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About me

I am a PhD researcher belonging to the Icing Research Group at Tampere University under the supervision of Dr.Tech. Heli Koivuluoto. I am working on flame and cold spray coatings to produce durable slippery liquid infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) for anti-icing applications. The work involves optimizing coating parameters, characterizing the coating structure using different methods, icing/ de-icing tests, besides ice adhesion strength tests. 

Fields of expertise

Metallurgy

Materials science

Materials characterization Materials testing and characterization 

Coatings Coating techniques 

Project links

Research topics

TS-SLIPS for anti-icing TS-SLIPS, Icing Research Group, ICE Laboratory 

Flame spray and cold spray coatings Coating techniques 

Research fields

Materials Science

Coatings and surface modifications

Selected publications

1. Ruqaya Khammas and Heli Koivuluoto,Sustainability 2022, 14, 8422, Durable Icephobic Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS) Using Flame- and Cold-Spraying, https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148422

2. M. Bai, R. Khammas, L. Guan, J.W. Murray, T. Hussain, Ceramics International 43 (2017) 15288–15295, Suspension high velocity oxy-fuel spraying of a rutile TiO2 feedstock: Microstructure, phase evolution and photocatalytic behaviour, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.08.068