Education
- PhD. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, USA, 2019
- M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Saint Louis University, USA, 2015
- B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Saint Louis University, USA, 2013
Research Interests
- Uncertainty-Based Computational Mechanics
- Stochastic Random Process/Field Modeling
- Reliability-Based Design Optimization
Journal Publications
- Patel, Akash, Arif Malik, Feng Zhang, and Ritin Mathews. “Influence of work-roll grinding error and high-fidelity corrective grinding in cold sheet rolling.” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2022)
- Zhang, Feng, and Arif S. Malik. “Stochastic Method to Predict Effects of Roll Grinding Deviations on Sheet Flatness in Cold Rolling.” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (2021): 1-34.
- Zhang, Feng, and Arif S. Malik. “An Efficient Multi-Scale Modeling Method that Reveals Coupled Effects Between Surface Roughness and Roll-Stack Deformation in Cold Sheet Rolling.” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering 143, no. 10 (2021): 101005.
- Zhang, Feng, and Arif Malik. “A roll-stack contact mechanics model to predict strip profile in rolling mills with asymmetric, continuously variable crown rolls.” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering 140, no. 1 (2018).
Conference Proceedings
- Zhang, Feng, Arif S. Malik, and Haoliang Yu. “High-fidelity roll profile contact modeling by simplified mixed finite element method.” In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, vol. 51388, p. V004T03A034. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018.
- Zhang, Feng, and Arif S. Malik. “An Efficient Reliability-Based Method for Simulating Strip Crown in CVC Mills.” Proceedings of the 2017 AIST Iron & Steel Conference, AISTECH2017, May 8-11, 2017, Nashville, TN, USA
- Zhang, Feng, and Arif S. Malik. “Efficient Prediction of Contact Behavior in a 6-High Rolling Mill With Continuously Variable Crown Intermediate Rolls.” In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, vol. 50725, p. V001T02A041. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017.
- Zhang, Feng, and Arif S. Malik. “Strip Flatness Mechanism Analysis in Single-Stand Cold Mills.” In International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, vol. 56826, p. V001T02A039. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015.
- Combes, Thomas P., Feng Zhang, Matthew Hackett, Arif Malik, and Goetz Bramesfeld. “Performance Reliability Assessment of a Flexible Wing Micro Air Vehicle using an Efficient Fluid-Structure Interaction Method.” In 31st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, p. 2790. 2013.