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About M. N. Rahaman

Dr. Mohamed (Len) N. Rahaman, Professor Emeritus of Ceramic Engineering in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Missouri University of Science and Engineering joined the university in 1986, He was director of the Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering from 2008 to 2016.

Dr. Rahaman has authored or co-authored over 275 journal articles, has 100 presentations since 2000, and has twelve patents and other intellectual property. His areas of research interest are processing, sintering, and microstructure control of ceramics; thermal barrier coatings: sintering and phase transformation; powder metallurgy processing of titanium aluminides; and biomaterials and orthopedic tissue engineering.

Positions

1992 - Present Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering
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Present Professor Emeritus, Missouri University of Science and Technology
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2008 - 2016 Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering
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1986 - 1992 Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering
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1983 - 1986 Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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1980 - 1983 Lecturer, University of the West Indies ‐ Physics
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Curriculum Vitae

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Honors and Awards

  • 2015 Best Paper Award, 39th International Congress on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL
  • 2014 Award of Excellence for Poster Presentation, Transatlantic Orthopaedic Congress, International Congress for Joint Reconstruction (ICJR), New York
  • 2012 Best micrograph award for articles published in the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine in 2011
  • 2011 University of Missouri President's Award for Inter-Campus Collaboration
  • 2011 University of Missouri Life Sciences Award: Evaluation of a Synthetic Bioactive Biomaterial Scaffold for the Tissue Engineering of Cartilage
  • 2010 Fellow, the American Ceramic Society
  • 2010 University of Missouri Research and Creativities Forum (First Place Award
  • 2009 Research Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • 2007 HAP Paul Award (Best Paper), International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA
  • 2006 Claypool Award for Medical Research, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • 2000–2002 National Research Council/Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship
  • 1991 Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • 1987 Honorary Member, Keramos (Ceramics Honor Society)

Courses

  • Bio Sci/Cer Eng/Met Eng 340/440: Biomaterials I/II
  • Cer Eng 242: Sintering and Microstructure Lab
  • Cer Eng 331: Ceramic Processing
  • Bio Sci/MSE 341/441: Tissue Engineering

Education

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1978 - 1980 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ceramics, University of Leeds
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1978 Ph. D. in Materials Science, University of Sheffield
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1977 M.A. in Physics, University of Cambridge
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1973 B.A. in Physics (Honors), University of Cambridge
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Contact Information

Materials Science & Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
B45 McNutt Hall
Rolla, MO 65409-0340

Phone:(573) 341-4406
Fax:(573) 341-6934

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Patents (1)

Research Works (242)