M.Phil. in Physics
September 1995 – September 1998
Courses Studied:
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad,
- Advanced Nuclear Theory.
Pakistan.
- Classical Electrodynamics.
- Methods & Techniques of
Experimental Physics.
- Atomic & Molecular Sepectroscopy.
- Material Sciences.
Thesis:
Molecular dynamical studies
of some shape memory alloys.
M.S. in Physics
November 1992 - February 1995
Government College,
Course Work and
Lahore, Pakistan
Thesis:
Computer Simulations of Some
Physical Phenomena
One Year Post Graduate Diploma in
Course Studied:
Computer Sciences
-Computing Systems
September 1997 to date
-C++
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad,
-Data Structure
Pakistan.
-Cobol Programming
-System Analysis and Design
-Operating Systems
-Computer Graphics
-Data Base Management Systems
-Networking
-Operations Research
Thesis:
Image Processing & Recognition
Techniques.
B.S.
September 1989 - September 1991
Government College,
Major Subjects:
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Mathematics A & B course.
Physics.
Brief Description of M.Phil. Research Work:
The topic of research was: “Molecular Dynamical Studies of Some Shape Memory Alloys.”
The work was done under the supervision of Dr. A.H. Nayyar, a condensed matter theorist who is also interested in molecular dynamics simulation based on semi-empirical potentials. I studied mechanical properties of copper based shape memory alloys using the Embedded Atom Method (EAM) theory. I used the codes “dyn86” & “dyn85” that are being extensively used by various groups in the US. These are used to set interactions between atoms of alloys using EAM potentials, and calculate various thermodynamic quantities under different conditions and constraints to give the results as canonical and microcanonical ensembles thermodynamic averages.
I have also developed on my own various routines, written in FORTRAN, for this software in order to introduce different kinds of deformations such as shear strains, slips, screw deformations, torsion, etc, in metals and alloys. Applying these techniques I studied thermodynamic and hysteresis behaviour of thermoelastic martensitic transformations in copper based shape memory alloy. I performed computer experiments for different compositions of Cu, Ni & Al at different temperatures. I was engaged in determining different isothermal responses for loading/unloading with different time rates. I intend to compare the results of these hysteresis loops and computer experimental data with existing theoretical models of SMA, developed recently by Y. Ivshin, T.J. Pence, K. Tanaka, F.D. Fischer and others. In this work I also enjoyed the power of 3D Lattice Viewer, a software developed by me to view the crystal structure at any instant of time. This helps in observing nucleation, growth of martensitic phase and different types of defects in crystal structure taking place due to the response of different applied stresses at constant temperature and vice-versa. In future, I would extend this work to calculate free energy of metals and alloys.
Prof. Talat Rahman, who has been studying a variety of phenomena at metal surfaces using EAM based MD simulations at Kansas State University, also showed keen interest in this work and she provided us EAM potentials for Al. She was guiding me to the methods and techniques of free energy calculations.
During this research work I was in consultation with and have sought guidance of Dr. M. I. Baskes of the Sandia National Laboratories, USA, who developed EAM theory and potential functions for transition metals.
Brief Description M.S. Research Work:
The topic of research was “Computer Simulation of Physical Phenomena.”. I simulated two physical phenomena: (i) Gravitation, (ii) Behaviour of Electronic Circuits & Devices. These software were developed for undergraduate physics teaching. This work was supervised by Dr. Iftikhar Hussain Shah, who is Ph.D. in computer software engineering and who founded the area of physics software engineering at Government College Lahore in 1994.
For the simulation of Gravitation, I developed a software written in Pascal. This demonstrates the behavior of a particle in gravitational field using graphical animations.
For the simulation of electronic circuits & devices, I developed a software written again in Pascal. This artificial intelligence based software provides full drawing facilities for any type of electronic circuit and provides the tools and functions for the analysis of any sort of complex linear and digital circuit by actually displaying its responses on the screen. This package provides an enviornment of a fully-equipped electronics laboratory for students.
During this work of software engineering, I also received guidance from Dr. Naveed Malik, a Ph.D. form MIT, who is Head of the Computer Science Dept., University of the Punjab. I also received help from Dr. Anees Alam, an eminent Pakistani theoretical particle physicist, on different techniques of numerical analysis used in simulations in this work.
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