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Reza Mohammadi

Reza Mohammadi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Dr. Mohammadi studies advanced functional materials, including superhard, superhydrophobic, nuclear, energy, sensing, and metallic systems.

Email: rmohammadi@vcu.edu

Areas of Expertise

Ultra-incompressible superhard materials, Superhydrophobic materials, Thin film deposition and characterization, Tearing energy of sheet metals, Metal forming and shaping, Machining

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Biography

Dr. Reza Mohammadi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where he leads the Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory. With extensive expertise in superhard and superhydrophobic materials, thin film deposition, and metal forming, Dr. Mohammadi's research centers on synthesizing ultra-incompressible hard materials and functional surface coatings for energy, nuclear, and sensing applications.

He holds several patents for superhard transition-metal boride compositions and nanocomposite films, with funding supported by the Department of Defense, the Army Research Office, Nuclear Research Council, Virginia Department of Energy and the Virginia Microelectronics Consortium. Dr. Mohammadi pairs his research achievements with active mentorship, teaching core undergraduate and graduate courses in materials science, heat transfer, mechanics of materials and continuum mechanics.

Education

Shiraz University, Iran

B.Sc.

Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

1997

University of Tehran, Iran

M.Sc.

Materials Science and Engineering

1999

University of Alberta

Ph.D.

Mechanical Engineering

2008

University of California, Los Angeles

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Materials Science and Engineering

2013