Mohammad Naraghi, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Texas A&M University
Department of Aerospace Engineering
H.R. Bright Building, Rm. 701, Ross Street - TAMU 3141
College Station TX 77843-3141
Tel: 217-714-6554
url http://aero.tamu.edu/people/faculty/?id=679
Areas of Interests
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Graphitic carbon-based Multifunctional nanomaterials,
Carbonization at nanoscale,
Damping in nanocomposites,
Bio-inspired Structural nanocomposites,
Experimental Nanomechanics and Mechanics of polymeric nanofibers,
Solution and Melt electrospinning of polymeric nanofibers.
Academic Position
Assistant Professor (January 2012 - present)
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Affiliate with Materials Science and Engineering Department
Post doctorate research fellow (June 2009 - December 2011) at Northwestern University, department
of Mechanical Engineering, Major project: “Development of multifunctional CNT-based
nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical behavior”
Education
Ph.D 2005- 2009
Aerospace Engineering
Structures and Materials
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Thesis: Mechanics of Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers
Master of Science 2002-2004
Civil Engineering
Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Thesis: The Effect of Fibers in Increasing the Fracture Energy of Concrete
Bachelor of Science 2002-2004
Civil Engineering
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Honors and Awards
1. Roger A. Strehlow Memorial Award for outstanding research accomplishment, 2009. The award
is presented annually in honor of professor Strehlow to a senior graduate student in recognition
of outstanding research accomplishment. Professor Strehlow joined the aero faculty in 1961. His
background was in chemistry, and he was an acknowledged expert in the field of detonations and
explosions.
2. Best paper award, 2009, for "Naraghi M., Chasiotis I. and Hilton H. H., Theory of Designer Nano
–Viscoelastic Composites Proceedings World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
Conference Continuum Mechanics-09, Cambridge, UK, February 24 – 26, 2009"
3. First place award, 2008, in the Sandia MEMS university alliance design competition,
“Characterization, Reliability and Nanoscale Phenomena” category. The award was for the design
of “The First MEMS Platform for Creep and Stress Relaxation Tests on Polymeric, Metallic and
Biological Nanofibers ”
4. First place award, 2007, in the Sandia MEMS university alliance design competition,
“Characterization, Reliability and Nanoscale Phenomena” category. The award was for the design
of “A Mechanical Testing MEMS Platform for Soft Nanofibers and Nanowires with on-chip
Actuators for Large Deformation”
5. Invited participant, 2007, to the Cell Mechano-sensitivity Workshop organized by Center for
Cellular Mechanics (CCM), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 30 – Aug 3 2007.
6. Second place award (Dr. Tavakoli award), 2004, in the civil engineering Olympiad, a nationwide scientific competition, Iran. Dr. Tavakoli prize is granted in commemoration of the late Dr.
M. Tavakoli, the former chair of the department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University.
7. Second place award, 1998, in Iran physics Olympiad, a nation-wide scientific competition, Iran.
Funded Projects
Total budget: $527018 ($509’825, prorated for Naraghi)
1. “Damping in Nanocomposites”, Army Research Lab, PI: M. Naraghi, co-PI Dr. D. C. Lagoudas,
start date 05/01/2014 for one year, budget $73’586, pro-rated amount for Naraghi: $ 56’393.
2. “EAGER: Collaborative Research: Proof of Concept for Piezoelectric Augmentation of Mechanical
Properties in Polymeric Yarns”, National Science Foundation, PI: M. Naraghi, Collaborator PI: Dr.
Majid Minary-Jollandan (UTD), start date 08/15/2014 for one year, budget $76,341.
3. “Leveraging Nucleated Graphitization for Super-Strong and Deformation Sensing Hybrid
Nanomaterials”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, PI: M. Naraghi, Single PI., budget
$377,091. *
*. The proposal contract is not drafted and signed yet, but the proposal is recommended for sponsorship by
AFOSR.
Teaching Experience
1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, TAMU,
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 Aerospace Engineering Labs (305)
 Aerospace introduction to continuum mechanics (214)
 Multifunctional Materials (606, graduate course, cross listed with MEMA and MSEN)
2. Lab Assistant: Experiments in Micro/Nano Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
(2010)
3. Teaching and Lab Assistant: Contact Mechanics and Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM).
Fundamental / theoretical background in connection with practical operations in SPM, University of
Illinois at Urbana Champaign (2007)
4. Teaching assistant: Aerospace Structures I, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of
Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL (2005).
5. Teaching assistant: Dynamics, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology,
Tehran, Iran (2000).
Current Students
1. Masters: Total number: 1
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Keegan Colbert, Aerospace engineering department, co-advised with Dr. J. Boyd, title of thesis:
“Scalable manipulation of nanofibers for heteroyarns”, estimated graduation date: May 2016
2. Doctorate: Total number: 6
 Frank Gardea, Aerospace Engineering department, co advised with Dr. Lagoudas, title of thesis:
“Damping in nanocomposites”, estimated graduation date: May 2015
 Jizhe Cai, Aerospace engineering department, title of thesis: “The piezoresistive properties of
individual carbon nanofibers and their composites”, estimated graduation date: May 2017
 Yijun Chen, Aerospace engineering department, co-advised with Dr. J. Boyd, title of thesis:
“Multifunctional porous nanofibers for crack detection and repair”, estimated graduation date:
May 2018
 Sneha Chawla, MSEN, title of thesis: “Processing-microstructure-mechanical properties
relationships in electrospun carbon nanofibers”, estimated graduation date: August 2016
 Seokjin Hong, MSEN, title of thesis: “Piezoelectricity-based augmentation of strength and
toughness in nanocomposites”, estimated graduation date: May 2018
 Ruaa Yaseen Hammoudi Al-Mezrakchi, MEEN, co-advised with Dr. T. Creasy, title of thesis:
“Enhancing the scalability of electrospinning in producing nanofibers”, estimated graduation
date: May 2018
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
Total number of citations based on Google Scholar, as of March 2015: 533
1. Gardea F., Glaz B., Riddick J., Lagoudas D., and Naraghi M., “Energy Dissipation due to Interfacial
Slip in Nanocomposites Reinforced with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes” submitted to ACS Applied
Materials and Interfaces (2015).
2. Hong S., Minary-Jolandan M. and M. Naraghi, “Controlling the Wettability and Adhesion of Carbon
Fibers with Polymer Interfaces via Grafted Nanofibers” submitted to Journal of Composites Science
and Technology (2015).
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3. Baniasadi M., Huang J., Xu Z., Moreno S., Yang X., Chang, J., Quevedo-Lopez M., Naraghi M.,
Minary-Jolandan M., “High Performance Coils and Yarns of Polymeric Piezoelectric Nanofibers”, in
press ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2015).
4. Gardea, F., Garcia J. M., Boday D. J., Bajjuri K. M., Naraghi M. and Hedrick J. L., “Hybrid Poly
(aryl ether sulfone amide) s for Advanced Thermoplastic Composites”. Macromolecular Chemistry
and Physics, DOI: 10.1002/macp.201400267, (2014).
5. Naraghi M., Chawla, S., “Carbonized Micro- and Nanostructures: Can Downsizing Really Help?”,
Materials, 7(5), 3820-3833, (2014).
6. Gardea, F., M. Naraghi, and D. Lagoudas, “Effect of Thermal Interface on Heat Flow in Carbon
Nanofiber Composites”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6(2): p. 1061-1072. (2014).
7. Cai, J, Chawla, S and M. Naraghi, “Piezoresistive Effect of Individual Electrospun Carbon
Nanofiber for Strain Sensing”, In revision in Carbon, (2014).
8. Roenbeck M. R., Wei X., Beese A., M., Naraghi M., Furmanchuk A., Paci J.T., Schatz G. C.,
Espinosa H. D., “In Situ Scanning Electron Microscope Peeling To Quantify Surface Energy between
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene”. ACS Nano, 8 pp. 124-138 (2014).
9. Naraghi, M., Kolluru P.V., and I. Chasiotis, “Time and strain rate dependent mechanical behavior of
individual polymeric nanofibers”. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 62: p. 257-275
(2014).
10. Chawla, S., M. Naraghi, and A. Davoudi, “Effect of twist and porosity on the electrical conductivity
of carbon nanofiber yarns.” Nanotechnology, 24(25): p. 255708. (2013)
11. Beese A., Sarkar S., Nair A.; Naraghi M., An Z., Moravsky A., Loutfy R., Buehler M., Nguyen S.B.,
Espinosa H., "Bio-Inspired Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite Yarns with Hydrogen BondMediated Lateral Interactions", ACS Nano, 7, pp 3434-3446 (2013)
12. Papkov D., Beese A. M., Goponenko A., Zou Y., Naraghi M., Espinosa H. D., Saha B., Schatz G. C.,
Moravsky A., Loutfy R., Nguyen S. T., Dzenis Y., “Extraordinary Improvement of the Graphitic
Structure of Continuous Carbon Nanofibers Templated with Double Wall Carbon Nanotubes” ACS
Nano, 7, pp 126-142 (2013).
13. Naraghi M., Bratzel G. H., Filleter T., An Z., Wei X., Nguyen S. T., Buehler M. J. and Espinosa H.
D., “Atomistic Investigation of Load Transfer Between DWNT Bundles “Crosslinked” by PMMA
Oligomers”, Advanced Functional Materials, 23, pp 1883-1892 (2012).
14. Espinosa H. D., Filleter T. and Naraghi M., “Multiscale experimental mechanics of hierarchical
carbon-based materials”, Review article, Advanced Materials, 24, pp 2805-2823 (2012).
15. Filleter T., Yockel S., Naraghi M., Paci J. T., Compton O. C., Mayes M. L., Nguyen S. T., Schatz
G.C., Espinosa H. D. “Experimental-Computational Study of Shear Interactions within DoubleWalled Carbon Nanotube Bundles”, Nanoletters, 12, pp 732-742 (2012).
16. Arshad S. N., Naraghi M. and Chasiotis I. “High strength carbon nanofibers derived from
electrospun PAN”, Carbon, 49, pp 1710-1719 (2011).
17. Naraghi M., Arshad S. N. and Chasiotis I. “Molecular orientation and mechanical property size
effects in electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers”, Polymer, 7, pp. 1612-1618 (2011).
18. Naraghi M., Filleter T., Moravsky A., Locascio M., Loutfy R., Espinosa H. D. “A Multiscale Study
of High Performance Double-Walled Nanotube Polymer Fibers”, ACS nano, 4, pp. 6463-6476 (2010).
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19. Naraghi M, Ozkan T, Chasiotis I., Hazra S. S. and de Boer M. P. “MEMS platform for on-chip
nanomechanical experiments with strong and highly ductile nanofibers”, Journal of Micromechanics
and Microengineering, 20, 125022 (2010).
20. Ozkan T, Naraghi M and Chasiotis I. “Mechanical strength of vapor grown carbon nanofibers”,
Carbon, 48, pp. 239-244, (2010).
21. Naraghi M and Chasiotis I (2008) “Optimization of comb-driven devices for mechanical testing of
polymeric nanofibers with large deformations” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 18 (5),
pp. 1032-1046, (2009).
22. Invited Paper –Best paper award - Naraghi M., Chasiotis I. and Hilton H. H., “Theory of Designer
Nano –Viscoelastic Composites” Proceedings of the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and
Society Conference Continuum Mechanics-09, Cambridge, UK, February pp. 225-233(2009).
23. Naraghi M., Chasiotis I., Kahn H., Yongkui W., Yuris D. “Novel method for mechanical
characterization of polymeric nanofibers”, Review of Scientific Instruments 78, pp. 085108 (2007).
24. Naraghi M., Chasiotis I., Kahn H., Yongkui W. and Yuris D. “Mechanical deformation and failure of
electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers as a function of strain rate”, Applied Physics Letters 91,
151901 (2007).
25. Naraghi M., Chasiotis I., Yongkui W. and Yuris D. Kahn H., “The Effect of Strain Rate on the
Mechanical Behavior of 10-micron Long Polymeric Nanofibers”, Proceedings of the Materials
Research Society 948 E, pp. 1-6, (2006).
Book Chapters
1. Naraghi M. (2012), Book Chapter “Graphitic Carbon Nanomaterials for Multifunctional
Nanocomposites” in Mechanics and Design of Smart Composites, CRC Press Taylor and Francis.
2. Naraghi M. (Editor - 2011) "Carbon Nanotubes". The book contains the contribution of scientists
from all over the world, and covers a wide range of scientific and technological issues about carbon
nanotubes, including their synthesis, chemical treatments, and applications.
3. Chasiotis I. and Naraghi M (2009), Book chapter: “Mechanics of electrospun polymer nanofibers as
pre-cursors to carbon nanomaterials” in Major Accomplishments in Composite Materials and
Sandwich Structures – An Anthology of ONR Sponsored Research. Editor: Emmanuel Gdoutos,
Springer.
Conference Proceedings
1. Chawla S., Gardea F., Lagoudas D. and Naraghi M., “Carbon Nanofibers as a means to Enhance
Composites Fracture Toughness”, American Society for Composites 27th Technical Conference,
October 1-3, Arlington, Texas, (2012).
2. Naraghi M. and Chasiotis I. “Viscoelastic and viscoplastic mechanical behavior of polymeric
nanofibers: An experimental and theoretical approach” Proceedings of the Society for Experimental
Mechanics, pp. 1349-1354 (2011).
3. Naraghi M. and Chasiotis I. “Fabrication-Properties Relationship in Polymeric Nanofibers”
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, pp. 2032-2037 (2009).
4. Ozkan T., Naraghi M. and Chasiotis I. “Mechanical Properties of Individual Carbon Nanofibers”
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, pp. 545-551 (2009).
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5. Ozkan T., Naraghi M. and Chasiotis I. “Mechanical Strength of Pyrolytically Stripped and
Functionalized Heat Treated Vapor Grown Carbon Nanofibers” Proceedings of the Society for
Experimental Mechanics, pp. 1108-1113 (2008).
6. Naraghi M. and Chasiotis I. “Scale and Strain Rate Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of
Electrospun Nanofibers” Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics pp. 812-816 (2007).
7. Naraghi M., Chasiotis I., Zhigilei L.V., Ballarini R., Eppell S. and Aifantis E.C. “NIRT: Novel
Experiments and Models for Nanomechanics of Polymeric and Biological Nanofibers” NSF Design,
Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, St. Louis, MO, July (2006).
8. Kazemi M.T., Naraghi M. and Vossoughi Shahvari, F. "Fracture Energy Determination of SFRC
from Notched Beam Tests", Proceedings of BEFIB, Italy, (2004).
Patents and Invention Disclosures
1. Invention disclosure: “Porous nanofibers containing encapsulated liquids surrounded by a solid
material”, May 2014, Drs. J. Boyd and M. Naraghi,
2. US Patent: “High Strength Carbon Nanofibers with Modulated Surfaces”, December 2013,
US8608992 B2, I. Chasiotis., M. Naraghi and S. Arshad,
3. US Patent: “Stress Micro Mechanical Test Cell, Device, System and Methods”, August 2013,
US8499645 B2, I Chasiotis and M. Naraghi,
Services to the Community
1. Reviewer of the following Journals:
 Applied Physics Letters,
 Biomedical Materials,
 Experimental Mechanics,
 Journal of Composites B,
 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials,
 Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures,
 Journal of Physical Chemistry,
 Journal of Physics,
 Journal of Physics D,
 Langmuir; Materials,
 Meccanica,
 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,
 Mechanics of Materials; Nanotechnology,
 Nature Communications,
 Smart Materials and Structures,
 ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics.
2. Session organizer:
 ASME conferences,
 AIAA-Scitech Conference, Materials Technical Committee,
3. Proposal reviewer:
 National Science Foundation,
 Army Research Office,
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4. Departmental and College of Engineering Committees:
 Departmental: Representative of the Materials and Structures (M & S) group in the Grad
Affair Committee: Appointed by the M & S group, from 2014,
 COE: Representative of the Department of Aerospace Engineering in the Engineering Faculty
Advisory Council: Elected by the professors of the department. Scope: College of
Engineering, from 2013,
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