Dr Rasheedat Modupe Mahamood

Assistant Professor

Department: Mechanical and Construction Engineering

Dr Rasheedat Mahamood joined Northumbria University in November 2023 as a Vice Chancellor Fellow- Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Construction Engineering. Prior to joining Northumbria University, Dr Mahamood was an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. She is a visiting Senior Research Associate at Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg. Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dr Mahamood completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2014. She obtained her MEng from Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria in 2006 and her BEng (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Federal University of Technology Minna, Minna, Nigeria in 1998.

Her research interests is in Advanced Manufacturing technology such as Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Laser and Friction Stir Welding , development and characterisation of advanced composite and functionally graded materials for Biomedical and aerospace application, and Renewable energy. She has more than 100 publications which includes Books, Book Chapters, international refereed journals, and international conference articles. She is a production Editor of Nigeria Journal of Technological Development and a reviewer to many high impact Journals. She won best paper Awards in two international conferences in UK and USA in 2012. She won Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellowship in 2012. She won L’Oreal UNESCO for Women in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2015 and in 2018, she won a prestigious University of Johannesburg Research Excellence Award.

Dr Mahamood is registered with Professional bodies that includes: South Africa Institution of Mechanical Engineers (SAiMeCHE), NiMeCHE, Nigerian Society of Engineers and APWEN.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Advanced Manufacturing technology such as Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Laser and Friction Stir Welding , development and characterisation of advanced composite and functionally graded materials for Biomedical and aerospace application, and Renewable energy.

Key Publications

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Concentrations, sources, and health risks of potentially toxic elements in milled maize, Adeniran, J., Adekunle Adebisi, J., Talabi, S., Yahaya, T., Ahmed, I., Mahamood, R., Sulaiman, M., Adetunji, L., Odusote, J., Abdulkareem, S. 26 Nov 2023, In: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal
An overview of biomass solid fuels: Biomass sources, processing methods, and morphological and microstructural properties, Ibitoye, S., Mahamood, R., Jen, T., Loha, C., Akinlabi, E. 1 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts
Corrosion of food grinding discs in gastro-intestinal environment, Ahmed, I., Adediran, A., Yahya, R., Yahaya, T., Talabi, S., Adebisi, J., Mahamood, R., Odusote, J., Sulaiman, M., Olatunji, L., Abdulkareem, S. 1 Oct 2023, In: Heliyon
Study on joint characteristics in laser butt welding of AMed and wrought Ti6Al4V plates, Okamoto, Y., Shinonaga, T., Takemoto, Y., Okada, A., Ochi, A., Kishimoto, R., Pityana, S., Arthur, N., Omoniyi, P., Mahamood, R., Maina, M., Akinlabi, E. 1 Aug 2023, In: Welding in the World, Le Soudage Dans Le Monde
Recycling Plastic Waste as Composite Reinforcement, Omoniyi, P., Ibitoye, S., Popoola, O., Ikubanni, P., Adeleke, A., Mahamood, M., Jen, T., Akinlabi, E. 6 Oct 2023, In: E3S Web of Conferences
TIG WeldInG of Ti6Al4V: effecT of Ti6Al4V elI As fIller MeTAl, Omoniyi, P., Mahamood, R., Adeleke, A., Ikubanni, P., Akinlabi, S., Akinlabi, E. 26 Jul 2023, In: Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
Design and fabrication of biomass densification machine for teaching and research purposes, Ibitoye, S., Mahamood, R., Jen, T., Loha, C., Akinlabi, E. 19 Jul 2023, In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Introduction to additive manufacturing technologies, Mahamood, R., Jen, T., Akinlabi, S., Hassan, S., Akinlabi, E. 19 Jan 2023, Advances in Additive Manufacturing, Amsterdam, Elsevier
Corrosion Behavior of Laser-Welded Ti6Al4V in 3.5%Wt NaCl, Omoniyi, P., Mahamood, R., Arthur, N., Pityana, S., Skhosane, S., Jen, T., Akinlabi, E. 2023, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, Singapore, Springer
Combined Torrefaction and Densification of Rice Husk: Effect of Process Parameters, Ibitoye, S., Mahamood, R., Jen, T., Akinlabi, E. 2023, Advances in Material Science and Engineering, Singapore, Springer

Qualifications

Mechanical Engineering PhD June 10 2014

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