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Dr. Zainul Huda is Professor of Manufacturing Technology, within the Department of Mechanical Engineering of King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His teaching interests include: Fracture Mechanics, Manufacturing Technology, Metallurgy, and Mechanical Behavior of Materials. He is a principal investigator (PI) in a funded research project on boiler's super-heater tubes material. He (as a PI) has attracted nine (9) research grants, worth total of US$ 0.16 Million. He has been working as a full Professor in reputed World Ranking universities (including University of Malaya, King Abdulaziz University, King Saud University, etc.) since Feb. 2007. Prof Huda possesses 40 years' professional experience in materials, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. He is a Professional Engineer (PE) registered under Pakistan Engineering Council. He has worked as Plant Manager, Development Engineer, Metallurgist, and Graduate Engineer in various manufacturing companies,including Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation Ltd. Prof Huda earned PhD in Materials Technology from Brunel University, London, UK in 1991. He is also a postgraduate in Manufacturing Engineering. He obtained B. Eng (Metallurgical Engineering) from the University of Karachi, Pakistan in 1976. Prof Huda is the author/co-author of 130 publications; which include 8 books and 58 peer-reviewed international journal/periodical articles (27 ISI-indexed journal papers) in the fields of materials, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering published by reputed publishers from USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Singapore. He has been cited over 800 times in Google Scholar. His author's h-index is 14 (i10: 18). He has also successfully completed 20+ industrial consultancy/R&D projects in the areas of failure analysis and manufacturing in Malaysia and Pakistan. He is the developer of Toyota Corolla cars' axle-hub's heat treatment procedure first ever implemented in Pakistan (through Indus Motor Co., Karachi). Prof Huda has delivered Guest Lectures in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Malaysia. He is a Member of prestigious societies, including Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), London, UK; Canadian Institute of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Canada; and Life-time Member of Pakistan Engineering Council. Prof Zainul Huda is the World's Top 20 scholar in the field of Materials and Manufacturing (see www.scholar.google.com).
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