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I am a research associate in mechanical engineering department at Imperial College London. I've been recently working on a project project entitled ‘Novel Manufacture of Heat Exchangers’ in partnership with Hiflux Ltd. and ECM Developments funded by Innovate UK, which mainly involves evaluation of welded materials for applications that requires investigating the ability to withstand high temperature and pressure and other demanding conditions that can affect the performance of a material and its life-time structural integrity. Unlike other typical academic research activities, the Innovate UK project that I have been working on is a business-led collaboration between engineers and businesses, with an aim to stimulate and accelerate innovative solutions and help businesses commercialise new products and services more quickly and exploit market opportunities.

At the same time, I am also working on a project funded by British Energy (EDF) with a focus on the development of materials for future nuclear and conventional plant operating at high temperature and pressure to be built in the UK. It involves studying the creep performance of different metals and designing and developing improved instrumentation for condition monitoring onset of end-of-life of power generating plant. High temperature strain measurement is being developed to assess the increased risk of failure of high temperature steam pipes in power stations to prevent failures without warning as repair costs can be huge and downtime itself is very expensive in loss of providing services.

I enjoy researching new ideas, developing new tools to stay ahead in terms of technology and facing challenges and that is why I decided to do a PhD. My PhD was about optimising the use of engineering materials and advanced manufacturing techniques such as fibre laser welding in the aircraft industry to reduce weight and carbon emissions, improve fuel efficiency and performance of an aircraft. The outcome of my work has been directly applied to manufacture of civil aircraft fuselage. Majority of my work involved finite element modelling using ABAQUS with user defined subroutines to simulate the welding process. I also had valuable opportunities to collaborate closely with industrial experts and conduct experiments on site such as welding and testing the real components. I have published several journal articles and had many chances to write technical reports. I have been nominated for the best PhD student thesis award in the Mechanical Engineering department. Through my work, I have communicated and collaborated with engineers in the UK, China, France, Germany, Turkey and Iran. For example, my applications for neutron diffraction experiment was granted three beam time awards.

I chose to study mechanical engineering because of its role in the creation and implementation of technology, a key force in the improvement of our economic well-being, health, and quality of life and also pushing capabilities and technology to the limits of what is available today. My personal attributes include high quality work and sound judgement as well as creativity, analytical and troubleshooting skills. I interact productively with people from diverse backgrounds. I am also determined and have learned a lot from failures when finding answers. As part of my final year undergraduate project I participated in explosive air blast research of reinforced laminated glass, composite panels and other structures. This includes underwater blast damage to marine structures. Both 3D and 2D DIC was used for mapping displacement of panels as well as in-plane strain fields.

Research Associate

Mechanical Engineering / Mechanics of Materials

Imperial College London, Room 569, City and Guilds Building

London SW7 2AZ

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