Rate My Professor Mohsen Asle Zaeem

Mohsen Asle Zaeem is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence at the Colorado School of Mines, where he joined in 2018 as a tenured associate professor and was later promoted to full professor. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2003 and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 from Shiraz University, followed by a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University in 2010. After completing his doctorate, he served as a postdoctoral research associate and was promoted to research assistant professor at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State University. Prior to Mines, he held the Roberta and G. Robert Couch Assistant Professorship in Materials Science & Engineering at Missouri University of Science & Technology, advancing to tenured associate professor. As principal investigator of the Computational Materials and Mechanics Laboratory, he mentors postdoctoral researchers, Ph.D. students, and undergraduates, and directs the Postdoctoral Affairs and Professional Training Program.

His research specializes in computational materials science and mechanics, encompassing phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution during solidification and phase transformations, atomistic simulations, fracture mechanics, and advanced materials such as high entropy alloys, MXenes, and elastocaloric materials. He has authored over 105 peer-reviewed journal articles, including highly influential publications like "Fatigue-resistant high-performance elastocaloric materials made by additive manufacturing" (Science, 2019), "Superior structural, elastic and electronic properties of 2D titanium nitride MXenes over carbide MXenes: a comprehensive first principles study" (2D Materials, 2018), "Nickel telluride as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting in alkaline medium" (Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018), and "Understanding homogeneous nucleation in solidification of aluminum by molecular dynamics simulations" (Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 2018). Asle Zaeem serves on editorial boards for journals such as Mathematical Problems in Engineering, International Journal of Materials Engineering and Technology, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, and Metals, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He contributes to technical committees of TMS, ASME, and ASM on topics including Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, Solidification, and Phase Transformations. His accolades include the 2021 Faculty Research Excellence Award from Colorado School of Mines, 2016 Faculty Research Excellence Award from Missouri S&T, 2019 Rising Star Finalist in Computational Materials Science, and multiple reviewer excellence certificates from Acta Materialia and IOP.