• Associate Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution,
  • Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology
  • Corrie & Jim Furber '64 Faculty Fellow
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Amir Asadi

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba – 2013
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology – 2006
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology – 2004

Research Interests

    • Scalable manufacturing of multifunctional structural composites
    • Structural battery/supercapacitor composites
    • Additive manufacturing of polymer composites
    • Fast-rate manufacturing of thermoplastic composites
    • Bottom-up fabrication and supercritical atomization for advanced material design and multifunctional solutions
    • Atomistic and molecular simulation and in-operando/in-situ materials characterization

Awards & Honors

  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award – 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, 5th Brazilian Conference on Composite Materials (BCCM) – 2021
  • Invited Speaker, “Materials for Tomorrow – the Forest” conference, Chalmers University of Technology – 2020
  • Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University – 2019
  • Invited Speaker, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) – 2019

Selected Publications

  • M. Aramfard, O. Kaynan, E. Hosseini, M. Zakertabrizi, L.M. Pérez, A.Asadi. Aqueous Dispersion of carbon nanomaterials with cellulose nanocrystals: an investigation of molecular interactions. Small. 202202216, 2022.
  • O. Kaynan, L.M. Pérez, A.Asadi. Cellulose nanocrystal-enabled tailoring of the interface in carbon nanotube-and graphene nanoplatelet-carbon fiber polymer composites: implications for structural applications. ACS Applied Nanomaterials. Vol. 5(1), 1284-1295, 2022.
  • S. Shariatnia, O. Kaynan, D. Jarrahbashi, A. Asadi Engineering bottom-up fabrication of functional multi-material nanostructures created through evaporation-induced self-assembly of nanocolloidal droplets. MRS Communications. Vol.12, 322–328, 2022.
  • M. Carrola, A. Asadi, H. Zhang, D.G. Papageorgiou, E. Bilotti, H. Koerner. Best of both worlds: synergistically derived material properties via additive manufacturing of nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials. 31 (46), 2103334, 2021.
  • S. Shariatnia, A. Kumar, O. Kaynan, A. Asadi. Hybrid cellulose nanocrystals bonded carbon nanotubes/carbon fiber polymer composites for structural applications. ACS Applied Nanomaterials. Vol. 3(6), 5421–5436, 2020.
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