Ahmad Nourian Avval
Assistant Research Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research Focus
Mechanical performance of metallic materials, Process-microstructure-performance relationship, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced materials
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Memphis, 2020
- MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2005
- BSc, Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2002
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Mineral, Metals and Materials Society
Research Overview
Mechanical performance of metallic materials, Process-microstructure-performance relationship, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced materials
Selected Publications
- Nourian-Avval and S. Müftü, “Effect of substrate surface finish and particle velocity on fatigue performance of cold spray coated A6061 aluminum alloy”, J. Surface & Coating Tech., 2022, accepted for publication June 2022.
- E. Julien, A. Nourian-Avval,Wentao Liang, T. Schwartz, O.C. Ozdemir, S. Müftü, “Bulk fracture anisotropy in Cold-Sprayed Al 6061 deposits,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 263, 2022.
- Nourian-Avval and M.M Khonsari, “A new model for fatigue life prediction under multiaxial loadings based on energy dissipation”, Int. Journal of Fatigue, International Journal of Fatigue 151, 106255
- Nourian-Avval and M. M. Khonsari, “Rapid prediction of fatigue life based on intrinsic dissipation and thermodynamic entropy generation”, International Journal of Fatigue,145, 2021, 106105.
- Nourian-Avval and A. Fatemi, “Variable amplitude fatigue behavior and modeling of cast aluminum”, Fatigue Fractc. Eng. Mater. Struct., 2021, 1-11.
- A. Nourian-Avval and A. Fatemi, “Fatigue performance and life prediction of cast aluminum under axial, torsion, and multiaxial loadings”, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 111, 2021, 102842.
Mar 18, 2024
$4.8M ARL Award for Advancing Wire-Arc Direct Energy Deposition for Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing
Sinan Müftü, MIE Distinguished Professor, and Ozan Özdemir, MIE assistant professor, are leading a team that was awarded a $4.38 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory to advance wire-arc direct energy deposition for large-format metal additive manufacturing.
Nov 13, 2023
$1.5M ARL Grant To Improve Cybersecurity and Robustness in Additive Manufacturing
MIE Professor Sinan Müftü and Assistant Professor Ozan Özdemir were awarded a $1.5 million research grant by the Army Research Laboratories (ARL) to spearhead innovative initiatives in cybersecurity and enhancement of mechanical robustness in parts and coatings produced through Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing.