Muhammad Chhattal
Date of birth: 12/11/1991 Nationality: Pakistani Gender: Male
Room # B416, Chemical building, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences , 730030, Lanzhou, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Solid lubrication, 2D materials coatings, Surface engineering, Magnetic fluids
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
15/09/2020 – CURRENT – Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY – University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fundamentals and Frontier of Materials Science, Functional Nanostructures, synthesis, characterization and
Device Applications, Advanced Diagnostic technologies of chemical reactions and its applications
Field(s) of study
◦ Materials Science
Thesis: The Tribological investigation of MXenes films as a solid lubricant
09/2017 – 07/2020 – Xuzhou, China
MASTERS OF ENGINEERING – China University of Mining & Technology
Engineering Tribology, MEMS Technology, Modern Testing Systems and Technology, Matrix Theory
Field(s) of study
◦ Mechatronic Engineering
Thesis: Lubrication performance evaluation of CVD grown micro graphene films on sliding silicon MEMS
84.5/100 %
09/2016 – 08/2017 – Xuzhou, China
CHINESE LANGUAGE COURSE – China University of Mining and Technology
Passed HSK-4 Level, Learning by participation in Local & Chinese cultural activities.
91/100 %
01/2010 – 04/2014 – Nawabshah, Pakistan
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING – Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science & Technology
Semiconductors Materials & Devices, Amplifiers & Oscillators, Integrated Circuit Design, Power Electronics
Field(s) of study
◦ Electronic Engineering
Thesis: Borderline Monitoring System of Surveillance Tank Using Android
73/100 %
WORK EXPERIENCE
2017 – 2020 – Xuzhou, China
ASSISTANT TEACHER – CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
Responsibilities:
◦ Successfully organized two international Mining seminars.
◦ 2017-Advanced Training for Mining Engineers of India.
◦ 2018-Training Seminar for Mining Engineers of SAIL (steel authority of India Ltd).
◦ Presented work on Tribology, fault diagnosis, oil analysis of Mining Equipment.
01/01/2016 – 19/08/2016 – Karachi , Pakistan
LECTURER – INDUS UNIVERSITY
Responsibilities:
◦ Instructor & practical trainer Basic Electronics, Control System & Microwave Engineering,
Semiconductor Materials, and Devices
◦ Syllabus Design and Class Management
INTERNSHIPS
04/2014 – 10/2014
Trainee Instrument Engineer OGDCL Pakistan ltd.
◦ Installation of the high low pilot and corrosion inhabitant Unit on Oil and Gas well.
◦ Gas chromatography, Quality checking of LPG and crude oil, SCADA Telemetry System.
06/2013 – 07/2013
Trainee Control Engineer GENCO-ii Power Station, Guddu (Pakistan)
◦ Power Production & Transmission of Electricity
◦ Calibration, Installation of Control Elements
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Software Skills:
◦ Instrument control and data analysis: (Matlab, LabVIEW)
◦ Simulation :( Materials Studio, ANSYS, COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS)
◦ Others: (Electronic Work Bench, Origin, AutoCAD)
Characterization Techniques:
◦ Optical Microscopy, XRD, FTIR, Atomic Force Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy
Tribology Testing Devices:
◦ CSM tribometer, FTM M20, UMT-I, and II commercial tribometers
Film Deposition Techniques:
◦ Chemical Vapour Deposition, Spin & Spray coating, Electrophoretic Deposition
DIGITAL SKILLS
Research Writing Skills
Research Writing Research and Analytical skills Reviewing, reporting, and research Research &
Experiment Design Self-learning Report Writing
Communication Skills
Good Listener & Good Communicator Communication and motivation Self-confidence
Organizational Skills
Team oriented, flexible Critical thinking Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft
PowerPoint Microsoft Visio) Experience in multicultural environments
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s): URDU | SINDHI
Other language(s):
UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Spoken Spoken
Listening Reading
production interaction
ENGLISH C1 C2 C1 C1 C2
CHINESE B2 B2 B2 B2 A2
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Awards
◦ Best project award by the Ministry of Information and technology Pakistan.
◦ Best Management Coordinator Al-Khair Welfare Trust Pakistan.
Seminars
◦ Invited as a speaker at a research writing seminar for international students of CUMT University.
◦ Invited as a chief speaker for "A talk with CUMT students on Research and life Experience at CUMT
university".
◦ Speaker for "2017-Advanced Training Seminar for Mining Engineers of India".
◦ Organizer and Speaker for "2018-Training Seminar for Mining Engineers of SAIL (steel authority of
India Ltd)".
◦ Speaker for "2020 China Russia Symposium on Plasma Technologies and Material Applications"
Scholarships ▪
◦ Fully Funded Chinese Government Scholarship for Master's Degree.
◦ Fully Funded Scholarship for one year Chinese Language
◦ Sindh Government Scholarship for Undergraduate Students.
VOLUNTEERING
English Teacher
China University of Mining and technology Volunteers Team member
◦ Teaching English to kids in the remote area of Hunan province of China.
◦ Cultural Exchange activities.
◦ Sports competitions for kids.
Program Chief Organizer
International College, China University of Mining and technology
◦ Organized research writing seminars for international students.
◦ Organized and participated in international cultural festivals at CUMT university.
◦ Welcome parties for new international students.
PROJECTS
2016 – 2017
1 Development of a New Pin-on-Disc Micro-scaled tribometer for direct measurement of
COF
Assistant group leader
Responsibilities
◦ Using laser and microfabrication technology, successfully fabricated Silicon-based tribopair of pin
and disk (2 &100 mm diameter).
◦ Developed a program by LabVIEW to realize the automatic control and acquisition of micro friction
and load.
◦ The measurement resolution of the applied load & friction force was 80 μN and 30 μN.
◦ Successfully used this tribometer for the testing of low viscosity lubricants, ferrofluids, and Self
assembled monolayers.
2017 – 2019
2 Development of a tribo-tester for investigation of ferrofluids lubrication performance
Group leader
Responsibilities
◦ Prepared spherical ferrofluids using the chemical coprecipitation method.
◦ Fabricated bronze tribopair with 36 bores and for the employment controllable magnetic field
magnets were used.
◦ Tester was designed so that it enables direct measurement of the normal load & the friction torque
of ferrofluids lubricated contacts.
◦ Self-repairing, Anti friction & Wear properties of ferrofluid were performed by optical microscopy,
SEM, and EDS.
2018 – 06/2020
3 Preparation of ultra-thin micro films graphene by CVD for the lubrication of MEMS
(Masters Degree Thesis Project)
Group leader
Responsibilities
◦ Prepared graphene with Hammers method, quality of graphene was characterized by EDS, Raman.
◦ Graphene films were developed on silicon MEMS by the chemical vapor deposition method.
◦ Development of the different number of microfilms on silicon specimen via CVD method.
◦ Successfully transferred graphene films using the PMMA transfer method.
◦ AFM and Raman Spectroscopy characterized films.
◦ Tribological testing of graphene films by pin-on-disc micro tribometer at different tribological
parameters.
PUBLICATIONS
1 Journal Articles
1. Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Chhattal*, et al., "POF sensor for measurement of the clock and anti-
clockwise rotation based on cascading of TMBC," "OPTIK," 23/11/2021, p.168361. (SCI-2.1).
2. Abdul Ghaffar, Li Qi, Ali Haider Shah, Sun An, Leal-Junior, Arnaldo G, Xu Lifeng, Muhammad
Chhattal, et al., " A simple and high-resolution POF displacement sensor based on face-coupling
method, "Measurement, " Volume 187, 8/10/2021, p.110285.(SCI-3.9).
3. Ke Xin Ren, Guomin Yu Zhenxi Zhang, Wenchao Wu, Pei Tian, Muhammad Chhattal, et al. "Self-
organized transfer film-induced ultralow friction of Graphene/MoWS4 heterostructure
nanocomposite", "Applied Surface Science," 29/09/2021, p.151443.(SCI-6.7).
4. Dharejo Fayaz Ali, Zhou Yuanchun, Deeba Farah, Jatoi, Munsif Ali Khan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Mallah
Ghulam Ali, Ghaffar, Abdul, Muhammad Chhattal, Du Yi, Wang Xuezhi, "A deep hybrid neural
network for single image dehazing via wavelet transform," Optik, vol. 231, p. 166462, 04/01/ 2021.
(SCI-2.1).
5. L. Tonggang, Muhammad Chhattal*, Y. Kun, and L. Zili, "Lubrication of sliding silicon MEMS devices
using ferrofluids-based magnetic matrix texture," Micro Nano Lett, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 44-50, 2021.
(SCIE)
6. Muhammad Chhattal, L. Tonggang, Y. Kun, L. Xin, and L. Guangsheng, "Development of a
tribotester for investigation of ferrofluids lubrication performance on the thrust pad bearing,"
Tribology Transactions, pp. 1-8, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402004.2020.1794092 (SCI).
7. A. Ghaffar, Liu WenYi, Muhammad Chhattal, Yulong Hou, Yong Wei Li, Mujahid Mehdi, Javed
Ahmed, and Xiuyuan Li. "A Low-Cost Wide Range Plane-in-out Displacement Measurement Sensor
Based on Twisted Macro-Bend Coupling Method," Optik, p. 164364, 02/2020 doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.
2020.164364. (SCI).
8. Qiu Xianming, Liu Tonggang, Muhammad Chhattal, and Zhao Kangkang "Experimental study on
dissolution and ferrographic analysis of lubricating greases, Lubrication Engineering, 2019, 44(10):
104-108.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0254-0150.2019.10.016 (Chinese).
9. Liu Tonggang, You Kun, Zhao Kangkang, and Muhammad Chhattal, "Preparation and
Microtribological Properties of Self-Assembling Composite Films on Silicon Substrate" Tribology, no.
4, pp. 444-451, 05/2019. DOI: 10.16078/j.tribology.2018175 (Chinese).
2 Conference Publications:
1. Muhammad Chhattal*, V. Bhan, H. Madiha, and S. A. Shaikh, "industrial automation & control
trough PLC and LabVIEW" in 2019 2nd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and
Engineering Technologies (iCoMET), 2019, pp. 1-5: IEEE.
2. M. N. Uddin, R. K. M. Khan, Muhammad Chhattal, M Sharifuzzaman, and Zeeshan Khan "Managing
IoT to Establish Smart Cities for Sustainable Development," presented at the Xuzhou ERESD 2019,
China.
3 Under Review:
1. Muhammad. Chhattal*, L. Tonggang, Y. Kun, L. Xin, and Zhao Kang Kang," CVD-grown Graphene
microfilms: A Promising Microscale Solid Lubricant for the Lubrication of High Sliding Silicon MEMS
Devices" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. (Under Review).
REFERENCES
Reference 1
Professor Dr. Liu Tonggang
Email:
[email protected]School of Mechanical Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology Xuzhou, China.
