I will never forget the fall 2008, I walked into Professor Zoheir Farhat’s office for the first time. Unbeknownst to me, it was only the beginning of a long eventful journey together of scientific discoveries and endeavors. I am truly grateful to have him not only as my M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. supervisor, but also as my mentor, philosopher and guardian for more than the last seven years of my life. There is so much to learn from him, the most valuable of which I found was to approach research …show more content…
6-027-2-010 and 08-159-2-046) and the student scholarship I have received from Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science and Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie …show more content…
I thankfully acknowledge the contributions of Tahrim Alam, Syed Zakaria, Tousif Ahmed and William Judge. I appreciate the help, assistance and support I received from my colleagues and friends Avijit Sinha, Rabin Neupane, Chenxin Jin, Momotaj Aghdasi, Chukwuma Onuoha, Dr. Abdulwahab Ibrahim and all my present and past Advance Tribology Laboratory (ATL) group members. I would like to thank Dean Grijm of the machine and instrument shops, Patricia Scallion of the Institute for Research in Materials, Gerald Fraser of the Minerals Engineering Centre and Allison Fulford of Sexton Library for their valuable expertise, resources and support throughout the entire length of this project.
I will never forget the care and affection I received from my friends and neighbors from the Bangladeshi Community in Halifax during my studentship. I would like to particularly acknowledge Zaman bhai, Mehdi bhai, Sharif bhai, Rupok bhai and Rinku apu, Mushfiq bhai and Tithi bhabi, Kakon bhai and Toma bhabi, Fatmi and Nitol, Bappy, Shakil, Robin, Towfiq and Zhaeed -I thank you all for the good