Dr. Asghar Shahzad

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Customer Integrated Project Management, New Product Development, Certification and Qualification

High-end Lightweight Composite Materials for Aerospace and Industrial Applications

• Development of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic matrix composite materials by liquid composite molding • Up-scaling and commissioning of an injection plant for in-situ polymerization of thermoplastic matrix composite material • Research and establishment of process parameters • Physical and mechanical characterization of materials

• Machining of an aluminum matrix composite material • Investigations of the effects of machining-induced surface characteristics on fatigue and tensile properties • Performance evaluation of polycrystalline diamond (PCD), polycrystalline boron nitride (PCBN) and hardmetal based cutting tools • High speed machining

• Master’s Thesis “Development and optimization of next generation resin transfer molded composite materials” • Industrial Internship “Characterization of pre-impregnated (prepreg) carbon fibers for aerospace applications”

Doctorate Thesis: “Analysis of the Machinability of an Aluminum Matrix Composite Material”