2021
• January 2021; Community Stories – RGU academic launches bid to address STEMM crisis
2020
• 29 September 2020; Membership – RSE’s Young Academy of Scotland (YAS)
• 27 April 2020; Community Stories – Adapting research to a post COVID-19 world
2019
• 3 October 2019; OGIC views: Scotland’s great opportunities for oil & gas innovators
• 2 May 2019; OGIC funded project case study (CorrosionRADAR with RGU)
• 30 April 2019; Delighted to receive recognition of significant contribution to EPSRC Peer Review & achieved a ranking in the top 6% of College members for participating in peer review activities
2018
• 10 December 2018; Delighted to be part of 28 startups, selected to join RGU’s new Startup Accelerator
• As reported in a Newsletter of the Materials Research Society (Volume 18, Issue 16, August 2018) about a recent review (Future of nanoindentation in archaeometry), awareness is being raised for the use of nanoindentation at various world heritage sites as well as various museums.
• RGU Engineering students win IMechE Award [2018]
2017
• Read News highlight by STFC and our take on the application of Neutron diffraction for energy related thermal spray coating materials, Robert Gordon University in collaboration with Saudi ARAMCO, Heriot-Watt University, Alfaisal University [22 Nov 2017]
• Star Award (Recognition Certificates & Awards – School of Engineering), RGU: Union student led teaching award, 15th May 2017
• RGU Engineering students win IMechE Award [May 2017]
• One of the most downloaded article (Oct 2017): Mohamad G. Droubi, Nadimul H. Faisal, Fraser Orr, John A. Steel, Mohamed El-Shaib, Acoustic emission method for defect detection and identification in carbon steel welded joints, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 134, 2017, p. 28–37 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2017.03.012)
2016
• IOM3 Approved Assessor, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IMMM) [October 2016 – September 2019]
• Invited to be a member of the UK’s EPSRC Associate Peer Review College [23 September 2016]
• China-UK workshop on “Multidisciplinary Issues of Wind Turbines in Cold Environments” Mianyang, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre (CARDC) [14 – 18 August, 2016]
• UK-India workshop on “Integrated Renewables for Autonomous Power Supply and Fuel Generation” University of Exeter, Penryn, UK [1-2 August 2016]
• Successfully elected as a professional member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM) [1 March 2016]
2015
• Successfully elected as a professional member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers & Chartered Engineer (CEng MIMechE) [12 November 2015]
• 25th most hottest article in the journal, WEAR, related to Suspension sprayed WC-Co nanocomposite coatings [11 November 2015]
• One of the figure selected for cover page of the journal [N. H. Faisal, R. Ahmed, S. P. Katikaneni, S. Souentie, M. F. A. Goosen, Development of plasma sprayed molybdenum carbide-based anode layers with various metal oxide precursors for SOFC (in print, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Sept 2015, doi: 10.1007/s11666-015-0315-2)]
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 6th January 2015 [Certificate of Open University Professional and Academic Development (OpenPAD), The Open University, UK; 18th December 2014]
• Neutron beamtime by STFC/Engin-X lab, UK (RB1510238), February 2015
2014
• 5th most downloaded article of the journal until December 2014; S. Goel, N. H. Faisal, V. Ratia, A. Agrawal, A. Stukowski, Atomistic investigation on the structure–property relationship during thermal spray nanoparticle impact, Computational Materials Science, 84, 2014, p. 163-174 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2013.12.011)
• 10-15th April 2014: Visited School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK to establish research network in areas related to molecular dynamics with Dr Saurav Goel
• 13th January 2014: Small research grant awarded by ‘The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland‘ to build research capacity in computational materials science
2013
• 26th November 2013: Dr Saurav Goel from Queen’s University at Belfast visited Robert Gordon University to deliver invited talk and workshop related to LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulation and develop research collaborations
• 3rd November 2013: A student started PhD studies in an area related to characterisation of composite bond adhesive strengths for oil and gas processing applications
• 3rd June 2013: A student to start summer studentship for 8 weeks. He will be working on ‘Finite element analysis to assess the quality of thermal spray coatings using Vickers indentation’, sponsored by IDEAS Research Institute, Robert Gordon University.
• 12th May 2013: My first baby was born (a boy) through an emergency C-section procedure at the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. Dad and mum were relieved to have a little man in the home.
2012
• 30th May 2012: Article ranked 1 in top 20, Who Is Publishing in My Domain, BioMedLib; R. Ahmed, N. H. Faisal, A. M. Paradowska, M. Fitzpatrick and K. A. Khor, Neutron diffraction residual strain measurements in nanostructured hydroxyapatite coatings for orthopaedic implants, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4(8), 2011, p. 2043-2054
• Feb 2012: Featured in Advanced Materials & Processes, Vol. 7 (1), Feb 2012, p. 41; R. Ahmed, N. H. Faisal, A. M. Paradowska, M. Fitzpatrick, Residual strain and fracture response of Al2O3 coatings deposited via APS and HVOF techniques, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 21(1), 2012, p. 23-40
2011
• 19th Dec 2011: Invited by the guest editor to submit a manuscript in a special issue; ‘Hardness across the multi-scales of structure and loading rate’ for publication; N. H. Faisal, R. Ahmed, Y. Q. Fu, Y. O. Elakwah, M. Alhoshan, Influence of nanoindenter shape on DLC film failure during multiple-load cycle nanoindentation, Materials Science and Technology, 28(9-10), 2012, p. 1186-1197
• 21st Sept. 2011: Received honorarium of £500 by Maney Publishing for writing an invited review; N. H. Faisal, R. Ahmed, R. L. Reuben, Indentation testing and its acoustic emission response: applications and emerging trends, International Materials Reviews, 56(2), 2011, 98-142
• 22nd June 2011: Two proposal accepted by Saudi Aramco, University Collaboration Program (UCP), Saudi Arabia
2010
• 7th December 2010: Featured article published; N. H. Faisal, R. L. Reuben and R. Ahmed, An improved measurement of Vickers indentation behaviour through enhanced instrumentation, Measurement Science and Technology, 22, 2011 art no. 015703, 18pp
• 22nd June 2010: Invited for writing an invited review; N. H. Faisal, R. Ahmed, A review of patented methodologies in instrumented indentation residual stress measurements, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, 4(2), 2011, p. 138-152
2009
• Nov 2009: Featured in Advanced Materials & Processes, Vol. 4 (4), Nov 2009, p. 68; N. H. Faisal, J. A. Steel, R. Ahmed, R. L. Reuben, The use of acoustic emission to characterize fracture behavior during Vickers indentation of HVOF thermally sprayed WC-Co coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 18(4), 2009, p. 525-535
Nadimul Haque Faisal 