Mohammed Zikry

Zan Prevost Smith Professor

Mohammed A. Zikry is the Zan Prevost Smith Professor at North Carolina State University in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, his M.S. from the Johns Hopkins University, and his B.S. from the University of Kansas.

Amongst his recent awards, he has received the Jefferson Science Award as a senior science advisor to the U.S. State Department, Senior Research Fulbright Award to Egypt and France, the ALCOA Distinguished Research Award, the Research Excellence Award (NCSU) and the Ralph Teetor Research Award from the Society of Automotive Engineering.

He has been awarded a Professeur, Premiere Classe, Strasbourg University, and he is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), the Regional Editor for Mechanics of Materials, and is co-chair of the Executive Committee of ASME’s National Materials Division. He has been a senior research advisor to the Army Research Office and the Department of Defense, and a consultant to numerous industries and organizations.

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Publications

A microstructural design framework using deep convolution-generative adversarial networks for predicting the behavior of CNT-PDMS systems
Phillips, M., & Zikry, M. (2025, July 2), APL Machine Learning, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0272071
An integrated microstructural high strain-rate experimental and computational analysis of the spall behavior of additively manufactured niobium C-103 alloys
Eldaly, O., Zhang, H., Virazels, T., Rodríguez-Martínez, J. A., Horn, T. J., & Zikry, M. A. (2025, August 1), Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2025.104986
Hyperelastic superomniphobic surfaces via microprotrusion-induced stress redistribution
Zarei, M. J., Pillai, S., Eldaly, O., Rather, A. M., Vallabhuneni, S., Zikry, M. A., & Kota, A. K. (2025, January 1), Materials Horizons, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01250c
The mechanical behavior and fracture of chromium film-zirconium alloy substrate systems
Hasan, T., & Zikry, M. A. (2025, May 16), Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155909
Dynamic Behavior of Ribbed Viscoelastic CNT‐PDMS Thin‐Films for Multifunctional Applications
Phillips, M., Chen, M. J., Ryu, J., & Zikry, M. (2024, September 12), Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.202400098
How are microstructural defect interactions linked to simultaneous intergranular and transgranular fracture modes in polycrystalline systems?
Chen, M.-J., Li, N., Gigax, J., Hunter, A., Fensin, S., & Zikry, M. A. (2024, May 10), Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105674
Impact Performance of 3D Orthogonal Woven Composites: A Finite Element Study on Structural Parameters
Xu, W., Zikry, M., & Seyam, A.-F. M. (2024, May 21), Journal of Composites Science, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs8060193
Intergranular fracture, grain-boundary structure, and dislocation-density interactions in FCC bicrystals
Chen, M.-J., Xie, D., Fensin, S., Hunter, A., Li, N., & Zikry, M. A. (2024, September 8), Scientific Reports, Vol. 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72033-7
Microstructural behavior of CNT-PDMS thin-films for multifunctional systems
Phillips, M., Zaghari, P., Ryu, J. E., & Zikry, M. (2024, September 12), Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108473
Modeling hydrogen diffusion in precipitation hardened nickel-based alloy 718 by microstructural modeling
Arcari, A., Zikry, M. A., Callahan, P. G., Horton, D. J., & Chen, M.-J. (2024, June 3), Corrosion Reviews, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1515/corrrev-2024-0013

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Mohammed Zikry