- Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering
- Stephen A. Holditch Faculty Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Phone: 979-845-2920
- Email: sara.abedi@tamu.edu
- Office: RICH 401L
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- M.S., Soil Mechanics, University of Tehran
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Tehran
Research Interests
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- Mechanics and physics of geomaterials
- Multiscale chemo-mechanical characterization and modeling
- Reservoir geomechanics
- Granular material failure and flow and granular physics
Awards & Honors
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation - 2021
- Best Paper, American Rock Mechanics Association - 2018, 2019
- Petroleum Engineering Young Faculty Research Initiation Fellowship Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers - 2015
- Best Doctor of Philosophy Thesis Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Southern California - 2012
- Women in Science and Engineering Merit Fellowship, University of Southern California - 2010-2011