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Faculty of Materials Science Engineering

Overview

Name:	Prof. Dr. F. Ahmad Khalid
Designation:	Professor/ Dean
Faculty:	FMSE
Qualifications:	D.Phil., 1991 University of Oxford, UK. LL.B., 1985, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan. B.Sc (Engineering)., 1980 University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pak.
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Email:	khalid@giki.edu.pk
Telephone:	092 938 71858
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FAX:	092 938 71880
Interests:	Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
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Research Interests

Interests and Special Skills

Processing of Advanced Materials

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Electron Microscopy and Advanced Analytical Techniques

Materials Modeling

Experience

Prof. Khalid has extensive experience of industry, teaching and research. His research interests are in the phase transformations, microstructure and properties of automotive and engineering materials, in the interfacial and nanostructures in composites and alloys, development of orthopedic implants and prostheses and Fe-base shape memory alloys, in the deformation and mechanical behaviour of tungsten, metallic alloys and composites at high strain rate, and high temperature oxidation behaviour of stainless steels and superalloys and processing of Al-diamond, Al-C₆₀ advanced nanocomposites.

While working as Research Fellow and Visiting Professor at Universities of Oxford and Leeds and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) he has been involved in the research related to high strain rates deformation and hydocode modeling and structure/property relationships in metals and alloys and processing of composites for thermal management applications.

He has received an International Vanadium Award in 1994 for the best paper on technology of vanadium and its alloys published in the Journal of Mat. Sci. and Tech. 9 (1993).

He has been awarded a Gold Medal by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences for an outstanding research contribution in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2000 and Star Award by South Asia Publications in 2003. In recognition of his academic and research achievements he has also been elected as Fellow of The Institute of Materials (FIM), London. Recently he has received an award from the German Welding Society (DVS) and rated in first three productive scientists in engineering sciences by the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST).

Currently he is involved in R&D work related to nanomaterials and consultancy projects related to quality evaluation, and processing, properties and characterization of engineering materials and their application for wind energy and power plants.

Awards and Achievements

Awards

International Vanadium Award (1994)

The Institute of Materials London, UK

Gold Medal (1999) (Engineering & Technology)

Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Star Award (2003), South Asia Publications, PAK.

Award of merit certificate (2004) (DVS) German Welding Society, Germany

Professional Memberships and Appointments

Member of Editorial and Study Boards:
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance ASM
Advanced Materials Symposium Series 1989-1999
Phase Transformation Conference 1996
Board of Study ? MUET

Professional Membership:
Fellow Royal Microscopical Society, Oxford
Fellow Institute of Materials (FIM), London
Member The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), USA
Member ASM, USA
Member Pakistan Engineering Council

Member, National Commission on Nanoscience and Technology, Pak.

Associate Member Institute of Nanotechnology, London

Member Institute of Engineers Pakistan

Member Pakistan Institute of Metallurgical Engineers

Member Pakistan Welding Institute

Representative Publications

1.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, An Atom Probe FIM Study of Interphase Precipitation a Model Alloy Steel, Surf. Sci. J., vol. 266, (1992), pp.424-432.

2.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, Observations Concerning Transformation Interfaces in Steels, J. Acta Met. et Mat., vol. 41, (1993), pp.3421-3434.

3.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, Interphase Precipitation in Microalloyed Engineering Steels and a Model Alloy, J. Mat. Sci. and Tech., vol. 9, (1993), pp.384-396.

4.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Copper Precipitation in the Cementite Phase of Hypereutectoid Alloy Steels , J. Met. Trans., vol. 24A, (1993), pp.781-793.

5.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, Transformation Interfaces and Precipitation in Alloy Steels, Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials, iib-92, Mat. Sci. Forum, vols. 126-128, (1993), pp.833-836.

6.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, Mixed Structures in continuously Cooled Low- Carbon Automotive Steels, EUROMAT 93, Paris, J. de Physique IV, vol.3, (1993), pp.147-152.

7.             F. A. Khalid, P. Wang, V. Jerath and D. V. Edmonds, Strengthening of Hot-Rolled High- Carbon Steels by Copper Additions and Controlled Cooling, J. Scripta Met. et Mat. vol. 30, (1994), pp.869-873.

8.             F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, Effect of Vanadium on the Grain Boundary Carbide Nucleation of Pearlite in High- Carbon Steels, J. Scripta Met. et Mat. vol. 30, (1994), pp.1251-1255.

9.             F. A. Khalid, B. D. Goldthorpe and D. V. Edmonds, A TEM Study of Deformation Substructure of Explosively Shocked Polycrystalline Iron, J. Mat. Eng. and Performance ASM, vol. 5, (1996), p.23-26.

10.          F. A. Khalid, N. Hussain and K.A Shahid, Microstructural Characteristics of High Temperature Oxidation in Nickel Base Superalloy, J. Mat. Eng. and Performance ASM, vol. 6, (1997), pp.219-222.

11.          F. A. Khalid and D. V. Edmonds, On the Properties and Structure of Microalloyed and Copper-Bearing Hot-Rolled Steels, J. Materials Processing Technology, vol.72 (1997), pp.434-436.

12.          E. Aliev, Sh. U. Yuldashev, P. K. Khabibullaev, M. H. Khan and F. A. Khalid, Electrophysical Properties of Porous Silicon Surface, Physical Journal, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1997.

13.          E Aliev, Sh. U. Yuldashev, P. K. Khabilbullaev, M. H. Khan and F. A. Khalid, Studies on Sensitivity of Porous Silicon Surfaces to Environmental Gases, J. Mat. Eng. and Performance ASM, vol. 6, 1997, pp.161-164.

14.          S. E. Benjamin and F. A. Khalid, Stresses Generated on Aluminium during anodization as a Function of Current Density and pH, J. Oxidation of Metals, vol. 52, 1999, pp.209-223.

15.          F. A. Khalid, N. Hussain and K. A. Shahid, Microstructure and Morphology of High Temperature Oxidation in Superalloys, J. Materials Sci. and Eng. A, vol. A265, (1999), pp.87-94.

16.          F. A. Khalid and M. R. Bhatti, Microstructure and Properties of Sintered Tungsten Heavy Alloys, J. Mat. Eng. and Performance ASM, vol. 8(1), 1999, pp.46-50.

17.          F. A. Khalid and M. R. Bhatti, Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Co-Containing Alloy, J. Metallurgical Science and Technology, Teksid, vol. 17(1), 1999, pp.9-13.

18.          F. A. Khalid, M. Farooq, A. ul Haq and A. Q. Khan, Role of Ferrite/pearlite banded Structure and Segregation on the Mechanical Properties of Microalloyed Hot Rolled Steels, J. Materials Science and Technology, vol. 15, 1999, pp.1209-1215.

19.          S. E. Benjamin, F. A. Khalid and R. A. Khan, Performance of Steel in Ordinary Portland, Fly Ash and Slag Cement Mortars during the Hydration Period, J. Materials Processing Technology, vol. 103, 2000, pp.383-388.

20.          F. A. Khalid and S. E. Benjamin, Role of Deformation Substructure on High Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Inconel 625, J. Oxidation of Metals, vol. 54, 2000, pp.63-71.

21.          F. A. Khalid, Copper Precipitation in M₂₃C₆ Grain Boundary Carbides in Alloy Steel, J. Scripta Materialia, vol. 44, 2001, pp.797-801.

22.          F. A. Khalid, Precipitation and Compositional Changes in the Structural Phases of Microalloyed Automotive Steels, J. Mat. Sci. and Eng. A, vol. A325, 2002, pp.281-285.

23.          F. A. Khalid, N. Hussain and A. H. Qureshi, Microstructural Study of Oxidation of Aluminized Coating on Inconel 625, J. Mat. Eng. and Performance ASM, vol. 11, 2002, pp211-214.

24.          F. A. Khalid, Characterization of In-Situ Carbide Coating of Tungsten Alloy, J. Mat. Sci. Eng. A, vol. 338, 2002 pp.76-80.

25.          F. A. Khalid, A Note on Comparison of Microstructure and Coating Characteristics of Hardmetal Inserts, J. Materials Processing and Technology, vol. 122, 2002, pp.381-385.

26.          F. A. Khalid, O. Beffort, U. Klotz, B. Keller, P. Gasser and S. Voucher, Study of Microstructure and Interfaces in an Aluminium-C₆₀ Composite Material, J. Acta Materialia, vol. 51 2003, 4575-4582.

27.          N. Hussain, A. H. Qureshi, N. A. Chughtai, F. A. Khalid and M. Arif, High Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Hastelloy C-4 in Steam Environment, J. Oxidation of Metals, vol. 61, 2004, pp.355-360.

28.          P. Gasser, U. E. Klotz, F. A. Khalid and O. Beffort, Site Specific Specimen Preparation by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Milling for Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) of Metal Matrix Composites, J. Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 10, 2004, pp.311-316.

29.          F. A. Khalid, O. Beffort, U. Klotz, B. Keller and P. Gasser, Microstructural and Interfacial Characteristics of Aluminium Diamond Composite Materials, J. Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 13, 2004, pp.393-400.

30.          F. A. Khalid, U. E. Klotz, H. R. Elsener, B. Zigerlig and P. Gasser, On the Interfacial Nanostructure of Brazed Diamond Grits, J. Scripta Materialia, vol. 50, 2004, pp.1139-1143.

31.          E. Bayraktar, F. A. Khalid and C. Levaillant, Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of High Manganese Austenitic Steel, J. Mat. Processing Technology, vol. 147 2004, pp.145-154.

32.          O. Beffort, S. Vousher and F. A. Khalid, On the Thermal and Chemical Stability of Diamond During Processing of Al-Diamond Composites by Liquid Metal Infiltration (Squeeze Casting), J. Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 13, 2004, pp.1834-1843.

33.          T. I. Khan, F. A. Khalid and N. Orhan, Surface Modification of Tool Steel Using Tungsten Arc Heat Sources, J. Surface Engineering, vol. 20, 2004, pp.215-219.

34.          F. A. Khalid, Microstructure and Microchemical Analysis of Aluminized Superalloy, J. Operation Maintenance and Materials Issues, vol. 3, 2004, pp.1-6.

35.          S. Kleiner, F. Bertocco, F. A. Khalid and O. Beffort, Decomposition of Process Control Agent During Mechanical Milling and its Influence on Displacement Reactions in an Al-TiO₂ System, J. Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 89, 2005, 362-366.

36.          S. Kleiner, F. Bertocco, F. A. Khalid and O. Beffort, Reactively Synthesized Nanostructured P/M Composites ? Microstructure Stability and Elevated Temperature Hardness response, J. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2005, accepted.

37.          H. E. Elsener, F. A. Khalid, U. E. Klotz, D. Piazza and M. Kiser, On the Role of Binder on Microstructure and Properties of a Copper Active Brazing Filler Metal For Diamond and CBN, J. Advanced Eng. Mat. 2005, submitted.

38.          O. Beffort, F. A. Khalid, L. Weber, P. Ruch, U. E. Klotz, S. Mier and S. Kleiner, Influence of Process Conditions on The Interface Formation and Thermal Conductivity of (Al(Si)-Diamond Composites, J. Diamond and Related Materials, 2005, submitted.

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