Associate Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Rizal Alkahari
rizalalkahari@utem.edu.my
Associate Professor / Head of 3D printing & Innovation Laboratory
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100
Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
Manager
Center of Excellence
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100
Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
ABOUT ME
Associate Professor Ts. Ir. Dr. Mohd Rizal Alkahari is the Manager at the Center of Excellence (COE) and also the Head of Additive Manufacturing/3D printing and Innovation Laboratory at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia. Previously, he was the former Deputy Director at Center for Strategy, Quality and Risk Management of the university. He received his B.Eng (Hons) from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He was a practising manufacturing engineer in industry for few years before joining the university as an academic staff. He completed his MSc in Manufacturing System Engineering (with Distinction) from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D for the research in the area of 3D printing/additive manufacturing (AM) from Kanazawa University, Japan. His main research interest is on 3D printing/additive manufacturing (AM) particularly related to selective laser sintering/selective laser melting (SLS/SLM), fused deposition modeling (FDM) and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Other relevant areas that interest him are Quality Management, Product Design & Development and Manufacturing Processes. He is also a certified Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate registered with Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), Professional Technologist registered with Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) and Global Certified Lead Auditor for ISO9001:2015. Other than that, he is a member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Malaysia Society for Engineering and Technology (MySET), Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Japan Society of Precision Engineering (JSPE), Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He has been appointed as External Examiner/Board of Study for a few higher institutions/universities in Malaysia and has been invited to give talk related to quality management and area of his research nationally and internationally. Currently, he is one of the accreditation panel for Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC), Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC) and Malaysian Board of Technologists (MBOT). Other than that, he is also R&D Expert Panel appointed by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia.