Ramin Aghababaei obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in June 2012. His Ph.D. thesis focuses on numerical modeling of size-dependent behaviours of metallic materials and structures. In June 2013, he joined the computational solid mechanics laboratory (LSMS) at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland as a post-doctoral fellow where he started to work on several scientific projects include computational nanotribology, nanoscale heat tranfer and continuum Plasticity. September 2017, he joined as a Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Engineering Department, Aarhus University. Currently, he is the principle investigator of Surface Mechanics group at Mechanical Engineering. The primary goal of his research group is to understand the underlying mechanics and physics of failure in materials and surfaces at different scales. A wide range of computational methods ranging from discrete/atomistic to continuum/finite element are utilized. Microscopic origins of tribological phenomena such as contact, friction, and wear, inelastic responses of lightweight metallic materials, composites, and structures are of particular interest.
Kai Zhao obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2018. His Ph.D. thesis focuses on developing dislocation based models to predict plastic behavior of metallic materials. April 2018, he joined as a postdoc to the Surface Mechanics Group at Engineering Department, Aarhus University. His current project is to develop a new numerical framework to understand micromechanics of adhesive wear at smaller scales, bridging the gap between AFM experiments and macroscale wear phenomenon.
Mohammad Malekan obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil in 2018. He joined as a postdoc to the Surface Mechanics Group at Engineering Department, Aarhus University in June 2019. He does research in computational solid and fluid mechanics, composite materials, FEM and XFEM, fatigue & fracture, and fluid-structure interaction modeling. His current project deals with geometrical and material analysis of the cutting edge of milling tools.
Camilla Dalsgaard Bloch-Jensen obtained her Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aarhus University, Denmark in 2019. She joined as a research assistant to the Surface Mechanics Group at Engineering Department, Aarhus University in August 2019. The focus of her research is on microscopic imaging and analysis of failure and wear mechanisms at the cutting edge of milling tools.
