selected publications academic article Badry, F., Singh, M., Ortega, L. H., Mcdeavitt, S. M., & Ahmed, K. (2022). An experimentally validated mesoscale model for the effective thermal conductivity of U-Zr fuels. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 574, 154203-154203. Weiss, A. G., Zaidan, L. J., Ahmad, M., Abdoelatef, M. G., Peterson, J. W., Lindsay, A. D., ... Kimber, M. L. (2022). Characterization of the Finite Element Computational Fluid Dynamics Capabilities in the Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment. 9(2), 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. (2020). Phase-Field Modeling of Microstructure Evolution in Nuclear Materials. Andreoni, W., & Yip, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Materials Modeling: Applications: Current and Emerging Materials. (pp. 1-21). Springer International Publishing. conference paper Weiss, A. G., Abdoelatef, M. G., 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. (2010). Computational Modeling of Microstructure Evolution in Thermal Barrier Coating Systems Ahmed, K., Deng, J., & El-Azab, A. (2010). Computational modeling of the sintering process in thermal barrier coating systems Deng, J., Ahmed, K., & El-Azab, A. (2009). Phase Field Simulation of Sintering of Thermal Barrier Coatings report Ahmed, K., Zhang, Y., Schwen, D., Permann, C., & Bai, X. (2017). Model Development in MARMOT for High-Burnup-Structure (HBS) Formation Aagesen, L. K., Ahmed, K., Beeler, B., Schwen, D., Zhang, Y., & Andersson, D. (2017). Multi-Scale Modeling of Swelling in Accident-Tolerant U3Si2 Fuel Ahmed, K., Bai, X., Zhang, Y., & Biner, B. (2016). High-Burnup-Structure (HBS): Model Development in MARMOT for HBS Formation and Stability Under Radiation and High Temperature Zhang, Y., Schwen, D., Chakraborty, P., Jiang, C., Aagesen, L. K., & Ahmed, K. (2016). MARMOT update for oxide fuel modeling Ahmed, K., Tonks, M., Zhang, Y., & Biner, B. (2016). UO2 Grain Growth: Developing Phase Field Models for Pore Dragging, Solute Dragging and Anisotropic Grain Boundary Energies Zhang, Y., Schwen, D., Aagesen, L. K., & Ahmed, K. Overview of lower length scale model development for accident tolerant fuels regarding U3Si2 fuel and FeCrAl cladding
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 MSEN684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor MSEN691 Research Instructor NUEN265 Matl Sci Nuclear Energy Instructor NUEN485 Directed Studies Instructor NUEN491 Hnr-research Instructor NUEN660 Matl Model Phase Trans 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