Prof. Fawad Inam

Head of Department, Engineering & Computing
Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Materials & Products)

University of East London
School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering
EB 1.102 Docklands Campus, University Way
London, E16 2RD (United Kingdom)

Email: f.inam@uel.ac.uk

Qualifications

2013, PGCEL, University of Wales - Glyndŵr University (Wrexham, UK)

2012, PGCPD, Glyndŵr University (Wrexham, UK)

2008, Ph.D., Queen Mary, University of London (London, UK)

2004, B.S., GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Topi, Pakistan)

Research Fields

Graphene Nanocomposites

Polymer Nanocomposites

Ceramic Nanocomposites

Publications (selected)

1. RASHEED A., WEI, J., Shyha, I. and INAM, F., 2016, Use of morphological features of carbonaceous materials for improved mechanical properties of epoxy nanocomposites. RSC Advances, vol. 6, pp. 351-1359. ISSN 2046-2069. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA24039E
2. SAHARUDIN, M.S., RASHEED A., WEI, J., Shyha, I. and INAM, F., 2016, The degradation of mechanical properties in polymer nano-composites exposed to liquid media - a review. RSC Advances, vol. 6, pp. 1076-1089. ISSN 2046-2069. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA22620A
3. WEI, J., RASHEED A., WEI, J., VO, T. and INAM, F., 2015, Epoxy/ graphene nanocomposites – processing and properties: a review. RSC Advances, vol. 90, no. 5, pp. 73510-73524. ISSN 2046-2069. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA13897C
4. INAM, F., VO, T. and BHAT, B.R., 2014, Structural stability studies of graphene in sintered ceramic nanocomposites. Ceramics International, vol. 40, no. 10b, pp. 16227-16233. ISSN 0022-2461. Available from:
5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.07.058
6. INAM, F., YAN, H., REECE, M. and PEIJS, T., 2008. Dimethylformamide: an effective dispersant for making ceramic–carbon nanotube composites. Nanotechnology, vol. 19, pp. 195710. ISSN 0957-4484. Available from:
7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/19/195710
8. CHO, J., INAM, F., REECE, M., CHLUP, Z., DLOUCHY, I., SHAFFER, M. and BOCCACCINI, A., 2011. Carbon nanotubes: do they toughen brittle matrices? Journal of Materials Science, vol. 46, no. 14, pp. 4770-4779. ISSN 0022-2461. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-011-5387-x
9. INAM, F., HEATON, A., BROWN, P., PEIJS, T. and REECE, M., 2014 Effects of dispersion surfactants on the properties of ceramic – carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites. Ceramics International, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 511-516. ISSN 0022-2461. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.06.031

Full list available at: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/view/creators/Inam=3AFawad=3A=3A.html

Profile Details

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/i/fawad-inam/