People

Salman Inayat

PhD Students
​PhD Alumni

Introduction

​Salman is an avid learner of thermoelectric materials and systems. He is skilled in physical vapor deposition (sputtering and evaporation), lithography, annealing, reactive ion etching, wet cleans and etching. His characterization skills include thermoelectric material physical and thermoelectric property characterization.

Research Interests

​His research is aimed towards nanotechnology enabled mass scale thermoelectric power harvesters. Currently he is working on macro/micro level prototype demonstrations for first breed of power generating domestic interfaces between sun and the ambient.

Selected Publications

  • Salman B. Inayat, Kelly R. Rader and Muhammad M. Hussain, " Nano-materials enabled thermoelectricity from window glasses" Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2012, doi:10.1038/srep00475.
  • Galo T. Sevilla, Salman B. Inayat, Jhonathan P. Rojas, Aftab M. Hussain, Muhammad M. Hussain, "Flexible thermoelectric energy harvesters from low cost bulk silicon(100)", Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2012, pending review
  • Salman B. Inayat and Muhammad M. Hussain, "Power generation from thermoelectric systems embedded plexiglas for green building technology", Applied Nanoscience, Springer, 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s13204-012-0139-z
  • Salman B. Inayat and Muhammad M. Hussain, "Thermoelectricity for green building exterior glasses", 31st International Conference on Thermoelectrics/ European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2012 (ICT/ECT 2012), Aalborg, Denmark
  • Salman B. Inayat and Muhammad M. Hussain, "Transforming window glasses into thermoelectric generators for green building technologies", Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit, Honolulu 2012, USA
  • Salman B. Inayat, Kelly R. Rader and Muhammad M. Hussain, "Nanomaterials embedded thermoelectric windows as solar based energy harvesters for green building technology", Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 

 

Education

  • ​Currently enrolled as a PhD student in Electrical Engineering Department, Solid State Devices track at King Abullah University of Science and Technology.
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington, USA with major in VLSI Design/RFIC Design, 2005.
  • B.Sc. Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Taxila, Pakistan, 2001.

Awards

  • 1st Prize, DOW Sustainability Innovation Students Challenge Award 2012.​
  • KAUST Provost Award 2010-2011, offered to selected students entering the PhD program.
  • KAUST Fellowship Award, 2010.
  • University of Texas at Arlington, Graduate Dean's Fellowship 2003-2005, offered to selected international graduate students.
  • University of engineering & Technology, BSc Electrical Engineering Degree earned " With Honors", 2001. A distinction achieved by the top 5 % of the batch.