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Dr. Nima Rahbar

Nima Rahbar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 2008
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, 2003
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 1998

Contact Information:

E-Mail: nrahbar@umassd.edu
Phone: 508.999.8467
Fax: 508.999.8964
Office: Modular 1, Room 1

Biography:

Dr. Nima Rahbar received his B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 1998. He earned his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 2003 from Northeastern University and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 2008. His doctoral dissertation was mainly focused on bioinspired design of functionally graded dental multilayers and interfacial fracture and adhesion in multilayered biomedical systems. Prior to joining the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMASS Dartmouth, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University.

Areas Of Interest:

Adhesion
Bioinspired Materials
Computational Mechanics
Eco-friendly Materials
Functionally Graded Materials
Interfacial Fracture Mechanics
Material Design
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Structural Mechanics
Toughening Mechanisms

Selected Publications:

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

9. Nui X., Rahbar N., Farias S., Soboyejo W.O. "Bio-inspired design of dental multilayers: experiments and model." Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, (in press).

8. Fasasi A.Y., Mwenifumboo S., Rahbar N., Chen J., Li M., Beye A.C., Soboyejo W.O. (2009) "Nanosecond UV laser Processed Microgrooves on Ti6Al4V for Biomedical Applications." Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 29, Issue 1, 5-13.

7. Rahbar N., Wolf K., Orana A., Fennimore R., Zong Z., Meng J. and Soboyejo W.O. (2008) "Adhesion and Interfacial Fracture Toughness between Hard and Soft Materials." Journal of Applied Physics, 104, 103533.

6. Wolf K., Zong Z., Juan M., Rahbar N., Orana A., Soboyejo W.O. (2008) ”An Investigation of Adhesion in Drug Eluting Stents.” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, Vol. 87A, 1, 272-281.

5. Rahbar N., Yang Y., Soboyejo W.O. (2008) "Mixed Mode Fracture of Dental Interfaces." Materials Science and Engineering A 488, 381-388.

4. Huang M., Rahbar N., Wang R., Thompson V., Rekow D., Soboyejo W.O. (2007) "Bioinspired Design of Dental Multilayers." Materials Science and Engineering A 464, 315-320.

3. Zong Z., Cao Y., Rahbar N., Soboyejo W.O. (2006) "Nano and Microscale Adhesion Energy Measurement for Au-Au Contacts in Microswitch Structures." Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 104313.

2. Alshawabkeh A.N., Rahbar N. (2006) "Parametric Study of One-Dimensional Solute Transport in Deformable Porous Media." ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 132(8), 1001-1010.

1. Alshawabkeh A.N., Rahbar N., Sheahan T. (2005) "A Model for Contaminant Mass Flux in Capped Sediment under Consolidation." Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 78, 147-165.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS:

12. Rahbar Nima, Soboyejo Wole (2009) "Bioinspired Design of Dental Structures.", The Joint ASCE/ASME/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials , Blacksburg, VA.

11. Tong Tiffany, Ming Juan, Rahbar Nima, Admassie Shimelis, Babatope Babaniyi and Soboyejo Wole (2008) ”Adhesion in Organic Electronic Structures.” Materials Research Society, Fall 2008, Boston, MA.

10. Rahbar N., Wolf K., Orana A., Fennimore R., Zong Z., Meng J., Papandreou G., Maryanoff C., Soboyejo W.O. (2008) "Adhesion and Interfacial Fracture Toughness between Hard and Soft Materials." Materials Research Society, Fall meeting, Boston, MA.

9. Nui Xinrui, Rahbar Nima, Du Jing, Farias Stephen, Soboyejo Wole (2008) "Bioinspired Design of Functionally Graded Dental Multilayers:Experiments and Models.", Materials Research Society, Fall meeting, Boston, MA.

8. Jorjani M., Wheeler G., Riccardelli C., Rahbar N., Soboyejo W.O. (2008) "An Evaluation of Adhesives Used in Marble Repair", The AIC 36th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

7. Jorjani M., Wheeler G., Riccardelli C., Rahbar N., Soboyejo W.O. (2008) "An Evaluation of Adhesives Used in Marble Repair", Holding it all together; ancient and modern approaches to joining, repair and consolidation, The British Museum, London, UK.

6. Rahbar N., Huang M., Farias S., Akogwu O., Soboyejo W.O. (2008) "Bioinspired Design of Functionally Graded Dental Multilayers: Experiments", TMS Annual meeting, Orlando, FL.

5. Yang Y., Yao N., Rahbar N., Soboyejo W.O. (2007) "Fatigue of Nanostructured Ni MEMS Thin Films", Materials Research Society, Fall meeting, Boston, MA.

4. Rahbar N., Huang M., Farias S., Akogwu O., Soboyejo W.O. (2006) "Bioinspired Design of Functionally Graded Dental Multilayers", Materials Research Society, Fall meeting, Boston, MA.

3. Alshawabkeh, A.N., Rahbar, N., Sheahan, T., Tang, G. (2004) "Volume Change Effects on Solute Transport in Soils under Consolidation," ASCE, GI, Geotechnical Practical Publication, Advances in Geotechnical Engineering with Emphasis on Dams, Highway Materials, and Soil Improvement, pp. 105-115.

2. Rahbar, N., Alshawabkeh, A.N. (2003) "Effect of Consolidation on 1D Contaminant Diffusion in Clay", 8th Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Specialty Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, June 03, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

1. Rahbar, N., Alshawabkeh, A.N. (2002) "Effect of Consolidation on Advective-Diffusive Contaminant Transport in Deformable Porous Media", Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Research Symposium, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.

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