Dr. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams
Assistant Professor of Metallurgical Engineering
Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Qom University of Technology
📌 Qom, Iran│ ✉ Shams@qut.ac.ir│☎ +98 (25) 36169000
🌐 https://scimet.qut.ac.ir/SeyedAmirarsalan_Shams
1. EDUCATION
ü Ph.D.: Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) (2012-2018), Tehran, Iran. Research project: The Effect of Thermo-Mechanical Processing on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-1100. Advisor: Prof. Shamsoddin Mirdamadi.
ü M.Sc.: University of Tehran (2010-2012), Tehran, Iran.
Research project: Investigation of NiTi-based thin film crystallization by electrical resistivity method. Advisor: Prof. Mahmoud Nili-Ahmadabadi
ü B.Sc.: Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) (2005-2010), Tehran, Iran
Research project: Investigation of Microstructural Thermal Stability of IC-221M Alloy. Advisor: Prof. Mansour Soltanieh
2. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
ü Assistant Professor | Qom University of Technology, Qom, Iran
2026 Feb until now
ü Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), Pohang University of Science and technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
2018 Nov.-2022 Aug.
3. RESEARCH INTERESTS
ü Thermomechanical Processing
ü Phase transformation, mechanical properties and Fatigue behavior
ü Steels, Titanium and High Entropy Alloys
4. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ü Undergraduate Courses
· Physical metallurgy
· Electrochemistry and corrosion
· Hydrometallurgy
· English in Material Science
5. GRADUATE ADVISING & SUPERVISION
ü Ph.D. Dissertation advisor: 1 completed
ü Master’s Theses advisor: 2 completed
6.PUBLICATIONS
1. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Shamsoddin Mirdamadi, Seyed Mahdi Abbasi, Daehwan Kim, and Chong Soo Lee, “Mechanism of Martensitic to Equiaxed Microstructure Evolution during Hot Deformation of a Near Alpha Ti Alloy”, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, 2017, vol. 48, pp. 2979–92.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-017-4065-2
2. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Shamsoddin Mirdamadi, Seyed Mahdi Abbasi, Yongmoon Lee, and Chong Soo Lee, “Coarsening Kinetics of Primary Alpha in a Near Alpha Titanium Alloy”, Journal of Alloys and Compound, 2018, vol. 735, pp. 1769–77.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.296
3. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, G. Jang, J.W. Won, J.W. Bae, H. Jin, H.S. Kim, and C.S. Lee, “Low-cycle fatigue properties of CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy compared with its conventional counterparts”, Material Science and Engineering A, 792, 2020, 139661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139661
4. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Geonhyeong Kim , J.W. Won, J.N. Kim, H.S. Kim, and C.S. Lee, “Effect of grain size on the low-cycle fatigue behavior of carbon-containing high-entropy alloys” Material Science and Engineering A, 810, 2021, 140985.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.140985
5. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, J.W. Bae, J. N. Kim, H.S. Kim, Taekyung Lee, and C.S. Lee, “The origin of superior low-cycle fatigue life of an interstitial metastable high-entropy alloy”, Journal of Material Science &Technology, 2022, vol. 115, pp. 115-128.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.10.010
6. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Gyeonghyeon Jang, Jae Wung Bae, Auezhan Amanov, Hyoung Seop Kim, Taekyung Lee, and Chong Soo Lee, “Low-cycle fatigue behavior and surface treatment of a twinning-induced plasticity high-entropy alloy”, Material Science and Engineering A, 853, 2022, 143724.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.143724
7. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Geonhyeong Kim, Chong Soo Lee, Hyoung Seop Kim, Hamid Reza Jafarian, “The astonishing effect of Si addition on low-cycle fatigue life in a metastable high-entropy alloy”, Material Science and Engineering A, 2023, Page 144985.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.144985
8. Kyung-Min Noh, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Wooyeol Kim, Jae Nam Kim, and Chong Soo Lee, “Influence of microstructure on low-cycle and extremely-low-cycle fatigue resistance of low-carbon steels”, Metals and Materials International, 27, 2020, 3862-3874.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-020-00819-1
9. Geonhyeong Kim, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Jong Woo Won, Seong Woo Choi, Jae Keun Hong, Chong Soo Lee, “Enhancing low-cycle fatigue life of commercially-pure Ti by deformation at cryogenic temperature”, Material Science and Engineering A, 803, 2021, 140698.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140698
10. H. R. Jafarian, M. M. Mahdavian, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, A. R. Eivani, “Microstructure analysis and observation of peculiar mechanical properties of Al/Cu/Zn/Ni multi-layered composite produced by Accumulative-Roll-Bonding (ARB)” Material Science and Engineering A, 805, 2021, 140556.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140556
11. Hamed Roghani, Ehsan Borhani, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Chong Soo Lee, Hamid Reza Jafarian, “On the Microstructure, Texture and Mechanical Properties Through Heat Treatment in Al-CuO Nanocomposite Fabricated by Accumulative Roll Bonding (ARB)”, Material Science and Engineering A, 828, 2021, 142080
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.142080
12. Hamed Roghani, Ehsan Borhani, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Chong Soo Lee, Hamid Reza Jafarian, “Effect of Concurrent Accumulative Roll Bonding (ARB) Process and Various Heat Treatment on the Microstructure, Texture and Mechanical Properties of AA1050 Sheets”, Journal of Material Research and Technology, 18, 2022, 1295-1306.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.03.001
13. Ahad Rezaee, Mostafa Ketabchi, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Hamid Reza Jafarian, “On the microstructure and mechanical behaviour of the Cr2Fe2NiCo0.67Cu0.67Ti0.33 alloy during homogenization”, Material Science and Technology, 2022, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02670836.2022.2080327
14. Hamed Shahmir, Mohammad Sajad Mehranpour, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Terence G. Langdon, “Grain size tailoring to control strain hardening and improve the mechanical properties of a CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy” High Entropy Alloys & Materials, 2022, 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44210-022-00003-7
15. Ahad Rezaee, Mostafa Ketabchi, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Hamid Reza Jafarian, Chong Soo Lee, “Characteristics of the Cold-Rolled Multi-Phase Cr30Fe30Ni15Co10Cu10Ti5 High-Entropy Alloy” , Metals and Materials International, Vol.29, Issue 5, 2022, Pages 1366-1381.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-022-01296-4
16. Geonhyeong Kim, Taekyung Lee, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Jae Nam Kim, Seong Woo Choi, Jae Keun Hong, Chong Soo Lee, “Heterogeneous-structured Ti-6Al-4V with enhanced mechanical properties in monotonic and cyclic deformation modes” Journal of Material Research and Technology, Volume 22, January–February 2023, Pages 181-191.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.11.084
17. Hamed Shahmir, Mohammad Sajad Mehranpour, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Terence G. Langdon, “Twenty years of the CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy: Achieving exceptional mechanical properties through microstructure engineering”, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Volume 23, March–April 2023, Pages 3362-3423.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.01.181
18. Ali Mirzavand Borujeni, Hamed Shahmir, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Mohammad Moallemi, Chong Soo Lee, “Superior strength and ductility in a C-containing CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy with heterogeneous microstructure”, Material Science and Engineering A, 2024, Volume 898, 146397.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.146397
19. Hamed Shahmir, Parham Saeedpour, Mohammad Sajad Mehranpour, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Chong Soo Lee, “Hetero-Deformation Induced Hardening in a CoCrFeNiMn High-Entropy Alloy”, Crystals, Volume 13, Issue 5, 2023, Page 844.
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13050844
20. Hamed Shahmir, Parham Saeedpour, Mohammad Sajad Mehranpour, Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Chong Soo Lee, “Low cycle fatigue properties of CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy with heterogeneous microstructure”, Material Science and Engineering A, 2024, Volume 912, 147004.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2024.147004
7. Conference presentations
1. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, G. Jang, J.W. Won, H.S. Kim, and C.S. Lee, “Study on Low cycle fatigue behavior of CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy”, 33rd Conference on Advanced Structural Materials, Busan, Korea, September 26-27, 2019
2. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Shamsoddin Mirdamadi, Seyed Mahdi Abbasi, The effect of initial beta grain size on tensile properties of Ti-1100, 6th conference of Gas turbines, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, 2018
3. Seyed Amir Arsalan Shams, Shamsoddin Mirdamadi, Seyed Mahdi Abbasi, Coarsening Kinetics of alpha phase in Ti-1100, 5th conference of Gas turbines, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, 2016.
8. LANGUAGES
ü Persian (Native/Fluent), English (Fluent), Korean (Reading knowledge).
9. SKILLS
ü Operating Gleeble-3500 thermomechanical simulator machine for hot deformation.
ü Operating Instron machines for fatigue (8801) and tensile tests (3382).
ü Operating FEI-FIB/Quanta 3D-FEG and JEOL FE-SEM 7900 equipped with EDS and EBSD.
ü Operating Bruker D8 XRD machine and evaluating its result.
ü Operating Hydrogen Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy to measure hydrogen content.
ü Operating TG-DSC/DTA (STA-449c/Jupiter)
ü Evaluating the result of Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF), hot compression and tensile tests.
ü Fracture surface study of tensile and fatigue specimens.
ü Metallography of steels, titanium, aluminum and high entropy alloys.
ü Evaluating the thermomechanical response (Rolling and Forging) of Ti alloys.
ü Furnace Brazing
ü TSL-OIM-EBSD data processing software
ü Gatan-TEM data processing software
ü Catia and Solid works
ü Deform-3D
ü Xpert High score and Eva-Bruker
ü Adobe Photoshop
ü Microsoft Office
ü Image analyzer programs