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
Advancing Wire-Arc Direct Energy Deposition for Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing
Sinan Müftü, COE Distinguished Professor, MIE, and Ozan Özdemir, assistant professor, MIE, 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
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.