Makhlouf M. Makhlouf is professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Advanced Casting Research Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).  Before joining WPI, Makhlouf was senior research engineer at Bay State, a division of Dresser Industries.  He received his BS degree, with high honors, in 1978 from the American University in Cairo, his MS degree in 1980 from New Mexico State University, and his Ph.D. in 1990 from WPI.  Makhlouf’s teaching and research focus on materials processing, particularly solidification of metals, and the application of thermodynamics, kinetics, and the concepts of heat and mass transfer to modeling mechanisms and processes in materials science and engineering.  He has authored more than a hindered technical publications on topics ranging from synthesis of ceramic reinforced metal matrix composites to hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steels.  Makhlouf received several awards including the Scientific Merit Award from the American Foundry Society (AFS), the Uhlig Award from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), and the Flemings Award from the Advanced Casting Research Center.  He was the Foundry Engineering Foundation Professor at WPI between 1992 and 2003, and serves on the American Foundry Society’s R&D Committee, Molten Metal Committee, and Magnesium Committee.  Makhlouf is a member of TMS International, ASM International, AFS, NADCA, NACE, ASEE, and Sigma XI - the Scientific Research Society.

Selected recent publications

V.S. Warke, G. Tryggvason, and M.M. Makhlouf, “Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Molten Metal Cleansing by the Rotating Impeller Degasser: Part I. Fluid Flow,” J. Mater. Process. Tech., vol. 168, no. 1, pp. 112-118, September 2005.  

V.S. Warke, S. Shankar, and M.M. Makhlouf, “Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Molten Metal Cleansing by the Rotating Impeller Degasser: Part II. Removal of Hydrogen Gas and Solid Particles,” J. Mater. Process. Tech., vol. 168, no. 1, pp. 119-126, September 2005.

M.M. Makhlouf, S. Shankar, and Y.W. Riddle, “Mechanisms of Formation and Chemical Modification of the Morphology of the Eutectic Phases in Hypoetectic Aluminum-Silicon Alloys,” AFS Transactions, paper No. 05-088(02), April 2005. (Recipient of the Best Paper Award from the Aluminum Division of the American Foundry Society).

Sumanth Shankar, Yancy W. Riddle, and Makhlouf M. Makhlouf, “Nucleation Mechanism of the Eutectic Phases in Aluminum-Silicon Hypoeutectic Alloys,” Acta Mater., vol. 52, no. 15, pp. 4447-4460, August 2004.