Contact Information
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Email: shima.akbarian@uwaterloo.ca
Biographical Information
2018: MSc. Material Characterization, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2015: BSc. Industrial Metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.
Research Interests
- Smart Materials Joining
- Laser Welding
- Resistance Spot Welding
- Post-weld Properties
- Liquid Metal Embrittlement
- Failure and Fracture
- Thermomechanical processing
- Microstructural-Properties-Processing relationships
- Advanced high strength steels
Thesis Supervisor(s)
- Professor Elliot Biro
Publications
S Akbarian, A Zarei-Hanzaki, AS Anoushe, HR Abedi, R Unnikrishnan, G Cios, Step-by-step texture modification through strain path change toward improvement of the hardening capacity in a twinning-induced-plasticity steel, Materials Science and Engineering A 799, 140269, 2020.
S Akbarian, K Dehghani, On the molecular dynamics simulation of fatigue behavior of pre-cracked aluminum chip for NEMS application: Effect of cyclic loading mode and surface roughness geometry. International Journal of Fatigue 135, 105570, 2020.
S Akbarian, A Zarei‐Hanzaki, HR Abedi, R Unnikrishnan, and R Moat, Substructure Development and Deformation Twinning Stimulation through Regulating the Processing Path during Multi‐Axial Forging of Twinning Induced Plasticity Steel. Advanced Engineering Materials,11 (2018): 1800453.