Dr. Jafarian

  1. Sept 2008 – Nov 2011

  Doctorate of Engineering (PhD)

  Field of study: Nanostructure metals, Severe Plastic deformation, Phase transformation.

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  University of Kyoto , Japan

  Thesis title: "Martensitic transformation from ultrafine-grained metastable austenite in Fe-Ni-C alloy"

  GPA: A

  2. Sept 2005 – Feb 2008

  Master of Science (MSc)

  Field of study: Coating

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  University of Tarbiat Modares , Iran

  Thesis title: "Oxidation behaviour of aluminide coating on g -TiAl intermetallic alloy"

  GPA: 17.29 out of 20

  3. Sept 2000 – Feb 2005

  Bachelor of Engineering (BSc)

  Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  University of Tehran , Iran

  Honours thesis: "Effect of Heat treatment and thermomechanical processing on microstructure of γ-TiAl intermetallic alloys"

  Honor thesis grade: 19/20(A)

  GPA: 15.44 out of 20

  HONORS AND ACHIVEMENTS

  · Rank 2 among all of graduates of corrosion engineering in academic entrance year 2005-2006.

• Rank 1 among all of undergraduates of metallurgy engineering in academic entrance year 2000-2001.
• 100th student in MSc entrance examination in Iran from ~3000 applicants (3%)
• 1950th student in bachelor university entrance examination from ~1 Million applicants (top 0.2%).
• Representative of students in department for 1 year.
• 3rd student in college (Kamal College).
• 2nd student in high school (Kamal high school).

  English Proficiency

• IELTS score of 6.0 (writing and reading score: 6.5), September 2007.

  PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

• SEM/EBSD measurement
• Accumulative Roll Bonding (ARB) process
• Design and Set up of Pack Cementation Coating Process.
• Design and Production of TiAl intermetallic alloy.
• Manufacturing and Set up of Hot Compression.
• Design and Manufacturing of Vacuum Tube heat treatment Furnace .
• Process of Sol-gel method.

  ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Windows Softwares: Proficient in Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), good in Using Photo Editing Software Such as Photoshop, ACDSee and Imaging.
• Languages/Applications: C++
• Commercial Software: Thermo-Calc, OIM (Orientation Image mapping).

• Severe Plastic deformation (SPD) process: Such as Accumulative Roll bonding (ARB) process, Equal channel angular pressure (ECAP),….
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) machine
• Dilatometer machine
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) equipped with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) camera
• Transition electron Microscopy (TEM)
• X-ray diffraction (XRD)
• Pack cementation process: Aluminide coating by pack cementation.
• Electroplating: Ni and Cr plating.
• Hot Corrosion and Oxidation: Thermo gravimetry, weight loss
• Vacuum Melting Furnaces: Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR).
• Heat Treatment Furnaces: Vacuum Tube Furnace, Salt Bath Furnace.
• Metallography: Metallographic preparation, optical microscope.
• Mechanical Property: Tensile Test, Hot and Cold Comprehension Test, Impact Test
• Plasma Electrolytic Coating: Carburizing, Nitriding
• EG&G instrument: Impedance and corrosion test

• Inspector: Industrial and Engineering Inspection Company of Iran (IEI), Japan branch from 2008-2011 as head inspector group.
• Internship: Mega motor company from 2001-2004 (QCP of production line).
• Internship: Rolling and steel company from 2005-2006 (welding and casting of steels section).

  LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  1) H . R. Jafarian, E. Borhani, A. Shibata and N. Tsuji , ″ Variant selection of martensite transformation from ultrafine grained austenite in Fe-Ni-C alloy ″, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, accepted, 2012. [Doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.04.057]

  2) E. Borhani, H.R. Jafarian, D. Terada, H. Adachi and N. Tsuji, " Microstructural evolution during ARB process of Al-0.2wt.%Sc alloy containing Al₃Sc precipitates in starting structures ", Materials Transactions,Vol. 53, No. 1 (2012) pp. 72 - 80 . [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MD201125]

  3) A. Shibata, H. R. Jafarian and N. Tsuji, " Microstructure and Crystallographic Features of Martensite Transformed from Ultrafine-Grained Austenite in Fe-24Ni-0.3C ", Materials Transactions, Vol. 53, No. 1 (2012) pp. 81 - 86 . [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MD201125]

  4) H. R. Jafarian, E. Borhani , A. Shibata, D. Terada and N. Tsuji , ″ Martensite/austenite interfaces in ultrafine grained Fe–Ni–C alloy ″, Journal of Materials Science , 2011, Vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 4216-4220. doi: 10.1007/s10853-010-5018-y.

  5) H. Jafarian, E. Borhani, A. Shibata, D. Terada and N. Tsuji , ″ Martensitic transformation from ultrafine grained austenite fabricated by ARB in Fe-24Ni-0.3C ", Materials Science Forum , 2011, Vol. 667-669, pp. 361-366. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.667-669.361

  6) A. Shibata, H. R. Jafarian, D. Terada, and N. Tsuji, ″ Crys tallographic Features of Martensite Transformed from Ultrafine Grained Austenite Fabricated by Severe Plastic Deformation ″, Materials Science Forum , 2012, Vol. 706-709, pp. 1835 -1840. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF. 706-709.1835.667-669.36 1.

  7) E. Borhani, H. Jafarian, H. Adachi, D. Terada and N. Tsuji, " Annealing behaviour of Solution Treated and Aged Al-0.2wt% Sc Deformed by ARB ", Materials Science Forum, 2011, Vol. 667-669, pp. 211-216. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.667-669.211

  8) H.R. Jafarian , E. Saebnoori, A.R. Sabour-Rouhaghdam, T. Shahrabia, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, ″ Electrochemical Corrosion of Oxidized Gamma Titanium Aluminide in Ringer's Solution ″ , Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Winter 2009: 5(1): 45-48.

  9) H.R. Jafarian , S. Mirzamohammadi, A.R. Sabour Rouhaghdam, M. Aliofkhazraei, ″ Investigation of the microstructure and oxidation behavior of Cr-modified aluminide coatings on γ-TiAl ″, Materials Science, Vol. 47, No. 4, January, 2012, pp. 470-475. DOI: 10.1007/s11003-012-9418-9

  10) M. Aliofkhazraei , Alireza Sabour Rouhaghdam , A. Denshmaslak , H. R. Jafarian and M. Sabouri , ″ Study of bipolar pulsed nanocrystalline plasma electrolytic carbonitriding on nanostructure of compound layer for CP-Ti ″ , Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 2008, Volume 5, Number 4 , Pages 497-503 .

  11) H. Ghasemiarmaki, H.R. Jafarian, S. Heshmati-manesh and M. Nili Ahmadabadi, ″ Phase transformations and resulting microstructures in Ti-47Al-2Cr alloy ″, Journal of Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, 2008, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 1073-1080. (In Persian)

  12) S. Heshmati-manesh, M. Nili Ahmadabadi, H. Ghasemiarmaki and H.R. Jafarian, ″ Effect of initial microstructure and further thermomechanical processing on microstructural evolution in a Ti-47Al-2Cr alloy ″, Journal of Alloys and Compounds , 2007, Vol.436, pp. 200-203.

  13) H. Ghasemiarmaki, H.R. Jafarian, S. Heshmati-manesh, M. Nili Ahmadabadi, ″ Review of phase transformation in TiAl intermetallic alloys ″, Journal of Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society, 2007, Vol. 9, No. 25, pp. 50-59. (In Persian)

  1) H. R. Jafarian , E. Borhani, A. Shibata, and N. Tsuji, ″Variant selection of thermally induced martensitic transformation in ultrafine grained Fe-Ni-C alloy ″, Proceeding of International Conference on Martensitic Transformations (ICOMAT 2011), September 2011, Osaka, Japan.

  2) A. Shibata, H. R. Jafarian, D. Terada, and N. Tsuji, ″Crys tallographic Features of Martensite Transformed from Ultrafine Grained Austenite Fabricated by Severe Plastic Deformation ″, Proceeding of International Conference on processing & manufacturing of advanced materials (Thermec’ 2011), August 2011, Québec, Canada.

  3) H. R. Jafarian , E. Borhani, A. Shibata, D. Terada and N. Tsuji, ″ Martensitic transformation from ultrafine grained austenite fabricated by ARB in Fe-24Ni-0.3C ", Proceeding of International Conference on processing 5th International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation (NanoSPD5) , March 2011, Nanjing, China.

  4) E. Borhani, H.R. Jafarian, H. Adachi, D. Terada and N. Tsuji, ″ Annealing behaviour of Solution Treated and Aged Al-0.2wt%Sc deformed by ARB ", Proceeding of International Conference on processing 5th International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation (NanoSPD5) , March 2011, Nanjing, China.

  5) E. Borhani, H. R. Jafarian, H. Adachi, D. Terada, and N. Tsuji, ″ Effect of pre-aging on microstructure and mechanical property of Al-0.2wt.%Sc deformed by ARB ″, Proceeding of 12th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys (ICAA 12),September 2010, Yokohama, Japan, p.2168-2173.

  6) H. R. Jafarian , E. Borhani, H. Shibata, D. Terada, and N. Tsuji, ″ Martensite/austenite interfaces in ultrafine grained Fe–Ni–C alloy ″, Proceeding of International Conference on Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials (iib 2010),July 2010, Mie, Japan, p.94.

  7) H. R. Jafarian , Mahmood Aliofkhazraei and E. Borhani, ″Effect of surface nanocrystallization on intergranular corrosion behaviour of AA-6061 Aluminium alloy ″, Proceeding of International Conference on Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials (iib 2010),July 2010, Mie, Japan, p.109.

  8) H. R. Jafarian , E. Borhani, A. Shibata, D. Terada, and N. Tsuji, ″Transformation texture in ultrafine grained metastable austenitic steel ″, Proceeding of meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals, 2010 autumn, Hokkaido University, p.92.

  9) E. Borhani, H. R. Jafarian, H. Adachi, D. Terada, and N. Tsuji, ″ Change in microstructure and mechanical properties of Pre-Aged Al-0.2wt% Sc deformed by ARB ″, Proceeding of meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals, 2010 autumn, Hokkaido University, p.539.

  10) H. R. Jafarian , E. Borhani, D. Terada, Y. Miyajima and N. Tsuji, ″Martensitic transformation from ARB processed and annealed metastable austenite ″, Proceeding of meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals, 2009 autumn, Kyoto University, p.526.

  11) E. Borhani, H. R. Jafarian, D. Terada, Y. Miyajima and N. Tsuji, ″Effect of Pre-aging on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-0.2wt% Sc deformed by ARB ″, Proceeding of meeting the Japan Institute of Metals, 2009 autumn, Kyoto University, p. 525.

  12) H.R. Jafarian, A. Sabourrouhaghdam, S. Mirzamohammadi, “An Investigation on microstructure and oxidation behaviour of aluminide coating on TiAlCr alloy at 950 ºC ”, Proceeding of 1^st conference on rotating equipment in Oil &Power Industries.

  13) H.R. Jafarian , A. Sabourrouhaghdam, T. Shahrabi and M. Nili-Amadabadi, "A study on corrosion behavior of Ti-47Al-2Cr in Ringer's solution " Proceeding of 1^st International Congress on Biomaterials Engineering, November 2007, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, pp. 42-48.

  14) H.R. Jafarian, A.R. Sabour-Rouhaghdam, H.Ghasemiarmaki­­­­­­­­­­­, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, "A study on microstructure and oxidation behaviour of aluminized coating on Ti-47Al-2Cr ", Proceeding of Six th Asian-European International Conferen ce on Plasma Surface Engineerin g, September 2007, Nagasaki, Japan.

  15) H.R. Jafarian, A.R. Sabour-Rouhaghdam, H.Ghasemiarmaki­­­­­­­­­­­, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, " A study on microstructure and oxidation behaviour of aluminized coating modified by preliminary Ni-coated on In-738LC ", Proceeding of Sixth Asian-European Interna tional Conferen ce on Plasma Surface Engineerin g, September 2007, Nagasaki, Japan ,

  16) H.R. Jafarian, A.R. Sabour-Rouhaghdam and T. Shahrabi, “Effect of preliminarily Ni-plating on microstructure of aluminide coating on IN738 superalloy ”, Proceeding of 11^th Conference of ISME Iran, Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society, Isfahan, Iran, November 2007, pp. 29-36.

  17) H. Ghasemi, H.R. Jafarian ,S. Heshmatimanesh, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi “Investigation of formation vidmanstanten microstructure in TiAl intermetallic alloy ”, Proceeding of 7^th Conference of Surface Engineering & Heat tretment, June 2006, Isfahan university of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, , pp. 524-531.

  18) H.R. Jafarian, A. Sabour, T. Shahrabi and M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, “A Study on oxidation behavior of diffusion aluminide coating on TiAl alloy ”, Proceeding of 11^th Conference of ISME Iran, Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society, Isfahan, Iran, November 2007, pp. 22-29.

  19) H.R. Jafarian, H. Ghasemiarmaki, S. Heshmatimanesh, M. Nili-Ahmadabadi and M. Habibiparsa, “Effect of initial microstructure and thermomechanical process on grain size of Ti-47Al-2Cr ”, Proceeding of 9^th Conference of ISME Iran, Shiraz, November 2005, University, Shiraz, Iran, pp. 442-449.

  20) H. Ghasemiarmaki, H.R. Jafarian, S. heshmaimanesh and M. Nili-Ahmadabadi, "Effect of Different Cooling Rates on Microstructure of Ti-Al-Cr Alloys ”, Proceeding of 1^st International congress of aluminium industry, 7-8 Dec. 2004, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, pp. 410-421.

  Academic Referee

  1. Prof. Nobuhiro Tsuji (Supervisor)

  Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.

  Tel: +81-75-753-5462

  E-mail: nobuhiro-tsuji@mtl.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  2. Prof. Mahmoud Nili-Ahmadabadi

  School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tehran University, Iran.

  Tel: +98-21-8208-4078

  E-mail: nili@ut.ac.ir