| About
Joseph Buhagiar received his B.Eng (Hons) degree in Engineering from the University of Malta in 2003. He joined the University of Malta as an Assistant Lecturer in 2004 and in 2008 he received a PhD degree in Plasma Surface Engineering and Characterisation of Biomedical Stainless Steels, at the University of Birmingham (UK).
Prior to joining the University of Malta he worked as a design engineer with Methode Electronics Malta. Following his PhD studies at the University of Birmingham, he became a University of Malta Lecturer in 2008. He is on the Editorial board of the Journal of Surface Engineering and represents Malta on the Coal and Steel Committee.
Teaching
Research Interests
- Surface modification of biomedical materials
- Surface Engineering
- S-phase
- Corrosion
- Composite Materials
Research Teams
Current Sponsored Research
- Evaluation on the biocompatibility, mechanical and corrosion properties of Kolsterised Co-Cr Alloy (University of Malta Research fund)
Recent Publications (2007-2012)
- Buhagiar, J., Dong, H. & Bell, T. (2007) Low Temperature Plasma Surface Alloying of Medical Grade Austenitic Stainless Steel with C & N. Surf. Eng., 23, 313-317.
- Buhagiar, J. and Dong, H. (2008) S-phase in stainless steels: An overview, in Surface Modification Technologies 21, T.S. Sudarshan and M. Jeandin, Editors. Valar Docs: Chennai, India, 509-518.
- Buhagiar, J. P. & Dong, H. (2008) Low-Temperature Plasma Surface Modification of Medical Grade Austenitic Stainless Steel to Combat Wear and Corrosion. Key. Eng. Mat., 373-374, 296-299.
- Buhagiar, J., Li, X. Y. & Dong, H. (2009) Formation and microstructural characterisation of S-phase layers in Ni-free austenitic stainless steels by low temperature plasma surface alloying. Surf. Coat. Technol. , 204, 330-335.
- Liu, J., Qian, L.-M., Dong, H. & Buhagiar, J. (2009) Effect of surface treatment on the fretting wear behaviour of medical grade austenitic stainless steels. Journal of Tribology (In Chinese), 29, 163-167.
- Li, X. Y., Buhagiar, J. & Dong, H. (2010) Characterisation of a dual S-phase layer on plasma carbonitrided biomedical austenitic stainless steels. Surf. Eng., 26, 72-78.
- Buhagiar, J. (2010) Editorial: 25 years of S-phase Surf. Eng., 26(4): 229-232.
- Buhagiar, J. and H. Dong (2010), Low-Temperature Plasma Carbonitriding of ASTM F138 and ASTM F1586 Biomedical Stainless Steels Surface Engineering. Surf. Eng., 26(4): 256-264.
- D’Amato, C., Fenech, M., Abela, S., Betts, J.C. & Buhagiar, J. (2010) Autogenous laser keyhole welding of AISI 316LTi. Mater. Manuf. Processes, 25: 1269-1277.
- Abela, S., Azzopardi, D. & Buhagiar, J. (2010) Plasma Anodizing of Magnesium Alloys, in Surface Modification Technologies, Volume 23, T.S. Sudarshan, M. Kamachi and B. Raj Editors. Valar Docs: Chennai, India, 659-668.
- Buhagiar, J., Qian, L. & Dong, H. (2010) Surface property enhancement of Ni-free medical grade austenitic stainless steel by low-temperature plasma carburising, Surf. Coat. Technol., 205, 388-395.
- Buhagiar, J., Bell, T., Sammons, R. & Dong, H. (2011) Evaluation of the biocompatibility of S-phase layers on medical grade austenitic stainless steels, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 22(5): 1269-1278
- Liua, J., Dong, H., Buhagiar, J., Song, C.F., Yu, B.J., Qian, L.M. & Zhou Z.R. (2011) Effect of low-temperature plasma carbonitriding on the fretting behaviour of 316LVM medical grade austenitic stainless steels, Wear, 271(9-10): 1490-1496
- Buhagiar, J., & Dong, H. (2012) Corrosion properties of S-phase layers formed on medical grade austenitic stainless steel, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, in press
- Formosa, D., Hunger R., Spiteri, A., Dong, H., Sinagra, E., & Buhagiar, J. (2012) Corrosion behaviour of carbon S-phase created on Ni-free biomedical stainless steel, Surf. Coat. Technol., in press
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