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Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Washington State University, 2019
  • M.Sc., Materials Selection and Characterization, University of Tehran, Iran, 2014
  • B.Sc., Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2011
Licenses & Certifications
  • Professional Engineer Metallurgical, California, #2050
Academic Appointments
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Washington State University, 2019-2020
Professional Honors
  • Roy G. Post foundation scholarship (dedicated to the safe management of nuclear wastes), 2018
  • ACerS Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division students award, MS&T, 2018
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) student grant, 12th Pacific Rim conference, 2017
Professional Affiliations
  • American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Languages
  • Farsi

Dr. Ahmadzadeh is a materials engineer with specific expertise in process-structure-property relationships of glass and ceramics in complex systems. He specializes in fracture/fractography of brittle materials and has carried out hundreds of materials failure analysis and forensic investigations involving consumer products, buildings and structures, automobiles, and other engineered systems.

Leveraging his experience in materials science and failure analysis, Dr. Ahmadzadeh supports clients with product development, performance evaluation, materials selection, and materials characterization across a variety of industries. He routinely investigates the condition and behavior of glass and ceramic components involved in dispute resolution matters (litigation, arbitration), including those related to intellectual property and product liability. 

In addition, Dr. Ahmadzadeh is experienced in magnetism and magnetic materials. He has conducted research in the synthesis and characterization of magnetic nano-materials with applications in smart devices, sensors, high-density solid-state memories and digital recording fields.

During his PhD and postdoctoral studies, Dr. Ahmadzadeh studied alteration and corrosion mechanisms of alumino-silicate glass systems to formulate durable glass for safe disposal of radioactive wastes. He collaborated with geologists and archaeologists to identify natural glass systems as analogues for radioactive waste glass. Through significant experience in well-equipped characterization labs, he has developed hands-on expertise in X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld analysis, electron microprobe — scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), polarized-light optical microscopy (petrography), Raman spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-vis spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, mechanical testing techniques, and more. Furthermore, Dr. Ahmadzadeh has taught subjects in materials science and engineering at Washington State University.