Syed Haris Iftikhar
Assistant Professor
- College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
- 05154444350
Summary
Dr. Syed Haris Iftikhar has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (CEME) at NUST, Pakistan. His expertise lies in friction stir welding of metals and composites, multiaxial fatigue, mechanical behavior of materials/structures, and fundamental process-structure-property-failure relationships.
Academic Background
PhD
(Mechanical Engineering) United Arab Emirates University
August 19, 2019 - April 15, 2024
Honours and Awards
Publications
A comprehensive review of green hydrogen-based hybrid energy systems: Technologies, evaluation, and process safety
September 04, 2025
Energy Reviews - Volume:4, Issue:3, Article Number 100154
A framework for friction stir multi-spot welding for thermoplastics
July 31, 2025
Scientific Reports - Volume:15, Issue:1, Article Number: 27943
Friction stir spot welding of recycled scrap thermoplastics
November 01, 2024
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture - Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 838-848
Integrated Taguchi-PCA-GRA based multi objective optimization of tube projection and radial clearance for friction stir welded heat exchanger tube-to-tube sheet joints
November 01, 2024
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture - Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 914-924
Feasibility of Friction Stir Welding for Sealing the Roller-Expanded Heat Exchanger Tube-to-Tubesheet Joints
August 02, 2024
Engineered Science - Volume 31, Article Number 1199
Friction stir welding of carbon black reinforced high-density polyethylene tube-to-tubesheet joints
December 01, 2023
International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture - Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 589-605
Adhesive reinforced friction stir welded thermoplastic tube-to-tubesheet hybrid joints
December 01, 2023
Polymer Testing - Volume 129, Article Number 108275
Friction stir weld processing for achieving maximum tube-to-tubesheet leak path
October 01, 2023
Materials and Manufacturing Processes - Volume 38, Issue 11, Pages 1455-1461
Tire and rubber particles in the environment-A case study from a hot arid region
November 10, 2022
Frontiers in Environmental Science - Volume 10, Article Number 1009802
Microplastic Contamination of Chicken Meat and Fish through Plastic Cutting Boards
October 18, 2022
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Volume 19, Issue 20, Article Number 13442
Friction stir welding of tube-to-tubesheets for thermoplastic shell and tube heat exchangers
October 17, 2022
Manufacturing Letters - Volume 34, Pages 82-86
Plastic cutting boards as a source of microplastics in meat
January 27, 2022
Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment - Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 609-619
Mechanical Characterization and Fracture Behavior of Extruded ZK60A Magnesium Alloy
October 01, 2021
International Review of Aerospace Engineering - Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 272-284
A comprehensive review on optimal welding conditions for friction stir welding of thermoplastic polymers and their composites
April 08, 2021
Polymers - Volume 13, Issue 8, Article Number 1208
A method for assessing critical plane-based multiaxial fatigue damage models
January 01, 2018
Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures - Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 235-245
Conferences
Numerical modeling of friction stir welding of thermoplastic materials - An overview
February 21, 2022 - February 24, 2022
Syed Haris Iftikhar, Abdel-Hamid Ismail Mourad, Melia Guessoum,
2022 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2022
An overview of friction stir welding of high-density polyethylene
February 04, 2020 - February 06, 2020
Syed Haris Iftikhar, Abdel-Hamid Ismail Mourad, Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad,
2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2020
Temporal and economic benefits of vertical take-off and landing vehicles in urban transport
February 04, 2020 - February 06, 2020
Md. Zishan Akhter, Mohsin Raza, Syed Haris Iftikhar, Mohsin Raza,
2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2020
Fatigue Crack Imaging of V-Notch Specimen using X-Ray Tomography
September 19, 2018 - September 21, 2018
Jafar Albinmousa, Ibrahim Mansir, Jobin Jose, Mehaboob Basha, Syed Haris Iftikhar,
6th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP 2018), Verona, Italy, 19-21 September 2018
Modeling Multiaxial Fatigue Damage using Polar Equations
November 03, 2017 - November 09, 2017
Jafar Albinmousa, Syed Haris Iftikhar, Mustafa Al-Samkhan,
Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (ASME IMECE2017), November 3-9, 2017, Tampa, Florida, USA
Lecturer
NUST
September 07, 2017 - August 09, 2019
Lab Researcher (part-time)
Center for Engineering Research, KFUPM
March 03, 2015 - May 31, 2016
Lab Engineer
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute
January 28, 2013 - August 15, 2014