Dean & Professor
	Mechanical Engineering
	Phone:	215-204-5285
	Email:	keya.sadeghipour@temple.edu [1]

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technolgy, Manchester, United Kingdom, Mechanical Engineering, 1984
• M.S. University of Manchester Institute of Science Technolgy, Manchester, United Kingdom, Mechanical Engineering, 1981
• B.S. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, United Kingdom, Mechanical Engineering, 1979

Research Interest

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Dental Materials
• Micro-Fracture
• Finite Element Methods
• Advanced Manufacturing Analysis

Selected Publications

• Sun, C.J.; Saffari, P.; Ranade, R.; Sadeghipour, K.; Baran, G.R.:  “Effects of Particle arrangement on stress concentrations in composites”.  Materials Science & Engineering A, 40 (2005), 287-295.
• Wu, W., Sadeghipour, K.; and Baran, G.:  “Predictive Modeling of Toughening Micromechanisms in Glass Particle-Resin Composites with Varied Interphases”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 22:785-811, 2003.
• McGinley, J.C., Hopgood BC, Gaughan JP, Sadeghipour K, Kozin SH.  “Forearm and elbow injury: the Influence of rotational position”, JBJS, 2003.
• Sadeghipour, K., Baran, G. and Wu, W. “Fatigue Crack Propagation in Wear Process of Polymer Surfaces”, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 2003.
• Wu, W., Sadeghipour, K., Boberick, K., Baran, G. “Predictive Modeling of Elastic Properties of Particulate-Reinforced Composites”, Materials Science and Engineering, 2002.
• Sadeghipour, K., McGinley, J.C. and Kozin, S.H., Baran G. and Jafari, M. “Theoretical/Experimental Characteristics of Interosseous Membrane of Human Forearm”, IEEE, 2001.
• Sadeghipour, K., McCool, J. and Baran, G. “Lifetime Modeling of Composites used in Clinical Applications”, A European/USA Initiative on: The Structural Integrity of Composite Materials and Structures, Italy, May 2001.
• Sadeghipour, K., McGinley, J.C. and Kozin, S.H. “Composite Material Modeling of Antebranchial Interosseous Membrane in a human forearm”, CADCOMP 2000, Bologna, Italy.
• Jafari, M.A., Fang, T., Safari, A., Danforth, S. and Sadeghipour, K., “Statistical Feedback Control in Layered manufacturing”, 9th European Conference on Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing, Athens, Greece, July, 2000.
• Sadeghipour, K. and Solanki, R. “Development of an Acoustic Emission Based Neural Network to Predict Surface Finish for a Retrofit CNC Lathe”, CARS & FOF 2000, Volume I, pp. 509-516, 2000.
• McGinley, J.C., Kozin, S.H. and Sadeghipour, K. “Functional Response of the Antebrachial Interrosseous Membrane subject to a Shearing load”, Journal of Hand Surgery, Under Review, 2000.
• Zhang, H., Sadeghipour, K. and Baran, G. “Numerical study of polymer surface wear caused by sliding contact”, Wear, 1999.

Projects

• Wear Analysis of Dental Restorative Materials, NIH supported.
• Bio-mechanical analysis of human forearm, Temple Medical School & Materials Center supported.
• Other internally and externally sponsored projects in the areas of expertise