selected publications academic article Ozturk, A., Gencturk, M., & Ahmed, K (2021). Surface and Size Effects on the Behaviors of Point Defects in Irradiated Crystalline Solids. Frontiers in Materials. 8, 684862. Badry, F., & Ahmed, K (2020). A new model for the effective thermal conductivity of polycrystalline solids. AIP Advances. 10(10), 105021-105021. Badry, F., Brito, R., Abdoelatef, M. G., McDeavitt, S., & Ahmed, K. (2019). An Experimentally Validated Mesoscale Model of Thermal Conductivity of a UO2 and BeO Composite Nuclear Fuel. Journal of Metals. 71(12), 4829-4838. Abdoelatef, M. G., Badry, F., Schwen, D., Permann, C., Zhang, Y., & Ahmed, K (2019). Mesoscale Modeling of High Burn-Up Structure Formation and Evolution in UO2. Journal of Metals. 71(12), 4817-4828. Ahmed, K., & El-Azab, A (2018). An analysis of two classes of phase field models for void growth and coarsening in irradiated crystalline solids. Materials Theory. 2(1), 1. Aagesen, L. K., Gao, Y., Schwen, D., & Ahmed, K (2018). Grand-potential-based phase-field model for multiple phases, grains, and chemical components. PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 98(2-1), 023309. Aagesen, L. K., Schwen, D., Ahmed, K., & Tonks, M. R (2017). Quantifying elastic energy effects on interfacial energy in the Kim-Kim-Suzuki phase-field model with different interpolation schemes. COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE. 140, 10-21. Ahmed, K., Tonks, M., Zhang, Y., Biner, B., & El-Azab, A (2017). Particle-grain boundary interactions: A phase field study. COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE. 134, 25-37. Ahmed, K., Allen, T., & El-Azab, A (2016). Phase field modeling for grain growth in porous solids. Journal of Materials Science. 51(3), 1261-1277. El-Azab, A., Ahmed, K., Rokkam, S., & Hochrainer, T (2014). Diffuse interface modeling of void growth in irradiated materials. Mathematical, thermodynamic and atomistic perspectives. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 18(2), 90-98. Ahmed, K., Pakarinen, J., Allen, T., & El-Azab, A (2014). Phase field simulation of grain growth in porous uranium dioxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 446(1-3), 90-99. Ahmed, K., Yablinsky, C. A., Schulte, A., Allen, T., & El-Azab, A (2013). Phase field modeling of the effect of porosity on grain growth kinetics in polycrystalline ceramics. MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 21(6), 065005-065005. chapter Ahmed, K., & El-Azab, A (2018). Phase-Field Modeling of Microstructure Evolution in Nuclear Materials. Andreoni, W., & Yip, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Materials Modeling. (pp. 1-21). Springer International Publishing. conference paper Weiss, A. G., Abdoelatef, M. G., Bani Ahmad, M., Ahmed, K., & Kimber, M. L. (2021). A Preliminary Evaluation of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Capabilities in MOOSE Ahmed, K., Deng, J., & El-Azab, A Computational Modeling of Microstructure Evolution in Thermal Barrier Coating Systems Ahmed, K., Deng, J., & El-Azab, A Computational modeling of the sintering process in thermal barrier coating systems Deng, J., Ahmed, K., & El-Azab, A Phase Field Simulation of Sintering of Thermal Barrier Coatings
co-principal investigator on Demonstration of a Methodology for Direct Validation of MARMOT Irradiation-Induced Microstructural Evolution and Physical Property Models Using U-10ZR NEUP 18-14741 awarded by United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2022
teaching activities MSEN619 Matl Model Phase Trans Instructor MSEN684 Professional Internship Instructor MSEN691 Research Instructor NUEN265 Matl Sci Nuclear Energy Instructor NUEN485 Directed Studies Instructor NUEN491 Hnr-research Instructor NUEN684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor NUEN685 Directed Studies Instructor NUEN685 Directed Studies Instructor NUEN689 Sptp: Mod Sim Nucl Mater Instructor NUEN689 Sptp: Multi Scal Model Matl Instructor NUEN689 Sptp:materials Modeling Of Ph Instructor NUEN691 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Abdoelatef, Mohammed G. (2019-11). MESOSCALE MODELING OF GRAIN REFINEMENT IN SOLIDS.
education and training Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University - (West Lafayette, Indiana, United States) 2015 M.S. in Materials Science, Florida State University - (Tallahassee, Florida, United States) 2011 B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Alexandria University - (Alexandria, Egypt) 2008
mailing address Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 USA