Dr. Yahya Al-Khatatbeh

Dr.

Yahya

Mahmoud

Obeidallah

Al-Khatatbeh

academic

Biography:

Dr. Yahya Al-Khatatbeh is currently employed as an Associate Professor of Physics at PSUT’s Department of Basic Sciences (department head). He received his PhD in Physics from New Mexico State University in August 2010 with a thesis entitled, “High-pressure behavior of transition-metal dioxides TiO2, ZrO2 and HfO2 as determined by synchrotron x-ray diffraction and density-functional theory”. Dr. Al-Khatatbeh’s previous positions include a Visiting Faculty and Research Associate in the Physics Department at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, a strong 4-year liberal arts college, located in Massachusetts, USA (2011-2013), and Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), New York, USA. In the year 2010-2011, Dr. Al-Khatatbeh worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University, Connecticut, USA. His research interests mainly focus on investigating materials under high pressure/temperature conditions using both experiment (Diamond-Anvil-Cell and x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy) and theory (density functional theory based ab-initio computations/VASP software). In addition, Dr. Al-Khatatbeh’s interests include studying the solidification textures in directionally-solidified alloys and the deformation mechanism of these alloys.

Academic Rank:

Associate professor

Faculty:

King Abdullah II School of Engineering

KAE Departments:

Basic Sciences

Phone:

+96265359949

Extension:

5510

Fax:

+96267295534

Office:

217 IT

Email:

y.alkhatatbeh@psut.edu.jo

Curriculum Vitae:

Al-Khatatbeh_CV.pdf

Publications:

1. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Tatawneh, K, Al-Taani, H, and Lee, K. K. M.; Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-cotunnite phase transition in hafnia at high pressures, Journal of Superhard Materials, 2018, , 40 (6), 2018, 374–383.

2. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Tarawneh, K, and Hamad, B; The prediction of a new high-pressure phase of hafnia using first-principles computations, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 305, 2018, 012006.

3. Al-Taani,H, Tarawneh, K, Al-Khatatbeh, Y, and Hamad, B; The high-pressure stability of Ni₂In-type structure of ZrO₂ with respect to OII and Fe₂P-type phases: A first-principles study, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 305, 2018, 012016.

4. Al-Khatatbeh, Y and Lee, K. K. M.; From superhard to hard: A review of transition metal dioxides TiO₂, ZrO₂, and HfO₂ hardness, Journal of Superhard Materials, 36 (4), 2014, 231-245.

5. Bergman, M. I., Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Lewis, D. J., and Shannon, M. C.; Deformation of directionally solidified alloys: evidence for microstructural hardening of Earth’s inner core?, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 346, 2014, 140-147.

6. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Bergman, M. I., Lewis, D. J., Mason, Z., Zhu, L, and Rosenstock, S.; Annealing of directionally solidified alloys revisited: No loss of solidification texture in Earth’s inner core, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (PEPI), 223, 2013, 32-39.

7. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Lee, K. K. M., and Kiefer, B; Compressibility of nanocrystalline TiO₂ anatase, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (40), 2012, 21635-21639.

8. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Lee, K. K. M., and Kiefer, B; Phase diagram up to 105 GPa and mechanical strength of HfO₂, Physical Review B, 82, 2010, 144106.

9. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Lee, K. K. M., and Kiefer, B; Phase relations and hardness trends of ZrO₂ phases at high pressure, Physical Review B, 81, 2010, 214102.

10. Al-Khatatbeh, Y, Lee, K. K. M., and Kiefer, B; High-pressure behavior of TiO₂ as determined by experiment and theory, Physical Review B, 79, 2009, 134114.

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