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Prof. Agari published tens of scholary articles within materials science and engineering field in [[peer-reviewed]] journals cited plus thousand times by the technical community, <ref>{{cite web |title=Sirous Asgari - Google Scholar Citations |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_URj1W4AAAAJ&hl=en |website=scholar.google.com |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref> he authored the book later became known as a standard text within the field. |
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To gain control over the performance of novel energy conversion systems, Asgari extensively researched on heat treatment of materials in quest for tailored properties specifically for crystalline structures. in 1997 he suggested a novel strain hardening regime during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy Face-centered cubic alloys. Asgari together with colleagues formulated this hardening regime by microstructural evolution of the crystals and showed that such regime could lead to the formation of deformation twins, an observation that is instrumental in heat treatment of cubic center alloys. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Asgari |first1=Sirous |last2=El-Danaf |first2=Ehab |last3=Kalidindi |first3=Surya R. |last4=Doherty |first4=Roger D. |title=Strain hardening regimes and microstructural evolution during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy fcc alloys that form deformation twins |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11661-997-0109-3 |website=Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A |accessdate=31 March 2020 |pages=1781–1795 |language=en |doi=10.1007/s11661-997-0109-3 |date=1 September 1997}}</ref> |
To gain control over the performance of novel energy conversion systems, Asgari extensively researched on heat treatment of materials in quest for tailored properties specifically for crystalline structures. in 1997 he suggested a novel strain hardening regime during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy Face-centered cubic alloys. Asgari together with colleagues formulated this hardening regime by microstructural evolution of the crystals and showed that such regime could lead to the formation of deformation twins, an observation that is instrumental in heat treatment of cubic center alloys. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Asgari |first1=Sirous |last2=El-Danaf |first2=Ehab |last3=Kalidindi |first3=Surya R. |last4=Doherty |first4=Roger D. |title=Strain hardening regimes and microstructural evolution during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy fcc alloys that form deformation twins |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11661-997-0109-3 |website=Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A |accessdate=31 March 2020 |pages=1781–1795 |language=en |doi=10.1007/s11661-997-0109-3 |date=1 September 1997}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:58, 31 March 2020
Sirous Asgari | |
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سیروس عسگری | |
| Born | Sirous Asgari 7 August 1960 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Citizenship | Iranian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Drexel University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Material Science and Engineering |
| Sub-discipline | High-performance components for Lithium Ion Batteries |
| Institutions | Sharif University of Technology |
Sirous Asgari (born on 7 August 1960, Taleghan) is an Iranian material scientist and academician known for his research for lithium ion batteries. He is currently a full professor in Engineering and Material Science at Sharif University of Technology.
Background and academic career
Asgari studied Material Science and Engineering and received his Ph.D. in materials Science and Engineering (1997) at Drexel University. Prior to moving to the US, he obtained a MSc in Materials Science and Engineering from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Tehran in 1992. He then returned to Iran and became a Professor, Department of Engineering and Material Science, Sharif University of Technology where he taught Crystallography and Diffraction, Electronic Properties of Materials, Solid State Transformations, Physical Metallurgy, Materials characterization Techniques, Diffusion in Solids and Advanced Materials[1]. He is known for being an instructor with high teaching skills and his compendium for the course Physical Properties of Materials was said to be the best in the field among the material science students in Iran. [2]. While working at Sharif University, he kept having collaborations with American scientists and In 2011, 2012 and 2013 he had several visits to American academic institutions. He was arrested in 2013 by the FBI on trade secret stealing charges among others.
Publication
Prof. Agari published tens of scholary articles within materials science and engineering field in peer-reviewed journals cited plus thousand times by the technical community, [3] he authored the book later became known as a standard text within the field. To gain control over the performance of novel energy conversion systems, Asgari extensively researched on heat treatment of materials in quest for tailored properties specifically for crystalline structures. in 1997 he suggested a novel strain hardening regime during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy Face-centered cubic alloys. Asgari together with colleagues formulated this hardening regime by microstructural evolution of the crystals and showed that such regime could lead to the formation of deformation twins, an observation that is instrumental in heat treatment of cubic center alloys. [4]
Legal case in the US
While working at Case Western Reserve University in 2013 on a project, paid for by the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research, to create and produce anti-corrosive stainless steel through a heating process, Prof. Asgari was charged with stealing trade secrets, employment and visa fraud and arrested by the FBI [5]. He was then tired [6]at a Federal Court where he was acquitted from all charges[7].
Associated Press reported on April 4, 2018 [8] that FBI agent misled magistrate judge to obtain search warrant in trade secrets case according to the federal judge. Sirous Asgari’s emails cannot be used at trial because FBI agent Timothy Boggs “knowingly or recklessly made material omissions” in obtaining a search warrant for them in 2013, U.S. District Judge James Gwin ruled. However, later an appeals court (6th U.S. Circuit) [9] ruled that the FBI agent did not omit significantly important information and was not misleading the legal system [10].
FBI accused Asgari for being connected to the Iranian government due to a paper published by a PhD student at the same university but in a different campus. The judge, however, believed that “Connecting Asgari to the Iranian government because of this paper would be akin to connecting a chemistry professor at the Ohio State University’s Columbus campus to the American government because an astronomy graduate student at Ohio State’s Mansfield campus once did commercial telescope research that NASA could conceivably use,”. The Federal judge, Mr. Gwin also wrote that “mere employment as a professor at a state and privately supported university does not create probable cause. and that that Asgari’s November 2012 visa application also stated his visit was, at least in part, for business reasons [8].
Detention in the US
Although the US government lost its case charges (trade secret stealing and visa fraud), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has kept him indefinitely detained since the trial. Talking to Guardian, he expressed a imminent fear for his life due to the spread of COVID19 virus and no precautionary measures at ICE detention facility in Louisiana[11]. In March 2020 ProPublica reported [12] that in a 10-Day span, ICE flew Asgari across the country nine times. He was allegedly shuttled from Louisiana to Texas, New Jersey and back on chartered flights full of migrants. Iran urged US to release Asgari after the Guardian coverage [13][14].
See also
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Immigration detention
- Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
External links
- Personal page at Sharif University of Technology website
- Google Scholar profile for Asgari
- ResaerchGate profile for Asgari
References
- ^ "Dr. Asgari's Official Homepage". sharif.edu. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Pros. Asgari physical properties of materials - compendium". tampa.manstar.ir. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Sirous Asgari - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Asgari, Sirous; El-Danaf, Ehab; Kalidindi, Surya R.; Doherty, Roger D. (1 September 1997). "Strain hardening regimes and microstructural evolution during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy fcc alloys that form deformation twins". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. pp. 1781–1795. doi:10.1007/s11661-997-0109-3. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Jabara, Joe (5 August 2019). "Iranian Violates Visa, Walks Off with U.S. Trade Secrets Funded by U.S. Navy". ClearanceJobs. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "United States v. Asgari, Case No. 1:16-cr-124 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Heisig, Eric (18 November 2019). "Cleveland federal judge dismisses trade secrets, fraud charges against Iranian professor during trial". cleveland. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b "FBI agent misled magistrate judge to obtain search warrant in trade secrets case, federal judge says". AP NEWS. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Judicial Publications - United States of America, Appellant Sirous Asgari, Appellee". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Heisig, Eric (19 March 2019). "Cleveland FBI agent did not mislead federal judge in search warrant in trade-secrets case, appeals court rules". cleveland. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Levin, Sam (27 March 2020). "'I won't survive': Iranian scientist in US detention says Ice will let Covid-19 kill many". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Yeganeh Torbati, Dara Lind (27 March 2020). "In a 10-Day Span, ICE Flew This Detainee Across the Country — Nine Times". ProPublica. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "Iran calls on U.S. to release detained scientist". UPI. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Iran urges US to release Iranian scientist amid coronavirus pandemic". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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