Md Mehedi is a process and technology development expert with 7 years of experience in materials development, thin film deposition, and technology commercialization. He has a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Minnesota, where he developed the world's strongest rare-earth free permanent magnet and a novel soft magnetic material. He has 3 US patents, 4 publications, and received multiple national awards for his research.

1. Md Mehedi
mehed001@umn.edu Process and technology development expert 612-756-5316
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 7 years of experience materials and process development and advanced characterization
 7 years of experience in custom design, process development, troubleshooting and system maintenance
 Commercialization and process development experience in manufacturing environments, worked for 2 startups
 Two National award with $40,000 prize money for innovation and research excellence
Education
PhD Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2017
2 national awards, 3 US patents, Experience in commercialization and process development
Dissertation: Development of Fe16N2 for rare-earth-free permanent magnets
Bachelor of Science, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology 2012
GPA 3.7/4.0 (Top 10%), Dean’s list and University Merit Scholarship
Technical Skills
 Material Development: Physical Vapor Deposition, Vacuum melt spinning and casting, PE-CVD, Ion implantation
 Thin film deposition: Magnetic thin films, Epitaxy, Strain and microstructure engineering, Thin film growth
 Technology Development: Commercialization, Scale-up, Product-market fit, Customer discovery
 Statistical Process Control (SPC): MATLAB, Origin Design of experiment (DOE), Process development
 Structural and Thermal spectroscopy: XRD, DSC Chemical Spectroscopy: Auger, XPS, SIMS
 Surface Analysis: SEM, EDS, FIB, TEM Machine Design: AutoCAD
 Modeling: Finite Element Modeling, COMSOL
Patents
 Jian-Ping Wang, Md Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, “Fe16N2 bulk permanent magnet and other compositions” USPTO 1008-171USP1/
20160387 (Exclusively licensed to Niron Magnetics Inc.)
 Jian-Ping Wang, Yanfeng Jiang, Md Mehedi, “Magnetic material including Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of Fe16Z2 and Fe16N2, where
Z includes at least one of C, B or O”, USPTO 20,160,042,849 (Non-exclusively licensed to Seagate Technology)
 Jian-Ping Wang, Yanfeng Jiang, Md Mehedi, “Inductors including Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of Fe16Z2 and Fe16N2, where Z
includes at least one of C, B or O”, USPTO 20,160,042,846
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 9/2012-Present
 Co-developed the strongest rare-earth free permanent magnet of the world, generated 1 patent and 4 publications
 Co-discovered a novel soft magnet for 50% smaller and lighter transformers and inductors, generated 2 patents and 1 publication
 Maintained vacuum melt spinning system and furnaces as lab manager
 Engineered nanostructure and phase transformation kinetics of Iron Nitride; resulted 1 publication and 3 conference presentations
 Saved $5,000 by designing custom parts and tools using AutoCAD
 Collaborated with manufacturing and R&D team of Niron Magnetics for scaling up the technology developed in lab
Work Experiences
Entrepreneur Lead at Minnealloy Magnetics, Minneapolis, USA 1/015-3/2017
 Developed a new soft magnet for 50% smaller and lighter and 5% more efficient power electronics and motors ($28B market)
 Interviewed 60+ companies (i.e. Tesla, Apple, GE) for customer discovery and product-market fit
 Won a national level startup award with $30,000 grant and a national clean energy award
R&D Graduate Intern at Niron Magnetic LLC, Minneapolis, USA 6/2015-8/2015
 Developed a unique materials processing recipe resulting 3x stronger magnets
 Improved magnetic performance by 5x by microstructure engineering and alloy development
 Saved $5,000 by designing custom parts and tools for the ceramic crucible in vacuum melt spinning system
Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1/2013-5/2015
 Co-instructed Introduction to Materials Engineering (Class of 120 students)
 Demonstrated lab of Semiconductor physics and Quantum Hall effect

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mehed001@umn.edu Process and technology development expert 612-756-5316
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Selected Publications and Presentations
 Md A Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, Jinming Liu, Bin Ma, Yiming Wu, Delin Zhang, Jian-Ping Wang, “Fe16N2 based high energy
product permanent magnet”, 2017 ( in-preparation)
 Md A Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, PK Suri, David J Flaanigan, Jian-Ping Wang, “Minnealloy: A New Soft Magnetic Material with
High Saturation Flux Density and Low Magnetic Anisotropy”, 2017 (submitted)
 Md A Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, Jian-Ping Wag, “Phase transformation kinetics of Fe16N2 based Rare-earth-free permanent magnets”,
TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2017
 Md A Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, Jian-Ping Wang, “Interplay of Anisotropy, Strain and Microstructure in αʺ-Fe16N2 Bulk Magnet”,
MRS Spring Meeting, 2016
 Y Jiang, M AI Mehedi, E Fu, Y Wang, LF Allard, JP Wang, “Synthesis of Fe16N2 compound Free-Standing Foils with 20 MGOe
Magnetic Energy Product by Nitrogen Ion-Implantation”, Scientific reports, 2016, 6
 Md A Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, Jian-Ping Wang, “Microstructure Analysis of Melt Spun FeN foils with α''-Fe16N2 Phase”, MRS
Advance. 2016, 1
 Md A Mehedi, KMH Badhon, MN Haque, “Improved wear behavior of Aluminium Matrix Hybrid Composites Reinforced with
SiC and Al2O3”, Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials. 2015, 68
 Yanfeng Jiang, Md A Mehedi, E Fu, Y Wang, Jian-Ping Wang, “FeN foils by nitrogen ion-implantation”, Journal of Applied
Physics. 2014, 115,17A753
 Md A Mehedi, Yanfeng Jiang, Pranav Suri, David Flannigan, Jian-Ping Wang, “Mixed Martenstic Phase Transformation Kinetics
of Fe-N-C”, Materials Science and Technology Conference (MS&T), 2014
Selected Awards
Star of Minnesota at Sustainability and Energy Expo 3/2017
 Co-developed a sustainable energy materials with 5% higher efficiency and better functional properties
Finalist (top 1%) at Cleantech University Prize 2/2017
 Co-developed a novel material for 5% higher efficient and 50% smaller and lighter inductors and writer heads
Champion at Student Division at Minnesota Cup 9/2016
 Grand prize winner with $30,000 grant in a pool of 150 teams in the largest start-up competition of the USA
 Co-developed a superior magnetic material enabling lighter, smaller and efficient power electronic components
Grand Prize at Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award 12/2014
 First prize winner with $10,000 grant in a pool of 100 applicants
 Award for excellence in research innovation for a sustainable environment
 Co-developed a rare-earth-free permanent magnet with high-energy product
Leadership
Judge, Junior Achievement of Upper Midwest 2017
 Judged business case competition of high school of Midwest business projects
 Mentored high school students for business proposal development
President, Bangladeshi Student Association at University of Minnesota 2014-16
 Led in organizing a cultural show and dinner event of 300+ guests
 Managed a team 20+ volunteers, managed officers of finance and other committees
International Student Ambassador, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2014-15
 Advised international students of U of M about campus life and academic life
President, Student Association of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering 2010-11
 Organized the annual alumni-student meetup (1000+ guests)
 Led a team of 40+ volunteers. Managed finance and alumni networking teams exclusively