Prof. Syed Masood   Professor

Qualifications

• PhD: University of Queensland, Brisbane
• MEng: University of New Brunswick, Canada
• PGDip(ProdEng): Indian Institute of Technology
• BSc Eng Hons (Mech): Aligarh Muslim University, First Class Honors

Major Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

• Rapid Manufacturing, Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), Direct Metal Deposition
• Rapid Tooling for Injection Moulding
• Design Support Systems, CAD/CAM/CAE
• Bio-manufacturing

Current Research Projects

• Tool wear prediction model for sheet metal stamping in automotive manufacture (PhD)
• New composite materials for FDM based rapid tooling applications (PhD)
• Conformal cooling in rapid tooling for injection moulding application (PhD)
• Copper based bi-metallic tooling for high pressure die casting (PhD)
• Intelligent design support system for manufacturing of palletising machinery (RE)
• Design support system for sofa furniture manufacturing (MEng)
• Negative Thermal Expansion structures using Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) (PhD)
• Direct manufacturing of complex parts for industrial applications (PhD)

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role	Institution
Mostafa Nikzad	PhD	IRIS	2006	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Esfandyar Kouhi	PhD	Faculty	2006	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Mehdi Soodi	PhD	IRIS	2007	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Mohammad Khalid Imran	PhD	IRIS	2008	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Thanh Duoc (Duke) Phan	PhD	IRIS	2009	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Indah Widiastuti	PhD	IRIS	2010	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Syed Haider Riza
	PhD	IRIS	2011	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Afshin Mohammadhosseini
	PhD	IRIS	2011	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Ajay Arora
	MEng	Faculty	2012	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne

Previously Supervised higher degree by research (HDR) students

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Status	Role	Institution
Abul Saifullah	PhD	IRIS	Completed	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne
Xuan Wang	PhD	IRIS	Completed	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne

Topics for Prospective Ph.D Students - View ALL topics for Prof. Syed Masood

Material Characterisation and Meltflow Behaviour in Fused Deposition Modelling Rapid Prototyping
This project involves an extensive study of mechanical and thermal properties of various FDM materials and an investigation of melt flow characteristics of the materials in the liquefier head to completely characterise the FDM process for developing new materials and new applications.

Computer Modelling of Functionally Graded Materials for Direct Metal Deposition
This project aims at investigating the fundamental issue of computer modelling of functionally graded materials in a CAD environment with the objective of fabricating the modelled functionally graded objects on the direct metal deposition facility Swinburne.

Tissue Engineering Applications using Direct Metal Deposition
This research will focus on the application of Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) process for acquisition of porous structures for tissue engineering applications with in depth investigation on DMD process parameters, DMD materials, scaffolds characteristics and microfluid flow characteristics of human body system relevant to tissue engineering.

Functionally Graded Porous Titanium Structures for Biomedical Applications Using Additive Manufacturing
This project will involve a comprehensive investigation on fabrication and characterisation of porous Titanium parts with functionally graded structures and architectures for biomedical applications meeting the requirements of orthopaedic implants.

Response Surface Methodology for Optimisation of Additive Manufacturing Processes
Project will involve application of RSM (Response Surface Methodology) to a range of additive manufacturing processes where a large number of process parameters greatly affect the quality, accuracy and speed of manufactured parts.

Titanium alloy scaffolds by laser sintering for biomedical applications
This project is aimed at the development of a new class of titanium alloy scaffolds with bone mimicking properties (architecture and mechanical properties of cancellous bones).

Past Completed Projects (since 2000)

Prof Masood has supervised to completion 11 PhDs and 11 MEng by research students (as coordinating and associate supervisor), since 2000 under various Australian Research Council (ARC), Cooperative Research Centers (CRC) and Industry grants. He has also supervised over 90 MEng (AMT) course-work projects in Advanced Manufacturing Technology program at Swinburne. Some selected research projects are listed.

1. An Intelligent Part Orientation System on Volumetric Error in Rapid Prototyping (PhD, 2000)
2. Intelligent Spot Weld Control and Optimisation (PhD, 2001)
3. Development of a Metal-Polymer Composite for Direct Rapid Tooling Using FDM (PhD, 2002)
4. Development of ice particle production system for ice jet process (PhD, 2005)
5. Modelling of job order cost estimation in flat plate processing, (PhD, 2000)
6. Passive Mixing in Microchannels with Geometric Variations, (PhD, 2004)
7. Development of composite materials from waste paper and plastics, (PhD, 2006)
8. An intelligent computer aided engineering environment for design and production of blow moulded PET bottles, (PhD, 2009)
9. Design and manufacturing of mechanical conveyor systems for Food Processing (MEng, 2001)
10. Characterisation of blends of recycled HDPE and virgin polyolefins, (MEng, 2001)
11. High quality recycled polyethylene to replace virgin resins for pipes, (MEng, 2002)
12. An analysis of problem occurrence and resolution in the automotive industry, (MEng,2003)
13. Accuracy improvement in investment casting of production parts, (MEng, 2004)
14. A modelling of a continuous food pressing process, (MEng, 2001)
15. Automated identification and sorting in recycling post-consumer plastic bottles, (MEng, 2002)
16. Laser assisted machining of hard to wear materials for mineral processing, (MEng, 2006)

Memberships of Professional Organisations and Others

• Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) (2000 - 2003)
• Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA (1984 - 2000)
• Member, Society of Plastic Engineers, USA (1999 - 2010)
• Editor, International Journal of CAD/CAM, Korea (since 2002)
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, USA (2001 - 2003)

Current PhD Students

• Xuan Zhi Wang
• Abul Saifullah
• Mostafa Nikzad
• Khalid Imran
• Thanh Duoc Phan
• Mehdi Soodi

Publications

Prof Masood has published over 250 research papers to date including 80 in refereed journals and 120 in refereed international conferences (until Jan 2011). Some selected journal papers are listed below.

Selected Refereed Journal Papers

1. S.H. Masood & B.S. Lim, “Concurrent Intelligent Rapid Prototyping Environment”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol 6, No. 5, October 1995, pp 291-310.
2. S.H. Masood, “Intelligent Rapid Prototyping with Fused Deposition Modelling”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, UK, Vol 2, No. 1, 1996, pp 24-32.
3. S.H. Masood, “A CAD/CAM System for High Performance Precision Drum Cams”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, UK, Vol 15, No 1, 1999, pp 32-37.
4. S.H. Masood, W. Rattanawong and P. Iovenitti, “Part Build Orientations Based on Volumetric Error in Fused Deposition Modelling”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, UK, !6(3), 2000, pp 162-168.
5. W. Bonilla, S.H. Masood & P. Iovenitti, “An Investigation on Wax Patterns Accuracy Improvement in Investment Cast Parts”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, UK, Vol 18, No 5, 2001, pp 348-356.
6. S.H. Masood, V.K. Bagam, P. Chantanabubpha, “A Computerised Minimum Distance Algorithm for Machining of Sculptured Surfaces”, Journal of Computers and Industrial Engineering, UK, 2002, Vol 42 (2-4), pp 291-297.
7. S.H. Masood & Mazen Al-Alawi, “The IRIS Rapid Prototyping System Selector for Educational and Manufacturing Users”, International Journal of Engineering Education, UK, Vol 18, No 1, 2002, pp 66-77.
8. S.H. Masood & A. Soo, “A Rule Based Expert System for Rapid Prototyping System Selection”, Robotics & Computer Integrated Manufacturing Journal , UK, Vol 18 (3-4), pp 267-274, 2002.
9. S.H. Masood, P. Nawamawat and D.K. Shanmugam, “Development of CAD-based Jewellery Design System”, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, English Edition, Vol 15, Dec. 2002, pp 79-83.
10. S.H. Masood, W. Rattanawong, P. Iovenitti, “A Generic Algorithm for Best Part Orientation System for Complex Parts in Rapid Prototyping”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, UK, Vol 139 (1-3), 2003, pp 110-116.
11. S.H. Masood, B. Abbas, E. Shayan, A. Kara, “An investigation into design and manufacturing of mechanical conveyor systems for food processing”, Int Journal of Adv Manuf Technology, UK, Vol 25, 2005, pp 551-559.
12. S.H. Masood & W.Q. Song, “Development of new metal/polymer materials for fused deposition modelling”, Materials & Design Journal, UK, Vol 25 (7), 2004, pp 587-594.
13. S.H. Masood, J.P. Singh, Y. Morsi, “Design and Manufacturing of Porous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Using Rapid Prototyping”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, UK, Vol 27(3-4), Dec 2005, pp 415-420.
14. S.H. Masood & V. KeshavaMurthy, “Development of collapsible PET water fountain bottles”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol 162-163, 2005, pp 83-89.
15. S.H. Masood & W.Q. Song, “Thermal characteristics of a new metal/polymer material for FDM rapid prototyping”, Assembly Automation Journal, UK, Vol 25(4), 2005, pp 309-315.
16. S.H. Masood, “Application of fused deposition modelling in controlled drug delivery devices”, Assembly Automation journal , Vol 7, Issue 3, 2007, pp 215-221.
17. D.U. Erbulut, S.H. Masood , V.N. Tran, and I. Sbarski, “A Novel Approach of Measuring the Dielectric Properties of PET Preforms for Stretch Blow Moulding”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, USA, Vol 109, pp 3196-3203, 2008.
18. Esfandyar Kouhi; Yosry S Morsi; Syed H Masood, “Hemodynamic Analysis of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Nonlinear Deformable Artery and Newtonian Pulsatile Blood Flow”, Proc. IMechE, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol 222(8), 2008, pp 1273-1287.
19. D. K. Shanmugam, S. H. Masood, “An Investigation on Kerf Characteristics in Abrasive Waterjet Cutting of Layered Composites”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol 209(8), 2009, pp 3887-3893.
20. D.U. Erbulut, S.H. Masood, H. Senko , and K. Davies , “Preheating of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Preform for Stretch Blow Molding Using Microwaves”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, USA, published on line 9 Feb 2009.
21. M. Nikzad, S.H. Masood, I. Sbarski, A. Groth, “A study of melt flow analysis of ABS-Iron Composites in Fused Deposition Modelling Process”, Tsinghua Science & Technology Journal, Elsevier, Vol 14, No S1, June 2009, pp 29-37.
22. I. El-Katatny, S.H. Masood, Y.S. Morsi, “Error analysis of FDM Fabricated Medical Replica”, accepted for Rapid Prototyping Journal, UK , 2009.
23. S.H. Masood and Kadhim Alamara, "Development of Scaffold Building Units and Assembly for Tissue Engineering Using Fused Deposition Modelling", Advanced Materials Research, Trans Tech Pub, Switzerland, Vols 83–86, 2010, pp 269–274.
24. M. Khalid Imran, S.H. Masood, and Milan Brandt, "Bimetallic Dies with Direct Metal Deposited Steel on Moldmax for High Pressure Die Casting Applications", Int Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, UK, 2011, Vol 52, pp 855–863.
25. X.Z. Wang and S.H. Masood, "Investigation of die radius arc profile on wear behaviour in sheet metal processing of Advanced High Strength Steels", Materials and Design, Elsevier, Vol 32, 2011, pp 1118–1128.
26. M.K. Imran, S.H. Masood, M. Brandt, S. Bhattacharya, J. Mazumder, "Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) of H13 too steel on copper alloy substrate: evaluation of mechanical properties", Materials Science and Engineering–A, Vol 528, 2011, pp 3342–3349.
27. M. Nikzad, S.H. Masood, I. Sbarski, "Thermo–mechanical properties of a highly filled polymeric composites for Fused Deposition Modelling", accepted for Materials and Design, Elsevier,2011.
28. S.H. Masood, Kelly Armitage, Milan Brandt, "An Experimental Study Of Laser Assisted Machining of Hard–To–Wear White Cast Iron", accepted for International Journal of Machine Tools Manufacture, Elsevier, 2011,

Selected Research Grants (awarded since 2000)

1. ARC SPIRT, Development of High Quality Recycled Polyethylene for Replacement of Virgin Resins (Masood & Iovenitti), 2000-2001.
2. ARC SPIRT, Polymeric Building Blocks from Recycled PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) Plastic (Iovenitti & Masood), 2000-2001.
3. ARC RIEF, Establishment of freeform fabrication facility for biomedical & rapid tooling applications (Masood, Brown, Gray, Brandt etc), 2001.
4. ARC Linkage, Laser machining of hard materials with Warman International, (Masood & Brandt), 2002-2003.
5. ARC Linkage, Development of High Performance Mechanical Sorting of Plastics for Recycling with Visy Plastics, (Masood, Iovenitti), 2002-2003.
6. ARC Linkage, Development of composite materials from waste paper and plastics with Visy Plastics, (Sbarski, Masood, 2002-2003.
7. CRC Micro-Tech, Packaging systems & interconnects for microfluidics devices, (Masood, Ioveniiti), 2002-2003.
8. ATSE DEST International grant , Establishment of strategic alliance in micro-technology areas with USA, (Masood), 2002.
9. ARC Discovery, Tissue Engineering of Human Heart Valve Grown in Vitro, (Morsi, Masood), 2003-2005.
10. R & D Start Graduate grant, An Intelligent Design Support System for Mechanical Conveyors, AusIndustry, with Alloyfab Company (Masood & Kara), 2003-2004.
11. ARC Linkage, Rapid Development of Biocompatible Stent Grafts for Aortic Aneurysms, with Advanced Biomedicals, (Morsi & Masood), 2003-2006.
12. ARC Linkage, An intelligent computer-aided engineering environment for design and production of blow moulded PET bottles, with Visy (Masood), 2004-2006.
13. ARC Linkage, Development of advanced polymers from recycled industrial plastics for replacement of virgin resins, with Baroda Mfg (Masood & Sbarski), 2004-2005.
14. ARC Linkage, An intelligent flexible virtual design system for jigs in furniture manufacturing, with FIAA, (Shayan, Masood, Ng), 2004-2005.
15. ARC Linkage, Intelligent freeform biofabrication for customised anatomical structures, (Morsi, Masood), 2005-2009.
16. ARC Linkage, An advanced design support system for sofa furniture manufacturing, (Shayan, Masood, Ghotb), 2006-2007.
17. ARC LIEF, Direct Metal Deposition Freeform Fabrication Facility for Rapid Tooling and Manufacturing, (Masood, Shayan, Morsi etc), 2006.
18. Auto CRC, Tool Wear Prediction model of Automotive Parts, (Masood), 2006-2009.
19. ARC Linkage, Intelligent Design Support System for Palletising Machinery, (Masood, Shayan), 2007-2009.