Dr Thawhid Khan

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Lecturer of Sustainable Transport

thawhid.khan@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7772

Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Thawhid Khan
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile: I am a Lecturer in Sustainable Transport in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering.

I am a member of the Leonardo Centre for Tribology at the university and prior to this, I was a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Functional Surfaces at the University of Leeds and a Research Engineer at the University of Sheffield AMRC.

I hold a PhD in Tribology from the University of Leeds and I am a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. My research focuses on understanding how the tribochemical interactions between lubricant additives and a surface affects the friction and wear behaviour of components and most recently this has involved understanding the effects of electrification on lubricant performance and formation mechanisms.

Research interests

My research focuses on the broader areas of tribology, surface engineering and lubrication and predominantly on automotive, aerospace and machining applications.

Research interests:

Tribology and tribochemistry of advanced materials and lubricants
Sustainable lubricant additives
Effects of electrification on tribochemical interactions
Alternative cutting fluid technology
Advanced coatings for component durability
Effects of coatings and lubricants on hydrogen embrittlement

Publications

Journal articles

Aznan ZA, Azahan NMK, Marwan SH, Taufiqurrakhman M, Pandit H, Khan T & Abdullah AH (2025) Effect of Implant Positioning in Cemented Hip Arthroplasty. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 22(1), 90-103.
Khan T, Armitage JL & Bryant MG (2024) The effects of alternating current (AC) electrification on the tribological performance of gear materials with internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) transmission lubricants. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 18(4), 270-283.
Khan T, Beadling AR, Taufiqurrakhman M & Bryant MG (2024) Evaluation of hydrogen permeation in fretting corrosion interfaces with Ti-6Al-4V alloy and varying lubricants using a modified Devanathan-Stachurski cell. Tribology Transactions, 67(6), 1147-1157. View this article in WRRO
Elkington RJ, Armitage JL, Khan T & Bryant MG (2024) Sticky feet: a tribological study of climbing shoe rubber. Sports Engineering, 27(2).
Khan T (2023) Editorial for the special issue on manufacturing: tribology, surface engineering and lubricants. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 17(1), 1-2.
Toboła D, Liskiewicz T, Yang L, Khan T & Boroń Ł (2021) Effect of mechanical and thermochemical tool steel substrate pre-treatment on diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating durability. Surface and Coatings Technology, 422, 127483-127483.
Dorgham A, Azam A, Parsaeian P, Khan T, Sleiman M, Wang C, Morina A & Neville A (2021) Understanding the effect of water on the transient decomposition of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP). Tribology International, 157, 106855-106855.
Khan T, Broderick M & Taylor CM (2021) Investigating the industrial impact of hydraulic oil contamination on tool wear during machining and the development of a novel quantification methodology. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 112(1-2), 589-600. View this article in WRRO
Khan T, Broderick M, Sajid SA, Secker J & Taylor CM (2021) Development of an enhanced single point milling procedure to screen metalworking cutting fluid performance in terms of tool wear when machining aerospace alloys. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 235(10), 1644-1654. View this article in WRRO
Khan T, Tamura Y, Yamamoto H, Morina A & Neville A (2021) Investigation of the Tribological and Tribochemical Interactions of Different Ferrous Layers Applied to Nitride Surfaces. Journal of Tribology, 143(1).
Taylor CM, Díaz F, Alegre R, Khan T, Arrazola P, Griffin J & Turner S (2020) Investigating the performance of 410, PH13-8Mo and 300M steels in a turning process with a focus on surface finish. Materials & Design, 195. View this article in WRRO
Khan T, Tamura Y, Yamamoto H, Neville A & Morina A (2019) Tribological response of MoS₂ coated and oxy-nitrided samples with alternative extreme pressure and anti-wear additives. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 233(8), 1256-1273.
Khan T, Koide S, Tamura Y, Yamamoto H, Morina A & Neville A (2018) Effects of Using Alternative Extreme Pressure (EP) and Anti-Wear (AW) Additives with Oxy-Nitrided Samples. Tribology Letters, 66(1).
Khan T, Tamura Y, Yamamoto H, Morina A & Neville A (2016) Friction and wear mechanisms in boundary lubricated oxy-nitrided treated samples. Wear, 368-369, 101-115.
Khan T, Taufiqurrakhman M, Merrell C, Pryce G, Danturthi A, Liskiewicz T, Pandit H, Yan Y & Bryant M () Enhancing fretting performance of 316L biomedical alloys through duplex TiN and DLC coatings. Surface Innovations, 1-29.
Taylor CM, Secker J, Sajid SA, Curtis D, Liskiewicz T & Khan T () Resource-efficient performance testing of metalworking fluids utilizing single-point milling. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. View this article in WRRO