Farhan Ishrak
Profile Information
- Name
- Dr. Farhan Ishrak
- Institution
- North Carolina State University
- Position
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- h-Index
- 4
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-5786-6241
- Biography
- Materials scientist and Ph.D. candidate at North Carolina State University focused on processing–microstructure–property relationships in multifunctional structural/functional materials. Current work develops solid-state processed permanent-magnet systems, including bulk SmCo₅-based magnets and Al–SmCo₅ metal-matrix composite magnets, using shear-assisted routes (friction-stir-based processing, solid-stir extrusion, friction-based consolidation, high-pressure torsion) and consolidation approaches (e.g., SPS). Technical strengths include quantitative microstructure/phase analysis (XRD; SEM/EDS/EBSD; FIB/TEM workflows), magnetic characterization (SQUID-VSM, magnetic force microscopy), and micromechanics/mechanical testing (nanoindentation, micro-compression on PI-89/TI-980, tensile testing, hardness). Interested in collaborating on irradiation-effects studies to quantify defect and phase/interface evolution under neutron/ion/gamma exposure and their impact on coercivity, remanence, hysteresis losses, and mechanical integrity in magnet-containing components for harsh environments.
- Expertise
- Metal Matrix Composite, Microstructural Characterization, Permanent Magnet, Solid State Processing
Presentations:
| "Metal Matrix Composites by Solid Stir Manufacturing Routes" Farhan Ishrak, Bharat Gwalani, 2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition March 23-27, (2025) Link | |
| "Probing Structural and Compositional Heterogeneity in High Entropy Carbides" Caleb Schenck, Bharat Gwalani, Michael Lastovich, Farhan Ishrak, Sanjit Bhowmick, Paul Brune, Elizabeth Kautz, Donald Brenner, Josephine Hartmann, William Fahrenholtz, TMS 2024 March 3-7, (2024) Link |