Asso. Prof. M.T. Abou El-Khair

  Head of Composite Materials Division

Activities:

• Development and preparation of metal alloys reinforced with C or ceramic particles or fiber by stir casting, squeeze casting, pressure infiltration and gas pressure infiltration.
  
• Processing of amorphous materials by melt-spinning method
  
• Processing of amorphous matrix composite material
  
• Processing and characterization for nanostructure composite material
  
• Development of new treatment methods for the reinforcements to improve wetting with the matrix alloy.
  
• Development of new heat treatment regimes for the composites.
  
• Characterizations of the microstructure and interface between the matrix and reinforcement in the composites.
  
• Evaluation of the mechanical properties (tensile-fatigue-impact- hardness) of the composites.
  
• Evaluation of Tribological properties of the composites. 

Facilities

    Melting Crucible Furnace

    Capacity 3litr, Temp.1300oC

    Melting Crucible Furnace

    Capacity 1.5litr, Temp.1000oC
 

    Computerized Furnace for Heat Treatment

    Temp.1000 oC

      Wear Test Machine

        Hardness Tester Machine    

                Vortex method system

Projects

• Grain Refining of High Strength Aluminum Alloys Submitted to ACADEMY OF SCINTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 2002
• U.S.-Egypt Joint Research Project: Manufacture of Aluminum or Magnesium matrix Based Composites under Industrial Conditions
• Preparation of Lead -5% Calcium, ACADEMY OF SCINTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 2004
• Magnasium alloys in Automotive Industry ACADEMY OF SCINTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 2004.
• Light Weight Lead Calcium Alloy- Microballoon Fly Ash Composites for Automotive Batteries Operating under High Temperature, U.S.-Egypt JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT, 2007.

Staff

  Dr. Atef A. Daoud

  Associate Professor

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  Dr. Mohamed Abdel Aziz Sayed

  Associate Professor

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  Eng. Fatma Moheb Fairouz

    Assistant Researcher

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Eng. Essam Ahmed Shalaby

Assistant Researcher

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   Eng. Ahmed Lotfy

   Assistant Researcher

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Recent Publications

• M.T.Abou El-khair ,F.M.Fairouz, A.M.Sheikh  and  A.N.Abdel-Azim,"Fabrication and Interface Characterization of Some Magnesium Composite Alloys" 7th Egyptian Syrian Conference in Chemical Engineering, 29-31 oct., 2007, suez, Egypt.
• M.T.Abou El-Khair, F.Fairouz, A.M.ElSheikh and  A.N.Abdel Azim, Influence of Mish Metal and Particulate Size on Mechanical Properties of AZ91 Alloy Reinforced With Al2O3 or SiC 7th Arab Foundry Symposium, 7-10 November, 2008, Sharm, Egypt.
• M.T.Abou El-Khair, F.Fairouz, A.M.ElSheikh and  A.N.Abdel Azim, Influence of Mish Metal on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of CP- Mg Alloy Reinforced with Al2O3 or SiC Particulates 8th International Conference of Chemical Engineering, 25-27 November,2008, Cairo, Egypt.
• A. Daoud , W. Reif  and P. Rohatgi , Microstructure and tensile properties of extruded  7475 Al-Al2O3 Particle composites, 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-13), June 2-5, 2008, KTH, Stockholm, SWEDEN
• A. Daoud, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel ZA22 Syntactic Foam Composites via Casting”, Materials Science and Engineering A, pp  281–295, 2008 
• Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Nikhil Gupta and  Atef Daoud “ Synthesis and Processing of Cast
  4. Metal-Matrix Composites and Their Applications”, ASM, 2008
• Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Nikhil Gupta and Atef Daoud “ Solidification During Casting of Metal-Matrix Composites”, ASM, 2008
• A. Daoud, Recent and  future applications of aluminum matrix ,  Composites,        ARABCAST 7 , 7-10 November 2008, Sharm, Egypt
• M. Abdel-Aziz, T.S. Mahmoud, A.M.Gaafer,  “Fabrication and fatigue behavior study of metal matrix composite AA6063 /MgO", 17th European conference on fracture, 2-5 September 2008, Brno , Czech Republic on CD. 
• Yasser M.Z., Mohamed I. Riad, Ahmed I. Zaky, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, and Mohamed M.H. Shalabi " Investigation on the mechanical properties of sintered porous copper compacts" China Particuology vol.5, No.5, December  (2007) PP. 391–394.
• M. Abdel-Aziz, T.S. Mahmoud and A.Abdel Aal " Modeling and Optimizing of Factors Affecting Erosion-Corrosion of AA6063-(TiC/Al2O3) Hybrid Composites by Experimental Design Method" Journal of Materials Science & Engineering A, November 2007.
• A. Daoud, M.T. Abou El-khair, M. Abdel-Aziz, P. Rohatgi, “Fabrication, Microstructure and Compressive Behavior of ZC63Mg–microballoon Foam Composites”, Composites Science and Technology,  vol.67, pp.  1842–1853, 2007
• P. K. Rohatgi, S. Alaraj, R.B. Thakkar, A. Daoud, “ Variation in Fatigue Properties of Cast A359-SiC Composites under Total Strain Controlled Conditions: Effects of Porosity and Inclusions,Composites”, Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 38, pp. 1829-1841, 2007.
• A. Daoud , W. Reif  and P. Rohatgi , Microstructure and tensile properties of extruded  7475 Al-Al2O3 Particle composites, 13th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM-13)vJune 2-5, 2008, KTH, Stockholm, SWEDEN
• A. Daoud, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel ZA22 Syntactic Foam Composites via Casting” , Materials Science and Engineering A, pp  281–295, 2008 
• Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Nikhil Gupta and  Atef Daoud “ Synthesis and Processing of Cast
• Metal-Matrix Composites and Their Applications”, ASM, 2008
• Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Nikhil Gupta and Atef Daoud “ Solidification During Casting of Metal-Matrix Composites”, ASM, 2008
• State of the Art in Metal Matrix Composites in the Next Millennium , published by TMS International, U.S.A., 2001