آکادمی و موسسه علمی پژوهشی ابن سینا

-    Find a topic
-    Define the problem  simple and consistent
-    Choose a thesis director
-    Start research on the project
-    Present a thesis proposal (optional)
-    Write a thesis report

•    Report structure:

o    Title page: title, author, institution, department, date of delivery, research mentor(s) and advisor, their institutions and email addresses
o    Abstract  concise, readable, and quantitative
o    Table of contents: all headings and subheadings with page numbers
o    List of figures
o    List of tables
o    The introduction  does not repeat the abstract
o    State of art (bibliographic research)
o    Methods
o    Results
o    Discussion
o    Conclusions
o    Perspectives
o    Acknowledgments: can be also placed before the introduction 
o    References
o    Appendix

Research topics for materials engineering: 

o    3D printing and additive manufacturing (one of the most recent research topics)
    Of metals, polymers, and ceramics
•    mechanical, thermal and microstructural aspects

-    Comparison of different methods of additive manufacturing

-    Study of steels characterization

o    Different types of steels
o    Microstructural characterization using SEM and optical microscope
o    Mechanical properties: hardness, tensile and compressive strength, 
o    Tribological properties: wear resistance
o    Thermophysical properties: density, specific heat, and enthalpy of melting, thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity

-    Study of polymer properties

o    Volumetric properties
o    Thermophysical and thermodynamic properties
o    Optical properties
o    Electrical properties
o    Magnetic properties
o    Mechanical properties
o    Properties of polymers in dilute solutions

Examples of recent research topics for polymers:

-    Applications of fiber-reinforced polymers in additive manufacturing
-    Characterization of biodegradable polymers
-    The importance of carbon fiber to polymer additive manufacturing
-    Recent advances in shape–memory polymers
-    A review on powder-based additive manufacturing for tissue engineering
-    Adhesion of polymers
-    Recent advances in the development of processable high-temperature polymers
-    Polymers for 3D printing and customized additive manufacturing    

Examples of recent research topics in metallurgy:

-    The metallurgy and processing science of metal additive manufacturing
-    Powder Metallurgy Processing of Ti-Nb Based Biomedical Alloys
-    Laser cladding of high-speed steels
-    Stress corrosion cracking in low carbon stainless steel components
-    Bainitic stabilization of austenite in low alloy sheet steels
-    Development in Ti alloys for biomedical applications
-    Martensitic transformation induced by plastic deformation in austenitic stainless steels
-    An experimental investigation into additive manufacturing-induced residual stresses in stainless steels
-    Mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel made by additive manufacturing