Principal Investigator
Mehdi Amiri is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at George Mason University. He joined Mason in Spring 2019 and since then he is enjoying training and mentoring the next generation of talented mechanical engineers. His research interests focus on the behavior of structural materials under operational conditions, in particular the effects of materials microstructure on performance under mechanical and environmental loadings. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 2011.
Current Ph.D. Students
Nicole M Van Nostrand
Research focus: Corrosion, fatigue, and corrosion-fatigue of structural materials
Nicole is a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Department at George Mason University. She joined the program in Summer 2025 after finishing her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at GMU. Her research is primarily focused on corrosion, fatigue, and corrosion-fatigue of structural materials in Naval and Aerospace applications.
Former Ph.D. Students
Leila Saberi, 2023
Dissertation: Corrosion of Additive Manufacturing Stainless Steel 304L
Samuel Onimpa Alfred, 2025
Dissertation: Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Nickel-based Superalloys in Harsh Environments
Undergraduate Students
Delia Melissa Urbina Tezen (2025):
• Research focus: Delia is working on the design of mechanical test specimens featuring Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) topologies with variations in relative density, cell size and graded transitions. Using nTopology software, she creates detailed models that are 3D printed and tested under tensile and compressive loading to evaluate their mechanical performance. Her research focuses on understanding how geometric design parameters influence the physical and mechanical properties of structures, with the goal of optimizing lightweight, high-strength materials for advanced engineering applications.
Ameer Alarab (2025):
• Research focus: Design, Modeling, and Testing for Crack Growth of TPMS Materials
Maximillian Christiansen (2025):
• Research focus: Finite Element Modeling of TPMS Mechanical Behavior
Sydney Clark (2025):
• Research focus: Corrosion Testing and Characterization
Former Undergraduate Students
Benjamin Diego Fuentes Brock (2022)
• Research title: In-Situ Study of Corrosion Fatigue of 3D Printed Metals
Nicholas Lanuzo (Spring 2020)
• Research title: Finite Element Modeling of the Melt Pool in Laser Additive Manufacturing
Michael Lung (Summer 2020)
• Research title: Finite Element Modeling of Fatigue and Fracture of Additively Manufactured Metals
Gerson Galinda (2019)
• Research title: Corrosion Fatigue of Aerospace Grade Aluminum Alloys: Experiment
Peter Aram
Jin Park
Edgar De La Rosa