Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Courtesy Appointment, Mechanical Engineering
S. Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi joined CMU as an assistant professor in September 2022 from MIT where she was a postdoctoral associate jointly in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. Before that, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. from EPFL, Switzerland, and her B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. She received both early and advanced prestigious Swiss National Science Foundation fellowships for her postdoctoral studies at Brown and MIT.
Structural alloys and material sustainability
Education
2022 Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2017 Postdoc, Brown University
2015 Ph.D., EPFL, Switzerland
2008 M.Sc., Sharif University of Technology, Iran
2006 B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
Multi-university team pursues AI-enhanced design tool
A recent DARPA award will bring together researchers from multiple universities to develop novel turbomachinery design tools to break the one-part-one-material paradigm.
CMU Engineering
Interdisciplinary team partners to develop advanced alloys
Materials science and engineering and chemical engineering faculty will collaborate on projects supported by the Naval Nuclear Laboratory to create additively manufactured structural alloys that can sustain extreme environments.
Carnegie Mellon University
Seven Engineering faculty awarded grants from Scott Institute
Seven faculty from the College of Engineering received project funding from this year’s Scott Institute Seed Grants.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Taheri-Mousavi receives Scott Institute Seed Grant
MSE’s Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi was awarded funding by the 2023 Scott Institute Seed Grants to study hydrogen embrittlement.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Scott Institute Seed Grant Helps Demystify Hydrogen’s Damaging Effects
Hydrogen (H) is the smallest atom in the universe, yet it causes billions of dollars of damage to high-strength metallic alloys through a phenomenon called H embrittlement.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Three MSE faculty win Scott Institute grants
Three MSE faculty—Paul Salvador, Mohammad Islam, and Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi—were awarded funding by the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation to support cutting-edge research in sustainable energy solutions.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Scott Institute seed grants advance clean energy research at Carnegie Mellon University
ince the Scott Institute’s founding in 2012, a core initiative has been the Seed Grants for Energy Research program. With this funding, researchers across the university receive important early-stage support for developing cutting-edge energy research.
Materials Science and Engineering
Rising Stars workshop hosted at CMU
Doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from around the country convened at CMU for a program focused on developing their academic careers in MSE.
Scott Institute
Three CMU energy projects receive Scott Institute Seed Grants
Three CMU-led energy projects have been awarded seed grants from the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Scott Institute Seed Grants Support CMU Energy Projects in Eleventh Annual Round
The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation’s Seed Grants for Energy Research program will support three research projects in the 2023 cycle.
CMU Engineering
CMU to Lead NASA Space Technology Research Institute
A new NASA Space Technology Research Institute (STRI) led by Carnegie Mellon University seeks to shorten the cycle required to design, manufacture, and test parts that can withstand the conditions of space travel through constructing models for qualification and certification.
Lifewire
Taheri-Mousavi quoted in Lifewire
MSE’s Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi spoke with Lifewire about using AI to discover new materials.