1. Sina Mobasher Moghaddam 400 North River Road, Apt 817 • West Lafayette, IN, 47906 •
Phone: 765-421-3658 • Email: smobashe@purdue.edu • LinkedIn Profile
EDUCATION
Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, (2013- present) (GPA: 4.00/4.00)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
 Thesis: Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Microstructural Alterations in Bearing Steel due to Rolling
Contact Fatigue
 Graduate coursework includes: Nondestructive Evaluation of Structures and Materials, Fatigue of Structures,
Fracture Mechanics, Quantitative Analysis of Material Microstructure, Elasticity in Aerospace Problems
M. Sc., Mechanical Engineering, (2011-2013) (GPA: 3.57/4.00)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
 Graduate coursework includes: Machine Design, Finite Element Analysis, Numerical Methods, Experimental
Stress Analysis, Micromechanics of Materials, Plasticity Theory
B. Sc., Mechanical Engineering, (2006-2011) (GPA: 3.94/4.00)
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
 Ranked 51st
among more than 400,000 participants in the national university entrance exam for undergraduates
 Exempted from national university entrance exam for graduate studies due to exceptional credentials
RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Tribology
 Mechanical design
 Fatigue and failure
 Rolling contact fatigue
 Root cause analysis
 Finite element analysis
 Non-destructive methods
 In-situ monitoring
NOTABLE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Analytical
 Introduced the first 3D model capable of simulating butterfly wing formation in bearing steel (2014)
 Developed an in-house software to 3D print objects directly from ABAQUS (2014)
 Introduced a new variable to measure material vulnerability to fatigue crack initiation in bearing steel (2014)
 Implemented damage mechanics to introduce a new 2D model to simulate butterfly crack formation from
nonmetallic inclusions in bearing steels (2013)
 Developed a 2D microstructural sensitive model for bearing life estimation (2012)
Experimental
 Designed and manufactured an addition to MTS torsion rig to charge steel with Hydrogen in-situ during fatigue
tests (Project for Schaeffler Group, 2015)
 Modified MTS torsion rig to conduct fatigue tests at elevated temperatures (Project for Schaeffler Group, 2015)
 Serial sectioning of microstructural alteration in bearing steel to reconstruct the 3D map of features
 Conducted nano-indentation tests in bearing steel to experimentally measure the rolling contact damage (2014)
 Nondestructive methods of inclusion detection using ultrasounds (2014)
 Investigated the effect of residual stress on torsional fatigue performance of different steels (in collaboration with
Cummins Inc., 2014)
 Investigated the effect of Retained Austenite on fatigue performance of case carburized steels (in cooperation with
Timken Company, 2013)
 Designed a set of clamps to apply large values of uniform compressive stress around torsion fatigue specimens
(Project for Schaeffler Group, 2012)
 Compared the fatigue performance of through hardened and case hardened bearing steels for six different bearing
materials (Project for Schaeffler Group, 2012)

2. Sina Mobasher Moghaddam Page Two.400 North River Road, Apt 817 • West Lafayette, IN,
47906 • Phone: 765-421-3658 • Email: smobashe@purdue.edu • LinkedIn Profile
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 Teaching Assistant for the graduate level course: "Machine Design", at Purdue University -Instructor: Professor
Farshid Sadeghi (2013)
 Teaching Assistant for undergraduate level course: "Heat Transfer I", at Sharif University of Technology-
Instructor: Professor Ali Moosavi (2011)
 Teaching Assistant for undergraduate level course: "Fluid Mechanics I", at Sharif University of Technology-
Instructor: Professor Ali Moosavi (2010)
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
 Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, Kristin Paulson, Nick Weinzapfel, Martin Correns, Vasilios
Bakolas, and Markus Dinkel, "A 3D Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Microstructural Alterations
Around Inclusions in Bearing Steel", (in preparation)
 Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, Kristin Paulson, Nick Weinzapfel, Martin Correns, Vasilios
Bakolas, and Markus Dinkel, "Effect of Non- Metallic Inclusions on Butterfly Wing Initiation, Crack Formation,
and Spall Geometry in Bearing Steels", (submitted to International Journal of Fatigue)
 Yi Shen, Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, Krisitin Paulson, and Rodney Trice, "Effect of Retained
Austenite - Compressive Residual Stresses on Rolling Contact Fatigue Life of Carburized AISI 8620 Steel",
(accepted in International Journal of Fatigue, 2015)
 Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, Nick Weinzapfel, and Alexander Liebel. "A Damage Mechanics
Approach to Simulate Butterfly Wing Formation Around Nonmetallic Inclusions." Journal of Tribology 137, no.
1 (2015): 011404.
 Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, John AR Bomidi, Farshid Sadeghi, Nick Weinzapfel, and Alexander Liebel.
"Effects of compressive stresses on torsional fatigue." Tribology International 77 (2014): 196-210.
 Bomidi John AR, Nick Weinzapfel, Trevor Slack, Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, Alexander
Liebel, Joerg Weber, and Thomas Kreis. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Torsion Fatigue of
Bearing Steel."Journal of Tribology 135, no. 3 (2013): 031103.
PRESENTATIONS
 Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, "Analytical and Experimental 3D Reconstruction of Butterfly
Wings in Bearing Steel", STLE 70th
Annual Meeting and Exhibition (2015- forthcoming)
 Sina Mobasher Moghaddam, Farshid Sadeghi, "Simulation of Microstructural Alterations Around Inclusions
Using Damage Mechanics", STLE 69th
Annual Meeting and Exhibition (2014)
SOFTWARE SKILLS
 ABAQUS
 SOLIDWORKS
 MATLAB
 C++
 Fortran
 Microsoft Office
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
 English- Full professional proficiency
 Persian- Native or bilingual proficiency
 Turkish- Native or bilingual proficiency
 Russian- Elementary proficiency
REFERENCES
 Farshid Sadeghi, Cummins Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering- Purdue University, IN, USA
 Nick Weinzapfel, Ph. D. - Engine Components and Chassis Systems, Schaeffler Group USA Inc.
 Markus Dinkel, Ph. D. - Materials Development, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Germany.