Fayaz Hussain joined the Department of Materials Engineering in 2007, first as a Lecturer, then after Assistant Professor in 2010, as Associate Professor in 2020, and promoted to Professor in 2022. Prior to this, he worked for three years in the metal industry. He is also an editorial board member of the journals “Frontiers in Materials” and “Electroactive Materials”.

He completed his PhD from the University of Sheffield, England, UK, in 2016-2017, and worked on “KNN based lead-oxide free piezoelectric ceramics”. He studied the ABO3 system from the perspective of optimizing its performance for multilayer actuators; potentially for energy harvesting applications under the supervision of Professor Ian Reaney at the University of Sheffield. To fabricate the multilayers, a novel Wet-Multilayer-Method (WMM) was also developed to overcome the issues of delamination during the firing of multilayer actuators. He has authored/co-authored publications in well-reputed journals, around 31 papers including key articles on the piezoelectric, capacitor, and microwave dielectric ceramics in bulk and multilayers with 239 citations, h-index is 8, and i10-index is 6 of last five years. Current research interests: Synthesis of Piezoelectric Ceramics and their multilayers, Multiferroics, Thermoelectric Ceramics, and Microwave dielectrics. Characterisation Methods: LCR, impedance spectroscopy, d33 meter for piezoelectric coefficient, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer for magnetic properties, XRD Analysis, SEM/ EDX, ferroelectric testing, etc.

Funded Projects:

• PI: Rs.3.5 million from Sindh HEC for “Green Energy Source and Environmentally friendly lead-oxide free piezoelectric ceramics for energy harvesting devices” 

• Rs. 3 Million for a PhD Project under the supervision 

• Rs. 1 Million for ISP, Co-PI 

• PI: Rs. 9.8 million for NRPU-2021 on “Environmentally friendly Multiferroic Ceramics for Electronic Applications by cold sintering method” 

Rewards: 

• More than Rs. 1Million from NEDUET, as a financial reward for publishing the research paper in 2020 & 2021 

• Best Publication Awards in 2018, 2020 and 2022 by NED Alumni Association of Southern California, USA. 

• Best Teacher Award in 2022 by NED Alumni Association of Southern California, USA. 

PhD (Students) PROJECTS: Under-Supervision :

• TTB-based like Multiferroic Ceramics (Supervision) 

• Bio-ceramics/glass Coating on implants (Supervision) 

• TTB-based Multiferroic Ceramics (Supervision) 

• Electro-ceramics-based (Co-supervision) 

ISP OR THESIS PROJECTS M. Engg.:

More than 15 projects supervised electroceramics 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER 

1. Journal of Frontiers in Materials (JCR, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials#editorialboard) 

2. Electro-active Materials (Malaysia, https://www.electroactmater.com/index.php/editorialboard). 

3. Journal of Advanced Dielectrics Editorial Board, Xian Jiaotong University, China, https://www.worldscientific.com/page/jad/early-career-editorial-board 

4. Guest Editor in “Crystals” Journal