Ghazisaeidi Group
Our focus is
understanding the connection between microscopic physical phenomena
and macroscopic mechanical behavior of engineering materials by using state-of-the-art computational methods combined with theoretical considerations.

Research
Our research is at the intersection of materials science, physics and mechanics. We use atomic-scale computations- electronic structures and classical potentials- coupled to larger length scale continuum and statistical mechanics to improve and predict the properties of existing and new materials. We also develop new techniques that extend the applicability of electronic structure calculations to a wider range of applications.
Principal Investigator

Maryam Ghazisaeidi
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Professor, Physics
Our work is supported by



Members

From left: Edwin Antillon, Sevim Polat Genlik, Julian Brodie,Shahriar Hooshmand, Maryam Ghazisaeidi, Carly LaRosa, Mulaine Shih, and You Rao.
Maryam Ghazisaeidi

Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Bio:
Dr. Ghazisaeidi joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2013. She received her B.S and M.S. degrees from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining Ohio State, she held a postdoctoral position at the Brown/GM collaborative Lab for Computational Materials Research at Brown University.
Honors and Awards:
- NSF CAREER award (2015)
- AFOSR Young Investigator (YIP) award (2017)
- Lumley Research award, College of Engineering, OSU (2017)
Postdoctoral Research Associate:

Dr. Edwin Antillon
PhD, Physics, Purdue University.
Graduate Students:

Shahriar Hooshmand
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering (2014-Present).
B.S: Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

You Rao
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering (2015-Present).
B.S: Materials Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Carlyn LaRosa
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering (2016-Present).
B.S: Chemistry, Ohio State University.

Mulaine Shih
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering (2016-Present).
M.S: Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
B.S: Engineering System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Julian Brodie
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering (2018-Present).
B. S: Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University.

Sevim Polat Genlik
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering (2018-Present).
M. S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Former Members:

Daniel Buey
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University (2018).

Changning Niu
PostDoc 2015-2018.
Now at QuesTek.
Undergraduate Students:
Abigail Sutliff, Undergraduate MSE Student, Summer 2014
Doug Deleandro, Undergraduate MSE Student, Summer 2015
Patrick Hawthorne, Undergraduate MSE Student, Summer 2015
Note to Prospective Students:
Computational Materials Science is an interdisciplinary area. It’s a challenging mix of physics, materials science, mathematics, and computational science. While prior experience with computational work is not required (but encouraged), a strong background in math and materials science/physics is necessary for the type of work in our group.
If you are a graduate student at Ohio State, looking for a PhD mentor please contact Dr. Ghazisaeidi to set up a meeting. In addition to MSE, students from physics and other engineering programs are encouraged to apply.
Off-campus applicants should note that graduate admission and financial aid decisions are handled by the MSE department at Ohio State not by individual faculty. If you are not a student at Ohio State and are interested in applying, please visit the graduate application page.