Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials
(Advancing Education and Research in Mechanics and Materials)
Dr. Hossain received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Prior to joining Texas A&M as an associate professor of instruction, he was an assistant professor at UD and served as a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology. He also worked as a visiting scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University. He completed his BS and MS degrees from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and served as a lecturer in its mechanical engineering department before pursuing doctoral studies at UIUC. His research and teaching interests include mechanics and physics of deformation and fracture in semiconductors, heterogeneous materials, and composites. He explores the role of material and structural anisotropy and asymmetry in controlling effective properties at multiple scales. Improving domestic students' success and participation in higher education and research drives his teaching and mentoring ambitions.
Effective modulus of 3D-printable curvilinear fiber rreinforced composites (pdf, doi), Tengyuan Hao, Javid Mustafa, Garrett Gray, and Zubaer M. Hossain, Composite Structures 330, 117811 (2024)
Crack-path bifurcation, arrest, and renucleation in porous 3C-SiC (pdf, doi), Fazle Elahi and Zubaer M. Hossain, J. of Applied Physics 131, 115105 (2022), Selected as Editor's pick
MD study of interfacial strength and debonding in SiC/SiC nanocomposite (pdf, doi), Fazle Elahi and Zubaer M. Hossain, MRS Advances 7, 462 (2022)
Strain-induced second-order Jahn-Teller reconstruction (pdf, doi), Claire Andreasen*, Tengyuan Hao*, Julia Hatoum, and Zubaer M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 130, 034303 (2021)
Strength evolution laws in curing of solvent-welded polymers (pdf, doi), T. Ahmed, B. Han, M. Sulecki, M. Ferril, and Z. M. Hossain; Physical Review E 103, 022502 (2021)
Line-defect orientation- and length-dependent strength and toughness in hBN (pdf,doi), T. Hao, Z. Zhang, T. Ahmed, J. Xu, S. Brown, and Z. M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 129, 014304 (2021)
Electronic structure basis of strength and toughness in fluoropolymers (pdf, doi), Justin Xu, Tengyuan Hao, and Zubaer M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 128, 154305 (2020)
Structure-dependent strength and toughness in dodecahedral silica nanocage (pdf, doi), Tengyuan Hao, Justin Xu, and Zubaer M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 128, 064303 (2020)
Critical inter-defect distance that modulates strength and toughness in sp2-lattice (pdf, doi), Tengyuan Hao, T. Ahmed, R. J. Mou, J. Xu, S. Brown, and Z. M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 127, 204301 (2020)
Stress-localization induced toughening in CNT-SiO2 nanocomposite (pdf, doi), Tengyuan Hao and Zubaer M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 127, 154306 (2020)
Geometric confinement governs toughness and strength in defective diamond nanowires (pdf, doi), Zhaocheng Zhang and Zubaer M. Hossain; Physical Review B 101, 014111 (2020)
Toughness and strength anisotropy among high-symmetry directions in 3C-SiC (pdf, doi), Fazle Elahi, Zhaocheng Zhang, and Zubaer M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 127, 015104 (2020), Editors Pick
Surface softening regulates effective stiffness in diamond nanowire (pdf, doi), Zhaocheng Zhang and Zubaer M. Hossain; Nanotechnology 31, 095709 (2020)
Size-dependent toughness and strength in defective 3C-SiC nanowires (pdf, doi), Ling Ma*, Tengyuan Hao*, and Zubaer M. Hossain; J. of Applied Physics 126, 164303 (2019)
Atomistic mechanisms of crack nucleation and propagation in amorphous silica (pdf, doi), Tengyuan Hao and Zubaer M. Hossain; Physical Review B 100, 014204 (2019)
Anisotropy of the effective toughness of layered media (pdf, doi), Stella Brach, M. Z. Hossain, B. Bourdin, and K. Bhattacharya; J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 131, 96 (2019)
Strong anisotropy in strength and toughness in defective hexagonal boron nitride (pdf,doi), Tousif Ahmed, Allison Procak, Tengyuan Hao, and Zubaer M. Hossain; Physical Review B 99, 134105 (2019)
Differential anharmonicity and thermal expansion coefficient in 3C-SiC nanowires (pdf, doi), Zubaer M. Hossain, Fazle Elahi, and Zhaocheng Zhang; Physical Review B 99, 115407 (2019)
Heterogeneity governs diameter-dependent toughness and strength in SiC nanowires (pdf, doi), Fazle Elahi, Ling Ma, and Zubaer M. Hossain; Physical Review B 98, 174111 (2018)
Strength and toughness anisotropy in hexagonal boron nitride: An atomistic picture (pdf, doi), Tousif Ahmed, Zhaocheng Zhang, Colin McDermitt, and Zubaer M. Hossain, J. Applied Physics 124, 185108 (2018), Editors Pick.
Stillinger-Weber potential for elastic and fracture properties in graphene and cnts (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, T. Hao, and B. Silverman; ;J. of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 055901 (2018)
Anisotropic toughness and strength in graphene and its atomistic origin (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, T. Ahmed, B. Silverman, M. S. Khawaja, J. Calderon, A. Rutten, and S. Tse; J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 110, 118 (2018)
Measurement of fracture toughness of heterogeneous materials (pdf), C.-J.Hsueh, K. Bhattacharya, G. Ravichandran, M. Z. Hossain; US Patent No. 9903800 (2018)
Systems and methods for determining the effective toughness of a material (pdf), M. Z. Hossain, C-J Hsueh, K. Bhattacharya, G. Ravichandran, B. Bourdin; US 2016/0131564 A1 (2016), US010190955B1 (2019)
Effective toughness of heterogeneous media (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, C-J. Hsueh, B. Bourdin, K. Bhattacharya; J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 71, 15 (2014)
Stress-dependent solute energetics in W-Re alloys from first-principles calculations (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain and J. Marian; Acta Materialia 80, 107 (2014)
Electron-dependent thermoelectric properties in Si/Si1-xGex heterostructures and alloys (doi), M. Z. Hossain, and H. T. Johnson; Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 253901 (2012)
Ion impact energy distribution and sputtering of Si and Ge (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson; J. of Appl. Phys. 111, 103513 (2012)
Ion impact crater asymmetry determines surface ripple orientation (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, K. Das, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson; Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 151913 (2011)
Semiconducting graphene nanoribbon retains band gap on amorphous or crystalline SiO2 (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain; Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 183103 (2011)
Quantum conductance modulation in graphene by strain engineering (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain; Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 143118 (2010)
Effects of composition, strain, atomic disorder on optical phonon frequencies in Si1-xGex, (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain and H. T. Johnson; J. of Appl. Phys. 107, 073515 (2010)
Interface-induced bandgap reduction and electron transfer (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain; Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 053118 (2010)
Enhanced quantum confinement due to nonuniform composition in alloy quantum dots (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, N. V. Medhekar, V. B. Shenoy, and H. T. Johnson, Nanotechnology 21, 095401 (2010)
Structural instability of single-wall carbon nanotube edges from first-principles (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain; Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 153104 (2009)
Chemistry at the graphene-SiO2 interface (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain; Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 143125 (2009)
Improved calculation of Si sputter yield via first-principles derived interatomic potential (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson; N. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. 261, 1061 (2009)
Differential sputter yields in Si1-xGex (pdf, doi), M. Z. Hossain, J. B. Freund, and H. T. Johnson; J. of Appl. Phys. 103, 073508 (2008)
Generalized mathematical model for the solution of mixed boundary-value elastic problems (pdf), M. Z. Hossain, S. R. Ahmed and M. W. Uddin; Applied Mathematics and Computation 169, 1247 (2005)
A new mathematical model for finite-difference solution of 3D MBV elastic problems, M. Z. Hossain, S. R. Ahmed and M. W. Uddin; I. J. of Computational Methods 2, 99 (2005)
A general mathematical formulation for finite-difference solution of anisotropic materials (pdf), S. R. Ahmed, M. Z. Hossain, and M. W. Uddin; Computers & Structures 83, 35 (2005)