Nurhayati Mohd Nur

University of Kuala Lumpur | unikl · Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology

An insight into logistics management and practices persists to be essential among researchers, educators, logistics service providers, and everyone engaged in supply chain management. However, the multi-definition and provision of logistics management practices are perceived inversely due to variations in school of thought that habitually is misrep...

Air cargo is one of the essential areas in the aviation sector. It supports the airlines, travel, tourism activities and business entity. The movement of the goods via air is critical especially for fast movement, expensive items, goods with expiry date and goods with high tendency to get stolen. This chapter highlights the involvement of women in...

This paper delves into the challenges faced by women in the aviation industry, particularly with regard to obstacles to entry and career advancement. The barriers to women’s success in the aviation industry include norms, bias, discrimination, a lack of support, a lack of role models as mentors, a lack of relevant policies, and limited access to tr...

The aim of this chapter is three fold, to shed light on the role of technology in enhancing women capability and gender equality, as well as to highlight key barriers of technology application among women in the logistics and transport sector. The third aim of this chapter is to provide a basis for future scholars to explore on technology and women...

This paper aims to investigate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and the work productivity of aviation maintenance personnel. In this study, a set of questionnaires were distributed to aircraft maintenance personnel in the selected maintenance organization. In total, 197 respondents participated in this study. The res...

Exposure to ergonomics risk factors is unavoidable and it is crucial to assess the level of the risk factors, especially in manual handling tasks. Even though automation is prioritized compared to manual handling tasks, some processes still cannot be automated and are required to be performed manually. Manual handling tasks can be risky and may inc...

Communication is one of the fundamental factors in operating complex and highly regulated industries such as aviation maintenance. Aviation graduates' job performance and career development are highly dependent on their communication skills. However, the transition from student to aviation worker requires individuals to adapt to new communication p...

Exhibit Marketing is a ploy to display products and entities for the purpose of giving exposure to the public with regards to the attributes of the products. The exhibitions or trade fairs had in numerous ways contribute to the alleviation of influences of the companies, organizations, and also the countries. As more consumers acquire the products,...

In recent years, the public has received the use of polymer composite as a prosthetic leg socket due to its excellent compatibility, ease of customisation, and high strength-to-weight ratio characteristic. The leg socket is the link that connects the prosthetic component to the residual limb. The study aims to fabricate composite split-mould and pr...

Aviation English is a specialized language mainly used in aviation, such as in aircraft maintenance areas. Teaching Aviation English usually faces more challenges compared with teaching general English. It pays more attention to the specific needs of learners and the language in the context. Therefore, this study aimed to discuss the challenges of...

Proficiency in English has become the standard language in the international aviation industry. To avoid accidents, all aviation personnel needs to communicate in English. The communication skills of aviation personnel should be developed during their studies. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate aviation students' successes and...

Response time is an important factor in fire operations. A continuous assessment of response time is crucial in order to monitor firefighters’ performance level. An initial assessment of fire response time was conducted for fire stations in categories A-D throughout Malaysia from 2018 to 2020. The categories were determined based on risk profiling...

In soccer, there exist several tactical game plays which allow the team to progress towards goal and eventually score goal or goals. These tactical formations give the team the numerical advantage to pass the ball in contrast to the opponent. In this paper we had established the pentagon tactical formation where we had provided several hypothetical...

The role of a Think Tank is to advocate certain policies and areas where the Think Tank would actuate research and analysis upon those particular areas of interest. It is common at the end of the analysis, results that were gained would be published in a form of academic or working papers. In Malaysia there exist numerous Think Tanks and this paper...

Over the past 45 years, the aviation, travel, and tourism industry has significantly evolved and developed equivalently in every region of the world map. The application of technology in the aviation and tourism industry and improved service innovation have made the industry grow, making it easier for travellers to enjoy their destination. The aim...

O período entre 2018 e 2022 mostrou-nos que o problema dos incêndios à escala global não está a diminuir, antes pelo contrário. Parece que as consequências das alterações climáticas já estão a afectar a ocorrência de incêndios florestais em várias partes do Mundo, de uma forma que só esperaríamos que acontecesse vários anos mais tarde. Em muitos pa...

Rheological behaviour is an important factor affecting the flow behaviour of a fluid and many aspects related to this, mainly in the manufacturing process of fiber reinforced composites, either for Newtonian fluids or non-Newtonian fluids. During impregnation process, the viscosity changes with temperatures and their strain rate, has influenced the...

In the world of aviation, it’s imperative that its workers are well educated and trained. There are numerous aviation institutes that offer courses in aviation such as aircraft maintenance, aircraft design, ground handling and others. Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT) offers courses in Aircraft Maintena...

In this paper, a short review on the void and moisture content studies of fiber reinforced composites for both, synthetic and natural based fibers are presented. The review summarized the research papers in which include experimental and theoretical works that related to the void and moisture content studies. In addition to that, this review paper...

Ambulances have been utilized as one of the important vehicles in operating the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system. As safety is the utmost priority for an EMS crashes involving ambulances would not only delay patient transfers but would also endanger its occupants and other road users. Although the numbers of accidents involving ambulances ar...

Green and sustainable engineering business models have become a major topic across industries due to concerns regarding environmental issues and the decline of natural resources. Remanufacturing is showing promise as a preferable solution in terms of environmental, societal, and economic factors compared to alternatives such as repairing, reconditi...

Motorcycle seats undeniably provides good comfort to motorcyclists but there are some that offers less affirmation on ushering comfort, whilst some even results in harm to users, resulting in back pains, neck, shoulders, and other parts of the body over prolonged riding periods. This research aims to investigate the discomforts faced by motorcyclis...

For the past few years, an increase in automotive production in Southeast Asia has led to serious concerns related to the environment. Pursuing a sustainable business while maintaining business profitability is a subject that has attracted major interest in Malaysia. Some of the positive steps adopted towards environmental protection and sustainabi...

The performance of NACA 4415 airfoils with counter rotating triangular or shark skin shape sub-boundary layer vortex generators were evaluated. This is relevant to the improvement of lift-to-drag ratio of the airfoil which will contribute to development of a more efficient airfoil. The lift and drag coefficients of NACA 4415 airfoils without vortex...

Aviation accidents still hit the news even though the growth of technological advancement on commercial aircraft avionic systems has been impressive. Hence, one of the objectives of this study is to plot the time-based graph of commercial aviation accidents, with direct consequence from avionics instrumentations in the period of two decades, from 1...

Several aircraft types are commonly used to perform many search and rescue missions throughout the world. Aircraft have been used because they are able to offer a bird's eye view of the surrounding search areas. In general, these aircraft come in various shapes, sizes and weights, and have myriad capabilities in carrying rescued and/or injured pers...

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aerodynamic performance of the NACA 4415 airfoil with and without passive vortex generators. The measurement has been carried out for three considered cases: smooth airfoil for baseline case, airfoil with triangular vortex generator and also airfoil with shark skin shape vortex generator. Both...

This paper aims to identify the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among nurses or patient handlers and to develop the assisted equipment in order to reduce the risk. The survey questionnaires have been distributed to the nurses in two medical centers in Klang Valley. The results indicated that they are exposed to the risk of WM...

This paper aims toinvestigatethe risk of physical fatigue at different levels of posture and repetition during manual handling task. Ten subjects with nohistoryof musculoskeletal disorders performed manual handling tasks at three levels of posture and two levels of repetition. The task completion time is recorded during the experimental task and th...

The aim of this study is to identify the anthropometric differences among Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian, and analyse the compatibility of the anthropometric data with the selected Boeing 737 cockpit layout. The data of 16 anthropometric dimension for Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian adults were analyzed, arranged according to percentil...

This paper aims to investigate the effects of job demand on work productivity and perceived discomfort level at different intensity levels of job demand. Twenty subjects involved in this study comprised of 10 males, and 10 females. All subjects performed an experimental at two different intensity levels of job demand. The data of work productivity...

Bamboo in woven fabric form embedded in the polymer results in easier material handling during production and reduction in the manufacturing cost of the composites. In the current study, the effect of hybridization of bamboo fabric with glass fibres on the impact properties of the composites made from them has been studied. The composites were fabr...

Lifting and loading passengers' hand-carry luggage into the overhead compartment in the flight cabin is one of the tasks performed by the cabin crews. The hand-carry luggage weight varies and can be up to 10 kg. The task involved load lifting over the head, awkward posture and repetitive that could lead to the risk of work-related musculoskeletal d...

In recent years, natural fabric thermoplastic composites such as flax have received much attention due to its attractive capabilities for structural applications. It is crucial to study the processing of flax fabric materials in order to achieve good quality and cost-effectiveness in fibre reinforced composites. Though flax fabric has been widely u...

The aim of this study is to investigate the mediation effects of muscle activities on the relationship between production standard time and work productivity. The work productivity and muscle activities data are collected from twenty workers (10 males, 10 females) while performing industrial repetitive tasks at three different levels of production...

This paper aims to investigate the variation of work productivity and muscle activities among workers performing industrial repetitive tasks at four different levels of production target. The work productivity and muscle activities data were recorded from twenty workers at four levels of production target corresponding to "participative (PS1)", "no...

Work productivity is typically associated with production standard times. Harder production standards generally result in higher work productivity. However, the tasks become more repetitive in harder production standard time and workers may be exposed to higher rates of acute responses which will lead to higher risks of contracting work-related mus...

This study was conducted to investigate the performance of passive and active vortex generator on the wing’s flap. The triangular shape of passive vortex generator (VG) was developed and attached on the wing’s flap leading edge while the plasma actuator performed as active vortex generator. The test was carried out experimentally using subsonic win...

This study investigated the variation of work productivity performance at different levels of production standard time. Twenty subjects performed repetitive tasks at three different levels of production standard time, corresponding to “normal, “hard” and “very hard”. The work productivity and perceived fatigue were recorded. Analysis of Variance (A...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of energy expenditure rate on work productivity performance at different levels of production standard time. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty industrial workers performed repetitive tasks at three different levels of production standard time, normal, hard, and very hard. Work productiv...

[Purpose] This study investigated the variations in muscle fatigue, time to fatigue, and maximum task duration at different levels of production standard time. [Methods] Twenty subjects performed repetitive tasks at three different levels of production standard time corresponding to "normal", "hard" and "very hard". Surface electromyography was use...

The performance of workers is a very important factor that could affect the overall productivity result. In the industrial repetitive task, the performance of direct workers has a significant impact on the work productivity. In this kind of task, the work productivity loss is not only seen from time loss but also due to functional incapacity of the...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects on upper limb and lower back muscles activities at two different work area boundaries during sedentary work. Subjects consisted of 10 males (age 27.7±5.42) and 10 females (age 27.5±5.91) with no history of musculoskeletal injury or back problem at the time of participation. Surface electromyograph...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects on upper limb and lower back muscles activities during prolonged sitting in two different work area boundaries. The effects are measured from the muscle activities of subjects performing two repetitive tasks at the near work area boundary and at the far work area boundary. Subjects consisted of 10...