Taha Waqar

PhD Student

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Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Taha Waqar

University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

Office: DC 2724
Email: t2waqar@uwaterloo.ca

Biographical Information

  • 2018: [MASc, Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA]

  • 2016: [BASc, Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA]

Research Interests

  • Applied material design
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Light alloys

Thesis Supervisor(s)

  • Michael Benoit
  • Mary Wells

Publications

  1. Selected Journal Publications:

    M.J. Benoit, S. Tabaie, T. Waqar, T. Ganton, B.S. Amirkhiz, A. Hadadzadeh, A. Nasiri, Effects of additive manufacturing processes and isothermal aging on the microstructure and properties of 13-8 Mo precipitation hardening martensitic stainless steel, Additive Manufacturing, Volume 72, 2023, 103615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2023.103615

    T. Waqar, S.S. Akhtar, A.F.M. Arif, A.S. Hakeem, Design and development of ceramic-based composites with tailored properties for cutting tool inserts, Ceramics International, Volume 44, Issue 18, 2018, Pages 22421-22431, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.09.009

    Akhtar, S.S.; Waqar, T.; Hakeem, A.S.; Arif, A.F.M.; Al-Athel, K.S. Design and Development of Hybrid Al2O3 Based Composites with Toughening and Self-Lubricating Second-Phase Inclusions. Materials 2019, 12, 2378. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12152378

    Selected Conference Proceedings:

    Waqar, T., Whitney, M.A., Jin, H., Wells, M.A., Benoit, M.J. (2023). Evaluating the Effects of Pre-brazing Deformation on Aluminum Brazing Sheets with a Thermal Barrier Layer. In: Proceedings of the 62nd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023. COM 2023. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38141-6_42

    Waqar, T, Akhtar, SS, Arif, AFM, & Al-Athel, KS. "Hybrid Alumina Composites for Cutting Tool Inserts: Material Design and Development." Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 12: Materials: Genetics to Structures. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. November 9–15, 2018. V012T11A029. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2018-87255

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