Associate Professor Akbar Khatibi
Associate Dean, Academic Operations
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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akbar.afaghikhatibi@rmit.edu.au
Research fields
- 4016 Materials engineering
- 4001 Aerospace engineering
- 4005 Civil engineering
- 4017 Mechanical engineering
- 3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry
- 4018 Nanotechnology
- 4007 Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
- 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
- 4605 Data management and data science
- 5104 Condensed matter physics
Academic positions
- Professor
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2016 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2012 – 2015
- CRC-Advanced Composite Structures Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2011 – 2012
- Assistant Professor
- University of Tehran
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Tehran, Iran
- 2005 – 2011
- Lecturer
- University of Melbourne
- Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2001 – 2005
- U2000 Research Fellow
- University of Sydney
- School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering
- Sydney, Australia
- 2000 – 2001
- ARC Research Associate
- University of Sydney
- Department of Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering
- Sydney, Australia
- 1997 – 2000
Supervisor projects
- Novel technologies for composite aircraft structures
- 19 Feb 2024
- Multi-axial Fabric Composites for Aerospace Components
- 23 Nov 2022
- Bio-inspired hybrid joints for aerospace applications
- 27 Apr 2022
- Self-healing and self-sensing materials for transport infrastructures
- 15 Mar 2021
- Multifunctional Auxetic Materials for Critical Engineering Structures
- 8 Sep 2020
- Fatigue life extension of airframes via cold working
- 17 Mar 2020
- Optimising the fibre-matrix interphase in thermoplastic composites used in aerospace application
- 13 Feb 2020
- Bio-inspired Topologies to Enhance the Mechanical Strength of Co-cured Ti-CFRP Hybrid Joints
- 17 Oct 2019
- Engineered Mycelium for Fireproofing Flammable FRP Composites
- 10 Jul 2019
- Small Fatigue Crack Nucleation And Growth in Aluminium Alloy 7085-T7452
- 14 Mar 2019
- Integrated repair systems for composite aerospace structures
- 2 Jan 2019
- Advancements in Multifunctional Syntactic Foam Through the Integration of Sustainable Rubber Fillers
- 3 Apr 2018
- Design and Characterisation of Acoustic Metamaterials in Air and Water-like Media
- 3 Apr 2017
- Enhanced Metal-Composite Interface Via Novel Silver Nanowire (AgNW) Interleaves
- 2 Mar 2015
- Fire Response of Light-Weight Structural Materials Under Complex Loads
- 19 Jun 2014
- Nondestructive Evaluation of the Integrity of Thick Composite Structures
- 12 Feb 2013
Teaching interests
Advanced composite structure design and integrity, nanocomposites, adhesive joints, fatigue and facture, facture modelling, interface/interphase design, damage tolerance, new manufacturing methods and biomechanics.
Research interests
Materials Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Automotive Engineering
Nanocomposites/composites, computational modelling, nanomechanics, mechanical design, fatigue and fracture, fracture modelling, adhesive joints, advanced composite structure design and integrity, interface/interphase design, damage tolerance
Nanocomposites/composites, computational modelling, nanomechanics, mechanical design, fatigue and fracture, fracture modelling, adhesive joints, advanced composite structure design and integrity, interface/interphase design, damage tolerance
