Dr. Khurram Mehboob
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Dr. Khurram Mehboob

Associate Professor
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Highest Degree
PostDoc. in Nuclear Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea

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Biography

Dr. Khurram Mehboob is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Nuclear Engineering College of Engineering, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has completed his Ph.D. in Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering from Harbin Engineering University, China. Previously he was appointed as Assistant Professor at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, (CIIT), Pakistan and Lecturer at Sarwar Shaheed (N.H.) Govt. College Gujar Khan. He is member of American Society of Mechanical Engineering. He has published 17 research articles in journals as well as 6 papers in international conferences as author/co-author. He also attended number of conferences, seminar and workshops.

Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering
100%
Nuclear Engineering
62%
Radiation Measurements
90%
Energy Technology
75%
Nuclear Science and Engineering
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
1
Articles
59
Abstracts
8

Selected Publications

  1. ul Haq, I., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood and A. Ali et al., 2021. Effect of annealing temperature on the thermoelectric properties of znino thin films grown by physical vapor deposition. Phys. B: Condens. Matter, Vol. 606. 10.1016/j.physb.2020.412569.
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  2. Younis, H., F. Ahmad, R. Shehzadi, I. Asghar and T. Ahmad et al., 2021. Study of radioactivity in bajaur norite exposed in the himalayan tectonic zone of northern Pakistan. Atmosphere, Vol. 12. 10.3390/atmos12111385.
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  3. Mehboob, K., Y.A. Al-Zahrani, M.S. Aljohani and A. Alhawsawi, 2021. Primary coolant activity of 54Mn, 59Fe, 58Co, 60Co, and 51Cr in system integrated small and modular reactor Ann. Nucl. Energy, Vol. 160. 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108356.
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  4. Mehboob, K., Y.A. Al-Zahrani and D. Mohamad, 2021. Simulation of activated corrosion product activity in Korean design system-integrated modular advanced reactor (SMART) under steady-state flow and linearly accelerated corrosion. Prog. Nucl. Energy, Vol. 134. 10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103667.
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  5. Mehboob, K., Y.A. Al-Zahrani and A. Alhawsawi, 2021. Primary coolant source term of system-integrated modular advanced reactor (SMART) due to activated colloidal crud under dynamic grid load following. Nucl. Eng. Des., Vol. 384. 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111480.
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  6. Jacob, J., U. Rehman, K. Mahmood, A. Ali and A. Ashfaq et al., 2021. Simultaneous enhancement of seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in znsno by the engineering of grain boundaries using post annealing. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 388. 10.1016/j.physleta.2020.127034.
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  7. Jacob, J., H.T. Ali, A. Ali, K. Mehboob and A. Ashfaq et al., 2021. Improvement of thermoelectric properties of sol gel grown Cu2Zn1-xSnS4 thin films with the incorporation of Cd atoms. Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process., Vol. 123. 10.1016/j.mssp.2020.105587.
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  8. Ikram, S., J. Jacob, U. Rehman, K. Mahmood and A. Ali et al., 2021. Growth of znsno nano structures for thermopower applications by thermal evaporation with and without oxygen precursor. Ceramics Int., 47: 13934-13938.
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  9. Ashfaq, A., J. Jacob, K. Mahmood, K. Mehboob and S. Ikram et al., 2021. Effect of sulfur amount during post-growth sulfurization process on the structural, morphological and thermoelectric properties of sol-gel grown quaternary chalcogenide Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films. Phys. B: Condens. Matter, Vol. 602. 10.1016/j.physb.2020.412497.
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  10. Ali, H.T., J. Jacob, M. Khalid, K. Mahmood and M. Yusuf et al., 2021. Optimizing the structural, morphological and thermoelectric properties of zinc oxide by the modulation of cobalt doping concentration. J. Alloys Compd., Vol. 871. 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159564.
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  11. Ali, H.T., J. Jacob, M. Isram, K. Mahmood and M. Yusuf et al., 2021. Effect of aluminum (al) concentration on the thermoelectric performance of zinc aluminum selenium (ZnAlSe) alloy. J. Supercond. Novel Magn., 34: 2199-2206.
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  12. Ali, H.T., J. Jacob, M. Isram, K. Mahmood and M. Yusuf et al., 2021. Correction to: effect of aluminum (Al) concentration on the thermoelectric performance of zinc aluminum selenium (ZnAlSe) alloy. J. Supercond. Novel Magn., Vol. 2021. 10.1007/s10948-021-05997-6.
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  13. Ali, H.T., J. Jacob, H. Zaman, K. Mahmood and M. Yusuf et al., 2021. Successful growth of zinc nitride thin films by vacuum tube furnace using nitrogen as source gas. Ceram. Int., 47: 18964-18968.
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  14. Ali, A., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, S. Hussain and A. Ashfaq et al., 2021. Correlation of thermoelectric properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films grown by the chemical solution method with sulfur concentration. J. Phys. Chem. Solids, Vol. 148. 10.1016/j.jpcs.2020.109677.
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  15. Al-Zahrani, Y.A., K. Mehboob, D. Mohamad, A. Alhawsawi and F.A. Abolaban, 2021. Neutronic performance of fully ceramic microencapsulated of uranium oxycarbide and uranium nitride composite fuel in smr. Ann. Nucl. Energy, Vol. 155. 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108152.
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  16. Zaman, H., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood and U. Rehman et al., 2020. Effect of annealing temperature on thermoelectric properties of zinc nitride thin films grown by thermal evaporation method. Ceram. Int., 46: 25992-25995.
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  17. Younis, H., A.A. Qureshi, Z. Wazir, K. Mehboob and M. Ajaz, 2020. Measurement of indoor radon concentration in the hunza valley of karakoram ranges Northern Pakistan. Iran. J. Sci. Technol. Trans. Sci., 44: 1153-1159.
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  18. Mehboob, K., Y.A. Alzahrani, O. Fallatah, M.M.T. Qutub and H. Younis, 2020. Radioactivity and radiation hazard indices assessment for phosphate rock samples from Al-Jalamid, Turaif, Umm Wu’al, and As-Sanam, Saudi Arabia. Arab. J. Sci. Eng., 10.1007/s13369-020-04929-1.
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  19. Jacob, J., U. Rehman, K. Mahmood, A. Ali, K. Mehboob, A. Ashfaq, S. Ikram, N. Amin, S. Hussain and F. Ashraf, 2020. Improved thermoelectric performance of Al and Sn doped ZnO nano particles by the engineering of secondary phases. Ceramics Int., 46: 15013-15017.
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  20. Iqbal, A., J. Jacob, A. Mahmood, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood, A. Ali, T.H. Bukhari, M. Adrees, M. Ibrahim and M. Ahmad 2020. Synthesis and characterization of Zn–Mn–Fe nano oxide composites for the degradation of reactive yellow 15 dye. Physica B: Condensed Matt., 10.1016/j.physb.2020.412210.
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  21. Ikram, S., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood, N. Amin, M.I. Arshad and M.A. un Nabi, 2020. Role of rare earth metal ions doping on structural, electrical, magnetic, and dielectric behavior of spinel ferrites: a comparative study. J. Supercond. Novel Magn., 34: 1833-1842.
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  22. Ikram, S., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood, N. Amin and N. Akhtar, 2020. Tailoring of structural and magnetic properties of sputter-deposited terfenol-d thin films by optimizing the substrate temperature. J. Supercond. Novel Magn., 34: 1843-1848.
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  23. Ikram, S., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood, M.S. Nawaz and N. Amin, 2020. Relationship of various structural parameters with magnetic behavior of stoichiometric Tb3+ and Dy3+ co-substituted NiFe2O4 nanostructures. J. Supercond. Novel Magn., 34: 1753-1758.
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  24. Ikram, S., J. Jacob, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood and A. Ashfaq et al., 2020. A novel approach to simultaneously enhance the seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in rutile phase of TiO2 nanostructures. Arabian J. Chem., 13: 6724-6729.
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  25. Ikram, S., J. Jacob, K. Mahmood, K. Mehboob, M. Maheen, A. Ali, N. Amin, S. Hussain, F. Ashraf and S.Z. Ilyas, 2020. A Kinetic study of Tb3+ and Dy3+ co-substituted CoFe2O4 spinel ferrites using temperature dependent XRD, XPS and SQUID measurements. Ceramics Int., 46: 15943-15948.
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  26. Ali, A., J. Jacob, M.I. Arshad, M.A.U. Nabi, A. Ashfaq, K. Mahmood, N. Amin, S. Ikram, U. Rehman, S. Hussain and K. Mehboob, 2020. Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of sulphurized CZTS nano-crystals by the engineering of secondary phases. Solid State Sci., 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2020.106198.
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  27. Mehboob, K., 2019. Derivation of radiological source term of Chashma-1 nuclear power plant during LOCA. Kerntechnik, 84: 1-11.
  28. Mehboob, K. and M.S. Aljohani, 2019. Determination of radiological source term of CHASHMA-1 NPP during LOCA. Kerntechnik, 84: 99-109.
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  29. Ashfaq, A., J. Jacon, A. Ali, K. Mehboob, K. Mahmood, U. Rehman, W. Ahmad, S. Ikram, N. Amin, S. Tahir, M.I. Arshad, M. Ajaz un Nabi and S. Hussain, 2019. Designing of seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in CZTS thin films for giant power factor. Ceramics Int., 46: 9646-9655.
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  30. Mehboob, K., 2018. Numerical simulation of decontamination of airborne fission products during in-vessel release phase by containment spray. Sci. Technol. Nucl. Installations, Vol. 2018. 10.1155/2018/5462895.
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  31. Mehboob, K. and M.S. Aljohani, 2018. Numerical Simulation of Fission Product Behavior Inside the Reactor Containment Building Using MATLAB. In: Numerical Simulations in Engineering and Science, Rao, S. (Ed.). Chapter 3, InTech Publisher, Rijeka, Croatia, ISBN: 978-1-78923-451-0, pp: 195-236.
  32. Mehboob, K. and M.S. Aljohani, 2018. Estimation of radioactivity released from CHASNUPP-1 nuclear power plant during loss of coolant accident. Int. J. Nucl. Energy Sci. Technol., 12: 111-126.
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  33. Mehboob, K. and M.S. Aljohani, 2018. Derivation of radiological source term of Korean design System-Integrated Modular Advanced ReacTor (SMART). Ann. Nucl. Energy, 119: 148-161.
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  34. Mehboob, K. and M.S. Aljohani, 2016. Modeling and simulation of radio-iodine released inside the containment as result of an accident. Progr. Nucl. Energy, 88: 75-87.
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  35. Mehboob, K., K. Park and R. Khan, 2015. Quantification of In-containment fission products source term for 1000MWe PWR under loss of coolant accident. Ann. Nuclear Energy, 75: 365-376.
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  36. Mehboob, K., K. Park and R. Ahmed, 2014. Modelling and simulation of containment retention factor for can-type containment. Int. J. Nuclear Energy Sci. Technol., 8: 333-350.
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  37. Mehboob, K., C. Xinrong and R. Ahmed, 2014. US NRC progress in source term evaluation. Int. J. Nuclear Energy Sci. Technol., 8: 12-20.
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  38. Mehboob, K. and C. Xinrong, 2014. Parametric study of Containment Retention Factor (CRF) for Large Dray PWR containment. Int. J. Nuclear Energy Sci. Technol., 8: 333-350.
  39. Mehboob, K., R. Ahmed, M. Ali and U. Tabassam, 2013. Thermal neutron albedo measurements for multilithic reflectors. Ann. Nucl. Energy, 62: 1-7.
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  40. Mehboob, K., C. Xinrong, R. Ahmed and M. Ali, 2013. Numerical simulation of radioisotope's dependency on containment performance for large dry PWR containment under severe accidents. Nucl. Eng. Des., 262: 435-451.
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  41. Mehboob, K. and C. Xinrong, 2013. Mitigation of PWR in-containment iodine source term under LOCA. Int. J. Nucl. Energy Sci. Technol., 7: 191-208.
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  42. Khan, R., Q. Gang, A. Ismail and K. Mehboob, 2013. Investigation of channel modeling and simulation of OFDM based communication near northern regions of Arabian sea. Res. J. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol., 5: 1169-1182.
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  43. Ali, M., Y. Changqi, S. Zhongning, G. Haifeng and W. Junlong et al., 2013. Iodine removal efficiency in non-submerged and submerged self-priming venturi scrubber. Nucl. Eng. Technol., 45: 203-210.
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  44. Ali, M., C. Yan, Z. Sun, H. Gu and K. Mehboob, 2013. Dust particle removal efficiency of a venturi scrubber. Ann. Nucl. Energy, 54: 178-183.
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  45. Mehboob, K., X.R. Cao, M. Ali and R. Khan, 2012. Study on the Effect of Containment Performance on Iodine Source Term. Appl. Mech. Mater., 201-202: 545-548.
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  46. Mehboob, K., C. Xinrong and M. Ali, 2012. Modeling and simulation of release of radiation in flow blockage accident for two loops PWR. Res. J. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol., 4: 2895-2903.
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  47. Mehboob, K., C. Xinrong and M. Ali, 2012. Comprehensive Review of Source Term Analysis and Experimental Programs. Res. J. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol., 4: 3168-3181.
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  48. Mehboob, K. and X.R. Cao, 2012. Evaluation of Iodine Source Term in PWR under Loss of Coolant Accident. Adv. Mater. Res., 482-484: 1115-1119.
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  49. Mehboob, K. and C. Xinrong, 2012. Source term evaluation of two loop PWR under hypothetical severe accidents. Ann. Nuclear Energy, 50: 271-284.
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  50. Ali, M., Y.C. Qi and K. Mehboob, 2012. A review of performance of a venturi scrubber. Res. J. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol., 4: 3811-3818.
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  51. Ali, M., C.Q. Yan, Z.N. Sun, J.J. Wang and K. Mehboob, 2012. CFD simulation of prediction of pressure drop in venturi scrubber. Appl. Mech. Mater., 166-169: 3008-3011.
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