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Dr. Azar Parvizi-Majidi Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Delaware 126 Spencer Lab. Newark, DE 19716 E-mail: majidi@me.udel.edu Dr. Parvizi-Majidi's personal homepage |
DEGREES
Ph.D., Materials Engineering, U. of Surrey, England
B.Eng., Metallurgical Engineering, Arya-Mehr U. of Technology, Iran
SERVICE
1989-present Associate Professor, University of Delaware
1987-1989 Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
1986-1987 Visiting Assistant Professor, U. of Delaware
1979-1986 Research Associate, Center for Composite Materials and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware
CONSULTING
NONE
STATE REGISTERED
NONE
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
- "Fibers and Whiskers", Chapter 2 of Volume 13 of the book series Materials Science and Technology, Series editors: R. W. Cahn, P. Haasen, and E. J. Kramer, published by VCH, 1993.
- "Mechanical Properties", Chapter 11 of Handbook on Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites, Eds: S. El-Rahaiby and R. Lehman, published by Ceramic Information Analysis Center/Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CIAC/CINDAS) and the American Ceramic Society, 1993, w ith P. G. Karandikar and T. W. Chou.
- "Whiskers", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, VCH, in press. 1996.
- "Ceramic Matrix Composites", Chapter 5 of Microstructure and Properties of Materials, Ed.: James Li, World Scientific Publishers, (1994), with P. G. Karandikar and T. W. Chou.
Journal Articles & Proceedings
- "Silicon Carbide (Nicalon) Fiber-reinforced Borosilicate Glass Composites: Mechanics Properties", Journal of Materials Science, 32 (1997), 6459-69, with P. G. Karandikar, T. W. Chou, N. Takeda, and T. Kishi.
- "Directional Dependence of Fracture Toughness in Hot-Pressed Sic-Whisker Reinforced Alumina at Room and Elevated Temperature", Journal of Composite Materials, (1997), with A. A. Wereszczack and M. K. Ferber.
- "Effect of Particle Addition on Drying Stresses and the Green Density of Sol-Gel Processed Three-Dimensional Ceramic-Matrix Composites", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 81 (1998), 1824-28, with H. K. Liu.
- "A Sic/Sic Composite Produced by Polymer Pyrolysis of Poly Dipheny/Carbosilane", Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, (1998), with M. Tanoglu (in print).
- "Numerical Analysis for Design of Composite Specimens for Through-the-Thickness Tensile Measurements", Journal of Composite Materials, 28, (1994) P. 1032. with H. Z. Shan, and T. W. Chou. (in press)
- "Damage Mechanics of Two-Dimensional Woven SiC-SiC Composites", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, (1994) with H. Z. Shan and T. W. Chou
- "Damage Characterization of Two-Dimensional Woven and Three-Dimensional Braided SiC-SiC Composites", Journal of Materials Science, 31, (1996) 322-241, with P. Pluvinage and T.W. Chou.
SOCIETIES
Member of the American Society of Materials, International
Member of the American Ceramic Society
Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
HONORS & AWARDS
Honorary member of the Golden Key Honor Society
COURSES TAUGHT
Materials Science for Engineers (MASC 302)
Materials Engineering (MEEG 316)
Fracture of Materials (MEEG/MASC 614)
Mechanical Properties of Materials (MEEG/MASC 615)
Phase Transformations in Materials (MASC 604)
Engineering Science Laboratory (MEEG 391)
Ceramic Matrix Composites (MEEG/MASC 867)
