Zahid Qamar, Sayyad
University Academician and a Researcher
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Oman
Biography
Sayyad Zahid Qamar is currently associated with the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. He has worked both as a University Academician and a Researcher, and as a Field Engineer (mechanical), during his twenty-five years of professional service. His main research areas are applied materials and manufacturing; applied mechanics and design; reliability engineering; and engineering education. He has worked on different funded projects in excess of 4 million US dollars. He is the author of one research monograph (book), two book chapters, over 120 publications in refereed international journals and conferences and 31 technical reports. He has also edited two technical book volumes and is serving on the Editorial Boards of various well-known research journals. He has conducted experimental, numerical, analytical and stochastic studies in the areas of swelling and inert elastomers; solid expandable tubulars; metal forming process, product, and tooling.
Research Interest
General heavy engineering, including design/R&D, manufacturing, and commissioning of complete sugar plants, complete cement plants, power plant structures, industrial boilers and heat exchangers, petroleum/oil storage facilities, etc