Professor Fawad Inam
Visiting Professor
Vice Dean
Professor and Head of Engineering & Construction
Department of Engineering & Construction , School Of Architecture, Computing And Engineering
With a career spanning over two decades, Professor Inam is widely recognised for his outstanding research, teaching, knowledge exchange, and leadership skills. As an active Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), he has received many accolades and awards for his outstanding contributions to the University business and to the field of engineering.
Qualifications
- PhD (Engineering)
- PGCert in Higher Education
- Chartered Engineer (CEng)
- PGCert in E-learning
- BEng (Hons) - Gold Medallist
OVERVIEW
Professor Fawad Inam is a distinguished academician and scholar, currently serving as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of East London. Included in the 2 percent most cited scientists, Oct 2022 report, he is a respected figure in the field of advanced materials and has made significant contributions to the development and understanding of a range of engineering materials and their applications in various industries. He directed composite and aeronautical engineering programmes at Airbus' Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre where he contributed towards the development of Airbus A350 epoxy-based structural composites. He has also developed commercial products like Sugru and key armour/nanostructured materials for British defence purposes.
Prof Inam is in receipt of two accredited postgraduate teaching qualifications and is recognised as one of the leaders (PFHEA) in engineering curriculum design and technologies. As a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and an active Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), he has advised/quality assured over 55 different universities and institutes from all four nations of the UK. Followed by over 387k individuals worldwide in a publicly accessible outreach/educational social media channel (@engineerbydesign, TikTok) Prof Inam has formed/strengthened TNE partnerships, delivered engineering courses, and influenced institutional higher education practice in other countries like China, and South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, to list a few.
With over 120 research outputs (h-index of 35), he has presented several keynote speeches at various leading international conferences. He is a regular peer reviewer for over a dozen research journals and examined over 35 PhD theses in the UK and overseas. As a committee member of the Engineering Professors' Council (EPC), Prof Inam is advising All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Teaching Profession, GLA (Greater London Authority) Adult Education Strategy and recently Local London forum, a partnership of eight London boroughs in the north and east of the capital.
He is the recipient of the 'Materials World Award' conferred by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3, UK) in 2008. In 2020 and 2022, he was also honoured with the 'Industry 4.0 readiness' and ‘chancellor award for university service’ awards by the Vice Chancellor & President of the University of East London.
CURRENT RESEARCH
In line with the University of East London's commitment (our Vision 2028) towards United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals - global challenges laid down in 2015 with the aim of ensuring peace and prosperity and leaving nobody behind, Prof Inam is a supporter of open access research and strongly believes that research should be accessible for the masses free of charge especially for those who cannot afford it.
Prof Inam's research and enterprise expertise is primarily focused around improving the performance and functionalities of engineering products using materials science and engineering, in particular nano-influenced smart materials.
His most recent efforts have been devoted towards the development of advanced materials (ceramics, polymers, metals and composites) and nanomaterials (including fullerenes and graphene) for aerospace, petroleum, industrial, defence and bio sectors. His expertise includes materials physics, processing, characterisation, performance evaluation, applications and sustainability.
He has conducted several consultancies and widely published research of great commercial and scientific significance in leading peer-reviewed journals for several types of engineering materials.
To date, with more than 120 publications (h-index: 35), he has contributed to achieving around £2.5 million in research and enterprise income from government and commercial platforms (mostly as the principal investigator). Some of his funders include Royal Society, British Council, Innovate UK, Dstl/ MoD, University of London, Greater London Authority, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission etc.
Publications
The last four years of publications can be viewed below.
Full publications list
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- Recent advances in MXene composites research, applications and opportunities Materials Today: Proceedings. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.02.435
- Novel antibacterial polyurethane and cellulose acetate mixed matrix membrane modified with functionalized TiO₂ nanoparticles for water treatment applications Chemosphere. 301 (Art. 134711). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134711
- Reliability analysis of bistable composite laminates AIMS Materials Science. 8 (1), pp. 29-41. https://doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2021003
- Synthesis and Characterization of Silver-Coated Polymeric Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering: Antibacterial and In Vitro Evaluation of Cytotoxicity and Biocompatibility ACS Omega. 6, p. 4335–4346. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05596
- Syntheses and Step-by-Step Morphological Analysis of Nano-Copper-Decorated Carbon Long Fibers for Aerospace Structural Applications Crystals. 10 (Art. 1090). https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10121090
- Synthesis of Nylon 6/Modified Carbon Black Nanocomposites for Application in Uric Acid Adsorption Materials. 13 (Art. 5173). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13225173
- Novel Carbyne Filled Carbon Nanotube – Polymer Nanocomposites NanoWorld Journal. 6 (2), pp. 29-34. https://doi.org/10.17756/nwj.2020-078
- Carbon Nanotube Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Materials for Offshore Sheathing Applications Molecules. 25 (Art. 2960). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25132960