Dr Mostafa Seifan
Teaching/Research Fellow
Qualifications: BEng, MEng, PhD, PCert (Newcastle Uni)
Research Interests
- Additive manufacturing of concrete (3D printing of concrete)
- Self-healing material development
- Nano and recycled materials in concrete and sustainable concrete technology
- Micro-structural and mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites (ECC)
- Smart product design, fabrication and testing
- Engineering education and virtual reality laboratory
Research Supervised
PhD
- Ms. Donya Novin (in progress)
- Mr. Keith Soo (in progress)
Teaching Commitments
Expertise
Concrete; 3D printing of concrete; Self-healing material development; Nanoconcrete; Recycled materials in concrete; Micro-structural and mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites; Engineering education; Virtual reality laboratory
Recent Publications
Ebrahiminezhad, A., Moeeni, F., Taghizadeh, S. -M., Seifan, M., Bautista, C., Novin, D., . . . Berenjian, A. (2019). Xanthan gum capped ZnO microstars as a promising dietary zinc supplementation. Foods, 8(3), 88. doi:10.3390/foods8030088 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12578
Davani-Davari, D., Negahdaripour, M., Karimzadeh, I., Seifan, M., Mohkam, M., Masoumi, S., . . . Ghasemi, Y. (2019). Prebiotics: Definition, types, sources, mechanisms, and clinical applications. Foods, 8(3), 92. doi:10.3390/foods8030092 Open Access version: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12577
Lal, N., Seifan, M., Novin, D., & Berenjian, A. (2019). Development of a Menaquinone-7 enriched product through the solid-state fermentation of Bacillus licheniformis. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 19. doi:10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101172
Seifan, M., & Berenjian, A. (2019). Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation: a widespread phenomenon in the biological world. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. doi:10.1007/s00253-019-09861-5