Rate My Professor Somayeh Pasebani

Dr. Somayeh Pasebani is an Associate Professor of Advanced Manufacturing in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, where she joined as faculty in September 2016. She earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Idaho in 2014, M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology in 2009, and B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology in 2005. Following her doctoral studies, she served as an Innovation Engineer at North American Höganäs in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where she designed and developed water atomized 17-4 PH and duplex stainless-steel powder alloys for selective laser melting and metal injection molding processes.

Dr. Pasebani founded and directs the Metal Additive and Gradient Microstructure Alloys (MAGMA) Laboratory, also known as the Powder Metallurgy Additive Manufacturing (PMAM) Laboratory, located at the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute (ATAMI). Her research focuses on alloy development for laser-based additive manufacturing processes, including selective laser melting, powder bed fusion, wire- and powder-fed laser directed energy deposition, multi-material systems, compositionally graded alloys, and high-temperature alloys for extreme environments and energy applications. She has authored or co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals and holds a patent titled “Oxide dispersion hardened stainless steel composition and method of making” (U.S. Appl. No. 62/722,363, 2018). Her research has attracted over $27 million in total funding from federal agencies such as NSF, ONR, AFRL, and DOE, as well as industry partners, with more than $8 million as principal investigator or co-principal investigator. Dr. Pasebani is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2024, five-year, $756,000 grant to develop strategies for multimetal additive manufacturing), ASTM Young Professional Award, ASME Rising Star Award, TMS Young Professional Award in Manufacturing, and Visiting Scholar Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). She collaborates with national laboratories, universities, and regional partners including the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC), ATI, and HP, advancing data-driven alloy design and manufacturing innovations for aerospace, defense, energy, and biomedical sectors.