Advanced Hierarchical Materials by Design Lab

Dr. Kasra Momeni

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

University of Alabama

Education

Postdoc — Materials Research Institute - The Pennsylvania State University (2016)

Ph.D./Postdoc — Aerospace Engineering - Iowa State University (2015)

M.Sc. — Mechanical Engineering - Sharif University of Technology (2008)

B.Sc. — Mechanical Engineering - KNT University of Technology (2006)

Kasra Momeni
e-mail: kmomeni@ua.edu
Tel: (205) 348-1079
CV

Background

Dr. Momeni’s expertise lies in Multiscale Mechanics, Materials Science, and the Materials Genome approach, with a particular emphasis on understanding how interfaces and microstructures influence material stability and properties. His research integrates computational modeling, experimental validation, and theoretical frameworks to drive the design of advanced materials and manufacturing processes, with the goal of reducing both development cost and time-to-market. A core aspect of his work is the development of empirically validated theoretical and numerical tools to better understand multiscale material behavior. Dr. Momeni’s research spans low-dimensional materials, additive manufacturing, functional materials, and materials subjected to extreme environments.

Research Interests

  • Accelerating Materials Innovation
  • Synergistic Interaction among Computation, Experiment, and Theory
  • Hierarchical Materials by Design
  • Materials Genomics
  • Multi-scale/physics Modeling
  • Materials in Extreme Environments
  • Materials for Energy Applications
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Low-Dimensional Materials
  • Materials for Water Purification
  • Phase Transforming and Smart Materials
  • High Performance Computing

News

  • Dr. Momeni has been elected as Editor-in-Chief of Materials: Design, Synthesis and Processing .
  • Dr. Momeni has been elected as the board member of prestigious journal of npj Computational Materails.
  • Dr. Momeni received NSF-PFI Award 2024 with a net amount of $550,000.

    • Grants

    • "PFI-TT: Developing a Multipurpose Container for Large-Scale Production of 2D Materials," NSF-PFI, PI: Kasra Momeni, $549,949 for 2 years (8/2024-8/2026)
    • "Studying the Effect of Multiple Layers of Laser Peening on the Mechanical Property Enhancement of Superalloy Waspaloy Using Transmission Electron Microscopy," ONR/Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $78,069 (share: $23,420.7) for 1 year (8/2024-7/2025)
    • "CVD Growth Kinetics of WSe2 and the Effects of Substrate Grain Boundaries," 2DCC-RSVP, PI: Kasra Momeni, $3,500 for 3 months (5/2025-8/2025)
    • "Data-driven Materials Design for Point-of-Need Manufacturing," ASM Materials Education Foundation, PI: Kasra Momeni, $310,408 for three year (11/2021-11/2024)
    • "CAREER: Hybrid Data-driven Synthesis by Design of Atomically Thin Quantum Materials," NSF-CAREER, PI: Kasra Momeni, $509.509 for five year (9/2020-8/2025)
    • "Multimetallic Layered Composites (MMLCs) with Self-Generated Intermetallics for Safer and Economical Advanced Reactor Deployment," DoE-ARPA-E, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $1,873,248 (share $390,495) for three year (5/2019-4/2022)
    • "Informatics Enabled Materials Discovery and Additive Manufacturing (IE-MDAM)," NSF, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $20,000,000 (share $285,305) for three year (5/2019-4/2022)
    • "Integrated Computational and Experimental Optimization of Materials and Methods for In Space Manufacturing (ISM) of Lightweight Metal Alloys," NASA, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $1,450,000 (share $420,000) for three year (5/2019-4/2022)
    • "Designing an advanced versatile crucible for growing wafer size 2D metals," NSF, PI: Kasra Momeni, $57,410 for one year (12/2019-12/2020)
    • "Integrated Computational Materials Design for Laser-based Additive Manufacturing of Alloys," ASM Materials Education Foundation, PI: Kasra Momeni, $218,427 for three year (11/2018-11/2021)
    • "New Aluminum Alloys for In-Space Manufacturing: A Computational Approach," NSF-CIMM, PI: Kasra Momeni, $10,000 for one year (1/2020-12/2020)
    • "A microstructure-informed continuum model for fatigue life prediction in printed aluminum parts," NSF-CIMM, PI: Kasra Momeni, $10,000 for one year (1/2020-12/2020)
    • "A Phase-Field Model of Plastic Deformation for Multiscale Metal Forming Processes," NSF-CIMM, PI: Kasra Momeni, $10,000 for one year (1/2018-1/2019)
    • "PASCO Comprehensive Materials Testing System," LaTech-COES, PI: Kasra Momeni, $16,000 for three month (1/2018-3/2018)
    • "An Advanced Phase-Field Model of Microcrack Initiation for Alloys in Aerospace Applications using Direct Experimentation," LaSACE REA, PI: Kasra Momeni, $62,589 for one year (7/1/2017-8/31/2018)
    • "Engineering Multifunctional Materials: Defects, Functionalization, and Microstructure," LONI, PI: Kasra Momeni, $127,049 for one year (4/1/17-4/1/18)
    • "Modeling Growth Morphology of h-BN Using a Multiscale Approach," ATOMIC, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $20,000 for one year (1/1/17-12/31/17)
    • "Multiscale Modeling of Multifunctional Materials: Theory and Code Development," XSEDE, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $32,204 for one year (3/15/17-3/14/18)
    • "Multiphysics Model and Application Development for Controlled 2D Materials Growth," NSF-MIP, PI: Kasra Momeni, $18,078 for 1 year, (1/2017-1/2018)
    • "An advanced phase-field approach to engineering laser-based 3D metal printing: effect of mechanics and interfaces," NSF-CIMM, PI: Kasra Momeni, $10,000 for 1 year, (1/2017-1/2018)
    • "CFA-16-10667: A Coupled Experimental and Simulation Approach to Investigate the Impact of Grain Growth, Amorphization, and Grain Subdivision in Accident Tolerant U3Si2 Light Water Reactor Fuel," DOE-NEUP, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $800,000 for 3 years (8/2016-7/2019)
    • "A Multi-scale/Multi-physics Tool for Predicting Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation in Aircraft Structural Components using Coupled FEM Phase Field Approach," STTR, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $160,000 for 13 month (1/2016-2/2017)
    • "Developing a 3D Microstructure Reconstruction Capability in the Materials Computation Center," PennState Seed Funding, co-PI: Kasra Momeni, $12,000 for 4 month (11/2015-2/2016)
    • "New Low-dimensional Multifunctional Materials: Defect Engineering and Functionalization," LONI, PI: Kasra Momeni, $18,150 for a year (10/01/2016-10/01/2017)

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