Adv. Manufacturing & Material Characterization Lab

Welcome!

Welcome to the Advanced Manufacturing and Material Characterization lab at Florida Tech. Our research interests lie in material design, 3-D printing, metal additive manufacturing, and thermomechanical characterization of novel materials for applications in aerospace and biomedical, with a particular focus on high-performance multicomponent alloys, shape memory alloys, and composites.

Lab News

August 2025

• The new article "Deep learning framework for accurate prediction of phase transformation in multicomponent shape memory alloys" Published in the journal of Computational Materials Science.

June 2025

• Hatim successfully defends his Ph.D. dissertation. 

April 2025

• The new article "Association of Shape Memory Alloys with Sustainability: A Perspective" Published in the JOM.
• Dr. Saedi was selected for the ONR Summer Faculty Research Program

December 2024

• Hatim Successfully defended his PhD proposal. 
• Jonah Covas joined the team as a new PhD student.
• New article "Fabrication of porous Ni-Ti shape memory alloy via binder jet additive manufacturing and solid-state sintering" was published in Journal of Materials Today Communication.

November 2024

• The new article "Next-generation multicomponent SMAs: leveraging HEA empirical parameters" has been published in the Journal of Scripta Materialia.
• The new article "Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Aqueous Corrosion Properties of AlCoCrNiFe High Entropy Alloy" published in journal of Corrosion and Materials Degradation. 

August 2024

• Milad Hemmati Joins our team as a new Ph.D student. 
• Our lab has moved to OEC 115 and OEC 109 as of August 2024.

June 2024

• Dr. Saghaian received a Gordon L. Nelson Health Sciences Research Innovation Internal Grant.

May 2024

• Experimental Analysis of Ultra-High Strength NiTiHfPd Shape Memory Alloys was published in the Journal Material Engineering and Performance.

March 2024

• New article, "A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Austenite Finish Temperature in Quaternary NiTiHfPd SMAs"
• Our teams attends TMS 2024 in Orlando and Hatim presents "High Entropy NiTiHfZrCu SMAs, Microstructure, Transformation, and Mechanical Response". 

January 2024

• Laser powder bed fusion additively manufactured thin lightweight Ti6Al4V features: an experimental investigation on the influence of powder feedstock, geometry, was published in the  International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

September 2023

• Energy Damping in Shape Memory Alloys: A Review was published in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

July 2023

• Enhanced elasticity in magnesium nanoparticle-reinforced acrylic elastomer was published in the Journal of Polymer Engineering and Science.

June 2023

• Load-induced local phase transformation and modulus of shape memory alloys under spherical indentation by finite element method were published in the Journal of Material Engineering Research.

March 2023

• Modeling the Pseudoelastic Design Space of NiTi Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion was published in the Journal of Additive Manufacturing.

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Contact

150 W. University Blvd
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL, 32901
Lab: 115 & 109 OEC
Office: 217 & 218 OEC
Phone: (321) 674-8490