Dr. Reza Mirshams, Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Technology Faculty PE, Texas > mirshams@unt.edu > ENGR 3450

Areas of Research:

• microstructure-processing-mechanical properties of advanced engineered materials
• deformation mechanisms in nano and micro scales
• nanocrystalline Ni, Al-Li alloys. nickel superalloys. and titanium alloys for aerospace applications.

Education :

• Ph.D., Industrial Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Birmingham, England, 1980
• MS, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Tehran, 1973

Selected Publications:

Vadalakonda, S., Banerjee, R., Puthcode, A. & Mirshams, R. (2006). Comparison of Incipient Plasticity in bcc and fcc Metals Using Nanoindentation, Materials Science and Engineering A, pp. 208-13.
Mirshams, R. A. & Pothapragada, R. M. (2006). Correlation of Nanoindentation Measurements of Nickel with Geometrically Different Indenter Tips, Acta Materialia, pp. 1123-34.
Yin, W. M., Whang, S. H. & Mirshams, R. A. (2005). Effect of Interstitials on Tensile Strength and Creep in Nanostructured Ni, Acta Materialia, pp. 383-92.
Pothapradaga, R. M., Mirshams, R. A. & Vadlakonda, S. (2005). Effect of Pile-up in Nanoindentation of Micro and Nano Crystalline Ni Using FEM, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 880E, BB7.9.1
Parakala, P., Mirshams, R. A., Nasrazadani, S. & Lian, K. (2003). Effects of Thickness and Indenter Geometry in Nanoindentation of Nickel Thin Films, MRS Proceedings, Vol. 795, U11.19.1.

Faculty Activities:

• Received research grants from NSF, DOD, DOE and several state agencies.
• Author of more than 50 journal articles and proceedings