Research Interests

• Additive Manufacturing of Metals
• Powder Processing
• High Temperature Alloys (Ni-based Superalloys, Refractory Alloys, Ti Alloys, Multi Principal Element Alloys)
• Phase transformations, Solidification, Precipitation
• Structural and Mechanical Characterization

Background

• 2024-Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at LLNL
• 2023-2024: Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University
• 2021-2023: Research Officer at National Research Council Canada

PhD in Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2021

MSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2017

BSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2014

Selected Publications

S.E. Atabay, S. Sarafan, A. Islam, F. Bernier, J. Gholipour, R. Amos, P. Patnaik, P. Wanjara, M. Brochu, Laser Powder Bed Fusion Printing of CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy: Processing, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties. High Entropy Alloys & Materials,2024.

F. Sikan, P. Wanjara, S.E. Atabay, J. Gholipour, M. Brochu, Evaluation of electron beam wire-fed deposition technology for titanium compressor blade repair, Materials Today Communications 2023.

A. Jena, S.E. Atabay, M. Brochu, Microstructure and mechanical properties of crack-free Inconel 738 fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, Mater. Sci. Eng. A., 2022.

O. Sanchez-Mata, X. Wang, J.A. Muñiz-Lerma, S.E. Atabay, M. Attarian Shandiz, M. Brochu, Characterization of the microstructure and mechanical properties of highly textured and single crystal Hastelloy X thin struts fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, J. Alloys Compd. 901, 2022

 S.E. Atabay, O. Sanchez-Mata, J.A. Muñiz-Lerma, M. Brochu, Microstructure and mechanical properties of difficult to weld Rene 77 superalloy produced by laser powder bed fusion, Mater. Sci. Eng. A. 827, 2021.

X. Wang, O. Sanchez-Mata, S.E. Atabay, J.A. Muñiz-Lerma, M.A. Shandiz, M. Brochu, Crystallographic orientation dependence of Charpy impact behaviours in stainless steel 316L fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, Addit. Manuf., 2021.

 

Patents

M.Brochu, S.E.Atabay, O. Sanchez-Mata, X. Wang, J.A. Muñiz-Lerma, Additive manufacturing methods and apparatus for forming objects from a nickel-based superalloy in a layer-by-layer manner, WO2021234368A1, 2021-11-25

 

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• International Student Poster Award (3rd place in PhD & Postdoctoral Category,1st place for public votes) (2021)
• McGill University- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering-Research Excellence Award (2020)
• HI-AM Student Presentation Award (1st in poster presentation) (2020)
• Rio Tinto- Graduate Scholarship Program (2018)
• McGill University- Graduate Excellence Fellowship (GPS) (2018)
• McGill University- McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA) (2018)