Zainab Al-Maqdasi
Postdoctoral researcher
Research subject: Polymeric Composite Materials
Division: Materials Science
Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics
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Luleå, E291
About me
With background as chemical engineer, I started at LTU as a master student in the polymeric composite materials program in 2014 and continued for PhD studies in 2017 under supervision of Professor Roberts Joffe and graduated in 2022.
Currently I am a post doctoral researcher within the group of polymeric composite materials working on multiple research projects and participate in teaching lectures on polymers and composites for undergraduate students in courses such as T0028T, T0029, together with supervising of students in project course T7009T and T7023T and for thesis work. Under my time as a member in the group of Polymeric Composite Materials, I have supervised and co-supervised more than 15 students few of them came back to continue their thesis work after having done project course work.
I am passionate about the environment and sustainability is what drives me in my everyday life, as well as in my research.
Keywords
Composites, wood fibers, multifunctional composites, time-dependent properties, nanocomposites
Current Collaboration Projects
SUSBICO: Sustainable biocomposites
An Interreg-Aurora funded project dealing with development of biomass polyester resins for more sustainable composites. (read about the project here
External link, opens in new window.)
Gradient (Graded Interphases for Enhanced Dielectric and Mechanical Strength of Fiber Reinforced Composites)
M-Era.Net funded project (read more at coordinator wepbage GRADIENT External link, opens in new window.)
GlasCircle (Exploring Full Cycle Circular Economy for Glass Fiber Industry)
Interreg Baltic Sea Region - finansierat project (GlassCircle
External link.)
EPICENTRE (Educational platform life cycle assessment structure)
Project funded by EIT-rawmaterials (read the news here External link.)
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Previous Collaborative Projects
Nano2Day (Multifunctional polymer composites doped with novel 2D nanoparticles for advanced applications)
Project funded by European Union Horizon 2020 (please visit the website Nano2Day External link.)
Smart-WPC (Development of Multi-functional Hi-tech Cellolose Based Composites for Smart Products)
Project funded by European Union European Regional Development Fund, Lapland Union, Region Norrbotten
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