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Achievements - Dr. Ahmed Khattab

Dr. Khattab has been involved for over 20 years in Teaching, Research and Development (R&D). During which he worked on design and construction of prototypes for automated machines by reverse engineering method.  He has been highly recognized during his career with his most recent award as follows:

  • Lee & Ken Matherne/BORSF Endowed Professor of Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2010 to 2016.
  • Outstanding Faculty of the Year for Student Outreach Award, College of Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, May 2014
  • Outstanding Teacher of the Year, College of Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, May 2012.
  • Outstanding Faculty Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers, Students Chapter of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2011.
  • Outstanding Academic Advisor Award, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2008.
  • Best Paper Award at the 6th International Conference on Virtual Concept, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, November, 2006.
  • Certificate of Appreciation from Program of Excellence in Teaching, University of Missouri-Columbia, January 2005.

Establishment of the Laboratory for Composite Materials (LCM)

Dr. Khattab established the Laboratory for Composite Materials (LCM) at UL Lafayette. LCM creates an interdisciplinary collaboration environment between several engineering fields, such as Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Engineering Technology. Over the last four years, over 20 graduate and undergraduate students, from different engineering disciplines, have been trained in LCM and worked as graduate or undergraduate research assistants. LCM has research collaborators from Dr. Khattab’s colleagues at UL Lafayette and also from outside the university. LCM has national collaboration with one NASA research center and also has international research collaboration with Wuhan Institute of Technology in China. Currently, LCM has four graduate research assistants and four undergraduate research assistants.

His most recent peer-reviewed journal publications include the following:

  • Khattab, A., Zhang, P., Shou, W., and Khattak, M. J., “Process Development and Characterization of Spraying Carbon Nanofibers over Fabrics for Reinforcing Polymer Composites,” Polymer Composites, Volume 35, 8, pp. 1629–1635, 2014.
  • Khattak, M.J., Khattab, A., Rizvi, H., Das, S., and Bhuyan, M., “Imaged-based discrete element modeling of hot mix asphalt mixtures,” Materials and Structures, DOI 10.1617/s11527-014-0328-1, 2014.
  • Khattab, A., Liu, C., Chirdon, W., and Hebert C., “Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Carbon fiber Reinforced Polyethylene Composites,” Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Volume 26, No. 7, pp. 954-967, 2013.
  • Khattak, M. J., and Khattab, A., “Modeling Tensile Response of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites Using Discreet Element Method,” Polymer Composites, Vol 34, No 6, pp.  877–886, 2013.
  • Khattak, M. J., Khattab, A., Rizvi, H., “Characterization of carbon nano-fiber modified hot mix asphalt mixtures,” Construction and Building Materials, Volume 40, pp. 738-745, 2013.
  • Khattak, M.J., Khattab, A., Zhang, P., Rizvi, H., and Pesacreta, P., “Microstructure and Fracture Morphology of Carbon Nano-fiber Modified Asphalt and Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures,” Materials and Structures, Volume 46, Issue 12, pp 2045-2057, 2013
  • Khattab, A., “Cure Cycle Effect on High Temperature Polymer Composite Structures Molded by VARTM,” Journal of Composites, Vol 2013, Article ID 162657, 6 pages, DOI:10.115/2013/162657, 2013.
  • Khattak M. J., Khattab, A., Rizvi, H., and Zhang, P., “The Impact of Carbon Nano-Fiber Modification on Asphalt Binder Rheology,” Construction and Building Materials, Volume 30, pp. 257-264, 2012.
  • Khattab, A., Khattak M. J., and Fadhil, M. I., “MicroMechanical Discrete Element Modeling of Fiber Reinforced,” Polymer Composites, Volume 32, pp. 1532-1540, 2011.

His most recent peer-reviewed conference proceeding publications include the following:

  • Khattab, A., Zhang, P., Khattak, M. J., Wan, S., “Characterization of High-Temperature Polymer composites reinforced with carbon nanofibers using indirect dispersion,” the Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Technical Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 6-9, 2013.
  • Khattak, M. J., Khattab, A., Rizvi, H. R., and Pesacreta, T.C., “Effect of Carbon Nanofiber Modification on the Mechanistic Properties of HMA Mixtures,” the Proceedings of International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE2012), Kualalumpur, Malaysia, June 12-14, 2012.
  • Khattab, A., Zhang, P., Khattak, M. J., “Process Development and Characterization of Carbon Nanofibers Sprayed Carbon Fiber reinforced polymer Composites,” the Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Technical Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 23-26, 2011.
  • Khattak, M. J., Khattab, A., Rizvi, H., “Mechanistic Characteristics of Asphalt Binder and Asphalt Matrix Modified with Nano-fibers,” the Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 2011.
  • Khattab, A., Tiamiyu, O. M., Zhang, P., Liu, C., “Preliminary Process Investigation of Manufacturing High Temperature Polymer NanoComposites,” the Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Technical Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 2010.