Biography

I am a senior lecturer in the school of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SEME) in the faculty of Technology. I joined the school back in May-2019 with teaching and research duties. My main research background is on machining aerospace materials using experimental and numerical techniques. 

Before joining the University of Portsmouth, I worked at Cardiff University as a postodoctoral research associate project officer in ASTUTE2020 (A european funded project). Working with leading academic experts in close collaboration with industry, developing impactful, state-of-the-art research-based solutions to the real-world problems facing advanced manufacturing businesses and their supply chains throughout West Wales and the Welsh Valleys. Some of the role activities included the provision of substantive, quantifiable, practical assistance to manufacturing enterprises through high quality applied research and development projects in collaboration with industry partners which combines industrial and academic experience. 

Research interests

  • Machining metals, composites and fibre metal laminates.
  • Materials characterisation and testing.
  • Finite element modelling of machining metallic alloys and composite materials.
  • Additive layer manufacturing of metallic alloys.

I have good experience collaborating with various engineering companies nationally and internationally. I also have collaborative links with different academics in France, Turkey, Netherlands, China and Australia. I am currently providing pastoral care to PhD research projects in the areas of  materials characterisation and machining aerospace materials. In the past few years, I worked on different engineering projects which investigated the use of conventional and non-conventional machining technologies of aerosapce materials. My past/current supervisiory projects include the following :

Project title

Degree

Year

University/Collaborators

Details

Development of Sustainable Biobased Composites for Advanced Applications Using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)

PhD

2025-2028

N/A

3rd Supervisor

Enhancing the performance of bio-based composites

PhD

2025-2028

N/A

2nd Supervisor

Evaluation of Repair Quality of Carbon/Epoxy Structures Using Abrasive Water Jet Process

MRes

2023-2024

Institut Clément Ader- France

2nd Supervisor

Abrasive water jet drilling of flax fibre metal laminates

PhD

2022-2026

N/A

1st Supervisor

Experimental and numerical study of multi material type GLARE

PhD

2016-2020

Institut Clément Ader- France

National Engineering School of Tunis- Tunisia

Pastoral Care

Utilisation of poly drill in machining aerospace materials

PhD

2018-2021

Edith Cowan University- Australia

University of Portsmouth

Third Supervisor

Ultrasonic assisted drilling of GLARE fibre metal laminates

PhD

2019-2023

Beijing Institute of Technology - China

Pastoral care

 

 

Teaching responsibilities

Current Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Introduction to Design.
  • Introduction To Design (Metrology)
  • Engineering Materials And Design (module co-ordinator).
  • Materials And Manufacture.
  • Introduction To Materials And Manufacture.
  • Advanced Materials.

 Past Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Engineering practice (module co-ordinator).
  • Advanced Engineering Materials.
  • Materials and Manufacturing Technology.

Research outputs

2025

State-of-the-art review of energy consumption in machining operations: Challenges and trends

Pimenov, D. Y., Der, O., Manjunath Patel, G. C., Giasin, K., Ercetin, A.

1 Dec 2025, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 224, 31p., 116073

Research output: Article

Life cycle and machinability analysis of milling Incoloy 286 using sustainable cooling/lubrication technologies

Usca, Ü. A., Şap, S., Salvi, H., Kuntoğlu, M., Giasin, K., Yar, A., Khanna, N.

3 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Research output: Article

Review of applications of digital twins and Industry 4.0 for machining

da Silva, L. R. R., Pimenov, D. Y., da Silva, R. B., Ercetin, A., Giasin, K.

1 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 9, 7, 29p., 211

Research output: Article

2024

Impact characteristics of S2-glass fibre/FM94-epoxy composites under high and cryogenic temperatures: experimental and numerical investigation

Al-Azzawi, A. S., Featherston, C. A., Lupton, C., Jiang, C., Barouni, A., Koklu, U., Giasin, K.

1 Dec 2024, In: Composites Part B: Engineering. 287, 17p., 111786

Research output: Article

Machining-induced damage and corrosion behavior of Monel-400 alloy under cryogenic cooling conditions: a sustainable initiative

Demirbaş, A., Köklü, U., Morkavuk, S., Giasin, K., Kocaman, E., Sarıkaya, M.

29 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology

Research output: Article

Evaluation of abrasive water jet drilling parameters on open-hole tensile strength in flax composites

Shi, H., Giasin, K., Barouni, A., Zhang, Z. Y.

5 Jul 2024,

Research output: Conference contribution

Understanding the effects of machinability properties of Incoloy 800 superalloy under different machining conditions using artificial intelligence methods

Şap, E., Usca, Ü. A., Şap, S., Polat, H., Giasin, K., Kalyoncu, M.

4 Mar 2024, In: Materials Today Communications. 38, 15p., 108521

Research output: Article

Multiscale modelling and experimental analysis of ultrasonic-assisted drilling of GLARE fibre metal laminates

Atif, M., Wang, X., Xie, L., Giasin, K., Ma, Y., Jiang, C., Koklu, U., Sinke, J.

1 Feb 2024, In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 177, 20p., 107962

Research output: Article

An experimental assessment and optimisation of hole quality in Al2024-T3 aluminium alloy during abrasive water jet machining

Shi, H., Giasin, K., Barouni, A., Zhang, Z. Y.

23 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Research output: Article

2023

State-of-the-art review of applications of image processing techniques for tool condition monitoring on conventional machining processes

Pimenov, D. Y., da Silva, L. R., Ercetin, A., Der, O., Mikolajczyk, T., Giasin, K.

30 Nov 2023, In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Research output: Article

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