Dr Muhammad Naeem

Dr Muhammad Naeem

School of Metallurgy and Materials
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
m.naeem@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@_naeem1
Address
School of Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Muhammad Naeem is a Research Fellow at the School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham.

He also holds a visiting position at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. His research focuses on developing alloys for extreme environments and their real-time deformation mechanisms investigation, mainly by neutron and synchrotron diffraction.

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Qualifications

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2024
  • Ph.D. in Materials Physics, City University of Hong Kong, 2020
  • M.Sc. in Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2010
  • B.Sc. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, 2008

Biography

Dr Muhammad Naeem is a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and holds a visiting position at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. He obtained his PhD in Materials Physics from the City University of Hong Kong in 2020, where he subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher for three years. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Dr Naeem’s research focuses on the design and performance of advanced metallic materials with multidisciplinary properties for extreme environments. With a strong emphasis on in-situ mechanical testing, he has over couple of dozens of successful neutron and synchrotron beamtime proposal awards to his credit as a principal investigator or co-investigator.

Dr Naeem has spearheaded in-situ neutron diffraction investigations to explore the cryogenic deformation behaviour of multicomponent high-entropy alloys, which are promising candidates for hydrogen-based energy systems. His research has been published in leading journals, including Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, and Acta Materialia, and presented at international conferences. His work in Science Advances was featured by PHYS.ORG and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and is among the most cited studies conducted at the Engineering Materials Diffraction Beamline of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. He received the award of Best Paper in Materials from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Dr Naeem was also awarded the 2022 AONSA (Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association) Young Research Fellowship to conduct collaborative research at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex.

Dr Naeem has organized the inaugural Gordon Research Seminar on Structural Nanomaterials in Switzerland (May 2024) and the symposium Materials Under Extreme Environments: Process-Structure-Property Relationship at the International Materials Research Congress in Cancun, Mexico (August 2024). He also delivered invited seminars and talks, including at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials in Germany and the Gordon Research Conference on Structural Nanomaterials in Switzerland.

Postgraduate supervision

Supervision of student theses on mechanical behaviour of advanced alloys under extreme environments.

Other activities

  • Organizer, 2024 Gordon Research Seminar on Structural Nanomaterials, Les Diablerets, Switzerland
  • Organizer, Symposium “Materials Under Extreme Environments: Process-Structure-Property Relationship”, 32ndInternational Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico
  • Editorial Board Member of journal cMat
  • Gest Editor, Special Issue of journal Crystals “Processing−Microstructure−Properties Relationship of Advanced Alloys”
  • Referee for neutron beamtime proposals at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex
  • Diamond–Birmingham Collaboration Review Panel Member
  • ISIS Neutron & Muon Source User Committee Member for Engineering (IUG7)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Romero-Resendiz, L, Huang, Y, Knowles, AJ, Kelleher, J, Lee, TL, Mousavi, T & Naeem, M 2025, 'Exceptional strength–ductility combination of heterostructured stainless steel for cryogenic applications', Scripta Materialia, vol. 258, 116527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2024.116527

Naeem, M, Sánchez Cruz, RJ, Esquivel Neri, MA, Ma, Y, Amigó Borrás, V, González, G, Knowles, AJ, Gong, W, Harjo, S, Zhu, YT, Wang, XL & Romero-Resendiz, L 2024, 'Enhanced cryogenic mechanical properties of heterostructured CrCoNi multicomponent alloy: Insights from in-situ neutron diffraction', Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol. 916, 147374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.147374

Werner, KV, Naeem, M, Niessen, F, Zhu, L, Villa, M, Wang, X-L & Somers, MAJ 2024, 'Experimental and computational assessment of the temperature dependency of the stacking fault energy in face-centered cubic high-entropy alloys', Acta Materialia, vol. 278, 120271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120271

Reséndiz, LR, Cano, TS, Naeem, M, Rehman, AU, Salamci, E, Mendoza, VT, Duran, ED, Díaz, LB & Salamci, MU 2024, 'Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties Comparison of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Alloys by Electron Beam Melting and Selective Laser Melting', Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09486-4

Ma, Y, Naeem, M, Zhu, L, He, H, Sun, X, Yang, Z, He, F, Harjo, S, Kawasaki, T & Wang, X-L 2024, 'Microscopic insights of the extraordinary work-hardening due to phase transformation', Acta Materialia, vol. 270, 119822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119822

González-Guillén, C, Romero-Resendiz, L, Naeem, M, Vidilli, AL, Otani, LB, Klyatskina, E, Gonzalez, G & Amigó, V 2024, 'Microstructural and mechanical behavior of second-phase hardened porous refractory Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta alloys', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 980, 173605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.173605

Romero-Resendiz, L, Kong, HJ, Zhang, T, Ni, H, Chen, S, Naeem, M & Zhu, YT 2023, 'Achieving antimicrobial and superior mechanical properties in a scalable and cost-effective heterostructured stainless steel', Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol. 886, 145676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.145676

Romero-Resendiz, L, Naeem, M & Zhu, YT 2023, 'Heterostructured Materials by Severe Plastic Deformation', MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 2346-2360. https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MT-MF2022010

Zhang, F, Lu, B, Liu, X, Wang, H, Jiang, S, Naeem, M, Wang, X-L, Wu, Y & Lu, Z 2023, 'Hydrogen embrittlement resistance of precipitation-hardened FeCoNiCr high entropy alloys', Intermetallics, vol. 153, 107800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2022.107800

Wen, X, Zhu, L, Naeem, M, Huang, H, Jiang, S, Wang, H, Liu, X, Zhang, X, Wang, X-L, Wu, Y & Lu, Z 2023, 'Strong work-hardenable body-centered-cubic high-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperature', Scripta Materialia, vol. 231, 115434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115434

González-Guillén, C, Kamel, GAH, Degalez-Duran, E, Klyatskina, E, Naeem, M, Romero-Resendiz, L, Gonzalez, G & Borrás, VA 2023, 'The Effect of Ti/Ta Ratio and Processing Routes on the Hardness and Elastic Modulus of Porous TiNbZrTa Alloys', Materials, vol. 16, no. 23, 7362. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16237362

Wu, X, Lan, S, Li, X, Yang, M, Wu, Z, Wei, X, He, H, Naeem, M, Zhou, J, Lu, Z, Gilbert, EP, Ma, D & Wang, X-L 2022, 'Continuous chemical redistribution following amorphous-to-crystalline structural ordering in a Zr-Cu-Al bulk metallic glass', Journal of Materials Science & Technology, vol. 101, pp. 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.05.062

Wu, X, Wang, B, Rehm, C, He, H, Naeem, M, Lan, S, Wu, Z & Wang, X-L 2022, 'Ultra-small-angle neutron scattering study on temperature-dependent precipitate evolution in CoCrFeNiMo0.3 high entropy alloy', Acta Materialia, vol. 222, 117446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117446

Haiyan, HE, Bing, WANG, Si, LAN, Jacob, PCRUFF, Chengjun, SUN, Naeem, M, Liu, CT & Wang, X-L 2021, 'Anomalous X-Ray Scattering and Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Study of the Local Structure of CrFeCoNiMox (x = 0.11, 0.18, and 0.23) High-Entropy Alloys', JOM, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 3285–3290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04871-z

Review article

Edalati, K, Ahmed, AQ, Akrami, S, Ameyama, K, Aptukov, V, Asfandiyarov, RN, Ashida, M, Astanin, V, Bachmaier, A, Beloshenko, V, Bobruk, EV, Bryła, K, Cabrera, JM, Carvalho, AP, Chinh, NQ, Choi, IC, Chulist, R, Cubero-Sesin, JM, Davdian, G, Demirtas, M, Divinski, S, Durst, K, Dvorak, J, Edalati, P, Emura, S, Enikeev, NA, Faraji, G, Figueiredo, RB, Floriano, R, Fouladvind, M, Fruchart, D, Fuji, M, Fujiwara, H, Gajdics, M, Gheorghe, D, Gondek, L, González-Hernández, JE, Gornakova, A, Grosdidier, T, Gubicza, J, Gunderov, D, He, L, Higuera, OF, Hirosawa, S, Hohenwarter, A, Horita, Z, Horky, J, Huang, Y, Huot, J, Ikoma, Y, Ishihara, T, Ivanisenko, Y, Jang, JI, Jorge, AM, Kawabata-Ota, M, Kawasaki, M, Khelfa, T, Kobayashi, J, Kommel, L, Korneva, A, Kral, P, Kudriashova, N, Kuramoto, S, Langdon, TG, Lee, DH, Levitas, VI, Li, C, Li, HW, Li, Y, Li, Z, Lin, HJ, Liss, KD, Liu, Y, Cardona, DMM, Matsuda, K, Mazilkin, A, Mine, Y, Miyamoto, H, Moon, SC, Müller, T, Muñoz, JA, Murashkin, MY, Naeem, M, Novelli, M, Olasz, D, Pippan, R, Popov, VV, Popova, EN, Purcek, G, de Rango, P, Renk, O, Retraint, D, Révész, Á, Roche, V, Rodriguez-Calvillo, P, Romero-Resendiz, L, Sauvage, X, Sawaguchi, T, Sena, H, Shahmir, H, Shi, X, Sklenicka, V, Skrotzki, W, Skryabina, N, Staab, F, Straumal, B, Sun, Z, Szczerba, M, Takizawa, Y, Tang, Y, Valiev, RZ, Vozniak, A, Voznyak, A, Wang, B, Wang, JT, Wilde, G, Zhang, M, Zhang, P, Zhou, J, Zhu, X, Zhu, YT & Zhang, F 2024, 'Severe plastic deformation for producing superfunctional ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials: An interdisciplinary review', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 1002, 174667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174667