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Professor and Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence / Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Program
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials

Dr. Mohsen Asle Zaeem is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and the Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence at the Colorado School of Mines. He joined Mines in 2018 as a tenured associate professor. Prof. Asle Zaeem is currently serving in the Research Advisory Board of the Colorado School of Mines. Prior to joining Mines, he was the Roberta and G. Robert Couch Assistant Professor, and later promoted to tenured associate professor in Materials Science & Engineering at Missouri University of Science & Technology (Rolla). Dr. Asle Zaeem received his B.S. (2003) and M.S. (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz University, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University (2010). In 2010, Dr. Asle Zaeem joined the Center for advanced Vehicular Systems in Mississippi State University as a postdoctoral research associate, and in 2011 he was prompted to a research assistant professor. Dr. Asle Zaeem has published more than 105 peer-reviewed journal articles in prestigious journals, and he is currently serving as a member of the editorial board of Mathematical Problems in Engineering, International Journal of Materials Engineering and Technology, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, and Metals-Open Access Metallurgy Journal. Dr. Asle Zaeem is a member of different technical committees of TMS, ASME and ASM, including Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, Solidification, Phase Transformation, Materials Properties Database, Diversity, Computing in Applied Mechanics, and Manufacturing Engineering Committees. Dr. Asle Zaeem is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the recipient of the 2021 Faculty Research Excellence Award of the Colorado School of Mines and the 2016 Faculty Research Excellence Award of Missouri S&T. He is also 2019 Rising Star Finalist in Computational Materials Science (Elsevier) and the recipient of the 2017 TMS-FEMS Young Leader International Scholar Award, 2016 Certificate of Highly Cited Research in Computational Materials Science (Elsevier), 2015 and 2017 Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing from Acta Materialia, 2017 IOP Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2015 TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award, 2015 Junior Faculty Award from Mines and Metallurgy Academy, and 2015 ACS New Investigator Award. Education Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University (2010) M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University (2006) B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University (2003)