Project Manager Assistant
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Atousa Plaseied
Phone: 303-***-****
Fax: 303-***-****
Work Address: 1200 Larimer St., NC 3220 Cell phone: 419-***-****
Campus Box 112 Email:
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217 ******.********@********.***
Website: http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~aplaseie/
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2006.
Dissertation: Mechanical behavior characterization and modeling of vinyl ester and its
carbon
nanofiber composite including strain rate and temperature effects.
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
Thesis: The relationship between microstructure and electrochemical behavior of mixed
RuO
2
- TiO coatings on Titanium substrates for Cl production.
2 2
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1995.
Project: Metallurgical and corrosion investigation of an ancient object which was found
in
Arjan (as a historic place in south of Iran).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Research Experiences:
Assistant Research Professor, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 9/2008Present.
Accelerated low water corrosion in marine structures.
Develop sports engineering program at UC Denver.
Improved resin bonded dental restoratives based on nanogel-modified adhesives
(Sponsored
by National Institutes of health).
Nanogel-modified resins and composites for dental applications (Sponsored by Confi-
Dental
Products Company).
Chemical and mechanical behavior of carbon nanofiber reinforced materials.
High yield hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells using carbon
nanofiber/nanotube electrodes (sponsored by Office of Naval Research).
Conversion-dependent evolution of polymer properties based on a coupled photo-DMA/RT-
NIR monitoring technique.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 1/20075/2007.
Integrity testing of porous membranes and filters including displacement porometry,
pore-
size distribution, and image analysis (sponsored by PALL Corporation).
Research Assistant, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1/200312/2006.
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Mechanical behavior characterization of vinyl ester polymer and its carbon nanofiber
composite including extensive experimental analysis (tensile behavior with analyzing
different environmental and strain rate effects, creep, flexure, and fatigue), modeling
materials deformation under tensile and creep loads, and predictive analysis of fatigue
behavior of the materials (sponsored by the Army Research Office).
Research Assistant, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 9/2001 12/2002.
Monotonic and strain-controlled fatigue behavior of steel and aluminum alloys including
experimental work, predictive analysis and preparing reports (sponsored by General
Motors).
Fatigue behavior and life predictions of notched steel specimens.
Multiaxial fatigue.
Researcher and Project Manager, Iran Sayena Electrical Co., Tehran, Iran, 1/2000
12/2000.
Production of automobile parts such as spark plugs.
Research Fellow, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, 9/19991/2000
.
Production and properties of superconductors.
Researcher, Project Manager, and Head of Corrosion Laboratory, Electric Power Research
Institute, Tehran, Iran, 3/1996 12/2000.
Chromium - aluminide coatings on IN-738 LC turbine blades.
Microbiological corrosion in cooling system of power plants.
Cathodic protection designs of buried structures in power plants.
Corrosion of condensers in power plants.
Research Assistant, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 6/19976/1998.
Electrochemical behavior of coatings on Titanium substrates for Cl production.
2
Researcher, Cultural Heritage Organization, Tehran, Iran, 5/19948/1995.
Metallurgical and corrosion investigation of an ancient article.
Internship, Research Laboratory of Fouladrizan Casting Company, Tehran, Iran, 6/19939/1993
.
Teaching Experiences:
Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 1/2009Present
.
Courses:
Introduction to Sports Engineering (Materials for Sports Equipment) (
Spring 2010
)
Introduction to Materials Science (
Spring 2009 and 2010
)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 8/20065/2007
.
Courses:
Mechanics of Solids (
Spring 2007
)
Advanced Materials Science (Spring 2007
)
Statics (
Fall 2006)
Teaching Assistant, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 1/2001 12/2002.
Courses:
Mechanics and Measurements Laboratory
Vibration and Control
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Fatigue and Fracture of Materials
RESEARCH FUNDINGS
1.
Co-Principal Investigator (Dr. Jeffrey Stansbury, PI), Improved Resin Bonded Dental
Restoratives Based on Nanogel-modified Adhesives, National Institutes of Health (NIH),
$890,622, September 17, 2009 August 31, 2011.
2.
Co-Principal Investigator (Dr. Peter Jenkins, PI), High yield hydrogen production in
microbial
electrolysis cells using carbon nanofiber electrodes, Office of Naval Research (ONR),
$450,000,
July 1, 2009June 30, 2012.
3. Co-Principal Investigator (Dr. Jeffrey Stansbury, PI), Development of Dual-Filled
Composite
Materials, Confi-Dental Products/Septodont, $80,000, June 1, 2009 May 31, 2010.
SKILLS
Computer: MATLAB, Solid Works, FEA, PSI-Plots, Sigma Scan Pro, and Microsoft Office
Experimental Testing:
MTS and Instron testing machines for tensile, fatigue, creep, and flexure tests
SEM and TEM
AFM and TGA
XRD, XRF, ICP, and FTIR
Potentiostat/Galvanostat for corrosion and electrochemical tests
HONORS AND AWARDS
st
1 Winner of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Division of the Sigma Xi Student
Research
Symposium, Toledo, OH, 2006.
Midwest Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Dayton, OH, 2006.
International Student of the Month of November, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2002.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)/CHINA
Fellowship, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, 1999 (the only female candidate
from
Iran).
st
Outstanding Student, Ranked 1 in the Class of Materials Science and Engineering
Department,
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1998.
st
Outstanding Student, Ranked 1 in the Class of Materials Science and Engineering
Department,
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1995.
MEMBERSHIP
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1/2006 Present.
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), 1/2006
Present.
LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP
Mentoring and advising Graduate Students in Mechanical Engineering Department,
University of
Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 2009 Present.
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President of the Engineering Graduate Student Association (EGSA), University of Toledo,
Toledo, OH, 9/2003 8/2004.
Vice-chair of the Engineering Graduate Student Association (EGSA), University of
Toledo,
Toledo, OH, 9/2002 8/2003.
PUBLICATIONS
INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
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