Narjess Hajilou

Narjess Hajilou holding a Master of Science in Materials Engineering joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UIC in Summer 2024 as a Ph.D. student in Professor Shokuhfar’s laboratory. She has her Bachelor of Science degree from AmirKabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) in Materials Engineering (2017). Her Bachelor thesis was the recycling of lead from the waste-printed circuit boards by electrolysis method. She worked for three years at the Razi Applied Science Foundation as a materials expert (2017-2020) and has experience with several materials analysis methods such as XRD, XRF, OES, and SEM. She got her Master of Science degree from the Materials and Energy Research Center in Materials Engineering (2022). Her master thesis was the electrochemical behavior of AlCoCrFeNi-ZrO2 high entropy alloy composites prepared with mechanical alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). Her research in the Ph.D. program is focused on biodegradable polymers. She is employing advanced techniques like in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) to understand polymer degradation.

Research Interests
1. Sustainable Materials
2. Materials Characterization
3. Biodegradable Polymers
4. Mathematical Modeling

Hajilou, N., Javaheri, M., Ebadzadeh, T., & Farvizi, M. (2024). Investigation of the electrochemical behavior of AlCoCrFeNi–ZrO2 high entropy alloy composites prepared with mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 54(2), 457-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-023-01968-y

B.Sc., Materials Engineering, AmirKabir University of Technology, 2017
M.Sc., Materials Engineering, Materials and Energy Research Center, 2022