Education
D.Sc., Materials Physics, 1991
Ph.D., Physics and Chemical Engineering, 1989
M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1987
B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1986
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Research and work experience
Resident Scientist and Professor, University of Dayton, 2001-present
Research Scientist, NSF Friction Center and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1996-2001
Visiting Scholar at Materials Technology Center and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1994-1996
Lecturer, Pau University, France 1993
Researcher, National Research Center (CNRS), 1992 |
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Postdoctoral Fellow (England and Japan) and Researcher, CNRS, 1990-1991
Research interests
Carbon foams: modeling, processing and properties
Carbon nanoconstituents: growth and functionalization
Carbon scaffold for bone plates and lenses
Composite materials for implant applications
Design fabrication of thermal property devices for micro- and nanometric
measurements
Nanocomposites: processing and properties
Surfaces and interfaces in composites
Wear and friction of carbon materials
Selected patents
Provisional patent U.S. 60/800,944 - Lafdi, K. - "Method of Growing Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers and Whiskers on Carbon Substrates"
Provisional patent U.S. 60/855,796 - Lafdi, K. - "Method of Making Nanofilament Based Carbon-Carbon Composites for Use as Brake Materials"
Selected publications
Selected conferences and presentations
Contact
Department of Materials Engineering
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-0165
Phone: 937-229-4797
Fax: 937-229-3433
E-mail: khalid.lafdi@udri.udayton.edu
