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Research conducted by this mechanical engineering professor has increased our understanding of wear on ceramics at high temperatures.
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ WANI - The Quick File:
Muhammad Faroog Wani is a professor in the mechanical engineering department at the National Institute of Technology (previously known as Regional Engineering College). Born in a remote village of District Kulgam of Kashmir, J&K, India, he has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience in tribology. A renowned tribologist and engineering scientist, Wani was raised in conditions where research wasn't a priority, making his academic journey even more challenging.
Wani did his primary education in a government school and completed his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology in 1984. He joined the same institute as lecturer in mechanical engineering in September 1985 and completed his master's and doctorate degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1990 and 1999, respectively.
TLT: What was your contribution at the postgraduate level?
Wani: My research work was in the field of tribological properties of structural ceramics. It involved a pioneer work on non-oxide ceramics such as silicon nitride and its composites of TiC, TTN and sialon. The results obtained from my thesis at the post-graduate level stand published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and the CRC Tribology Data Handbook.
TLT: What were your interests at the postgraduate level?
Wani: I joined a course at ITMMEC, IIT Delhi, in industrial tribology and maintenance in 1988. This course fascinated me so much that I started to love learning more and more about the subject of tribology. It was in this course where...