Professor Syed Masood

Biography

Emeritus Professor Masood has around 40 years of university teaching and research experience in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering areas.  Prof Masood joined Swinburne in 1988 in the then Department of Manufacturing Engineering.  He has previously taught at Central Queensland University and PNG University of Technology.  He holds PhD from University of Queensland, Masters from University of New Brunswick, Canada, PG Dip from IIT Delhi, and BSc Eng Hons from Aligarh Muslim University, India.  Prof Masood has contributed in establishment and proliferation of most successful post graduate programs in Advanced Manufacturing at Swinburne since 1993, attracting large number of international students.  He was the Program Coordinator of PG programs in Advanced Manufacturing Technology for over 26 years.  His contribution in leading Advanced Manufacturing education and research has led to Swinburne being inducted into 2016 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame, winning International Education award by Victorian government.  He has previously served as Associate Dean Research and Chairman of Faculty Research Committee in Faculty of Engineering at Swinburne, and also served in several other committees.

Prof Masood’s research interests include Additive Manufacturing, Fused Deposition Modelling, Selective Laser Melting,  Cold Spray additive, and other manufacturing processes.  He was responsible for initiating and consolidating research concentration in Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing at Swinburne with Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), Direct Metal Deposition, and Selective Laser Melting facilities with scores of grants and industry based projects.  To date, he has received 23 ARC (Australian Research Council) research grants, which included 10 ARC Linkage, 1 ARC DP, 5 ARC LIEF and 7 ARC grants in other ARC schemes, in addition to several CRC, DMTC, VDMC, industry and international collaborative grants. He has also led several collaborative research projects with CSIRO Manufacturing.

Prof Masood has supervised to completion 32 PhDs,  14 Masters by research, and over 200 Masters by coursework projects mainly in Advanced Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing areas at Swinburne up until 2023.  He received Research Supervision Excellence Award of the Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology at Swinburne in 2018.  He has produced around 430 publications in international journals and conferences including several edited books and book chapters, with Google Scholar citation h index of 53 and with over 12200 citations. He had been Fellow of Institution of Engineers Australia, Member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers USA and Society of Plastics Engineers USA.  He has also served on Editorial Boards of several journals including Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (Taylor Francis), and Applied Mechanics (MDPI).
Prof Masood received the 2020 Vice Chancellor's Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions in research, teaching and services. 
Prof Masood has been listed in the Top 2% Scientists in the World in Stanford University (USA) based ranking (PLOS) in 2020, 2021, 2022 based on discipline based research publications and citations of world scientists (https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2).
Prof Masood is also listed in the Best Scientists Ranking in Australia in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering field in 2022 based on discipline h-index published by Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers (https://research.com/scientists-rankings/mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering/au).
Prof Masood was awarded the title "Emeritus Professor" by Swinburne Council in 2021 for his distinguished services to university in Advanced Manufacturing for over three decades.