Faculty 

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran-KSA, 2012

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran-KSA, 2008

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan, 2004

Courses Taught
  • ME201: Dynamics
  • ME307: Machine Design I
  • ME308:Machine Design II
  • ME 322:Manufacturing Processes
  • ME 411/412/414/416: Senior Design Project
  • ME 413: Systems Dynamics and Control
  • ME 495: Undergraduate Research
  • ME 606: Independent Research

Research Scholar

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials (IRC-AM)

Research Areas
  • Design and Manufacturing
  • Friction stir welding and processing
  • Corrosion in weldment
  • Nonlinear finite element analysis of manufacturing processes
  • Vibration analysis and condition health monitoring of rotating machinery
  • Condition base monitoring and signal processing.

Representative Publications
  • Al-Badour, F., & Bazoune, A. (2020). Hybrid Friction Diffusion Bonding of Tube–Tubesheet Joint: A finite Element Model. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 1-14.
  • Al-Badour, F. A., Adesina, A. Y., Ibrahim, A. B., Suleiman, R. K., Merah, N., & Sorour, A. A. (2020). Electrochemical Investigation of the Effect of Process Parameters on the Corrosion Behavior of Aluminum-Cladded Pressure Vessel Steel using a Friction Stir Diffusion Cladding Process. Metals, 10(5), 623.
  • Tuffaha, M., Bazoune, A., Al-Badour, F., Merah, N., & Shuaib, A. (2019). Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a Horizontal Operating 3-Axis Machine for Friction Stir Welding. IEEE Access, 7, 129874-129882.
  • Ibrahim, A. B., Al-Badour, F. A., Adesina, A. Y., & Merah, N. (2018). Effect of process parameters on microstructural and mechanical properties of friction stir diffusion cladded ASTM A516-70 steel using 5052 Al alloy. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 34, 451-462.
  • AY Adesina, FA Al-Badour, ZM Gasem "Wear resistance performance of AlCrN and TiAlN coated H13 tools during friction stir welding of A2124/SiC composite" Journal of Manufacturing Processes 33 (2018), 111-125
  • Al-Badour, F., Zainelabdeen, I. H., Suleiman, R. K., & Adesina, A. Crack Repair Using Hybrid Additive Manufacturing and Friction Stir Processing. In ASME 2019 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection. Paper No: PVP2019-93688, V06AT06A004; 7 pages  https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-93688
  • Fadi Al-Badour, Necar Meraha, Omer Mohameda, Abdelaziz Bazounea, and Abdelrahman Shuaib "optimizing process conditions in friction stir-diffusion lap welding of aluminum alloy with cold rolled steel" Proceedings of the 2018 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC2018 June 18-22, 2018, College Station, TX, USA (MSEC2018-6711)
  • Fadi Al-Badour, Ahmed Mahgoub, Abdelaziz Bazoune, Necar Merah, and Abdelrahman Shuaib "On-line Condition Monitoring of Friction Stir Spot Welding Tool using Vibration Measurements" ASME 2017 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, July 16-20, 2017, Hawaii, USA

Research scholar, IRC-Advanced Materials Bldg 63-Room 204 +966- 13 -860- 8399 +966-13-860 -2949 (ME Dept) fbadour@Kfupm.Edu.Sa http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/me/fbadour