Seifollah Nasrazadani

Engineering Technology
University of North Texas
Denton TX 76203
Phone (940) 565-4052

Education

Year Degree Major Institution
1990 Ph.D. Engineering Science Louisiana State University
1984 M.S. Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University
1982 B.S. Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University

Professional Experience

Beginning Date-
Ending Date		 Position Organization Location
8/01 - Present Associate Professor Department of Engineering Technology
University of North Texas		 Denton, TX
12/00 - 8/01 Research Scientist Materials Science Department
University of North Texas		 Denton, TX
03/99 - 11/00 Associate Professor Materials Science Department
Isfahan University of Technology		 Isfahan, Iran
5/99 - 9/99 Visiting Assist. Prof. Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Arkansas		 Fayetteville, AR
9/94 - 3/99 Assistant Professor Materials Engineering
Isfahan University of Technology		 Isfahan, Iran
8/90 - 9/94 Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering
University of Arkansas		 Fayetteville, AR

Professional Activities

Membership in Professional Organizations

  • American Society for Engineering Educators (ASEE)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)
  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Offices and Committee Assignments in Professional Organizations

  • Faculty advisor for ASME student chapter (August 2001- present)
  • Faculty advisor for ASHRAE student chapter currently under development (August 2001-present)
  • Secretary of T-3R committee of NACE on "Atmospheric Corrosion" (1992-1994)
  • President of student chapter of NACE at Mechanical Engineering Department of Louisiana State University during (1988-1990)
  • Treasurer of Iranian Society of Surface Science & Technology, Isfahan, Iran, (1998-2000)

Additional Responsibilities and other Activities

  • Director of Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Nuclear division, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, August 2001- present
  • Research Scientist in charge of development of Thermal Dissorption Mass Spectrometer, Materials Science Department, University of North Texas, December 2000-August 2001
  • Research Scientist in charge of development of UHV system for testing Field Emission Arrays in Materials Science Department, University of North Texas, December 2000- August 2001
  • Director of International and Scientific Cooperation Office, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan-Iran during 1998-2000
  • Member of R&D committee at Khozestan Steel Complex, Ahwaz, Iran during 1999-2000
  • Founder of X-ray Diffraction Laboratory in Materials Engineering Department at Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 1999

Consulting

  • United Copper Industries (0)- Made recommendations on modifying their processing line to prevent damage in their product- December 2001
  • Superior Industries ($5000.00) - Failure Analysis of steel pin- 1993
  • Tyson Foods ($2000.00)- Failure Analysis of Butterfly Valves- 1994
  • Many cases involved citizens and law firms in Fayetteville, AR-1990-1994

Areas of Expertise

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Science (materials characterization, thin film deposition and characterization)
  • Corrosion Science and Engineering
  • Failure Analysis and Electron Microscopy

University Committees and Councils

  • Graduate Council (September 2002 - present)
  • Service Learning Committee (January 2002 - present)

Department Committees and Councils

  • Research Initiation Committee (chairman), August 2001 - present
  • Executive Committee (member), August 2001 - present
  • Recruitment and Retention Committee (member), August 2001 - present
  • Curriculum Committee (member), August 2001 - present
  • Assessment Committee (member), August 2001 - present

Grants and Contracts

Agency Title Type Amount Status PI/Co-PI
TXU Analysis and Characterization of Corrosion Products of Steam Generators and Feed Water Systems of CPSES
(Jan. 2003 to December 2003)		 Research $20K Funded PI
TXU Analysis and Characterization of Corrosion Products of Steam Generators and Feed Water Systems of CPSES
(April 2002 to December 2002)		 Research $90K Funded PI
ASHRAE Design and Development of Modules used in Thermalfluid Sciences Laboratory Course
(June 2002 to May 2003)		 Education $5K Funded PI
UNT EDS/XRF purchase
(June 2002)		 Equipment $35K Funded PI
CMI Plastics Upgrade of Thermoforming Unit
(August 2002)		 Equipment $10K Funded CO-PI
ASHRAE Chapter Support 2002
(April 2002)		 Training $750.0 Funded PI
UNT Faculty Support 2001
(April 2002)		 Travel $500.0 Funded PI
ALCATEL Acquisition of Used Laboratory Equipment
(September 2002)		 Donation $150K Recieved n/a
TRANE Acquisition of a New Heat Pump
(April 2002)		 Donation $6K Received n/a
Welch Fund Interaction of Phosphoric, Tannic acids, and a Commercial Surfacant on Iron Oxides and Iron
Hydroxides
(2002)		 Research $150K Not Funded PI
NSF Combined Research and Curriculum development in Materials Engineering and Nanoscale
Science and Engineering
(2002)		 Research $500K Not Funded CO-PI
UNT Development of Thermal Science Laboratory and its Laboratory Manual
(2002)		 Instructional $11.5K Not Funded PI
NSF Acquisition of a Double Crystal X-ray Diffractometer for Materials Research and Instruction
(2002)		 Equipment $150K Not Funded CO-PI
Air Force Biological Decontamination for Forwarddeployed Airbase Using Low Temperature Air Plasmas
(2002)		 Research $85K In Review CO-PI
DARPA Micro Scale Deformation Modeling Thin Films for Integration in the Design of Micro Systems
(2001)		 Research $362K Not Funded CO-PI
MSC Failure Analysis of a Hydro-coupling system
(1999-2000)		 Research $16K Funded PI
IUT Deposition of Diamond Films on Si and WC-CO substrates Using Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition (HFCVD)
(1999-2000)		 Research $2.5K Funded PI
MSC Study of Formability of Low C Steel Sheet
(1997-1999)		 Research $31K Funded CO-PI
ASHRAE Laboratory Evaluation of Ozone as a Scale Inhibitor for Use in Cooling Systems
(1993-1994)		 Research $60K Funded PI
ASTA Rust Transformer Development
(1991-1992)		 Research $47.7K Funded PI

Graduate Students Advised

  1. Haritha Namduri, PhD student: "Effect of Pb absorption on SCC of Alloy 600" (currently underway)
  2. Haritha Namduri, MS student: "Characterization of Corrosion Products from CP Power Station", Master Thesis (2003). University of North Texas, Denton Texas.
  3. Parasanna Vamuri, MS student, "Deposition of cBN on WC-CO and Silicon wafers using e-beam evaporation method" Master Thesis (2004). University of North Texas, Denton Texas.
  4. Thang Nuygent, MS student (non thesis)
  5. Jorge Diaz, MS student "Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibitors Used in Power Industry" (currently underway)
  6. Sunitha Vegerla, MS student, (non thesis)
  7. Mozhgan Gholami, "Inhibitor Evaluation Using Electrochemical Methods for Chemicals Used in Power Industry", Master Thesis (2001), Isfahan University of Technology , Isfahan, Iran.
  8. Hamid Salimi, "Diamond Thin Film Formation Using Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition on WC-CO Inserts", Master Thesis (1999), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
  9. Kivan Raeissi, "Development of Four Slurry Coatings for Protection of Alloy Steels", Master Thesis (1999), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
  10. Mohammad Khosravy, "Formation and Characterization of Thin Films of Magnetite on Steels", Master Thesis (1999), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
  11. Farzaneh Zandi, "Hot Deformation Evaluation of Ti-Nb Alloy Steel", Master Thesis (1999), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
  12. Mahmoud Taher, "Application of Diamond Thin Films for Tooling", Master Thesis (1995), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
  13. Tah Jin Chao, "Laboratory Evaluation of Ozone as a Scale Inhibitor for Use in Open Recalculating Cooling Systems", Master Thesis (1994), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
  14. Lewis Scott Carrol, "Effect of Phosphoric-Tannic Acids on Rust Transformation and Rusting Kinetics of a Low Carbon Steel", Master's Thesis (1993), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Publications and Creative Activities

In the field of Engineering Technology, the most valued categories of publications are peer reviewed journal papers and published proceedings, which are considered to be of equal value.