Ali Foroughi, PhD Student Room 124, Chemical & Materials Engineering Building Phone: (780) 492-8959 (Office) Email: foroughi@ualberta.ca

Education
M.S. Sharif University of Technology, Materials Science (Welding), 2006
B.S. Isfahan University of Technology, Materials Science (Metallurgy), 2004

Current Research
Nucleation and growth issues in atomic layer deposition

Research Experience
• FEM modeling of Friction Stir Welding
• Neural network modeling in welding
• Phase transformation during welding of Nickel-base superalloys
• Monte Carlo method in grain growth

Awards
• Iranzob scholarship award, 2001, 2003
• Materials Eng. department's first student award, 2001
• Isfahan U of Tech. talented students award, 2001, 2003

Publications
F. Karimzadeh, A. Ebnonnasir, A. Foroughi, Evaluation of epitaxial growth of Ti6Al4V weldment by artificial neural networks, Materials Science and Engineering A, v 432, n 1-2, 2006

Conference Presentations
A. Foroughi, A.H Kokabi, S. Serajzadeh, Modeling of friction stir welding process, Iranian National Welding Conference, Iran, Nov 2005

A. Foroughi, A.H Kokabi, S. Serajzadeh, Thermal modeling of friction stir welding, Materials science and engineering conference, Iran, May 2006