FAHEEMUDDIN PATEL

Lecturer, ME Department

Office 966-3-860-2469 Post Box No. 1033, King Fahd University of petroleum & Minerals,

Mobile 966-508778159 Dhahran 31261, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To pursue and excel in teaching, research and development in the area of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science in particular

AREAS OF INTEREST

Testing, Analysis and Characterization of Materials and Composites, Tribology, Nano Technology, Processing and Characterization of Polymers

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

May 2006 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, K.S.A

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.69/4. Major in Materials and Manufacturing Science

Graduation thesis on "Effect of mold temperature on mechanical properties of Poly (ethylene terephthalate)"

January 2002 College of Engineering, Osmania University Hyderabad, INDIA

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.69/4, 77% Aggregate, Graduated with academic honors.

Senior Project: Modeling and Analysis of Steam Turbine Rotor using Finite Element Analysis

June 1997 QQ Govt. Polytechnic Hyderabad, INDIA

Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 4/4, Graduated with academic honors.

SKILLS

· Testing, Analysis and Characterization of Materials and Composites

Tensile, Fatigue, Hardness Measurements, Wear Testing & Analysis, X-ray diffractometry, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Scanning Electron and Optical Microscopy, Dynamic Thermo Mechanical testing (DTMA)

· Processing and Characterization of polymers

Experienced in compression and injection molding of polymers, which includes

Polyethylene terephthalate, Polyethylene and Polypropylene

· Analytical Skills/ Engineering Software

· Finite Element static, dynamic and fracture analysis using Ansys, Ansys-LS-Dyna

· Programming with Mat-Lab

· Data organization & analysis packages; Grapher and Lab-View

· Microsoft office tools

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2007 to Present King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, K.S.A

LECTURER

As a Lecturer, I am involved in Teaching ME 205/215 Laboratory, Maintaining and operating different equipments of Material Science Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering Dept. I am also associated with Tribology Laboratory for research purpose.

2004 to 2007 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, K.S.A

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

As a research assistant, worked with different researchers/teachers from the department of mechanical engineering and assisted in their research/teaching assignments.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Effect of Mold Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate, Co-Investigator (Completed)

Development of Further Capabilities of ME High Temperature Tribometer, Co-Investigator (Present)

A Study on Dry Sliding Wear of 6061Al/Al2O3 Particulate-Reinforced Aluminum Alloys against Automobile Brake Materials, Co-Investigator (Present)

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (In-Process)

• "Effect of mold temperature on the tensile of Poly (ethylene terephthalate)"

• "Effect of mold temperature on the microhardness of PET"

• "Correlation between Microhardness and Tensile properties of PET"

Faheemuddin Patel