Dr.

Khurshid Alam
PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan Phone No: +923329896739 E-mail: k.alam@smme.nust.edu.pk, engr.dajan@gmail.com Date of Birth: June 5, 1977 OBJECTIVE To get an academic position in a reputable institute/university in the area of Mechanical Engineering Design and Analysis CURRENT POSITION AND ACTIVITIES Working as Assistant Professor and Deputy Head of Mechanical Engineering department in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan since February, 2010. Job responsibilities include teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, research activities, supervising students projects, managing laboratory equipments and curriculum design at undergraduate and postgraduate level, coordinator school seminars, member of technical and guidance committees, industrial coordination EDUCATIONAL HISTORY PhD Mechanical Engineering / Biomechanics 2006 2009 Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, UK MS Mechanical Engineering (2 year degree) 2003 2005 GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology Pakistan (CGPA- 3.67/4.0 ) BS Mechanical Engineering (4 year degree) 1996 2001 KPK University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar Pakistan PhD MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Conventional and Ultrasonically- assisted Cutting of Bone The application of novel technique i.e. ultrasonically-assisted cutting for minimal invasive orthopedic surgeries Measurements and comparison of drilling thrust forces and temperatures in conventional and ultrasonicallyassisted bone drilling Development of thermo-mechanical finite element model of bone drilling Characterization of bone material properties Analysis of cracking phenomena in cortical bone under sharp wedge penetration using Micro-CT Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Nanoindentation of the bone specimens Damage assessment of drilled holes with both conventional and ultrasonically assisted drilling using Micro-CT FE modeling of tool penetration in bone composite structure MS THESIS Design, Analysis and Testing of Push pipe joints

Worked on a industrial design of Push pipe Joints Developed fully parametric finite element models of two concepts of Push joints in ANSYS Finite element analysis of two concepts of Push Joints Verification of FEA results via mathematical results Produced an experimental set up for described joints Key Modules in MS: Computational Methods for Engineers, Product Design, Applied Finite Element Analysis, Engineering Thermodynamics, Manufacturing Systems, Advanced Stress Analysis, Tribology TEACHING EXPERIENCE

NUST (Pakistan): February 2010 To date

Assistant Professor at School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY (United Kingdom): November 2006 March 2007 Teaching tutorial of Engineering Mechanics in Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Supervised two undergraduate final year projects in Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Loughborough University, UK

AIR UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): September 2005 August 2006

Lecturer in Mechatronics Engineering Department Teaching Engineering Mechanics, Supervising students projects and laboratory experiments, organizing seminars GIK INSTITUTE TOPI (Pakistan): September 2003 May 2005 Graduate Assistant in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Teaching tutorials, assisting faculty members in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to mechanical design and thermo-fluids, designing and conducting laboratory experiments, administrative responsibilities etc.

GIK INSTITUTE TOPI (Pakistan): January 2002 August 2003 Mechanical Engineer in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Assisting faculty members in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses, designing and conducting laboratory experiments, coordinating students internship programs, member convocation committee COURSES TAUGHT Finite Element Methods (Postgraduate course), Mechanics of Materials-II, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical Technology, Engineering Drawing, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics-II, Finite Element Methods, Manufacturing Technology-I, Engineering Economy, Theory of Machines, Manufacturing Technology-II, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning LABS SUPERVISED Mechanics of Materials, Automotive Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Engineering Graphics, Computer Numerical Controls (CNC), Mechanical Workshop COMPUTER SKILLS ANSYS, ABAQUS, MSC MARC MENTAT, Pro-E, MathCAD, MATLAB, AUTOCAD, C++ AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS Availed three scolarship for PhD (Loughbrough Univesrsity) UK, University Technology PETRONAS (Malaysia), Yonsi University (South Korea), selected Loughborough University, UK Availed GIKI scholarship for MS in Mechanical Engineering in August 2003 Second position in MS in batch Fourth position in HSSC examination from Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Swat, Pakistan (Exam held on Division level) WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

Co-organizer of an International workshop on Advanced Design and Analysis at GIKI Pakistan sponsored by Islamic Development Bank in 2005 Organizer, Workshop on Image-based Simulation in Biomechanics at Loughborough University, UK in 2009 Instructor, Workshop on Automobile Engineering for graduate and undergraduate students at GIK Institute, Pakistan in 2005 Instructor, Workshop on Structural Analysis in ANSYS at GIK Institute, Pakistan in 2005

INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

Co-PI, Design and Development of a Tele-Surgical Robot and Simulator Co-PI, Analysis of drilling forces in rocks

Other Activities

Member Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Member, International Centre of Vibro Impact Systems (ICoVIS), Loughborough University, UK

Member, Advanced Materials and Nano-Technology programs at Strategic Research Unit, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia (2009-2011) Member National Curriculum Review Committee of Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

Journal papers (Published) K. Alam, A.V. Mitrofanov, V.V. Silberschmidt: Experimental investigations of forces and torque in conventional and ultrasonically-assisted drilling of cortical bone. Medical Engineering and Physics, 33, 234239. Abdel-Wahab, K. Alam , V. Silberschmidt: Analysis of Anisotropic Viscoelastoplastic Properties of Cortical Bone Tissues. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Volume 4, Issue 5, July 2011, 807820. K. Alam, A.V. Mitrofanov, M. Bker and V.V Silberschmidt: Finite element analysis of forces of plane cutting of cortical bone. Journal of Computational Materials Science 2009;46(3):738743. K Alam, A V Mitrofanov, M Bker and V V Silberschmidt: Stresses in ultrasonically-assisted bone cutting. IOP Publishing Journal of Physics: Conference Series 181 (2009) 012014 (8pp). K. Alam, A.V. Mitrofanov, M. Bker and V.V. Silberschmidt: Measurements of surface roughness in conventional and ultrasonically-assisted bone drilling. American Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 2009,1(4),312320. K Alam, A V Mitrofanov and V V Silberschmidt: Thermal analysis of orthogonal cutting of cortical bone using finite element simulations. International Journal of Experimental and Computational Biomechanics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2010. K. Alam, A. Ghafoor, V.V. Silberschmidt: Analysis of Forces and Temperatures in Conventional and Ultrasonicallyassisted Cutting of Bone. Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 223 (2011) pp 247-254. K. Alam, M. Abid, J.A. Chattha: Numerical and experimental study of Push Pipe Joints under internal pressure and temperature loadings, Journal of Technology World Today.

Journal papers (In progress) K Alam, G Kerckhofs, A V Mitrofanov, S Lomov, M Wevers, V V Silberschmidt: In-situ analysis of cracking in cortical bone under wedge penetration. Submitted to Journal of Engineering in Medicine. K. Alam, M. Khan, V.V. Silberschmidt: 3D Finite Element Modeling of Drilling Cortical Bone: Analysis of Drilling Temperatures. Submitted in revised form to Medical Engineering and Physics. K. Alam, M. Khan, V.V. Silberschmidt: Experimental analysis of forces in plane cutting of cortical bone. Submitted to Arabian Journal of Engineering and Sciences. K. Alam, N. Ahmed, V.V. Silberschmidt: Experimental investigation of temperature rise in drilling cortical bone. To be submitted to Medical Engineering and Physics. Conference Publications M Abid and K Alam: Design and analysis of push pipe joint under internal pressure and temperature loading. International Seminar on Advanced Materials (ISAM-2005), Islamabad, Pakistan,1922 September 2005, pp. 113. K. Alam, A.V. Mitrofanov, Martin Bker and V.V. Silberschmidt: An investigation into cortical bone cutting: a finite element and experimental study. 18th International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials, 610 October 2008, Beijing, China, Beijing Institute of Technology, p. 70. K. Alam, A.V. Mitrofanov, Martin Bker and V.V. Silberschmidt: Conventional and ultrasonically-assisted bone cutting: finite element study. Abstracts. 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) & 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), June 30 - July 5, 2008, Venice, Italy. B.A. Schrefler, U. Perego (eds.). CIMNE, 2008 (CD-ROM). K Alam, A V Mitrofanov, M Bker and V V Silberschmidt: Finite element simulations of cortical bone cutting temperatures. IFMBE Proceedings, 25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Miami, Florida, USA, 2009. Volume 24, p.151152. K Alam, A V Mitrofanov, M Bker and V V Silberschmidt: Stresses in ultrasonically-assisted bone cutting. Abstract Hand book, 7th International Conference on Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis, IOP Institute of Physics, 2009. p.15. K. Alam, VV. Silberschmidt, A. Ghafoor: Temperature Measurements in Conventional and Ultrasonically-assisted Drilling of Bone Using Infrared Thermography. Accepted for publication in abstract book of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

K. Alam, M. Khan, V.V. Silberschmidt. Experimental and numerical analysis of cracking behavior in cortical bone under tool penetration. Abstract published in IWCMM20 Proceedings, 8-10 Sept, 2010, Loughborough University, UK. K. Alam, A. Ghafoor, V.V. Silberschmidt. Numerical analysis of forces and temperatures in conventional and ultrasonically-assisted cutting of bone. Accepted for publication in 13th CIRP Conference on Modeling of Machining Operations, 12-13 May, 2011, Sintra, Portugal. K. Alam, A. Ghafoor, A.V. Mitrofanov, V.V. Silberschmidt. Experimental investigations of the mechanics of conventional and ultrasonically-assisted drilling of cortical bone. IASTED Conference proceeding on Biomechanics, November 07-09, Pittsburgh, USA.

Selected Presentations A.V. Mitrofanov, K. Alam, and V.V. Silberschmidt.: Second International Conference of Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues. Lihue, Hawaii, USA: Elsevier, 2007. K. Alam, AV Mitrofanov, VV Silberschmidt: BSSM workshop on Experimental Mechanics in Biological Tissues, Loughborough University, UK, 23rd June 2009. K. Alam, A.V. Mitrofanov, M. Bker, V.V. Silberschmidt: Cambridge, 810, September 2009. K. Alam, M. Khan, V.V. Silberschmidt: Numerical analysis of cracking behavior in cortical bone under tool penetration. Oral presentation in IWCMM20 held in Loughborough University, UK from Sept, 7, 2010.

References Prof. Vadim Silberschmidt Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK Email: V.Silberschmidt@lboro.ac.uk +44 (0)1509 227504 Dr. Riaz Ahmad Mufti Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director of Research, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, 44000 Islamabad, Pakistan Email: riazmufti@smme.nust.edu.pk Off (direct): +92 (0)51 90856055 Dr. Naseer Ahmed Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering, Taibah University, Al-Madina Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia Email: dr.n.ahmed@hotmail.com Phone: 0542173051