About Me

MOHD NASIR TAMIN
PROFESSOR
(Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

Home Address:

57 Jalan Indah 3/8,
Taman Bukit Indah,
81200 Johor Bahru, Johor, MALAYSIA.
Tel: +60-7-2359813

Office Adress:

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ,
81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, MALAYSIA.
Tel: +6-07-5557 048/ +6-012-7781 410
Fax: +6-07-5557 096

Email: taminmn@gmail.com / taminmn@fkm.utm.my
Webpage: http://www.fkm.utm.my/~taminmn

Personal Information :

Date of birth : 01 December 1961
Height : 5 feet 8 inches
Marital Status : Married (with 2 daughters age 27 and 21 years)

Academic Background:

April 1997:

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Dissertation: Fatigue Damage Mechanisms of SiC / Ti Metal Matrix Composites

December 1987:

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Thesis: Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis and Numerical Study of a Compact Tension Specimen

March 1984:

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Northrop University, Inglewood, California, USA
Dean’s list

Professional Experience:

2015              Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, (UTM)

2006             Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

2006             Head, Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory (CSMLab), UTM

2005-2007   Head, Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTM

2004-2006   Director, Center for Composite (PUSKOM), UTM

2000-2005   Head, Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTM

1999-2006   Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTM

1996-1999   Lecturer, Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTM

1992-1996   Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, USA

1984-1992   Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mechanics and Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTM

Honours and Awards:

Visiting Professor
Institut Supérieur de l’Automobile et des Transport, Nevers, France
1 – 30 June 2012

Visiting Professor
College of Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea
6-13 Mac 2012

Visiting Professor
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTeM Melaka
July 2008-June 2010

University Excellence Award 2009
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Visiting Professor
Institut Supérieur de l’Automobile et des Transport, Nevers, France
9 May – 10 June 2008

Contract Research Award 2008
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

University Excellence Award 2005
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

1999 Sophia Lecturing-Research Award
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

University Excellence Award 1998
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

UTM Open Day