Mechanical Engineer

Location:

Cincinnati, OH

Posted:

December 27, 2012

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Behrang Poorganji CV(Updated: ** /** /****)

Behrang Poorganji

**** * ******** **. **********, OH.

Phone: 312-***-****,

E mai l: *******.*********@**.***, behrang.poorganji@gmai l.com

PERSONAL

Gender: Male

Residency status: US Permanent Resident/Green Card Holder

Marital Status: Married

Language: English, Japanese, Persian

FIELDS OF EXPERTIES

Steel Manufacturing. Mechanical and physical metallurgy of steels.

Steel process and development [Melting, casting, heat treating, forging, high temperature and

cold rolling, surface modification (carburizing, nitriding, peening), and welding].

- Microstructure and defect microanalysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive

Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and optical metallography.

- Thermodynamic simulation/calculation of microstructure and phase transformation of multi

component systems (PANDAT, THERMOCALC).

- Nano-structure of bulk metallic alloys.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (2007) Metallurgy and Materials Processing

Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

B.S. (2001) Industrial Metallurgy

School of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran

PROFESSIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Research scientist (August 2011 – Present)

Department of Energy, Chemical and Materials Engineering

College of Engineering and Applied Science

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Responsibility:

Mentoring students and staffs, writing proposals and leading projects.

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Mechanical properties, creep behavior and microstructure design, control and characterization of

high Ni and high Cr steels for next generation of nuclear power plant supported by DOE, and

NEUP.

Surface modification of metallic alloys by ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification (UNSM).

Research Engineer (August 2010 – August 2011)

Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science,

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Responsibility:

Mentoring staffs and students and leading projects.

Processing and deposition of thin film layers and coatings. Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM,

AFM) of advanced thin film layers and coatings.

Research Associate (October 2007 – September 2009)

Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Responsibility:

Mentoring students and leading project.

Casting, heat treating, hot forging and cold deformation of new generation of low alloy steels for

lightweight automotive parts supported by Japan National Project, NEDO, and JRCM. Diffusion

bonding of titanium alloys. Microstructure versus mechanical properties, quantitative

characterization of nano VC precipitates in advanced steels by TEM, FIB, EBSD.

Research Engineer (January 2001- September 2004)

Ebtekar Sanat, Tabarestan Steel Company, Tehran

Responsibility:

Leading projects.

Cast iron and low alloy steel making. Mechanical properties and microstructure control of steels

for hot forging dies and automotive parts. Heat treatment of tool steels.

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTS:

- Alloy and Materials Processing:

VIM (Vacuum Induction Melting), VAR (Vacuum Arc Re-melting), Emcore MOCVD (Metal

Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition), Oxford Ion Beam Deposition, UNSM

Material Characterization:

SEM and ESEM (Philips XL30 FEG, FEI Quanta 3D, JEOL JSM6330FS), FEG SEM and EDX

(Hitachi S-4500), EBSD (TSL), FIB (Dual beam FEI SEM), TEM (JEOL JEX2000, CM20),

STEM and HRTEM (CM300, FEI Titan,), TEM Techniques (Convergent beam (CBED), Two

beam condition, Thickness measurement), TEM sample Prep (GATAN Ion Milling and PIPS,

STRUERS jet polish), AFM (Digital Instrument, Nano Scope IIIa), HRXRD (Philips High

resolution PW1830), ICP-AES

Materials Properties Evaluation:

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Hot deformation simulator (THERMEC Master-Z), Room temperature and high temperature

tensile test (INSTRON, MTS), Hardness Test, DSC (NETZSCH 404 F3), Hall measurement

(Biorad), Photoluminescence measurement (Green Laser)

Thermodynamic calculation of multi component systems and phase diagram software (PANDAT,

THERMOCALC)

FUNDING AGANCIES AND COMPANIES/ GRANTS

MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Japan

Kobe Steel, Japan

Nippon Steel, Japan

Novelis, Canada

DOE (Department of Energy), USA

NEUP (Nuclear Energy University Program), USA

HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS

Winner of Japanese government scholarship for 3 years for Ph.D. study (Monbukagusho).

Winner of Japan Titanium Society (JTS) award for young researchers.

1st student in department in M.Sc.

1st student in college.

Finishing 12 years school in 11 years (Jumping).

MEMBERSHIPS IN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member of MRS (Materials Research Society)

Member of TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society)

SERVICE EXPERIENCE

Coordinator: Advanced Metallography Techniques Workshop, May 2009, Sendai, Japan

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles:

G. Miyamoto, R. Hori, B. Poorganji and T. Furuhara: “Interphase precipitationof VC

and resultant hardeningin V-added medium carbon steel”. ISIJ International, Vol. 51, Issue 10,

2011, P 1733

G. Miyamoto, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara: “Interphase boundary precipitation of VC

accompanying ferrite and pearlite transformation in medium carbon steels”, Solid State

Phenomena Vols. 172-***-****, P 420

M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, H. Shirazi, H. Ghasemi-Nesa, S. Hossein Nedjad, B. Poorganji

and T. Furuhara: “Role of sever plastic deformation on the formation of nanograins and nano-

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sized precipitates in Fe-Ni-Mn steels”. Materials and Design, Vol. 32, Issue 6, June 2011, P

3526.

B. Poorganji, P. Sepehrband, H. Jin, S. Esmaeili: “Effect of cold work and non-

isothermal annealing processing on the recrystallization behavior and texture evolution of a

precipitation-hardenable aluminum alloy”. Scripta Materialia, Vol. 63, Issue 12, December

2010, P 1157.

F. Haji-Akbari, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji and T. Furuhara: “Microstructure

evolution through heavy compression aided by thermodynamic calculation”. Materials

Charactrization, Computation and Modeling and Energy, Vol. 2, 2010, P 739.

B. Poorganji, A. Kazahari, T. Narushima, C. Ouchi and T. Furuhara: “Effect of yttrium

addition on grain growth of the α, β and α+β titanium alloys”. Journal of Physics, Vol. 240,

2010.

M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, F. Hajiakbari, F. Rad, M. Iranpour, M. Shahirnia, B. Poorganji, T.

Furuhara: “ECAP processing of high Si bainitic steel, microstructure and mechanical

properties”. Advanced Materials Research Vol. 83-86, 2010, P.358.

B. Poorganji, M. Yamaguchi, Y. Itsumi, K. Matsumoto, T. Tanaka, Y. Asa, G.

Miyamoto, T. Furuhara: “Hot deformation behavior of near-α Ti-Fe alloy in (α+β ) two-phase

region with different Fe content”. Materials Science Forum Vols. 638-642, 2010, P.310.

M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, H. Shirazi, M. Mobarake, B. Poorganji, S. Hossein Nedjad and T.

Furuhara: “Mechanical properties evaluations of an age hardenable Martensitic steel deformed

by equal chanel angular pressing”. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 10,

Issue 9, 2010, P 6182.

M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, F. Hajiakbari, F. Rad, Z. karimi, M. Iranpour, B. Poorganji, T.

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Furuhara: “Microstructure evolution of bainitic steel severely deformed by equal channel

angular pressing”. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 10, Issue 9, 2010, P

5986.

F. Hajiakbari, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara: “Microstructure

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evolution through heavy compression aided by thermodynamic calculation ”. Journal of

Materials Science, 2010, P. 1-7.

M. Moradi, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji, B, Heidarian, M. H. Parsa, T. Furuhara :

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“Recrystallization behavior of ECAPed A356 alloy at semi-solid reheating temperature”.

Materials Science and Engineering: A, Volume 527, Issues 16-17, 25 June 2010, P. 4113.

F. Hajiakbari, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara:“Control of austenite to

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martensite transformation through equal channel angular pressing aided by thermodynamic

calculations”. Acta Materialia, Volume 58, Issues 8, May 2010, P. 3073.

B. Poorganji, M. Yamaguchi, Y. Itsumi, K. Matsumoto, T. Tanaka, Y. Asa, G.

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Miyamoto, T. Furuhara: “Microstructure evolution during deformation of a near-α titanium

alloy with different initial structures in the two-phase region ”. Scripta Materialia, Volume 61,

Issue 4, August 2009, P. 419.

B. Poorganji, G. Miyamoto, T. Maki and T. Furuhara: “Formation of ultrafine grained

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ferrite by warm deformation of tempered lath martensite in low - alloy steels with different

carbon content”. Scripta Materialia, Volume 59, Issue 3, August 2008, P. 279.

M. Iranpour Mobarake, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji, A. Fatehi, H. Shirazi, T.

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Furuhara, M. Habibi Parsa, S. Hossein Nedjad: “Microstructural study of an age hardenable

martensitic steel deformed by equal channel angular pressing ”. Materials Science and

Engineering: A, Volume 491, Issues 1-2, 15 September 2008, P. 172

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M. Habibi Parsa, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, H. Shirazi, B. Poorganji, P. Pournia:

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“Evaluation of microstructure change and hot workability of high nickel high strength steel

using wedge test”. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Volume 199, Issues 1-3, 1

April 2008, P. 304

T. Furuhara, B. Poorganji, H. Abe, and T. Maki: “Dynamic Recovery and

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Recrystalization in Titanium alloys by Hot Deformation”. JOM, January 2007, P. 64

B. Poorganji, S. Hotta, T. Murakami, T. Narushima, Y. Iguchi, and C. Ouchi: “The effect

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of small amounts of yttrium addition on static and under superplastic deformation grain growth

in newly developed α+β type Ti-4.5Al-6Nb-2Mo-2Fe alloy”. Advanced Materials Research,

Vol. 15-17, 2007, P.970.

B. Poorganji, T. Yamaguchi, T. Maki, G. Miyamoto, and T. Furuhara:“Formation of

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ultrafine grained ferrite by warm deformation of tempered lath martensite in low alloy steels” .

Materials Science Forum Vols. 558-559, 2007, P.557.

B. Poorganji, H. Shirazi, and M. Nili-Ahmadabadi: “Study of microstructure and

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mechanical properties of C-350 maraging steel reclaimed form C-300 scrap maraging steels ”.

IMES journal .Iran, 2004

Presentations at the International Conferences:

B. Poorganji, D. Tammana, X. Wen, R. Lahrman, L. Carroll, R. Wright, T. L. S. Sham, V.

K. Vasudevan “Microstructure study of 800H alloy at static and dynamic heating conditions”,

TMS 2013, San Antonio, USA.

B. Poorganji, D. Tammana, P. Nagy, V. K. Vasudevan “Microstructure study of 9Cr-

1Mo ferritic-martensitic steel during creep at the wide range of stress”, TMS 2013, San

Antonio, USA.

B. Poorganji, D. Tammana, X. Wen, R. Lahrman, L. Carroll, R. Wright, T. L. S. Sham, V.

K. Vasudevan “Microstructure evolution during cold rolling and high temperature annealing of

alloy 617”, MS&T 2012, Pittsburgh, USA.

B. Poorganji, D. Tammana, P. Nagy, V. K. Vasudevan “Thermomechanical damage and

microstructure evolution during creep in 9Cr ferritic-martensitic steel”, MS&T 2012, Pittsburgh,

USA.

G. Miyamoto, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara “Interphase boundary precipitation of VC

accompanying ferrite and pearlite transformation in medium carbon steels”, PTM 2010,

Avignion, France.

G. Miyamoto, N. Kamikawa, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara “Microstructure of Interphase

boundary precipitation of alloy carbide in microalloyed steels”, TMS, 2010, Seattle, USA.

T. Furuhara, B. Poorganji: “Formation of Ultrafine Grained Ferrite+Cementite Duplex

Structure by Warm Deformation”, Keynote Invited Talk, ICAS 2010, Guilin, China.

F. Hajiakbari, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara: “Microstructure

evolution through heavy compression aided by thermodynamic calculation ”. TMS annual

Meeting 2, 2010, P. 739.

B. Poorganji, A. Kazahari, T. Narushima, C. Ouchi and T. Furuhara: “Effect of yttrium

addition on grain growth of the α, β and α+β titanium alloys” (15th International Conference

on the Strength of Advanced Materials ICSAM, 2009, Dresden, Germany).

B. Poorganji, M. Yamaguchi, Y. Itsumi, K. Matsumoto, T. Tanaka, Y. Asa, G. Miyamoto

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and T. Furuhara: “Hot deformation behavior of near-α Ti-Fe alloy in ( α+β ) two-phase region

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with different Fe content” (International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of

Advanced Materials THERMEC 2009, Berlin, Germany).

M. Nili Ahmadabadi, F. Haji-akbari, M. Shahirnia, M. Iranpour, B. Poorganji, T.

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Furuhara, F. Rad: “Mechanical and microstructural properties of high silicon bainitic steel

during equal channel angular pressing” (2009 TMS Annual meeting & exhibition, San

Francisco, CA, USA)

M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, F. Rad, M. Iranpour, F. Haji-Akbari, M. Shahirnia, B. Poorganji

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and T. Furuhara: “ECAP processing of high Si bainitic steel, microstructureand mechanical

properties” (International conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies

(AMPT),2008, Manama, Bahrain)

H. Shirazia, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, M. Iranpour Mobarake, B. Poorganji, S. Hossein

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Nedjad, and T. Furuhara: “Evaluations of an age hardenable martensitic steel deformed by

ECAP processing, microstructure and mechanical properties” (1st International Conference

from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems (IC4N), 2008,

Halkidiki, Greece)

M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, F. Rad, Z. Karimi, M. Iranpour, F. Haji-Akbari, B. Poorganji and

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T. Furuhara: “Microstructural Evolution of Bainitic Steel Severely Deformed by ECAP ” (1st

International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and

Nanosystems (IC4N), 2008, Halkidiki, Greece)

B. Poorganji, M Yamaguchi, Y. Itsumi, K. Matsumoto, T. Tanaka, Y. Asa, G. Miyamoto,

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and T. Furuhara: “Effect of pre-deformation heat treatment on deformation behavior of near-

alpha Ti-Fe alloys at two phase (α+β ) region” (17th Congress of International Federation for

Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE), 2008, Japan).

B. Poorganji, T. Yamaguchi, T. Maki, G. Miyamoto, and T. Furuhara “Effect of Carbon

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Content on DRX Behavior during Warm Deformation of Lath Martensite”(International

Symposium on Ultrafine Grained Steels, ISUGS 2007, Fukuoka, Japan).

T. Furuhara, H. Abe, B. Poorganji and T. Maki: “Dynamic Recovery and

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Recrystalization in Titanium alloys” (11th World Conference on Titanium, 2007, Japan).

M. Iranpour, M. Nili Ahmadabadi, B. Poorganji, T. Furuhara, and H. Shirazi:

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“Mechanical Properties of Nano-Scale Grains Maraging Steel Prepared By ECAP Process” (1st

International Congress on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Dec. 2006, Iran).

B. Poorganji, T. Murakami, T. Narushima, C. Ouchi, and T. Furuhara: “Effect of alloying

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elements on hot deformation of duplex titanium alloys” (11th World Conference on Titanium,

2007, Japan).

B. Poorganji, T. Yamaguchi, T. Maki, G. Miyamoto, and T. Furuhara: “Formation of

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ultrafine grained ferrite by warm deformation of tempered lath martensite in low alloy steels”

(3rd International Conference on Recrystalization and Grain Growth, 2007, Korea).

B. Poorganji, S. Hotta, T. Murakami, T. Narushima, Y. Iguchi, and C. Ouchi: “The effect

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of small amounts of yttrium addition on static and under superplastic deformation grain growth

in newly developed α+β type Ti-4.5Al-6Nb-2Mo-2Fe alloy” (International Conference on

Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials THERMEC 2006, Vancouver, Canada).

B. Poorganji, M. H. Parsa, and M. Nili Ahmadabadi: “Grain refining of ultra high

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strength steels by thermomechanical and thermal treatment processes”, (ISUGS 2003 as poster

and TMP 2004 as oral presentation)

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