Tribological Applications of Composite Materials

Tribological behaviour of composites materials.- Tribology properties of synthetic fibre reinforced composites.- Tribology properties of natural fibre reinforced composites.- The effect of fillers on the tribological properties of composites.- Tribological behaviour of polymer composites at elevated temperature.- The effect of size, length and orientation of the fibres on the tribological properties of composites.- Natural fibre composites as friction materials.- Dry sliding wear behavior of materials composites.- Wear properties of hybrid composites.- Scratch resistance of the polymer composites.- The effects of fibre loading of composites on the scratch resistance.- Lubrication effects on the tribological properties of the composites.- Tribological composites for biomedical applications.- Tribological composites for aerospace applications.- Tribological composites for automotive applications.

Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohamed Thariq Bin Haji Hameed Sultan is currently attached with Universiti Putra Malaysia as the Head of Biocomposite Technology Laboratory (BIOCOMPOSITE) Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Being the Head of Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, he is also appointed as an Independent Scientific Advisor to Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC) based in Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and is a Professional Engineer (PEng) registered under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Professional Technologist (PTech) registered under the Malaysian Board of Technologists and also a Charted Engineer (CEng) registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers United Kingdom. He has about 10 years of experience in teaching as well as in research. His area of research interests includes Hybrid Composites, Advance Materials, Structural Health Monitoring and Impact Studies. So far he has published more than 100 International journal papers, published 5 books internationally and received many awards locally and internationally. He was awarded as Leaders in Innovation Fellowship (LIF) by the Royal Academy of Engineering (Raeng), United Kingdom in December 2017 and is also the Honourable Secretary of Malaysian Society of Structural Health Monitoring (MSSHM) based in UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Currently, he is also attached to the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) as the Chairman in the Engineering Education Technical Division (E2TD). He also appointed as Panel Evaluator for Engineering Accreditation Council Malaysia (EAC) and Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC).]
Ir. Dr Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Jamir is currently working as an Associate Professor at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Arau, Perlis. He received his Ph.D from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Malaysia, and his MEng and BEng from