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Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Ph.D.

Research Associate

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Education:

  • Ph.D. – Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 2016
  • M.S. – Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif Institute of Technology, 2010
  • B.S. – Metallurgical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2006

Publications:

  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, J.B. Ferguson, Hugo Lopez, Pradeep Rohatgi, “Strengthening in Hybrid Alumina-Titanium Diboride Aluminum Matrix composites synthesized by Ultrasonic Assisted Reactive Mechanical Mixing”, Materials Science and Engineering A 702 (2017), 312-321.
  • Afsaneh Dorri; Ana C Silva; Puja Singh; Rahul Mital; Pradeep K Rohatgi, “Self-healing composite coatings based on in situ micro–nanoencapsulation process for corrosion protection”, Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, “.” Journal of Coatings Technology and Research (2017): 1-29.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, J.B. Ferguson, Hugo Lopez, Pradeep Rohatgi, “Direct Synthesis of Nanostructured in Situ Hybrid Aluminum Matrix Nanocomposite”, ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55 (2016): 6345–6353.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, J.B. Ferguson, Benjamin F. Schultz, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, “In-situ reactions in hybrid aluminum alloy composites during incorporating silica sand in aluminum alloy melts”, AIMS Materials 3 (2016) 954-964.
  • Emad Omrani, Ahmad P. Tafti , Mojtaba Fathi Firoozabad, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Pradeep Rohatgi, Roshan M. D’Souza, and Zeyun Yu, “Tribological Study in Micro Scale Using 3D SEM Surface Reconstruction”, Tribology international 103 (2016): : 309-315.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Emad Omrani, Pradeep L. Menezes, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, “Effect of In-situ Processing Parameters on the Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Self-Lubricating Hybrid Aluminum Nanocomposites”, Tribology Letters 62, no. 2 (2016): 1-10.
  • Emad Omrani, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Pradeep L. Menezes, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, “ Effect of Graphite Particles on Improving Tribological Properties Al-16Si-5Graphite Composite under Fully Flooded and Starved Lubrication Conditions for Transportation Applications”, Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology (2016):1-11.
  • Bamdad Barari, Emad Omrani, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Pradeep L. Menezes, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, “Mechanical, Physical and Tribological Characterization of Nano-Cellulose Fibers Reinforced Bio-Epoxy Composites: An Attempt to Fabricate and Scale the ‘Green’ Composite”, Carbohydrate Polymers 147 (2016): 282-293.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Emad Omrani, Pradeep L. Menezes, Pradeep K. Rohatgi “Mechanical and tribological properties of self-lubricating metal matrix nanocomposites reinforced by carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene – A review”, Composite Part B: Engineering 77 (2015): 402-420.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Emad Omrani , Pradeep L. Menezes, Pradeep K. Rohatgi “Influence of graphite reinforcement on the tribological behavior of self-lubricating aluminum matrix composites – A Review”, Journal of Advance Manufacturing Technology (2015): 1-22.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Simin Nickelsen, J.B. Ferguson, Pradeep Rohatgi,” Modeling and Experimental Study of Oil/Water Contact Angle on Biomimetic Micro- Parallel- Patterned Self-Cleaning Surfaces of Selected Alloys Used in Water Industry”, Applied Surface Science, 353 (2015): 781-787.
  • Emad Omrani, Bamdad Barari, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Pradeep Rohatgi, Krishna M Pillai, “Mechanical and tribological properties of self-lubricating bio-based carbon-fabric epoxy composites made using liquid composite molding”, Tribology international 92 (2015): 222–232.
  • J.B. Ferguson, B F. Schultz, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, P K. Rohatgi, “Semi-empirical model of deposit size and porosity in 420 stainless steel and 4140 steel using laser engineered net shaping”, Journal of Manufacturing processes 19C (2015): 163-170.
  • Vahid Hejazi, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Pradeep Rohatgi, Michael Nosonovsky. “Beyond Wenzel and Cassie–Baxter: Second-Order Effects on the Wetting of Rough Surfaces.” Langmuir 30, no. 31 (2014): 9423-9429.
  • Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, Benjamin F. Schultz, J. B. Ferguson, Emad Omrani, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, and Nikhil Gupta, “Functional Metal Matrix Composites: Self-lubricating, Self-healing, and Nanocomposites-An Outlook” JOM  66.6 (2014): 872-881.
  • Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Afsaneh Dorri M., Benjamin F. Schultz, J.B. Ferguson “Synthesis and Properties of Metal Matrix Nanocomposites (MMNCs), Syntactic Foams, Self-Lubricating and Self-Healing Metals”, PRICM: 8 Pacific Rim International Congress on Advanced Materials and Processing (pp. 1515-1524). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Emad Omrani, Ali Shokuhfar, Afsaneh Dorri Moghadam, “The Effects of homogenization Time and Cooling Environment on Microstructure and Transformation Temperatures of Ni-42.5wt%Ti-7.5wt%Cu Alloy”, Defect and Diffusion Forum 297-301 (2010) : 344-353.

    Book Chapters:

  • New Emerging Self-lubricating Metal Matrix Composites for Tribological Applications. Ecotribology: Research Developments, (2015) 63 (Book Chapter).

    Selected Conference Presentations:

  • Controlling the morphology of MBE-grown WSe2 on epitaxial graphene/SiC(0001), APS 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Mechanics based design and testing of non-autonomic self-healing materials to carry external loads, 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials & Structures, March 20-22, 2017 Orlando, FL, USA.
  • Surface alloying of carbon steel components used in water industry to enhance corrosion and erosion resistance, AFS 121st MetalCasting Congress 2016, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
  • Challenges between Aluminum Matrix Nanocomposites and Microcomposites for Tribological Applications, 2016 STLE, May 2016, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
  • Tribological Properties of Micro- and Nano-sized Solid Lubricant (Graphite and Graphene) as Lubricant Oil Additives, 2015 STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference, October 25 – 27, 2015, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Effect of In-situ Processing Parameters on the Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Hybrid Aluminum Nanocomposites, 2015 STLE Conference, 2015, Denver, CO, USA.
  • In-situ TiB2 Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Nanocomposites, TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Nanocomposites Symposium, March 2015, Orlando, FL, USA.
  • Synthesis and Properties of Metal Matrix Nanocomposites (MMNCS), Syntactic Foams, Self-Lubricating and Self‐Healing Metals. In PRICM: 8 Pacific Rim International Congress on Advanced Materials and Processing, 2013.
  • The Effects of Annealing Time and Cooling Environment on Microstructure and Transformation Temperatures of Ni-42.5wt%Ti-7.5wt%Cu Alloy”, Proceeding of 5th international conference of DSL, 2009, Rome, Italy.