Ph.D.: Clemson University, Clemson, 2018
MS.c.: K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, 2012
B.Sc: Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 2009
Freeze Casting, Directional Solidification, Magnetic Field Manipulation, Microstructural Characterization, Porous Material Fabrication.
- Niksiar P, Frank MB, McKittrick J, Porter MM. 2019. Microstructural evolution of paramagnetic materials by Magnetic Freeze Casting. Journal of Materials Research and Technology.
- Niksiar, P., Su, F.Y., Frank, M.B., Ogden, T.A., Naleway, S.E., Meyers, M.A., McKittrick, J. and Porter, M.M., 2019. External Field Assisted Freeze Casting. Ceramics, 2(1), pp.208-234. (invited)
- Porter, M.M. and Niksiar, P., 2018. Multidimensional mechanics: Performance mapping of natural biological systems using permutated radar charts. PloS one, 13(9), p.e0204309.
- Porter, M.M., Niksiar, P. and McKittrick, J., 2016. Microstructural control of colloidal‐based ceramics by directional solidification under weak magnetic fields. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99(6), pp.1917-1926.