Dr. Arash Dahi Taleghani currently serves as a Professor in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering. Dr Dahi’s research interests lie broadly at the intersection of geomechanics and material science with emphasis on subsurface energy systems, i.e. innovation in cementing/sealing materials, energy storage, and geothermal systems. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Sharif University, Iran in 2001, and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009. Before joining Penn State in 2017, Dr. Dahi was an Associate Professor in Petroleum Engineering at LSU.
This faculty member is associated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) where a multitude of perspectives and cross-disciplinary collaboration within research is highly valued. Graduate students in the IGDP in MatSE may work with faculty members from across Penn State.
- Al Balushi, F., Q. Zhang, A. Dahi Taleghani, 2023, Improving Enhanced Geothermal Systems Performance Using Adaptive Fracture Conductivity, Applied Thermal Engineering 233 (2023): 121206.
- Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, N. Alem, 2020, Nanoengineering of Cement Using Graphite Platelets to Refine Inherent Microstructural Defects, Composites Part B, 202, p.108277.
- Al Balushi, F., A. Dahi Taleghani, 2022, Digital Rock Analysis to Estimate Stress-Sensitive Rock Permeabilities, Computers and Geotechnics, 151, p.104960.
- Tabatabaei, M., A. Dahi Taleghani, G. Li, 2021, Combination of Shape-Memory Capability and Self-assembly to Plug Wide Remote Fractures, MRS Communications, volume 11, pages 770–776.
- Yu, H, A. Dahi Taleghani, Z. Lian, 2019, On How Pumping Hesitations May Improve Complexity of Hydraulic Fractures, A Simulation Study, Fuel, Volume 249, Pages 294-308.