- Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology
- Assistant Professor
- Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow
- Phone: 979-458-7841
- Email: amir.asadi@tamu.edu
- Office: THOM 118F
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- Postdoctoral fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2014-2017).
- Ph.D. in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada (2013).
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran (2006).
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran (2004).
Research Interests
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- Lightweight polymer hybrid (micro/nano) composites with enhanced mechanical and multifunctional properties
- Lightweight automotive composites
- Scalable manufacturing of composites with engineered performance
- Damage predictive modeling in polymer composite
- Additive manufacturing of polymer composites
- Process-structure-property relationship in nanocomposites
Awards & Honors
- Best Paper Award in COM 2010 Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2010.
- University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba, 2008-2011.
- International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Manitoba, 2008.
- International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship, University of Manitoba, 2007.
Selected Publications
- A. Asadi, F. Baaij, H. Mainka, M. Rademacher, J. Thompson, K. Kalaitzidou. Basalt fibers: An alternative to glass fibers in sheet molding compound (SMC) composites. Composites: Part B, Vol. 123: 210-218, 2017.
- A. Asadi, M. Miller, AV. Singh, RJ. Moon, K. Kalaitzidou. Lightweight sheet molding compound (SMC) composites containing cellulose nanocrystals. Composites Structures, Vol. 160: 211-219, 2017.
- A. Asadi, M. Miller, S. Sultana, RJ. Moon, K. Kalaitzidou. Introducing cellulose nanocrystals in sheet molding compound. Composites: Part A, Vol. 88: 206-215, 2016.
- A. Asadi, M. Miller, RJ. Moon, K. Kalaitzidou. Improving the interfacial and mechanical properties of short glass fiber/epoxy composites by coating the glass fibers with cellulose nanocrystals. Express Polymer Letters, Vol. 10(7): 587–597, 2016.
- A. Asadi, J. Raghavan. Model for evolution of quasi-static transverse cracking in multiple plies of multidirectional polymer composite laminates. Composite Structures, Vol. 132: 665-679, 2015.