Materials and Processes

• PhD in Energy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy), 2009
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona (Italy), 2004

• Member of Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre and UK Carbon Capture Research Centre

• Chemical Engineering 1 Laboratory  CHEE08001
• Engineering Mathematics 2 SCEE08010
• Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 CHEE10005
• Chemical Engineering Design 4 CHEE10010
• Chemical Engineering Study Project 4 CHEE10009
• Chemical Engineering Design Project 4 CHEE10002
• Chemical Engineering Research Project 5 CHEE11017
• Chemical Engineering Industrial Project 5 CHEE11014

Low grade heat, thermal energy storage, adsorption heating and cooling, adsorptiond desalination, solar thermal energy, temperature swing adsorption, heat transformers, thermodynamics, heat transfer, ionic liquids, ionogels.

Currently open positions in my group:

Open PhD projects:

Structured Ionic Liquid for Vapor Sorption

Amer is a mechanical engineer with interests primarily in the area of fracture mechanics. He is particularly interested in deformation and damage mechanics of complex materials. The focus of his work is on the understanding of micromechanics of fracture to inform the macroscopic behaviour of materials. He has previously worked on the mechanics of deformation and damage in coal- which is one of the facinating materials to work with as the mechanical behaviour is influenced by the adsorption and advection taking place in the pore spaces and cracks (cleats) at multiple length and time scales. His recent work has been on micromechanics of geomaterials where he developed experimental techniques to acquire information on micromechanics through direct imaging conducted at X-ray and neutron beamlines.

Amer's current focus is to enhance the current understanding of micromechanics of deformation and damage of composite materials for improved design and damage prediction.

PhD Earth Science and Engineering, University of London for work undertaken at Imperial College

MS Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

CEng, MIMechE

• Micromechanics of deformation and damage
• X-ray and neutron imaging of materials under in-situ stress
• Image processing, segmentation and pattern recognition
• Design of test facilities for material testing, especially for beamline imaging

Amer is interested to hear from potential PhD students interested in working in the area of micromechanics of composites. An advert for a potential position will be released shortly.

My research to date has focused on environmental issues with the development of new materials to improve existing processes (reduced energy costs, alternative to petroleum derivatives) in partnership with industry and academia. And especially since 5 years, I am working on the improvement of CO2 capture process with membrane technology.

• Printing Engineering, Master of Engineering Materials science, Master in Science, INPG, CNRS, LGP2 Process Engineering Laboratory, Grenoble, France
• Materials science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), INPG, CNRS, LGP2 Process Engineering Laboratory, Grenoble,

• Membrane development for gas separation and nanofiltration, Membrane characterisations, Carbon Capture and Storage, Polymer characterisations

• Research Publications