Muhammad Hafiz bin Mazwir

Address: Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology,

Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Lebuhraya Tun Razak,

26300 Gambang, Kuantan

Pahang Darul Makmur

Tel: 09-549 2412 (Office)

Email: muhammadhafiz@ump.edu.my / m.hafizmazwir@gmail.com

Education Background

Sep 2011 - Feb 2015 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

PhD. in Material Sciences

Research on current transport properties of bismuth based high Tc superconducting system under low temperatures (30 - 110 K)

Apr 2009 - Mar 2011 Tokyo Institute of Technology

MSc. In Condensed Matter Physics

Research on borocarbide based superconductors under ultra low temperature (180 mK) using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)

Apr 2005 - Mar 2009 Tokyo Institute of Technology

BSc. in Physics

Research on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) with a Nb superconducting tip

Mar 2003 - Feb 2005 Ambang Asuhan Jepun , Universiti Malaya

Rancangan Pengajian Khas ke Jepun (RPKJ)

Academically ranked 2nd overall

Awarded with Monbukagakusho Scholarship by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

Research Interests

High temperature superconductivity (YBCO and BSCCO)

Low Temperature Physics, Cryostat systems

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Magnetic materials

Working Experience

Jun 2011 – Aug 2010 Fakulti Sains & Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) on high temperature superconductivity under Prof Daro’ Roslan Ab-Shukor

Apr 2009 - Mac 2010 Tokyo Institute of Technology

Teaching assistant (TA) in a superconductor lab in Department of Physics

Summer 2010 Private tutor

Tutored Malaysian ambassador to Japan’s son, an IB student in Physics and Japanese

Academic Activities

Journal publications:

1. M. Hafiz & R. Abd-Shukor. Electrical transport properties of Ag-sheathed (Bi1.6Pb0.4)Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconductor tapes with nanosized CoFe2O4 addition. Applied Physics A 120: 1573-1578 (2015)

2. M. Hafiz & R. Abd-Shukor. Effect of nanosized NiF2 addition on the transport critical current density of Ag-sheathed (Bi1.6Pb0.4)Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconductor tapes. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering 2015: 146476

3. M. Hafiz & R. Abd-Shukor. Effects of nano-sized NiF2 addition in Bi1.4Pb0.6Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ superconductor. Advanced Materials Research 895: 87-90 (2014)

4. M. Hafiz & R. Abd-Shukor. Effect of nanosized Co0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 on the transport critical current density of Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconductor. AIP Conference Proceedings 1614: 30-35 (2014)

5. S. Kaneko, K. Matsuba, M. Hafiz, K. Yamasaki, E. Kakizaki, N. Nishida, H. Takeya, K. Hirata, T. Kawakami, T. Mizushima, K. Machida. Quantum limiting behaviors of a vortex core in an anisotropic gap superconductor. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 81: 063701 (2012)

Conferences:

1. Kolokium Siswazah Ke-14, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2014). Oral presentation. Published a conference paper to AMR.

2. 4th International Conference on Solid State Science and Technology ICSSST (2012). Poster presentation. Published a conference paper to AIP.

3. JPS 2010 Autumn Meeting by the Physical Society of Japan. Oral presentation.

Extracurricular Activities

Apr 2005 - Mar 2011 Kelab UMNO Jepun (KUJ)

Active member since 2005

Vice secretary (April 2006 - March 2008)

Facilitator for Malaysian new student orientation program in Tokyo (March 2007)

Apr 2008 - Mar 2011 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)

President of TokyoTech Malaysian Student Society

Represented Malaysian students as part of Tokyo Tech International Students Association (TISSA) committee member

Head manager of Malaysian food stall in TokyoTech Culture Festival (2008)

Mar 2003 - Feb 2005 Ambang Asuhan Jepun (AAJ), Universiti Malaya

Committee member of academic bureau of Rancangan Pengajian Khas ke Jepun (RPKJ)

Represented AAJ as a contestant in the 20th Annual Japanese Speech Contest, organized by Japanese Society of Kuala Lumpur (JSKL), and won 5th place

Qualifications and Technical Skills

Proficient in Malay, English and Japanese language

Japanese Language Proficiency Test JLPT, Level 1 (2009)

IELTS, score band 8 (2010)

Expert at handling vacuums and low temperature research equipments

Expertise: High Temperature Superconductor, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Low

Temperature Physics, Cryostats, Magnetic Materials

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and Sigmaplot

Basic skills in C and C++ computer language