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a) Publications in Refereed Journals<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1080"><![endif]> [43] F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, C. Moreau and J. Oberste-Berghaus, “<a href="papers/surface%20and%20coating%20tech%202011.pdf">Structural Considerations in Plasma Spraying of the Alumina-Zirconia Composite</a>”, Journal of Surface and Coatings Technology, (Accepted June, 2011). New<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image005.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire" v:shapes="_x0000_i1079"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1078"><![endif]> [42] F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, J. Oberste-Berghaus, and C. Moreau, “Amorphous and Crystalline Phase Formation during Suspension Plasma Spraying of the Alumina-Zirconia Composite”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (Accepted June, 2011). New<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image005.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire" v:shapes="_x0000_i1077"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]> [41] H. Nasery, M. Pugh, and M. Medraj, “Novel Fabrication Process of AlN Ceramic Matrix Composites at Low Temperatures”, Journal of Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, (Accepted April, 2011). New<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image005.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1074"><![endif]> [40] Y-N Zhang, D. Kevorkov, F. Bridier and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/Ca-Mg-Zn%20STAM.pdf">Experimental investigation of the Ca-Mg-Zn system via diffusion couples and key alloys</a>”, Journal of Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Vol. 12, No. 8, rec.No. 025003 (2011). New<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image005.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire" v:shapes="_x0000_i1073"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]> [39] M.N. Khan, M. Aljarrah, J. Wood and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/solidification1.pdf">The effect of cooling rate on thermophysical properties of magnesium alloys</a>”, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, 974-982 (2011). New<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image005.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1070"><![endif]> [38] Y-N Zhang, D. Kevorkov, J. Li, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/Ca-Mg-Zn%20experimental1.pdf">Determination of the solubility range and crystal structure of the Mg-rich ternary compound in the Ca-Mg-Zn system</a>”, Intermetallics, Vol. 18, No. 12, 2402-2411 (2010).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1069"><![endif]> [37] D. Kevorkov, M. Medraj, Jian Li, E. Essadiqi, and P. Chartrand, “<a href="papers/mg-al-ca%20400C.pdf">The 400ºC isothermal section of the Mg-Al-Ca system</a>”, Intermetallics, Vol. 18, Issue 8, 1498-1506 (2010).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1068"><![endif]> [36] F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, J. Oberste-Berghaus, and C. Moreau, “<a href="papers/nanocomposite%20coating%20by%20SPS.pdf">Phase Formation and Transformation in Alumina/YSZ Nanocomposite Coating Deposited by Suspension Plasma Spray Process</a>”, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 19, Issue 4, 787-795 (2010).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1067"><![endif]> [35] S. Wasiur-Rahman and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/al-ca-zn.pdf">Thermodynamic Description of the Al-Ca-Zn Ternary System</a>”, CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry), Vol. 33, Issue 3, 584-598 (2009). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]> [34] M. Asgar-Khan and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-al-mn.pdf">Thermodynamic Description of the Mg-Mn, Al-Mn and Mg-Al-Mn Systems Using the Modified Quasichemical Model for the Liquid Phases</a>”, Materials Transactions, Vol. 50, Issue 5, 1113-1122 (2009).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1065"><![endif]> [33] S. Wasiur-Rahman and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-ca-zn.pdf">Critical Assessment and Thermodynamic Modeling of the Binary Mg-Zn, Ca-Zn and Ternary Mg-Ca-Zn Systems</a>”, Intermetallics, Vol. 17, Issue 10, 847-864 (2009).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><![endif]> [32] M. Aljarrah, M. Medraj, Jian Li and E. Essadiqi, “<a href="papers/jom-2009.pdf">Phase Equilibria of the Constituent Ternaries of the Mg-Al-Ca-Sr System</a>”, JOM, Vol. 61, Issue 5, 68-74 (2009) invited Paper.

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="_x0000_i1063"><![endif]> [31] F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, J. Oberste-Berghaus, and C. Moreau, “<a href="papers/nanostructured%20coating%201.pdf">Effective Parameters in Axial Injection Suspension Plasma Spray Process of Alumina-Zirconia Ceramics</a>”, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 17, Issue 5-6, 685-691 (2008).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]> [30] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Md.</st1:State></st1:place> Mezbahul-Islam and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-ni-y.pdf">A Critical Thermodynamic Assessment of the Mg-Ni, Ni-Y Binary and Mg-Ni-Y Ternary Systems</a>”, CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry), Vol. 33, Issue 3, 478-486, (2009). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]> [29] E. Baril, A. Mostafid, L.P. Lefebvre and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/metal%20foam%20-%20ali.pdf">Experimental Demonstration of Entrance/Exit Effects on the Permeability Measurements of Porous Materials</a>”, Journal of Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 9, 889-894 (2008). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]> [28] H. Al-Kazzaz, X. Cao, M. Jahazi and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/laser-materials%20transactions.pdf">Reliability of Laser Welding Process for ZE41A-T5 Magnesium Alloy Sand Castings</a>”, Materials Transactions, Vol. 49, Issue 4, 774-781 (2008). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_10"><![endif]> [27] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Md.</st1:State></st1:place> Mezbahul-Islam, D. Kevorkov and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-cu-y.pdf">The Equilibrium Phase Diagram of the Magnesium-Copper-Yttrium System</a>”, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Vol. 40, Issue 7, 1064-1076 (2008). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_11"><![endif]> [26] H. Al-Kazzaz, M. Medraj, X. Cao and M. Jahazi, “<a href="papers/laser-materials%20chemistry%20and%20physics.pdf">Nd:YAG</a>Laser Welding of Aerospace Grade ZE41A Magnesium Alloy: Modeling and Experimental Investigations”, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 109, Issue 1, 61-76 (2008). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_12"><![endif]> [25] X. Cao, M. Jahazi, H. Al-Kazzaz and M. Medraj, <a href="papers/laser%20jimr.pdf">“Modelling of Work Hardening Behaviour for Laser Welded Magnesium Alloy”</a>, International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fur Metallkunde), Vol. 99, Issue 2008/2, 216-221 (2008).

<a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_13"><![endif]></a> [24] M. Aljarrah and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/Al-Ca-Sr.pdf">Thermodynamic Assessment of the Phase Equilibria in the Al-Ca-Sr System using the Modified Quasichemical Model</a>”, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Vol. 40, Issue 4, 724-734 (2008). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_14"><![endif]> [23] M. Aljarrah and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-ca-sr.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling of the Mg-Ca, Mg-Sr, Ca-Sr and Mg-Ca-Sr Systems using the Modified Quasichemical Model</a>”, CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry), Vol. 32, Issue 2, 240-251 (2008).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_15"><![endif]> [22] M. Aljarrah, M.A. Parvez, E. Essadiqi and Jian Li and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/exp.%20mg-al-sr%202.pdf">Microstructural Characterization of Mg-Al-Sr Alloys</a>”, Journal of the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 4, 237-248 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_16"><![endif]> [21] M.A. Arafin, M. Medraj, D.P. Turner and P. Bocher, "<a href="papers/brazing-%20j%20mat%20research.pdf">Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Investigations of Isothermal Solidification during Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Inconel 625 and 718 Superalloys</a>", Journal of Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 15-17, 882-887 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_17"><![endif]> [20] M. Medraj, M.A. Parvez, E. Essadiqi and Jian Li, “<a href="papers/mg-al-sr%20-%20new%20phases.pdf">New Phases in the Mg-Al-Sr System</a>”, Journal of Materials Science Forum, Vols. 539-543, 1620-1625 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_18"><![endif]> [19] A. Janz, J. Groebner, D. Mirkovic, M. Medraj, Jun Zhu, Y.A. Chang and R. Schmid-Fetzer, “<a href="papers/mg-al-sr%20with%20rainer.pdf">Experimental study and thermodynamic calculation of Al-Mg-Sr phase equilibria</a>”, Intermetallics, Vol. 15, Issue 4, 506-519 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_19"><![endif]> [18] M.A. Arafin, M. Medraj, D. P. Turner and P. Bocher, “<a href="papers/brazing-RW%20model.pdf">Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Nickel Superalloys with BNi-2: Modeling and Experimental Investigations</a>”, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 447, Issues 1-2, 125-133 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_20"><![endif]> [17] M. Aljarrah, M. Medraj, X. Wang, E. Essadiqi, G. Dénès and A. Muntasar, “<a href="papers/mg-al-ca%20exp.pdf">Experimental Investigation of the Mg-Al-Ca System</a>”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 438, Issue 1-2, 131-141 (2007).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_21"><![endif]> [16] M. Medraj, E. Baril, V. Loya and L. P. Lefebvre, “<a href="papers/metalfoam1.pdf">The effect of microstructure on the permeability of metal foams</a>”, Journal of Materials Science, <a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2">Vol. 42, Issue 12, 4372-4383 (2007)</a><o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_22"><![endif]> [15] M. Aljarrah, U. Aghaulor, and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-zn-sr.pdf">Thermodynamic Assessment of the Mg-Zn-Sr System</a>”, Intermetallics, Vol. 15, Issue 2, 93-97 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_23"><![endif]> [14] M.A. Arafin, M. Medraj, D. P. Turner and P. Bocher, “<a href="papers/brazing-%20j%20mat%20chem%20and%20phys.pdf">Effect of alloying elements on the isothermal solidification during TLP bonding of SS 410 and SS 321 using a BNi-2 interlayer</a>”, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 1, 109-119 (2007).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_24"><![endif]> [13] S. Al Shakhshir and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-al-y.pdf">Computational Thermodynamic Model for the Mg-Al-Y System</a>”, Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, Vol. 27, Issue 3, 231-244 (2006).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_25"><![endif]> [12] M. Medraj, R. Hammond, M.A. Parvez, R. A. L. Drew and W. T. Thompson, “<a href="papers/al2o3-y2o3%20neutron%20diffraction.pdf">High Temperature Neutron Diffraction Study of the Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ System</a>”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Vol. 26, Issue 16, 3515-3524 (2006).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_26"><![endif]> [11] F. Islam, A. Thykadavil and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-al-ge.pdf">A Computational thermodynamic Model of the Mg-Al-Ge System</a>", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 425, Issue 1-2, pp. 129-139 (2006).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_27"><![endif]> [10] D. Uremovich, F. Islam and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/Ni-Ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling of the Ca-Ni System</a>", Journal of the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 116-126 (2006).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_28"><![endif]> [9] F. Islam and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-ni-ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Assessment of the Mg-Ni-Ca System</a>", CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry), 29[4], 289-302 (2005).<o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_29"><![endif]> [8] M.A. Parvez, M. Medraj, E. Essadiqi, A. Muntasar and G. Dénès, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/mg-al-sr.pdf">Experimental Study of the Ternary Magnesium-Aluminum-Strontium System</a>", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 402, Issue1-2, 170-185 (2005).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_30"><![endif]> [7] F. Islam and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/Mg-Al-Ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Evaluation and Optimization of the Mg-Al-Ca System</a>”, Journal of the Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 44, Issue 4, 523-535 (2005).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_31"><![endif]> [6] T. Balakumar and M. Medraj, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/mg-al-sb.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling of the Mg-Al-Sb System</a>", CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry), Vol. 29, Issue 1, 24–36 (2005).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_32"><![endif]> [5] M. Medraj, W.T. Thompson and R.A.L. Drew, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/j%20of%20mat%20proc%20tech.pdf">Understanding AlN Sintering Through Computational Thermodynamics Combined with Experimental Investigation</a>”. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 161, Issue 3, 415-422 (2005).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_33"><![endif]> [4] M. Medraj and R.A.L. Drew, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/silicates%20industriels.pdf">The Role of the Phase Equilibria in AlN-Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ System on Understanding AlN Sintering</a>”, Journal of Silicates Industriels, Vol. 69, Issue 5-6, 131-139 (2004).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_34"><![endif]> [3] M. Medraj, R. Hammond, W.T. Thompson and R.A.L. Drew, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/Acers.pdf">High Temperature Neutron Diffraction of AlN-Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ System</a>”, Journal of the American Ceramics Society, Vol. 86, Issue 4, 717-726 (2003). <o:p></o:p>

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_35"><![endif]> [2] M. Medraj, R.A.L. Drew and W.T. Thompson, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/thermo-cmq.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling of the AlN-Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ System</a>”, Journal of the Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 42, Issue 4, 495-506 (2003).

<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9 src="publications_files/image004.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_36"><![endif]> [1] M. Medraj, R. Hammond, J. Root, W.T. Thompson and R.A.L. Drew, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/Munich_2001.pdf">The Equilibria in the AlN-Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ Ternary System - Thermodynamics and Neutron Diffraction</a>”, Journal of Applied Physics A - Materials Science and Processing, Vol. 74, Issue [s01], 1188-1191 (2002).

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<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>24. A.S.H. Kabir, X. Cao, M. Medraj, J. Cuddy and A. Birur, “<a href="papers/laser%20Ti64%20-%20MST2010.pdf">Effect of Welding Speed and Defocusing Distance on the Quality of Laser Welded Ti-6Al-4V</a>”, Proceedings of the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2010, 2787-2797, Houston, USA, (October 17-21, 2010) New<![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image005.gif" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_47"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>23. F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, J. Oberste-Berghaus, and C. Moreau, “<a href="papers/ITSC2009%20(Fariba).pdf">Phase Formation in Alumina/YSZ Nano-Composite Coating Deposited by Suspension Plasma Spray Process</a>”, Thermal Spray 2009, 409-414, Las Vegas, NV, (May 4-7, 2009) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>22. H. Nasery, M. Medraj and M.D. Pugh, “<a href="papers/Com%202008%20Paper.pdf">Processing and Characterization of AlN-MgO-MgAl₂O₄ Composites by Spontaneous Infiltration</a>”, Proceedings of the 47^th Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2008, Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing: Advances in Processing and Repair of Aerospace Materials, 389-399, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, (August 24-27, 2008) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>21. S. Wasiur-Rahman and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/ms&t%202008%20Mg-Zn-Ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Model of the Mg-Ca-Zn System</a>”, Proceedings of the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2008, 1042-1053, Pittsburgh, USA, (October 5-9, 2008)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>20. M. Asgar-Khan and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/ms&t%202008%20Mg-Al-Mn.pdf">Critical Evaluation and Thermodynamic Modeling of the Mg-Mn, Al-Mn and Mg-Al-Mn Systems</a>”, Proceedings of the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2008, 1029-1041, Pittsburgh, USA, (October 5-9, 2008) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>19. M. Mezbahul-Islam and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/ms&t%202008%20Mg-Ni-Y.pdf">Thermodynamic Evaluation of the Mg-Ni-Y Ternary System</a>”, Proceedings of the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2008, 1017-1028, Pittsburgh, USA, (October 5-9, 2008) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>18. F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, J.O. Berghaus and C. Moreau, “<a href="papers/ITSC2008.pdf">Effective parameters in axial injection suspension plasma spray process of alumina-zirconia ceramics</a>”, Proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference & Exposition (ITSC2008), tarasif1/1-tarasif1/6, Maastricht, Netherlands, (June 2-4, 2008) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>17. A. Mostafid, M. Medraj, E. Baril and L.P. Lefebvre, “<a href="papers/Mostafid_MetFoam07.pdf">Determination of bulk and entrance contributions to the pressure drop in metallic foams</a>”, Proceedings of the 5^th Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (MetFoam 2007), Montreal, Canada, (September 5-7, 2007)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>16. M. Aljarrah, M. Medraj, J. Li and E. Essadiqi, “<a href="papers/mg-al-ca-sr%20lmt2007.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling and Experimental Investigation of the Magnesium-Aluminum-Calcium-Strontium System</a>”, Proceedings of the Light Metals Technology 2007, 53-57, Saint-Sauveur, Canada, (September 24-26, 2007) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>15. M.A. Arafin, M. Medraj, D.P. Turner and P. Bocher, "<a href="papers/tlp%20COM2006.pdf">Optimization of Process Variables during TLP Bonding of Nickel Superalloys</a>", Proceedings of the 45^th International Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006, Aerospace Materials & Manufacturing: Emerging Materials, Processes, and Repair Techniques, 301-313, Montreal, Canada, (October 1-4, 2006)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>14. H. Al-Kazzaz, M. Medraj, X. Cao, M. Xiao And M. Jahazi, “<a href="papers/laser%20welding%20Mg%20-%20COM2006.pdf">Effect of Laser Power and Joint Gap on Weld Quality of Aerospace Grade ZE41A-T5 Magnesium Alloy Using Nd:Yag Laser</a>”, Proceedings of the 45^th International Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006, Magnesium Technology in the Global Age, 503-518, Montreal, Canada, (October 1-4, 2006)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>13. M. Aljarrah, M.A. Parvez, X.Z. Wang, M. Medraj, E. Essadiqi And J. Li, “<a href="papers/mg-al-(sr,ca)%20COM2006.pdf">Mg-Al-(Sr, Ca) Systems - An Experimental Analysis</a>”, Proceedings of the 45^th International Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006, Magnesium Technology in the Global Age, 701-712, Montreal, Canada, (October 1-4, 2006)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>12. M. A. Arafin, M. Medraj, D. P. Turner and P. Bocher, “<a href="papers/brazing1.pdf">Thermodynamic modeling and experimental investigation of brazed joints used in aerospace industry</a>”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Brazing and Soldering Conference, 189-196, San Antonio, Texas, USA, (April 24–26, 2006)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=15 height=15 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>11. H. Al Kazzaz, M. Medraj, X. Cao, M. Jahazi and M. Xiao, "<a href="papers/laser%20welding-2005.pdf">Effect of welding speed on Nd:YAG laser weldability of ZE41 A-T5 magnesium sand castings</a>", COM 2005, Light Metals 2005, 137-149, Calgary, Canada, (August 21-25, 2005)<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>10. V. Loya, M. Medraj, E. Baril, L-P Lefebvre and M. Gauthier, "<a href="papers/metalfoam%20com2005.pdf">The permeability of metal foams and its dependence on microstructure</a>", COM 2005, Light Metals 2005, 421-435, Calgary, Canada, (August 21-25, 2005)

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>9. M.A. Parvez, X. Wang, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/tms%202005_medraj.pdf">Experimental Investigation of the Equlibria in Mg-Al-(Ca,Sr) Systems</a>", 2005 TMS Annual Meeting - Magnesium Technology 2005, 179-184, San Francisco, California, USA (February 13-17, 2005).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>8. F. Islam, M. Medraj, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/farhana.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling of Mg-Ca and Al-Ca Binary Systems</a>", Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 921-929, London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>7. M.A. Parvez, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/anwar.pdf">Thermal Analytical Investigations of Ternary Mg-Al-Sr System by DSC</a>", Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 829-838 London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>6. P. Khayargoli, V. Loya, L-P Lefebvre and M. Medraj, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/viren.pdf">The Impact of Microstructure on the Permeability of Metal Foams</a>", Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 220-228, London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>5. X. Wang, M.A. Parvez, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/wang.pdf">A Differential Scanning Calorimeter Study of Mg-Al-Ca Ternary System</a>", Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 819-828, London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>4. M. Medraj, M. Entezarian and R.A.L. Drew, "Wettability of Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ Compounds on Aluminum Nitride and Their Role in Sintering", Proc. Int. Conf. on the Science, Technology, and Applications of Sintering, 2nd, 307-312 (1999).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>3. M. Medraj, M. Entezarian and R.A.L. Drew, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/wettability.pdf">Investigation of the Wettability of Al₂O₃-Y₂O₃ Stoichiometric Compounds on AlN</a>”, British Ceramic Proceeding, n. 60, 85-87 (1999).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>2. M. Medraj and A. Kilani, "Effect of Shot Peening and Hard Chromium Plating on Fatigue Life of Stainless Steel 17-4PH", Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Production Engineering and Design for Development, (1998).

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>1. M. Medraj and A. Kilani, "<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/shot%20peening.pdf">Investigation of the Effect of Shot Peening Parameters on Peening Intensity</a>", Proc. 5th Int. Symp. Adv. Mater., 744-749 (1997).

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<![if !supportLists]><img width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]><a href="http://teaching.concordia.ca/faculty-spotlight/engineering/dr-mamoun-medraj-mechanical-and-industrial-engineering/">Faculty Spot Light</a> – Centre for Teaching and Learning Services<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=13 height=13 src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]><a href="papers/collaboration.htm">Art & Engineering – Collaborative Creativity</a> - Our work was featured in Concordia Journal(October 2007) <o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]><img width=16 height=16 src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"> <![endif]>Mamoun Medraj and Anwar Parvez, “<a href="papers/mg-al-sr%20machinist.pdf">Examining Technical Know-How: Magnesium-Aluminum-Strontium Alloys for More Fuel Efficient Automobiles</a>”, The Machinist - magazine, March 2007 Issue, pp 45-47. Invited Contribution<o:p></o:p>

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+Home Page</a> | <a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/courses.html">Teaching</a>
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+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/opportunities.html">Opportunities</a>
+| Contact: <a href="mailto:mmedraj@encs.concordia.ca">email</a> | <a
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+<h2><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+a) Publications in Refereed Journals<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>43] F. Tarasi,
+M. Medraj, A. <span class=SpellE>Dolatabadi</span>, C. Moreau and J. <span
+class=SpellE>Oberste-Berghaus</span>, “<a
+href="papers/surface%20and%20coating%20tech%202011.pdf">Structural
+Considerations in Plasma Spraying of the Alumina-Zirconia Composite</a>”, <i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Surface and Coatings Technology</i>,
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+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
+class=GramE>[<span style='mso-no-proof:no'>41] H. Nasery, M. Pugh, and M.
+Medraj, “Novel Fabrication Process of <span class=SpellE>AlN</span> Ceramic
+Matrix Composites at Low Temperatures”,</span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
+font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333;mso-no-proof:no'> </span></b><i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-no-proof:no'>Journal of
+Science and Engineering of Composite Materials</span></i><b><span
+style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333;
+mso-no-proof:no'>, </span></b><span style='mso-no-proof:no'>(Accepted April,
+).</span></span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>
+</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300'>New</span><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
+ id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_i1075" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+ style='width:12pt;height:12pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image005.gif" o:title=" fire"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image005.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1074" type="#_x0000_t75"
+ alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1074"><![endif]><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[</span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>40] Y-N Zhang,
+D. Kevorkov, F. <span class=SpellE>Bridier</span> and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/Ca-Mg-Zn%20STAM.pdf">Experimental investigation of the <span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Mg-Zn system via diffusion couples and key alloys</a>”, <i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Science and Technology of
+Advanced Materials</i>, Vol. 12, No. 8, <span class=SpellE>rec.No</span>. <span
+class=GramE>025003<span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:
+.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></i></span>(2011).</span>
+</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300'>New</span><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
+ id="_x0000_i1073" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+ style='width:12pt;height:12pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image005.gif" o:title=" fire"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image005.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1073"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_i1072"
+ type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[</span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>39] M.N. Khan,
+M. Aljarrah, J. Wood and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/solidification1.pdf">The
+effect of cooling rate on <span class=SpellE>thermophysical</span> properties
+of magnesium alloys</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of
+Materials Research</i>, Vol. 26, No. 2, <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>974-982</span>
+(2011). </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";
+color:#993300'>New</span><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1071"
+ type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+ style='width:12pt;height:12pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image005.gif" o:title=" fire"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image005.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1070" type="#_x0000_t75"
+ alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1070"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[38] Y-N Zhang, D. Kevorkov, J. Li, E.
+Essadiqi and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/Ca-Mg-Zn%20experimental1.pdf">Determination
+of the solubility range and crystal structure of the Mg-rich ternary compound
+in the <span class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Mg-Zn system</a>”, <span class=SpellE><i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Intermetallics</i></span>, Vol. 18, No. 12,
+-2411 (2010).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1069" type="#_x0000_t75"
+ alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1069"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[37] D. Kevorkov, M. Medraj, Jian Li, E.
+Essadiqi, and P. Chartrand, “<a href="papers/mg-al-ca%20400C.pdf">The 400ºC
+isothermal section of the Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span> system</a>”, <span
+class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Intermetallics</i></span>,
+Vol. 18, Issue 8, 1498-1506 (2010).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1068" type="#_x0000_t75"
+ alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1068"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[36] F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. <span
+class=SpellE>Dolatabadi</span>, J. <span class=SpellE>Oberste-Berghaus</span>,
+and C. Moreau, “<a href="papers/nanocomposite%20coating%20by%20SPS.pdf">Phase
+Formation and Transformation in Alumina/YSZ <span class=SpellE>Nanocomposite</span>
+Coating Deposited by Suspension Plasma Spray Process</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
+normal'>Journal of Thermal Spray Technology</i>, Vol. 19, Issue 4, 787-795
+(2010).</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1067"
+ type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1067"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[35] S. Wasiur-Rahman and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/al-ca-zn.pdf">Thermodynamic Description of the Al-<span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Zn Ternary System</a>”, <i>CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of
+Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry)</i>, Vol. 33, Issue 3, 584-598 (2009).</span></span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span
+style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1066" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[34] M. <span class=SpellE>Asgar</span>-Khan and
+M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-al-mn.pdf">Thermodynamic Description of the Mg-<span
+class=SpellE>Mn</span>, Al-<span class=SpellE>Mn</span> and Mg-Al-<span
+class=SpellE>Mn</span> Systems Using the Modified <span class=SpellE>Quasichemical</span>
+Model for the Liquid Phases</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Materials
+Transactions, </i>Vol. 50, Issue 5, 1113-1122<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
+normal'> </i>(2009). </span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1065"
+ type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1065"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[33] S. Wasiur-Rahman and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/mg-ca-zn.pdf">Critical Assessment and Thermodynamic Modeling of
+the Binary Mg-Zn, <span class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Zn and Ternary Mg-<span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Zn Systems</a>”, <span class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
+normal'>Intermetallics</i></span>, Vol. 17, Issue 10, 847-864<i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> </i>(2009). </span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1064" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[32] M. Aljarrah, M. Medraj, Jian Li and E.
+Essadiqi, “<a href="papers/jom-2009.pdf">Phase <span class=SpellE>Equilibria</span>
+of the Constituent Ternaries of the Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span>-<span
+class=SpellE>Sr</span> System</a>”, JOM, Vol. 61, Issue 5, 68-74 (2009) </span><i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#006600'>invited Paper</span></i><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>. </span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1063"
+ type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="_x0000_i1063"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[31] F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. <span class=SpellE>Dolatabadi</span>,
+J. <span class=SpellE>Oberste-Berghaus</span>, and C. Moreau, “<a
+href="papers/nanostructured%20coating%201.pdf">Effective Parameters in Axial Injection
+Suspension Plasma Spray Process of Alumina-Zirconia Ceramics</a>”, <i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Thermal Spray Technology</i>,
+Vol. 17, Issue 5-6, 685-691 (2008).</span><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";
+color:#993300'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1062" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[30] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Md.</st1:State></st1:place>
+<span class=SpellE>Mezbahul</span>-Islam and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/mg-ni-y.pdf">A Critical Thermodynamic Assessment of the Mg-Ni,
+Ni-Y Binary and Mg-Ni-Y Ternary Systems</a>”, <i>CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of
+Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry)</i>, Vol. 33, Issue 3, 478-486, (2009). </span><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1061" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[29] E. <span class=SpellE>Baril</span>,
+A. Mostafid, L.P. Lefebvre and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/metal%20foam%20-%20ali.pdf">Experimental Demonstration of
+Entrance/Exit Effects on the Permeability Measurements of Porous Materials</a>”,
+<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Advanced Engineering Materials</i>,
+Vol. 10, Issue 9, 889-894 (2008).</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";
+color:#993300'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1060" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[28] H. Al-Kazzaz, X. Cao, M. Jahazi and M.
+Medraj, “<a href="papers/laser-materials%20transactions.pdf">Reliability of
+Laser Welding Process for ZE41A-T5 Magnesium Alloy Sand Castings</a>”, <i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Materials Transactions</i>, Vol. 49, Issue
+, 774-781 (2008). </span><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";
+color:#993300'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1059" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_10"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[27] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Md.</st1:State></st1:place>
+<span class=SpellE>Mezbahul</span>-Islam, D. Kevorkov and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/mg-cu-y.pdf">The Equilibrium Phase Diagram of the
+Magnesium-Copper-Yttrium System</a>”, <span class=GramE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
+normal'>The</i></span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> Journal of
+Chemical Thermodynamics</i>, Vol. 40, Issue 7, 1064-1076 (2008). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_11"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1058" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_11"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[26] H. Al-Kazzaz, M. Medraj, X. Cao and M.
+Jahazi, “<span class=SpellE><a
+href="papers/laser-materials%20chemistry%20and%20physics.pdf">Nd<span
+class=GramE>:YAG</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink>Laser</span></span></span><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>
+Welding of Aerospace Grade ZE41A Magnesium Alloy: Modeling and Experimental
+Investigations</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>”,
+<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Materials Chemistry and
+Physics</i>, Vol. 109, Issue 1, 61-76 (2008). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_12"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1057" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_12"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[25] X. Cao, M. Jahazi, H. Al-Kazzaz and M.
+Medraj, <a href="papers/laser%20jimr.pdf">“<span class=SpellE>Modelling</span>
+of Work Hardening <span class=SpellE>Behaviour</span> for Laser Welded
+Magnesium Alloy”</a>, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>International
+Journal of Materials Research (formerly <span class=SpellE>Zeitschrift</span>
+fur <span class=SpellE>Metallkunde</span>)</i>, Vol. 99, Issue 2008/2, 216-221
+(2008). </span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"><span style='mso-bookmark:
+OLE_LINK3'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_13"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1056" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_13"><![endif]></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:
+OLE_LINK4'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK3'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></span></span><span style='font-size:
+.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[24] M. Aljarrah and M. Medraj,
+“<a href="papers/Al-Ca-Sr.pdf">Thermodynamic Assessment of the Phase <span
+class=SpellE>Equilibria</span> in the Al-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span>-<span
+class=SpellE>Sr</span> System using the Modified <span class=SpellE>Quasichemical</span>
+Model</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Chemical
+Thermodynamics</i>, Vol. 40, Issue 4, 724-734 (2008).<span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_14"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1055" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_14"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[23] M. Aljarrah and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/mg-ca-sr.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling of the Mg-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span>,
+Mg-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span>, <span class=SpellE>Ca-Sr</span> and Mg-<span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span> Systems using the Modified <span
+class=SpellE>Quasichemical</span> Model</a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
+font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>”, </span><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>CALPHAD (Computer Coupling of Phase
+Diagrams and Thermochemistry), </span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Vol. 32,
+Issue 2, 240-251 </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>(2008<span
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>).</span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_15"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1054" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_15"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[22] M. Aljarrah, M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>,
+E. Essadiqi and Jian Li and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/exp.%20mg-al-sr%202.pdf">Microstructural
+Characterization of Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span> Alloys</a>”, <i>Journal of
+the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, </i><span style='mso-bidi-font-style:
+italic'>Vol. 8, Issue 4</span>, 237-248 (2007).</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_16"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1053" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_16"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>[21] M.A. <span
+class=SpellE>Arafin</span>, M. Medraj, D.P. Turner and P. <span class=SpellE>Bocher</span>,
+&quot;<a href="papers/brazing-%20j%20mat%20research.pdf">Mathematical Modeling
+and Experimental Investigations of Isothermal Solidification during Transient
+Liquid Phase Bonding of Inconel 625 and 718 <span class=SpellE>Superalloys</span></a>&quot;,
+<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Advanced Materials Research</i>,
+Vols. 15-17, 882-887 (2007).</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_17"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1052" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_17"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[20] M. Medraj, M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>,
+E. Essadiqi and Jian Li, “<a href="papers/mg-al-sr%20-%20new%20phases.pdf">New
+Phases in the Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span> System</a>”, <i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Materials Science Forum</i>,
+Vols. 539-543, 1620-1625 (2007).<span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_18"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1051" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_18"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[19] A. <span class=SpellE>Janz</span>, J. <span
+class=SpellE>Groebner</span>, D. <span class=SpellE>Mirkovic</span>, M. Medraj,
+Jun Zhu, Y.A. Chang and R. <span class=SpellE>Schmid-Fetzer</span>, “<a
+href="papers/mg-al-sr%20with%20rainer.pdf">Experimental study and thermodynamic
+calculation of Al-Mg-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span> phase <span class=SpellE>equilibria</span></a>”,
+<span class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Intermetallics</i></span>,
+Vol. 15, Issue 4, 506-519 (2007).<span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_19"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1050" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_19"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[18] M.A. <span class=SpellE>Arafin</span>, M.
+Medraj, D. P. Turner and P. <span class=SpellE>Bocher</span>, “<a
+href="papers/brazing-RW%20model.pdf">Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Nickel <span
+class=SpellE>Superalloys</span> with BNi-2: Modeling and Experimental
+Investigations</a>”, <i>Journal of Materials Science and Engineering</i> A,
+Vol. 447, Issues 1-2, 125-133 (2007).<span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_20"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1049" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_20"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[17] M. Aljarrah, M. Medraj, X. Wang, E.
+Essadiqi, G. <span class=SpellE>Dénès</span> and A. <span class=SpellE>Muntasar</span>,
+“<a href="papers/mg-al-ca%20exp.pdf">Experimental Investigation of the Mg-Al-<span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span> System</a></span><b><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
+.0pt'>”, </span></b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Journal
+of Alloys and Compounds</span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>, Vol. 438, Issue 1-2, 131-141 (2007).</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_21"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1048" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_21"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[16] M. Medraj, E. <span class=SpellE>Baril</span>,
+V. <span class=SpellE>Loya</span> and L. P. Lefebvre, “<a
+href="papers/metalfoam1.pdf">The effect of microstructure on the permeability
+of metal foams</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of Materials
+Science</i>, <a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span
+style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>Vol. 42, Issue 12, 4372-4383 (2007)</span></a><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_22"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1047" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_22"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[15] M. Aljarrah, U. <span class=SpellE>Aghaulor</span>,
+and M. Medraj, “</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><a href="papers/mg-zn-sr.pdf">Thermodynamic
+Assessment of the Mg-Zn-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span> System</a></span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>”, <span
+class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Intermetallics</i></span>,
+Vol. 15, Issue 2, 93-97 (2007).<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:
+black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_23"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1046" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_23"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[14] M.A. <span class=SpellE>Arafin</span>, M.
+Medraj, D. P. Turner and P. <span class=SpellE>Bocher</span>, “<a
+href="papers/brazing-%20j%20mat%20chem%20and%20phys.pdf">Effect of alloying elements
+on the isothermal solidification during TLP bonding of SS 410 and SS 321 using
+a BNi-2 interlayer</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of
+Materials Chemistry and Physics</i>, Vol. 106, Issue 1, 109-119 (2007).<span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_24"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_24"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[13]</span> <span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>S. Al <span class=SpellE>Shakhshir</span>
+and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/mg-al-y.pdf">Computational Thermodynamic Model
+for the Mg-Al-Y System</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of
+Phase <span class=SpellE>Equilibria</span> and Diffusion,</i> Vol. 27, Issue 3,
+-244 (2006).<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
+none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_25"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1044" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_25"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[12]</span> <span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>M. Medraj, R. Hammond, M.A. <span
+class=SpellE>Parvez</span>, R. A. L. Drew and W. T. Thompson, “</span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS"'><a href="papers/al2o3-y2o3%20neutron%20diffraction.pdf">High
+Temperature Neutron Diffraction Study of the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
+System</a></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>”,
+<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Journal of the European Ceramic Society</i>,
+Vol. 26, Issue 16, 3515-3524 (2006).<span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_26" o:spid="_x0000_i1043"
+ type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_26"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;[11] F. Islam, A. <span
+class=SpellE>Thykadavil</span> and M. Medraj, </span><span style='font-size:
+.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>“<a
+href="papers/mg-al-ge.pdf">A Computational thermodynamic Model of the Mg-Al-<span
+class=SpellE>Ge</span> System</a></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&quot;, <i>Journal of Alloys and
+Compounds</i>, Vol. 425, Issue 1-2, pp. 129-139 (2006). </span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_27"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1042" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_27"><![endif]></span>&nbsp;<span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[10]</span> <span style='font-size:
+.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>D. <span class=SpellE>Uremovich</span>,
+F. Islam and M. Medraj, </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>“</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="papers/Ni-Ca.pdf">Thermodynamic<span
+style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'> Modeling of the <span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Ni System</span></a>&quot;, <i>Journal of the Science
+and Technology of Advanced Materials</i>, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 116-126 (2006).</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_28"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1041" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_28"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[9]</span> <span style='font-size:
+.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>F. Islam and M. Medraj, </span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS"'>“<a href="papers/mg-ni-ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Assessment of the
+Mg-Ni-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span> System</a></span><span style='font-size:
+.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&quot;, <i>CALPHAD (Computer
+Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry),</i> 29[4], 289-302 (2005).</span></span><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_29"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_29"><![endif]></span><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[8]</span> <span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>,
+M. Medraj, E. Essadiqi, A. <span class=SpellE>Muntasar</span>&nbsp;and G. <span
+class=SpellE>Dénès</span>, &quot;<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/mg-al-sr.pdf">Experimental
+Study of the Ternary Magnesium-Aluminum-Strontium System</a>&quot;, <i>Journal of
+Alloys and Compounds</i>, Vol. 402, Issue1-2, 170-185 (2005).</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_30"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_30"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;[7] F. Islam and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/Mg-Al-Ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Evaluation and Optimization of the
+Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span> System</a>”, <i>Journal of the Canadian
+Metallurgical Quarterly</i>, Vol. 44, Issue 4, 523-535 (2005).</span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_31"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_31"><![endif]></span>&nbsp;<span class=GramE><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[6]</span> <span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>T. Balakumar
+and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/mg-al-sb.pdf">Thermodynamic
+Modeling of the Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Sb</span> System</a>&quot;, <i>CALPHAD
+(Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry)</i><span
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>, Vol. 29, Issue 1, 24–36</span> (2005).</span></span>
+</p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_32"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_32"><![endif]></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b><span class=GramE><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[5] M. Medraj,
+W.T. Thompson and R.A.L. Drew,&nbsp;“<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/j%20of%20mat%20proc%20tech.pdf">Understanding
+<span class=SpellE>AlN</span> Sintering Through Computational Thermodynamics
+Combined with Experimental Investigation</a>”.</span></span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> <span
+class=GramE><i>Journal of Materials Processing Technology</i>, Vol. 161, Issue
+, 415-422 (2005).</span></span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_33"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_33"><![endif]></span>&nbsp;<span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[4]</span> <span style='font-size:
+.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>M. Medraj and R.A.L. Drew, “<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/silicates%20industriels.pdf">The
+Role of the Phase <span class=SpellE>Equilibria</span> in AlN-Al<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub>-Y<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub>
+System on Understanding <span class=SpellE>AlN</span> Sintering</a>”, <i
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>J<span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>ournal
+</span></i>of <i>Silicates <span class=SpellE>Industriels</span></i>, Vol. 69,
+Issue 5-6, 131-139 (2004).</span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_34"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_34"><![endif]></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[3]</span> <span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>M. Medraj, R. Hammond, W.T. Thompson
+and R.A.L. Drew, “<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/Acers.pdf">High
+Temperature Neutron Diffraction of AlN-Al<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub>-Y<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub> System</a>”, J<i>ournal of the American
+Ceramics Society</i>, Vol. 86, Issue 4, 717-726 (2003).</span> <span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_35"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_35"><![endif]></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[2] M. Medraj,
+R.A.L. Drew and W.T. Thompson, “<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/thermo-cmq.pdf">Thermodynamic
+Modeling of the AlN-Al<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub>-Y<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub> System</a>”, J<i>ournal of the Canadian
+Metallurgical Quarterly</i>, Vol. 42, Issue 4, 495-506 (2003).</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.5in'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_36"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+ style='width:6.75pt;height:6.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image004.gif" o:title=" bullet11"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=9 height=9
+src="publications_files/image004.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: bullet11"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_36"><![endif]></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
+font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></b><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>[1] M. Medraj,
+R. Hammond, J. Root, W.T. Thompson and R.A.L. Drew, “<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/Munich_2001.pdf">The <span
+class=SpellE>Equilibria</span> in the AlN-Al<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub>-Y<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub> Ternary System - Thermodynamics and
+Neutron Diffraction</a>”, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>J<span
+style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>ournal of Applied Physics A - Materials
+Science and Processing</span></i>, Vol. 74, Issue [s01], 1188-1191 (2002).</span>
+</p>
+<div style='margin-left:.5in'>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/Munich_2001.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
+<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/Munich_2001.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>
+<hr size=3 width="100%" align=center>
+</span></a></span></span></div>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+</div>
+<h2 style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>b)
+Publications in Refereed Conferences<span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
+<div style='margin-left:.5in'>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/Munich_2001.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
+<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/Munich_2001.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>
+<hr size=6 width="100%" align=center>
+</span></a></span></span></div>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+</div>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>24. A.S.H. <span class=SpellE>Kabir</span>, X.
+Cao, M. Medraj, J. <span class=SpellE>Cuddy</span> and A. <span class=SpellE>Birur</span>,
+“<a href="papers/laser%20Ti64%20-%20MST2010.pdf">Effect of Welding Speed and
+Defocusing Distance on the Quality of Laser Welded Ti-6Al-4V</a>”, Proceedings
+of the Materials Science and Technology (MS&amp;T) 2010, 2787-2797, Houston,
+USA, (October 17-21, 2010) </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
+"Brush Script MT"'>New</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";
+color:#993300;mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_47"
+ o:spid="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+ style='width:12pt;height:12pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
+ <v:imagedata src="publications_files/image005.gif" o:title=" fire"/>
+</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image005.gif"
+alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: fire"
+v:shapes="Picture_x0020_47"><![endif]></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black;
+text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>23. F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. Dolatabadi, J. <span
+class=SpellE>Oberste-Berghaus</span>, and C. Moreau, “<a
+href="papers/ITSC2009%20(Fariba).pdf">Phase Formation in Alumina/YSZ
+Nano-Composite Coating Deposited by Suspension Plasma Spray Process</a>”,
+Thermal Spray 2009, 409-414, Las Vegas, NV, (May 4-7, 2009) <span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>22. H. Nasery, M. Medraj and M.D. Pugh, “<a
+href="papers/Com%202008%20Paper.pdf">Processing and Characterization of
+AlN-MgO-MgAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Composites by Spontaneous Infiltration</a>”,
+Proceedings of the 47<sup>th</sup> Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2008,
+Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing: Advances in Processing and Repair of
+Aerospace Materials, 389-399, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, (August 24-27, 2008) <span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>21. S. Wasiur-Rahman and M. Medraj, “<a
+href="papers/ms&amp;t%202008%20Mg-Zn-Ca.pdf">Thermodynamic Model of the Mg-<span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>-Zn System</a>”, Proceedings of the Materials Science and
+Technology (MS&amp;T) 2008, 1042-1053, Pittsburgh, USA, (October 5-9, 2008)<span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>20. M. <span class=SpellE>Asgar</span>-Khan and M.
+Medraj, “<a href="papers/ms&amp;t%202008%20Mg-Al-Mn.pdf">Critical Evaluation
+and Thermodynamic Modeling of the Mg-<span class=SpellE>Mn</span>, Al-<span
+class=SpellE>Mn</span> and Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Mn</span> Systems</a>”,
+Proceedings of the Materials Science and Technology (MS&amp;T) 2008, 1029-1041,
+Pittsburgh, USA, (October 5-9, 2008) <span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>19. M. <span class=SpellE>Mezbahul</span>-Islam
+and M. Medraj, “<a href="papers/ms&amp;t%202008%20Mg-Ni-Y.pdf">Thermodynamic
+Evaluation of the Mg-Ni-Y Ternary System</a>”, Proceedings of the Materials
+Science and Technology (MS&amp;T) 2008, 1017-1028, Pittsburgh, USA, (October
+-9, 2008) <span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
+none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>18. F. Tarasi, M. Medraj, A. <span class=SpellE>Dolatabadi</span>,
+J.O. <span class=SpellE>Berghaus</span> and C. Moreau, “<a
+href="papers/ITSC2008.pdf">Effective parameters in axial injection suspension
+plasma spray process of alumina-zirconia ceramics</a>”, Proceedings of the
+International Thermal Spray Conference &amp; Exposition (ITSC2008),
+tarasif1/1-tarasif1/6, Maastricht, Netherlands, (June 2-4, 2008) <span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-left:53.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;
+tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
+style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>17. A. Mostafid, M. Medraj, E. <span class=SpellE>Baril</span>
+and L.P. Lefebvre, “<a href="papers/Mostafid_MetFoam07.pdf">Determination of
+bulk and entrance contributions to the pressure drop in metallic foams</a>”,
+Proceedings of the 5<sup>th</sup> Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic
+Foams (<span class=SpellE>MetFoam</span> 2007), Montreal, Canada, (September
+-7, 2007)</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";
+color:#993300;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>16. M. Aljarrah, M. Medraj, J. Li and E. Essadiqi,
+“<a href="papers/mg-al-ca-sr%20lmt2007.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling and
+Experimental Investigation of the Magnesium-Aluminum-Calcium-Strontium System</a>”,
+Proceedings of the Light Metals Technology 2007, 53-57, Saint-<span
+class=SpellE>Sauveur</span>, Canada, (September 24-26, 2007)<span
+style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#993300;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>15. M.A. <span class=SpellE>Arafin</span>, M.
+Medraj, D.P. Turner and P. <span class=SpellE>Bocher</span>, &quot;<a
+href="papers/tlp%20COM2006.pdf">Optimization of Process Variables during TLP
+Bonding of Nickel <span class=SpellE>Superalloys</span></a>&quot;, Proceedings
+of the 45<sup>th</sup> International Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006,
+Aerospace Materials &amp; Manufacturing: Emerging Materials, Processes, and
+Repair Techniques, 301-313, Montreal, Canada, (October 1-4, 2006)<span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>14. H. Al-Kazzaz, M. Medraj, X. Cao, M. Xiao And
+M. Jahazi, “<a href="papers/laser%20welding%20Mg%20-%20COM2006.pdf">Effect of
+Laser Power and Joint Gap on Weld Quality of Aerospace Grade ZE41A-T5 Magnesium
+Alloy Using <span class=SpellE>Nd:Yag</span> Laser</a>”, Proceedings of the 45<sup>th</sup>
+International Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006, Magnesium Technology in
+the Global Age, 503-518, Montreal, Canada, (October 1-4, 2006)<span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>13. M. Aljarrah, M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>,
+X.Z. Wang, M. Medraj, E. Essadiqi And J. Li, “<a
+href="papers/mg-al-(sr,ca)%20COM2006.pdf">Mg-Al-(<span class=SpellE>Sr</span>, <span
+class=SpellE>Ca</span>) Systems - An Experimental Analysis</a>”, Proceedings of
+the 45<sup>th</sup> International Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2006,
+Magnesium Technology in the Global Age, 701-712, Montreal, Canada, (October
+-4, 2006)<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
+none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>12. M. A. <span class=SpellE>Arafin</span>, M.
+Medraj, D. P. Turner and P. <span class=SpellE>Bocher</span>, “<a
+href="papers/brazing1.pdf">Thermodynamic modeling and experimental
+investigation of brazed joints used in aerospace industry</a>”, Proceedings of
+the 3rd<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>International Brazing and
+Soldering Conference, 189-196, San Antonio, Texas, USA, (April 24–26, 2006)<span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=15 height=15
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>11. H. Al Kazzaz, M. Medraj, X. Cao, M. Jahazi and
+M. Xiao, &quot;<a href="papers/laser%20welding-2005.pdf">Effect of welding
+speed on <span class=SpellE>Nd:YAG</span> laser <span class=SpellE>weldability</span>
+of ZE41 A-T5 magnesium sand castings</a>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:
+.5pt'>, </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>COM
+, Light Metals 2005, 137-149, Calgary, Canada, (August 21-25, 2005)<span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>10.
+V. <span class=SpellE>Loya</span>, M. Medraj, E. <span class=SpellE>Baril</span>,
+L-P Lefebvre and M. Gauthier, &quot;<a href="papers/metalfoam%20com2005.pdf">The
+permeability of metal foams and its dependence on microstructure</a>&quot;, COM
+, Light Metals 2005, 421-435, Calgary, Canada, (August 21-25, 2005)</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>9.
+M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>, X. Wang, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj,
+&quot;<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/tms%202005_medraj.pdf">Experimental
+Investigation of the <span class=SpellE>Equlibria</span> in Mg-Al-(<span
+class=SpellE>Ca,Sr</span>) Systems</a>&quot;, 2005 TMS Annual Meeting -
+Magnesium Technology 2005, 179-184, San Francisco, California, USA (February
+-17, 2005).</span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>8.
+F. Islam, M. Medraj, &quot;<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/farhana.pdf">Thermodynamic Modeling
+of Mg-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span> and Al-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span> Binary
+Systems</a>&quot;, Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 921-929, London, Ontario, Canada
+(June 1-4, 2004).</span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>7.
+M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj, &quot;<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/anwar.pdf">Thermal Analytical
+Investigations of Ternary Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Sr</span> System by DSC</a>&quot;,
+Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 829-838 London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).</span>
+</p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>6.
+P. Khayargoli, V. <span class=SpellE>Loya</span>, L-P Lefebvre and M. Medraj,
+&quot;<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/viren.pdf">The Impact
+of Microstructure on the Permeability of Metal Foams</a>&quot;, Proc. CSME
+Forum 2004, 220-228, London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).</span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>5.
+X. Wang, M.A. <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>, E. Essadiqi and M. Medraj,
+&quot;<a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/wang.pdf">A Differential
+Scanning Calorimeter Study of Mg-Al-<span class=SpellE>Ca</span> Ternary System</a>&quot;,
+Proc. CSME Forum 2004, 819-828, London, Ontario, Canada (June 1-4, 2004).</span>
+</p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>4.
+M. Medraj, M. <span class=SpellE>Entezarian</span> and R.A.L. Drew,
+&quot;Wettability of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
+Compounds on Aluminum Nitride and Their Role in Sintering&quot;</span><span
+style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>, </span><span
+style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Proc. Int.
+Conf. on the Science, Technology, and Applications of Sintering, 2nd, 307-312
+(1999).</span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>3.
+M. Medraj, M. <span class=SpellE>Entezarian</span> and R.A.L. Drew, “<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/wettability.pdf">Investigation
+of the Wettability of Al<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub>-Y<sub><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2</span></sub>O<sub><span
+style='font-size:12.0pt'>3</span></sub> Stoichiometric Compounds on <span
+class=SpellE>AlN</span></a>”, British Ceramic Proceeding, n. 60, 85-87 (1999).</span>
+</p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>2.
+M. Medraj and A. Kilani, &quot;Effect of Shot Peening and Hard Chromium Plating
+on Fatigue Life of Stainless Steel 17-4PH&quot;, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. Production
+Engineering and Design for Development, (1998).</span> </p>
+<p style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:
+.85pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image001.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>1.
+M. Medraj and A. <span class=SpellE>Kilani</span>, &quot;<a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/~mmedraj/papers/shot%20peening.pdf">Investigation
+of the Effect of Shot Peening Parameters on Peening Intensity</a>&quot;, Proc.
+th Int. <span class=SpellE>Symp</span>. Adv. Mater., 744-749 (1997).</span> </p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/shot%20peening.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
+<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/shot%20peening.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>
+<hr size=3 width="100%" align=center>
+</span></a></span></span></div>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<h2 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=GramE><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:
+"Times New Roman"'>c</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>)
+Miscellaneous<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
+none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h2>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/shot%20peening.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
+<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/%7Emmedraj/papers/shot%20peening.pdf"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>
+<hr size=6 width="100%" align=center>
+</span></a></span></span></div>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4;
+tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
+font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
+color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a
+href="papers/encs%20teaching%20award.pdf">EVCS Teaching Excellence Award 2010</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4;
+tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
+font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;
+color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a
+href="http://teaching.concordia.ca/faculty-spotlight/engineering/dr-mamoun-medraj-mechanical-and-industrial-engineering/">Faculty
+Spot Light</a> – Centre for Teaching and Learning Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
+<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4;
+tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
+Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span
+style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=13 height=13
+src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="papers/collaboration.htm">Art
+&amp; Engineering – <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Collaborative
+Creativity</i></a> - </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
+color:windowtext'>Our work was featured in <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Concordia
+Journal(October 2007) </i></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
+"Brush Script MT";color:windowtext'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4;
+tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
+style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
+mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Mamoun Medraj and Anwar <span class=SpellE>Parvez</span>,
+“<a href="papers/mg-al-sr%20machinist.pdf">Examining Technical Know-How:
+Magnesium-Aluminum-Strontium Alloys for More Fuel Efficient Automobiles</a>”,
+The Machinist - <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>magazine</i>, March 2007
+Issue, <span class=SpellE>pp</span> 45-47. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Invited
+Contribution</b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
+none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:
+.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:
+Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;
+text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><img width=16 height=16
+src="publications_files/image003.gif" alt="*"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+</span></span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
+"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a
+href="papers/featuring%20-%20concordia%20journal.htm">Developing Improved Fuel
+Efficiency</a> – Our work was featured in <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Concordia
+Journal</i><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
+none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="papers/featuring%20-%20concordia%20journal.htm"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
+<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><a href="papers/featuring%20-%20concordia%20journal.htm"><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>
+<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
+</span></a></span></span></div>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
+<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
+font-family:"Agency FB","sans-serif"'><a
+href="papers/featuring%20-%20concordia%20journal.htm"><span style='color:black;
+text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.me\.concordia\.ca\/%7Emmedraj\/\0022 "'><u><span
+style='color:#0069D2'>Mamoun's Home Page</span></u></span> | <span
+style='mso-field-code:"HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.me\.concordia\.ca\/~mmedraj\/courses\.html\0022"'><u><span
+style='color:#0069D2'>Teaching</span></u></span> | <span style='mso-field-code:
+" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.me\.concordia\.ca\/%7Emmedraj\/research\.html\0022 "'><u><span
+style='color:#0069D2'>Research</span></u></span> | </span><span
+style='color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span lang=EN-CA><span
+style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022TMRG\.html\0022 "'><u><span
+style='color:#0069D2'>Facilities</span></u></span> </span></span><span
+style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>| <span
+style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.me\.concordia\.ca\/%7Emmedraj\/publications\.html\0022 "'><u><span
+style='color:#0069D2'>Publications</span></u></span> | <span style='mso-field-code:
+" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.me\.concordia\.ca\/~mmedraj\/links\.html\0022 "'><u><span
+style='color:#0069D2'>Links</span></u></span> | <span style='mso-field-code:
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+style='color:#0069D2'>Opportunities</span></u></span> | Contact: <span
+style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022mailto\:mmedraj\@encs\.concordia\.ca\0022 "'><u><span
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+style='color:#0069D2'>Mech. Eng. Dept.</span></u></span></span></a><span
+class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
+none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
+<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a
+href="http://www.me.concordia.ca/"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:
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