Dr. Md Zakir Hussain

About Me

Welcome to my academic profile. I am Dr. Md Zakir Hussain, serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Barak Valley Engineering College, Assam, India.

My academic interests include mechanical engineering research, materials development, optimization, and the application of innovative engineering technologies to solve practical industrial problems. I am committed to promoting quality teaching, research, innovation, and the professional development of students.

Through teaching, research, and academic activities, I aim to contribute to the advancement of mechanical engineering knowledge and the development of technically competent and socially responsible engineers.

Research Interests

• Composite materials and polymer composites

• Nanocomposites and advanced engineering materials

• Tribology, friction, wear, and lubrication

• Natural-fiber-reinforced composites

• Materials fabrication and characterization

• Mechanical properties of engineering materials

• Sustainable materials and manufacturing technologies

• Optimization

Academic and Professional Activities

• Teaching and mentoring undergraduate engineering students

• Conducting research in mechanical and materials engineering

• Supporting student projects and research activities

• Contributing to departmental academic and administrative responsibilities

• Promoting innovation, technical learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration

Research and Publications

My research interests focus on the development, characterization, and performance evaluation of engineering materials, particularly composite materials and nanocomposites.

Publications:

Research work:

a) Patent (Granted): 

[1] Sabah Khan, Md Zakir Hussain, “A METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING MnO₂/MWCNT EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITE," Patent no: 437239 (The Patent Office, Govt. of India), date of grant: 04/07/2023, patent application No.: 202111007162.

b) Research articles in an international journal:

[1] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., Sarmah, P., et al. "Flexural and impact properties of sheet-type α-MnO₂ epoxy nanocomposites." Discover Materials (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43939-026-00721-4. (ESCI, IF: 5.8)

[2] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., Sharma, B., and Sarmah, P., 2024. "Multiresponse optimization of fabrication variables of α-MnO₂-epoxy nanocomposite through simulation-based Taguchi-grey relational analysis." Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 38(12), pp.6799-6815. (SCIE, IF: 2.2)

[3] Hussain, M. Z., Sarmah, P., Yadav, S. K., Kumar, V., Yadav, A., Goyal, A., & Khanna, V. (2024). "Influence of α‐MnO2 and Curing Temperature on Density and Microhardness of Epoxy Nanocomposites." 2024(1), 6390294. (ESCI, IF: 3.1)

[4] Hussain, M. Z., & Sarmah, P. (2024). "Effect of nano α-MnO₂ addition on thermal decomposition and compressive properties of epoxy." International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 16(5), 56-70. (ESCI, SCOPUS, Cite score: 1.4)

[5] Hussain, M.Z., and Sarmah, P. (2024) “Effect of powder processing parameters on erosive wear of 10 wt% MWCNTs/MnO₂ nanocomposite through Taguchi method” Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2024.05.142. (SCOPUS)

[6] Hussain, M.Z., and Sarmah, P. (2023) “Optimal fabrication parameters of MWCNTs/α-MnO₂ nanocomposite through Taguchi technique” Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29(020,  Article ID: APST-29-02-14. (SCOPUS, Cite score: 0.8)

[7] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., and Sarmah, P. (2022). Optimization of process parameters on specific wear rate of MnO₂/Epoxy nanocomposite. Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 237(6). doi/10.1177/09544062221132405. (SCI, IF: 1.8)

[8] Hussain, M.Z., & Khan, S. (2022). "Fabrication and tribological behavior of MnO₂/Epoxy nanocomposites." High Performance Polymers. 34(7), pp. 742–758 (SCIE, IF: 1.8).

[9] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., & Khan, U. (2022). "Optimization of MWCNTs/Al nanocomposite fabrication process parameters for mass density and hardness. Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science—236 (14), pp. 8073–8091 (SCI, IF: 1.8).

[10] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., and Sarmah, P. (2020). Optimization of powder metallurgy processing parameters of Al₂O₃/Cu composite through Taguchi method with Grey relational analysis. Journal of King Saud University-Engineering Sciences, 32(4), pp. 274-286 (Scopus, CiteScore: 12.1).

[11] Hussain, M. Z., and Khan, U. (2018). Evaluation of material removal rate and electrode wear rate in die sinking EDM with tool material Al₂O₃/Cu composite through Taguchi method. International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, 9(2), 115-139 (Scopus, Cite Score: 1.7).

[12] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., & P. Sarmah. (2022) “Effect of parameters: Milling time and wt.% Al2O3  on  mass  density  and  hardness  of  Al2O3/Cu  micro-composite.” Materials Today: Proceedings. 62(2), 2022, 671-678, DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.632.  (Scopus)

[13] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, U., Sarmah, P., and Khan, S. (2019). Evaluation of Erosive Wear Rate of Al₂O₃-Cu Composite. Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 577, No. 1, p. 012018). IOP Publishing (Scopus, web of science).

[14] Sarmah, P., Hussain, M.Z., and Khan, S., 2020, October. Analysis of Wind Energy Possibilities of Different Sites in India. Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 943, No. 1, p. 012003). IOP Publishing (Scopus, web of science).

[15] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, U., Jangid, R., and Khan, S. (2018). Hardness and wear analysis of Cu/Al₂O₃ composite for application in EDM electrode. Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 310, No. 1) (Scopus, web of science).

[16] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, U., Chanda, A.K., and Jangid, R. (2017). Fabrication and Hardness Analysis of F-MWCNTs Reinforced Aluminum Nanocomposite. Procedia Engineering, 173, pp.1611-1618 (Scopus).

[17] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., Sarmah, P., and Khan, U., 2018. Analysis of erosive wear of MWCNTs/MnO₂ nanocomposite. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(11), pp.23559-23567 (Scopus).

[18] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., Nagarajan, R., Khan, U., and Vats, V., 2016. Fabrication and Microhardness Analysis of MWCNT/MnO₂ Nanocomposite. Journal of Materials, 2016. Article ID 6070468.

[19] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., Sarmah, P., 2018. Evaluation of Erosive Wear Rate Of Al2o3/Cu Composite Through Taguchi Method. International Journal of Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Characterization. Vol. 8, Issue 2.

[20] Hussain MZ, Khan S, Gaur A, Shuaib M. (2017) Optimum yield parameters of MWCNT/MnO₂ nanocomposite. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation. 2017; 5(2):279-82

[21] Hussain, M. Z., Shuaib, M., Khan, U., Pathak, B. (2017). Numerical prediction of Young’s modulus of MWCNTs/MnO₂ nanocomposite. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, 5(3), pp. 343-346.

[22] Hussain, M.Z., Roy, K.D., Khan, S., Sarmah, K.P., Talukdar, R. Wind Energy Potential at Different Cities of Assam Using Statistical Models. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, Volume 6 Issue 1 (2018) 38-43.

[23] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., Haque, S., and Pathak, B., 2017. Review of synthesis, characterization, Mechanical and Electrical properties of CNTs/PANI nanocomposite. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, 5(4), pp. 440-443.

 c) Paper Presented at National/International Conferences:    

[1] EFFECT OF CURING TEMPERATURE ON DENSITY AND MICROHARDNESS OF EPOXY GRADE LAPOX L-12” in the 6th International Conference on Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering-2025, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar, from 28th Feb-2nd Mar, 2025 

[2] Effect of factors on yield behaviour of polyaniline. MRIE-2023, K.R. Mangalam University, Haryana, India.

[3] Effect of powder processing parameters on 10 wt% MWCNTs/MnO₂ nanocomposite through Taguchi technique. ICPPM-2023.

[4] Effect of parameters: Milling time and wt. % Al₂O₃ on mass density and hardness of Al₂O₃/Cu micro-composite. Second International Conference on Engineering Materials, Metallurgy and Manufacturing (ICEMMM-2021), SSN College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India.

[5] Evaluation of EDM die-sinking electrode wear rate of COOH-MWCNT/Al nanocomposite. A national conference on 2nd Innovative Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IPDIMS), 12-13 February 2021, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Rourkela.

[6] Fabrication and Hardness Analysis of F-MWCNTs Reinforced Aluminum Nanocomposite in the 11th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics—IMPLAST 2016 at IIT, Delhi, on December 12th-14th, 2016.

[7] STUDY OF FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES-POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITE. An International Conference & Exhibition on cutting-edge technological challenges in mechanical engineering (CETCME-2015) in sync with “MAKE IN INDIA" on 21st & 22nd March, 2015, NIET Greater Noida, U.P.

 d) Book chapter: 

[1] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, Sarmah, P., Deka, R., Kumar, A., Yadav, S.K. Optimal synthesis of polyaniline through Taguchi technique. Multidisciplinary recent trends in research, vol. 6, ISBN: 978-91-89764-34-7, Redshine Publication, London, U.K.

[2] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, Sarmah, P., Deka, R., Kumar, A., Yadav, S.K. Effect of input variables on mass density of neat epoxy. Multidisciplinary recent trends in research, vol. 5, ISBN: 978-91-89764-31-6, Redshine Publication, London, U.K.

[3] Hussain, M.Z., Khan, S., and Sarmah, P. Evaluation of EDM Die-Sinking Electrode Wear Rate of COOH-MWCNT/Al Nanocomposite. LNME book series: Applications of Computational Methods in Manufacturing and Product Design (Scopus). ISSN: 2195-4356, Springer Singapore.

FDP/Seminar attended

 FDP attended

[1] Participated in a two-day “Induction Training Programme" for the newly appointed Assistant Professors of state engineering colleges organized by the Directorate of Technical Education, Assam, at Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara, Guwahati-22, from the 25th to the 26th of November, 2024. 

[2] Participated in a 5-day hybrid workshop on “Emerging Nanoscale Semiconductor Devices and Integration with Machine Learning Verification” organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, NIT, Silchar & the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Guwahati University under the aegis of New Education policy (NEP) 2020, Government of India, held from 14th May to 18th May 2025.

[3] Attended a one-week faculty development program on "Research and Publication Ethics” organized by the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTR), Kolkata, from 5th May to 9th May, 2025.

[4] Participated in the one-week online faculty development program on “Sustainable Innovation in New Ventures," organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Institute Innovation Council, Assam Engineering College, from 27th October to 1st November 2025.

[5] Participated in the two-week “Induction training program" organized by the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTR), Kolkata, from 15/06/2026 to 26/06/2026.

[6] Participated in a five-day short-term training program on “Power Sector Transmission for a Sustainable and Reliable Future: Industry Perspectives and Practical Insights” organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, from 7th March to 11th March 2026.

[7] Participated in a one-week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Emerging Innovations for Sustainable Engineering: Research Gaps and Future Directions” organized by the Faculty of Engineering, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati, Assam, held from March 16 to 20, 2026.

[8] Participated in the AICTE-Recognized Faculty Development Programme on “Hybrid Manufacturing” conducted by the Mechanical Engineering Department from 06/07/2026 to 10/07/2026 (one week) at NITTTR, Chandigarh.

[9] Participated in the hybrid mode Faculty Development Program on “SMART MANUFACTURING: Integration of Automation, AI, Digital Twins, and Sustainable Production (SM26)” organized by the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, National Institute of Technology Delhi, India, held from June 30th to July 5th, 2026.

[10] Participated in the six-day online faculty development program on “Next generation sustainable and high performance composites: challenges and opportunities” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering, Chennai from 6th to 11th July 2026 (6:00 PM to 7:00 PM).

[11] Participated in a 5-day online international workshop on “3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing Insights” from 12.03.2024 to 16.03.2024, organized by NIT Mizoram, India.

[12] Participated in AICTE recognized short term course on “Instructional Planning and Delivery (Module IV- Communication Skills through ICT” from 02.02.2015 to 06.02.2015, organized by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh.

[13] A Govt. sponsored practical workshop programmed on "Household Plastic Product Manufacturing Technique using CNC Machines" from the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Guwahati.

Seminar attended

[1] Participated in “One-day national awareness program on design and innovation schemes of micro, small & medium enterprises (MSME)” sponsored by the Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India & organized by NIT, Silchar in association with Barak Valley Engineering College, held at BVEC, Assam on 31st January 2026.

Teaching

My teaching activities focus on developing students' fundamental engineering knowledge, analytical skills, practical understanding, and problem-solving abilities. I encourage students to connect theoretical concepts with experimental investigations and real-world engineering applications.

Student Projects and Research Collaboration

I welcome academic discussions, student research initiatives, and collaborations in relevant areas of mechanical engineering. Students interested in materials development, composite fabrication, tribological testing, and experimental research may explore opportunities for project-based learning and research engagement.

Contact

Dr. Md Zakir Hussain
HoD (i/c), Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Barak Valley Engineering College, Assam, India

Email: mzhussain@bvec.ac.in

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LrGBv0IAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-8759

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Md-Hussain-9?ev=hdr_xprf&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImhvbWUiLCJwYWdlIjoiaG9tZSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoiZ2xvYmFsSGVhZGVyIn19