Journal Publications <
  • Angela Mudge, K. Morsi, “Fabrication of Uniform and Rounded Closed-Cell Aluminum Foams Using Novel Foamable Precursor Particles (FPPs)”, Metals, 14, 120 (2024).

  • W. M. Daoush, A. El-Tantawy, K. Morsi,A. E. El-Nikhaily, “Novel cBN Reinforced Cu/Ni Alloy Elemental Metal Matrix Composites (EMMCs) For Electromagnetic Radiation Shielding Applications”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (published online, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08564-3)

  • Nathan Behymer , K. Morsi, Review: Closed-cell Metallic Foams Produced via Powder Metallurgy, Metals, 13(5),959,(2023) (invited paper)

  • K. Yokota, C. Gama,K.Morsi, Effects of Preheating by Direct Electric Current on the Self-propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Ni3Al-CNT Intermetallic Nanocomposites, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 53 (8), 2823-2831(2022)

  • K. Kehl, K. Morsi, “Reactive Processing of Nickel Aluminide-Carbon Nanotube Composites”, Journal of Materials Science, 56, pages 19501–19511 (2021)

  • C. Fitch, K. Morsi, Effect of Shortening Carbon Nanotubes on Carbon Nanotube Dispersion, Damage and Mechanical Behavior of Carbon Nanotube-Metal Matrix Nanocomposites, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 10, 167-173 (2021)

  • P. Modi, M. Chauhan, V Bundy, K. Morsi ‘Particle Size effects on the Electrically Activated Reaction Synthesis (EARS) of Ni-CNT/Al Hierarchical Composite Powders’ ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 143(3):031005 (2021)

  • D. Hille, G. Youssef, A. Mohammad, K.Morsi, Novel Ballistic Processing of Thick Films: Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Behavior, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A volume 51A, 6432-6438 (2020)

  • J.J. Walker, K.Morsi ”Novel Electro-Combustion Forging of Ni-Ti Intermetallic Nanocomposites ", Metallurgical & Materials Transactions B 51, 1344–1349 (2020)

  • R. Hallett, J.R. Cox, K.Morsi ”Novel Spark Plasma Extrusion of Titanium Above and Below the Beta-Transus: Effect on Microstructure and Properties ", Metallurgical & Materials Transactions B 51, 1363–1369 (2020)

  • D.Key, W. Daoush,K. Morsi ”Processing of Micro-scale Aluminum Foamed Particles", Materials Performance and Characterization, 9, 4 (2020)

  • M. Chauhan, V. Bundy, P. Modi, K. Morsi ”Electrically-Activated Reactive Synthesis (EARS) and Electro-annealing of Ni/CNT-Al NanoComposite Powders", Journal of Alloys and Compounds,789, pp.792-799 (2019)

  • K.Morsi,” Review: Titanium-Titanium boride Composites”, Journal of Materials Science, 54 (9), 6753-6771 (2019)

  • L. Čelko, M. Menelaou, M. Casas Luna, M. Horynová, T. Musálek, M. Remešováa , S.Díaz de la Torre, K.Morsi, J. Kaiser, “Spark Plasma Extrusion and The Thermal Barrier Concept”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50 (2), 656-665 (2019)

  • V. Bundy, M. Chauhan, Cyrus Fitch, P. Modi, K.Morsi, “Effect of Carbon nanotube (CNT) length on the Mechanical Milling of Ni-CNT Powders and Ni-CNT/Al Reactive Synthesis”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 49, Issue 12, pp 6351–6358 (2018

  • M. Chauhan, V. Bundy, P. Modi, K. Morsi, “Electrically activated reactive synthesis (EARS) and electro-annealing of 3Ni–Al powder compacts”. Journal of Materials Science, 53, 17, pp. 12512–12522 (2018)

  • K.Morsi "Review: Combustion Synthesis and the Electric Field", International Journal of Self-Propagating High-temperature Synthesis, invited paper Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 199–209, (2017), invited paper

  • M. Krommenhoek, M.Shamma,K.Morsi "Processing, Characterization and Properties of aluminum-carbon nanotube open-cell foams, Journal of Materials Science, 52 (7), 3927-3935 (2017)

  • D. Cavero,K.Stewart, K.Morsi "Novel Ballistic Processing of Sn-0.7Cu Thick Films", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 48 (1), 46-50 (2017).

  • K.Morsi, M. Krommenhoek, M.Shamma "Novel Aluminum (Al)-Carbon nanotube (CNT) Open-cell Foams", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 47 (6), 2574-2578 (2016)

  • W. Daoush, J. Yao, M.Shamma, K.Morsi "Ultra-rapid Processing of High Hardness Tungsten-Copper Nanocomposites", Scripta Materialia, 113, 246-249 (2016)

  • A. Abdi, K. Morsi "Long-term Post-Processing Disintegration of Aluminum-Carbon Nanotube Composites", Journal of Materials Science, 51 (4) 2049-2056 (2016)

  • K. Morsi, W. Daoush " Al-TiH2 Composite Particles as foaming precusors for metallic foams", Scripta Materialia, vol. 105, pp.6-9 (2015)

  • K. Morsi, P. Mehra "Effect of Mechanical and Electrical Acivation on the Combustion Synthesis of Al3Ti", Journal of Materials Science, vol. 49 (15) p0 5271-5278 (2014)

  • A. El-Desouky, S.K. Kassegne, K.Moon, J. Mckittrick, K.Morsi, Rapid Processing & Characterization of Micro-Scale Functionally Graded Porous Materials, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 213 (8) pp. 1251 - 1257 (2013)

  • A. Numula, A.El-Desouky, K.S.Moon, S.K. Kassegne, K.Morsi, Reactive Current Activated Tip-based Sintering of Ni-Al Intermetallics, ASM Journal Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 2(3). DOI:10.1007/s13632-013-0071-y (2013)

  • A. El-Desouky, S.K. Kassegne, K.Moon, K.Morsi, Green Compact Temperature Evolution during Current-Activated Tip-based Sintering (CATS), Metals, 3(2), 178-187 (2013)

  • F.M. Makau, K. Morsi, N. Gude , R. Alvarez, M.Sussman and K. May-Newman,Viability of Titanium-Titanium Boride Composite as a Dental Biomaterial, ISRN Biomaterials Volume 2013, Article ID 970535, 8 pages (2013)

  • J. Patel, K.Morsi, Effect of Mechanical Alloying on the Microstructure and Properties of Al-Sn-Mg alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 540, 5, p 100-106 (2012)

  • K. Morsi, The Diversity of Combustion Synthesis Processing: A Review, Journal of Materials Science, invited paper, part of the Journal's 45th Anniversary reviews v47, No. 1, p 68-92 (2012)

  • M. Patel, K.S.Moon, S. Kassegne, K.Morsi, Effect of Current Intensity and Cumulative Exposure Time on the Localized Current Activated Sintering of Titanium Nickelides, Journal of Materials Science, v46, No. 20, p 6690-6699 (2011).

  • A.M.K. Esawi, K.Morsi, A.Sayed, M.Taher S. Lanka, The influence of carbon nanotube (CNT) morphology and diameter on the processing and properties of CNT-reinforced aluminium composites, Composites Part A, v42, n 3, p 234- 243 (2011)

  • M. J. Bresciani, K. Morsi, A. Duncan, M. Tucker, M. Siprut, K. Stewart, Exploring the Challenges in Designing and Implementing an Assessment Plan for a Virtual Engineering Materials Lab, Eludamos Journal for Computer Game Culture 4 (2), p. 277-285 (2010)

  • K.Morsi, A.M.K.Esawi, P.Borah, S. Lanka, A. Sayed, Characterization and spark plasma sintering of mechanically milled aluminum-carbon nanotube (CNT) composite powders, Journal of Composite Materials, v 44, n 16, p 1991- 2003, (2010)

  • A.M.K. Esawi, K.Morsi, A.Sayed, M.Taher S. Lanka, Effect of carbon nanotube (CNT) content on the mechanical properties of CNT- reinforced aluminium composites, Composites Science and Technology, 70 (16) pp. 2237- 2241 (2010). Reached top 25 hottest (most downloadable) articles for the journal.(sciencedirect).

  • K.Morsi, A.M.K.Esawi, P.Borah, S. Lanka, A. Sayed, M. Taher, Properties of single and dual matrix aluminum-carbon nanotube composites processed via spark plasma extrusion (SPE), Materials Science and Engineering A, v 527, n 21-22, p 5686-5690, (2010)

  • K.Morsi, A.M.K.Esawi, S. Lanka, A. Sayed, M. Taher, Spark plasma extrusion (SPE) of ball-milled aluminum and carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum composite powders, Composites Part A, v 41, n 2, p 322-326, (2010)

  • K. Morsi, K. Moon, S. Kassegne, R. Ugle, E. Villar, Novel current-activated tip-based sintering (CATS): Localization of spark plasma sintering, Scripta Materialia, vol. 60, Issue 9, pp.745-748, (2009)

  • K. Morsi, A. El-Desouky, B. Johnson, A. Mar, S. Lanka, Spark Plasma Extrusion (SPE): Prospects and Potential, Scripta Materialia, Volume 61, Issue 4, Pages 395-398, (2009)

  • A. Esawi, K.Morsi, P. Borah, A. Sayed, A. Abdel Gawad, Fabrication and Properties of Dispersed Carbon Nanotube-Aluminum Composites, Materials Science & Eng. A, Volume 507, Issues 1-2, pp. 167-173 (2009). Reached no. 2 on the top 25 hottest (most downloadable) articles for the journal (sciencedirect).

  • V.V. Patel, A. El-Desouky J.E. Garay, K. Morsi, Pressure-less and current-activated pressure-assisted sintering of titanium dual matrix composites: Effect of reinforcement particle size, Materials Science and Engineering A, v 507, n 1-2, p 161-166, (2009)

  • K.Morsi, V.V. Patel, K.S. Moon, J.E. Garay, Current Activated Pressure Assisted Sintering (CAPAS) and Nanoindentation Mapping of Dual Matrix Composites, Journal of Materials Science, Volume 43, Number 12, pp.4050-4056 (2008)

  • K. Morsi, N. Wang, Combustion synthesis of microstructurally designed green powder compacts, Materials Science and Engineering A,vol. 478, Issue 1-2, 208-213 (2008)

  • K.Morsi, V.V. Patel, S. Naraghi, J.E. Garay, Processing of Titanium-Titanium Boride Dual Matrix Composites, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 196 (1), p.236-242, (2008)

  • K. Morsi, N. Wang, Pressure Un-assisted Reactive Powder Processing of High-Density Aluminide Composites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 452, (2) p. 371-376 (2008)

  • K.Morsi, A. Esawi, Effect of Mechanical Alloying Time and Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Content on the Evolution of CNT-Aluminum (Al) Composite Powders, Journal of Materials Science, v 42, n 13, , p 4954-4959 (2007)

  • K.S.Moon, K.Morsi, Y. K. Hong, Piezoelectric actuator-based nanoindentation, International Journal of Optomechatronics1: 1-18 (2007)

  • K.Morsi, V.V. Patel, Processing and Properties of Titanium-Titanium Boride (TiBw) Matrix Composites-A Review, Journal of Materials Science,42, 2037-2047 (2007)

  • S.O.Moussa, K.Morsi, Reactive Pressing of Intermetallics, Materials Science and Engineering A, A454-455, p.641-647 (2007)

  • K.Morsi, S.Goyal, Equal Channel Angular Pressing followed by Combustion Synthesis of Titanium Aluminides, Journal of Alloys & Compounds v 429, n 1-2 , L1-L4 (2007)

  • A. Esawi, K.Morsi, Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) in Aluminum Powders, Composites Part A, v 38, n 2, 646-650 (2007). One of the top 25 hottest (most downloadable) articles July-Sept. 2007 for Composites A. (sciencedirect)

  • S.O.Moussa, K.Morsi, High-Temperature Oxidation of Reactively-Processed Nickel Aluminide Intermetallics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 426, 136-143, (2006)

  • K.Morsi, S. Shinde, E.A. Olevsky, Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis (SHS) of Rotator Mixed and Mechanically Alloyed Ni/Al Powder Compacts, Journal of Materials Science, 41, 5699-5701, (2006)

  • K.Morsi, S. Shinde, E. Olevsky, Effect of nickel particle Size on the compaction behavior of rotator mixed and mechanically alloyed nickel & aluminum powders, Materials Science and Engineering A, v 426, n 1-2, Jun 25, p 283-288 (2006)

  • K.Morsi, S.O.Moussa, J.Wall, Reactive Extrusion and high-temperature Oxidation of Ni3Al, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 1265-1268 (2006)

  • K.Morsi, S.O.Moussa, J.Wall, Simultaneous Combustion Synthesis (Thermal Explosion Mode) and Extrusion of Nickel Aluminides, Journal of Materials Science, 40, pp.1027-1030, (2005)

  • K.Morsi, H.Keshavan, S.Bal, Hot Pressing of Graded Ultrafine-grained Alumina Bioceramics, Materials Science and Engineering A, A 386, pp.384-389 (2004)

  • K.Morsi, J.Rodriguez, Combustion Forging of FeAl (40at.%Al), Journal of Materials Science , 39, pp. 4849-4854 (2004)

  • K.Morsi, H.Keshavan, S.Bal, Processing of grain-size functionally gradient Bioceramics for Implant Applications, Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine , 15, pp.191-197, (2004)

  • K.Morsi, J.Wall, J.Rodriguez, S.O.Moussa, Reactive thermomechanical Processing of Intermetallic Materials, ASM Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 12, pp.147-156, (2003) (invited)

  • J.Rodriguez, S.O.Moussa, J.Wall, K. Morsi, Low-Energy Forging of Aluminide Intermetallics, Scripta Materialia 48, pp.707-712, (2003)

  • S.O. Moussa, K.Morsi, Reactive sintering of boron-doped Ni76Al24 Intermetallic,Journal of Materials Science, 37, pp.2005-2009, (2002)

  • K.Morsi, Review: Reaction Synthesis Processing of Ni-Al Intermetallic Materials, Materials Science and Engineering A,A299, pp.1-15, (2001)

  • K.Morsi, H. McShane, M.McLean, Processing Defects in Hot Extrusion Reaction Synthesis, Materials Science and Engineering A, A290, pp.39-45, (2000)

  • K.Morsi, H. McShane, M.McLean, Effect of particle size and volume fraction on Hot Extrusion Reaction Synthesis of SiC reinforced NiAl, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 31A, pp. 1663-1670, (2000)

  • K.Morsi, H.McShane, M.McLean, Limitations due to high extrusion temperatures in hot extrusion reaction synthesis, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 19, pp.331-332, (2000)

  • K.Morsi, N.Nanayakkara, H.McShane, M.McLean,Preliminary evaluation of hot extrusion miniturization, Journal of Materials Science, 34, pp.1-6, (1999)

  • K.Morsi, B. Derby, Mechanical Properties of Pressureless sintered alumina containing alumina platelets, British Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 98, No.2, pp.72-76, (1999)

  • K.Morsi, T.Fujii, H.McShane, M.McLean , Control of heat generation during reaction synthesis, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 40, No.3, pp. 359-364, (1999)

  • K.Morsi, H.McShane, M. McLean, Effect of specimen size on the composition of hot extrusion reaction synthesised NiAl, Journal of Materials Science Letters, Vol.17, No.19,pp. 1621-1622, (1998)

  • K.Morsi, H.McShane, M.McLean, Formation of Ni3Al and NiAl by hot extrusion reaction synthesis (HERS), Scripta Materialia, Vol.37. No.11, pp.1839-1842, (1997)

  • Conference Publications
  • A. El Desouky, S. Kassegne, K. S. Moon, K. Morsi “Current Activated Tip-Based Sintering as a Micro-Fabrication Tool” Euro PM2013 Congress Proceedings, Miniaturization and Nanotechnology v 3 p 219-224 (2013)

  • K.S. Moon, K.Morsi, S.K. Kassegne, A. Sepehri, T. Murray, “Mechanical vibration Induced electro-spinning of polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF)”, Proceedings of SPIE –The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 8342, 2012, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites 2012

  • Kris Stewart, Mark Thompson, Jr., Abhishek Sood, Sathyanarayan Chandrashekar, Megha Shaseendran, Mark Siprut, K. Morsi, Marilee Bresciani “ Role of Game Programmers for Serious Games in Academia: Colleague, Collaborator AND Client”,Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS) Frontiers in education BIC2192, (summer 2012 in Las Vegas)

  • A.M.K. Esawi, K.Morsi, I. Salama, H. Saleeb “Processing challenges of dual-matrix carbon nanotube aluminum composites TMS Annual Meeting, v 1, p 545-552, 2012, TMS 2012 –141st Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Supplemental Proceedings (CD only)

  • K.S. Moon, M.Patel, K.Morsi, S.K. Kassegne, Fabrication of TiNi shape memory alloy thin films by current activated tip-based sintering (CATS)” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 7978, 2011, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites 2011

  • A. El Desouky, S. Kassegne, K.S. Moon, K. Morsi “Preliminary Investigations of the Effect of Particle Size and Tip Size in the Current Activated Tip-Based Sintering (CATS) of Nickel Powder Compacts." Proceedings of the TMS Annual meeting and Exhibition (2011)

  • P.Mehra, K.Morsi, Exploratory research in reactive spark plasma extrusion, TMS Annual Meeting, v 2, p 803-810, 2011, EPD Congress 2011 - Held During TMS 2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibition

  • A. Numula, K.Morsi, K.S.Moon, S.K. Kassegne, Exploratory investigations in reactive Current Activated Tip-based Sintering (CATS), TMS Annual Meeting, v 2, p 819-825, 2011, EPD Congress 2011 - Held During TMS 2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibition

  • K.Morsi, A. Esawi, P.Borah, S.Lanka, A. Sayed, A. Abdel Gawad ”Preliminary investigations into the processing and properties of AL-CNT composites, TMS Annual Meeting, p 745-752, 2009, Proceedings of the Extraction and Processing Division, EPD of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS Held during TMS 2009 Annual Meeting and Exhibition

  • K. Morsi, A. El-Desouky. “Preliminary evaluation of spark plasma extrusion” Proceedings of TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (2009) p 685-692

  • R.Angulo, F. Büyüksonmez, K. Morsi, “Preliminary Investigations into the Aqueous Processing of Alumina-Carbon Nanotube Composites”, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Symposium on Materials Processing Fundamentals, New Orleans,Louisiana, USA, EPD congress, proceedings of the TMS Spring 2008 annual meeting, (2008), p.337-344

  • K. Morsi, V.V Patel, K.S. Moon, A. El-Desouky, J.E. Garay, “Preliminary Investigation Into the Effect of Composite Reinforcement Particle Size on the Sintering of Ti-Titanium Boride Dual Matrix Composites”, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Symposium on Materials Processing Fundamentals, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, EPD congress, proceedings of the TMS Spring 2008 annual meeting, (2008), p.371-378

  • N. Wang, K. Morsi; “Preliminary Investigation into the Effect of Green Compact Microstructural Design on the Density of Combustion Synthesized Aluminide Composites”, Symposium on Materials Processing Fundamentals, Orlando, Florida, USA, proceedings of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) 2007 Spring Annual Meeting & Exhibition, (2007) p.235-242

  • K.Morsi, S.Shinde, E.Olevsky, “Effect of Mechanical attrition on dispersion and cold compaction of nickel & aluminum powders”, EPD Congress 2005 Edited by M.E. Schlesinger TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), (2005), p.785

  • K.Morsi, S. Goyal,” Preliminary evaluation of Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) followed by combustion synthesis of Titanium Aluminides, Sixth Global Symposium on Materials Processing & Manufacturing Innovations (Powder Metallurgy Research and Development in the Transportation Industry) Edited by Thomas R. Biehler and James W. Sears, p. 367, (2005)

  • S.O.Moussa,J.Wall, K.Morsi, "High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Advanced Materials", (SHPE National Technical Career Conference, Chicago, IL, Jan. 8th -12th 2004, pp.16-20

  • H.Keshavan, S.Bal, K.Morsi, ”Preliminary investigation into the production of grain-size functionally gradient materials for artificial hip implant applications”, TMS Annual Meeting, Symposium: Surface Engineering: In Materials Science II, Mar 2-6 2003, San Diego, CA, United States, 2003, pp. 233-241

  • S.O. Moussa, J. Wall, K. Morsi, “Novel Process for the Low-Energy Manufacture of Advanced Materials”, (SHPE National Technical Career Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 8th-12th 2003) p.21

  • S.O.Moussa, K. Morsi, “Low-Energy Manufacturing for Advanced Materials”,(SHPE National Technical Career Conference, Minneapolis, MN, February 5th –9th 2002) p.35

  • S.O.Moussa, K.Morsi ’’Effect of boron addition on the reaction synthesis of Aluminide intermetallics’’, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Symposium on Materials Processing Fundamentals, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, proceedings of the TMS Spring annual meeting , p. 13-17, (Feb. 2001)

  • K.Morsi, H.McShane, M.McLean, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Composites (Icac98), Edited by Y.Gowayed and F. Abdel-Hady, (1998) pp. 723-732

  • R.I. Todd, K.Morsi, B.Derby, “Neutron Diffraction Measurements of Thermal Residual Microstresses in Ceramic Particle Reinforced Alumina” British Ceramic Proceedings. 57 (1997), pp.87-101
  • Book Chapters
  • Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Reinforced-Ceramic Composites: Processing, Properties and Nanotube Simulation in Handbook of Nanoceramics and Their Based Nanodevices, Volume 2 (Nanocomposites), edited by T. Y. Tseng and H. S. Nalwa, published by American Scientific Publishers, authors: K.Morsi, R. Morsi, pp.1-25, (2009)
  • Patents
  • Methods and Systems for Ballistic Manufacturing of Micro/Nano Coatings and Artifacts (‘awarded’ 2020) US Patent App. 16/301,736 (2019) with D Cavero, D Hille, K Stewart, S Weerasuriya.

  • Current Activated Tip-Based Sintering (CATS) – with Dr. K.Moon (2008)

  • Organic Photovoltaic Cell and Light Emitting Diode with an Array of 3-Dimensionally Fabricated Electrodes- with Dr. K.Moon and Dr. Kassegne (2007)

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