معرفی
Niaz Abdolrahim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester's Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and Staff Scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. She specializes in computational materials science with expertise spanning solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, and multiscale modeling of nanoscale metallic composites and thin films.
Her research investigates interface structure, interface-defect interactions, and mechanical properties of advanced materials using molecular dynamics, finite element methods, and Monte Carlo simulations. She focuses on predictive modeling of material behavior across atomic to continuum scales.
Abdolrahim completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University (2013) and postdoctoral research at MIT. Recent publications emphasize machine learning applications for materials characterization, radiation damage mechanisms, and nanoporous material design.
- James Clerk Maxwell Young Writers Prize (2013)
- Henry DeWitt Smith Scholarship, Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
As guest editor for the Journal of Nanomaterials and Gordon Research Conference discussion leader, she advances materials research communities. Outreach includes nanotechnology workshops for high school students.
