Group • Advanced Materials Laboratory • Iowa State University

Research Group

Principal Investigator
	Reza Montazami, Ph.D., FRSC Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering2094 Black Engineering (515) 294-8733 reza@iastate.edu Google Scholar LinkedIn Education Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech B.S. Physics (Astronomy Minor), Virginia Tech
*Selected Honors and Awards* – National Academy of Engineering, US-EU Frontiers of Engineering (2021) – Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2020) – Award of Excellence for use of Open Educational Resources, Iowa State University (2020) – Award for Excellence in Honors Mentoring (2018) – Big 12 Faculty Fellowship, Iowa State University (2015) – Omicron Delta Kappa (ΟΔΚ) Honor Society Award, Virginia Tech (2010) – Citizen Scholar Award, Graduate School, Virginia Tech (2008) – Best Poster Award, Biomimetic and Biomaterials Symposium, Lugano-Switzerland (2008) – Graduate Research and Development Award, Virginia Tech (2008) – Notable Accomplishment and Presentation of Research Award, American Association of Physics Teachers Conference, North Carolina (2007) – Research Experience for Undergraduates Scholarship, National Science Foundation (2006 and 2007)

Current Group Members

Nursultan Turdakyn

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan (2022)

Fatemeh Hassanpour

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering
M.S. Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, 2020
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2017

Honors and Awards

– Seward, Ratcliffe, and Galloway Foundation Mechanical Engineering Fellow (2023-2024)
– GRI fellowship, College of Engineering, Iowa State University (2023-2026)
– Graduate fellowship, Sahand University of Technology (2017-2020)
– Undergraduate fellowship, Sharif University of Technology (2013-2017)

Maedeh Ahmadipour

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2021
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, summa cum laude, Guilan University, 2019

Honors and Awards

– Seward, Ratcliffe, and Galloway Foundation Mechanical Engineering Fellow (2023-2024)
– Graduate fellowship, Amirkabir University of Technology (2019-2021)
– Undergraduate fellowship, Guilan University of Technology (2015-2019)

Hailey Negley

B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Class of 2023

Honors and Awards

– Undergraduate STEM Scholarship, Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC), 2023

Samantha Guido

B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Class of 2023

Alumni
Dr. Mehrnoosh Taghavimehr MKS	Dr. Mehran Abbasi MKS	Samantha Trimble Research Scientist	Dr. Cindu Annand Samsung
Issac Lai M.S. 2021 FoxConn	Richard Effler M.S. 2019 Boeing	Prof. Reihaneh Jamshidi ME University of Hartford	Prof. Yuanfen Chen ME Guangxi University (China)
Prof. Abdallah Almomani AeroE. Jordan University of Science and Technology	Dr. Wangyujue Hong ANSYS Inc.	Prof. Simge Cinar Mat.E. Middle East Technical University, Turkey	Prof. Handan Acar Biomedical Engr. University of Oklahoma
Mitchel Michel Instructor ABE Iowa State University	Peng Li M.S. 2017	Mingchang Lu M.S. 2016	Dr. Ruisi Zhang M.S. 2013
Recent Undergraduate Members
Olivia Bogle Mechanical Engineering	Austin Bray Mechanical Engineering	Sarah Kreutner Technical Communication Senior	Haley Hood Mechanical Engineering Senior
Xingbang Zhao Materials Engineering Senior	Zachary Rauth Mechanical Engineering Freshman, HONORS	Shelby Bicknell NSF-REU Research Assistant Pittsburg State University

Complete List of Former Group Members

Prof. Montazami’s interview @ NPR

Research Featured on FOX NEWS

Research Featured on CBS-KCCI

Selected Media