Mohamed Zaky

Biography

Dr. Mohamed Zaky Ahmed graduated from Suez Canal University, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 1997, obtained his master in 2002 from the same department. Dr. Ahmed received his PhD in the field of Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield-UK in 2009. During his PhD study about thick section friction stir welding of aluminum alloys established very strong relation with The Welding Institute (TWI) staff in Sheffield that still in collaboration till now. Dr. Ahmed joined the British University in Egypt (BUE) in September 2016 as Associate Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department having previously been Associate Professor at the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Suez University where he established number of research centers such as the friction stir welding center through STDF funded project as the principal investigator. Also he is the Co-director of the Metallurgical and Materials research center of scientific excellence at Suez University that is established through another STDF funded project. Dr. Ahmed with his team have successfully designed and manufactured the first Egyptian Friction Stir Welding Machine for research and development that enriched the research and development in the field all over Egypt as well as the collaboration with industry. Dr. Ahmed is supervising more than 25 master and PhD students in a number of universities. Dr. Ahmed co-authored over 40 publications in the fields of materials processing and characterization in international scientific journals and conferences.

Research Interest

1. Friction stir welding (FSW) of similar and dissimilar materials 2. Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of steel and aluminum alloys 3. Friction Stir Processing for the development of composite and nano-composite materials 4. Design and manufacturing of FSW machines 5. Mechanical alloying and Powder metallurgy 6. Wind turbine blade inspection and repair