197-207
2022 Assembly sequence optimization using the bees algorithm. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-981-19-2094-3, pp. 423-433
2021 Analysis of printing parameters for tensile test using finite element analysis. In: Springer, ISBN: 978-981-16-0865-0, pp.
2021 Optimal design of step – cone pulley problem using the bees algorithm. In: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, ISBN: 978-981-16-0865-0, pp. 139-149