Fardad Azarmi

Professor

Faculty

Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Fardad Azarmi

Areas of Study & Research

Thermal spray coatings, thin films, multiscale engineering analysis, additive manufacturing, microstructural characterization, image based finite element analysis, failure in materials, composite materials, functionally graded materials, advanced ceramics.

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses

ME 736: Advanced Surface Analysis

ME 731: Mechanical Behavior of Materials

ME 437/637: Engineering Ceramics

Undergraduate Courses

ME 189: Skills for Academic Success

ME 212: Fundamental of visual Communication for Engineers

ME 223: Mechanics of Materials

ME 331: Materials Science and Engineering

ME 332: Engineering Materials II

Professional Associations

• Professional Engineer- PE. Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers, State of Idaho, USA (Licensed)
• Professional Engineer- P.Eng.). Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada (Licensed)

University Affiliations

Mechanical Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D, University of Toronto
  • M.Sc, University of Western Ontario

Publications

Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  • Gurmeet Singh, Masoumeh Nazem Salimi, Hassan Fatahbeygi, Fardad Azarmi, Andrew B. Croll, Architecture-Driven Stiffness Enhancement in WC–Co/H13 Functionally Graded Materials Fabricated by Laser Directed Energy Deposition, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1064, 187936, 2026.

  • Luyang Xu, Xingyu Wang, Gul Badin, Fardad Azarmi, Ying Huang, Elisabeth P. Daiber, Rebekah Wilson, Optimizing Material Selection for Wire Arc Thermal Spraying of Al and Zn Alloy Metallized Polymeric Coating Systems: Microstructural Analysis and Mechanical Property Evaluation, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 333, 130423, 2025.

  • Theresa Grabowski, Daniel Gerner, Fardad Azarmi, Martin McDonnell, Uchechi Okeke, Microstructural Evaluation of Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt (WC-17Co) Alloy Deposited by Cold Spraying, High Velocity Air Fuel, and High-Velocity Oxygen Fuel Spraying Technologies, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol 33, pp 719-731, 2024.

  • Ismat Ara, X. W. Tangpong, Fardad Azarmi, Unconventional Wear Characteristics Due to Perfect Plasticity in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Processed 316L Stainless Steel, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Issue 7-8, 128: 3261–3272, 2023.

  • Deepika Shrestha, Fardad Azarmi, and X.W. Tangpong, Effect of Heat Treatment on Residual Stress of Cold Sprayed Nickel-based Superalloys, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 31, pp 197–205, 2022.

  • S. Eshkabilov, I. Ara, I. Sevostianov, F. Azarmi, X. Tangpong, Mechanical and thermal properties of stainless-steel parts, manufactured by various technologies, in relation to their microstructure, International Journal of Engineering Science, 159, 103398, 2021.

  • Fardad Azarmi, Igor Sevostianov, Comparative Micromechanical Analysis of Alloy 625 Coatings Deposited by Air Plasma Spraying, Wire Arc Spraying, and Cold Spraying Technologies, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 144, 103345, 2020.

  • Sahar A. Galedari, Amirhossein Mahdavi, Fardad Azarmi, Ying Huang, and André McDonald, A Comprehensive Review of Corrosion Resistance of Thermally-Sprayed and Thermally-Diffused Protective Coatings on Steel Structures, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 28, pp 645-677, 2019.

  • M.A. Pogosova, F. Azarmi, A.A. Eliseev, P.E. Kazin, Eu and Cu co-substituted calcium vanadate — The crystal structure, luminescence and color, Dyes and Pigments, Vol. 148, pp 219-223, 2018.

  • Fei Yan, Zhibin Lin, Xingyu Wang, Fardad Azarmi, Konstantin Sobolev, Evaluation and Prediction of Bond Strength of GFRP-bar Reinforced Concrete using Artificial Neural Network Optimized with Genetic Algorithm, Composite Structures, Volume 161, pp. 441-452, 2017.

  • Mehdi Salimi Jazi, Asghar Rezaei, Fardad Azarmi, Marius Ziejewski, and Ghodrat Karami, Computational Biomechanics of Human Brain with and without the Inclusion of the Body under Different Blast Orientation, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 19, Issue 9, pp. 1019-1031, 2016.

  • Jared Risan, Andrew B. Croll, and Fardad Azarmi, Compliance Switching for Adhesion Control, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 53, pp. 48-57, 2015.

  • Tharaka Chandanayaka and Fardad Azarmi, Investigation on the Effect of Reinforcement Particle Size on the Mechanical Properties of the Cold Sprayed Ni-Ni3Al Composites, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 23, Issue 5, pp. 1815-1822, 2014.

  • M. Bashirzadeh, F. Azarmi, C.P. Leither, and G. Karami, Investigation on Relationship between Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Characteristics of Metal Matrix Composites Fabricated by Cold Spraying Technique, Applied Surface Science, 275, pp. 208-216, 2013.

  • F. Azarmi, and C.P. Leither, Microstructural Formation During Wire Arc Spraying of Alloy 625 on Wrought Alloy 625 Substrate, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Volume 43, Issue 12, pp. 4703-4710, 2012.

  • F. Azarmi, Creep Properties of Nickel Aluminide Composite Materials Reinforced with SiC Particulates, Composites: Part B, 42, pp. 1779–1785, 2011.

  • H. Liu, F. Azarmi, M. Bussmann, J. Mostaghimi, and T.W. Coyle, Experiments and Simulation of Rapid Solidification of Air Plasma Sprayed Alloy 625 on Stainless Steel, Surface and Coating technologies, 204, pp. 1521-1527, 2010.

  • F. Azarmi, J. Mostaghimi, T. W. Coyle, and L. Pershin, “A New Approach to Develop High Temperature Foam Core Sandwich Structures using Air Plasma Spraying”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, Vol. 44, No. 9-10, pp. 900-905, 2009.

  • F. Azarmi, T. W. Coyle, and J. Mostaghimi, Optimization of Atmospheric Plasma Spray Process Parameters using a Design of Experiment for Alloy 625 Coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 17(1), pp. 144-155, 2008.

  • F. Azarmi, A. Moradian, J. Mostaghimi, T. W. Coyle, and L. Pershin, Microstructure Characterization and Modeling of Splat Formation during Air Plasma Spraying for Inconel 625 Superalloy, Materials Science Forum Vol. 539-543, pp. 1218-1223, 2007.

  • Hamid R. Salimi Jazi, Fardad Azarmi, Thomas W. Coyle, and Javad Mostaghimi, Study of the Relationship between the Young’s Modulus and Microstructure of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Boron Carbide, Ceramic Engineering and Science, Vol. 26 (2), pp. 235-243, 2005.

Presentations

Selected Presentations

  • Keynote Speaker, World Energy Storage Conference (WESC-2023), University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Nov 5-8, 2023.

  • Invited Speaker, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, April 23-24, 2019.

  • Invited Speaker, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NW, April 5, 2019.

  • Invited Speaker, North American Conference on Pipeline Integrity Technology and Market, Houston, Texas, November 13-14, 2018.

  • Presenter (Award Recipient), PHMSA R&D Forum, Baltimore, Maryland, September 10-12, 2018.

  • Presenter (Award Recipient), Government/Industry Pipeline R&D Forum, Cleveland, Ohio on November 16-17, 2016.

  • Invited Speaker, Thermal Spraying as an Additive Manufacturing Technique, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia, Nov 2015.

  • Presenter (Award Recipient), Government/Industry Pipeline R&D Forum, Rosemont, IL, USA, Aug 6, 2014.

  • Invited Speaker, International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, THERMEC 2011, Quebec City, Canada, 2011.