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

The event was conducted successfully and we got positive feedback from various parties. It's motivate us to reorganize the event in the future. Thank you for all support.

We would like to welcome Prof. D. Rajamani from Vel Tech University to the School of Mechanical Engineering and Metal Forming Research Lab, USM Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Engineering Campus. He is here as a visiting researcher under the ASEAN-India Research Collaboration Project for 2 weeks, from 15th of February to 1st of March 2026. Today he had a meeting with most of the MFRL members. He give a very good and motivational advices in carrying the research.