Dr. Ayoub research interest encompass establishing models that can predict the material response and hence guide the design of materials through processing to be used for manufacturing purposes and for in-service performance, that are of interest to transportation, aerospace, Biomedical and oil and gas industries. Topics of interest: fatigue of rubbers and thermoplastics; Friction stir welding; metallic/ceramic nano-composite design for coating, Light metals thermo-mechanical processing