RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

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Research Activities

I am actively involved in various research activities related to Material Science and currently running number of funded research projects. My on-going research work is related to “Corrosion in the oil and gas”, “Top of the line corrosion challenges”, “Scales and Material degradation”, “Erosion-Corrosion”, “Surface modification effect on corrosion”, “Corrosion modelling”, “Nano-material synthesis via electrochemical routes for renewable energy applications, i.e. for production and storage” etc.

Research Areas/Interests

Corrosion and Corrosion Control, Erosion Corrosion, Electrodeposition
Metallurgy of steel and stainless steels/ Alloy development
Erosion Corrosion
Environmental induced cracking and Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Material characterization and surface engineering for corrosion
Materials for Renewable energy (Batteries/Fuel cell/Hydrogen/Solar energy)

MS Thesis Supervision

1.Jahanzaib Malik, “Study on the Solid Particle Erosion and Erosion-Corrosion Behavior of Aluminum and Steels”, MS Thesis Advisor (graduating in May 2014)

2.Junaid Ahmad, “Investigating the role of Si in austenitic stainless steels prepared by powder metallurgy”, MS, Thesis Advisor, in progress.

3. Nabeel Ahmad, “Investigating the Electrochemical properties of Ferritic Stainless Steels”, MS, Thesis Advisor, in progress (part time student).

Thesis Committee Memeber: MS / PhD

1. Nauman Zafar, “H2S and CO2 Corrosion of SA-543 and X65 Steels in Oil/Water Emulsion”, MS Thesis Committee Member (graduating in May 2014)

2. Abdullah Ahmary “Environmental Friendly Inhibitors for CO2 Corrosion”, MS Thesis Committee Member, in progress.

3. Khaled Al-Gahtani “MICROSTRUCTURE EFFECT ON CORROSION RESISTANCE OF STEEL”, MS Thesis Committee Member, in progress.

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Project Title & Team	Funding Agency	Duration	Status	Role
Electrochemical investigations on the role of Si in ferritic stainless steel alloys (IH Toor, N-Aqeeli, M.M.Baig, F. Patel)	KFUPM (IN111048)	9/2012-12/2014	In-progress	PI
Development of austenitic stainless steels with PM routes and their Electrochemical investigations (IH Toor, N-Aqeeli, M.M.Baig, F. Patel)	KFUPM (IN121033)	3/2013-5/2015	In-progress	PI
Experimental and computational investigation of erosion-corrosion in piping systems	NSTIP (11-ADV1619-04)	3/2012-5/2014	In-progress	Co-I

Previous projects:

Project Title & Team	Funding Agency	Duration	Status	Role
Computer aided cooling curve analysis of Aluminum alloys	KAIST	2001~2003	Completed	MS
Development of high Mn duplex stainless steels	KAIST-POSCO	2003~2006	Completed	PhD
Role of alloying elements on the SCC susceptibility of Austenitic stainless steels	KAIST-POSCO	2003~2007	Completed	PhD
Optimizing different weld methods (SAW, FCAW) and weld positions to overcome the sensitization problem in specially designed 304 stainless steel alloy	SHI	2008~2009	Completed	CO-I
Optimizing the flame straightening and cold working conditions to overcome sensitization problem in 304 stainless steel alloy	SHI	2008~2009	Completed	CO-I
Optimizing the suitable combination of surface treatment methods for improved corrosion resistance of stainless steels as well as high work efficiency during block fabrication	SHI	2009~2010	Completed	CO-I
Feasibility of using IR heating for coating curing at block stage and designing suitable IR heating set-up”	SHI	2008~2010	Completed	CO-I
Development of Corrosion Database for Shipbuilding and Offshore Structures	SHI	2008~2010	Completed	PI