Khalid Lafdi
Professor; Wright Brothers Institute Endowed Chair in Nanomaterials
Full-Time Faculty
School of Engineering: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Location: Shroyer Park Center Room 1220
- Phone: 937-229-4797
- Email: Contact
Profile
- Resident Scientist and Professor, University of Dayton, 2001-present
- Research Scientist, NSF Friction Center and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1996-2001
- Visiting Scholar at Materials Technology Center and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1994-1996
- Lecturer, Pau University, France 1993
- Researcher, National Research Center (CNRS), 1992
- Postdoctoral Fellow (England and Japan) and Researcher, CNRS, 1990-1991
Selected Patents
- Lafdi, K. Method of growing carbon nanotubes and nanofibers and whiskers on carbon substrates. Provisional patent U.S. 60/800,944.
- Lafdi, K. Method of making nanofilament based carbon-carbon composites for use as brake materials. Provisional patent U.S. 60/855,796.
Degrees
- D.Sc., Materials Physics, 1991
- Ph.D., Physics and Chemical Engineering, 1989
- M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1987
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1986
Research Interests
- Carbon foams: modeling, processing and properties
- Carbon nanoconstituents: growth and functionalization
- Carbon scaffold for bone plates and lenses
- Composite materials for implant applications
- Design fabrication of thermal property devices for micro- and nanometric measurements
- Nanocomposites: processing and properties
- Surfaces and interfaces in composites
- Wear and friction of carbon materials