Role
Ahmad Serjouei is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Department of Engineering in School of Science & Technology.
Ahmad is the Personal Tutoring Lead for Department of Engineering and Impact Champion for REF Unit of Assessment 12.
Taught modules by Ahmad are:
- Engineering Mathematics & Technical Computing (2019-24, Module Leader)
- Materials & Manufacturing (2020-24, Partially involved)
- Foundation Engineering (2024, Partially involved)
- Engineering Science Fundamentals (2019-20, Module Leader)
- Innovation and Engineering Solutions (2019-20, Partially involved)
- Industrial Design & Product Case Studies (2019-20, Partially involved)
Career overview
Dr Serjouei completed his BSc (Mech. Eng.) at Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran in 2007. He obtained his MEng and PhD from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2009 and 2014.
Ahmad joined NTU in February 2019. Prior to joining NTU, he worked as:
- Senior Research Fellow in Additive Manufacturing at Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Engineering (IISE), University of Derby from 2017 to 2019.
- Research Fellow at Advanced Manufacturing and Design (AMD) Laboratory, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore from 2016 to 2017.
- Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Singapore from 2014 to 2016.
Ahmad holds Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) certificates for teaching.
Research areas
Ahmad's research interests include:
- Mechanical behavior of materials.
- Metal additive manufacturing.
- Fatigue and fracture of materials.
- 3D and 4D printing.
- Sustainable smart materials and structures.
- Novel applications of active meta-materials.
- Non-linear finite element analysis.
- Soft actuation.
Information related to applying for PhD positions may be obtained on the NTU Research Degrees website. Candidates willing to pursue PhD and MPhil degrees in the areas related to my research may directly contact me.
External activity
Professional Membership and Editorship:
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), and Chartered Engineer (CEng)
- Member of the Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC)
- Editorial board member of Journal of Digital Manufacturing Technology
- Editorial board member of Journal of Mechanical Engineering Advances
- Editorial board member of Journal of Advances in Differential Equations and Control Processes
- Associate editor of Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
- Associate editor of Advanced Equipments Journal
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue of Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering/Solid and Structural Mechanics Journal (IF: 2; CiteScore:4.4): Engineered Lightweight Materials for Translational Sustainable Solutions: Modelling, Experimental Characterizations and Environmental Assessments (Manuscript Summary Submission Deadline 21 February 2025 | Manuscript Submission Deadline 30 June 2025)
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue of Advanced Manufacturing Journal: Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing: Materials, Processes and Design Strategies (Manuscript Submission Deadline 31 Dec 2025)
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue of Journal of Metals: Fatigue and Fracture of Metals Processed by Additive Manufacturing (Manuscript Submission Deadline 31 Dec 2025)
Publications
A list of publications of Ahmad can be found at Google Scholar, ORCID and Researchgate.