Zahabul Islam, Ph.D.

Zahabul Islam, Ph.D.

  • Position: Assistant Professor
  • Phone: 419-372-3423
  • Email: mdzisla@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 216 Technology Building
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Zahabul Islam, is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Bowling Green State University. His research is dedicated to advancing the field of additive manufacturing (3D printing) and material characterizations, with a particular focus on optimizing process maps for polymer and metal additive manufacturing, as well as designing and manufacturing functionally graded materials (FGMs) for energy and biomedical applications. He brings extensive expertise in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Direct Energy Deposition (DED), and Stereolithography techniques. Through his work, he is committed to develop innovative methods to create advanced materials tailored for applications in energy, aviation, and biomedical fields.

With a wealth of experience in advanced manufacturing techniques, including additive manufacturing and characterizations, he has made substantial contributions to numerous publications, funded projects, and patents.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA, 2020
  • Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA, 2013
  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA, 2010

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, School of Engineering (2022 – Present)
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Additive Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020-2022)
  • Lab Manager, Thermal Characterization Lab, Material Research Instituate, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA (2015-2016)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)  Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh (2014 – 2015)
  • Lecturer, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)  Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh (2011 – 2014)

Areas of Research

  • Additive Manufacturing: Process parameter optimization, printing, and characterization to enhance the performance of high-quality materials.
  • Bio-inspired Design and MEMS/NEMS: Fabrication and characterization of devices, sensors, and actuators.
  • Radiation Damage: Exploration of material behavior and resilience under irradiation in extreme environments.
Publications | Conference Papers and Presentations | Patents | Book Chapters

Publications

[Additive manufacturing, Topology Optimization] Tensile and Compressive Response of Tungsten g-TPMS Lattice Structures, Zahabul Islam, Tanvir Ahmed, Mohammad Mayyas, Mohammed Abouheaf, Materials Today Communication, Volume 40, August 2024, 109606 (2024)
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352492824015873

[Additive manufacturing, LPBF, DED] Process Optimization and Scaling of Molybdenum and Tungsten in Additive Manufacturing Techniques, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials Volume 121, June 2024, 106689 (2024)
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263436824001379

[Characterizations, in-situ experiment] Role of mechanical stress localizations on the radiation hardness of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility, (submitted) (2024)

[Additive manufacturing, Corrosion] Effect of flowing FLiBe-exposure on the emissivity of stainless steel 316L, (under internal review) (2024)

[Mechanics, MD Simulation] Thermomechanical Response of W-Cu composites, (under internal review) (2024)

[Mechanical Characterization, Additive manufacturing, LPBF] Mechanical response of additive manufactured Haynes 282 at elevated temperature, Zahabul Islam, Collin Magnin§, Mark H. Anderson, Dan Thoma (in preparation) (2024)

[Additive manufacturing, DED] Reactive Synthesis in Additive Manufacturing of an Ultrahigh Temperature MoSiB Alloy, Zahabul Islam, Marshal Amalraj, Longfei Liu, Laurence D. Marks, John Perepezko, Dan Thoma, JOM (available online October 23, 2023)
Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-06167-w 

[Additive manufacturing, LPBF] A high-throughput method to define additive manufacturing process parameters: application to Haynes 282, Zahabul Islam, Ankur Agrawal, Behzad Rankouhi, Frank Pfefferkorn, Dan Thoma, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A volume 53, pages 250–263, (2022)
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11661-021-06517-w

[Additive manufacturing, LPBF] Characterization of multi-material 316L-Hastelloy X fabricated via laser powder-bed fusion, Behzad Rankouhi, Zahabul Islam, Frank Pfefferkorn, Dan Thoma, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 837, 142749, (2022)
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509322001575

[Additive manufacturing, LPBF] The performance of additively manufactured Haynes 282 in supercritical CO2, Collin Magnin, Zahabul Islam, Dan J. Thoma, Mark H. Anderson, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 841, pp. 143007(2022) (2022)
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509322004142

[Fused Filament Fabrication, FFF] Multiscale reduced-order modeling of fused filament fabricated composites, Satyajit Mojumder, Anton van Beek, Zahabul Islam, Dong Qian, Wing Kam Liu, Condensed Matter, arXiv:2209.02642 (2022)
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.02642

Conference Papers and Presentations

[Manufacturing, Image Processing] Swish-ResNet Method for Faulty Weld Detection, Muteb Aljasem, Mohammad Mayyas, Troy Kevin Duke, Mikhail Shilov, Zahabul Islam, Mohammad Abouheaf, and Wail Gueaieb, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE) (2024)

[Direct Energy Deposition, DED] Alloy Designs for High Temperature Mo-Si-B Base Systems, John Perepezko, Dan Thoma, Longfei Liu, Phalgun Nelaturu, Ankur Agrawal, Zahabul Islam, Fan Zhang, Laurence Marks, 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Refractory Metals (2023)

[Direct Energy Deposition, DED] Additive Manufacturing of Ultrahigh Temperature Mo-Si-B alloys, John Perepezko, Zahabul Islam, Longfei Liu, Phalgun Nelaturu, Ankur Agrawal, Dan Thoma, 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition (2023)

[Characterizations, in-situ experiment] (Invited) Micromechanical Aspects of GaN Hemt Performance and Reliability, ECS Meeting Abstracts, Volume MA2022-02, H04: Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 12, doi: 10.1149/MA2022-02371364mtgabs

[Fused Filament Fabrication, FFF] Multiscale Modeling and Performance Prediction of Additively Manufactured Polymer and Its Composites, Satyajit Mojumder, Anton van Beek, Zahabul Islam, Dong Qian, Wing Kam Liu, Condensed Matter, arXiv:2209.02642 (2022)

[Direct Energy Deposition, DED] Additive Manufacturing of an Ultra-high Temperature Mo-Si-B alloy: A Reactive Synthesis Approach, Zahabul Islam, Longfei Liu, John H. Perepezko, Dan J. Thoma, Additive Manufacturing of Refractory Metallic Materials, 2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition (2022)

US Patents

Alloy Formation by Reactive Synthesis During Additive Manufacturing, P210326, Zahabul Islam, John Perepezko, Dan Thoma (Accepted) (2023)

Book Chapters

[Device, Materials, in-situ S/TEM] Potential and Challenges of in-situ Microscopy on Electronic Devices and Materials, Zahabul Islam, Aman Haque, Nicholas Glavin, Wide Bandgap Semiconductor-Based Electronics, Ch. 15, (IOP eBooks, edited by Pearton et. al.) (September 2020)

[Device, Materials, in-situ S/TEM] Thermal effects in Ga2O3 rectifiers and MOSFETs borrowing from GaN, Minghan Xian, Fan Ren, Marko J.Tadjer, Ribhu Sharma, Mark E.Law, Peter E. Raad, Pavel L. Komarov, Zahabul Islam, Aman Haque, S. J. Pearton, Thermal Management of Gallium Nitride Electronics, Ch. 19, Pages 441-467, (Elsevier Edited by Marko J. Tadjer and Travis J. Anderson) (2022)

Updated: 10/09/2024 05:58PM