Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei

• Phone: (919) 513-2674
• Email: arabiei@ncsu.edu
• Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3250

Education

1997 – Ph.D. The University of Tokyo, Japan
1986 – B. S. Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Industrial Course Work

1991 – Welding Engineering & Welding Technology, IHI Corporation of Japan
1990 – Ultrasonic Inspection, Iranian Center for Non-Destructive Testing

Short Bio

Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei received her Ph.D. in 1997 at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at The University of Tokyo, Japan. She dealt with advanced materials within the area of mechanics and non-destructive evaluation of metal matrix composites. Immediately after receiving her doctoral degree, she worked at Harvard University as a Post Doctoral Researcher until 2000. Before that, she gained overeight8 years of industrial experience in the field of materials science & processing techniques, including casting, welding, and non-destructive testing. She received her BS in 1986 from the Department of Metallurgy & Material Science at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. Additionally, she is fluent in English, Japanese, and Persian. More information on Dr. Rabiei’s publications can be found by clicking on the link.

Professional Experience

Aug. 2013 – present
Professor at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, North Carolina State University.
July 2007 – Aug. 2013
Associate Professor at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, North Carolina State University.
Aug. 2000 – July 2007
Assistant Professor at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, North Carolina State University.
May. 2003 – present
Associate Faculty at the BioMedical Engineering Department, North Carolina State University.
Oct. 2002 – Jan. 2003
Consulting Senior Scientist, Spire Biomedical, Bedford, MA, on bio-materials processing and surface modification of materials for biomedical applications.
Jan. 2002 – Jul. 2002
Visiting Professor at the Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
1999 – 2000
Consulting Scientist, Nortel Networks, Wilmington, MA, on reliability and materials issues for electronic product packaging and MEMS.
Nov. 1997 – 2000
Post Doc fellow, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1994 – 1997
Research Assistant, Advanced Materials Lab, Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo

1986 – 1994

Companies affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Heavy Industries, Tehran – Iran

1992-1994: Industrial Consultant for designing and establishing a research center for the “Alloy Steel Project,” National Steel Company
1990-1994: Head of Materials & Metallurgy group in the Design & Engineering Department, AZARAB Industries. Materials selection, welding procedures, and Non-Destructive testing for boilers and pressure vessels.
1988-1990: Engineer, Melting and Casting Department Shahid Bahonar Copper Industries (SBCI.)
1987-1988: Research Engineer, R&D, Heavy Equipment Production Company (HEPCO)
1986-l987: Research Engineer, Metallurgical group, Iranian Center for Industrial Research and Development

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

2023 National Academy of Inventors Senior Member
2023 NCSU Provost’s Faculty
2022 NC State University Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award& Engineering Department, AZARAB Industries. Materials selection, welding procedures, and Non-Destructive testing for boilers and pressure vessels.
2022 inducted into the NC State University Research Leadership Academy (RLA). Advisory board member of Advanced Engineering Materials journal, November 2021.
26 March 2021, Advanced Engineering Materials selected Rabiei as one of the most dedicated and enthusiastic scientists in the materials science disciplines and highlighted her article “A Study on Puncture Resistance of Composite Metal Foam Core Sandwich panels” as most influential research at the highest quality standards.
Fellow in the 2020-2022 cohort of the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) Program, 2020.
ALCOA Foundation award for outstanding teaching, research and service, April 2019.
Top 3 finalists of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology’s (AIST) 2018 T.C. Graham Prize, an international award meant to encourage development of new and innovative uses for steel.
Pioneer in Technology award, Society for brain mapping and therapeutics, April 2017
TOP 20 most DOWNLOADED ARTICLE 2017-2018 in Advanced Engineering Materials, by Wiley.
2017, Development and Improvement of Lightweight Metal Foams, presented at the US Congress at NSF Congress Day
March 15, 2017 “An Introduction to the Novel Composite Metal Foam Materials” Disrupter Series: Advanced Materials and Production, Subcommittees, U.S. Congress: Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection (115th Congress)
2013 Chair of the Organizing Committee of 8^th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams, and member of steering committee of all Metfoam conferences since then.
NCSU Chancellor’s Innovation Award, 2012
2012 Fellow Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics (SBMT) and 2017 till now, board member of the society
Recipient of thanks a teacher of 2011-2012 and 2017-2018 office of faculty development
2003- National Science Foundation (NSF)-CAREER award
2002 Listed in Who’s Who in Engineering Education (WWEE)
1995- Excellent Poster Award, international symposia on advanced materials and technology for the 21st century, in cooperation with TMS, cosponsored by ASM, KIM, ISIJ and MMIJ, Hawaii 1995.
1994- Full Scholarship for a PhD program from 1994 to 1997 through the Japanese Ministry of Higher Education (MONBUSHO).