He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from university of Kentucky and his M.Sc. in Mechatronic Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. His current research interests lie in the development, production, and characterization of novel materials for applications in biomedical and aerospace. Of particular focus is the area of additive manufacturing of metallic alloys, thermomechanical behavior of shape memory, high temperature/strength alloys, and underlying microstructure-property-processing relationships.