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Esmaeil Sadeghi
Associate Professor
Engineering Technology

Esmaeil Sadeghi

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Biography

Dr. Sadeghi is an Associate Professor at Miami University, internationally recognized for his leadership in advanced manufacturing. With a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, over 70 publications, multiple patents, and global awards, he blends academic excellence with practical impact, preparing students for high-value careers and helping companies solve critical manufacturing challenges.

Before joining Miami University, he led multi-million-dollar programs with GE Aerospace, GKN, and Siemens, delivering breakthrough solutions and managing cross-functional teams across North America and Europe. His career spans Sweden, Canada, the UK, and the US, giving him a truly global perspective that enriches his teaching, mentoring, and industry partnerships. In addition to his academic and industrial leadership, he brings entrepreneurial experience from scaling technology ventures through world-class accelerators, enabling innovative collaborations that deliver measurable results.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University West, Sweden, Sep 2014 – May 2018
  • M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, Sep 2008 – Jun 2010
  • B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic, Iran, Sep 2003 – Jun 2008

Academic and Professional Experience

  • Research Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo, Canada May 2022-Dec 2023.
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, McMaster University, Canada, Aug 2022-preent.
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Waterloo, Canada, April 2021 – April 2022.        
  • Senior Lecturer at University West, Sweden, Jun 2018-Mar 2021.
  • Visiting Researcher at the University of Nottingham, the UK, Aug 2017-Oct 2017.
  • Associate Chair of Academic Sub-group in Swedish Arena for Additive Manufacturing of Metals, Sweden, Jan 2019 – Jan 2020.

Research Interests

  • AI-driven predictive manufacturing,
  • Sustainable additive manufacturing,
  • Application-driven microstructure tailoring in additive manufacturing,
  • Digital twin–enabled process optimization,
  • Advanced in-situ monitoring and quality assurance,
  • Multi-material, functionally graded fabrication,

Publications

Journals

  1. Ali Rezaei, Paria Karimi, Jinghao Xu, Mahdi Habibnejad-Korayem, Ali Mohammadnejad, Mohsen K Keshavarz, Johan Moverare, Mihaela Vlasea, 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, Materials Today Communications, 2024.
  2. Paria Karimi, Mohsen Keshavarz, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Mahdi Habibnejad, Mihaela Vlasea, Interplay of process, microstructure, and mechanical performance in electron beam-powder bed fusion of Ti48Al2Nb2Cr, Additive Manufacturing, 103811, 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. Majid Laleh, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Reynier Revilla, Qi Chao, Nima Haghdadi, Anthony Hughes, Wei Xu, Iris De Graeve, Ma Qian, Ian Gibson, Mike Tan, Heat Treatment for Metal Additive Manufacturing, Progress in Materials Science (IF: 48.1); 2022.
  5. Mahmoud Sadeghi, Agustin Diaz, Patrick McFadden, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Chemical and mechanical post-processing of Alloy 718 built via electron beam-powder bed fusion: surface texture and corrosion behavior, Materials and Design; 2022.
  6. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Gbenga Asala, Paria Karimi, Johan Moverare, Thomas Hansson, Fatigue crack initiation and propagation in Alloy 718 with a bimodal grain morphology built via powder bed fusion; Materials Science and Engineering A; 2021.
  7. 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, Additive Manufacturing; 2021.
  8. 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, Materials Science and Engineering A; 2021.
  9. Satyapal Mahade, Lidia Baiamonte, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Stefan Björklund, Francesco Marra, Shrikant Joshi, Novel utilization of powder-suspension hybrid feedstock in HVAF spraying to deposit improved wear and corrosion resistant coatings; Surface and Coatings Technology; 412; 2021.
  10. 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; 168; 2020.
  11. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Paria Karimi, Niklas Israelsson, James Shipley, Tomas Månsson, Thomas Hansson, Inclusion-induced fatigue crack initiation in powder bed fusion of Alloy 718; Additive Manufacturing; 36; 2020.
  12. 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, Surface and Coating Technology; 404; 2020.
  13. Paria Karimi, Christopher Schnur, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joel Andersson, Contour design to improve topographical and microstructural characteristics of EB-PBF built Alloy 718, Additive Manufacturing 2020; 32; 101014.
  14. Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, P. Harlin, Joel Andersson, Effect of build location on microstructural characteristics and corrosion behavior of EB-PBF built Alloy 718, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2020; 106; 3597-3607.
  15. Reza Jafari, Esmaeil Sadeghi, High-temperature corrosion performance of HVAF-sprayed NiCr, NiAl, and NiCrAlY coatings with alkali sulfate/chloride exposed to ambient air, Corrosion Science 2019; 160; 108066.
  16. Agnieszka Kisielewicza, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Fredrik Sikström, Anna-Karin Christiansson, Gianfranco Palumbo, Antonio Ancona, In-process spectroscopic detection of chromium loss during directed energy deposition of Alloy 718, Journal of Materials & Design 2019; 186; 108317.
  17. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Advances in Corrosion Resistant Thermal Spray Coatings for Renewable Energy Power Plants. Part I: effect of composition and microstructure, Journal of Thermal Spray Coating 2019; 25-1749-
  18. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Advances in Corrosion Resistant Thermal Spray Coatings for Renewable Energy Power Plants. Part II: effect of environment and outlook, Journal of Thermal Spray Coating 2019; 28; 1789-1850.
  19. Johan Eklund; Julien Phother; Esmaeil Sadeghi; Shrikant Joshi; Jesper Liske, High Temperature Corrosion of HVAF–Sprayed Ni- Base Coatings for Boiler Applications, Oxidation of Metals, 2019, 91; 729-747.
  20. 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.
  21. 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, Materials Characterization 2019; 148; 88-
  22. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Shrikant Joshi; Chlorine-induced high-temperature corrosion and erosion-corrosion of HVAF and HVOF- sprayed amorphous Fe-based coatings. Surface & Coatings Technology 2019; 371; 20-35.
  23. Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson; Thermal cycling influences on microstructure evolution of electron beam melted of Alloy 718 in form of Track-by-Track and Single walls, Materials Design 2018; 160; 427-441.
  24. Paria Karimi, Dunyong Deng, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Hans Gruber, Joel Andersson, Per. Nylén, Influence of build layout and orientation on microstructural characteristics of electron beam melted Alloy 718, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 2018; 99; 2903–2913.
  25. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Tanvir Hussain, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Effect of SiO2 dispersion on high temperature chlorine- induced corrosion of HVAF-sprayed NiCrMo coating. CORROSION 2018;74; 984-1000.
  26. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Liam Reddy, Tanvir Hussain, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Influence of KCl and HCl on high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed NiCrAlY and NiCrMo coatings. Material and Design 2018; 148, 17-29.
  27. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Johan Eklund, Julien Phother Simon, Jesper Liske, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Effect of water vapor on the oxidation behavior of HVAF‐sprayed NiCr and NiCrAlY coatings. Materials and Corrosion 2018; 69; 1431-1440.
  28. Pimin Zhang, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Shula Chen, Xin-Hai Li, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi, Weimin Chen, Irina Buyanova, Ru Lin Peng; Effects of surface finish on the initial oxidation of HVAF-sprayed NiCoCrAlY coatings. Surface & Coating Technology 2019; 364; 43-56.
  29. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Liam Reddy, Tanvir Hussain, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Chlorine-induced high temperature corrosion of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based alumina and chromia forming coatings. Corrosion Science 2018; 132; 170-184.
  30. Reza Jafari, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Taghi Shahrabi Farahani, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; KCl-induced high temperature corrosion behavior of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based coatings in ambient air. Journal of Thermal Spray Coating 2017; 27 (500-511).
  31. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan; Electrochemical Behavior of Bilayer Thermal-Spray Coatings in Low-Temperature Corrosion Protection. Coatings 2017; 7, 162.
  32. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi; Isothermal oxidation behavior of HVAF-sprayed Ni and NiCr coatings in H2-H2O environment Surface and Coatings. Surface & Coatings Technology 2017; 317 (17-25).
  33. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Matti Huhtakangas, Shrikant Joshi; Isothermal oxidation of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based chromia, alumina and mixed-oxide scale forming coatings in ambient air. Surface & Coatings Technology 2017; 16 (10-21).
  34. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; Microstructural characteristics and corrosion behavior of HVAF- and HVOF- sprayed Fe-based coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology 2017; 318 (365-373).
  35. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; Microstructural and electrochemical characterization of Ni-based bi-layer coatings produced by the HVAF process. Surface and Coatings Technology 2016; 304 (606-619).
  36. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; A comparative study on Ni-based coatings prepared by HVAF, HVOF, and APS methods for corrosion protection application. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 2016; 25 (1604–1616).
  37. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; Microstructure effect of intermediate coat layer on corrosion behavior of HVAF-sprayed bi-layer coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 2016; 26 (1-2).
  38. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Hamed Hooshyar, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi, Per Nylén; Oxidation Behavior of HVAF-Sprayed NiCoCrAlY Coating in H2–H2O Environment. Oxidation of Metals 2016; 86 (299-314).
  39. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; A Comparative Study of Corrosion Resistance for HVAF-Sprayed Fe- and Co- Based Coatings. Coatings 2016; 6 (1-15).
  40. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén, Stefan Björklund; Corrosion performance of bi-layer Ni/Cr2C3-NiCr HVAF thermal spray coating Applied Surface Science 2016; 369 (470-481).
  41. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Taghi Shahrabi Farahani, Jaber Neshati; 2-Butyne-1,4-diol as a novel corrosion inhibitor for API X65 steel pipeline in carbonate/bicarbonate solution. Corrosion Science 2012; 54 (36-44).
  42. Jamshid Aghazadeh Mohandesi, Arash Refahi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Sajajd Berenji; Effect of temperature and particle weight fraction on mechanical and micromechanical properties of sand-polyethylene terephthalate composites: A laboratory and discrete element method study. Composites Part B Engineering 2011; 42 (1461-1467).
  43. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Taghi Shahrabi Farahani, Jaber Neshati; Failure analysis of stress corrosion cracking occurred in a gas transmission steel pipeline. Engineering Failure Analysis 2011; 18 (963-970).
  44. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Behnam Ghalei, Vahab Goudarzi, Ali Khonakdar, “Investigation of compression and microstructural properties of sand-polymer composite”, Journal of Iranian Paint and Polymer, 1, 2011, 57-62. 

Conferences

  1. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Venkataramanan Mohandass, Paria Karimi, Effect of shot peening on high temperature corrosion behavior of Alloy 718 manufactured by EB-PBF technique, PFAMXVII 2019, Jönköping, Sweden.
  2. 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, Nurnberg, Germany.
  3. Paria Karimi, Dunyong Deng, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Jonas Olsson, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson, Microstructure Development in Track-by-track Melting of EBM-manufactured Alloy 718, proceeding of 9th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 and Derivatives, 2018.
  4. Paria Karimi, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Joakim Ålgårdh, Joel Andersson, Influence of process parameters on morphology and microstructure of electron beam melted single-track Alloy 718, March, IIW meeting, 2018.
  5. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Paria Karimi, Pimin Zhang, Ru Peng, Joel Andersson, Lars Pejryd, Shrikant Joshi Isothermal oxidation behavior of EBM-additive manufactured Alloy 718, proceeding of 9th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 and Derivatives,
  6. E Guerin, E Sadeghi, N Markocsan, S Joshi, Role of Chemistry on Oxidation Behavior of Various Ni-based HVAF-Sprayed Coatings in Simulated Boiler Environments, 8th Rencontres Internationales sur la Projection Thermique (8RIPT), 6-8 Dec 2017, Limoges, France.
  7. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Sudharshan Raman, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi, High Temperature Erosion-Corrosion of HVAF- Sprayed Fe-based Coatings, 8th Rencontres Internationales sur la Projection Thermique (8RIPT), 6-8 Dec 2017, Limoges,
  8. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Reza Jafari, Taghi Shahrabi Farahani, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshia, High Temperature Corrosion of HVAF-Sprayed NiCrAlY Coatings Exposed to Various Corrosive Environments, 8th Rencontres Internationales sur la Projection Thermique (8RIPT), 6-8 Dec 2017, Limoges, France.
  9. Jafari, E. Sadeghi, T. Shahrabi Farahani, N. Markocsan, S. Joshi, KCl-induced corrosion behavior of HVAF-sprayed Ni-based coatings in ambient air, ITSC17; 7-9 June 2017, Dusseldorf, Germany.
  10. Pimin Zhang, Esmaeil Sadeghi, Ru Lin Peng, Xin-Hai Li, Nicolaie Markocsan, Shrikant Joshi, Sten Johansson, Isothermal oxidation behavior of HVAF-sprayed NiCoCrAlY coatings: Effect of surface treatment, ITSC17; 7-9 June 2017, Dusseldorf,
  11. Sadeghi, J. Eklund, J. Phother Simon, J. Liske, N. Markocsan, S. Joshi, Oxidation behavior of HVAF-sprayed NiCr coating in moisture-laden environment, ITSC17; 7-9 June 2017, Dusseldorf, Germany.
  12. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén, Corrosion Behavior of HVAF-Sprayed Bi-Layer Coatings; Effect of Intermediate Layer’s Microstructure and Chemical Composition, ITSC17; 7-9 June 2017, Dusseldorf, Germany.
  13. Eklund , J. Phother Simon, E. Sadeghi, L-G Johansson, T. Jonsson, S. Joshi, J. Liske, High temperature corrosion of Ni-base coatings for boiler applications - A microstructural study, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF-44); 24-28 April 2017, San Diego, USA.
  14. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén: Corrosion behavior of bi-layer coatings ITSC16; 5-9 May 2016; Shanghai,
  15. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; Corrosion behavior of high-chromium Fe-based coatings produced by HVAF thermal spraying technique (7RIPT); 6-8 Dec 2015; Limoges, France.
  16. Clement, E. Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén: Corrosion behavior of HVAF-and HVOF-sprayed high- chromium Fe- based coatings (7RIPT); 6-8 Dec 2015, Limoges, France.
  17. Esmaeil Sadeghi, Nicolaie Markocsan, Per Nylén; HVAF thermal spray Fe-based coating: An environmentally acceptable alternative to cobalt-based coating Eurocorr2015, 6-9 Sep 2015, Graz, Austria.
  18. Sadeghi, J. Aghazadeh Mohandesi, A. Refahi, “Compressive strength and microstructural properties of sand-polymer composite”, the Second International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, 6-10 March 2011, Strasbourg, France.
  19. Sadeghi, T. Shahrabi, S.D. Hosseini, J. Neshati, “Corrosion Inhibition of X65 Steel Pipeline by 2-butyne-1,4-diol in 1N Carbonate/ 1N Bicarbonate Solution”, the joint conference between 14th Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society Annual congress and 22th Iranian Foundryman Society seminar, 2010, Tehran, Iran.
  20. Sadeghi, T. Shahrabi, S.D. Hosseini, J. Neshati, “Failure analysis of service stress corrosion cracking in an Iranian gas transmission steel pipeline”, the joint conference between 14th Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society Annual congress and 22th Iranian Foundryman Society seminar, 2010, Tehran, Iran.
  21. Harati, R. Arabi, E. Sadeghi, M. Shamanian, “Cladding of Ductile Iron by Stellite 6 Electrodes Using TIG Method and Evaluation of Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior”, the joint conference between 14th Iranian Metallurgical Engineering Society Annual congress and 22th Iranian Foundryman Society seminar, 2010, Tehran, Iran.
  22. Sadeghi, T. Shahrabi, J. Neshati, “SCC Inhibition of X65 Steel Pipeline by 2-butyne-1, 4-diol in 1N Carbonate/ 1N Bicarbonate Solution”, 3rd Iranian pipe & pipeline conference, 2011, Tehran, Iran.

Patents

  • AI-Driven Microstructure Control for Responsive Additive Manufacturing Optimization, US Patent (18/789,769, 2024)
  • Responsive Toolpath Optimization System for Additive Manufacturing Machine, US Patent (18/789,775, 2024)
  • Converting Polycrystalline to Single Crystal in Superalloys Produced via Additive Manufacturing, US Provisional Patent (2023)