Materials Engineering

Departmental Staff - Dr Amir Shirzadi

 

Dr. Amir Shirzadi Lecturer OU Location: Venables Building, Room S2041 UK Telephone No.: +44 (0) 1908 652 700 E-Mail address: a.shirzadi@open.ac.uk

Dr Amir Shirzadi

 

Research

• Joining advanced alloys including developing and modelling new methods of diffusion bonding / brazing processes.
• Designing new weld alloys capable of reducing residual stresses.
• Phase transformation in steels.
• Solidification.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Visiting Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,  University of Cambridge

• Visiting Professor in Steel Research, Wuhan University of Science and Technology – China
• Director of Cambridge Joining Technology
• Chartered Engineer Engineering Council-UK
• Fellow Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3)
• Professional Member The Institute of Welding (TWI)
• UK delegate Commission XVII (IIW)
• Old Darwinian Darwin College, Cambridge
• Alumnus King's College, Cambridge

Recent events/ Photos

• Attending at the Second UK-China Steel Forum, Wuhan-China. April 2012.
• Representing UK at the Commission 17th of IIW (Brazing & Diffusion Bonding), Coimbra-Portugal. April 2012.
• Open University Residential School (TXR220), Bath Spa-UK. Aug 2011.
  
  Academic visit to  Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan-China. May 2011.
  
  Visit to Singapore Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SIMTech), Singapore. Mar 2011.
  
  EPSRC meeting on UK-India joint research, Chennai-India. Mar 2011.
  
  Visit to 5 Chinese Universities. Nov 2010.
  
  New Beijing Airport. Nov 2010.

Books Structural Materials for Energy Applications Editor, to be published by Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Microjoining and Nanojoining Editor of the chapter on solid-state bonding in collaboration with University of Waterloo, Canada, Woodhead Publishing Ltd ISBN 978-1-84569-179-0 May 2008.

Web Articles

• Diffusion Bonding
• Lecture on Diffusion Bonding (video)
• Structural Integrity Assessment of Engineering Components

 

Recent Publications

• Laik A., Shirzadi A.A., Tewari R., Kumar A., Jayakumar T. & Dey G.K. (2012):  Microstructure and interfacial reactions during active metal brazing of stainless steel to titanium, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, submitted 17th April 2012 (under review).
• Hu F., Wu K.M. &  Shirzadi A.A. (2012):  Influence of Co and Al on pearlitic transformation in superbainitic steels, Ironmaking & Steelmaking, accepted on 10 Dec. 2011, DOI 10.1179/1743281211Y.0000000092.
• Lelito J.,  Źak P., Shirzadi A.A., Greer L., Krajewski W., Suchy J.S., Haberl K. and Schumacher P. (2012):  Effect of SiC reinforcement particles on the grain density in a magnesium-based metal–matrix composite: Modelling and experiment, Acta Materialia, Vol. 60, No. 6–7, pp. 2950-2958.
• Lelito J., Źak P., Greer L., Suchy J.S., Krawjeski W.K., Gracz B., Szucki M. & Shirzadi A.A. (2012):  Crystallisation model of magnesium primary phase in the AZ91/SiC composite, Composites Part B: Engineering, accepted (in press) and available online from 7th Feb 2012, DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.01.088.
• Shirzadi A.A., Abreu H., Cayron C. and Ubhi S. (2011): Combined effect of stress and strain on crystallographic orientation of bainite, Ironmaking & Steelmaking, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp 519-524.
• Moat R.J., Stone H.J., Shirzadi A.A., Francis J.A., Mark A.F., Bhadeshia H.K.D.H, Karlson L. and Withers P.J. (2011): Design of weld fillers for mitigation of residual stresses in ferritic and austenitic steel welds, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 279-284

A full list of Dr Amir Shirzadi's publications is available as a pdf here.

Awards and Grants

• 2009-11 Marie Curie Fellowship (Transfer of Knowledge), University of Cambridge and Krakow AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland.
• 2006 Armourers and Brasiers’ Company Research Fellowship and Award in recognition of recent research on joining advanced materials.
• 2004-05 Smart Award from DTI for CAMJET (Cambridge Advanced Method for Joining Engine Turbines). Total of £60,000 was raised for one-year of work in the University of Cambridge.
• 2001-02 Full Research Grant from Centre Francais pour l’Accueil et les Échanges Internationaux (EGIDE), Paris, France. Awarded a full research grant for 11 months to develop a new joining method in École Polytechnique de l’Université de Nantes.
• 1999 Cook/Ablett Award from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, UK, for an outstanding published paper in the field of metals.
• 1998 International Henry Granjon Prize from the International Institute of Welding (IIW) for developing a novel bonding method for advanced aluminium alloys and composites.
• 1997 Lundgren Award from University of Cambridge in recognition of PhD research.
• 1995-97 Overseas Research Students Award (ORS) from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom.

 

   

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