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Polymer processing and manufacturing laboratory involves research related to the application of polymeric materials to different engineering applications including biomedical, sustainability, recycling, acoustics, additive manufacturing, metamaterials, smart materials, and water purification. 

Courses supported are:

• Plastics Materials & Processing (ME480)
• Materials lab (MSE202)

The polymer processing and manufacturing involves experimental equipment related to the processing of polymers such as extruders, furnaces, melt flow indexer, and compression molding machine. The lab is equipment with polymer additive manufacturing facilities such as FFF and DLP in addition to mechanical testing and characterization. 

Selected projects conducted in the lab:

• Design and Additive Manufacturing of Acoustic Metamaterials for Noise Control

  Alsheghri, A. (PI), Hawwa, M. (CoI), Dalaq, A. (CoI) & Al-Battal, A. (CoI)

  5/08/26 → 5/08/28

• Development and Characterization of Leather Waste Derived Biochar Composites for Reduced Exposure to Potentially Carcinogenic Polymers

  Alsheghri, A. (PI), Bashmal, S. (CoI), Furquan, S. (CoI), Dalaq, A. (CoI) & Nadar Khan, S. K. (CoI)

  1/04/26 → 31/12/26

• Design and additive manufacturing of bioinspired cellular structures for biomedical applications

  Alsheghri, A. (PI), Dalaq, A. (CoI) & Arif, A. F. M. (CoI)

  1/01/25 → 31/12/26

• Fracture modelling of bone-inspired biocomposite joints for enhanced biomedical implant performance

Alsheghri, A. (PI), Dalaq, A. (CoI), Alam, F. (CoI) & Alsheghri, A. (PI)

1/01/25 → 31/12/25

Selected publications:

• Swaminathan, V., Chekalil, I., Alsheghri, A., Saffiudeen, M. F., Khan, S., & Nouioua, M. (2026). Performance evaluation of ultrasonic assisted leather bonding for improved durability and sustainability. Results in Engineering, 111524.
• Fenta, E. W., Tauheed, M., Furquan, S. A., & Alsheghri, A. (2026). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Interfacial Bonding in Multi-Material Fused-Filament Fabrication Using Mode-I Fracture Toughness. Polymers, 18(20), 2529.
• Tauheed, M., Hasan, M., Furquan, S. A., Fenta, E. W., Ahmed, I., & Alsheghri, A. (2026). Design and Finite Element Modeling of 3D‐Printed Porous Metamaterial Beam Cores for Hybrid Bone Plates. Advanced Engineering Materials, e202502985.
• Tauheed, M., Alsheghri, A., Dalaq, A. S., & Al-Rub, R. K. A. (2025). Bone-inspired lattice structures for biomedical applications: Design, pore network analysis, and mechanical performance. Results in Engineering, 27, 105697.