Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad

Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad is an Iranian distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, at the Sharif University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979 and his B.Sc. from the Sharif University of Technology in 1974. He was entitled as 1% world's top scientists by the ESI citation database from Thomson Reuters 2015 and 2016. He is the holder of a research chair from the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF). His current interest is in the emerging bio-nano and SMA fields of the materials science and engineering discipline.

Early life and education
S.K. Sadrnezhaad was born and raised in Tehran. He earned his bachelor’s degree with distinction (first rank) from the Sharif (Aryamehr), the University of Technology, in July 1974. Then he attended the materials science and engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a Ph.D. in February 1979. He conducted his Ph.D. thesis work under John Frank Elliot's direction to determine the DRI pellets' melting rate in steelmaking slags. Following this, he spent six months as a postdoc fellow under the supervision of John Frank Elliot at the same department to study the specification of the sulfur-containing emissions from the coal combustion and metallurgical plants and another six months as Jefe de Ingenieria Metallurgica in HYL Tecnologia of Monterrey, NL, Mexico (1979–1980).

Education

 * PhD, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, United States
 * BSc, (July 1974), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Sharif (Aryamehr) University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Academic positions

 * Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (1997–Present) Tehran, Iran
 * Associate professor, Dept. of Mater. Sc. & Eng., Sharif University of Technology (1986–1997) Tehran, Iran
 * Assistant professor, Dept. of Mater. Sc. & Eng., Isfahan & Sharif University of Technology (1980–1986) Tehran, Iran
 * Visiting scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1989–1991) MA, United States
 * Postdoctoral associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979) MA, United States

Research interests

 * Bionanomaterials, Production, Characterization, and Medical Application
 * Nanomaterials: Production and Characterization
 * Memory Alloys: Ti-Ni, Cu-Zn-Al, Cu-Ni-Al
 * Precious Metals: Recovery from Industrial Scraps
 * Extraction of Rhenium, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Nickel, Magnesium and Manganese
 * Environmental Control: Metallurgical Industries
 * Direct Smelting, Steelmaking and Nodular Cast Iron Production with DRI
 * Microalloying of Steel with V, Nb and Ti
 * Dephosphorization and Desulfurization of Steel
 * Sulfur Emissions from Coal Combustion and Pyrometallurgical Furnaces
 * Vaporization of Residual Elements from Nonferrous Mattes and Slimes
 * Kinetics of Leaching of Molybdenum Oxide and Sulfide Concentrates
 * SX, Ion Exchange and Active Carbon Methods

Honors and distinctions

 * Kharazmi’s National Research Prize (1988) 1367, Tehran, Iran
 * Tehran University Academic Book Prize (1993) 1372, Tehran, Iran
 * Annual National Book Prize (1995) 1373, Tehran, Iran
 * Distinguished Professor (1997) 1375, Sharif University of Technology
 * Kharazmi’s Selected Research Project (1998) 1376, Tehran, Iran
 * National Selected Book Prize (2001) 1379, Tehran, Iran
 * Distinguished Researcher (2002) 1380, Sharif University of Technology
 * Tehran University Academic Book Prize (2002) 1381, Tehran, Iran
 * World Energy Council and National Energy Committee Authorship Prize (2003) 1382, Tehran, Iran
 * Distinguished Researcher (2007) 1386, Sharif University of Technology
 * National Distinguished Professor of 1386, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (2008) Tehran, Iran
 * Seventh Rank in Annual Nano Research Prize of 1391 (2012) Tehran, Iran
 * Sixth Rank in Annual Nano Research Prize of 1390 (2011) Tehran, Iran
 * Forth Rank in Annual Nano Research Prize of 1388 (2009) Tehran, Iran

Editorial positions

 * Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Engineering (IJE) (1987–2011) Tehran, Iran
 * Editor-in-chief, Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering (2005–2009) Tehran, Iran
 * Editor-in-chief, Journal of Engineering Materials (2008–present) Tehran, Iran
 * Member of editorial board, Engineering Journal of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (1997–2001) Mashhad, Iran
 * Member of editorial board, Materials Science and Engineering Journal of Iran University of Sc. & Tech. (2004–present) Tehran, Iran

Administrative positions

 * Director, Materials and Energy Research Center (2006–2010) Tehran, Iran
 * Chancellor, Sharif University of Technology (1995–1997) Tehran, Iran
 * Chancellor, Tarbiat Modares University (1987–1988) Tehran, Iran
 * Chancellor, Sadra Institute of Higher Education (2002–2004) Tehran, Iran
 * Research deputy of Ministry of Culture and Higher Education (1985–1987) Tehran, Iran
 * Vice chancellor of publication affairs, Sharif University of Technology (1988–1989) Tehran, Iran
 * Dean of graduate studies, Sharif University of Technology (1993–1995) Tehran, Iran
 * Chairman of Medical Engineering Group, Janbazan Bioengineering Research Center (1992–1995) Tehran, Iran
 * Chairman of Materials Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modarres University (1984–1988) Tehran, Iran
 * Chairman of Technical and Engineering Group, Cultural Revolution Headquarters (1982–1984) Tehran, Iran
 * Chairman of Materials Committee, Technical and Engineering Group, Cultural Revolution Headquarters (1981–1985) Tehran, Iran

Subjects instructed

 * Thermodynamics of Nanomaterials
 * Smart Materials and Memory Alloys
 * Thermodynamics of Materials
 * Kinetic Processes in Materials Systems
 * Process System Analysis and Control
 * Transport Phenomena in Materials Systems
 * Extractive Metallurgy of Iron and Steel Physical Chemistry of Materials
 * Fuel and Energy Direct Reduction of Iron
 * Steelmaking
 * Secondary Metallurgy
 * Solidification Processing
 * Physics of Heat
 * Biomedical Application of Metals

Industrial positions

 * Jefe de Ingenieria Metallurgica, HYL Tecnologia, Monterray (1979–1980) NL, Mexico
 * Head of Metall. Eng., Industrial Development and Independence Headquarters, Ministry of Industry (1980–1981) Tehran, Iran