CURRICULUM VITAE

Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, PhD

(ID No: 730403-08-6537)

Senior Lecturer Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

81310 UTM Skudai, Johor

Tel: +607-5534572

H/P: +6012-9371480

Fax: +607-5557096

Email: arahim@fkm.utm.my, arahim@utm.my

website:www.fkm.utm.my/~arahim

EDUCATION

July 1991-April 1994 Full Time

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

December 1995- April 1997 Full Time

BEng in Mechanical Engineering, in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

September 1999 – September 2000 Full Time

MSc(Eng) in Automotive Engineering in the School of Mechanical Engineering,

University of Leeds, UK.

October 2002- November 2005 Full Time

PhD in Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Engineering, University of

Liverpool, UK.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

June 1994 – December 1995

Assistant Engineer at Sony Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang.

June 1997 – November 1997

Engineer at Penang Seagate Industries (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang.

December 1997- September 2000

Tutor in the Department of Applied Mechanics and Design, Universiti Teknologi

Malaysia.

October 2000 – August 2011

Lecturer in the Department of Automotive Engineering, Universiti Teknologi

Malaysia.

September 2011 – present

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Automotive Engineering, Universiti

Teknologi Malaysia.

TEACHING

1. Statics

2. Engineering Drawing

3. Component Design

4. Automotive Design and Styling

5. Automotive Structures

6. Experimental Technique

7. Automotive Engineering Design

8. Finite Element Method

9. Braking Systems

10. Introduction to Design

11. Laboratory IV (Automotive Module)

SUPERVISION

Undergraduate

35 students (completed)

4 students (on-going)

Postgraduate (Taught Course)

Completed

1. Mohd Rizal Abdul Latif, Effects of a steering knuckle on disc brake squeal, MEng

Thesis, 2008.

2. Mohd Azli Salim, Input shaping controller for flexible wiper system, MEng

Thesis, 2009 (co-supervisor).

3. Saw Chun Lin, Finite element analysis of disc brake squeal and its suppression

approach, MEng Thesis, 2009.

Postgraduate (Research)

1. Sayed Mahdi Hashemi Dehkordi, Friction induced vibration on a minimal disk

brake model and its prevention using an active force control method, MEng,

completed (2010): Co-supervisor

2. Noraide Md Yusof, Modelling damping layers in reducing disc brake squeal,

MEng, completed (2013).

3. Mohd Razmi Ishak, MEng, Performance of a fully mechanical parking brake

system, completed (2013)

4. Ahmad Humaizi Rozaini, PhD, on-going (2009)

5. Ahmad Razimi Mat Lazim, PhD, on-going (2010)

6. Muhamad Anuwar Bin Jusoh, PhD, on-going (2014)

Industrial Internship

18 students from Institut Supérieur de l'Automobile et des Transports (ISAT), France-

completed.

2 students from Indian School of Mines (ISM), India-completed.

1 student from Indian Institute Technology of Bombay, India-completed.

REVIEWER

1. Journal of Sound and Vibration

2. Journal of Applied Acoustics

3. Jurnal Teknologi

4. 12th Asia Pacific Vibration Conference

5. Journal of Vehicle Design

6. Proceedings of the IMechE, Part F, Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

7. Proceedings of the IMechE, Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering

8. International Journal of Vibration & Control

9. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology (IJEST)

10. Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology

11. Journal of Wear

12. Transactions of Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering

13. Conference series of Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE International)

14. Int. Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems

15. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

ACADEMIC/RESEARCH EXAMINER

1. External Examiner, MSc Thesis, Lee Jih Houh, USM, 2012.

2. External Examiner, MSc Thesis, Ahmad Zhafran Ahmad Mazlan, USM, 2012.

3. Internal Examiner, PhD Thesis, Saiful Anuar Abu Bakar, UTM, 2012.

ADMINISTRATION

1. Head of Automotive Panel (2008-2009)

2. Head of Automotive Laboratory (2006- 2008)

3. Editor, Jurnal Mekanikal (2006 –2011)

4. Editor, Advances and Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Technology

5. Editor, Int. Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems (2009-2012)

6. Technical Editor, Journal of Applied Sciences (from 2009)

7. Technical Editor, Asian Journal of Applied Sciences (from 2009)

8. Technical Committee, 2ndRegional Conference on Engineering Education2007

9. Organizing Committee, 2ndRiVET 2008

10. Organizing Committee, Seminar on Design for Millennium 2000

11. Editor, Journal of Mechanical Engineering & Technology (UTeM), (2013-2017)

CONSULTANCY/SHORT COURSE

1. Modal Analysis, Dewetron Ptd Ltd (2006) (RM 13,000)

2. Modal Analysis, S&V Teknik Sdn Bhd (2007) (RM10,000)

3. Modal Analysis, Emerson Process Management (M’sia) Sdn Bhd (2008)(RM

15,000)

4. Vibration Analysis on Finned Fan Cooler, Petronas Gas Berhad, Kertih (2009-

RM12,000)

5. Advance Vibration analysis on gas processing plant, Petronas Gas Berhad (March

2010-RM33,567)

6. Simulation of Brake Squeal using ABAQUS (June 2010-RM8,300)

PERSONAL DISTINCTION & AWARDS

1. UTM Excellent Service Award 2005, 2009, 2013

2. Best Paper Award, ICAME 2009, UiTM

3. Excellent Teaching Award 2009 (Faculty level)

4. Best Paper Award, Int. Journal of Vehicle Structures & systems, 2010

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS/TASKS

1. Appointed by Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam as a Member of AD-HOC committee

for Visiting Evaluation of Diploma in Mechanical-Automotive Engineering, IKM

Jasin, Melaka, 2006.

2. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Brake NVH, Int. Journal of Vehicle Structures &

Systems, 2011.

3. Technical Advisor in FEA for Asia Pacific Marine Sdn Bhd

RESEARCH GRANTS

1. Project Leader, FRGS Project 78190: Evaluation of an automotive wiper noise

and vibration characteristics using numerical approach (2007-2009) (RM

100,000)-completed.

2. Project Leader, Escience Fund Project 03-01-06-SF0427: Development of brake

squeal suppression technique using structural modifications (2007-2009) (RM

288,000)-completed.

3. Project Leader, FRGS Project 78423: evaluation of disc brake noise suppression

through structural modification using analytical approach (2009-2011) (RM

47,500)

4. Project Leader, Escience Fund Project 03-01-06-SF0786: Development of an

electro-mechanical parking brake for passenger cars (2009-2011) (RM 133,000)

5. Project Leader, GUP Tier 1: Investigation of disc brake judder and its

suppression approach (2011-2013) (RM 150,000)

6. Researcher, GUP Tier 1: Reducing tractor driver whole body response to vertical

vibration (2011-2013) (RM 130,000)

7. Researcher, GUP Tier 2: Investigation on the effect of third body formation

between the sliding surface at pad and disc during squeal condition (2011-2012)

(RM 40,000)

8. Project Leader, FRGS Project : Finite element (FE) model of brake insulator in

reducing brake squeal noise for motorcycles, (2013-2015) RM87,500.

9. Project Leader, GUP Tier 1: Development of constrained damping layer in

reducing brake squeal noise for motorcycles (2014-2016) (RM 31,606)

COURSES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOP CONDUCTED

1. Colloquium No. 32 at FKM entitled Brake Noise Research (2007)

2. Technical Talk on Brake Noise Research (Jan 2010) to PROTON engineers

3. Short Course on Simulation of Brake Squeal using ABAQUS (June 2010) to

Proton engineers

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

1. 2 units of Brake Noise Test Bench

2. Parking Brake Test Bench

3. Windscreen Wiper Test Bench

4. 2 units of Electro-Mechanical Parking Brake System (EMPB)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books and Book Chapters

1. Abu-Bakar, A R and Ouyang H (2008). Recent studies of car disc brake squeal,

In Benjamin N. Weiss (Editor). New Research in Acoustics. NOVA Publishers.

ISBN: 978-1-60456-403-7.

2. Abd Rahim Abu-Bakar. Disc Brake Squeal: A Prediction Methodology, VDM

Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-8364-3591-8.

3. Lee Chiing Khai, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar & Mohd Shahrulizam Abdullah

(2007), Prediction of temperature distributions in a disc brake assembly using the

finite element method, In DG Solomon, MN Berhan, MS Selamat TR Jaafar, M

Sudin ed(s). Brake pad and disc material. University Publication Centre

(UPENA). ISBN. 9789833644914.

4. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid, Afandi Dzakaria and

Badri Abdul Ghani (2007), Predicting wear and squeal noise of a disc brake

assembly using the finite element method, In DG Solomon, MN Berhan, MS

Selamat TR Jaafar, M Sudin ed(s). Brake pad and disc material. University

Publication Centre (UPENA). ISBN. 9789833644914.

5. Musa Mailah, S.M. Hashemi-Dehkordi and A R AbuBakar (2008). Brake squeal

control using an active technique, In Srithar Rajoo (Editor). Research on Vehicle

Technologies. Penerbit UTM. ISBN 978-983-52-0550-7.

Theses

1. A R Abu Bakar. “Modelling and Simulation of Disc Brake Contact Analysis and

Squeal.” PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool, 2005.

2. A R Abu Bakar. “An Investigation into Thermal Behaviour of Disc Brake

Rotor.” MSc Thesis, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds,

2000.

3. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, "Design of an active roll control for suspension

system", BEng Thesis, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Universiti Teknologi

Malaysia, 1997.

International/National Journals (SCOPUS/ISI)

1. A R AbuBakar and H Ouyang. "Wear prediction of friction material and brake

squeal using the finite element method". Wear, Vol. 264, Issues 11-12, pp. 1069-

1076. (IF=1.51): TOP 25 HOTTEST ARTICLE, JAN~MARCH 2008.

2. A R AbuBakar , H Ouyang, L Li and S James.. "Finite element analysis of wear

and its effect on squeal generation". Journal of Automobile Engineering, Part

D, Vol. 222 (7), pp. 1153-1165. (IF=0.32)

3. A R AbuBakar and H Ouyang. A prediction methodology of disc brake squeal

using complex eigenvalue analysis. International Journal of Vehicle Design,

Vol 46, No. 4, pp.416-435. (IF=0.39)

4. A R AbuBakar and H Ouyang. 2006. "Complex eigenvalue analysis and

dynamic transient analysis in predicting disc brake squeal".International Journal

of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 143-155.

5. A.R. Abu Bakar, H.Ouyang and Q.Cao. Interface Pressure Distribution through

Structural Modifications. SAE 2003 Transactions, Journal of Passenger Cars:

Mechanical Systems, Vol. 112, No. 6, pp. 2387-2392, 2003.

6. H Ouyang, A R AbuBakar, L Li. A combined analysis of heat conduction,

contact pressure and transient vibration of a disc brake. International Journal of

Vehicle Design, Vol. 51, Issue 1/2, pp. 190-206. (SCOPUS & Impact

Factor=0.39) 7. A R AbuBakar, M R Buang, M Z M Rashid, R A Rahman. Suppression of Drum

Brake Squeal through Structure Modifications using Finite Element Method.

International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 51, Issue 1/2, pp. 3-20.

(SCOPUS Impact Factor=0.39)

8. S.M. Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R Abu Bakar, 2009, Implementation of

Active Force Control to Disc Brake for Noise-Free Performance, International

Review of Mechanical Engineering (I.RE.M.E.) vol. 3, no. 4, pp.481-488.

9. I.M. Awang, A.R. AbuBakar, B.A. Ghani, R.A. Rahman, and M.Z.M. Zain.

2009. Complex eigenvalue Analysis of Windscreen Wiper Chatter Noise and its

Suppression by Structural Modifications, Int. J. Vehicle Structures & Systems,

1(1-3), 24-29. (Best Paper Award)

10. S.M. Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R Abu Bakar, 2009. Intelligent Active

Force Control with Piezoelectric Actuators to Reduce Friction Induced Vibration

Due to Negative Damping. International Review of Electrical Engineering,

Vol. 4 (6)-Part A, pp. 1294-1305.

11. A R AbuBakar, H Ouyang, L C Khai, M S Abdullah. 2010. Thermal analysis

of a disc brake model considering a real brake pad surface and wear, Int. J.

Vehicle Structures & Systems, 2(1), 20-27.

12. M.H. Hussin, A.R. Abu Bakar, M.R. Jamaluddin, and R. Szlapka. 2010. Effects

of lining thickness on squeal in drum brake assembly: Experimental

investigations, Int. J. Vehicle Structures & Systems, 2(2), 69-73.

13. Saw Chun Lin, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Rahimi Jamaluddin, Wan Mohd

Musyris Wan Harujan, Badri Abd Ghani and Choong Chee Guan. 2011.

Numerical and experimental approach to suppress disc brake squeal through pad

modifications, Int. J. Vehicle Structures & Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 28-35.

14. S.M Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R. Abu-Bakar. 2010. Suppressing

Friction-Induced Vibration Due To Negative Damping and Mode Coupling

Effects Using Active Force Control, Aust. J. Basic & Appl. Sci., 4(8): 3917-

3933.

15. Muhammad Amir Zanuddin and Abd Rahim Abu Bakar. 2012. Preventing disc

brake squeal using a thin plate shim, Int. J. Vehicle Structures & Systems, 4 (1),

pp. 23-27.

16. Ali Zolfagharian, Mohd Zarhamdy Md. Zain , Abd Rahim Abu Bakar and

Azizan As’arry, Suppressing Chatter Noise in Windscreen Wiper Operation Using

a Robust Hybrid Controllers, International Review of Mechanical Engineering

(I.RE.M.E.) vol. 6, no. 3, pp.630-635, 2012.

17. Ali Zolfagharian, Amin Noshadi, Mohd Zarhamdy Md. Zain, Abd Rahim Abu.

Bakar, Practical multi-objective controller for preventing noise and vibration in

an automobile wiper system, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. Vol. 8,

pp. 54-68. 2013.

18. S.M Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R. Abu-Bakar, Reducing Friction-

Induced Vibration Using Intelligent Active Force Control with Piezoelectric

Actuators, Sadhana. Vol. 37, Issue 6, pp.637-655. 2012. (IF: 0.259)

19. S. M. Hashemi-Dehkordi, A. R. Abu-Bakar, and M. Mailah, “Stability Analysis

of a Linear Friction-Induced Vibration Model and Its Prevention Using Active

Force Control,” Advances in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 2014, Article ID

251594, 13 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/251594 (IF:1.062)

20. A. Belhocine, A.R.AbuBakar and M. Bouchetara. Numerical Modeling of Disc

Brake System in Frictional Contact. Tribology in Industry, Vol. 36, No. 1

(2014), pp 49‐66

21. M. K. Abdul Hamid, A. R. Abu Bakar, G. W. Stachowiak. External Hard

Particle Size Effect on Changes in Frictional Performance and Grit Embedment

during Drag and Stop Mode Braking. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences &

Engineering) Vol. 66, No.3 (2014), 65–73.

22. M. K. Abdul Hamid, A. M. Kaulan, A. R. Abu Bakar, W. B. Wan Nik.

Burnishing Effect on Disc Brake Corrosion and Frictional Performance of

Corroded Disk. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering) Vol. 66, No.3

(2014), 59–64.

International Periodicals (SCOPUS)

1. M. A. Nasaruddin, M.K. Abdul Hamid, A.R. Mat Lazim and A.R. Abu Bakar,

Effects of External Hard Particles on Brake Noise of Disc Braking System,

Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 388 (2013) pp 213-216

2. Matthias Edric Bengsoon, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar and Mohd Kameil Abdul

Hamid, Structural modifications of disc brake judder using Finite Element

Analysis, Applied Mechanics & Materials, Vol. 165, pp. 68-72, 2012.

3. Ahmad Razimi Mat Lazim, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid and Abd Rahim Abu

Bakar, The Effects of Pad Surface Topography on Disc Brake Squeal, Applied

Mechanics & Materials, Vol. 165, pp. 58-62, 2012.

4. M A Salim, A Noordin, M Z Md Zain, A R AbuBakar. 2010. Dynamic Analysis

on Noise and Vibration Study of Flexible Wiper Blade System, Advanced

Materials Research Vols. 97-101 (2010) pp 4530-4536

5. Mohd Razmi Ishak, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Subki Shamsudin, Husaini

Mohammad Maskak and Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid, Experimental Investigation

of Low Speed Disc Brake Judder Vibration, Applied Mechanics & Materials,

Vol. 471 (2014) pp 25-29

6. Muhammad Ridhwan Abd Rahman, Gregory Vernin and Abd Rahim Abu

Bakar, Preventing Drum Brake Squeal through Lining Modifications, Applied

Mechanics & Materials, Vol. 471 (2014) pp 20-24

7. Ahmad Razimi Mat Lazim, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Kameil Abdul

Hamid and Izzat Mohd Asri, Influence of silica sand particles on disc brake

squeal noise, Applied Mechanics & Materials, Vol. 471 (2014) pp 81-85

8. Ahmad Humaizi Rozaini, Mohd Razmi Ishak, Nicolas Quettier, Abd Rahim Abu

Bakar and Zarhamdy Mohd Zain, Performance of an Electro-Mechanical Parking

Brake (EMPB) System, Applied Mechanics and Materials Vols. 465-466

(2014) pp 1267-1271

International/National Journals (Non-indexed)

1. Niw Chang Chee & Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Finite element modeling of arc

welded joints. Jurnal Mekanikal, No. 23, pp. 15-30, June 2007.

2. A R AbuBakar, H Ouyang and M K A Hamid. 2006." A new prediction

methodology of dynamic contact pressure distribution for a disc brake" Jurnal

Teknologi, Vol. 45 (A), pp 1-11.

3. A R AbuBakar and H Ouyang. 2005. " Prediction of Disc Brake Contact

Pressure Distributions by Finite Element Analysis". Jurnal Teknologi, Vol.43

(A), pp 21- 36.

4. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid, Afandi Dzakaria, Badri

Abdul Ghani and Maziah Mohamad,"Stability analysis of disc brake squeal

considering temperature effect Jurnal Mekanikal, No. 22, pp. 26-38, December

2006.

5. Sayed-Mahdi Hashemi-Dehkordi, Musa Mailah, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Active

Force Control Method for Controlling Friction Induced Vibration, Jurnal

Mekanikal, No. 29, pp 18-33.

6. Saw Chun Lin, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Wan Mohd Musyris Wan Harujan And

Badri Abd Ghani. Suppressing Disc Brake Squeal through Structural

Modifications. Jurnal Mekanikal,No. 29, pp 67-83.

7. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Huajiang Ouyang and Mohd Kameil Abd Hamid.

Modelling and simulation of disc brake contact and squeal. Jurnal Kebangsaan,

No. 20, pp. 163-173, 2008.

8. M A Salim, M Z Md Zain, A R AbuBakar and A Noordin. Simulation of an

input shaping scheme technique to investigate unwanted noise and vibration in

wiper blade, Journal of Mechanical Engineering & Technology, Vol. 1, No. 1,

pp 1-14.

9. Ali.Belhocine, Abd. Rahim Abu Bakar and Mostefa.Bouchetara. Structural and

contact analysis of disc brake assembly during single stop braking event, International Journal of Automotive Engineering and Technologies, Vol. 3,

Issue 1, pp. 22 – 31, 2014.

International and National Conferences

1. I M Awang, C Y Leong, A R AbuBakar, R A Rahman, B A Ghani & M Z M

Zain, Modeling and simulation of automotive wiper noise and vibration using

finite element method, RiVET2008, July 2008, Kuala Lumpur.

2. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Muzakkir Mokhtar, Mohd Zam Abdul Rashid,

Azhar Shariff and Roslan Abdul Rahman. Prediction of drum brake squeal using

complex eigenvalue and dynamic transient analysis. Asia-Pasific Vibration

Conference 2007 (APVC 2007), Sapporo, Japan.

3. A R AbuBakar, A Sharif, M Z A Rashid and H Ouyang, Brake squeal: Complex

eigenvalue versus dynamic transient analysis. SAE Technical Paper, 2007-01-

3964.

4. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Leong Chin Yin & Elfandy Jamaluddin, Experimental

investigation into noise and vibration of an automotive wiper, NVC2007, UKM,

Bangi.

5. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Noor Fahmi Tukiman & Mohd Rizal Abdul

Latif, Brakes squeal analysis using finite element method: a review, NVC2007,

UKM, Bangi.

6. L J Li, H Ouyang & A R AbuBakar , Numerical analysis of car disc brake

squeal considering thermal effects, NVC2007, UKM, Bangi, pp 293-301.

7. A R AbuBakar, H.Ouyang, S James, L Li and J.E.Siegel "Wear Simulation and

Its Effect on Disc Brake Squeal". IMechE International Conference of Braking

2006, York, pp 233-242.

8. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid, Afandi Dzakaria and

Badri Abdul Ghani,"Numerical analysis of disc brake squeal considering

temperature- dependent friction coefficients " RiVET 2006.

9. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid dan Khidzir

Zakaria."Simulasi Tekanan Sentuhan Dinamik bagi Brek Cakera Menggunakan

Kaedah Unsur Terhingga." Proceedings of Computational & Experimental

Mechanics , UKM Bangi,2005, pp 287- 296.

10. A R AbuBakar, H Ouyang and J E Siegel." Brake Pad Surface Topography Part

I: Contact Pressure Distributions". SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-3941.

11. A R AbuBakar, H Ouyang, L Li and J E Siegel." Brake Pad Surface Topography

Part II: Squeal Generation and Prevention". SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-3935.

12. A R Abu Bakar, M.K.A. Hamid and K. Zakaria."Finite Element Analysis of Disc

Brake Squeal "Conference on Automotive Technology, International Advanced

Technology Congress 2005, Putrajaya .

13. A R AbuBakar, H Ouyang, D Titeica and M K A Hamid. " Modelling and

Simulation of Disc Brake Contact Analysis and Squeal" Proceedings of National

Conference on Noise, Vibration and Comfort(NVC2005), Malaysia, pp 1-10,

2005.

14. Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Huajiang Ouyang and Khidzir Zakaria." Disc Brake

Structural Modifications and Its Influence on Contact Pressure Distribution"

Proceedings of International Conference of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

(ICAMT), Malaysia, pp 368-374, 2004.

15. A R AbuBakar and H Ouyang." Contact Pressure Distribution by simulated

Structural Modifications" IMechE International Conference, Braking

2004:Vehicle Braking and Chassis Control, Leeds, pp 123-132, 2004.

16. M R Jamaluddin, A R Abu Bakar and R A Rahman, 2009, An Experimental

Investigation of Friction Material Performance, ICAME09, UiTM, Shah Alam.

17. W.M.M.Wan Harujan, A.R.Abu Bakar, B.A. Ghani And M.Z.M. Zain, 2009,

Finite Element Analysis Of Disc Brake Squeal And Its Suppression Approaches,

ICAME09, UiTM, Shah Alam.

18. S. Baptiste, G. Basile, A.R.Abubakar, W.M.M.Wan Harujan, BA Ghani, 2009,

Finite Element Analysis Of Drum Brake Squeal, ICAME09, UiTM, Shah Alam.

19. I M Awang, A R Abu-Bakar, B Abd-Ghani, R Abd-Rahman, and M Z Md-Zain,

Modelling and Simulation of Wiper Noise and Vibration Using the Finite Element

Method, ICAME09, UiTM, Shah Alam (Best paper awards).

20. Saw Chun Lin, W.M.M.Wan Harujan, A.R.Abu-Bakar and B.A. Ghani, Finite

Element Analysis of Disc Brake Squeal and Its Suppression Approach,

ICADME09.

21. W.M.M.Wan Harujan, A.R.Abu Bakar and B.A. Ghani And M.Z.M. Zain, 2009,

Finite Element Analysis Of Disc Brake Squeal, ICREATE09.

22. M R Jamaluddin, A R Abu Bakar and R A Rahman, 2009, A preliminary

investigation of disc brake squeal using brake dynamometer, ICREATE09.

23. Sayed-Mahdi Hashemi-Dehkordi, Musa Mailah, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, An

Active Control Method to Reduce the Effect of Negative Damping in Disk Brake

System, Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems &

Industrial applications (CITISIA), 2009

24. S.M. Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R Abu-Bakar, A Robust Active Control

Method to Reduce Brake Noise, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and

Biomimetics.( ROBIO), 2008

25. S.M. Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R Abu-Bakar, Disturbance Rejection

Control of a Disk Brake System to Reduce Vibration and Noise, International

Graduate Conference on Engineering and Science (IGCES 2008), 2008

26. A.Ahmad, M. Z. Md Zain, A R Abu-Bakar, B Abd-Ghani, R Abd-Rahman, A.

Asarry. Application of Input Shaping Control Strategy for Reducing Chatter

Noise in the Automotive Wiper System. Proceedings of ICSIM08, Universiti

Malaya.

27. S.M Hashemi-Dehkordi, M. Mailah, A.R. Abu-Bakar, H.H. Harith, 2008, Brake

Squeal Suppression Using Active Force Control, Engineering Postgraduate

Conference (EPC 2008).

28. M.R. Jamaluddin, A.R. AbuBakar and R.A. Rahman, 2010. Suppression of disc

brake squeal through structural modifications: experimental approach, NVC 2010.

29. W.M.M.W Harujan, A.R. AbuBakar, B.Abd-Ghani and C.L. Saw, 2010.

Suppression of disc brake squeal through structural modifications: numerical

approach, NVC 2010.

30. N. Md Yusop, A.R. AbuBakar and M.Z. Md. Zain, 2010. Friction Induced

Vibration of a Simple Disc Brake Model, NVC 2010.

31. Romain Szlapka, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Nurfairuz Azman and Elfandy

Jamaluddin2, 2010. Experimental Investigations of Drum Brake Squeal, NVC

2010.

32. N. Md Yusop, A.R. AbuBakar and M.Z. Md. Zain, Stability Analysis Of A

Simple Disc Brake Model Using Analytical Approach, World Engineering

Congress 2010, 2nd – 5th August 2010, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

33. M. R. Ishak, A.R. Abu-Bakar, J. Mohd Taib, Theoretical investigation of vehicle

rollaway, International Conference On Sustainable Mobility 2010, 1st - 3rd

December 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

34. Saw Chun Lin, Abd Rahim Abu Bakar, Wan Mohd Musykris Wan Haruja,

Mohd Rahimi Jamaluddin and Syed Amear Bin Syed Ariffin . Disc Brake Squeal

Suppression through Structural Modifications. International Conference On

Sustainable Mobility 2010, 1st - 3rd December 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

(Accepted)

35. M.A.Salim, A.Noordin, M.Z.Md Zain, A.R.Abu Bakar. 2010. The Analysis of

Friction Effect in Automotive Wiper System Using Input Shaping Technique,

Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2010 Vol II, WCE 2010,

June 30 - July 2, 2010, London, U.K, pp. 1487-1494.

36. M. R. Ishak, A.R. Abu-Bakar, J. Mohd Taib, Experimental investigation of

parking brake performance, International Conference on Mechanical

Engineering 2011, 6-7 June 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

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