Biography
Dr. Ervina Efzan is staff at Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia Universit (MMU) since December 2010. She completed her B.Eng in Materials Engineering, MSc and PhD in Materials Engineering (Advanced Materials) from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2005, 2006 and 2013, respectively. Dr. Ervina is responsible to a number of courses in mechanical engineering for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Her research is focused primarily to soldering, intermetallic and alloys, aluminium foam and nano-structured metal fabricated by powder metallurgy, mechanical alloying, nanomaterial and renewal energy. Dr. Ervina’s research interest also covers metal joining using friction welding, spot welding and soldering techniques. She has more than 40 international publications including chapter in books, book and one Malaysian Patent. She awarded from various International and National association such as Special Award (Morocco) and Gold EuroInvent 2016- Low temperature nano solder, Special Award by World Invention Intelectual Property Association (WiiPA) 2015 and Gold Award, IETE 2015. In year 2019, she won Gold Innovator Award and Special Recognition Award by Global Woman Inventors & Innovator Network (GWIIN) 2019, London.
Currently, Dr. Ervina is actively involved as reviewer in journals including Journal of Alloys and Compound, Powder Metallurgy, Materials Science and Technology and Soldering and Mount technology. She is also actively involved in consultancy for various government institutions and private companies including conducted training courses.