University Scholarship
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sara adibi

sadibi@sdsu.eduorcid.org/0000-0003-2233-619X

Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, 2022-Present
    Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • Assistant Research Professor, 2018-Present
    Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, MS, MS, US
  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow, 2018-2018
    Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, US
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2016-2017
    Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, US
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2015-2016
    Civil engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, US

  • PhD, 2010-2015
    Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG
  • MSc, 2007-2010
    Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Isfahan, IR
  • BSc, 2001-2005
    Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Isfahan, IR

Profile updated October 30, 2026.

Grants

CDS&E/Collaborative Research: Investigation of Zinc-Coating of Advanced High Strength Steels Directed by Multiscale Modeling and Experiments.
sara adibi
Directorate for Engineering, 2015 - 2019, USD 289,037.00
Metallurgy Multiscale modeling Steel alloys Zinc coating

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Molecular dynamics of complex neuronal cell membrane deformation and failure under different traumatic brain injury scenarios
Anh T.N. Vo; Vo, A.T.N.; Michael A. Murphy; Murphy, M.A.; Miralami, R.; Raheleh Miralami; sara adibi; et al.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2025, journal article
Biomechanics Cell membranes Molecular dynamics Neurosciences
Molecular Dynamics of Complex Cell Membrane Deformation and Failure Under Different Traumatic Brain Injury Scenarios
Anh T.N. Vo; Michael A. Murphy; Raheleh Miralami; sara adibi; Filip To; Tonya W. Stone
2024, preprint
Biomechanics Biophysics Computational biology Molecular dynamics
Single-wall carbon nanotube mechanical behavior using the modified embedded atom method with bond order (MEAM-BO)
Ababtin, S.; Ababtin, Sultana; sara adibi; et al.
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022, journal article
Cited by 3
Carbon nanotubes Materials science Nanotubes Physics
A Modified Embedded Atom Method (MEAM) Interatomic Potential for the Fe-C-H System
Mun, Sungkwang; Lee, Nayeon; Dickel, Doyl; sara adibi; et al.
Arxiv, 2022, journal article Cited by 1
Computational chemistry Materials science Physics
Effect of Grain Boundary Misorientation on Spall Strength in Ta via Shock-Free Simulations with Relatively Few Atoms
Caulkins, J.; Caulkins, Jo; Jo Caulkins; Carlisle Fauver; Fauver, C.; Fauver, Carlisle; sara adibi; et al.
Metals, 2022, journal article
Cited by 3
Materials science

Time-temperature superposition for cavitation resistance of metals with nonequilibrium vacancy concentrations
sara adibi; Wilkerson, J.W.; Wilkerson, Justin W.
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021, journal article
Cited by 5
Cavitation Metals Point defects Thermodynamics
Solid solution softening in dislocation-starved Mg-Al alloys
Nitol, M.S.; Nitol, Mashroor S.; sara adibi; et al.
Mechanics of Materials, 2020, journal article
Cited by 26
Dislocations in metals Materials science Metallurgy
Evolving structure–property relationships in metals with nonequilibrium concentrations of vacancies
sara adibi; Justin W. Wilkerson; Wilkerson, J.W.; Wilkerson, Justin W.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, journal article
Cited by 17
Materials science Metals Phase transformations (Statistical physics) Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic and kinetic behavior of low-alloy steels: An atomic level study using an Fe-Mn-Si-C modified embedded atom method (MEAM) potential
Aslam, I.; I. Aslam; Baskes, M. I.; M.I. Baskes; D.E. Dickel; Dickel, D. E.; sara adibi; et al.
Materialia, 2019, journal article
Cited by 34
Materials science Metallurgy Steel alloys Thermodynamics
Compromising high strength and ductility in nanoglass-metallic glass nanolaminates
sara adibi; Branicio, P.S.; Ballarini, R.
Rsc Advances, 2016, journal article
Cited by 34
Glass Metallic glasses Nanotechnology Strength of materials
Surface roughness imparts tensile ductility to nanoscale metallic glasses
sara adibi; et al.
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2015, journal article
Cited by 26
Materials science Metallic glasses Nanostructured materials Surface roughness
The plastic yield and flow behavior in metallic glasses
Prakash Thamburaja; Thamburaja, P.; Thamburaja, Prakash; Benjamin Klusemann; Klusemann, B.; Klusemann, Benjamin; sara adibi; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 2015, journal article
Cited by 8
Alloys Materials science Metallic glasses Metallurgy
Suppression of Shear Banding and Transition to Necking and Homogeneous Flow in Nanoglass Nanopillars
sara adibi; Branicio, P.S.; Branicio, Paulo S.; Joshi, S.P.; Joshi, Shailendra P.
Scientific Reports, 2015, journal article
Cited by 71
Glass Materials science Nanostructured materials
Composition and grain size effects on the structural and mechanical properties of CuZr nanoglasses
sara adibi; et al.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, journal article
Cited by 85
Copper alloys Materials science Metallurgy Zirconium alloys
A transition from localized shear banding to homogeneous superplastic flow in nanoglass
sara adibi; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 2013, journal article
Cited by 124
Glass Materials science Nanostructures
Fabrication and mechanical property prediction of carbon nanotube reinforced Aluminum nanocomposites
Nima Nouri; Nouri, N.; Saeed Ziaei-Rad; Ziaei-Rad, S.; sara adibi; et al.
Materials and Design, 2012, journal article
Cited by 72
Aluminum Carbon nanotubes Nanocomposites (Materials) Nanotechnology
Modeling considerations and material properties evaluation in analysis of carbon nano-tubes composite
Karimzadeh, F.; Ziaei-Rad, S.; sara adibi
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 2007, journal article Cited by 33
Carbon nanotubes Composite materials Mathematical models Nanotechnology

Academic Conferences

ENHANCED TEMPERATURE PREDICTION IN WIRE ARC-DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION USING PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORKS
Xie, H.; Sharma, G.; Bassett, J.; Storey, J.; sara adibi; et al.
Proceedings of Asme 2025 Aerospace Structures Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference Ssdm 2025, 2025, conference paper
Additive manufacturing Artificial intelligence Machine learning Neural networks (Computer science)
ENHANCING MATERIAL PROPERTY PREDICTION IN HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING
Osuna, O.; sara adibi
Asme International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Proceedings Imece, 2024, conference paper
Artificial intelligence Machine learning Materials science

Other

A Modified Embedded Atom Method (MEAM) Interatomic Potential for the Fe-C-H System
Mun, S.; Lee, N.; Dickel, D.; sara adibi; et al.
Arxiv, 2021, other