CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Noorfaizal Bin Dato’ Yidris,

Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor

T: 03-8946 4413
F: 03-8656 7125

Education
1. Ph.D in Structural Instability, Loughborough University, UK
2. M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia
3. B.Eng. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautics), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Areas of Interest
1. Structural instability of thin-walled metal structural systems
2. Elastic and elasto-plastic post-buckling characteristics of metal structures
3. Lightweight aerospace and automotive structural components
4. Impact mechanics of metal and composite structures
5. Finite element numerical modeling

Professional Qualification/ Membership/ Affiliation

1. Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
2. Senior Member, Universal Association of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineers
(UAMAE)
3. Graduate Member, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
4. Graduate Member, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)

Appointments
Position Duration
1. Senior Lecturer of Aerospace Structures Jul 2012 to date
2. Department Development Coordinator Aug 16, 2012 – Aug 16, 2015
3. Technical Manager (Aerospace Structure Laboratory) Mac 15, 2013 – Mac 15, 2016
in an accreditation Committee MS ISO/IEC
17025:2005, Faculty of Engineering
4. Signatory in an accreditation Committee MS ISO/IEC Mac 15, 2013 – Mac 15, 2016
17025:2005, Faculty of Engineering
5. Head of Aerospace Structure Laboratory Aug 16, 2012 – Aug 16, 2015
6. Research Associate in Aerospace Manufacturing 2014 to date
Research Centre

Publications
Journals (30 recent journals)
1. N. Yidris, R. Zahari, D.L. Majid, F. Mustapha, M.T.H. Sultan & A.S.M. Rafie, ‘Crush simulation of
woven C-glass/epoxy unmanned ariel vehicle fuselage sections’, International Journal of
Mechanical and Material Engineering, Vol. 5(2) (2010) 260-267
2. Loughlan, J., Yidris, N. & Cunningham, P.R., ‘The influence of post-local buckling mechanics on
the stress variations, axial stiffness and ultimate failure strength of uniformly compressed thin-
walled I-section struts’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2009; 181:012031,
doi:10.1088/1742-6596/181/1/012031
3. Loughlan, J., Yidris, N. & Cunningham P.R., ‘The effects of local buckling and material yielding
on the axial stiffness and failure of uniformly compressed I-section and box-section struts’, Thin-
Walled Strustures 49 (2011) 264 – 279

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4. Loughlan, J., Yidris, N. & Jones K., ‘The failure of thin-walled lipped channel compression
members due to coupled local-distortional interactions and material yielding’, Thin-Walled
Structures 61 (2012) 14 – 21
5. M.T.H. Sultan, A.S.M. Rafie, N. Yidris, F. Mustapha, and D.L. Majid, ‘Damage classification in
CFRP laminates using PCA approach’, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.225 pp189-194
(2012) (ISI Scopus)
6. M.T.H. Sultan, N. Yidris, F. Mustapha, A.S.M. Rafie and D.L. Majid, ‘Damage identification and
classification in CFRP laminates – A SEM based study’, Applied Mechanics and Materials,
Vol.225 , pp138-144 (2012) (ISI Scopus)
7. M.Z. Zainol, F. Mustapha , M.T.H. Sultan , and N. Yidris, ‘Implementation of extreme low power
micro-controller for a wireless structural health monitoring (SHM) system’, Applied Mechanics
and Materials, Vol.225 pp344-349 (2012) (ISI Scopus)
8. X.H. Cheong, A.S.M. Rafie, F.I. Romli, M.T. Hameed Sultan & N. Yidris, ‘A study on the effect of
upstream square blockage of a rotating cylinder’, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 225 pp.
13-17 (2012) (ISI Scopus)
9. N. Yidris, J. Loughlan, M.T.H. Sultan & A.S.M. Rafie, ‘Failure mechanics of uniformly
compressed thin-walled box-section struts’, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 225 pp. 172-
177 (2012) (ISI Scopus)

Conference Proceedings (30 recent Conference Proceedings)

1. Sultan, M.T.H., Basri, S., Zahari, R., Ajir, M.R., Yidris, N. & Rafie A.S.M., ‘Design and
development of ballistic impact test facility’, Proceeding of the AEROTECH II 2007.
2. Rafie, A.S.M., Basri, S., Attaran, A.H., Majid, D.L., Sultan, M.T.H. & Yidris, N., ‘Computational
analysis for Eagle 150b aircraft wings’, Proceedings of AEROTECH-II 2007 conference on
Aerospace Technology of XXI Century, 20-21 June 2007, Kuala Lumpur.
3. Rafie, A.S.M., Basri, S., Attaran, A.H., Majid, D.L., Yidris, N. & Sultan, M.T.H., ‘Experimental
analysis for Eagle 150b aircraft wings’, Proceedings of AEROTECH-II 2007 conference on
Aerospace Technology of XXI Century, 20-21 June 2007, Kuala Lumpur.
4. N. Yidris, J. Loughlan, A.S.M. Rafie, and M.T.H. Sultan, ‘The influence of post-local buckling
mechanics on the stress variations, axial stiffness and ultimate failure strength of uniformly
compressed thin-walled channel section struts’, Proceedings of the AEROTECH III, 18-19
November 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5. Loughlan, J. & Yidris, N., ‘The post-local buckling mechanics and ultimate carrying capability of
uniformly compressed thin-walled I-section struts and columns’, Stability and Structures XII-th
Symposium Zakopane, Poland, 7-11 September 2009.
6. Loughlan, J. & Yidris, N., ‘The coupled post-local buckling and overall bending interaction
mechanics of thin-walled plain channel columns’, The 4th International Conference on Structural
Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-8 September 2010.
7. Loughlan, J. & Yidris, N., ‘The mechanics of post-local buckling and overall bending interaction in
thin-walled I-section compression members’, The 4th International Conference on Structural
Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, 6-8 September 2010.
8. Loughlan, J. & Yidris, N., ‘The influence of end support boundary conditions on the local-overall
interactive failure mechanics of plain channel section columns’, The 6 th International Conference
on Thin-Walled Structures, Timisoara, Romania, 5-7 September 2011.
9. Loughlan, J., Yidris, N. & Jones, K., ‘The failure of thin-walled lipped channel compression
members due to coupled local-distortional interactions and material yielding’, The 6th International
Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Timisoara, Romania, 5-7 September 2011.
10. Loughlan, J. & Yidris, N., ‘The local-flexural-distortional elasto-plastic interactive failure
mechanics of steel thin-walled lipped channel columns’, Stability and Structures XIII-th
Symposium Zakopane, Poland, 17-21 September 2012.
11. Loughlan, J. & Yidris, N., ‘The local-overall flexural interaction of fixed-ended plain channel
columns and the influence on behavior of local conditions at the constituent plate ends’, The 6 th
International Conference on Coupled Instabilities in Metal Structures, Strathclyde University,
Scotland, UK, 3-5 December 2012.

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12. N. Yidris, F. Mustapha, R. Zahari, M.T.H. Sultan, ‘The influence of loading conditions on the
carrying capacity of thin-walled plain channel columns’, International Conference on Mechanical,
Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2013, IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, 2-4 July 2013.
13. N. Yidris, M.T.H. Sultan, M.Y. Harmin & A.S.M. Rafie, ‘Local-overall flexural interaction
behaviour of pinned-ended thin-walled I-section columns’, International Conference on Advances
in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2013, Kuala Lumpur, 25-28 November 2013.
14. S.N.A. Safri, M.T.H. Sultan, N. Razali, S. Basri, N. Yidris & F. Mustapha, ‘The effect of thickness
and bullet type on impact properties of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) using a single
stage gas gun (SSGG)’, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering 2013, Kuala Lumpur, 25-28 November 2013.
15. N. Razali, M.T.H. Sultan, S.N.A. Safri, S. Basri, N. Yidris & F. Mustapha, ‘High velocity impact
test on glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) using a single stage gas gun (SSGG) – an
experimental based approach’, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering 2013, Kuala Lumpur, 25-28 November 2013.
16. M.T.H. Sultan, S. Basri, A.S.M. Rafie, N. Yidris, F. Mustapha, R. Zahari & M.R. Ajir, ‘Impact
damage analysis for glass reinforced epoxy laminated plates using single stage gas gun
(SSGG)’, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2013, Kuala Lumpur, 25-28 November 2013.

Research Grants

Amount Source of
No Project Title Year
(RM) Fund
1. The effects of loading conditions on the 50,000 2013- IPM UPM
local/overall failure mechanics of UAV wing spars – 2015
an experimental approach
2. The post-buckled coupled mode interaction 59,000 2013- FRGS
behavior of aircraft aluminium stiffened panels in 2015
compression

Student Supervision

MS without Thesis (Main Supervisor)

No. Name Title Status
1. Norfazzila binti Omar Bikes rack on public transport (LRT) Graduated

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