Curriculum Vitae

Reza Abdi Behnagh

Email: r.abdibehnagh@mee.uut.ac.ir

2015- 6 months	Visiting Researcher “Laser Materials Processing Lab” https://research.engineering.uiowa.edu/ding/people
	PhD In “Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing & Production” University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Advisor: Prof. Mohammad Kazem Besharati Givi Thesis Title: Experimental investigation and simulation of friction stir extrusion of Mg machining chips.
	M.Sc. In “Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing & Production” University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Advisor: Prof. Mohammad Kazem Besharati Givi Thesis Title: Investigation of the effect of material and process parameters on the Friction Stir Welding characteristics of non-similar aluminum alloys.
	B.Sc. In “Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing & Production” Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran Advisor: Prof. Behrooz Arezoo Thesis Title : Design of progressive bending dies with CAD(programming with VBA in SolidWorks)f

Research Interests:

• Finite element simulation of manufacturing processes

• Materials Engineering

• Additive manufacturing

• Computer applications in manufacturing

• Corrosion and wear behavior of materials

• lightweight materials

Publications:

• R. Abdi Behnagh, N. Shen, M. Abdollahi, H. Ding, ^“Ultrafine-Grained Surface Layer Formation of Aluminum Alloy 5083 by Friction Stir Processing”, Procedia CIRP. (2016, vol. 45, 243-246)

• M. Narvan, R. Abdi Behnagh, N. Shen, M. K. Besharati Givi, H. Ding, ^“Shear Compaction Processing of SiC Nanoparticles Reinforced Magnesium Composites Directly from Magnesium Chips”, Journal of Manufacturing Processes. (2016, vol. 22, 39-48)

• M. Saeidi, R. Abdi Behnagh, B. Manafi, M. Farahmand Nikoo, M. K. Besharati Givi, “Study on ultrafine-grained aluminum matrix nano-composite joint fabricated by friction stir welding”, Journal of Materials: Design and Application. (2016, vol. 230, 311-318)

• R. Abdi Behnagh, N. Shen, M. A. Ansari, M. Narvan, M.K. Besharati Givi, H. Ding, “Experimental Analysis and Microstructure Modeling of Friction Stir Extrusion of Magnesium Chips”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. (2015, vol. 138, 1255)

• M. A. Ansari, R. Abdi Behnagh , M. Narvan, E. Sadeqzadeh Naeini, M. K. Besharati Givi, H. Ding, “Optimization of Friction Stir Extrusion (FSE) Parameters Through Taguchi Technique”, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. (doi: 10.1007/s12666-015-0686-6)

• M. Sharifzadeh, M. A. Ansari, M. Narvan, R. Abdi Behnagh, A. Araee, M. K. Besharati Givi, “Evaluation of wear and corrosion resistance of pure Mg wire produced by friction stir extrusion (FSE)” Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. (2015, vol. 25, 1847-1855)

• R. Abdi Behnagh, R. Mahdavinejad, A. Yavari, M. Abdollahi,M. Narvan “Production of wire from AA7277 aluminum chips via friction stir extrusion (FSE)” Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B.  (2014, vol. 45, 1484-1489)

• S. Rasouli, R. Abdi Behnagh, A. Dadvand. “Improvement in corrosion resistance of 5083 aluminum alloy via friction stir processing (FSP), Journal of Materials: Design and Application. (2014, doi:10.1177/1464420714552539)

• M. Shojaeefard, R. Abdi Behnagh, M. Akbari, M.K. Besharati Givi, F. Farhani “Modelling and Pareto Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir Welded AA7075/AA5083 Butt Joints Using Neural Network and Particle Swarm Algorithm”, Materials and Design. (2013, vol. 44: 190-198)

• S. Shahraki, S. Khorasani, R. Abdi Behnagh, Y. Fotouhi, H. Bisadi “Producing of AA5083/ZrO2 nano-composite by friction stir processing (FSP), Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B. (2013, vol. 44B: 1546-1553)

• M. Akbari, R. Abdi Behnagh “Dissimilar friction stir lap joining of 5083 aluminum alloy to CuZn34 brass”, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B. (2012, vol. 43: 1177-1186)

• M. Akbari, R. Abdi Behnagh, A.Dadvand “Effect of materials position on friction stir lap welding of Al to Cu”, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining. (2012, vol. 17: 581-588, 2012)

• R. Abdi Behnagh, M. Akbari, M.K. Besharati Givi “Mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and microstructural changes during friction stir processing of 5083 aluminum rolled plates”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes.(2011, vol. 27: 636-640)