Vahid Fallah, Queen's University

Research

Aluminum Alloys Mechanical Properties Alloy Design Casting & Solidification Heat Treatment Microstructure Characterization Phase Transformations Process Design

Latest funding

Sheet Production of Advanced Aluminum Alloys via a Novel Thin Strip (TS) Casting Route
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Bringing Canadian rare earth elements into wrought aluminum alloy production stream for advanced structural and electrical applications
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$474,784
Additive manufacturing of advanced aluminum alloys for transportation industry
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$168,000

All 4 grants and awards

Sheet Production of Advanced Aluminum Alloys via a Novel Thin Strip (TS) Casting Route

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fallah, Vahid V

Keywords: alloy design; aluminum alloys; casting & solidification; heat treatment; mechanical properties; microstructure characterization; phase transformations; process design; sheet metal processing; thermo-mechanical processing

$144,000

Bringing Canadian rare earth elements into wrought aluminum alloy production stream for advanced structural and electrical applications

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Diak, Bradley BJ

Keywords: aluminum alloys; circular economy; cooling rate; corrosion; electrical materials; microstructure; properties; rare earth elements; structural materials; twin roll casting

$474,784

Additive manufacturing of advanced aluminum alloys for transportation industry

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fallah, Vahid

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; Aluminum Alloys; Computational Materials Science; Electron Microscopy; Mechanical Properties; Phase Transformation; Physical Metallurgy; Solidification

$168,000

Additive manufacturing of advanced aluminum alloys for transportation industry

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Fallah, Vahid

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aluminum Alloys Dear Professor Fallah, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on aluminum alloys connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Sheet Production of Advanced Aluminum Alloys via a Novel Thin Strip (TS) Casting Route" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]