3rd Colloquium Paper: Advanced Materials and Mechanical Engineering Research (CAMMER’18) conjunction with “Special Issue: Research at Widad University College”. The main objective of this proceedings is to share fundamental and technical knowledge on advanced materials research and mechanical engineering conducted by researchers from Advanced Materials Characterization Laboratory (AMCHAL), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), researchers from Persatuan Penyelidik Perincian Bahan Termaju and several researchers from other local and foreign universities, and industries. However, this issue also includes the compilations from Politeknik and Widad College. This proceeding is the most comprehensive academic and experience-sharing platform in the field of various research. In addition, there is no doubt that every title in this proceedings has encouraged further advancement through fruitful discussions among academicians and industry players.