UGP | UTM Aerolab

Here you will find information regarding your final year project (FYP), available titles, supervisor’s information and current on-going project.

SV Proposal Titles

This is the pre-proposal titles from the supervisors. For further information regarding the subject, you can contact the respective lecturers for further discussion. However please note, that these titles are still subjected to panel’s approval.

ID pmaya	Supervisor	Title	Objective
[24657]	ISKANDAR SHAH ISHAK, DR.	EFFECT OF SPOILER ON THE CAR AERODYNAMIC AND STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS	To conduct wind tunnel tests to investigate the effects of spoiler on the car aerodynamic and stability characteristics
[24658]	ISKANDAR SHAH ISHAK, DR.	STUDIES OF FRONT AND REAR LIPS ON THE CAR AERODYNAMIC AND STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS	To conduct wind tunnel tests to investigate the effects of Front and Rear Lips on the car aerodynamic and stability characteristics
[24659]	ISKANDAR SHAH ISHAK, DR.	AERODYNAMICS ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECT OF ROOF BOX ON ROAD VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS	To conduct wind tunnel tests to investigate the effects of roof box on the car aerodynamic and stability characteristics
[24660]	ISKANDAR SHAH ISHAK, DR.	INVESTIGATIONS OF REAR SLANTING ANGLE ON THE CAR AERODYNAMIC AND STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS	To conduct wind tunnel tests to investigate the effects of Front and Rear Lips on the car aerodynamic and stability characteristics
[24640]	MASTURA BINTI AB WAHID DR.	DESIGN AND TESTING OF LOAD CELL FOR MEASUREMENT OF 15N PROPELLER THRUST	1.To design a load cell that can measure 15N propeller thrust
			2.To fabricate and test the load cell
[24641]	MASTURA BINTI AB WAHID DR.	DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT OF PROPELLER THRUST WITH RPM AND ANGLE CHANGE.	1. To design a test rig to get the measurement of step input of rpm and pitch angle to propeller thrust
			2. To get the dynamic equation from the experiment data
[24642]	MASTURA BINTI AB WAHID DR.	CFD ANALYSIS ON A ROTATING PROPELLER	1. To develop the solid model of propellerwith different diameter.
			2. To obtain the CL and CD of the model through CFD analysis
1[24680]	MASTURA BINTI AB WAHID DR.	PITCH ANGLE CONTROLLER OF ROCKET SYSTEM	1. To design a suitable controller to control the pitch angle of a small rocket
			2. To design and develop pitch control actuator
[24643]	MD. NIZAM DAHALAN	THE EFFECT OF OSCILLATING MEMBRANE ON THE FORMATION OF A SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATOR.	To investigate the performance of the exit air jet velocity of synthetic jet actuators for various oscillating membrane sizes and shapes using numerical method.
[24645]	MD. NIZAM DAHALAN	INVESTIGATION THE EFFECT OF SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATOR WITH A RECTANGULAR ORIFICE FOR FLOW SEPARATION CONTROL.	To study the exit air jet velocity of synthetic jet actuator design with various size of rectangular orifice driven by the piezoelectric diaphragm for flow separation control.
[24647]	MD. NIZAM DAHALAN	INVESTIGATE THE AERODYNAMICS EFFECT OF WINGS AND FINS ON A ROCKET AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS.	To analyze the aerodynamic characteristics of rocket for different wings and fins planform, size and shape at supersonic speeds.
[24650]	MD. NIZAM DAHALAN	DESIGN THE SPECIMEN FOR THE WING STRUCTURE TEST RIG.	To design the specimen for the wing structure test rig by determining the strength of its structures for the purpose of teaching and learning process.
[24651]	MD. NIZAM DAHALAN	SIMULATION OF THE FLOW SEPARATION OVER AN AIRFOIL USING A SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATOR.	To investigate the flow separation using synthetic jet actuators on NACA0015 by numerical method.
[24656]	MOHD FAIRUS BIN SHAMSUDIN, DR	EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN OF PUMP CAVITATION	1) Understanding of pump cavitation problem
			2) Design an experimental for pump cavitation in a closed system

			3) Understand the methods to measure severity of pump cavitation
[24670]	MOHD FAIRUS BIN SHAMSUDIN, DR	CFD MODELLING OF PUMP CAVITATION	1) Design a simple pump mechanism that is suitable for CFD modeling
			2) Carry out steady state CFD analysis for various flow conditions
			3) Evaluate the flow conditions compare with analytical calculations
[24677]	MOHD FAIRUS BIN SHAMSUDIN, DR	GUIDED WAVE PROPAGATION ANALYSIS ON A THIN PLATE USING FINITE ELEMENT	1) Learn various type of waves exist in a thin metallic plate
			2) Model wave propagation using finite element
			3) Observe waves propagation over an obstruction
[24678]	MOHD FAIRUS BIN SHAMSUDIN, DR	USING GUIDED WAVES ON DETECTION OF DAMAGED STRUCTURE USING MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH	1) Learn some basic Machine Learning method and wave propagation analysis
			2) Apply Machine Learning on detection of single or multiple damages on a thin plate
[24652]	NORAZILA BINTI OTHMAN, DR	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE FOR LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKETS	1. To model the fuel injector nozzle for liquid propellant rockets.
			2. To design the selected model for liquid propellant rockets.
			3. To analysis the performance of fuel injector nozzle.
[24653]	NORAZILA BINTI OTHMAN, DR	DESIGN OPTIMISATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ROCKET THRUSTERS	1. To determine the suitable method for design optimisation using numerical analysis
			2. To optimise the hydrogen peroxide rocket thrusters for different thrusts
[24654]	NORAZILA BINTI OTHMAN, DR	STUDY AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A SMALL-SCALE ROCKET	1. To preliminary design the small-scale rocket
			2. To determine the suitable performance of small-scale rocket
			3. To analyse the performance of the small-scale rocket
[24655]	NORAZILA BINTI OTHMAN, DR	DESIGN AND FABRICATION THE SMALL-SCALE MODEL ROCKETRY	1. To design and model the small-scale rocket using CAD software
			2. To build the small-scale rocket using 3D printer
			3. To determine the potential working capability of the small-scale rocket using 3D printer
[24661]	NORAZILA BINTI OTHMAN, DR	DETERMINATION OF SYNGAS CHARACTERISTICS FROM BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK DURING GASIFICATION PROCESS	1. To determine the thermochemical composition for biomass feeedstock
			2. To determine the performance of gasification process
			3. To analyse the syngas characteristics from biomass feedstock
[24672]	SHABUDIN MAT, DR.	ANALYSIS OF VORTEX ABOVE SHARP-EDGED DELTA WING UNDER PITCHING MOTION	The main objective of this project is to study the characteristic of vortex above sharp-edged delta wing under pitching motion.
[24673]	SHABUDIN MAT, DR.	ANALYSIS OF VORTEX ABOVE SHARP-EDGED DELTA WING UNDER ROLLING MOTION	The main objective of this project is to study the characteristics of vortex above sharp-edged delta wing under rolling motion
[24674]	SHABUDIN MAT, DR.	DETAIL FLOW VISUALIZATION STUDIES ABOVE UTM LST NACA 0012	The main objective of this study is to investigate the nature of flow separation characteristics above the NACA 0012 wing
[24682]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR POWERED-PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS)	To investigate the effect of manoeuvring angles on PV cells performance.
[24683]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	DEVELOPMENT OF REAL TIME MOVEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LANDSLIDES EARLY DETECTION.	To develop an equipment to sense soil movements during landslides using multi-purpose RC aircraft flight controller.
[24684]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	QUANTIFICATION OF MULTICOPTER CONTROL AND STABILITY PERFORMANCE DURING PERTURBATION	To analyze the control and stability performance of a multicopter using the recorded flight log data.
[24685]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	CONSTRUCTION OF EXPERIMENTAL TEST RIG FOR OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION (OTEC).	To construct an experimental test rig for turbine performance analysis.
[24686]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS VERTICAL TAKE-OFF LANDING AIRCRAFT (VTOL)	Carry out and engineering design process of VTOL aircraft propulsion, navigation, control system and repairable body structure.
[24687]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID NATURAL VENTILATOR SYSTEM	To design a hybrid power system natural ventilator for performance improvement using solar power system and wind energy
[24688]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR-POWERED MULTICOPTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS)	1. To design a solar-powered multicopter using parametric study.
			2. To implement performance analysis of the multicopter using flight test
[24689]	MOHD NAZRI MOHD NASIR, DR.	MEASUREMENT OF AERODYNAMIC LOADS ON THE FLOW COEFFICIENT OF A NATURAL VENTILATOR.	1. To design measurement techniques and further fabricate the experimental setup
			2. To determine flow coefficient, Cf of the natural ventilator at different tilting angles
			3. To design a hybrid power system natural ventilator for performance improvement using solar power system and wind energy
[24703]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	Vortex-Induced Vibration using Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods (AMR)	To predict the effect of AMR parameters on the predction of VIV frequencies.
[24704]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	Aerodynamics of simplified automotive cars in platoon	To predict aerodynamics characteristics of simplified automotive vehicles in platoon using computational fluid dynamics
[24705]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	Aerodynamics of DrivAer cars in platoon	To predict aerodynamics characteristics of realistics automotive vehicles in platoon using computational fluid dynamics
[24706]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	Aerodynamics characteristics of flows in rectangular cavity	To predict aerodynamics characteristics of flows in three-dimensional rectangular cavities using computational fluid dynamics
[24707]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	Aerodynamics of simplified automotive cars in platoon	To predict aerodynamics characteristics of simplified automotive vehicles based on MIRA and Davis models in platoon using computational fluid dynamics
[24708]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	The effect of Reynolds number on the frequency of the vortex induced vibration of a circular cylinder compounded by rectangular blockages.	To predict the frequencies of vortex-induced oscillation of flow past a circular cylinder compounded by rectangular blockages for a range of flow Reynolds numbers using computational fluid dynamics
[24709]	NIK AHMAD RIDHWAN NIK MOHD, DR.	The effect of rectangular blockages aspect ratio on the frequency of the vortex induced vibration.	To predict the frequencies of vortex-induced oscillation of flow past a circular cylinder compounded by rectangular blockages for various aspect ratios using dynamicscomputational fluid
[24702]	ISTAS FAHRURRAZI NUSYIRWAN, DR.	PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A LOW ALTITUDE HIGH ENDURANCE UAS WITH 50KG PAYLOAD	To find the optimal configuration of a UAS that flies at low altitude (3000 ft) and endurance of 6 hours with 50kg payload
[24700]	ISTAS FAHRURRAZI NUSYIRWAN, DR.	PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A LOW ALTITUDE HIGH ENDURANCE UAS WITH 10KG PAYLOAD	To find the optimal configuration of a UAS that flies at low altitude (3000 ft) and endurance of 6 hours with 10kg payload
[24701]	ISTAS FAHRURRAZI NUSYIRWAN, DR.	PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A LOW ALTITUDE HIGH ENDURANCE UAS WITH 20KG PAYLOAD	To find the optimal configuration of a UAS that flies at low altitude (3000 ft) and endurance of 6 hours with 20kg payload
[24721]	AINULLOTFI ABDUL LATIF, PM	Study of Flutter on a Composite UAV Wing (v10)	To carry out a study on the occurrence of flutter on a composite UAV wing and propose solutions to overcome it.
[24722]	AINULLOTFI ABDUL LATIF, PM	Development of Airliner Passenger Seat (v4)	To design a passenger seat for a low-cost airliner aircraft that will satisfy all the relevant statutory requirements.
[24723]	AINULLOTFI ABDUL LATIF, PM	Structural Analysis for The Failure of A Governor Valve	To conduct an analysis for the structural failure of a high pressure fluid governor valve
[24724]	AINULLOTFI ABDUL LATIF, PM	Study of FRP Composite Laminates under Fatigue Loading Conditions	To study the fatigue stiffness and strength characteristics of the FRP composite lamina under tension, compression and shear loading conditions.
[24725]	HARIS AHMAD ISRAR AHMAD, DR	EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FIBRE HYBRIDISATION EFFECT IN WOVEN FIBRE COMPOSITES	To investigate the effect of fibre hybridisation (i.e. having more than one type of fibre reinforcement) in woven fibre composites on their strength and ductility responses
[24726]	HARIS AHMAD ISRAR AHMAD, DR	EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FIBRE HYBRIDISATION EFFECT IN INTRA-WOVEN FIBRE COMPOSITES	To investigate the effect of fibre hybridisation (i.e. having more than one type of fibre reinforcement) in intra-woven fibre composites on their strength and ductility responses.
[24727]	HARIS AHMAD ISRAR AHMAD, DR	STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF SMALL UAV MORPHING-WING	To propose a new mechanism of UAV wing-morphing structural concept and to analyze the structural strength
[24728]	SHABUDIN MAT, DR.	Flow mapping analysis on a generic delta-shaped UAV model	The main objective of this project is to perform wind tunnel testing and flow mapping analysis on delta-shaped UAV model
[24733]	WAN ZAIDI WAN OMAR,DR	Life Cycle Analysis of OTEC 3 kW system	To study the LCA for an OTEC power system related to the SATREPS 3 kW OTEC Project
[24734]	WAN ZAIDI WAN OMAR, DR	Design of a Organic Rankine Cycle System for hotsprings in Malaysia	To design an ORC system to produce electrical energy from hotsprings in Malaysia
[24735]	WAN ZAIDI WAN OMAR, DR	Design of a fighter aircraft	To Design a fighter aircraft for pure dogfight and air superiority
[24736]	WAN ZAIDI WAN OMAR, DR	The study of aerodynamic application of winglet to wind turbine blade	To study the effects of winglets on the operations and performance of a wind turbine blade
[24737]	WAN ZAIDI WAN OMAR, DR	Design and test a vortex water turbine for low head water flow resource to produce electricity	To design a suitable water turbine based on vortex flow of a low head stream
[24738]	WAN ZAIDI WAN OMAR, DR	Design and test a solar powered cooling system	To design, build and test a system that could utilise the solar energy to cool a1 kg of water to become ice
[24739]	SHABUDIN MAT, DR.	Analysis of forces and moment transfer for UTM Aerolab JR3 balance	Analysis of forces and moment transfer for UTM Aerolab JR3 balance

** For previously proposed title which are still available, please proceed to pmaya website under available titles. Click HERE to go to the website

Lecturers Interest and Info

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	Nama	Interest	Webpage/Info
1	Prof. Dr Mohammad Nazri Bin Mohd Jaafar	Combustion Engine, Biodiesel, Swirler	More Info
2	Prof. Ir. Dr. Wan Khairuddin Bin Wan Ali	Rocketry, Antenna, Avionics and Instrumentation	More Info
3	Prof. Ir. Dr. Shuhaimi bin Mansor	CAMAR development,Flight Dynamics and control, OTEC	More Info
4	Associate Prof. Ainullotfi Bin Abdul Latif	Aerostructures, Analysis of Composite Materials, Flutter and Structural Dynamics, Finite Elements Analysis
5	Dr. Wan Zaidi bin Wan Omar	Aircraft Design, Wind Energy and OTEC
6	Dr. Shabudin bin Mat	Applied aerodynamics, Delta Wing, wind tunnel testing	More Info
7	Dr. Md Nizam bin Dahalan	Applied Aerodynamics & Flow Control Technology, rocket aerodynamics
8	Dr. Iskandar Shah bin Ishak	Applied aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing. Helicopter	CV
9	Dr. Istas Fahrurrazi bin Nusyirwan	Traffic flow management, flight dynamics and control, aircraft simulator, and Big Data Analytics	More Info
10	Dr. Nik Ahmad Ridhwan bin Nik Ahmad	CFD, applied aerodynamic, Turbine design	More Info
11	Dr. Mohd Nazri bin Nasir	UAV, Flight dynamics, Natural Flyers	More Info
12	Dr. Haris Ahmad bin Israr Ahmad	CSM, Finite element, Aerostructure and Composite	More Info
13	Dr. Mastura binti Ab Wahid	UAV guidance control, Rocket control, Avionics and Instrumentation	More Info
14	Dr. Norazila binti Othman	Applied aerodynamics, alternative green fuel, propulsion and OTEC	More Info
15	Dr. Mohd Fairuz bin Shamsudin	CSM, Vibration analysis, Aircraft structure and structural health monitoring	More Info

FYP Forms and Guidelines

1. FYP guidelines and evaluation : Bahasa Malaysia | English

2. Active Title : Once the students are assigned to the supervisor and the acceptance form has been sent to the office at E07, the students can check their status in this website : PSM/FYP 1 | PSM/FYP 2

3. For submission of draft 1 for FYP 1, draft 2 for FYP 2, technical paper and presentation link, please login into your accound in pmaya at this link

4. Thesis template and formatting, go to this link. Please note that the format is from Graduate Studies, therefore page 7 should be omitted from your undergraduate thesis.

5. The new thesis cover : cover format

Applied Aerodynamic

This research area focuses on obtaining the aerodynamic characteristic of vehicles (aircraft, automotive, naval), buildings or structures. This aerodynamic characteristic such as lift and drag can be obtained through experiment or numerical methods such as computational fluid mechanics (CFD).

In Aerolab UTM, we have dedicated researchers that focus on the subject matter either through wind tunnel testing or CFD simulations. Aerolab UTM has a low-speed wind tunnel to cater for industrial testing needs and it is handled by well-trained researchers, engineers, and assistant engineers. Our researchers are also well-versed in computational fluid dynamics software such as Ansys Fluent and open-source such as VSP Openform. For further information, please contact the following persons:

Wind tunnel testing: Dr Shabudin Mat, Dr Iskandar Shah Ishak and Dr Nizam Dahalan

CFD analysia: Dr Nik Ahmad Ridhwan Nik Mohd and Dr Mohd Fairuz Shamsudin

UAS and Aircraft Simulators

Aerolab researcher’s team is also focused on the development of unmanned aerial system (UAS). Here in UTM Aerolab, the researchers developed a fixed-wing UAS called CAMAR as for ‘Consolidated Advanced Model for Aeronautical Research’ in 2015. This prototype has been improved since then and has been modified into few versions for performance upgrade purposes and to meet end-user requirements. Here, the team also offers consultation and industrial solution on security, safety, and surveillance. Our team members involved in all stages including aircraft sizing and conceptual performance estimations, stability and control analysis, exploration on various UAS airframe designs and system integration, airframe structure fabrication and assembly of propulsion system, installation of navigation systems and aerial imaging equipment, bench calibration and ground testing and finally, flight testing and flight data analysis.

Our experts have also developed in-house aircraft simulator to aid aeronautical students in understanding flight dynamics and control. Apart from university students, the simulator is used to allow primary and secondary students to experience flying.

For further inquiry please contact: Prof Ir Dr Shuhami, Ir Dr. Istas Fahrurrazi, Ir Dr Mohd Nazri and Dr Mastura

Aircraft Structure

Aerolab team has various experienced conducting research through experiment and simulation on aircraft sturcture. Our team has developed expertise in finite element analysis (FEA) modeling using Nastran and Patran. The simulation is used for structural analysis such as on Aircraft-Seat, Composite structure on aircraft panels, and Rocket design. We have also offer our expertise on structural-health monitoring for mechanical parts such as governor valve, turbine and others.

For further inqury, please contact: Associate Professor Ainullotfi, Dr Nizam, Dr Haris Ahmad, Dr Fairuz

Aerospace Propulsion

Our team is also involved in aerospace propulsion design and development. We are offering research in both simulation and experiments on natural gas combustion, syngas, rocket solid fuel, and rocket liquid fuel. We have three(3) propulsion labs to assist with experiment on these areas.

For more inquiry, please contact: Prof Dr. Mohd Nazri Jaafar, Prof Ir. Dr. Wan Khairuddin and Dr Norazila

For more information on the research, please visit the following section : Current research