Design Projects

Apart from the core research of understanding the mechanics of materials, Dr. Feizal Yusof is the lead lecturer-cum-supervisor involved in design projects related to Mechanical machines and Mechanical systems which we offer to our students as part of their core courses in year 3 and year 4 Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program.

Dr. Feizal would like to welcome interested individual, students, engineers and private and public organizations to engage with us in design projects that are of interest to you based on our projects or your own design project.

We also welcome strategic partnership with private and public individuals, companies and organizations to work with us in products that can benefit local and international communities.

Design Projects 2019

The Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Science Malaysia is tailored to meet the demand of engineers in a fast changing engineering industries. One of the most important characteristic of an engineer is to be able to engage in design and development of ideas, products for the benefit of communities and the environment and to ensure a sustainable management of resources available.

The Mechanical Engineering program offers two distinct design courses for the senior undergraduate course which are the Machine Design (EMD332) and the Mechanical Engineering Integrated Design (EMD431) equivalent to a senior year capstone design course.

The Machine Design course sought students to design, build and test mechanical machines while the Mechanical Engineering Integrated Design requires student to evaluate and verify a mechanical system via simulation and based on the simulated results to offer a design improvement of the analysed mechanical system.

For both design courses, the student are required to identify the customer need, student research the market, developed original design concepts and create a full business plan.

Students put together displays to explain the technical ideas and business potential behind their design work. The projects are always diverse and normally include conceptual solutions, technical and experimental designs. Students are encouraged to produce and verify their design outcomes using various acceptable engineering solutions.

A list of the Machine Design projects are listed as follows

Water jet washing machine
Unmanned surveillance rover
Thrash compacting machine
Neck massaging machine
Water chiller machine
Gimbal stabilizer
Stroke rehab machine
Exoskeleton machine
Food waste shredder
Travelator
Automatic ironing machine
Keropok Lekor machine
Portable energy generator

Previous Design Projects

Check-out the entries from previous years:

Collaborators in Design

Prof. Zaidi Md Ripin
Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Zulkifly Abdullah
Prof. Zainal Alimuddin Zainal Allaudin
Prof. Horizon GW Briggs*
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Abdus Samad Mahmud
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roslan Ahmad*
Dr. Inzarulfaisham Abdul Rahim
Ir. Dr. Solehuddin Shuib*
Ir. Dr. Nadiahnor Md Yusop*
Mr. Abdul Yamin Saad
Ir. Dr. Chan Keng Wai
Dr. Khaled Ali Al-Attab
Dr. Mohd Sharizal Abdul Aziz
Dr. Ooi Lu Ean
Dr. Muhamad Iftishah Ramdan
Dr. Muhamad Aizat Abas
Dr. ing. Muhamad Razi Abdul Rahman
Dr. Khairil Faizi Mustafa
Dr. Muhamad Ikhwan Zaini Ridzuan

(* - ex USM)

For further information, Please contact:

Ir. Dr. Feizal Yusof P.Eng(Mal), C.Eng MIMechE (UK)
School of Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Sains Malaysia
14300 Nibong Tebal
Pulau Pinang, MALAYSIA
Phone: +604-5996316
Fax: +604-5996912
Email: mefeizal@usm.my