Curriculum Vitae _ Fadi Abu-Farha

FADI Abu-Farha, PhD Updated 01st August 2016 1/24

FADI Abu-Farha Assistant Professor of Automotive Engineering

Clemson University – International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) 4 Research Drive, CGEC 344, Greenville, SC 29607, USA

Mobile: (859) 489-2926, E-mail: [email protected] PROFILE HIGHLIGHTS in ONE PAGE A young researcher with interest/expertise in the advanced characterization, mechanics of

deformation, processing and sustainable manufacturing of lightweight materials. Won several research and education awards, including: the NSF CAREER award, the SME

Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer (OYME) award, the TMS Light Metals Division Award, the SAE Ralph Teetor Educational Award, the MIT Young Researcher Fellowship, and several best paper/poster/presentation awards from SAE, TMS and SME.

Secured over ~$2.5M in research funding, all related to the field of lightweight materials and structures. Funding shows a balanced between federal funding (~$1.28M) and industrial funding (~$1.22M). 3-year average annual research expenditures is ~400k/year.

Publication record of over 40 journal papers, over 30 conference papers, over 100 technical presentations, a book chapter, 3 provisional patents, and a full patent.

8 invited presentation to research institutions and technical conferences/meetings. Graduated two PhD students, and a third is graduating in December 2016. Close ties to research institutions and the industry, with several sponsors, partners and

collaborators, including: General Motors, BMW FIZ, Henkel Technologies, Koyo JTEKT, Trinity Rail, Boeing Research & Technology, ThyssenKrupp Steel NA, AK Steel, the NanoSteel Company, ALERIS Inc., NIST, Argonne National Lab, PNNL.

An engineering educator with over ~8 years of total teaching experience, covering over 3 years of undergraduate teaching (solid mechanics, materials science fundamentals, manufacturing processes) and over 4 years of graduate teaching (lightweight materials and their manufacturing, automotive manufacturing processes). Latest student evaluations for “the effectiveness of teacher” are 5.0/5.0!

A strong advocate of outreach to the younger generations, with a long history of organizing outreach programs and summer camps to middle and high school students, on the local, state and nation levels.

Affiliated with many professional organizations, including TMS, SAE, SME, SEM and ASM. Research Interests: Mechanics/Processing/Manufacturing of Lightweight Materials (AHSSs, Aluminium, Magnesium, Titanium), Advanced Characterization with Digital Image Correlation and Optical Metrology, Sheet Metal Forming, Hot Stamping, Friction Stir Processing and Forming, Adhesive Bonding and Multi-Material Structures, Accumulative Roll Bonding and Shear Rolling. Teaching Interests: Graduate: Automotive Lightweighting (Materials, Manufacturing and Design), Automotive Manufacturing Processes (Stamping and Joining). Undergraduate: Fundamentals of Materials Science Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, Fundamentals of Automotive Engineering. Outreach Interests: Promote the interest of younger generations in science and engineering, with focus on the grand topics of importance to society, the environment and the well-being of mankind (energy efficiency, sustainability, clean mobility, advanced materials and manufacturing).


EDUCATION Ph.D. In Mechanical Engineering May 2007 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Dissertation: Integrated Approach to the Superplastic Forming of Magnesium Alloys B.Sc. In Mechanical Engineering September 2001 University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan Senior Design Project: Design of a Modified Four-Wheel Steering System PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor Dec. 2011 - Present

Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, Greenville, SC

Developed a sustainable research program focused around “lightweighting” for the transportation sector (automotive, aerospace, military and rail sectors).

Developed the Lightweight Research Laboratory (lightweight materials, processing and manufacturing), with strong ties to several material suppliers, Tier-1 suppliers and OEMs

Actively supervising PhD students (~5 PhD per year) Active in teaching and developing courses for the Automotive Engineering graduate program Served on multiple department and college committees Actively advising graduate students on their curricular needs

Assistant Professor July 2008 – Dec. 2011

Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA

Taught and developed a wide variety of undergraduate courses and labs Developed a research program centred about advanced metal forming of lightweight metals Supervised selected undergraduate students in multiple research projects Contributed to the ABET assessment and review process Supervised several groups of students in their senior design projects Served on a variety of department, school and college committees Postdoctoral Scholar July 2007 - June 2008

Advanced Metal Forming and Materials Processing Laboratory; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Manufacturing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Research/Teaching Assistant June 2002 - May 2007

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Manufacturing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Technical Training (Practicum) July 2001 - December 2001

Research & Development, Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal, Germany


TEACHING EXPERIENCE Automotive Engineering, Clemson University Dec. 2011 - Present

Courses Taught: AuE 893: Automotive Manufacturing Processes-II (5.0/5) AuE 877: Lightweight Materials, Manufacturing and Design (4.75,3.77,4.5,5.0/5) AuE 866: Advanced Materials for Automotive Applications (--) AuE 833: Automotive Manufacturing Processes (4.11,4.1,4.32/5) * In parentheses are the average scores of students rating of teaching effectiveness (SRTE) _ teacher’s effectiveness All courses taught at Clemson University were graduate-level courses All courses taught at Clemson University were developed courses Mechanical Engineering, Penn State Univ. Erie July 2008 – Dec. 2011

Courses Taught: EMCH-213: Strength of Materials (6.23 / 7) MATSE-259: Materials Science (5.72 / 7) ME-345W: Measurements and Instrumentation Lab (6.07,6.38 / 7) **ME-347: Computer Aided Engineering (6.16,6.23 / 7) **ME-365: Materials Testing Lab (5.73,6.42 / 7) ME-367: Machine Design (--) **ME-465: Manufacturing Lab (5.47,6.20,6.57,6.33,6.71 / 7) ***ME-469: Metallic Manufacturing Processes (5.30,5.62,5.91,6.25 / 7) ***ME-497: Automotive Engineering (5.74 / 7) * In parentheses are the average scores of students rating of teaching effectiveness (SRTE) _ quality of the instructor All courses taught at Penn State University Erie were undergraduate-level courses ** are significantly changed courses *** are developed courses Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky July 2007 – June 2008

Courses Taught (as a Postdoctoral Scholar): EM-313: Dynamics (3.8 / 4) * In parentheses are the average scores of teacher/course evaluation results _ shown is overall quality of teaching


HONOURS, AWARDS & DISTINCTION

Awards and Significant Recognition:

AW1. Received "The 2015 USCAR (United States Council for Automotive Research) Team Award", in recognition for contributions to the "DOE-USAMP ICME 3GAHSSs Team Project" from Jan. 2013 to Jan. 2017. Award presented at the USCAR Recognition Event, Troy, MI, 26th May 2016.

AW2. Received the 2016 SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation Award (for the presentation "Hot-Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping of Aluminium Alloy Sheets: Characterizing, Modeling, Simulation and Validation", Nan Zhang and Fadi Abu-Farha); presented at the SAE 2016 World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

AW3. Received the 2016 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award; award presented at the SAE 2016 World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016. http://www.sae.org/servlets/awardInfo?OBJECT_TYPE=awardInfo&PAGE=awardRecipients&REQUEST_FROM=&BEGIN_YEAR=1965&END_YEAR=2016&saetkn=

AW4. Received the Best Poster Award (for "DIC In-Situ of Tensile Deformation and Synchrotron Diffraction for the Accurate Investigation of Austenite-to-Martensite Transformation in AHSSs", Fadi Abu-Farha, Xiaohua Hu, Yang Ren, Louis Hector Jr., Xin Sun) in the Young Professional Technical Division Poster Contest, Light Metals Division, 2016 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 14th - 18th February 2016.

AW5. Awarded the "2016 TMS Light Metals Award", Light Metals Division of TMS; award presented at the 2016 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 14th - 18th February 2016. http://www.tms.org/awards/TMSAwardWinnersNewSite.aspx?year=2016

AW6. Won the 2015 TMS Light Metals Subject Award _ Aluminum Alloys (for the paper "Characterizing and Modeling the Deformation of AA5182 for Hot-Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping", Nan Zhang and Fadi Abu-Farha); paper was presented at the 2015 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 15th - 19th March 2015. http://www.tms.org/awards/TMSAwardWinnersSpecific.aspx?year=2016&awardName=%27Light%20Metals%20Award%27

AW7. Received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers 2015 outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award (SME 2015 OYME). http://www.sme.org/oyme15/

AW8. Received the Best Poster Award (for "Friction Stir Back Extrusion (FSBE) of Lightweight Alloys", Fadi Abu-Farha and Justin Milner) in the Young Professional Technical Division Poster Contest, Light Metals Division, 2013 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, 03rd - 07th March 2013.

AW9. Received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award (NSF-CAREER) in March 2013. http://clemson.world/2014/01/five-faculty-awarded-nsf-early-career-grants/

AW10. Awarded the Young Researcher Fellowship at the 3rd MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 14th - 17th June 2005.

AW11. Received the Outstanding Paper Award (for "Microstructure-Based Modeling of Anisotropic Superplastic Deformation", Marwan Khraisheh and Fadi Abu-Farha) at the 31st Annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC/SME), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, May 2003.

AW12. Awarded the 1st Prize in the Student Poster Competition (for "Multiscale-Stability analysis on Superplastic deformation", Naveen Thuramalla and Fadi Abu-Farha) in the 2003 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, CA, 2nd - 6th March 2003.


AW13. Awarded the 2nd Prize in the Senior Design Project Competition, sponsored by the Jordanian Engineers Association, Amman, Jordan, 2002.

AW14. Awarded Al-Shami Honor Prize for ranking 1st in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 2002.

Invited Presentations:

IP1. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Digital Image Correlation for the Advanced Characterization of Multi-Phase Advanced High Strength Steels", invited presentation at the 2016 Zwick TestXpo, Ulm, Germany, 11th October 2016.

IP2. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Integrated Approach for the Sustainable Manufacturing of Lightweight Alloys for the Transportation Sector", invited presentation at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 28th September 2015.

IP3. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Advances in Material Characterization using Digital Image Correlation", invited ASM Technical Webinar (Organized by ASM International: World's Largest Association of Metals-Centric Engineers and Scientists), Webinar presented at Zwick USA, Kennesaw, GA, 28th June 2016.

IP4. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Advances in Material Characterization with Digital Image Correlation", invited presentation at the Trilion 2016 Conference and Training on Optical Metrology, Philadelphia, PA, 13th - 17th June 2016.

IP5. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], Jun Hu, Zeren Xu, Justin Milner, "Advanced Characterization of AHSSs with the Aid of Digital Image Correlation", invited presentation at the Materials Science and Technology 2015 (MS&T15) Conference and Exhibition _ Advanced Steel Metallurgy, Columbus, OH, 04th - 08th October, 2015.

IP6. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "On the Characterization, Processing and Sustainable Manufacturing of Lightweight Materials for the Transportation Sector", invited presentation at Brown University, Providence, RI, 24th November 2014.

IP7. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Characterisation, Processing and Manufacturing of Lightweight Alloys for the Transportation Sector", Invited Presentation at the University of Michigan - Dearborn, Dearborn, MI, 22nd November 2013.

IP8. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "DIC for the Advanced Characterization of Lightweight Materials", invited presentation at the Trilion 3D Optical Metrology Workshop, University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, MI, 30th October 2014

Other Recognition:

OR1. Won beam-time at Argonne National Lab. _ Advanced Photon Source for the proposal “Coupled 3D Digital Image Correlation and Synchrotron Measurements of Phase Transformation Kinetics In Situ of Tensile Deformation in Advanced High Strength Steels”, 03rd - 06th July 2015.

OR2. Invited to review a proposed ASTM standard document “ASTM E2218 _ Standard Method for Determining Forming Limit Curves", 04th May 2015.

OR3. Invited to serve as a Panelist on the Technical Panel “Measurement and Analysis of Forming Limit Diagrams using DIC _ Session M199”, 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 22nd April 2015.

OR4. Won beam-time at Argonne National Lab. _ Advanced Photon Source for the proposal “Coupled Stereo Digital Image Correlation and Synchrotron Measurements of Phase Transformation during In Situ Straining of Generation-3 Advanced High Strength Steels”, 19th – 22nd February 2015.


OR5. Won beam-time at Argonne National Lab. _ Advanced Photon Source for the proposal “Coupled Stereo Digital Image Correlation and Synchrotron Measurements of Phase Transformation during In Situ Straining of Generation-3 Advanced High Strength Steels”, 18th – 21st November 2014.

OR6. “Visiting Researcher” at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) – Mechanical Performance Group (Collaborating Colleagues: Dr. Steven Mates, Dr. William Luecke), Gaithersburg, MD, March 2014 - Current.

OR7. Invited Reviewer for the ISO 20032:2007 standard "Method of Evaluation of Tensile Properties of Metallic Superplastic Materials", assigned by the ISO international subcommittee on Ductility in May 2010.

OR8. Highlighted Presentation of the paper "On the Superplastic Forming of the AZ31 Magnesium Alloy", presented at the 7th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and their Applications, Dresden, Germany, November 2006.

OR9. Received the Student Travel Grant from Arizona State University to attend the 2006 NSF-DMII Grantees Conference, Saint Louis, MO, 24th - 27th July 2006.

OR10. Received the Student Travel Grant from Arizona State University to attend the 2005 NSF-DMII Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, 3rd - 6th January 2005.

SPONSORED PROJECTS

Funded Projects (>$50,000):

Total: $2,400,487

FP1. F. Abu-Farha, " Title: NA", Henkel Technologies USA (Contact: Mike Flener), project period: 01st January 2017 - 31st December 2018. [$320,000 _ 100%] Contract Pending

FP2. F. Abu-Farha, " Title: NA", BMW AG - FIZ (Contact: Dr. Martin Kunst), project period: 01st September - 15th December 2016. [$67,000 _ 100%] Current

FP3. F. Abu-Farha, " Title: NA", Trinity Rail (Contact: Dr. Robert Foster), project period: 15th September 2016 - 15th March 2018. [$194,000 _ 100%] Current

FP4. F. Abu-Farha, " Title: NA", BMW AG - FIZ (Contact: Dr. Martin Kunst), project period: 15th February - 15th August 2016. [$56,000 _ 100%] Completed

FP5. F. Abu-Farha, " Title: NA", Henkel Technologies USA (Contact: Mike Flener), project period: 01st Apr. 2015 - 30th Nov. 2016. [$250,000 _ 100%]


Current

FP6. F. Abu-Farha, " Title: NA", Koyo/JTEKT North America Corporation (Contact: Dr. Joshua Jones), project period: 01st June 2014 - 30th November 2015. [$125,000 _ 100%] Completed

FP7. F. Abu-Farha, "CMMI-1254670 _ CAREER: Integrated Materials-Mechanics-Manufacturing Approach to Hot Blank - Cold Press Forming of Lightweight Alloy Sheets", National Science Foundation CMMI-MPM, award period: 01st Mar. 2013 - 28th Feb. 2018. [$400,000 _ 100%] Current

FP8. "Integrated Computational Approach to Development of Lightweight 3GAHSS Vehicle Sub-Assembly", Awarded to the United States Automotive Materials Partnership (USAMP) by the Department of Energy DOE (in response to DE-FOA-0000648, AO12), award period: 13th March 2013 - 31st January 2017. [$6,000,000 overall _ PI's part is $647,727]

Current

FP9. F. Abu-Farha, "Hot Gas Forming of Aluminium Alloy Sheet Parts", General Motors Research and Development (Contact: Dr. Arianna Morales), 01st Feb. - 31st July 2012. [$61,000 _ 100%] Completed

FP10. F. Abu-Farha, "Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Press-Hardening Steels under Highly Transient Temperature Fields", General Motors Research and Development (Contact: Dr. Louis Hector, Jr.), September 2011 - August 2012. [$60,000 _ 100%] Funded _ Project Terminated due to moving to Clemson University

FP11. F. Abu-Farha, "CMMI-11000356 _ RUI: Controlled Biaxial Deformation in Lightweight Alloys at Elevated Temperatures", National Science Foundation CMMI-MOM, 15th July 2011 - 30th June 2015. [$219,760 _ 100%] Funded - Award reassigned to other PIs at Penn State Univ. due to moving to Clemson University

Small Projects (<$50,000):

Total: $116,895

SP1. F. Abu-Farha, “Characterizing the Material Behavior of Five Steel Grades at Different Strain Rates”, AK Steel _ Research and Development (Contact: Dr. Kavesary Raghavan), 01st August – 31st December 2015. [$15,000 _ 100%] Completed


SP2. F. Abu-Farha, “Friction Stir Back Extrusion of BR&T UHP Aluminium Alloys _ Feasibility Study”, The Boeing Company _ Boeing Research and Technology (Contact: Dr. Ali Yousefiani), 01st August – 31st October 2015. [$12,000 _ 100%] Completed

SP3. F. Abu-Farha, “Title: NA”, Steel Dynamics (Contact: Jim Principe), 01st March – 31st December 2015. [$32,130 _ 100%] Completed

SP4. F. Abu-Farha, “Title: NA”, ThyssenKrupp Steel NA (Contact: Dr. Lay Knoerr), 01st January – 31st December 2015. [$14,860 _ 100%] Completed

SP5. F. Abu-Farha, “Title: NA”, The NanoSteel Company (Contact: Dr. Brian Mecham), 01st Jan. – 31st August 2015. [$21,000 _ 100%] Completed

SP6. F. Abu-Farha, “Sheet Materials Cyclic Testing of Three Grades of Steel”, Auto Steel Partnership (Contact: Eric McCarty), 01st July – 31st December 2014. [$12,000 _ 100%] Completed

SP7. F. Abu-Farha, “Peripheral Friction Stir Processing (PFSP) for Extruding Lightweight Alloy Tubes _ Phase-II”, PA-DCED Innovation Grant, award period: 01st July – 31st December 2011. [$5,003 _ 100%] Completed

SP8. SFP8. F. Abu-Farha, “Peripheral Friction Stir Processing (PFSP) for Extruding Lightweight Alloy Tubes _ Phase-I”, PA-DCED Innovation Grant, 01st Feb. – 31st May 2011. [$4,902 _ 100%] Completed


TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Papers:

J1. F. Pourboghrat, K. Chung, T. Park, F. Abu-Farha, (2016), "An Evolutionary Yield Function Model Based on Plastic Work and Non-Associated Flow Rule", International Journal of Solids and Structures, Accepted.

J2. A. Srivastava, A. Bower, L. Hector, J. Carsley, L. Zhang, F. Abu-Farha, (2016), "A Multiscale Approach to Modeling Formability of Dual Phase Steels", Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. xx-xx.

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0965-0393/24/2/025011/meta J3. F. Haddadi, F. Abu-Farha, (2016), “The Effect of Interface Reaction on Vibration Evolution

and Performance of Aluminium to Steel High Power Ultrasonic Spot Joints”, Journal of Materials and Design, vol. 89, pp. 50-57. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924013615300297

J4. F. Haddadi, F. Abu-Farha, (2015), “Microstructural and Mechanical Performance of Aluminium to Steel High Power Ultrasonic Spot Welding”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 225, pp. 262-274. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924013615300297

J5. J.L. Milner, F. Abu-Farha, T.R. Kurfess V.H. Hammond, (2014), “Effects of Induced Shear Deformation on Microstructure and Texture Evolution in CP-Ti Rolled Sheets”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 619, pp.12-25. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921509314011095

J6. M. Grujicic, J. Snipes, S. Ramaswami, F. Abu-Farha, (2014), “Process Modeling, Joint-property Characterization and Construction of Joint Connectors for Mechanical Fastening by Self-piercing Riveting”, Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 631-658. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/mmms/10/4

J7. J.L. Milner, C.J. Bunget, F. Abu-Farha, T.R. Kurfess, V.H. Hammond, (2013), “Modeling Tensile Strength of Materials Processed by Accumulative Roll Bonding”, SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 219-226. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526612513000248

J8. J.L. Milner, F. Abu-Farha, C.J. Bunget, T.R. Kurfess, V.H. Hammond, (2013), “Grain Refinement and Mechanical Properties of CP-Ti Processed by Warm Accumulative Roll Bonding”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 561, pp. 109-117. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092150931201516X?v=s5

J9. M. Albakri, F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2013), “A New Combined Experimental-Numerical Approach to Evaluate Formability of Rate Dependent Materials”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 66, pp. 55-66. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020740312002275

J10. M. Cusick, F. Abu-Farha, P. Lours, Y. Maoult, G. Bernhart, M. Khraisheh, (2012), “Superplastic Forming of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy with Controlled Microstructure”, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 810-816. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mawe.201200035

J11. F. Abu-Farha, (2012), “A Preliminary Study on the Feasibility of Friction Stir Back Extrusion”, Scripta Materialia, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 615-618. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646212000863

J12. F. Abu-Farha, R. Verma, L. Hector, (2012), “High Temperature Composite Forming Limit Diagrams of Four Magnesium AZ31B Sheets Obtained by Pneumatic Stretching”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 212, no. 6, pp. 1414-1429.


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924013612000295 J13. F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, M. Nazzal, (2011), “Pneumatic Stretching Test for Evaluating the

Formability of AA5083 at QPF Conditions”, Journal of Steel Research International, special issue volume for ICTP 2011, pp. 860-864. http://www.materialsviews.com/the-10th-international-conference-on-technology-of-plasticity-ictp-2011/

J14. F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, Jr., (2011), “Sheet Orientation Effects on the Hot Formability Limits of Lightweight Alloys”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 133, no. 6, pp. 061005 1-8.

J15. F. Abu-Farha, (2011) “The Development of a Forming Limit Surface for 5083 Aluminium Alloy Sheet”, Journal of the Minerals Metals and Materials Society (JOM), vol. 63, no. 11, pp. 72-78. http://www.springerlink.com/content/882120702710t0q1/

J16. M. Nazzal, F. Abu-Farha, R. Curtis, (2011), “Finite Element Simulations for Investigating the Effects of Specimen Geometry in Superplastic Tensile Tests”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 865-876. http://www.springerlink.com/content/y7888j4089744851/

J17. F. Abu-Farha, M. Nazzal, R. Curtis, (2011), “Optimum Specimen Geometry for Accurate Tensile Testing of Superplastic Metallic Materials”, Experimental Mechanics, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 903-917. http://www.springerlink.com/content/q6420337850u3663/

J18. Fadi Abu-Farha, Mohammad Nazzal, (2010), “Advancing Elevated Temperature Hydro/Pneumatic Sheet Metal Forming Operations through Reverse Bulging”, Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, vol. 38, pp. 601-608.

J19. Fadi Abu-Farha, Louis Hector, Jr., (2010), “Developing Cruciform Specimen Geometries for Warm and Elevated Temperature Biaxial Testing”, Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, vol. 38, pp. 459-466.

J20. F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, M. Nazzal, (2010), “On the Development of Viable Cruciform-Shaped Specimens: Towards Accurate Elevated Temperature Biaxial Testing of Lightweight Materials”, Key Engineering Materials, vol. 433, pp. 93-101.

J21. M. Nazzal, F. Abu-Farha, (2010), “Finite Element Modeling of Superplastic Forming of Tubular Shapes”, Key Engineering Materials, vol. 433, pp. 179-184.

J22. F. Abu-Farha, M. Nazzal, R. Curtis, (2010), “The Effects of Specimen Geometry on the Accuracy of Tensile Testing of Metallic Superplastic Materials”, Key Engineering Materials, vol. 433, pp. 325-331.

J23. F. Abu-Farha, M. Nazzal, O. Rawashdeh, R. Michael, (2010), “Contact Sensors for Accurate Monitoring and Prediction of Sheet Deformation during Hydro/Pneumatic Forming Operations”, Key Engineering Materials, vol. 433, pp. 125-132.

J24. F. Abu-Farha, R. Curtis, (2009), “Quick-Mount Grips: Towards an Improved Standard for Uniaxial Tensile Testing of Metallic Superplastic Sheets”, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 836-841.

J25. F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, M. Khraisheh, (2009), “Cruciform-Shaped Specimens for Elevated Temperature Biaxial Testing of Lightweight Materials”, Journal of the Society of Minerals Metals and Materials (JOM), vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 48-56.

J26. F. Jarrar, F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, M. Khraisheh, (2009), “Simulation of High Temperature AA5083 Bulge Forming with a Hardening/Softening Material Model”, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 863-870.

J27. F. Abu-Farha, N. Shuaib, M. Khraisheh, K. Weinmann, (2008), “Limiting Strains of Sheet Metals Obtained by Pneumatic Stretching at Elevated Temperatures”, Annals of the CIRP, vol. 57, pp. 275-278.


J28. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2008), “Post-Superplastic Forming Analysis Under Different Loading Paths. Part One: Uniaxial Loading Case”, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 153-162.

J29. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2008), “An Integrated Approach to the Superplastic Forming of Lightweight Alloys: Towards Sustainable Manufacturing”, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, vol. 1, no. 1/2, pp. 18-40.

J30. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2007), “Analysis of Superplastic Deformation of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy”, Journal of Advanced Engineering Materials (JAEM), vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 777-783.

J31. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha, K. Weinmann, (2007), “Investigation of Post-Superplastic Forming Properties of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy”, vol. 56, no. 1, pp.289-292.

J32. B. Darras, M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha, M. Omar, (2007), “Friction Stir Processing of AZ31 Commercial Magnesium Alloy”, Journal of Material Processing Technology, vol. 191, no. 1-3, pp. 77-81.

J33. M. Nazzal, M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha, (2007), “The Effect of Strain Rate Sensitivity Evolution on the Deformation Stability During Superplastic Forming”, Journal of Material Processing Technology, vol. 191, no. 1-3, pp. 189-192.

J34. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2007), “Mechanical Characteristics of Superplastic Deformation of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy”, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 192-199.

J35. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2007), “On the High Temperature Testing of Superplastic Materials”, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 142-149.

J36. F. Abu-Farha, N. Rawashdeh, M. Khraisheh, (2007), “Superplastic Deformation of Magnesium Alloy AZ31 Under Biaxial Loading Condition”, Materials Science Forum, vol. 551-552, pp. 219-224.

J37. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha, M. Nazzal, K. Weinmann, (2006), “Combined Mechanics-Materials Based Optimization of Superplastic Forming of Magnesium AZ31 Alloy: Model Development and Experimental Validation“, Annals of the CIRP, vol. 55/1, pp. 233-236.

J38. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2005), “Modeling of Anisotropic Deformation in Superplastic Sheet Metal Stretching”, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, vol. 127, no. 1, pp. 159-164.

J39. F. Abu-Farha, M. Khraisheh, (2004), “Constitutive Modeling of Deformation-Induced Anisotropy in Superplastic Materials”, Materials Science Forum, vol. 447-448, pp. 165-170.

J40. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha, (2003), “Microstructure-Based Modeling of Anisotropic Superplastic Deformation”, Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI/SME), vol. 31, pp.41-47.

Refereed Conference Papers:

C1. N. Zhang, F. Abu-Farha, "Modeling and Simulating Material Behavior during Hot Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping of Aluminium Alloy Sheets", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (2016 NUMISHEET 2016), Bristol, UK, 04th - 09th September 2016.

C2. J. Hu, F. Abu-Farha, L. Knoerr, "Incorporating Transformation-Induced Plasticity Effect in the Prediction of Springback during Sheet Metal Stamping", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (2016 NUMISHEET 2016), Bristol, UK, 04th - 09th September 2016.


C3. A. Sheidaei, F. Pourboghrat, F. Abu-Farha, "Point-wise Inverse Characterization of Thermoplastic polymer Using DIC", Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 31st Technical Conference (ASC 2016), Williamsburg, VA, 19th - 22nd September 2016.

C4. S. Mates, F. Abu-Farha, "Opportunities for Inverse Analysis of High Strain Rate Tensile Measurements of Automotive Sheet Materials", Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Conference, Orlando, FL, 06th -09th June, 2016.

C5. W. Poling, V. Savic, X. Hu, F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, A. Sachdev, “Combined High Energy X-ray Diffraction and Digital Image Correlation Technique for Measurement of Austenite Transformation with Strain in TRIP Steels”, submitted to Proceedings of the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th -14th April, 2016.

C6. N. Stander, A. Basudhar, U. Basu, I. Gandikota, V. Savic, X. Sun, K. Choi, X. Hu, F. Pourboghrat, T. Park, A. Mapar, S. Kumar, H. Ghassemi-Armaki, F. Abu-Farha, “MultiScale Material Parameter Identification Using LS-DYNA and LS-OPT”, Proceedings of the 10th European LS-DYNA conference, Würzburg, Germany, 15th -17th June, 2015.

C7. Steven Mates, Fadi Abu-Farha, “Dynamic Tensile Behavior of a Quenched and Partitioned High Strength Steel using a Kolsky Bar”, Proceedings of the 2015 SEM Annual Conference and Exhibition (SEM 2015), Costa Mesa, CA, 08th - 11th June 2015.

C8. Jun Hu, Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha, “Revealing Dynamic Banding during High Temperature Deformation of Lightweight Materials using Digital Image Correlation”, Proceedings of the 2015 SEM Annual Conference and Exhibition (SEM 2015), Costa Mesa, CA, 08th - 11th June 2015.

C9. Steven Mates, Fadi Abu-Farha, “Dynamic Tensile Behavior of a Quenched and Partitioned High Strength Steel using a Kolsky Bar”, Proceedings of the 2015 SEM Annual Conference and Exhibition (SEM 2015), Costa Mesa, CA, 08th - 11th June 2015.

C10. Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha, “Characterizing and Modeling the Deformation of AA5182 for Hot Blank – Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping”, Proceedings of the 144th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2015), Orlando, FL, 15th - 19th March 2015.

C11. Justin L. Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha, “On the Manufacture of Lightweight Alloy Tubes via Friction Stir Back Extrusion: Process Evaluation and Material Performance”, Proceedings of the 09th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2014, Detroit, MI, 09th - 12th June 2014 (Paper No. MSEC2014-4148).

C12. Justin L. Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha, “Microstructural Evolution and its Relationship to the Mechanical Properties of Mg AZ31B Friction Stir Back Extruded Tubes”, Proceedings of the 143rd TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2014), San Diego, CA, 16th - 20th Feb. 2014.

C13. Justin L. Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha, Thomas Kurfess, “The Effect of Accumulative Roll Bonding and Post Process Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of CP-Ti”, Proceedings of the 08th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2013, Madison, WI, 10th - 14th June 2013 (Paper No. MSEC2013-1224).

C14. Justin Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha, “Friction Stir Back Extrusion of Mg AZ31B-F: a Preliminary Investigation”, Proceedings of the 142nd TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2013), San Antonio, TX, 03rd - 07th March 2013.

C15. Justin L. Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha, Cristina Bunget, Thomas Kurfess, Vincent Hammond, “Grain Refinement and Mechanical Properties of CP-Ti Processed by Warm Accumulative Roll Bonding”, Proceedings of the 142nd TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2013), San Antonio, TX, 03rd - 07th March 2013.

C16. Fadi Abu-Farha, "Spiral Friction Stir Processing (SFSP) for the Extrusion of Lightweight Alloy Tubes”, Proceedings of the 07th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2012, Notre Dame, IN, 04th - 08th June 2012 (Paper No. MSEC2012-7358).


C17. Fadi Abu-Farha, Ravi Verma, Louis G. Hector, “Hot Formability Curves for Four AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheets Obtained by the Pneumatic Stretching Test”, Magnesium Technology 2012, Proceedings of the 141st TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2012), Edited by: S.N. Mathaudhu, W.H. Sillekens, N.R. Neelameggham, N. Hort, Orlando, FL, 11th - 15th March 2012, pp. 289-294.

C18. M. Nazzal, F. Abu-Farha, F. Jarrar, “The Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on Superplastic Deformation Stability in the Presence of Cavitation”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2011), Aachen, Germany, 25th-30th September 2011, pp. 1061-1065.

C19. Fadi Abu-Farha and Brad Deeter, “Sheet Orientation Effects on the Formability Limits of the AZ31B Magnesium Alloy at SPF Conditions”, Proceedings of the 06th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2011, Corvallis, OR, 13th - 17th June 2011 (Paper No. MSEC2011-50177).

C20. Fadi Abu-Farha, Louis G. Hector, Jr., and Paul E. Krajewski, “Forming Limit Curves for the AA5083 Alloy under Quick Plastic Forming Conditions”, Proceedings of the 2011 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th-14th April 2011 (Paper No. SAE 2011-11-0235).

C21. Fadi Abu-Farha, “Reverse Bulging in Hydro/Pneumatic Sheet Metal Forming Operations: Is It Worth It?”, Proceedings of the 05th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2010, Erie, PA, 12th-15th October 2010 (Paper No. MSEC2010-34285).

C22. Fadi Abu-Farha, Joshua Sabo and Craig Herring, “In Pursuit of an Integrated Methodology for Accurate Elevated Temperature and Superplastic Tensile Testing”, Proceedings of the 05th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2010, Erie, PA, 12th-15th October 2010 (Paper No. MSEC2010-34284).

C23. F. Abu-Farha and L. Hector, “Cruciform Geometries for Elevated-Temperature Biaxial Testing of Magnesium AZ31B”, Proceedings of the 139th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2010), Seattle, WA, 14th-18th 2010.

C24. M. Cusick, F. Abu-Farha, P. Lours, Y. Maoult, G. Bernhart and M. Khraisheh, “Towards Superplastic Forming of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy with Controlled Microstructure”, Proceedings of the EuroSPF 2008 Conference, Carcassonne, France, 03rd – 05th September 2008.

C25. F. Abu-Farha and R. V. Curtis, “On the Standard Test Methods for Evaluating the Tensile Properties of Metallic Superplastic Sheets”, Proceedings of the EuroSPF 2008 Conference, Carcassonne, France, 03rd – 05th September 2008.

C26. F. Abu-Farha, M. Nazzal and M. Khraisheh, “An Experimental Study on the Stability of Superplastic Deformation of AZ31 Mg Alloy”, Proceedings of the 10th ESAFORM (European Scientific Association for material FORming) Conference on Material Forming, Zaragoza, Spain, 18th - 20th April 2007.

C27. F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, “On the Superplastic Forming of the AZ31 Magnesium Alloy”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and their Applications, Dresden, Germany, 6th - 9th November 2006, pp. 399-405.

C28. F. Abu-Farha, “Constitutive Modeling of Anisotropy and Microstructural Evolution during Superplastic Deformation”, Proceedings of the 3rd MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, 14th - 17th June 2005, pp. 36-39.

C29. F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, “Deformation Characteristics of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Under Various Forming Temperatures and Strain Rates”, Proceedings of the 8th ESAFORM (European Scientific Association for material FORming) Conference on Material Forming, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 27th - 29th April 2005, pp. 627-630.


C30. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha and P. Deshmukh, “Microstructure-Based Modeling and Simulation of Superplastic Forming Process”, Proceedings of the 2004 European Conference on Superplastic Forming, Albi, France, 2004, pp. 75-80.

C31. P. Deshmukh, N. Thuramalla, F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, “Integrated Approach to Optimization of Superplastic Forming”, Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming, the 133rd TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2004), Charlotte, NC, March 2004, pp. 361-369.

C32. F. Abu-Farha, P. Deshmukh, N. Thuramalla and M. Khraisheh, “Superplastic Forming: Stretching the Limits of Fabricating Medical Devices and Implants”, Medical Device Materials: Proceedings of the ASM Materials & Processes for Medical Devices Conference, September 2003, Anaheim, CA, pp. 368-373.

Conference Presentations & Posters (Without a Technical Publication):

P1. R. Alturk [Presenter], W. Lueke, S. Mates, F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector, Jr, K. Raghavan, "Rate Effects on the Stress/Strain Response and Plastic Anisotropy in Several Steel Sheets", presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P2. J. Hu, F. Abu-Farha [Presenter], "Bake Hardening Behavior of Advanced High Strength Steels under Different Paint-Baking and Pre-strain Conditions", presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P3. F. Abu-Farha [Presenter], J. Hu, Z. Xu, J. Milner, "Effects of Microstructural Inhomogeneity on the Deformation and Failure of Multi-Phase Steels", presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P4. N. Zhang [Presenter], F. Abu-Farha, "Investigation of Plastic Anisotropy in Various Sheet Metals under Uniaxial and Biaxial Loading Conditions", presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P5. N. Zhang, F. Abu-Farha [Presenter], "Hot Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping of Aluminium Alloy Sheets: Characterization, Modeling, Simulations and Validation", presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P6. J. Hu [Presenter], F. Abu-Farha, Z. Xu, "Tension-Compression Asymmetry in Advanced High Strength Steels", accepted for presentation at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P7. N. Zhang, J. Hu, F. Abu-Farha [Presenter], "Coupling Infrared Thermography and Digital Image Correlation for Investigating the Deformation and Failure of Lightweight Metals", presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 12th - 14th April 2016.

P8. F. Abu-Farha, X. Hu, Y. Ren, L. Hector, X. Sun, "DIC In-Situ of Tensile Deformation and Synchrotron Diffraction for the Accurate Investigation of Austenite-to-Martensite Transformation in AHSSs", poster presented at the 2016 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 14th - 18th February 2016.

P9. N. Zhang, F. Abu-Farha, "Coupled Infrared Thermography and Digital Image Correlation for Advanced Characterization of Material Behavior During Hot Stamping", poster presented at the 2016 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 14th - 18th February 2016.

P10. J. Hu, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Bake Hardenability of QP980 under Different Stamping and Baking Cycle Conditions", presented at the Materials Science and Technology 2015 (MS&T15) Conference and Exhibition, Columbus, OH, 04th - 08th October, 2015.

P11. J. Hu, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Investigation of Portevin-Le Châtelier Banding in Advanced-High Strength Steels", presented at the Materials Science and Technology 2015 (MS&T15) Conference and Exhibition, Columbus, OH, 04th - 08th October, 2015.


P12. Justin Milner, Zeren Xu, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Novel Processing with Intensified Shear Deformation for Ultra High Performance Lightweight Metals", presented at the Materials Science and Technology 2015 (MS&T15) Conference and Exhibition, Columbus, OH, 04th - 08th October, 2015.

P13. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Mass Efficient Technologies for Automotive Lightweighting", presented at the BMW Group - We Live Innovations Event, BMW AG, Munich, Germany, 13th July 2015.

P14. Grant Thomas [Presenter], David Matlock, R. Rana, Louis Hector, Jody Hall, Eric McCarty, Fadi Abu-Farha; Integrated Computational Material Engineering _ Lab Heat Results Supporting DOE Targets for 03rd Gen. AHSSs", Presented at 2015 Great Designs in Steels, Livonia, MI, 13th May 2015.

P15. Jun Hu, Fadi Abu-Farha [Presenter], "Developing the Forming Limit Curves for QP980 Steel Sheets", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P16. Jun Hu [Presenter], Fadi Abu-Farha, "A Comparison Between Different Digital Image Correlation Based Techniques for Determining the Forming Limits of Sheet Metals", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P17. Jun Hu [Presenter], Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha, "On the Use of Digital Image Correlation for Studying Deformation and Failure of Lightweight Materials at Various Temperatures and Rates", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P18. Fadi Abu-Farha [Presenter], Rakan Alturk, Jun Hu, Steven Mates, William Luecke, Ling Zhang, John Carsley, "A Comparison between Deformation Measurements with Different Digital Image Correlation Systems: Are we Reading the Same Strains?", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P19. Nan Zhang [Presenter], Fadi Abu-Farha, "Non-Isothermal Material Deformation during Hot Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping of Aluminium Alloy Sheets", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P20. Aashish Rohatgi [presenter], Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha, "Formability and Strength of AA7075 Aluminum: Effect of Strain-rate and Temper", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P21. Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha [Presenter], "Forming High Strength 7075 Aluminium Alloy Sheets by Integrated Press Quenching / Bake Aging Approach", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P22. Jun Hu [Presenter], Fadi Abu-Farha, Louis Hector, Jody Hall, "Adiabatic Heating and Its Effects on Material Deformation during Stamping of Quenched and Partitioned Steel", presented at the 2015 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 21st - 23rd April 2015.

P23. Zeren Xu [Presenter], Justin Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha, "Effects of Friction Stir Back Extrusion on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Evolution in Magnesium and Aluminium Alloys", presented at the 2015 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 15th - 19th March 2015.

P24. Jun Hu [Presenter], Fadi Abu-Farha, Louis Hector, Jody Hall, "Investigation of Temperature Effects on the Tensile Deformation Characteristics of a Quenched and Partitioned Steel using Digital Image Correlation", presented at the 2015 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 15th - 19th March 2015.

P25. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Advanced Material Testing and Characterization Aided by Digital Image Correlation", presentation at Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL, 21st November 2014.

P26. Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Hot Blank - Cold (HB-CD) Stamping of Aluminium Alloy Sheets: A Preliminary Study", Presented at the Materials Science and Technology 2014 (MS&T14) Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, 12th - 16th October 2014.


P27. Zeren Xu, Justin Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Friction Stir Back Extrusion of Mg AZ31 and AA6063 Tubes: Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties", Presented at the Materials Science and Technology 2014 (MS&T14) Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, 12th - 16th October 2014.

P28. Jun Hu, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Characterizing the Deformation of a Quenched and Partitioned Steel Sheet", Presented at the Materials Science and Technology 2014 (MS&T14) Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, 12th - 16th October 2014.

P29. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Towards Sustainable Manufacturing of Lightweight Alloy Components for the Transportation Sector", Presented at the 04th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing, Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing @ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 12th September 2014.

P30. Zeren Xu, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Microstructure, Texture and Mechanical Behaviour of Friction Stir Back Extruded (FSBE) AA6061-T6", Presented at the 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL 16th - 19th June 2014.

P31. Abdelrahim Khal, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Characterising and Modelling the Non-Isothermal Deformation of Magnesium Alloys for Hot Blank-Cold Die (HB-CD) Sheet Forming", Presented at the 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL 16th - 19th June 2014.

P32. Justin Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Friction Stir Back Extrusion (FSBE) of the AZ31 Magnesium Alloy", Presented at the 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL 16th - 19th June 2014.

P33. Nan Zhang, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Characterization of Material Behavior and Constitutive Modelling of Aerospace Aluminum Alloy Sheets for Hot Blank-Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping", Presented at the 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL 16th - 19th June 2014.

P34. Justin Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of CP-Ti processed by Accumulative Roll Bonding and Isolated Shear Rolling", Presented at the 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL 16th - 19th June 2014.

P35. Justin L. Milner, Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Evolution in Mg AZ31B Friction Stir Back Extruded Tubes", Presented at the 2014 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 08th - 10th April 2014.

P36. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], Nan Zhang, "Non-Isothermal Material Deformation during Hot Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Sheet Stamping: Preliminary Study", Presented at the 2013 SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, 16th - 18th April 2013.

P37. Fadi Abu-Farha, Justin Milner, "Friction Stir Back Extrusion (FSBE) of Lightweight Alloys", Poster presented at the 2013 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (Young Professional Technical Division Poster Contest - Light Metals Division), San Antonio, TX, 03rd - 07th March 2013.

P38. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], Justin Milner, "Modified Friction Stir Processing for the Back Extrusion of Lightweight Alloy Tubes", Presented at the 2013 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, 03rd - 07th March 2013.

P39. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Characterisation-Processing-Manufacturing of Lightweight Materials", Presented at the Southern Advanced Materials Research Exchange (SAMTA) Conference, Greenville, SC, 28th February 2013.

P40. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], "Developing a Forming Limit Surface (FLS) for the AZ31B Magnesium Alloy", Presented at SAE 2012 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 24th - 26th April 2012.

P41. Fadi Abu-Farha [presenter], Ravi Verma, Louis G. Hector, "High Temperature Forming Limit Diagrams of AZ31B Magnesium Sheets Obtained by the Pneumatic Stretching Test", Presented at SAE 2012 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 24th - 26th April 2012.


P42. D. Lowe, E. Orton, F. Abu-Farha, "Investigating the Post-Forming Properties of the AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Following Biaxial Stretching", Student poster presented at Materials Science and Technology 2011 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'11), Columbus, OH, 16th - 20th October 2011.

P43. J. Curtin, N. Snyder, F. Abu-Farha, "Effects of Rolling Direction on the Limiting Strains in Mg AZ31B Sheets", Student poster presented at Materials Science and Technology 2011 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'11), Columbus, OH, 16th - 20th October 2011.

P44. F. Abu-Farha [presenter], L.G. Hector, Jr., R. Verma, J. Curtin, N. Snyder, "Pneumatic Stretching Through Open Die Inserts for Constructing the FLDs of Lightweight Alloys at Elevated Temperatures", Presented at Materials Science and Technology 2011 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'11), Columbus, OH, 16th - 20th October 2011.

P45. M. Albakri, F. Abu-Farha [presenter], M. Khraisheh, "Mechanical versus Pneumatic Stretching: Evaluation of Limiting Strains in Sheet Metals at Elevated Temperatures", Presented at the 06th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC 2011, Corvallis, OR, 13th - 17th June 2011.

P46. F. Abu-Farha [presenter], L. Hector and M. Nazzal, "On the Formability of AA5083 at Elevated Temperatures by Pneumatic Stretching", Presented in the Symposium on Superplastic Forming at AeroMat 2010, Bellevue, WA, 21st - 24th June 2010.

P47. M. Nazzal [presenter], F. Jarrar and F. Abu-Farha, "Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on Superplastic Deformation Stability", Presented in the Symposium on Superplastic Forming at AeroMat 2010, Bellevue, WA, 21st - 24th June 2010.

P48. M. Nazzal [presenter] and F. Abu-Farha, "Finite Element Simulations of a Hybrid Forming Process: Combined Deep Drawing and Superplastic Forming", Presented in the Symposium on Superplastic Forming at AeroMat 2010, Bellevue, WA, 21st - 24th June 2010.

P49. F. Abu-Farha [presenter], M. Nazzal and R. Curtis, "Towards an Improved Standard Methodology for Determining the Tensile Properties of Metallic Superplastic Materials", Presented at the 10th International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials, Seattle, WA, 29th June - 02nd July 2009.

P50. F. Abu-Farha [presenter], L. Hector and M. Nazzal, "On the Development of Viable Cruciform-Shaped Specimens: Towards Accurate Elevated Temperature Biaxial Testing of Lightweight Materials", Presented at the 10th International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials, Seattle, WA, 29th June - 02nd July 2009.

P51. F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and M. Nazzal, "On the Time-Saving Potentials of Reverse/Forward Superplastic Forming", Presented at the 10th International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials, Seattle, WA, 29th June - 02nd July 2009.

P52. F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and Nazzal, M. A., "Alternative Validation Technique for Accurate Modelling of Hydro/ Pneumatic Forming Operations," Presented at AeroMat 2009, Dayton, OH, June 2009.

P53. F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and Nazzal, M. A., "A Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Reverse Bulging of Lightweight Superplastic Sheets," Presented at AeroMat 2009, Dayton, OH, June 2009.

P54. F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector [presenter] and M. Khraisheh, "The Development of Viable Cruciform-Shaped Specimens for Accurate Biaxial Testing of Magnesium Alloys", Presented in the Symposium on Magnesium Technology at the TMS 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 15th - 19th February 2009.

P55. F. Jarrar [presenter], F. Abu-Farha, L. Hector and M. Khraisheh, "Finite Element Simulation of Bulge Forming of Superplastic AA5083 Sheets under QPF Conditions", Presented at the 2008 AeroMAT Conference, Austin, Texas, June 2008.

P56. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha and M. Nazzal, "Integrated Approach to Optimization of Superplastic Forming of Advanced Materials", Poster presented at the 2008 NSF


Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, TN, 07th - 10th January 2008.

P57. F. Abu-Farha [presenter], M. Nazzal and M. Khraisheh, "Superplastic Forming of Lightweight Alloys: An Integrated Approach", Presented in the Symposium on Automotive and Ground Vehicles: Materials and Processes for Vehicles, at Materials Science and Technology 2007 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T'07), Detroit, MI, 16th - 20th September, 2007.

P58. F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and M. Khraisheh, "Post-Superplastic Forming Analysis under Different Loading Paths", Presented at the 18th AeroMat Conference & Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland, 25th - 28th June 2007.

P59. F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, "On the Post-Superplastic Forming of the AZ31 Magnesium Alloy", Student poster presented at the 136th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 25th February - 01st March 2007.

P60. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha, M. Nazzal and Basil Darras, "Integrated Approach to Optimisation of Superplastic Forming of Advanced Materials", Poster presented at the 2006 NSF-DMII Grantees Conference, St. Louis, MO, 24th - 27th July 2006.

P61. F. Abu-Farha, "On the High Temperature Superplastic Deformation in the AZ31 Magnesium Alloy", Poster presented in the Student Poster Session at The 2006 NSF DMII Grantees Conference, St. Louis, Mo, 24th - 27th July 2006.

P62. F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and M. Khraisheh, "Observations on the High Temperature Tensile Testing of Superplastic Materials", Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD), Orlando, FL, 20th - 22nd June 2005.

P63. F. Abu-Farha [presenter], "Constitutive Modeling of Anisotropy and Microstructural Evolution during Superplastic Deformation", Presented at the 3rd MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, 14th - 17th June 2005.

P64. F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, "Deformation Characteristics of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Under Various Forming Temperatures and Strain Rates", Poster presented at the 8th ESAFORM (European Scientific Association for material FORming) Conference on Material Forming, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 27th - 29th April 2005.

P65. M. Khraisheh, F. Abu-Farha and M. Nazzal, "Constitutive Modelling, Optimisation & FE Simulation of Superplastic Forming Process", Poster presented at The 2005 NSF DMII Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, 3rd - 6th January 2005.

P66. P. Deshmukh, N. Thuramalla, F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and M. Khraisheh, "Integrated Approach to Optimization of Superplastic Forming", Presented in the Symposium on Advances in Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming, the 133rd TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Charlotte, NC, 14th - 18th March 2004.

P67. F. Abu-Farha [presenter] and M. Khraisheh, "Analysis of Anisotropy During Superplastic Deformation", Presented at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T 2003), Chicago, IL, 9th - 12th November 2003.

P68. F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, "Constitutive Modeling of Deformation-Induced Anisotropy in Superplastic Materials", Poster presented at the 8th International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials, Oxford, UK, 28th - 30th July 2003.

P69. N. Thuramalla, F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, "Multiscale-Stability analysis on Superplastic deformation", Poster presented in the poster session at the 132nd TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, CA, 2nd - 6th March 2003.


Books and Book Chapters:

B1. F. Abu-Farha and R. Curtis, “Standards for Uniaxial Tensile Testing of Superplastic Materials”, Chapter-2 of the Book “Superplastic Forming of Advanced Metallic Materials: Methods and Applications“, Editor: Dr. Gillo Giuliano, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, July 2011.

Patents and Intellectual Property:

PA1. F. Abu-Farha, “Extruded Tubing via Friction Stir Forming”, US Provisional Patent Application No. 61/547,148; Filed on the 14th October 2011.

PA2. F. Abu-Farha, J. Roth and O. Rawashdeh, “Controlled Balanced Biaxial Testing Apparatus Using a Self-Centring Four-Jaw Chuck”, US Provisional Patent Application No. 61/090,633; Filed on the 21st August 2008.

PA3. F. Abu-Farha, J. Roth and G. Craig, “Quick-Mount Grips for Elevated & Cryogenic Temperature Tensile Testing”, US Provisional Patent Application No. 61/088,489; Filed on the 13th August 2008.

PA4. F. Abu-Farha and M. Khraisheh, “Uniaxially-Driven Controlled Biaxial Testing Fixture”, US Patent No. 7,712,379 B2; filed on the 14th May 2008, issued on the 11th May 2010.

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Societal Technical Committees:

1. Serving on the “Metallic Materials Committee” within the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) (April 2012 - Current).

Session / Symposium Organizer/Co-organizer:

1. Co-organizing and co-chairing session M102 "Advances in Lightweight Materials ", SAE World Congress 2017 (WCX17), Detroit, MI, 04th – 06th April 2017.

2. Co-organized and co-chairing session M102 "Advances in Lightweight Materials ", SAE 2016 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 12th – 14th April 2016.

3. Co organized and co-chaired session M102 "Advances in Lightweight Materials ", SAE 2015 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 21st – 23rd April 2015.

4. Co organized and co-chaired session M205 "Magnesium Technologies", SAE 2014 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 08th - 10th April 2014.

5. Co organized and co-chaired session M205 "Magnesium Technologies", SAE 2013 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 16th - 18th April 2013.

6. Co-chaired session M213 "Magnesium Technologies", SAE 2012 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 24th - 26th April 2012.

7. Co-chaired a session of the symposium on “Advances in Metal Forming”, the 06th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2011), Corvallis, OR, 13th - 17th June 2011.

8. Co-chaired a session of the symposium on “Advances in Metal Forming”, the 05th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2010), Erie, PA, 12th - 15th October 2010.


9. Co-chaired a session of the symposium on “Superplasticity in Metal Alloys”, the 10th International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials (ICSAM 2009), Seattle, WA, 29th June – 02nd July 2009.

Journal Editor / Co-Editor / Assistant Editor:

1. Sanders, D., Hefti, L., Abu-Farha, F. (Assistant Editor), Hector, L., and Ramulu, M., (2010), Key Engineering Materials, vol. 433, “Special Issue on: Superplasticity in Advanced Materials”.

Host of Workshops and Technical Meetings

1. Co-organized and hosted a Workshop with Trilion Quality Systems on “3D Optical Metrology”, CU-ICAR, Greenville, SC, 05th November 2015.

2. Hosted a “Materials Testing Seminar and Workshop” with INSTRON Corporation, CU-ICAR, Greenville, SC, 22nd July 2014.

3. Organized and hosted a Workshop with HITACHI – EDAX on “Latest Innovations in Electron Microscopy & Microanalysis Applications for Automotive Materials”, CU-ICAR, Greenville, SC, 26th March 2014.

4. Hosted a “Materials Testing Seminar and Workshop” with INSTRON Corporation, CU-ICAR, Greenville, SC, 29th May 2013.

5. Co-organized and co-hosted the Southern Advanced Materials Research Exchange (SAMTA) Conference, CU-ICAR, Greenville, SC, 28th February 2013.

Technical Reviewer:

Archival Journals:

Experimental Mechanics. International Journal of Material Forming. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Journal of Cleaner Production. Journal of Engineering Materials Engineering (ASME). Journal of Manufacturing Processes (SME). Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ASME). Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. Key Engineering Materials. Manufacturing Letters. Materials Science and Engineering A. Modelling and Simulations in Materials Science and Engineering.

Archival Journals:

SAE World Congress 2016 _ "Advances in Lightweight Materials – M102". SAE World Congress 2015 _ "Advances in Lightweight Materials – M102". SAE World Congress 2014 _ "Advances in Lightweight Materials – M102" SAE World Congress 2013 _ "Advances in Lightweight Materials – M102" SAE World Congress 2012 _ "Advances in Lightweight Materials – M102"


MSEC2012 _ The 07th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. MSEC2011 _ The 06th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. MSEC2010 _ The 05th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. Proposals:

US Army Research Office RESEARCH STUDENTS

Graduate Research Advising:

1. Aravindhan Raveendran, PhD in Automotive Engineering 07/2016 - Current

2. Rohit Singh, MS in Automotive Engineering 01/2016 - Current

3. Gopinath Kannadasan, PhD in Automotive Engineering 01/2016 - Current

4. Rakan Alturk, PhD in Automotive Engineering 08/2014 - Current

5. Zeren Xu, PhD in Automotive Engineering 07/2013 - Current

6. Jun Hu, PhD in Automotive Engineering 07/2012 - 12/2016 PhD Dissertation: Characterization and Modeling of Deformation and Springback in Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSSs)

7. Nan Zhang, PhD in Automotive Engineering 07/2012 - 05/2016 PhD Dissertation: Characterizing, Modeling and Simulating the Non Isothermal Material Behavior in Hot Blank – Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping of Automotive Aluminum Alloy Sheets

8. Abdelrahim Khal, MS in Automotive Engineering 08/2013 - 08/2015 Non-Thesis Option, Research Topics: “Hot Blank – Cold Die Stamping of Magnesium Alloy Sheets”

9. Matthew Krugh, MS in Automotive Engineering 06/2013 - 12/2014 Non-Thesis Option, Research Topics: “High Rate Deformation of Advanced High Strength Steels”

10. Justin Milner, PhD in Automotive Engineering 01/2012 - 08/2014 PhD Dissertation: “Advanced Bulk Processing of Lightweight Materials for the Transportation Sector”

11. Ashish Karve, MS in Automotive Engineering 04/2013 - 12/2013 Non-Thesis Option, Research Topics: “Sustainable Mobility, Energy Efficiency through Education”


Graduate Committees:

1) Justin Milner, PhD in Automotive Engineering, Committee Chair 07/2014 Dissertation: “Advanced Bulk Processing of Lightweight Materials for the Transportation Sector”

2) Nan Zhang, PhD in Automotive Engineering, Committee Chair 05/2016 Dissertation: “Characterizing, Modeling and Simulating the Non Isothermal Material Behavior in Hot Blank – Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping of Automotive Aluminum Alloy Sheets”

3) Yujie Chen, PhD in Automotive Engineering, Committee Member 03/2013 Dissertation: “Prediction of Subsurface Damage during Machining on Nickel-based Superalloys”

4) Joshua Jones, PhD in Automotive Engineering, Committee Member 11/2012 Dissertation: “Formability Modeling and Process Control of Electrically-Assisted Forming (EAF) for Sheet Metals in Uniaxial Tension”

5) Ala Qattawi, PhD in Automotive Engineering, Committee Member 09/2012 Dissertation: “Extending Origami Techniques to Fold Forming of Sheet Metal Products”

6) Ahmad Mayyas, PhD in Automotive Engineering, Committee Member 03/2012 Dissertation: “Expert-based Approach for Material Selection Using Numerical Ranking and Sustainability Indices for Body-in-White”

Undergraduate Research Advising:

1. John Curtin, BS in Mechanical Engineering 10/2010 – 12/2011 2. Nick Snyder, BS in Mechanical Engineering 10/2010 – 12/2011 3. Dan Low, BS in Mechanical Engineering 10/2010 – 12/2011 4. Eric Orton, BS in Mechanical Engineering 10/2010 – 12/2011 5. Brad Deeter, BS in Mechanical Engineering 07/2010 – 12/2010 6. Craig Herring, BS in Mechanical Engineering 08/2009 – 05/2010 7. Joshua Sabo, BS in Mechanical Engineering 01/2009 – 05/2010 Awards and Recognition of Supervised Students:

1. Rakan Alturk (PhD): Was offered the opportunity to work as a technical intern at General Motors Research and Development (Advisor: Dr. Lou Hector, Jr.), Warren, MI; May – August 2016.

2. Jun Hu (PhD): Was offered the opportunity to work as a technical intern at ThyssenKrupp Steel North America (Advisor: Dr. Lay Knoerr), Southfield, MI; May - August 2016.

3. Rakan Alturk (PhD): Was offered the opportunity to work as a guest researcher at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) – Material group (Advisor: Dr. William Lueke), Gaithersburg, MD; August 2015 – August 2016 (worked at NIST 12th – 21st August 2015).

4. Jun Hu (PhD): Was offered the opportunity to work as a technical intern at ThyssenKrupp Steel North America (Advisor: Dr. Lay Knoerr), Southfield, MI; May – December 2015.


5. Nan Zhang (PhD) Won the 2015 TMS Light Metals Subject Award _ Aluminum Alloys (for the paper "Characterizing and Modeling the Deformation of AA5182 for Hot-Blank - Cold Die (HB-CD) Stamping", Nan Zhang and Fadi Abu-Farha); paper was presented at the 2015 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 15th - 19th March 2015.

6. Rakan Alturk (PhD): Was offered the opportunity to work as a technical intern at General Motors Research and Development (Advisor: Dr. Lou Hector, Jr.), Warren, MI; June – August 2015.

7. Nan Zhang (PhD): Was offered the opportunity to work as a visiting scholar at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) (Advisor: Dr. Aashish Rohatgi), Richland, WA; June – August 2014.

8. Justin Milner (PhD): Received the “PhD student of the Year Award” by the department of Automotive Engineering, 18th October 2013.

9. Jun Hu (PhD): Won the NSF/ASME Essay Competition in “Challenges in Design of Complex Systems”, through the 2013 ASME Design Technical Conference (IDETC), Portland, Oregon, 4-7th August 2013. http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2013/EssayCompetition.cfm

10. Justin Milner (PhD): won the best poster award in the “Young Professional Technical Division Poster Contest - Light Metals Division” at the 2013 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 03rd - 07th March 2013. "Poster Title: Friction Stir Back Extrusion (FSBE) of Lightweight Alloys".

11. John Curtin and Nick Snyder (Undergraduate): received the 01st place award for the best oral presentation at Penn State Behrend-Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, 16th April 2011. “Presentation Title: Formability of Magnesium Alloy AZ31B at High Temperatures”.

12. Craig Herring (Undergraduate): received the 02nd place award for the best oral presentation at Penn State Behrend-Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, 01st May 2010. “Presentation Title: Characterizing the Superplastic Properties of the AZ31B Magnesium Alloy”.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM) [since 2015] American Society of Metals (ASM International) [since 2003] The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) [since 2003] Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) [since 2002] American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) [2002-2008] Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) [since 2002]


OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 1. Led and organized a one-day event in which we hosted students from the South Carolina

Governor's School for Science and Math (Hartsville, SC) at CU-ICAR. The students were exposed to selected research activities and given some hands on experience in topics related to Materials, Manufacturing and Engines. The event took place on the 24th September 2016.

2. Contributed to two one-week summer camps at CU-ICAR in coordination with the "Clemson University Summer Scholars Program". The program hosted two groups of 18 high school students from around the country. The camps immersed the students into various hands-on research activities within Automotive Engineering. Work on preparations for the camps spanned between April-June 2016. The camps took place 25th - 29th July, 01st - 05th August 2016.

3. Led and co-organized three one-week summer camps at CU-ICAR in coordination with the "Clemson University Summer Scholars Program". The program hosted two groups of 18 male-only high school students, and one group of 11 girl-only high school students; the students came from around the country. The camps immersed the students into various hands-on research activities within Automotive Engineering, with focus on two themes: Advanced Manufacturing (Camp 1) and Sustainable Transportation (camps 2 & 3). Work on developing and preparing for camps spanned between October 2014 and August 2015. The three camps took place 13th - 17th July, 27th - 31st July and 03rd - 07th August 2015.

4. Led and co-organized a one-day event in which we hosted students from the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Math (Hartsville, SC) at CU-ICAR. The students were exposed to selected research activities and given some hands on experience in topics related to materials, manufacturing and batteries. The event took place on the 28th February 2015.

5. Participated in hosting the Green Charter School (Greenville, SC) at CU-ICAR to discuss potential partnership, 04th December 2014.

6. Visited Green Charter School (Greenville, SC) to discuss potential partnership, 23rd October 2014.

7. Hosted students and teachers from the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Math (Hartsville, SC) at CU-ICAR to introduce them to the center and kick-off future outreach activities, 22nd August 2014.

8. Led and co-Organized two one-week summer camps at CU-ICAR in coordination with the "Clemson University Summer Scholars Program". The program hosted two groups of 18 high school students each; the students came from around the country. The camps immersed the students into various hands-on research activities within Automotive Engineering. Work on developing and preparing for camps spanned between October 2013 and July 2014. The two camps took place 07th - 11th July and 21st - 24th July 2014.

9. Participated in hosting students and teachers from St. Joseph High School (Greenville, SC) at CU-ICAR and provide an overview of automotive engineering and research, 21st May 2014.

10. Led and co-Organized a one-week summer camp at CU-ICAR in coordination with the "Clemson University Summer Scholars Program". The program hosted a group of 15 high school students from around the country. The camp immersed the students into various hands-on research activities within Automotive Engineering. Work on developing and preparing for camp spanned between October 2012 and July 2013. The camp took place 08th - 12th July 2013.

Documents

Curriculum Vitae _ Fadi Abu-Farha