Engineer Engineering

Hamideh (Bahar) M. Alipour, EIT

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EDUCATION

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC August 11 - June 13

Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering

Thesis title: “Atomic structure and chemistry of defects in strontium vanadate thin films”.

GPA: 3.92/4.00

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran September 07 - June 11

(The number one school of Engineering in Iran)

Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC August 11- Present

Collaborated with groups at different schools (Penn State), companies (RTI), and departments

(Chemistry) in several projects on complex oxide thin films, solar cells and nanomaterial in a deadline-driven

environment.

Characterized material systems via Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscope (S/TEM), Energy

Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy (EELS), analyzed the data and

prepared reports for the collaborators. Learned a wide variety of laboratory equipments and conducted

experiments independently.

Materials Engineer (Intern), Piyawar Industrial Services Co., Iran June 10- March 11

Designed optimized heat treatment cycles for improving material mechanical properties and

microstructure (Al alloys and Stainless Steel).

Characterized (XRD and SEM) and analyzed test data to determine appropriate variables for material

specifications using ASTM standards.

Responsible for quality processing of the processed materials, troubleshooting and customer

demonstrations.

Hamideh (Bahar) M. Alipour, EIT *******@****.***

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

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Materials Characterization Utilized Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), XRD, and Transmission

Electron Microscope (TEM), including STEM, EDS, and EELS (gained 200+ hours of experience). The

highlight is +100 hours of experience on FEI-Titan aberration corrected microscope.

Prepared TEM samples via mechanical polishing, ion milling, dimpling, jet polishing and Focused ion-

beam (FIB).

Data Analysis MATLAB, CrystalMaker, IgorPro (Linear Algebra, Fourier Transforms, curve fitting,

statistical analysis, and 2D/3D image analysis).

Other Software Microsoft Office, AutoCad, Photoshop/Illustrator, and CorelDraw.

Platforms Windows XP/Vista/7 and Apple OS X.

PUBLICATIONS

1. R. Molaei, M. R. Bayati, H. M. Alipour and J. Narayan (2013). Controlled Epitaxial Integration of

Polar ZnO (0001) with Si (001). Applied Physics Letters 102 (10): 101602.

2. MR Bayati, HM Alipour, S Joshi, R Molaei, R Narayan, J Narayan, and ST Misture (2013). Thin-

Film Epitaxy and Enhancement of Photocatalytic Activity of Anatase/Zirconia Heterostructures by

Nanosecond Excimer Laser Treatment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 117 (14), 7138-7147.

3. H. M. Alipour, R. White, C. Eaton, J. Mayor, R. Engel-Hebret, and J. M. LeBeau (2013). Atomic

structure and Chemistry of Defects in Strontium Vanadate Thin Films. To be submitted to Applied

Physics Letters.

4. R. Molaei, M. R. Bayati, H. M. Alipour, S. Nori, J. Narayan. Enhanced Photocatalytic Efficiency in

zirconia buffered n-NiO/p-NiO Single Crystalline Heterostructures by Nanosecond Laser Treatment.

Submitted to the Journal of Applied Physics.

5. Joshua P. Samberg, Hamideh M. Alipour, Geoffrey K. Bradshaw, C. Zachary Carlin, Peter C. Colter,

James LeBeau, N.A. El-Masry and Salah M. Bedair (2013). Interface properties of GaAsP/InGaAs

Strained Layer Superlattice Structures. Submitted to Applied Physics Letters.

CERTIFICATIONS

Fundamentals of Engineering

NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying)

HONORS/ACTIVITIES

Invited Panelist, Office of International Services, North Carolina State University, Nov. 12,

“International Educational Systems: Tacit Knowledge and Effective Cross-cultural Communication”.

Leadership, President of Iranian Student Association, North Carolina State University

Planned, devised and implemented annual goals for the council to conduct various social, cultural,

educational and recreational activities.

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