Abu Bakar Sulong is a professor at the Mechanical Engineering Programme, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical and System Engineering from Gifu University, Japan in 2001. He then worked as a trainee engineer at SMK Corporation in Ibaraki, Japan, for a year followed by as a design engineer at SMK (M) Sdn Bhd, Beranang, Selangor, and at Promaxus Sdn Bhd, Shah Alam, for two years. He joined UKM as a tutor in January 2004. He then continued his studies in March 2004. In 2008, he received his PhD from Sejong University, South Korea, at the Advanced Material Processing Lab, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Currently, he is a deputy director (planning, operations & quality) at the Centre for Research and Instrumentation (CRIM). His research topics mainly include morphology, surface area, halloysite nanotubes, sulfuric acid, composite processing, and metal molding.