Nahaad Vaheed
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About
Nahaad Vaheed is a materials and manufacturing engineer whose research sits at the intersection of advanced composite fabrication and additive manufacturing. With a focused body of work exploring automated fibre placement (AFP) and high-performance thermoplastics, Vaheed has made meaningful contributions to the development of next-generation manufacturing processes for complex composite structures. His most notable work, published in 2019 and accumulating 27 citations, offers a critical experimental investigation into robotic 3D printing of PEEK — one of the most demanding high-performance thermoplastics — specifically in the context of supporting AFP workflows. This research addressed a gap in understanding how additive manufacturing can be leveraged to produce tooling and substrates for AFP, a process increasingly central to aerospace and industrial composite production. A complementary study examining the fabrication of thermoset prepreg composites using AFP on 3D printed substrates further demonstrated Vaheed's commitment to bridging emerging digital manufacturing techniques with established composite processing methods. Together, these contributions position Vaheed as an early and thoughtful voice in advancing AFP toward greater maturity, particularly in tackling the tooling challenges posed by large-scale, complex-geometry composite structures.
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