Faculty 

Education                                  

Ph.D.                (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Minnesota, USA, in 1991                                

M.Sc.               (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Minnesota, USA, in 1988                              

B.Sc                 (Mechanical Engineering) from NED University of Engineering, Pakistan, in 1985.              

Courses Taught

  • ME206              Manufacturing Processes I
  • ME215              Materials Science for ME
  • ME307              Machine Design I
  • ME308              Machine Design II
  • ME487              Mechanics of Materials
  • ME489              FEA in Mechanical Design
  • ME543              Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
  • ME580              Principles of metal forming
  • ME586              FEA in Metal Forming
  • ME590              FEA for Large Deformation Problems

Research Areas

  • Applied Computational Mechanics
  • Applications of Finite Element Method in Multi-physics Problems
  • Laser assisted manufacturing and surface modification processes
  • Metal forming and other advanced manufacturing processes
  • Multi-physics modeling of photovoltaic solar system
  • Non-dimensional finite element analysis
  • Micro-mechanical modeling of coatings

Representative Publications 

  • Akhtar, SS; Abubakar, AA; Arif, AFM ;  Prediction of Residual Stresses During Gas Nitriding of H13 Steels Using Phase Field Approach ;2016
  • Nasim, K; Arif, AFM; Al-Nassar, YN; Anis, M ; Investigation of residual stress development in spiral welded pipe ;2015
  • Abubakar, AA; Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM ;Phase field modeling of V2O5 hot corrosion in thermal barrier coatings (vol 99, pg 105, 2015) ;2015
  • Abubakar, AA; Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM ; Phase field modeling of V2O5 hot corrosion kinetics in thermal barrier coatings ;2015
  • Abubakar, AA; Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM; Mostaghimi, J ; The effect of porosity on the hot corrosion failure of thermal barrier coatings ;2015
  • Mustafa, MT; Arif, AFM; Masood, K ; Approximate Analytic Solutions of Transient Nonlinear Heat Conduction with Temperature-Dependent Thermal Diffusivity ;2014
  • Saheb, N; Ul Qadir, N; Siddiqui, MU; Arif, AFM; Akhtar, SS; Al-Aqeeli, N ; Characterization of Nanoreinforcement Dispersion in Inorganic Nanocomposites: A Review ;2014
  • Akhtar, SS; Arif, AFM ;  Effect of Profile Corners on the Nitriding Treatment of AISI H13 Hot Extrusion Dies ;2014
  • Pashah, S; Arif, AFM ; Fatigue life prediction of adhesive joint in heat sink using Monte Carlo method ;2014
  • Hasan, O; Arif, AFM; Siddiqui, MU ; Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Life Prediction of Photovoltaic Modules ;2014
  • Hasan, O; Arif, AFM;  Performance and life prediction model for photovoltaic modules: Effect of encapsulant constitutive behavior ;2014
  • Meng, L; You, Z; Arif, AFM; Dubowsky, S ;Shape Optimized Heliostats Using a Tailored Stiffness Approach ;2014
  • Pashah, S; Zubair, SM; Arif, AFM ;Study of coating effects on variable profile annular fins when subjected to dehumidifying operating conditions ;2014

​Patents

  • Bekir S. Yilbas, A.F.M. Arif, Cihan Karatas, Abdul Aleem B. Jabbar, “Laser Gas Assisted Nitriding of Alumina Surfaces”, Patent No. US 8,147,926, Date of Patent: April 3, 2012. 
  • Bekir S. Yilbas and Abul Fazal M. Arif, “Method of Modeling Residual Stresses During Laser Cutting”, Patent No. US 8,155,933, Date of Patent: April 10, 2012.

Books

  • S.Z. Qamar, A.K. Sheikh, A.F.M. Arif, Modeling and analysis of aluminum extrusion: process, tooling, and defects, ISBN: 978-3-8443-3158-5, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2011 ​
  • Syed Sohail Akhtar and Abul Fazal M. Arif, Hot Extrusion Dies: Failure Analysis, Nitriding & Effect of Billet Quality, ISBN 978-3-8465-4512-6, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2011

ME KFUPM Building 63, Room 201-2 966-13-860 966-13-860 2949 (ME Dept) abulfazal.arif@kfupm.edu.sa