91AV

Contact Information

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
ENGC 309
MSC 191 91AV
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
Voice: (361) 593-2459
E-mail: shah.alam@tamuk.edu

Research Interests

• Numerical analysis (multi-scale modeling, finite element analysis)

• Composite materials for armor, space shuttle, missile, aircraft, wind turbine blade, etc.

• Fatigue and fracture mechanics

• Mechanical and structural design

• Renewable energy

• Additive manufacturing

Education

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, USA, 2005

M.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, USA, 2002

M.S, Bangladesh University of Eng. & Tech, Bangladesh, 1998

B.S., Bangladesh University of Eng. & Tech, Bangladesh, 1993

Recent Publications 

• Guodong Guo, Shah Alam and Larry Peel, “An investigation of deformation and failure mechanisms of fiber-reinforced composites in layered composite armor”, Composite Structure, 2021, 

• Guodong Guo, Shah Alam and Larry Peel, “An investigation of the effect of a Kevlar cover layer on the penetration behavior of a ceramic armor system against 7.62 mm APM2 projectiles”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 157 (2021), 104000. 

• Guodong Guo, Shah Alam and Larry Peel, “Advanced Hybrid Composite Armors for Ballistic Impact”, Composite part C: 3 (2020) 100061. 

• Shah Alam, Gregory Yandek, Joseph Mabry and Richard Lee, “Design and development of a filament wound composite overwrapped pressure vessel”, Composite part C, 2 (2020), 100045. 

• Shah Alam, Gregory Yandek, Joseph Mabry and Richard Lee, “A Study of Residual Burst Strength of Composite Over Wrapped Pressure Vessel Due to Low Velocity Impact”, International Journal of Pressure Vessel and Piping, 194 (2021), 104511. 

• Ruaa Al-Mezrakchi, Ahmed Al-Ramthan and Shah Alam, “Designing and modeling new generation of advanced hybrid composite sandwich structure armors for ballistic threats in defense applications”, AIMS Materials Science, 7(5): 608–631. 

• Guodong Guo, Shah Alam, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Under High-Speed Impact, ASME 2022 IMECE International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Columbus, OH (accepted). 

• Shah Alam, Babatope Adegbesan, Damodar Khanal, “Ballistic Performance of Sandwich Composite Armor System”, International Journal of Composite Materials 2020, 10(2): 40-49. 

• Guodong Guo, Shah Alam and Larry Peel, “Numerical Analysis of Ceramic Mosaic Armor Subjected to Ballistic Impact”, International Journal of Composite Material, 2021,11(1): 5-12. 

• Shah Alam and Samhith Shakar, “Ballistic Impact Performance of Corrugated Honeycomb Sandwich Composite Armor”, International Journal of Composite material 11(2), 2021.