Abbas Najafizadeh

Abbas najafizadeh

Professor of Materials Science and Technology
Born: March 3, 1949
 
Degrees
-Ph.D. Mechanical Metallurgy University Pierre et Marie Currie Paris, France.
1980
-Ms. Mechanical Metallurgy University Pierre et Marie Currie Paris Paris, France.
1976
-B.Sc. Metallurgical Eng. Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
1971
Appointment at Isfahan University of Technology (I.U.T.)
Professor, Dept. of Materials Eng., I.U.T. 2003-present
Principal of I.U.T Graduate School. 1997-2002
Associate Professor Dept. of Materials Eng., I.U.T. 1991-2002
Vice Chancellor for Student affaires 1985-1986
Assistant Professor Dept. of Materials Eng., I.U.T., Iran 1980-1991
Others Appointment
President of Iron and Steel Society of Iran 1999-present
Visiting Prof., Dept. of Metallurgical Eng., McGill University, Canada 2005-2006
Visiting Prof., Dept. of Metallurgical Eng., McGill University, Canada 1989-1990
Senior Engineer, Isfahan Steel Mill Company, Iran 1972-
1975
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Teaching Experience at I.U.T.
1) Mechanical Metallurgy I;
2) Mechanical Metallurgy II;
3) Fracture Mechanics;
4) Hot Deformation
5) Principles of Metal Casting Technology;
6) Fundamentals of Metal Casting;
7) Mould Materials;
8) Foundry of Cast Iron.
Research Area
-Thermomechanical Processing;
-Failure Analysis.
-Hot and Cold Deformation of Metals;
-Controlled Rolling and Forging;
-Accelerate Cooling
-Austempered Ductile Iron
-Development of New Alloys;

Awards
1) Silver Medal for second rank of the B.Sc. graduation from Sharif University of
Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1971.
2) One of my paper select by Science Direct such as TOP25 Hottest Articles in 2004;
3) Selected by Isfahan University of Technology as a greatest citation number per
publications in 2006;
4) Selected as a dominant Metallurgical Professor in the 11th Annual Conference of
Iranian Metallurgical Engineers Society and 19th annual Conference of the Iranian
Foundryman Society, 23-25 October 2007
5) The 3th rank of Applied Research in the 20th Kharazmi Festival, 2007
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Book
• Proceeding of Steel Symposium 75
• Proceeding of Steel Symposium 78
• Mechanical Metallurgy

I) Journal Papers

1) M. A. Golozar and A. Najafi-Zadeh "Structure and Mechanical Characterization
of Austempered Cu-Sn Ductile Iron Alloys", Journal of Engineering, vol. 5, no.
1& 2, pp. 39-48 May. 1992;
2) A. Najafi-Zadeh, S. Yue and J.J. Jonas "Influence of Hot Strip Rolling Parameters
on Austenite Recrystallization in IF steels" ISIJ Int., Vol. 32 No.2 pp. 213-221,
1992;
3) A. Najafi-Zadeh and J.J. Jonas "Effects of Composition on the Recrystallization
Behavior of IF Steels During Simulated Hot Strip Rolling" Journal of
Engineering, vol. 5, no. 1& 2, pp. 49-60, May. 1992;
4) A. Najafi-Zadeh, J.J. Jonas and S. Yue "Grain Refinement by Dynamic
Recrystallization During the Simulated Warm Rolling of IF Steels"
Metallurgical. Trans. A 23A, pp. 2607-2618, 1992;
5) M. A. Golozar, A. Saatchi and A. Najafizadeh "CORROSION AND STRESS
CORROSION CRACKING OF A SELECTED MARINE STEEL IN
ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL SEAWATER" Journal of NACE International,
1993.
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6) M. A. Golozar and A. Najafi-Zadeh, "The effects of Alloying Elements on the
Mechanical Properties of Austempered Ductile Iron" Esteghlal, Journal of
Engineering, I.U.T., No. 13, pp. 63-91, September 1993;
7) A. Najafi-Zadeh and J.J. Jonas "Microstructural Changes of IF Steels During Hot
Strip Rolling" Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 18, No. 2,
pp.173-186, May, 1994;
8) A. Saatchi, A. Najafi-Zadeh and M. R. Rahimipour, "The Influence of
Metallurgical Parameters on the Mechanical and Ballistic Properties of Armor
Steels", Esteghlal, Journal of Engineering, No. 14, pp. 37-55, March 1994;
9) A. Kiani-Rashid, A. Najafi-Zadeh and M. A. Golozar, "Effect of Aluminum on
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Austempered Ductile Iron Alloys "
Esteghlal, Journal of Engineering, I.U.T., No. 14, pp. 19-35, March 1994;
10) M. Emami and A. Najafi-Zadeh, "The Application of Computer in Metallurgy
"Journal of Metallurgist, No. 3, pp. 7-9, January 1994;
11) K. Zanganeh-Madar and A. Najafi-Zadeh, "The Production Process and
Properties of Dual Phase Steels" Journal of Metallurgist, No. 3, pp. 47-58,
January 1994;
12) M. Emami and A. Najafi-Zadeh, "Application of Computer in the Casting of
Metals " Journal of Metallurgist, No. 4, pp. 20-24, Spring 1994.
13) Farhangi, S. Akhlaghi, and A. Najafi-Zadeh "Effect of Aluminum on the Hot
Deformation of Ferrite in Cu-Mn Steels" Journal of Faculty of Engineering,
pp.54-62, No. 57, 1996;
14) B. Shirani, A. Najafi-Zadeh and A. Monshi, "Study on the Production Processes
of Foam Molding for the Casting of Non-Ferrous Alloys" Journal of Foundry,
No. 58, pp. 28-31, 1998.
15) B. Shirani, A. Najafi-Zadeh and A. Monshi "An Investigation on the Plaster
Foam Molding for Non-Ferrous Alloy" Journal of Casting, No 58, pp. 28-31,
1998;
16) M. R. Toroghinejad, A. O. Humphreys, D. Liue, F. Ashrafizadeh, A. Najafizadeh
and J. J.Jonas "Effect of Rolling Temperature on the Deformation and
Recrystallization Textures of Warm Rolled Steels" Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A, pp. 1163-1174, Vol.34A, May 2003;
17) M. R. Toroghinejad, A. O. Humphreys, D. Liue, F. Ashrafizadeh, A. Najafi-
Zadeh and J. J.Jonas, "Effect of C, Mn and Cr on deformation and
recrystallization Textures of Warm Rolled Low Carbon Steels", ISIJ
international. Vol. 43 No. 11 p. 1842-1850, 2003;
18) K. Farmanesh and A. Najafi-Zadeh "Thermomechanical Behavior of Ti-6 Al.4V
" Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Vol. 152, pp. 136-143, 2004;
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19) K. Farmanesh and A. Najafi-Zadeh "Microstructural Evaluation of Ti-6Al-4V
Alloy During Hot Deformation" Esteghlal, Journal of Engineering, vol. 23 No.
1, pp. 189-201, September 2004;
20) R. Ebrahimi and A. Najafi-Zadeh "A New Method for Evolution of Friction in
Bulk Metal Forming "Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 152
No.3, 2004 pp. 136-143;
21) A. Najafi-Zadeh and R. Ebrahimi "The Effect of Delay Time on Microstructural
Evolution during Warm Rolling of Ti-Nb-If Steel" Journal of Materials Science
& Technology, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 86-88, 2004;
22) R. Ebrahimi, a. Qudin, Najafi-Zadeh, M. Barnett and P. D. Hodgson, "Static
Recrystallization Kinetics of Ti-IF Steel after Warm Deformation" Materials
Science Forum Vols. 467-470 pp. 251-256, 2004
23) R. Ebrahimi and A. Najafi-Zadeh "Optimization of hot Workability in Ti-IF Steel
Using the Processing Map" Int. Journal of ISSI, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.1-7, 2004.
24) M. Shamanian and A. Najafi-Zadeh "Hot Charge of Continuously Cast Slabs in
Reheating Furnaces" Int. Journal of ISSI, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.35-37, 2004.
25) R. Ebrahimi S. H. Zahiri, and A. Najafi-Zadeh, "Mathematical Modeling of
Stress-Strain Curve of Ti-IF Steel at High Temperature" Journal of Materials
Processing Technology, Vol. 171, pp. 301-305, 2006;
26) R.Taherian, A. Najafizadeh, M. Shamanian and R. Shateri "Drawing of CCCT
Diagrams and Investigation of the Deformation Effects on Martensite and Bainite
Transformations in NiCrMoV steel" Esteghlal, Journal of Engineering, I.U.T.,
vol. No. 1, 25, pp. 149-165, 2006.
27) A.Taherizadeh, A. Najafizadeh, R. Shateri and J.J. Jonas "Comparison of
Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Hollow and Solid Forged Products
Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2006. Vol. 178, Issues 1-3, 14
Sept. 2006, pp. 181-187
28) A. Najafizadeh, J. J. Jonas, G. R. Stewart, and E. I. Polik "The Strain-
Dependence of Post-Dynamic Recrystallization in 304 H Stainless Steel"
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Volume 37A, pp. 1899-1906,
June 2006.
29) A. Najafizadeh and J. J. Jonas "Prediction of the Critical Stress for Initiation of
Dynamic Recrystallization" ISIJ International, Vol. 46, No. 11, pp. 1679-1684,
November 2006.
30) A. Najafizadeh and J. J. Jonas "The Strain Dependence of Post-Deformation
Softening During the Hot Deformation of 304H Stainless Steel” Int. Journal of
ISSI, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp.1-7, 2006.
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31) A. Bapari, A. Najafizadeh, and M. Moazeny "Prediction of Hot Flow Stress of
CrMoV Steel Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN)" ISIJ International,
Vol.47, No.8, pp. 1124-1128, August 2007.
32) M. Jafari, A. Najafizadeh and J. Rasti "Dynamic Recrystallization by Necklace
Mechanism during Hot Deformation of 316 Stainless Steel" Submitted for
publication in the Int. Journal of ISSI, September 2007.
33) R. Taherian, A. Najafizadeh and R. Shateri, "Drawing of CCCT Diagrams by
Static Deformation and Consideration Deformation Effect on Martensite and
Bainite Transformation in NiCrMoV Steel" accepted for publication in the
Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 29 May 2007.
34) M. Jafari, A. Najafizadeh and J. Rasti, "Comparison between the Methods of
Determining the Critical Stress for Initiation of Dynamic Recrystallization in 316
Stainless Steel" Accepted for publication in the Journal of Materials
Processing Technology, 2006.
35) A. Bapari, A. Najafizadeh, and M. Moazeny and A. Shafyei "Simulation of
Radial Forging Conditions by Third Hits Hot Compression Tests" Submitted for
publication in the Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2007

Other research activities
1) Design and construction of one ton cupola furnace and commissioned in I.U.T. 1982.
2) Developments in malleablizing heat treatment cycle, I.U.T. 1983.
3) Production and properties of Hi-Aluminum gray cast iron, I.U.T. 1983
4) Design and production of ductile iron by in-mold treatment technique, I.U.T. 1984
5) The best method for ductile iron production in small foundries, I.U.T 1986
6) Application of Accelerating Cooling of Rebar’s Steel in the Isfahan Steel Company; 1995
7) Application of Hot Charging of Slabs in the Mobarekeh Steel Company,
1998
8) Production of IF Steels in the Mobarekeh Steel Company; 1999
9) Production of DP Steel in the Mobarekeh Steel Company, 2004
10) Study on the thermomechanical behavior of 1.7765 steel. 2004
11) Study on the thermomechanical behavior of one special steel. 2004
12) Comparison of mechanical and metallurgical properties of hollow and solid forging products.2004