Mohd. Farhan Zafar

I am a academician in the field of Mechanical Engineering with a special interest in Manufacturing Technology, Production technology and allied technologies of material processing.

I have around 7 years of academic experience and during this course of experience I have taught a variety of engineering subjects ranging form Production technology, Metrology, Machine Design to Engg. Drawing etc.

I have completed my doctoral degree from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in the field of polymer composite synthesis and characterization.

My doctoral work can be summarized as under: 1. A detailed study was carried out to explore and analyse the existing literature on the topic pertaining to natural fibre reinforced composites and different aspects of the composite industry were evaluated. This includes characterization, fabrication, modification of fibre surface, testing, analysis and correlation between filler size and filler loading on mechanical properties.

• Synthesis of the composites using the in-situ polymerization technique was carried out and experimental investigation into mechanical behaviour has been studied. Properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength and hardness were studied. Also morphological properties were studied using SEM analysis. To study the mechanical properties of the composites, different sizes and different filler compositions were taken. Also three different types of plant fibres were studied i.e. Rice Husk, Wheat Husk and Mustard Husk. The fibres were randomly distributed throughout the composite sample. Moisture absorption properties of the synthesized composites were studied.