Dr Javaid Butt

Javaid is an Additive Manufacturing Specialist with expertise in interdisciplinary studies associated with Mechatronics and Robotics.

javaid.butt@anglia.ac.uk

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Background

Javaid is an active researcher in the field of Additive Manufacturing and has a wealth of experience in characterising and analysing varied materials for product development. He has designed and developed several processes capable of manufacturing polymers, metals and composites (metal/metal and plastic/metal) based on the techniques of additive manufacturing. Javaid’s current research focuses on interlacing existing manufacturing practices (subtractive, additive and hybrid) with advanced robotics for engineering applications.

Javaid was awarded a fully funded studentship for PhD studies from the Department of Engineering & Built Environment at Anglia Ruskin University. He designed a new additive manufacturing process to produce metal/composite parts and was awarded his doctorate degree in 2016. Javaid was also awarded merit scholarship during his MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering Science/Mechatronics at the University of Southampton. For his MSc project, he designed a novel mechanism to produce multiple material parts using a desktop-based 3D printer. Javaid was the recipient of Pakistan Government’s merit scholarship during his undergraduate studies in Mechatronics & Control Engineering at University of Engineering & Technology. His final year project was based on the design of a master-slave dexterous robotic hand.

Research interests

3D/4D Printing
Additive/Hybrid Manufacturing
Composite & Hybrid Materials
Graphene Processing
Industry 4.0
Metal & Polymer Prototyping
Product Design & Development

Teaching

MSc Additive Manufacturing

3D CAD and Digital Techniques
Additive Manufacturing Strategy
Innovative Product Design and Manufacture
Post Processing of Additively Manufactured Products

BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

Mathematics for Engineers 1
Introduction to Mechatronics
Modelling & Simulation for Operations Management
Statistics & Process Quality Assurance

Qualifications

PhD in Additive Manufacturing (Anglia Ruskin University)
PG Cert, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Anglia Ruskin University
MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering Sciences/Mechatronics (University of Southampton)
BSc (Hons) Mechatronics & Control Engineering (University of Engineering & Technology)

Memberships, editorial boards

Fellow, the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Scientific Research & Development

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

Appointed as REF 2021 Co-Convener for UoA 12 (Engineering).
Won a KEEP+ project (funded by European Regional Development Fund: ERDF) as an academic lead, worth £85,600, to investigate mechanical characteristics and analyse dynamic stresses in FRP/GRP products for Dura Composites (2018-2019).
Won an Erasmus+ grant as a co-applicant titled GIENAHS (Grasping Innovation in Europe through a closer iNterAction between HEIs and SMEs), worth €999, 231, that focusses on bringing HEIs and SMEs together by employing innovative methodologies for research and development that include industrial PhDs and setting up observatories for research (2017-2020).
Co-investigator on a European research project titled GrowIn 4.0 (worth €3.6 Million) that deals with identifying barriers and developing frameworks/tools to encourage the uptake of Industry 4.0 in UK SMEs (2017-2020).
Technical Committee Member for MEAE (Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering) 2018 to review papers for the conference (held during June 23-25, 2018 at China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, China).
Technical Committee Member for ICUASA (International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems & Aerospace) 2018 to review papers for the conference (held during 27-29 April 2018 in Shanghai, China).
Organizing committee member for International Conference & Expo on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering held in February 2018 (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Reviewed papers for BraMat 2017 international conference (held in Brasov, Romania from 8-11 March 2017).
Awarded a medal for being the 3rd most prolific contributing peer reviewer (for reviewing 5 papers in 12 months for a single journal) on Publons for the Journal of Materials published by MDPI in Sep 2017.
Regular reviewer for eight international journals:

Applied Sciences
Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering
Inventions
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Materials
Metals
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Selected recent publications

Published Book Chapter

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2017. Metal Rapid Prototyping Technologies. In: V. M. Petrova, ed. Advances in Engineering Research. Volume 14. New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Ch.2, pp. 13-52.

Published Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

Butt, J., Shirvani, H., 2018. Experimental analysis of metal/plastic composites made by a new hybrid method. Additive Manufacturing, 22, 216–222.

Butt, J., Onimowo, D.A., Gohrabian, M., Sharma, T. and Shirvani, H., 2018. A desktop 3D printer with dual extruders to produce customised electronic circuitry. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, pp.1-7.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2018. Numerical and experimental analysis of product development by composite metal foil manufacturing. International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, 7(1), pp.59-82.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2016. Microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar 1050 aluminium/pure copper foil composites made with a new additive manufacturing process. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 238, pp.96-107.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2016. Rapid prototyping by heat diffusion of metal foil and related mechanical testing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 84(9-12), pp.2357-2366.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2016. Strength analysis of aluminium foil parts made by composite metal foil manufacturing. Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 1(1), pp.93-103.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2015. Peel and tensile test investigation of aluminium 1050 foil parts made with a new additive manufacturing process. International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, 5(1), pp.95-115.

Published Conference Proceedings

Nammi, S.K., Butt, J., Mauricette, J.L. and Shirvani, H., 2017, December. Numerical Analysis of Thermal Stresses around Fasteners in Composite Metal Foils. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 280, No. 1, p. 012016). IOP Publishing

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H. 2017, August. Production of Multiple Material Parts Using a Desktop 3D Printer. In Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXI: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Incorporating the 32nd National Conference on Manufacturing Research, September 5–7, 2017, University of Greenwich, UK (Vol. 6, p. 148). IOS Press.

Khan, M., Mebrahtu, H., Shirvani, H. and Butt, J., 2017, August. Manufacturing Optimization Based on Agile Manufacturing and Big Data. In Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXI: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Incorporating the 32nd National Conference on Manufacturing Research, September 5–7, 2017, University of Greenwich, UK (Vol. 6, p. 148). IOS Press.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2015. Thermo-mechanical analysis of dissimilar al/cu foil single lap joints made by composite metal foil manufacturing. World Academy of Science, Engineering & Technology, International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Mechatronic & Manufacturing Engineering, 10(1), pp.41-46.

Butt, J., Mebrahtu, H. and Shirvani, H., 2014. A novel rapid prototyping process for the production of metal parts. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural andMechanical Engineering-CSM, Birmingham, United Kingdom (pp. 26-29).

Media experience

Promoted and marketed MSc Additive Manufacturing course through various channels including YouTube and Additive Manufacturing Today. Some examples of these can be seen below: