reza.jpgDr Reza Ghomashchi
Biography/ Background
Reza Ghomashchi graduated from Iran University of Science and Technology (B.Eng- Metallurgical Engineering,1978), and Cambridge (M.Phil- Materials Technology, 1979) and Sheffield (Metallurgy, 1983) Universities in the UK. After a few years working at universities in the UK , he migrated to Australia to work for BHP Steel in 1988. In early 1990 he joined the University of South Australia and worked as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer until 2001 when he was offered a NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Industrial Research Chair-Tier I (in collaboration with ALCAN, now Rio-Tinto ALCAN) and Professor Position at the University of Quebec in Canada. He has also been a visiting Professor at MIT, 1994, IUST, 1999 and an adjunct Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide since 2007. In early 2008, he returned to Australia to take up the position of Manager, Materials Research and Development at Sunday Solar Technologies, a start-up R&D company in Sydney and in August 2010 he accepted his current position as Associate Professor and Program leader for Energy Pipeline-CRC at the school of Mechanical Engineering.
Teaching Interests
The following lectures were delivered at undergraduate and graduate levels;Undergraduate Courses1.Diffusion and DeformationThird year subject; based on microstructural characteristics of materials on atomic scale, Syllabus were developed and Lectures, Tutorials and Practicals designed and delivered.2.Fundamentals of Composite MaterialsSyllabus was developed and Lectures and Tutorial/Practicals designed and delivered.3.DiffractionLectures and Tutorials/Practicals were designed and delivered on X-ray and Electron diffraction principles and their applications in materials science and engineering.4.An Introduction to Engineering MaterialsFirst year engineering subject, all disciplines5.Electrical Eng. MaterialsSelection and properties of materials for electrical engineers6.Heat Treatment of Engineering AlloysFundamentals of heat treatment for steels, cast irons and non-ferrous alloys of Aluminum and Copper7.Solidification and Foundry TechnologyFundamentals of solidification, Principles of semi-finished and shaped casting8.Manufacturing Processes (mechanical Engineering 3nd year)Rolling, Forging, Extrusion, Casting, sheet metal forming...Postgraduate Courses1.Advanced Solidification Processing2.Metallurgy of Aluminum Alloys3.Advanced Composite Materials4.Diffusion in solids5.Deformation and dislocations
Research Interests
As a materials scientist, I study the effect of microstructure on materials properties and performance and how materials fabrication processes can be manipulated to achieve the desired microstructure for specific application. My main research area is on solidification and casting of engineering alloys with main emphasis on aluminium alloys and steels. My research activities in the past thirty years were in the following areas;
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