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Davoud Jafari has been appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Design Production and Management (DPM) at the University of Twente (UT). Davoud obtained his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering at the University of Pisa (Italy) in 2016. Later, Davoud joined DPM at UT in early 2017. His research's ultimate goal is to develop and engineer new materials, enabling energy solutions in the real world. To do this, he applies the physics of fabrication and thermal engineering to synthesize, characterize, and incorporate innovative materials into next-generation energy conversion and storage systems. Davoud currently works on advancing additive manufacturing techniques to fabricate metal matrix composites, and multiscale porous materials for heat transfer, and thermochemical and electrochemical technologies for terrestrial and space applications.
Expertise Material Science Three Dimensional Printing Thermal Conductivity Physics Utilization Performance Ratios Heat Engineering Heat Pipe Additive Manufacturing Organisations Publications Characterization of thermal properties of ball-milled copper-graphene powder as feedstock for additive manufacturing (2025) Powder technology, 466 . Article 121423. Lee, H., Jafari, D. , Koutsioukis, A., Nicolosi, V., Geurts, B. J. & Wits, W. W.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2025.121423 Formation of equiaxed grains in pure iron during laser powder bed fusion (2025) Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 39 , 7325-7334. Zafari, A., Marzban Shirkharkolaei, E., Lui, E. W., Goulas, C., Jafari, D. & Gibson, I.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.11.050 Interrelation between Microstructure and Thermal Conductivity of Metal-Graphene Material Systems (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, FEMS 2025 EUROMAT . Lee, H., Ruan, S., Bhootpur, N., Jafari, D. , Geurts, B. J., Koutsioukis, A., van Goor, L., Lupoi, R., Zavašnik, J., Yin, S., Nicolosi, V., Lyulin, A. & Wits, W. W. Review on properties, physics, and fabrication of two-dimensional material-based metal-matrix composites (2DMMCs) for heat transfer systems (2025) Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 217 . Article 115700. Lee, H., Lordejani, A. A., van Goor, L., Jurov, A., Koutsioukis, A., Ruan, S., Santhosh, N. M., Zarei, F., Barreneche, C., Cvelbar, U., Dosta, S., Geurts, B. J., Guagliano, M., Jafari, D. , Nicolosi, V., Yin, S., Zavašnik, J., Bagherifard, S., Lupoi, R. & Wits, W. W.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2025.115700 Transition Metal DichalcogenideāBased Composites in Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing for Electrochemical ApplicationsāA Review (2025) Advanced Materials Technologies, 10 (9), 1-34. Article 2401251. Alinejadian, N., Odnevall, I., Meisnar, M. & Jafari, D. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401251 Additive Manufacturing of An Sn-Based Alloy on Silicon Wafer by Laser Powder Bed Fusion for Advanced Cooling of Electronic Circuits (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, FEMS 2025 EUROMAT . Mistrini, A., Hodaei, A., Casati, R. & Jafari, D. Long duration and cutting-edge thermochemical heat storage and upgrading technology for heat and power applications (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] 31st International Conference of Concentrated Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems, SOLARPACES 2025 (Accepted/In press). Chauhan, K. S., Mehrali, M., Jafari, D. , Singh, A. K., Arabkoohsar, A., Schmidt, M., Linder, M., Hummelshøj, R. M., Weinberger, P., Pluta, J., Senise, I. R. d. A., Fedorov, S., Sybir, A. & Touloumtzidis, A. LPBF of Sn-Ag Thermal Interfaces on Si substrate for High-Performance Electronic Cooling (2025) In PCIM Conference 2025: International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management 6ā8 Mai 2025, Nuremberg (pp. 411-417) (PCIM Europe Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2025). Mesago PCIM GmbH. Mistrini, A., Hodaei, A., Meisnar, M., Jafari, D. & Casati, R. https://doi.org/10.30420/566541050 Fine Porous Structures Fabricated Using Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Tiā6Alā4Ā V (2024) In Additive Manufacturing in Multidisciplinary Cooperation and Production (pp. 133-143) (Springer Tracts in Additive Manufacturing; Vol. Part F3255). Springer. Sanchez, S., Zafari, A., Demir, A. G., Caprio, L., Previtali, B., Holynska, M., Gibson, I. & Jafari, D. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37671-9_12 Temporal and Spatial Beam Shaping in LPBF for Fine and Porous Ti-Alloy Structures for Regenerative Fuel Cell Applications (2024) Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 11 (1), 154-178. Sanchez, S., Zafari, A., Caprio, L., Demir, A. G. & Jafari, D. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40516-023-00244-3 Research profiles Affiliated study programs Courses academic year 2025/2026 Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2024/2025 
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