1. My name is Maisarah Binti Mohamed Bazin. I am 23 years old. I was graduated from
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2011) with second class (upper division) in Bachelor Degree of
Engineering (Mechanical-Material) with CPA 3.62/4.00. I took several courses that related to
materials engineering such as Advanced Materials, Materials Properties, Corrosion and Surface
Protection, Physical Metallurgy and etc. I had been awarded as a Dean’s List Recipient that
presented at the faculty level in 4 semesters. The semesters were: Semester 3 (2008/2009),
Semester 5 (2009/2010), Semester 6 (2009/2010) and Semester 7 (2010/2011).
During the study, I was actively participated in many university’s activities. I used to be a
committee member of Career Carnival 2011. I involved with activities such as Welcoming
Dinner, Lunch Talk, Opening Ceremony and others. Besides, I was a basketball player of
residential college in College Sport Competition.
For internship program, I completed two months training at Atlas CSF Sdn. Bhd. The
company involved in precision air conditioning for data center. I assisted engineers to do
inspection on breakdown of precision air conditioning. I also joined site visits to estimate the
number of precision air conditioning in order to be placed in required room. On top of that, I
have learnt Stulz C7000-Service software to analyze the precision air conditioning system.
I managed to complete undergraduate project titled Analysis on pinion shaft of 1 ton hoist
system supervised by NorhishamAbd. Hamid.This project involved reverse engineering
application. I need to fabricate a pinion shaft based on the specification of the existing pinion
shaft. First of all, I need to identify the specification by myself through analysis. Several analyses
had been done such as non-destructive testing, mechanical testing and microstructural and
composition analysis. Non- destructive testing is done to identify surface defects that may
present at the pinion surface. The method use for this testing is magnetic particle inspection and

2. liquid particle inspection. After that, the hardness testing is done used Vicker’s Hardness to
determine the hardness of shaft. This is followed with microstructural and composition analysis.
Based on the material composition and hardness data, I can find the suitable material used for
pinion shaft. On the other hand, the result from hardness testing and microstructural analysis has
been used to determine the process involves in fabrication of the pinion shaft such as the heat
treatment. After all the important information had been gathering, the shaft had been fabricated
and it can function very well.
I got an offer from my university to do fast track program for PhD in September 2011.
For my PhD program, I am interested to do a research on membrane. My title for the project is
‘Development of composite membrane for industrial waste water treatment’. To develop the
membrane, extrusion method will be used because is suitable to produce tubular geometry. The
objective of this project is to fabricate the alumina composite by using extrusion process. The
membrane will be characterized and the mechanical properties will be determined. The
composite membrane then will be design and testing for waste water treatment. For fabrication,
the membrane will be prepared by milling precise amounts of raw materials such as alumina
powder and small amounts of organic binders and solvents into homogeneous slurry. Then,
extrusion process will be carried out through the opening of a die to form tabular membrane. The
green compact formed then will be dried at less than 100°C to eliminate water. Sintering will be
carried out at temperature 1000-1200°C by using a high temperature sintering furnace. After
fabrication, the surface membrane will be examined by using BET, surface are and pore size
distribution. Mechanical properties will be determined by Vickers Hardness testing and 4-point
bending strength. Then, the composite membrane will be designed with support and filtration
equipment. Optimum operating parameter such as cross flow, velocities and others will be
determined. Testing the composite membrane system will be suitable for the industrial
wastewater treatment. It is expected that the development of a new route of alumina for a lab-
scale membrane and commercial focuses for filtration and application areas for industrial
wastewater treatment.I expect to produce at least three journal papers along the PhD studies.