Education                                  

• Ph.D.                Materials Science, National University of Malaysia, (2001).                                   
• M.Sc.                Metallurgy, Constantine University, Algeria, (1994).                                
• B.Sc.                  Metallurgy, Constantine University, Algeria, (1991).                                  

Courses Taught

•  ME 216               Materials Science and Engineering
• ME 205                 Materials Science
• ME 215               Materials Science for Mechanical Engineering
• ME 215               Materials Science Lab for Mechanical Engineering
• ME 420                 Materials Selection and Design
• ME 476                 Non-Metallic Materials
• ME 479               Modern Materials           
• ME 456                 Fundamentals of Nondestructive Evaluation
• ME 574               Advanced Materials Science
• MSE 503             Materials Characterization
• MSE 531               Engineering Nanomaterials
• MEC 4263          Non-destructive Evaluation of Structures
• MAT 4390          Nanomaterials
• MAT 3210          Crystallography and X-Rays Diffraction
• MAT 4229          Powder Metallurgy
• MAT 3240          Composite Materials
• MAT 3140          Polymeric Materials
• MAT 3220          Applied Polymer Processing
• MME 2222         Materials Engineering Lab II
• MME 2204         Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Behavior of Alloys
• MME 6260         Advanced Materials Characterization

Senior Research Scholar

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials (IRC-AM)

Research Areas

Metallic Materials, Ceramic Materials, Nanocomposites, Materials for energy storage and conversion

Representative Publications (2020-2025)

 [1] Nouari Saheb, Umer Hayat, Syed Fida Hassan, A review of the properties of hybrid ceramic nanocomposites, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, DOI:10.1016/j.bsecv.2025.03.001  2025.

[2] Khadidja Laziri, Ismail Lamara, Fatima Zohra Mezahi, Foudil Sahnoune, Essebti Dhahri, Syed Fida Hassan, Nouari Saheb, Synthesis, Microstructure, Hardness, Thermal Expansion, and Dielectric Properties of Cordierite, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, DOI:10.1111/ijac.15173 2025.

[3] Laziri, Khadidja, Amar Djemli, Djaida Redaoui, Foudil Sahnoune, Essebti Dhahri, S. F. Hassan, and Nouari Saheb. Kinetics of formation, microstructure, and properties of monolithic forsterite (Mg2SiO4) produced through solid-state reaction of nano-powders of MgO and SiO2. Ceramics International 50, 45179-45188, 2024.

[4] Hassan, S. Fida, M. T. Islam, S. Nouari, M. M. A. Baig, and F. Patel. The role of calcium addition through powder sintering process in microstructure and mechanical behavior of a microalloyed magnesium. Materials Today Communications 41, 110312, 2024.

[5] S Fida Hassan, Saad Kamran, Abdalaziz AL-Salhabi, Amir Al-Ahmed, Saheb Nouari, Abbas Saeed Hakeem, Tungsten Heavy Alloy: Nano-Crystallinity and Alloying Induced Low Temperature Sintering, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 120, 106627, 2024.

[6] Gharsallah, Hafedh, Marwa Jeddi, Moez Bejar, Essebti Dhahri, and Saheb Nouari. Study of the correlation between the magnetic and electrical properties of the La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 compound. RSC advances 14, 21692-21705, 2024.

[7] Low-temperature and single-step synthesis of fully-dense MgAl2O4 by reaction spark plasma sintering Al2O3 and MgO nano-oxides, Saheb, N., Alghanim, A. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 100(5),100989, 2023.

[8] Dense, Hard, and Thermally Stable Al6Si2O13–Mg2Al4Si5O18 Composite Material for Silicon Substrate Applications, Keziz, A., Heraiz, M., Sahnoune, F., Redaoui, D., Saheb, N. Silicon 15(11), pp. 4675-4688, 2023.

[9] Olalekan, O. N., Hassan, S. F., Al-Ahmed, A., Mahar, N., & Saheb N. Nb2CTx MXene reinforcement stimulated microstructure and mechanical properties of magnesium. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 14289, 2023.

[10] Saoula, I., Siad, C., Ouahab, A., Allag, N., Chala, A., Rahmane, S., Marmi, S. and Saheb, N. Synthesis and properties of alkaline earth elements (Ca, Sr, and Ba) doped SnO2 thin films. Optical Materials, 145, p.114372, 2023.

[11] Kinetic analysis of the formation of magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl2O4) from α-Al2O3 and MgO nanopowders Saheb, N., Lamara, S., Sahnoune, F., Hassan, S.F., Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147, pages11549–11559, 2022.

[12] Kinetics of mullitization from sol-gel synthesized precursors, Lamara, S., Sahnoune, F., Saheb, N., Redaoui, D., Laziri, K. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 99(6),100473, 2022.

[13] Magnesium for Implants: A Review on the Effect of Alloying Elements on Biocompatibility and Properties, Hassan, S.F., Islam, M.T., Saheb, N., Baig, M.M.A. Materials 15(16),5669, 2022.

[14] Kinetics of α-cordierite formation from nano-oxide powders, Saheb, N., Lamara, S., Sahnoune, F., Hassan, S.F. Ceramics International, 48(16), pp. 23921-23930, 2022.

[15] Metal matrix composite in heat sink application: Reinforcement, processing, and properties, Baig, M.M.A., Hassan, S.F., Saheb, N., Patel, F., Materials 14(21), 6257, 2021.

[16] Smail Lamara, Djaida Redaoui, Foudil Sahnoune, Menad Heraiz, Nouari Saheb, Microstructure, thermal expansion and hardness of cordierite materials synthesized from Algerian natural clay minerals and magnesia, Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Ceramica y Vidrio, 2021, 60(5), pp. 291–306, 2021.

[17] Smart Fiber Optics Embedding in Powder-Based Materials: Numerical and Experimental, Assessment Abubakar, A.A., Mekid, S., Daraghma, H., Saheb, N. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 46(8), pp. 8009-8035, 2021.

[18] Extraordinary Strengthening of Magnesium by Solid-State Diffusion of Copper in Mg-0.5Cu Alloy, Hassan, S.F., Islam, M.T., Nouari, S. Patel, F., Al-Aqeeli, N., JOM, 2020, 72(4), pp. 1597–1606, 2020.

[19] Smail Lamara, Djaida Redaoui, Foudil Sahnoune, Menad Heraiz, Nouari Saheb, Formation of Anorthite Containing Cordierite Materials in the Kaolin-MgO-CaO System. Since of sintering, 52(2), pp. 135–147, 2020.

[20] Z.H. Al-Ashwan, U. Hayat, I.H. Toor, and N. Saheb, Corrosion behavior of spark plasma sintered Al2O3-SiC-CNT hybrid nanocomposite, Materials Research, 2020, 23(5), e20190496, 2020.

[21] Nouari Saheb, Umer Hayat, Electrical Conductivity of Spark Plasma Sintered Al2O3-SiC and Al2O3-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites, Ceramics International, 46(10), pp. 16008–16019 ‎2020.

[22] Low temperature synthesis of highly pure cordierite materials by spark plasma sintering nano-oxide powders, Saheb, N., Alghanim, A. Ceramics International, 2020, 46(15), pp. 23910–23921, 2020.