Prof. Ir. Ahmad Kafrawi Nasution, MT., Ph.D.

Before returning to Universitas Muhammadiyah Riau as a lecturer in August 2016, Prof. Kafrawi was a research fellow in the Medical Devices & Technology Group (MEDITEG) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2017. He has also been a lecturer for the undergraduate course, Mechanical Engineering, at Universitas Muhammadiyah Riau since June 2009. Prof. Kafrawi earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Bung Hatta University, Padang, in 1997 and his master's degree in mechanical engineering with a areas of expertise on materials engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 2001.

Prof. Kafrawi's research interests sit at the intersection of materials science, mechanical engineering, and medicine. He is interested in the fabrication, characterization, and properties of materials for improved medical implant applications. We conduct fabrication and testing at small scales and in localized regions such as boundaries and interfaces in the materials using advanced indentation techniques. The objective is to uncover the correlation between biocompatibility and the mechanical function of implant materials. His recent research activities focus on functionally degradable biomaterials, metallurgical solidification, welding and casting, corrosion, surface modification, and failure analysis.