Dr. Mehran Maalekian is Research & Development Director of Mat-Tech. He received his Doctorate in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering with distinction from Graz University of Technology in 2007. As a visiting scientist he spent some time at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and then worked as a postdoc at Technical University of Vienna. In 2009 he received Postdoctoral Fellowship award from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and worked as research scientist and teaching fellow at the University of British Columbia. He then joined AIM Metals & Alloys, a leading global manufacturer of solder assembly materials for the electronics industry, in 2011 as the chief metallurgist and became the Global Research & Development Director of AIM. His research program on the development of environmentally benign materials for electronics was granted by NRC IRAP (The National Research Council of Canada Industry Research Assistance Program). Since 2018 he is R&D Manager of Mat-Tech, a high-tech company in Assembly and advanced Soldering, Brazing and Diffusion Bonding, and Manufacturing.

Dr. Maalekian’s research focuses on the development of advanced materials, processing, and manufacturing techniques. For his research he uses experimental investigations as well as modelling techniques to understand processing-structure-property relationships.

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Graz University of Technology

MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Shiraz University

M. Celikin, M. Maalekian, M. Pekguleryuza, Effect of Sb additions on the creep behavior of Bi containing SAC alloys, J. Electron. Mater., vol 48 (2019) 5562-69.

M. Maalekian, Developing high reliability solders for harsh environment, Proceedings SMTA International, 2018, Rosemont, IL, USA.

M. Maalekian, H. Azizi, M. Militzer, Phase field modeling of microstructural banding in steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 47(2016) 608-622.

M. Maalekian, R. Radis, M. Militzer , A. Moreau, W. Poole, In situ measurement and modeling of austenite grain growth in a Ti/Nb microalloyed steel, Acta Materialia 60 (2012) 1015-1026.

M. Maalekian, Characterization and Optimization of orbital friction welding of high carbon steel bars, Welding in the World, 53 (2009) 5/6, R109-123.

M. Maalekian, Friction welding- critical assessment of literature, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 12 (8), (2007), 738-759.