Abbasi is material scientist (PhD) with engineering background (BEng and MEng) and 15 years of R&D experience in highly regulated industries, such as medical device, automotive, pharmaceutical, aerospace, novel testing instruments, data storage, power generation and materials safety. As well as having written 35 peer-reviewed journal papers, 3 granted patents and 3 book chapters, Abbasi has presented his work in 53 national/international conferences. He is a reviewer for material science related international journals.
Abbasi is leading projects investigating EV battery joining processes, diffusion bonding, powder sintering, micro joining, low thermal mass heater devices, electroless plating, wire bonding, brazing of biomedical implants and developing electrical/mechanical testing capabilities for EV battery joints at TWI.