Muhammad Syamil Zakaria obtained his B.Eng. and M.Eng. in mechanical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, and the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2012 and 2014, respectively. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Perak, Malaysia. He is presently working as a lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Perlis specializing in metal cutting. His research is mainly focusing on advanced machining, machining of light alloys, and finite element modeling of the machining process. He is also an active member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), and the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT).