Dr. Khalil Ahmed

Experience

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  Kyoto Institute of Technology

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  KIT Summer School Intern

  Role:** Development of lightweight crashworthy composite structures for cars.** Investigating the effect of different reinforcement ratio, orientation and geometry on the energy absorption properties of the composite structures.** Investigating the fiber-matrix interface properties with and without environmental ageing.

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  ITW Automotive Shanghai

  Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

  Product Development Engineer

  Job Responsibilities:** Research & Development for E-ball stat for the Thermal Management Module (TMM) of Audi, Volkswagen and CHANGAN Automobile Inc. cars.** Researching the right composite material & design for the TMM to improve the cracking resistance, reduce creep & stress level.** Researching the aging effect of the coolant material, temperature and pressure on the mechanical properties of the PPS-GF 40 and ABS plastic material.** Researching the effect of fiber alignment in the injection molding process (i.e. 0, 90 degree and Weldline) on the mechanical properties of the composite material. ** Using AutoDesk MoldFlow software to understand the Mold design for Injection Molding.** Modeling the TMM design by using designing tools i.e. CATIA, UG, PTC Creo etc. ** Performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to predict the creep properties & stress level at various positions of the injection molded part.** Doing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis to measure the pressure drop at each valve opening in the TMM housing. ** Making control strategy of the ball valve for the equal distribution of the coolant material to the powertrain components of the car. Show less

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  Tongji University

  Nov 2023 - now

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  >Lead groundbreaking water-based recycling project and collaborating internationally to develop innovative sustainable recycling solution for decomissioned wind turbine blades.>Lead "Hydrothermal Mechanical Recycling (HTMR):: A New Frontier in Eco-friendly Glass Fiber Recovery from Wind Turbine Composite Blade Waste” as a Principal Investigator (PI) funded by the Shanghai Municipal Government, with an additional one-year recommendation by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for young scientists. >Currently hold one invention patent and have two high-impact papers under review.>Co-supervising student projects on advanced recycling techniques and their practical applications. Show less