Materials Selection & Processing Students Engage with Industry Speaker

By: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saifful Kamaluddin Muzakir

Gambang, 19 November 2025 – Twenty-four BSP4172 students joined an online co-lecturing session on Materials Selection and Processing with an invited industry alumna. The speaker, Ms Nor Fashilin binti Azahar, graduated from the Bachelor of Applied Science Material Technology with Honours programme at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah.

She now serves as a Senior Process Engineer at Mytech Assembly Sdn. Bhd., focusing on plastic processing and injection moulding operations. Her responsibilities include process optimisation, defect reduction, cycle time improvement, and data-driven decision making on the manufacturing floor.

During the session, she introduced her company’s operations and outlined her journey from UMPSA student to practising engineer. She then linked core BSP4172 topics, including material selection, processing routes and process windows, to real injection moulding case studies. Examples showed how polymer grade, tooling design and parameter settings influence product performance, dimensional stability and overall quality.

The talk highlighted common defects such as warpage, sink marks and short shots, alongside systematic root cause analysis on the machines. Ms Nor Fashilin described how engineers adjust process parameters and consult historical data to stabilise production and reduce rejection rates. She also demonstrated the use of simple dashboards and monitoring systems to track cycle time, scrap trends and machine efficiency. These examples illustrated the growing role of Industry 4.0 tools in supporting materials and process decisions.

Student engagement remained strong throughout the session, despite the fully online format.
Guided by the lecturer, students posed focused questions on defect troubleshooting, industrial work culture and career paths in process or quality engineering. The speaker stressed strong foundations in materials science, problem-solving ability, communication skills and readiness to learn on the production floor. The co-lecturing session effectively bridged theory and practice for BSP4172, demonstrating the relevance of classroom content to real industrial challenges.