Sara Bagherifard

Scopus ID: 55666254100
Researcher ID: K-6763-2017
ORCID 0000-0002-5757-2785
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Current Affiliation
Polytechnic University of Milan (Milan, Italy)

Education
Polytechnic University of Milan (POLIMI)
Ph.D. in Mechanical Systems Engineering Milan, Italy- 2011

Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering- Applied Mechanics Tehran, Iran- 2005

Academic Research Experience
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway
Adjunct Full Professor Aug 2020-Dec 2020

Polytechnic University of Milan Milan, Italy
Assistant Professor Aug 2017- July 2020

Polytechnic University of Milan Milan, Italy
Research Fellow Sep 2014- July 2017

Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Cambridge, MA, USA
Post-doctoral Research Fellow Sep 2013- Aug 2014

University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
Post-doctoral Associate October 2012- May 2013

Polytechnic University of Milan Milan, Italy
Post-doctoral Associate Mar 2011- Sep 2012; May 2013-Aug 2013

Awards and Scholarships
- Best Talk Award, 1st European Conference on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials (ESIAM19), Trondheim, Norway, 2019.
- 2019- 3D Multi Metal Additive Cold Deposition Printer, Electrolux Corporate award from Switch2Product, Innovation Challenge program, organized by Politecnico di Milano, Deloitte Italia and PoliHub - Innovation District & Startup Accelerator
- Young Scientist Lecture Gold Prize, 10th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (NANOSMAT), Manchester, UK, 2015.
- PIF International Post-doctoral Fellowship, Polytechnic University of Milan, 2014.
- Roberto Rocca Post-doctoral Fellowship, MIT-Italy Program, 2013-2014.
- International Schlumberger Fellowship: Faculty for The Future 2012, Schlumberger Foundation.
- International Schlumberger Fellowship: Faculty for The Future 2011, Schlumberger Foundation.
- Young researcher’s award, 20th National IGF conference, Italian Group of Fracture (IGF), Turin, Italy, 2009.
- Best presentation, 14th International Seminar of Ph.D. Students (SEMDOC), Žilina, Slovak Republic, 2009.

Editorial Activities
Assistant Editor, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 2021- to date
Editorial Board Member, Additive Manufacturing Letters 2021- to date
Advisory Editorial Board member, Applied Surface Science Advances 2021- to date
Editorial Board Member, Material Design & Processing Communications (Wiley) 2020-to date
Editorial Board Member, Materials (MDPI), ISSN 1996-1944 2020-to date
Guest Editor, Applied Surface Science Advances
Special Issue on Surface Treatments and Fatigue Strength Improvements 2020
Guest Editor, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, ESIAM Special Issue 2019
Guest Editor, Metals, Special Issue on Kinetic Surface Treatments 2018

Member of Scientific Societies
European Cold Spray Club (since 2019), ASTM Additive Manufacturing Technologies voting member of F42-committee (since 2019), European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN) (since 2010), Italian Scientific Society of Machine Design (AIAS) (since 2010), Italian Group of Fracture (IGF) (since 2009).