Dr Sairah Bashir
R & D Engineer
Lightweight Manufacturing Centre
Area of Expertise
Technical: Sound grasp of polymer/fibre science at a theoretical and practical level, and knowledge of modern spectroscopic and analytical techniques.
Organisational: Able to produce good quality research reports and obtain experimental data before given deadlines.
Communication: Work well within a team and present research updates on a regular basis.
IT: Competent user of Microsoft packages like Word and Excel, also analytical and science-related software such as ChemDraw and Origin.
Prize And Awards
- RSC West of Scotland local section travel bursary
- Recipient
- 2017
- SCI-RSC Rideal travel bursary
- Recipient
- 2017
- PGR Travel Award
- Recipient
- 2016
Qualifications
2015-2020: PhD in Material Science, University of Strathclyde
2010-2015: MChem Forensic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Strathclyde
Publications
- A simple chemical approach to regenerating strength of thermally damaged glass fibre for reuse in composites
- Bashir S T, Yang L, Liggat J J, Thomason J L
- ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2018 (2018)
- Towards a new generation of glass fiber products based on regenerated fiber thermally recycled from end-of-life GRP and GRP manufacturing waste
- Thomason James, Yang Liu, Jenkins Peter, Saez Rodriguez Eduardo, Nagel Ulf, Bashir Sairah Tahir
- Composites Recycling Conference (2018)
- Kinetics of dissolution of glass fibre in hot alkaline solution
- Bashir S T, Yang L, Liggat J J, Thomason J L
- Journal of Materials Science Vol 53, pp. 1710–1722 (2018)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1627-z
- A simple chemical approach to regenerating the strength of thermally damaged glass fibre
- Bashir ST, Yang L, Anderson R, Tang PL, Liggat JJ, Thomason JL
- Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing Vol 102, pp. 76-87 (2017)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.07.023
- A cost-effective chemical approach to retaining and regenerating the strength of thermally recycled glass fibre
- Bashir S, Yang L, Anderson R, Basri N B, Saez Rodriguez E, Liggat J J, Thomason J
- The 17th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM17), pp. 1-8 (2016)
- A cost-effective chemical approach to retaining and regenerating the strength of thermally recycled glass fibre
- Bashir S, Yang L, Anderson R, Basri N B, Sáez-Rodríguez E, Liggat J J, Thomason J
- ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2016 (2016)
Research Interests
Polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, glass fibres, carbon fibres, composite materials, recycling and sustainability of materials
Projects
- Future Fibre- Developing sustainable fibre materials
- Bashir, Sairah Tahir (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020
- Fibre dispersion characterisation in plasters
- Bashir, Sairah Tahir (Principal Investigator)
- Funding
Saint-Gobain - 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020
- A chemical approach to regenerating the performance of thermally damaged glass fibres
- Bashir, Sairah Tahir (Principal Investigator)
- PhD project
- 01-Jan-2015 - 01-Jan-2019
Contact
Dr
Sairah
Bashir
R & D Engineer
Lightweight Manufacturing Centre
Email: sairah.bashir@strath.ac.uk
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