Arif Abdullah

Assistant Professor

Email: arif1@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-1099
Office: Felgar Hall 219B
Office Hours: By appointment

Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (2018)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., Mechanical Engineering (2013)
Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering (2011)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Research Focus

Out-of-autoclave manufacturing of composites.
Robot-assisted materials processing.
Multifunctional materials.

Experience and Awards

Assistant Professor - School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma (August 2025-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2023-2025)

MRS Graduate Student Silver Award, Materials Research Society, 2017
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, UIUC, 2017-18
FMC Technologies Inc. Educational Fund Fellowship, UIUC, 2016-17

Recent Publications

Abdullah, A. M., Zakoworotny, M., Geubelle, P., & Baur, J. Rapid out-of-oven lamination (ROL) for energy-efficient continuous manufacturing of carbon fiber composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 194, 108873 (2025).
Abdullah, A. M., Dunn, M. L. & Yu, K. Robotic 3D printing of continuous fiber reinforced thermoset composites. Advanced Materials Technologies 9, 2400839 (2024).
Jiang, H., Abdullah, A. M., Ding, Y., Chung, C., Dunn, M. L. & Yu, K. 3D printing of continuous fiber composites using two-stage UV curable resin. Materials Horizons 10, 5508–5520 (2023).
Abdullah, A. M., Ding, Y., He, X., Dunn, M. & Yu, K. Direct-write 3D printing of UV-curable composites with continuous carbon fiber. Journal of Composite Materials 57, 851–863 (2023).
Complete list of publications at Google Scholar.