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Shahrzad Esmaeili

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Contact InformationShahrzad Esmaeili

Phone: 519-888-4567 x37536
Location: E5 3016

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Research Interests

  • Advanced Materials Joining
  • Automotive
  • Biomechanics And Biotechnology
  • Process-Structure-Property Modeling
  • Light Alloys
  • Materials Characterization
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • Isothermal Calorimetry
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Nanotechnology
  • Phase Transformations In Advanced Light Alloys
  • Metallic Biomaterials
  • Advanced Surface Modification Of Metals And Alloys
  • Processing
  • Characterization And Properties Of Fine-grained
  • Ultrafine-grained And Nanostructured Alloys

Education

  • 2002, Doctorate, Metals and Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia
  • 1988, Master's, Materials Science and Engineering, Shiraz University
  • 1980, Bachelor's, Materials Science and Engineering, Shiraz University

Courses

  • ME 732 - Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations
  • ME 115 - Structure and Properties of Materials
  • ME 435 - Industrial Metallurgy

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Niknejad, Seyedtirdad and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Zhou, Norman Y, The role of double twinning on transgranular fracture in magnesium AZ61 in a localized stress field, Acta Materialia, 102, 2016, 1 - 16
  • Liu, Lei and Zou, Guisheng and Mori, Hiroaki and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Zhou, Y Norman, Nanostructure of immiscible Mg--Fe dissimilar weld without interfacial intermetallic transition layer, Materials & Design, 92, 2016, 445 - 449
  • Fallah, Vahid and Langelier, Brian and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Raeisinia, Babak and Provatas, Nikolas and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Cluster evolution mechanisms during aging in Al--Mg--Si alloys, Acta Materialia, 103, 2016, 290 - 300
  • Liao, LH and Jin, H and Gallerneault, M and Esmaeili, S, Through-thickness recrystallization characteristics of a laminated AA3xxx--AA6xxx aluminum alloy system, Materials Characterization, 101, 2015, 71 - 77
  • Langelier, Brian and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Effects of Ce additions on the age hardening response of Mg--Zn alloys, Materials Characterization, 101, 2015, 1 - 8
  • Fallah, Vahid and Korinek, Andreas and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Raeisinia, Babak and Gallerneault, Mark and Provatas, Nikolas and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Atomic-scale pathway of early-stage precipitation in Al--Mg--Si alloys, Acta Materialia, 82, 2015, 457 - 467
  • Basalah, Ahmad and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Toyserkani, Ehsan, Mechanical properties of additive-manufactured porous titanium bio-structures with oriented macro-scale channels, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2015, 1 - 8
  • Basalah, Ahmad and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Toyserkani, Ehsan, A novel additive manufacturing-based technique for developing bio-structures with conformal channels and encapsulated voids, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 1(4), 2015
  • Fallah, Vahid and Korinek, Andreas and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Provatas, Nikolas and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Addendum to:“Atomistic investigation of clustering phenomenon in the Al--Cu system: Three-dimensional phase-field crystal simulation and HRTEM/HRSTEM characterization”[Acta Mater. 61 (2013) 6372--6386], Acta Materialia(83), 2015, 470 - 472
  • Sepehrband, P and Wang, X and Jin, H and Esmaeili, S, Microstructural evolution during non-isothermal annealing of a precipitation-hardenable aluminum alloy: Experiment and simulation, Acta Materialia, 94, 2015, 111 - 123
  • Langelier, B and Nasiri, AM and Lee, SY and Gharghouri, MA and Esmaeili, S, Improving microstructure and ductility in the Mg--Zn alloy system by combinational Ce--Ca microalloying, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 620, 2015, 76 - 84
  • Liao, Li Hua and Jin, Haiou and Gallerneault, Mark and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Recrystallization behavior of a co-cast AA3xxx--AA6xxx aluminum alloy laminate—Effect of annealing conditions and cold reduction levels, Materials Characterization, 94, 2014, 215 - 226
  • Niknejad, Seyedtirdad and Liu, Lei and Lee, Mok-Young and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Zhou, Norman Y, Resistance spot welding of AZ series magnesium alloys: Effects of aluminum content on microstructure and mechanical properties, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 618, 2014, 323 - 334
  • Niknejad, Seyed Tirdad and Liu, Lei and Nguyen, Tam and Lee, Mok-Young and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Zhou, Norman Y, Effects of heat treatment on grain-boundary β-Mg17Al12 and fracture properties of resistance spot-welded AZ80 Mg alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 44(8), 2013, 3747 - 3756
  • Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Fallah, Vahid and Greenwood, Michael and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Provatas, Nikolas, Multicomponent phase-field crystal model for structural transformations in metal alloys, Physical Review B, 87(13), 2013
  • Fallah, Vahid and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Stolle, Jonathan and Provatas, Nikolas and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Simulation of early-stage clustering in ternary metal alloys using the phase-field crystal method, Acta Materialia, 61(10), 2013, 3653 - 3666
  • Fallah, Vahid and Korinek, Andreas and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Provatas, Nikolas and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Atomistic investigation of clustering phenomenon in the Al--Cu system: Three-dimensional phase-field crystal simulation and HRTEM/HRSTEM characterization, Acta Materialia, 61(17), 2013, 6372 - 6386
  • Langelier, B and Donnadieu, P and Esmaeili, S, Characterization of Precipitation in Mg-Zn-Ce-(Ca) Alloys, Mg2012: 9th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and their Applications, 2012, 485 - 491
  • Iravani, Mehrdad and Khajepour, Amir and Corbin, Stephen and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Pre-placed laser cladding of metal matrix diamond composite on mild steel, Surface and Coatings Technology, 206(8), 2012, 2089 - 2097
  • Langelier, Brian and Wang, Xiang and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Evolution of precipitation during non-isothermal ageing of an Mg--Ca--Zn alloy with high Ca content, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 538, 2012, 246 - 251
  • Xiao, L and Liu, L and Esmaeili, S and Zhou, Y, Microstructure refinement after the addition of titanium particles in AZ31 magnesium alloy resistance spot welds, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 43(2), 2012, 598 - 609
  • Foroozmehr, Ehsan and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Lloyd, David J and Gallerneault, Mark, Modeling of solutionizing and solute redistribution in a co-cast bi-layer al alloy system, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 43(6), 2012, 1770 - 1780
  • Basalah, Ahmad and Shanjani, Yaser and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Toyserkani, Ehsan, Characterizations of additive manufactured porous titanium implants, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 100(7), 2012, 1970 - 1979
  • Fallah, Vahid and Stolle, Jonathan and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Provatas, Nikolas, Phase-field crystal modeling of early stage clustering and precipitation in metal alloys, Physical Review B, 86(13), 2012
  • Fallah, Vahid and Stolle, Jonathan and Ofori-Opoku, Nana and Esmaeili, Shahrzad and Provatas, Nikolas, Phase field crystal modeling of early stage precipitation and clustering, arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.1501, 2012
  • Fallah, Vahid and Korinek, Andreas and Raeisinia, Babak and Gallerneault, Mark and Esmaeili, Shahrzad, Early-Stage Precipitation Phenomena and Composition-Dependent Hardening in Al-Mg-Si-(Cu) Alloys, Materials Science Forum, January 2014, 933 - 938