Ali Muhsan

1. Ten years of experience in teaching mechanical and materials-related subjects such as material engineering, solid mechanics, statics & dynamics, manufacturing technology, thermo-fluid subjects, etc.
2. Decent experience in commercializing research products to the industry.
3. Skills in generating and writing novel and innovative (cutting-edge) research proposals that attract a wide range of industries.
4. Ability to work effectively with students and faculty members.
5. Profound knowledge in modern teaching and learning pedagogies (ToT).
6. Maintaining worldwide networking and establishing and developing long-term relations of mutual benefit with industries and academic institutions.

Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering Department, UTP – Malaysia. Undertaken Responsibilities • Delivered higher-level undergraduate courses via classroom, online and hybrid methodologies to satisfy course curricula and meet student needs. • Mentored 1 Postdoctoral, and supervised 5 PhD, 2 MSc and 19 FYP students (main supervisor). Co-supervised 3 PhD students and 1 MSc student. • Task force member of Materials Engineering Programme (Designing the syllabus for Statics & Dynamics and Nanotechnology courses). • Supervised junior lecturers' course development and recommended refinements to enhance student learning. • Trained junior lecturers modern teaching and learning approaches such as (Active Learning F2F and via Moodle, Cooperative Learning, Flipped Classroom and Problem-Based Learning). • Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning (Before and after Covid.19)

Senior Lecturer Petroleum Engineering Department, UTP – Malaysia. Undertaken Responsibilities • Teaching Mechanical and Materials related subjects such as Engineering Mechanics (Statics & Dynamics), Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, etc. • Mentored and trained 1 postdoctoral researcher and supervised graduate and undergraduate students (3 PhD, 3 MSc, 25 FYP) by advising on study plans, thesis/dissertations and career goals.

Research Achievements • In-house developed cost-effective graphene sheets reinforced working fluids of solar collector devices (Technology Readiness Level 3/TRL3). • Initiating a research project on developing Nano-Silver sanitizer spray to prevent different viruses such as COVID-19 transmission (TRL1). • In-house developed hybrid nanomaterials (GO-GNPs-SiO2) reinforced brine solutions for Enhanced Oil Recovery (TRL3-4). • Developing topics that help local industries in the area of nanotechnology to come up with new nanocomposite products such nanocarbons coated proppant for effective Oil&Gas production (Technology Readiness Level 3/TRL3).

PhD in Mechanical Engineering Major: Mechanical Engineering/Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS - Malaysia Title: Development of High Thermal Conductive Heat Sink Material of Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Copper Matrix Nanocomposites via Powder Injection Molding. Receiver of Chancellor Award- Best PhD Researcher (Alumni Award 2014).