Dr. Arezoo Emdadi joined Missouri S&T as an Assistant Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering department in March 2020. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at S&T 2019-2020. Dr. Emdadi received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from S&T and the University of Tehran, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering and a B.Eng. in Civil Engineering. Her Research Interests include Computational Mechanics and Material Science, Applied Mathematics, Phase-Field Modeling (Crack Propagation, Solidification, Oxidation), Phase-Field Crystal Modeling, Finite Element Method, and Fracture Mechanics.