The department of Materials Engineering in University of Technology awarded the PhD degree to graduate student Hiba Anwar Abdul Allah under her thesis titled “Deposition of Advanced Coating for Industrial Applications”. The final defense occurred in building-C of the Department of Materials Engineering on Monday 04/12/2021. The defense committee consist of: - 

• Dr. Abaas Khamas Hussain - chair
• Dr. Bassam Ghalib Rashid - member          
• Assist Prof. Dr. Hussain Alaa Jaber - member
• Assist Prof. Dr, Rana Sabah Jawad - member
• Assist Prof. Dr. Jamal Jalal Dawood - member
• Dr. Rana Afif Majeed- supervisor
• Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassen - supervisor

The thesis scientific reviewer Assist Prof. Dr. Amal Saleh Mirza- Isra University College-Chemical Engineering College. The thesis linguistic reviewer Assist Prof. Dr. Laith Wadah Isamil- University of Technology- Materials Engineering Department.

Abstract:

This work is an attempt to increasing corrosion resistance of SS 316 L through coating with CeO2/β-TCP composites by RF sputtering technique at constant conditions. The composites include the substitution of cerium oxide in TCP lattice structure with seven weight percents. Many techniques were used to confirm the substitution involve XRD, FESEM/EDS and AFM, generally, (60%CeO2/40%TCP and 70%CeO2/30%TCP) gave the best substitution.

Some biological properties were measured for coated SS 316L specimens inculding antibacterial, good biocompatibility and ability to osseointegration. Some mechanical properties were tested included adhesion and microhardness. Electrochemical property (Corrosion) in SBF at 37oC was tested to measure corrosion data.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Qahtan Adnan Hamad, Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology, participated in the discussion of the PhD student (Dhi Jawad Mohammed Jawad) in the Department of Polymer and Petrochemical Industries Engineering / Faculty of Materials Engineering /Babylon University. The title of the thesis is (Investigation of the Rheological Effect on the Cellular Thermoplastic Polymer).

The discussion committee was formed of the teaching staff listed:

The Department of Materials Engineering at university of Technology held e-seminar for graduate students (MSc and PhD) using google meet platform for the period from 22-24/03/2021 to discuss the work process of the students’ projects.

 The supervising professors with a group of teachers in the department attended the e-seminar. Thirty minutes were allocated to each student (fifteen minutes for the presentation and the remain for the discussion)

Assistant prof. dr. Laith Wadah Esmaeel at University of Technology/ Materials Engineering Department participated in a master defense of the student Zeyad Kkalaf Abdullateef at Mechanical Engineering Department/ Engineering School/ Tikrit University, the dissertation entitled "Improving the performance of mechanical engineering building and its effect on energy consumption and cost based on the exergy analysis"

. The Committee included:

1. Professor dr. Adel Abdulrazaq Muhammad - as a chair.
2. Assistant Professor dr. Laith Wadah Esmaeel  - as a committee member.
3. Assistant Professor dr. Thamir Khaleel Ebrahem - as a committee member.
4. Raed Rashad Jasim as an advisor.