Organizing Committee Member
Dr. Astuty Amrin
Dean
UTM Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Biography
Kuala Lumpur. Prior to this appointment, she served as the Deputy Dean, School of Graduate Studies. She received her Bachelor in Materials Eng. (pioneer batch) from USM in 1988, MSc in Corrosion Science and Engineering from UMIST, UK and PhD in 2005. She serves as an academic for 30 years at UTM. Currently, she is also a member of the Malaysia Engineering Dean Council. Her research interest is devoted to Materials Science and Engineering specifically on high temperature oxidation of alloys, compositional modification of newly developed (α+β)Ti-Alloys, developing accelerated corrosion test procedures for Malaysia automotive industry, ultraviolet treatment for microbially-influenced corrosion of steels, rejuvenation of Ni-Cr superalloy turbine blade etc. She was appointed as a Visiting Professor at Sudan University of Science and Technology in February and December 2016. She has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand since 2015 and panel of expert for MSc in Corrosion Engineering programme at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia. Dr. Astuty is also a member of Board of Director for Asia Professional Education Network hosted by Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan.
Research Area
Corrosion Science, Materials Science, and Engineering.