Sakia Noorzayee is a doctoral student at our department as part of the International Max Planck Research School on Sustainable Metallurgy (IMPRS SusMet). Her research focuses on the processing and recycling of NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs). Her work primarily examines the reactions that occur during melting and solidification. Particular attention is given to trace elements that can accumulate during recycling processes and thus influence the functional properties of a SMA component. For example, carbon and oxygen can deplete Ti from a NiTi alloy, leading to a decrease in the martensite start temperature Ms. Furthermore, the research examines which microstructural changes occur during the remelting and subsequent heat treatment of a NiTi component and how these changes affect its functional properties. In addition, small oxide and carbide inclusions are being investigated in collaboration with the MPI in Düsseldorf using atomic probe tomography.
since 09.2022
Research Associate, Chair Materials Science and Engineering (LWW), Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
03.2021 - 08.2022
Research assistant, University Duisburg Essen, Faculty of Physics
04.2019 - 08.2022
Physics M. Sc., University Duisburg Essen
Thesis title: "Magnetic-Field-Directed Diffusion during Temper-Annealing in Nearly Equiatomic NiMn Alloys"
04.2018 - 09.2018
Student assistant, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Peter Grünberg Institute 6
04.2014 - 03.2019
Physics B.Sc., Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Thesis title: "Interferometrical Characterization of a Gas Source for Laser-Acceleration Experiments"
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