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Mechanical Engineering

Samira Gharehkhani

Dr. Samira Gharehkhani

Assistant teaching professor

Mechanical Engineering

Contact:
Office: Engineering Office Wing, Room 231 250-472-4201
Credentials:
PhD (University of Malaya)
Area(s) of expertise:
Forest-based advanced materials (lignin, micro/nano cellulose), carbonaceous materials, 3D printing of functional materials, microsupercapacitors and microbatteries, X-ray micro-computed tomography

About Samira

Dr. Samira Gharehkhani’s research focuses on developing sustainable advanced materials for energy and environmental applications. She has published over 25 peer-reviewed papers and received multiple awards and grants.

Her research interests include:

  • designing advanced functional materials from sustainable resources, such as micro- and nanofibrillated cellulose, lignin and nanolignin
  • engineering and characterizing carbon-based materials, including activated carbon, graphene and heteroatom-doped carbons
  • fabricating miniaturized energy storage devices, including microsupercapacitors and microbatteries, using advanced visualization techniques to study the structure of materials and energy devices

Publications

See Dr. Gharehkhani's ORCID page for a list of publications.

Office hours

 By appointment only.