Yesterday, 9th of April 2026 is a big and memorable day to Jiang Aimin. After spending almost 3 years, today he is conditionally complete his PhD journey. His first question to me was how to complete his study in 3 years. Now he realized his dream. Not just complete within 3 years, he also managed to publised in a very good journal, one of it is in Progress in Additive Manufacturing journal, among the top journal publish papers related to additive manufacturing, Congratulation Jiang Aimin.

He became the first international student completed their study from this lab after 20 years. Thank you to all examiners and other panel members during the viva-voce for good and positive comments.

I would like to welcome Mr. Habib Baqer Salem to the Metal Forming Research Lab USM Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Engineering Campus. He is from Kuwait and will further his PhD study effective 1st of April 2026. His project is on dealing with springback issues in sheet metal forming process. 

With his knowledge and experience in the area, he can complete his study as plan and more improtantly the outcomes can contribute to the enhancement of the technology. 

1. Jiang, A., Abdullah, A.B. Multiscale regulation of interfacial behavior in CMT of dissimilar IN718-18Ni300 bimetal under different deposition strategies. Prog Addit Manuf (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-025-01493-8

 2. Ponraj, S., Abdullah, A.B. Physics-informed boosting-based machine learning prediction of martensitic start temperature and thermal hysteresis in Cu–Al–Ni shape memory alloy. Int J Adv Manuf Technol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-026-17708-3

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