Research Areas: Materials Science & Engineering
Nanomaterials
Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering
Education Background: • Postdoctoral Scholar, Pennsylvania State University
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University
• Visiting Scholar, University of California-San Diego
• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
• M.Sc., Structural Mechanics and Materials, Sharif University of Technology
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
About:
Maryam Tabatabaei is an Assistant Research Professor in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Energy Institute at Pennsylvania State University. She earned a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, an M.Sc. in Structural Mechanics and Materials, and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, all from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. She worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University from 2016 to 2018, where she developed a computational framework for the elastic-plastic analysis of architected cellular microstructures. She pursued her career as a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University from 2018 to 2021. She has been conducting research aimed at improving wellbore integrity, with a focus on limiting the environmental damage that results from oil and gas leakages. She has published 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, 12 peer-reviewed conference articles, two book chapters, and one US patent.
Research Interests:
• Continuum mechanics
• Mechanics of defects at the material scale
• Wellbore integrity
Tabatabaei, M. and S. N. Atluri, (2021). Ultralight Metallic/Composite Materials with Architected Cellular Structures, Ultralight Metallic/Composite Materials with Architected Cellular Structures Proceedings, pp. 20-28.
Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, and J. N. Hooker, (2021). Debonding of Cemented Natural Fractures during Core Recovery, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 144, [104272].
Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, G. Li, and T. Zhang, (2021). Combination of shape-memory capability and self-assembly to plug wide remote fractures, MRS Communications, v. 11 (6), pp. 770-776.
Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, G. Li, and T. Zhang, (2021). Shape Memory Polymers as Lost Circulation Materials for Sealing Wide-Opened Natural Fractures, SPE Drilling & Completion, pp. 1-12, [SPE-205514-PA].
Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, Y. Cai, L. Santos, and N. Alem, (2021). Surface Modification of Proppant using Hydrophobic Coating to Enhance Long-Term Production, SPE Production and Operations, [SPE-196067-PA].
Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Talenghani, G. Li, and T. Zhang, (2021). Combination of shape-memory capability and self-assembly to plug wide remote fractures, MRS Communications v. 11 (6), pp. 770-776.
Tabatabaei, M., and A. Dahi Taleghani, (2021). Natural Low-cost Coal-based Additive To Improve Well Cement Integrity, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, [SPE-205840-MS].
Tabatabaei, M., and A. Dahi Taleghani, (2021). Smart Lost Circulation Materials for Sealing Large Width Natural Fractures, 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.
Tabatabaei, M., and A. Dahi Taleghani, (2021). Smart Lost Circulation Materials to Seal Large Fractures, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, [SPE-205873-MS].
Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, and N. Alem, (2020). Measurement of Mixed Mode Interfacial Strengths with Cementitious Materials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, v. 223, [106739], ISSN 0013-7944.
