Welcome
This website is designed to facilitate the interaction of students and instructor. Developed by Dr. Atharifar, the main goal is to provide the preliminary educational resources for students to start up and follow. This will be very helpful when the Desire2Learn at MU is not available for students. In addition, this website may assist those students who registered late or missing a class. The educational resources include but are not limited to: course descriptions, textbooks, workbooks, instruments, syllabus, suppliers, links, and other useful information. This website also includes some information for students who are participating in design contests and research.
The subsequent goal of this website is to insure our future students, K-12 teachers, and industrial partners understand our span of teaching, facilities, and service. This website is being modified regularly. Additional information and resources may be added to this website upon demand. Should you have any query or suggestions for improving this website, please don't hesitate to contact hatharifar@millersville.edu.
About Dr. Atharifar
Education
- 2005-2008, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, graduated with honor
- 2002-2004, M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, graduated with honor
- 1998-2002, B.Sc. in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering
Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, graduated with valedictorian honor
Teaching Interests
Mechanical Design, Computer-aided Drafting and Design, Machine Design, Tool Design, Statics, Strength of Material, Kinematics and Kinetics, Design for Manufacturing, Traditional and Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes, Computer-aided Manufacturing (CAM), Product Design and Development, Fiinite Element Analysis
Research Interests
- Green product design
- Biomechanics of dentitions and implants
- Solid-state welding especially friction stir welding
- Solid-freeform fabrication and rapid prototyping
- Numerical modeling, monitoring, and optimization of advanced manufacturing processes
Affiliations
- Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Member of the ATMAE
- Past member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Past member of the American Welding Society (AWS)
- Past member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Computer and Programming Skills
AutoCAD Mechanical, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Pro/E, ANSYS, ABAQUS, GAMBIT-Fluent, MATLAB, NI LabVIEW, Delcam-PowerMILL
*** If you want to know more about Hosein's qualifications including publications, awards, grants, work experience, etc, you can contact him at hatharifar@millersville.edu.
Some nice quotes:
"Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe." -- Marcus Aurelius
"The foundation of all the mental illnesses is the avoidance of legitimate suffering." -- Carl Jung
"If everything is under control, you are going too slow." -- Mario Andretti
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create." --Albert Einstein
"We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge." -- John Naisbitt.