Fatemeh Ahmadpoor

Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
About Me
I received my Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of Houston in 2016. I was a postdoc associate at Brown University during 2017-2019 and after that joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NJIT as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2019. I am the recipient of several awards including The NSF CAREER Award, NJIT NCE Rising Star Research Award and MECMAT Young Investigator Award. My research interests include enhanced electromechanical properties of soft materials, entropic effects, finite temperature properties of flexible nanostructures, and interaction of nanostructures with biological systems.
Education
Ph.D.; University of Houston; Mechanical Engineering; 2016
M.S.; Sharif University of Technology; Structural Engineering; 2012
B.S.; Sharif University of Technology; Civil Engineering; 2009
Awards & Honors
2024 MECMAT Young Investigator Award, Elsevier
2024 Newark College of Engineering Rising Star Research Award, NJIT NCE
2023 NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
Website
https://sites.google.com/view/ahmadpoormmmlab/home
2026 Fall Courses
ME 616 - MATRIX TENSOR METHODS IN ME
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 315 - STRESS ANALYSIS
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 315 - STRESS ANALYSIS- HONORS
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
Teaching Interests
Solid Mechanics, Statistical Physics, Applied Mathematics, Materials Science
Past Courses
ME 311: THERMODYNAMICS I
ME 315: STRESS ANALYSIS
ME 315: STRESS ANALYSIS - HONORS
ME 616: MATRIX METHODS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ME 620: MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
Research Interests
Mechanics of Nanomaterials and Biological Systems
Journal Article
Rubayet Hassan, Anh Vo, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor. 2026. "Emergent Surface Tension in Active Membranes Under Area Constraint." Journal of Applied Mechanics , vol. 93, no. 9, pp. 091011.
Morteza Hamzeh, Saba Mirahsani, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Samaneh Farokhirad. 2025. "From Single Ligand–Receptor Bond Strength to Collective Avidity: Mechanics-Guided Superselective Nanoparticle Adhesion to Biological Membranes." Langmuir, vol. 41, no. 51, pp. 34210–34226.
Md Sojib Kaisar, Rubayet Hassan, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor. 2025. "Renormalization of mechanical properties in fluctuating active membranes.." Journal of Applied Mechanics.
Xin Yan, Md Sojib Kaisar, Rubayet Hassan, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor. 2025. "On the buckling and imperfection sensitivity of fluctuating one- and two-dimensional flexible nanostructures.." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
Sojib Kaisar, Rubayet Hassan, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor. 2025. "Entropy-Driven Mechanics of Crystalline and Biological Membranes." Applied Mechanics Reviews, pp. 1-23.
Md Sojib Kaisar, Rubayet Hassan, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor. 2025. "Entropy-Driven Mechanics of Crystalline and Biological Membranes.." Applied Mechanics Reviews.
Conference Abstract
"Adhesive Interactions of Flexible Nanofilaments Versus Nanogels with Biological Cell Membranes"
AICHE.
"Enhancing Nanocarrier Targeting: Role of Cell Morphology, Mechanics, and Receptor-Ligand Interactions"
AICHE.