Education

This page lists my academic achievements and relevant activities to date.

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MSc Engineering, (10.2007 - 08.2009)
Specialization: Computational Solid Mechanics
Final Result: 1.9 CGPA (1: best, 4: passing requirement)
Department of Computational Engineering
Ruhr University, Germany

Main subjects:
Finite Element Methods: | Solid Mechanics:
FEM in Linear Mechanics, | Advanced Mechanics of Solids
FEM in Nonlinear Mechanics, | Continuum Mechanics,
Adaptive FEM, | Theory of Plasticity,
Higher-order FEM, | Computational Elasticity and Visco-elasticity,
Finite Element Technology, | Computational Plasticity,
| Fracture and Damage Mechanics,
Mathematical Methods:
  1. Mathematical Aspects of Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  2. Tensor Theory in Mechanics and Engineering
MSc Thesis:
"Determination of stresses in bone cement after Kyphoplasty".
Abstract (.pdf) available here.

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MSc Engineering, (04.2011 - 09.2012 incomplete)
Specialization: Material Science and Simulation
ICAMS - Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation
Ruhr University, Germany

Main subjects:
  1. Quantum Mechanics in Materials Science
  2. Atomistic Simulation Methods
  3. Microstructure and Mechanical properties
  4. Theoretical Analysis of Advanced Materials Problems
  5. Advanced Characterization Methods (Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy)
  6. Continuum Methods in Materials Science
  7. Computational Crystal Plasticity
  8. Materials for Aerospace Engineering Applications
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BSc (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering, (01.2002 - 01.2006)
Aggregate result: 84.35%
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology - Lahore, Pakistan

DISTINCTIONS:
I won following awards and distinctions during my university studies in Pakistan and Germany:
  1. University Merit Scholarship during my undergraduate (BSc) studies consecutivley for 2003, 2004 and 2005.
  2. German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD) for studying MSc (Engineering: Computational Mechanics) at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany during 2007-2009.
  3. Best Student Award (2008) in MSc (Computational Engineering) studies at Ruhr University Germany.

SUPPLEMENTARY ACADEMICS

Graduate Aptitude Test - General (08.2006)
Raw Score : 79/100
Percentile : 99.68

Graduate Aptitude Test - Mechanical Engineering (08.2007)
Raw Score : 71/100
Percentile : 98.36

TOFEL iBT (05.2007)
Reading : 28/30 - Writing : 28/30 - Listening : 27/30
Total : 103/120

Research activities: Conferences, Seminars, Doctoral Schools

Talk/presentation at the 83rd annual meeting of GAMM
(International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics)
28 March, 2012. Darmstadt, Germany
Topic:
Multiscale Crystal Plasticity based on the Continuum Theory of Dislocation Mechanics: an extension to ductile fracture.


Calculus of Variations in Physics and Material Science
Winter School at Department of Mathematics, Würzburg University, Germany
9 - 13 January, 2012.
Topics:
  1. Mathematics of Solid and Liquid Crystals
  2. From Discrete Systems to Continuum Problems
  3. Analysis, Geometry and Physics of Thin Elastic Materials
Speakers:
J. Ball (Oxford), A. Braides (Rome), S. Müller (Bonn)


Plasticity: Microstructures, Crystal-Plasticity and Phase Transitions
CISM - International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Udine Italy
June - July 2011.
Speakers:
S. Forest (ParisTech, France), K. Hackl (Ruhr Uni., Germany), J.M. Kratochvil (Czech Tech. Uni.),
M. Kuroda (Yamagata Uni., Japan), V. Levitas (Iowa State Uni., USA), J. Schroeder (Duisberg-Essen, Germany).


Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop™
January - February, 2003
Pakistan Engineering Congress Computer College, Lahore, Pakistan.

Designing with ANSYS
May-June, 2004
Structural, Thermal and CFD (Flotran) analysis modules
Engineering Systems Training Center, Lahore, Pakistan.


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