Mechanical Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Education	Courses Taught
Research	Awards
Contact

Education

Ph. D. (Polymer Engineering), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, 1996

M. S. (Polymer Engineering), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, 1992

B. S. (Materials Science and Engineering), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, 1990

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Courses Taught

ME 206	Manufacturing Processes I
ME 215	Materials Science for ME
AE 480	Plastics and Plastics Processing

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Research

Areas of Research:

Polymer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering

Representative Publications:

"Crystallization Kinetics of Polymers," in Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, Ed. J. E. Mark, American Institute of Physics, 417, 1996 (with P. J. Phillips).

"Polymorphism in Isotactic Polypropylene Crystals," in The Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, CRC Press, Inc., 9, 6637, 1996 (with P. J. Phillips).

"High speed melt spinning of poly (L-lactic acid) filaments," Journal of Polymer Science: Part B – Polymer Physics, 36, 1005, 1998 (with J. E. Spruiell).

"The (-phase of high molecular weight isotactic polypropylene. III. The equilibrium melting point and the phase diagram," Polymer, 39, 3735, 1998 (with P. J. Phillips).

"The (phase of high molecular weight isotactic polypropylene. II. The morphology of the (-form crystalized at 200 MPa," Polymer, 38, 5725, 1997 (with P. J. Phillips).

"On the crystallization of (-isotactic polypropylene: A high pressure study," Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 18, 1, 1997 (with S. Brückner, P. J. Phillips and S. V. Meille).

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Awards

ASM International Award (1989)

Contact

	Tel: 966-3-860 4498 (Office)
	Fax: 966-3-860 2949 (ME Department)
	E-mail: mezghani@kfupm.edu.sa

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