Dr. Maziar Toursangsaraki is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Engineering at the University of Galway. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2022. His Ph.D. research focused on crystal plasticity modelling of laser peening effects on the mechanical behaviour and fatigue performance of friction stir welded aluminium alloys.

Following his Ph.D., he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he investigated the process–microstructure-property relationships of laser powder bed fused Inconel 718 using crystal plasticity modelling, multiscale simulations, and advanced microstructural characterisation techniques. He joined the University of Galway in 2024 and is currently working on the Research Ireland-funded TRANSFORRM project, where his research focuses on thermomechanically controlled processed (TMCP) steels for offshore renewable energy structures.

Dr. Toursangsaraki has published numerous papers in leading international journals and conferences in the fields of computational mechanics, materials engineering, and advanced manufacturing. He has supervised Ph.D. and Master’s students, contributed to postgraduate teaching in Advanced Mechanics of Materials, and serves as a reviewer for several international journals in computational mechanics, materials science, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering.

His research integrates computational mechanics, crystal plasticity, strain-gradient plasticity, multiscale materials modelling, finite element analysis, welding metallurgy, fatigue and fracture mechanics, additive manufacturing, and advanced microstructural characterisation to develop microstructure-informed predictive frameworks for the structural integrity and lifetime assessment of welded engineering structures. He collaborates with universities and research groups in Europe and Asia, and his current research is directed towards physics-based structural integrity, digital engineering, and physics-informed machine learning for offshore renewable energy infrastructure.

Research Interests

·      Computational Mechanics

·      Crystal Plasticity

·      Strain-Gradient Plasticity

·      Multiscale Materials Modelling

·      Finite Element Analysis

·      Structural Integrity

·      Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

·      Welding Metallurgy

·      Microstructure Characterisation (EBSD)

·      Additive Manufacturing

·      Offshore Renewable Energy Structures

·      Physics-Informed Machine Learning