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Paria Karimi
Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Paria Karimi, Ph.D.

Contact Info

513-497-9676
Hughes Hall, 318

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University West, Sweden, 2016 – 2020
  • M.Sc., Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University West, Sweden, 2015 – 2016
  • M.Sc., Production Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 2009 – 2011
  • B.Sc., Production Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 2004 – 2009

Biography

Dr. Karimi is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Miami University. She earned her Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering from University West, Sweden, with a focus on additive manufacturing of advanced alloys and AI-enabled process monitoring. Dr. Karimi has held research and leadership positions at the University of Waterloo, McMaster University, and in industry, where she led the development of patented 3D printing technologies and smart manufacturing solutions. Her work spans fundamental and applied research in advanced manufacturing, resulting in numerous peer-reviewed publications, competitive research awards, and collaborative projects with international industry partners.

Research Interests

Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Process optimization, defect mitigation, and design for additive manufacturing of advanced alloys.

AI-Enabled Process Monitoring: Development of in-situ monitoring systems and machine learning models for real-time quality control in metal 3D printing.

Smart Manufacturing and Digital Twins: Integration of data-driven modeling, predictive analytics, and digital twin technologies to improve manufacturing efficiency and reliability.

Courses Taught

  • Welding Metallurgy
  • Fundamentals of Material Science
  • Additive Manufacturing

Professional Experience

  • Research and Development Lead, Opti-Fab Technologies, Canada — January 2024 – July 2025
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, McMaster University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Canada — July 2023 – Present
  • Research Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada — April 2022 – September 2024
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Canada — April 2021 – April 2022

Awards

  • Best Poster Award, 2nd International EBAM Conference, Germany, 2018
  • Global Swede Award for Outstanding Student Achievement, 2017
  • Recognition by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs for excellence in social impact, innovation, and entrepreneurship, Stockholm

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Paria Karimi, Magnus Neikter, Karthikeyan Thalavai Pandian, Chapter 4: Processing of High-Performance Materials by Electron Beam-Powder Bed Fusion, Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Metallic Materials, Published, October 2023.

Journal Publications

  • Tomisin Oluwajuyigbe, Paria Karimi, Shima Kamyab, Zohreh Azimifar, Mohsen K. Keshavarz, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Mihaela Vlasea, Mahdi Habibnejad, Defect analysis and machine learning informed predictive models for Ti48Al2Cr2Nb electron beam melting, Submitted to Journal of Additive Manufacturing, March. 2025.
  • Ali Rezaei, Paria Karimi, Jinghao Xu, Mahdi Habibnejad-Korayem, Ali Mohammad-Nejad, Mohsen K. Keshavarz, Johan Moverare, Mihaela Vlasea, and Esmaeil Sadeghi, Influence of powder particle size distribution on the creep performance of Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy fabricated via electron beam-powder bed fusion, doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.109794, Materials Today Communications 40 (2024) 109794.
  • Paria Karimi, Mohsen K. Keshavarz, Mahdi Habibnejad, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Mihaela Vlasea, Interplay of Process, Microstructure, and Mechanical Performance in Electron Beam-Powder Bed Fusion of Ti48Al2Nb2Cr, Journal of Additive Manufacturing, Published, Review paper, October 2023.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi, Paria Karimi, Reza Esmaeilizadeh, Filippo Berto, Shuai Shao, Johan Moverare, Ehsan Toyserkani, Nima Shamsaei, A State-of-the- Art Review on Fatigue Performance of Powder Bed Fusion-Built Alloy 718, Progress in Materials Science (IF: 48.1), 2022, Vol. 133, 101066, 2023, doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2022.101066.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi, Gbenga Asala, Paria Karimi, Dunyong Deng, Johan Moverare, Thomas Hansson, Fatigue crack initiation and propagation in Alloy 718 with a bimodal grain morphology built via electron beam-powder bed fusion, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 827, 142051, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.142051.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, Ehsan Toyserkani, Ali Keshavarzkermani, Reza Esmaeilizadeh, and Joel Andersson, Columnar-to-equiaxed transition in EB-PBF: mimicking casting solidification and promoting in-situ recrystallization, Journal of Additive manufacturing, Vol. 46, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102086.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, Magnus Hörnqvist Colliander, Peter Harlin, Ehsan Toyserkani, Joel Andersson, Tailored grain morphology via a novel double melting strategy in electron beam-powder bed fusion, Journal of Material science and engineering A, 141820, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.141820.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi, Paria Karimi, Niklas Israelsson, James Shipley, Tomas Månsson, Thomas Hansson, Inclusion-induced fatigue crack initiation of a powder bed fusion Alloy 718 with a tailored microstructure, Journal of Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 36, 2020, doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101670.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi, Prabhat Pant, Reza Jafari, Ru Peng, Paria Karimi, Subsurface grain refinement in powder bed fusion Alloy 718: Surface texture and oxidation performance, Materials Characterization; Vol. 168, 1105672020, 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110567.
  • Mobin Alehojat, Reza Jafari, Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Electron beam-powder bed fusion of Alloy 718: Effect of thermal spraying and hot isostatic pressing on microstructural characteristics and oxidation performance, Journal of Surface and Coatings Technology, 404(9, Part 3), 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126626.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, Peter Harlin, and Joel Andersson, Effect of build location on microstructural characteristics and corrosion behavior of EB-PBF built Alloy 718, Journal of Advanced manufacturing technology, vol. 106, pp. 3597–3607, 2020, DOI.org/10.1007/s00170-019-04859-9.
  • Paria Karimi, Christopher Schnur, Esmaeil Sadeghi, and Joel Andersson, Contour design to improve topographical and microstructural characteristics of Alloy 718 manufactured by electron beam-powder bed fusion technique, Journal of Additive manufacturing, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.addma.2019.101014.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi; Paria Karimi; Soroush Momeni; Mohsen Seifi; Anders Eklund; Joel Andersson, Influence of Thermal Post Treatments on Microstructure and Oxidation Behavior of EB-PBF Manufactured Alloy 718, Materials Characterization, 2019; 150; 236-251.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghimeresht, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson, Influence of successive thermal cycling on microstructure evolution of EBM-manufactured Alloy 718 in track-by-track and layer-by-layer design, Journal of Materials and Design, Vol. 160, pp. 427-44, 2018; doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.09.038.
  • Paria Karimi, Dunyong Deng, Hans Gruber, Joel Andersson, Per. Nylén, Influence of build layout and orientation on microstructural characteristics of electron beam melted Alloy 718, Journal of Advanced manufacturing technology, pp. 1–11, Aug. 2018; doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-2621-6.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson, EBM-manufactured single tracks of Alloy 718: Influence of energy input and focus offset on geometrical and microstructural characteristics, Journal of Materials Characterization, Nov. 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2018.11.033.
  • Paria Karimi, Tahira Raza, Joel Andersson, Lars-Erik. Svensson, Influence of laser exposure time and point distance on 75-μm-thick layer of selective laser melted Alloy 718, Journal of Advanced manufacturing technology, pp. 1–9, Sep. 2017; doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1019-1.

Conference Proceedings

  • Hamidreza Aghajani; Esmaeil Sadeghi; Paria Karimi; Ehsan Toyserkani, Non-Weldable Ni-Base Superalloys Additively Manufactured via Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion: A Survey and a Case Study, HI-AM 2023, Halifax, Canada.
  • Tomisin Oluwajuyigbe; Zohreh Azimifar; Paria Karimi; Shima Kamyab; Esmaeil Sadeghi; Mohsen Keshavarz; Mihaela Vlasea, Machine Learning-informed Density Optimization in Electron Beam-Powder Bed Fusion of Ti48Al2Nb2Cr with Various Particle Size Distributions, HI-AM 2023, Halifax, Canada.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Yasamine Hemmati, Katayon Taherkhani, Ehsan Toyserkani, Towards microstructure engineering via electron beam powder bed fusion. EBAM – Int. Conference on Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing, Nurnberg, Germany, March 2023.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, and Joel Andersson, Transition from columnar to equiaxed morphology using a novel linear melting strategy in EB-PBF of Alloy 718, EBAM, October 5-7, 2020, Nurnberg, Germany.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Peter Harlin, and Joel Andersson, Location and Thickness Dependency of EB-PBF Manufactured Alloy 718 on the Microstructural Characteristics, ICWAM, June 5-7, 2019, Metz, France.
  • Paria Karimi, Dunyong Deng, Esmaeil Sadeghimeresht, Jonas Olsson, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson, Microstructure development in track-by-track melting of EBM-manufactured Alloy 718, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 & Derivatives, 3-6 June 2018; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghimeresht, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson, Influence of process parameters on morphology and microstructure of electron beam melted single-track Alloy 718, March, IIW meeting, Italy, 2018.
  • Hans Gruber, Paria Karimi, Eduard Hryha, Lars Nyborg, Effect of powder recycling on the fracture behavior of electron beam melted Alloy 718, Powder Metallurgy Progress, Vol.18, No.1, pp. 40-48, 2018; doi.org/10.1515/pmp-2018-000.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi, Paria Karimi, Mohsen Seifi, Joel Andersson, Effect of heat treatment and hot isostatic pressing on oxidation behavior of EBM-manufactured Alloy 718, EBAM 2018, 11-13 April 2018; Nurnberg, Germany.
  • Esmaeil Sadeghi, Paria Karimi, Pimin Zhang, Ru Peng, Joel Andersson, Lars Pejryd, Shrikant Joshi, Isothermal oxidation behavior of EBM-additive manufactured Alloy 718, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 & Derivatives, 3-6 June 2018; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.