Zeinab Alsmadi
Assistant Teaching Professor
- zalsmad@ncsu.edu
- Burlington Laboratory 2154
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Dr. Alsmadi is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University. She earned her B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2016, MMSE in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2020 and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2020. She held a Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University from 2020 to 2023. She has extensive expertise and several publications in the fields of nuclear materials science, radiation shielding and corrosion science.
Dr. Alsmadi research work focuses on understanding the relationship between microstructure, processing, mechanical properties, and functionality of materials for nuclear energy systems, and on the assessment of shielding and corrosion properties of single-layered and multi-layered coating barriers on the inner canister of spent nuclear fuel waste storage such as dry casks, and the assessment of different stainless-steel alloys as candidate canister materials as well as candidate structural materials for other nuclear systems, to enhance their radiation shielding efficiency and corrosion resistance.
Dr. Alsmadi is currently teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of introduction to nuclear energy, laboratory projects in nuclear engineering and particle material interaction.
Education
Nuclear Engineering
North Carolina State University
Materials Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University
Nuclear Engineering
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Research Description
Dr. Alsmadi’s research areas include nuclear material science; radiation shielding; corrosion science; and nuclear waste management.
Publications
- Computational evaluation on the use of some selected ceramic max-phase coatings as shielding layers on spent fuel dry cask canisters
- , (2023). IOSR Journal of Applied Physics. Retrieved from https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jap/papers/Vol15-issue1/Ser-1/B1501010516.pdf
- Shielding and corrosion properties of the Alloy 709 as canister material for spent nuclear fuel dry casks
- Alsmadi, Z. Y., & Bourham, M. A. (2023), Defence Technology, 21, 116–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dt.2022.08.002
- An assessment of protective coating dry cask canisters with structurally amorphous metals (SAMs) for enhanced radiation shielding
- Alsmadi, Z. Y., & Bourham, M. A. (2022), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111647
- Stress-Controlled Creep-Fatigue of an Advanced Austenitic Stainless Steel at Elevated Temperatures
- Alsmadi, Z. Y., Abouelella, H., Alomari, A. S., & Murty, K. L. (2022), MATERIALS, 15(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15113984
- Effect of Strain Range on High Temperature Creep-Fatigue Behaviour of Fe-25Ni-20Cr (wt.%) Austenitic Stainless Steel (Alloy 709)
- Alsmadi, Z. Y., & Murty, K. L. (2021), MATERIALS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, 38(1), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2020.1859310
- Enhanced shielding and mechanical properties of white cement mortars via celestobarite fine aggregate
- , (2021). International Journal of General Engineering and Technologyy. Retrieved from http://iaset.us/archives?jname=74_2&year=2021&submit=Search
- High-temperature effects on creep-fatigue interaction of the Alloy 709 austenitic stainless steel
- Alsmadi, Z. Y., & Murty, K. L. (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, 143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2020.105987
- Shielding properties of 316 stainless steel with multi-layered barriers for spent fuel drycasks
- , (2021). International Journal of Physics and Research. Retrieved from http://www.tjprc.org/publishpapers/2-44-1615371730-2IJPRJUN20212.pdf
- Effect of hold time on high temperature creep-fatigue behavior of Fe-25Ni-20Cr (wt.%) austenitic stainless steel (Alloy 709)
- Alsmadi, Z. Y., Alomari, A., Kumar, N., & Murty, K. L. (2020), MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING, 771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.138591
- Shielding properties of alloy 709 advanced austenitic stainless steel as candidate canister material in spent fuel dry casks
- , (2020). International Journal of Physics and Research. Retrieved from http://www.tjprc.org/publishpapers/2-44-1608272312-2IJPRDEC20202.pdf