Jafar Razmi

Jafar Razmi

Associate Research Professor,
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
  • jafar.razmi@asu.edu
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    Campus: Tempe
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Jafar Razmi, Ph.D., is the CBBG Industrial Liaison Officer and Research Professor at Arizona State University. Previously he has been a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut and University of Texas. 

Prior to academia, Dr. Razmi worked in industry for more than a decade in a variety of areas including design, build and industrial construction and management, power stations, and Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Systems (EMS) auditing in industrial designs and processes. He has more than twenty years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate students in mechanics, civil and environmental engineering, and developing curriculum in various learning environments.  He has experience working with the National Science Foundation, USACE and NSA. His research focuses on engineering structures and infrastructural design and behavior under dynamic loads such as traffic and environmental loads. Additionally, he is interested in material behavior, fatigue, and damage, particularly in materials made using Additive Manufacturing (AM). He has prior experience in AM and its numerous applications such as in the fabrication of new materials, process optimization for AM of metals, and experimental characterization of metallic powders.

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Structural Mechanics) 

University of Maryland, College Park

Research Interests

Dr. Razmi’s research focuses on engineering structures and infrastructural design and behavior under transportation, environmental, and other dynamic loads. His interests include material behavior, fatigue and damage. He is also interested in Additive Manufacturing (AM) and its numerous applications such as in the fabrication of new materials, process optimization for AM of metals, and experimental characterization of metallic powders.

Structural Mechanics, Additive Manufacturing, fatgue, damage 

Publications

Selected Publications:

  1. Ladani, L., Razmi, J., Terry L., “Manufacturing of High Conductivity, High Strength Pure Copper with Ultrafine Grain Structure”., Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing., JMMP., Manuscript ID: jmmp-2388996, 2023
  2. Mian, J., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Thermo-mechanically assisted grain growth in Ti6Al4V fabricated using the powder bed additive manufacturing during high-temperature mechanical testing,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science., V. 54 (4)., PP. 1342-1354., April 2023

  3. Ladani, L., Razmi, J. and Sadeghilaridjani, M., “Fabrication of Cu-CNT Composite and Cu Using Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing,” Powders 2022, 1(4), 207-220; https://doi.org/10.3390/powders1040014

  4. Ahsan, F., Razmi J., and Ladani, L., “Global Local Modeling of Melt Pool Dynamics and Bead Formation in Laser Bed Powder Fusion Additive Manufacturing Using a Multi-Physics Thermo-Fluid Simulation,” Progress in Additive Manufacturing, Published April 2022.  https://rdcu.be/cMpI8

  5. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J. and Ladani, L., “Process Parameter Optimization in Metal Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion Using Image Processing and Statistical Analyses”, Metals 2022, 12(1), 87; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12010087

  6. Mian, J., Razmi, J., and Ladani, L., “Grain-Scale Investigation of Mechanical Anisotropic Behavior of Electron Beam Powder Bed Additively Manufactured Ti6AL4V., Parts,” Metals., 2022, 12(1),163; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12010163

  7. Mian, M.J., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Defect Analysis and Fatigue Strength Prediction of As-built Ti6Al4V Parts, Produced Using Electron Beam Melting (EBM) AM Technology,” Materialia, Volume 16, May 2021, 101041

  8. Mian, J., Razmi, J., and Ladani, L., “Mechanical Behavior of Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Ti6Al4V Parts at Elevated Temperatures,” J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Feb 2021, 143(2): 021013

  9. Paul, K., Stromer, Razmi,J., Pockaj, B.A. and Ladani, L.,” Identifying Various Breast Cancer Tumor Grades Through Frequency Spectral Variation of High-Frequency Ultrasound,” Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(11), 4924

  10. Mian, J., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Defect Analysis and Fatigue Strength Prediction of As-built Ti6Al4V Parts, Produced Using Electron Beam Melting (EBM) AM Technology,” Materialia, Vol. 16., May 2021, 101041, Available online 27 February 2021, 101041. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2589152921000442?via%3Dihub

  11. Mian, J., Razmi, J. and Ladani, L., “Mechanical Behavior of Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Ti6Al4V Parts at Elevated Temperatures,” ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 143(2): 021013, Feb 2021.

  12. Razmi, J., “Effect of Moisture on Mechanical Characteristic of Soil and Interaction of Soil-Pile in Integral Abutment Bridges” Journal of Bridge Structures, vol. 16, no. 2-3, pp. 75-83, 2021. https://trid.trb.org/view/1764309

  13. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J., and Ladani, L., “Experimental measurement of thermal diffusivity, specific heat capacity and conductivity of metallic powders at room and high temperatures,” Powder Technology, Volume 374, September 2020, Pages 648-657.

  14. Shanmugasundaram, S.A., and Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Investigating the level of Mechanical Anisotropy and Surface Roughness in Additively Manufactured Parts fabricated by Stereolithography (SLA) using statistical analysis,” Materials, Volume 13, Issue 11.,2020., 10.3390/ma13112496.

  15. Razmi, J., McCabe, M., “Analytical and Computational Modeling of Integral Abutment Bridges Foundation Movement due to Seasonal Temperature Variations” ASCE, International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 20, Issue 3, March 2020.

  16. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J. and Ladani, L., “Experimental measurement of thermal diffusivity, specific heat capacity and conductivity of metallic powders at room and high temperatures,” Powder Technology, Vol. 374, PP. 648-657, Sep 2020.

  17. Shanmugasundaram, S.A., Razmi, J., Mian, J., and Ladani, L., “Mechanical Anisotropy and Surface Roughness in Additively Manufactured Parts Fabricated by Stereolithography (SLA) Using Statistical Analysis,” Journal of Materials, Vol.13(11), PP. 2496, June 2020.

  18. Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Elasto-plastic behavior of soil foundation in Integral Abutment Bridges under dynamic load and variable degrees of saturation” ACET, Advancements in Civil Engineering & Technology, Vol., 4(3), ISSN: 2639-0574, ACET.000587. 2020.

  19. Razmi, J., "An Analytical Approach to Calculate Thermo-Mechanical Stresses in Integral Abutment Bridge Piles"., World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 12(6), 407, 2018.

  20. Razmi, J., “Fracture Mechanics-based and Continuum Damage Modeling Approach for Prediction of Crack Initiation and Propagation in Integral Abutment Bridges,” ASCE, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 30, Issue 4, July 2016.

  21. Romano, J., Sadowski, M., Ladani, L., Razmi, J., “Temperature Distribution and Melt Geometry in Laser and Electron-Beam Melting Processes - A Comparison among Common Materials,” Journal Additive Manufacturing, Vol.8, PP.1–11, Oct 2015.

  22. Romano, J, Ladani, L., Razmi, J., Sadowski, M., “Temperature distribution and melt geometry in laser and electron-beam melting processes-A comparison among common materials,” Journal of Additive Manufacturing, Vol.8, pp.1-11, Oct 2015.

  23. Razmi, J., Aggour, M.S., "Performance of piles in integral abutment bridges under thermo-mechanical cyclic loads, "ASCE, Journal of Bridge Structures, Vol.10, No.1, pp.11-17, July 26, 2014.

  24. Razmi, J., Aggour, M.S., "Finite element simulation of pile behavior under thermo-mechanical loading in integral abutment bridges," ASCE, Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 10, No.5, pp. 643-653, 2014.

  25. Ladani, L., Razmi, J., and Choudhury, “Mechanical Anisotropy and Strain Rate Dependency Behavior of Ti6Al4V Produced using E-Beam Additive Fabrication," Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol.136, No.3, 031006, Paper No: MATS-13-1186, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027729 June 05, 2014.

  26. Razmi, J., Aggour, M.S. "Fatigue life analysis of piles in integral abutment bridges, a case study,” ASCE, Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 1105–1117, Oct 2013.

  27. Razmi, J., Aggour, M.S. "Fatigue crack initiation and propagation in piles of integral abutment bridges, " Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 28, Issue 5, pp. 389–402, 2013.

  28. Razmi, J., “Thermo- mechanical fatigue of steel piles in integral abutment bridges,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, May 2012.

  29. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J. “Probabilistic design approach for cyclic fatigue life prediction of microelectronic interconnects,” IEEE, Transactions on Advanced Packaging, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 559-568, May 2010.

  30. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Mechanical strength and failure characterization of Sn-Ag-Cu intermetallic compound joints at the micro scale," Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 573-579, 2012.

  31. Abdelhadi, O., Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Fracture toughness of bonds using interfacial stresses in four-point bending test," Journal of Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 43, pp. 885–900, 2011.

  32. Ladani, L., Razmi, J., Bentley, J. “Microstructure and mechanical strength of snag-based solid liquid inter-diffusion bonds for 3 dimensional integrated circuits,” Journal of Thin Solid Films. Vol. 518, Issue 17, pp. 4948–4954, 2010

  33. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “An anisotropic mechanical fatigue damage evolution model for Pb-free solder materials,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 41, pp. 878–885, 2009.

  34. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Interaction effect of voids and standoff height on thermo-mechanical durability of BGA solder joints,” Journal of IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 348-355, Sept 2009.

  35. Ladani, L., Das, D., Cartwright, J., Yenkner, B., and Razmi, J., “Implementation of six sigma in Celestica, with practical examples,” International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage, Vol. 2, No 1, pp. 69-88, 2006.

  36. Patents:

  37. Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Mechanical test fixture with submicron tolerance,” US 8,096,191 B2.

    Conference Proceedings, Technical Presentations and Posters:

  38. Razmi, J., “Soil Behavior and Prediction of Crack Initiation and Propagation in Integral Abutment Bridges” 2023-IRF-R2T Conference, International Road Federation, , Phoenix, USA, Nov 14 – 17, 2023.

  39. Md Jamal Mian., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Additive Manufacturing: Materials Design and Alloy Development”, Poster Session 2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Symposium, San Diego March 2022

  40. Shanmugasundaram S.A., Razmi J., “Impact of Aging on Mechanical Strength and Ductility of SLA Additively Manufactured Parts,” invitation as a distinguished speaker for Adv. POLYMERS 2021. Global Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Nanotechnology, Vancouver BC, Canada, May 27-28, 2021

  41. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J., Ladani, L. “Integrating Computational Modeling in Machine Learning for Process Optimization in Additive Manufacturing Processes.” TMS Conference, March 2021. San Diego CA.

  42. Md Jamal Mian., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Manufacturing of High Conductivity, High Strength Copper and Aluminum Material for Rail Gun Application,”11th Annual Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, Feb. 2021

  43. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Experimental Measurement of Temperature Dependent Thermal diffusivity, Specific Heat and Conductivity of Metallic Powder Alloys for Additive Manufacturing,”11th Annual Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, Feb. 2021

  44. Razmi, J., “Fatigue life of Steel Foundation in Bridges Highway Infrastructures using Successive Initiation Continuum Damage Modeling,” Engineering Mechanics Institute and probabilistic mechanics and reliability conference,1187-2-7-21., 2032187., EMI/PMC 2021., Columbia University, New York City, May 2021, New York.

  45. Md Jamal Mian., Ladani, L., Razmi, J., “Predicting Life Expectancy of AM Parts Using a Combined Framework of Experimental and Computational Data Science,” 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture V, March 2021, Orlando, FL.

  46. Faiyaz Ahsan., Ladani, L., Razmi, J., “Integrating Computational Modeling in Machine Learning for Process Optimization in Additive Manufacturing Processes,” 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Applications of Solidification Fundamentals, March 2021, Orlando, FL.

  47. Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Application of Successive Initiation Continuum Damage Modeling in Bridges Infrastructures,” Engineering Mechanics Institute and probabilistic mechanics and reliability conference, EMI/PMC 2020., Columbia University, New York City, 888-2-2020., 26-29,2020, New York.

  48. Md Jamal Mian., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “High Temperature Anisotropic Mechanical Behavior of E-beam Ti6Al4V Material,” TMS 2020, Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Additive Manufacturing Symposium, Feb. 23-27, 2020, San Diego, CA.

  49. Faiyaz, A., Razmi, j., Ladani, l., " Multi-Physics Modeling of Laser Interaction with Surface in Powder Bed Melting Process "., Advanced Manufacturing, Paper No: IMECE2018-86566, V002T02A085; 5 pages., Vol., 2., Jan. 2019.

  50. Ladani, L., Green, C., Razmi, J., “Optimizing Electron Beam Melting Powder Bed Process for Long Term Sustainability”, Conference -Wide Symposium on Additive Manufacturing, IMECE2019-10256, Nov 2019, Utah.

  51. Shanmugasundaram, S., A., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Anisotropic Constitutive Behavior of Additively Manufactured Parts Using Stereolithography”, Advance Manufacturing, IMECE2019-12371, Nov 2019, Utah.

  52. Ahsan, F., Ladani, L., Razmi, J., “Modeling Evaporation in Powder Bed Processing of Inconel and Ti6Al4V Material,” 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Technical Presentation, March 2019, San Antonio, TX.

  53. Razmi, J., “Effect of Moisture Content on Pile Displacement Under Cyclic Dynamic Load in Integral Abutment Bridges” The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Manuscript Number, 20-00909, Jan. 2020, Washington, D.C.

  54. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J., and Ladani, L., “Multi-Physics Modeling of Laser Interaction with Surface in Powder Bed Melting Process,” IMECE2018-86566, ASME IMECE 2018, ASME. IMECE2018, Vol. 2, Advanced Manufacturing, V002T02A085 Paper No: IMECE2018-86566 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2018-86566

  55. Razmi, J., “Design of Transportation Infrastructure; IABs for Extended Fatigue Life” ASCE, International Conference on Transportation & Development 2018”, Poster, July 15-18, 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

  56. Razmi, J., “An Analytical Approach to Calculate Thermo-mechanical Stresses in Integral Abutment Bridge Piles” 18US06ICSMGE, ICSMGE 2018: 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering”, June 3-4, 2018, New York.

  57. Ladani, L., Razmi, J., "Simulation of Bead Formation using Multi-physics Modeling of Powder Bed Laser Melting of Inconel 718," North American Manufacturing Research Conference, June 18-22, 2018, College Station, Texas.

  58. Ahsan, F., Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Multi-Physics Modeling of Laser Interaction with Surface in Powder Bed Melting Process”., Technical Paper Publication, International Mechanical Engineering Congress, IMECE2018-86566, Nov 9 – 15, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.

  59. Ladani, L., Razmi, J., “Bead Formation in Powder Bed Melting of Inconel Material” TMS Conference, Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 11-15, 2018, Phoenix AZ.

  60. Razmi, J., “Comparison of Fracture Mechanics and Continuum Based Damage Modeling Approach in Determining the Crack Path in Piles of Integral Abutment Bridges,” International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structures Materials XI, September 18-23, 2016, MA.

  61. Ladani L. and Razmi, J., “Mechanical Anisotropy at High Temperature in Additively Manufactured Ti6Al4V" 145th Annual Meeting & Exhibition TMS2016, Feb 14-18, 2016, Nashville, TN.

  62. Razmi, J., Aggour, M.S., “Performance of piles in integral abutment bridges under thermo- mechanical cyclic loads," 7th New York City Bridge Conference, DOI: 10.3233/BRS-140066, August 26-27, 2014, NY.

  63. Ladani, L., Razmi, J., and Bentley, J., "Crack initiation and propagation analysis of the intermetallic compound Cu6Sn5,” ASME IMECE 2010, IMECE2010-37115, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  64. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Characterization of SnAg-based solid liquid inter-diffusion bonds for 3-dminesional integrated circuits,” ASME- Itherm 2010, Las Vegas, NV,

  65. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Stochastic fatigue damage evolution modeling for visco-plastic materials in micro-electronics,” ASME Itherm, June 2010, Las Vegas, NV.

  66. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “IMC growth in solid-liquid interdifussion bonds,” DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2010.5501313, Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm), 12th IEEE Intersociety Conference, 2010, Las Vegas. 

  67. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Bonding strength and microstructure of SnAg-based solid liquid inter-diffusion bonds,” ASME IMECE 2009, IMECE2009-11454, Vol. 5, Electronics and Photonics, 107-111, November 13–19, 2009 Paper No: IMECE2009-11454 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2009-11454, Orlando, Fl.

  68. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “Interaction effect of voids and standoff height on thermo- mechanical durability of BGA solder joints,” ASME IMECE 2009, IMECE2009-11471, vol. 5, Electronics and Photonics, 113-120, November 13–19, 2009 Paper No: IMECE2009-11471 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2009-11471, Orlando, Fl.

  69. Ladani, L., and Razmi, J., “A Mechanical fatigue damage evolution model for PB-free solder materials,” ASME IMECE 2008, IMECE 2008-6100, Now 2008, Vol. 13, Nano-Manufacturing Technology; and Micro and Nano Systems, Parts A and B, 603-609, Paper No: IMECE2008-68100 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2008-68100, Boston, MA.

Patents:

  1. Razmi, J., Ladani, L., “Mechanical test fixture with submicron tolerance,” US 8,096,191 B2.
Courses
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
CEE 551 Advanced Geotechnical Testing
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
EGR 599 Thesis
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
CEE 551 Advanced Geotechnical Testing
FSE 100 Introduction to Engineering
FSE 100 Introduction to Engineering
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
EGR 599 Thesis
CEE 555 Advanced Foundations
CEE 452 Foundations
CEE 598 Special Topics
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
CEE 551 Advanced Geotechnical Testing
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
EGR 593 Applied Project
EGR 599 Thesis
EGR 792 Research
EGR 799 Dissertation
CEE 555 Advanced Foundations
CEE 452 Foundations
CEE 598 Special Topics
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
EGR 593 Applied Project
EGR 599 Thesis
EGR 792 Research
EGR 799 Dissertation
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
CEE 452 Foundations
CEE 598 Special Topics
CNE 452 Foundations
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
EGR 593 Applied Project
EGR 599 Thesis
EGR 792 Research
EGR 799 Dissertation
Presentations

Courses in ASU

CEE 598 Foundations Design

CEE 452 Foundations Design

EGR 201 Use-Inspired Design Project I

EGR 492 Honors Directed Study

EGR 590 Reading and Conference

EGR 593 Applied Project

EGR 599 Thesis

EGR 792 Research

EGR 799 Dissertation

Courses taught in previous universities

Engineering Economics

Engineering and Design

Engineering by Design

Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering II

Soil Mechanics Lab

Mechanical System and Processes

Elements of Mechanical Design

Civil Engineering Project I &II

Foundation Design

Advanced Foundation Design

Soil mechanics

Advanced Soil Mechanics II

Senior Design Project

Introduction to Manufacturing Systems

Manufacturing and 3D Printing Lab

Magic software for additive manufacturing

Statics

Mechanic of Materials

 

 

 

Industry Positions

His work experience spans between academia and more than a decade of industry experience in the areas of mechanical design, industrial construction and management, power stations, and Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Systems (EMS) auditing in industrial designs and processes. 

Expertise Areas
Additive Manufacturing
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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