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I graduated in Materials Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa (IST-UL), Lisbon, Portugal, in 2017 and obtained my PhD in Chemical Engineering from the same institution in October 2022. My successful master's thesis on microencapsulation of isocyanate opened a path into My Ph.D. research, which was focused on corrosion control and novel coating technologies by the development of smart coatings for corrosion protection of carbon steel by introducing encapsulated self-healing agents and synthesizing and functionalized nanoparticles to epoxy and polyolefin-based coatings. In November 2022, I joined C5 Lab -Sustainable Construction Association, where my scientific research interest focuses on carbon capture, utilization (CCU), and carbonation control in novel blended types of cement. In June 2023, I proposed a project entitled "Smart Carbonation Rate Cement” to develop additives to tune the carbonation rate of blended cement, for which I am the main researcher and project manager. I have been an integrated member of CERENA - Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente since November 2023. I am also a member of the Technology Platform on Microencapsulation and Immobilization, which aims to provide customized solutions for enabling active materials and advanced products. I have been a volunteer reviewer of Progress in Organic Coatings Journal since 2019, with more than 30 reviews. I also have over 17 years of experience in R&D project management, quality management, risk assessment, and implementation of quality standards in the industry.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mahboobeh Attaei

Citation names

  • Attaei, Mahboobeh
  • M.Attaei

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FA13-4AB7-30CB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1983-5457
Scopus Author Id
SC 57203264423

Email addresses

  • mahboobehattaei@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Coating and Films
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/02/08 - 2023/02/03
Concluded
 PhD Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Chemical Engineering
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 Material Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
" Microencapsulation of isocyanate compounds for autoreactive, monocomponent adhesive " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
1989/09 - 1994/09/01
Concluded
 Material Engineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Metallurgy
Shiraz University, Iran
"Surface Hardening of Steel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/11/01 - Current Researcher (Research) c5Lab, Portugal
c5Lab, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2019/02/13 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/07/01 - 2013/10/01 Quality Control Manager Shahriar Turbine Component(STC) Company , Iran
2000/07/01 - 2008/06/30 Supervisour of Quality Control Laboratories Shahriar Turbine Component(STC) Company , Iran
1996/05/05 - 2000/06/30 Quality Control Especialist Shahriar Turbine Component(STC) Company , Iran

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/14 - 2022/10/26 PhD Student Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/09/20 - 2017/11/15 Master Student Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10 - 2022/06 Smart Single Layer Polyolefin Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Steel Parts (S2Coat)
NPRP11S-1226-170132
PhD Student Fellow
Qatar National Research Fund
2017/10/01 - 2019/02/08 Smart Coat
NPRP No. :9-080-2-039
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Ongoing
2017/02/01 - 2017/08/01 ECOBOND
17930
Master Student Fellow
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01 - 2026/06/30 Potential of cementitious materials for carbon dioxide absorption
AL 7.1B
Principal investigator
c5Lab, Portugal
2023/06/21 - 2026/06/30 Smart Carbonation Rate Cement
AL 3.3 SCrC
Principal investigator
c5Lab, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Attaei, Mahboobeh; M. Fátima Montemor; Professor Ana Clara Marques. "Development of smart coatings for corrosion protection of steel". 2022.
  2. Attaei, Mahboobeh; A. R shakoor; Ramazan Kahraman; Muddasir Nawaz; Maryna G. Taryba; M. Fátima Montemor. "Improved properties of polyolefin nanocomposite coatings modified with ceria nanoparticles loaded with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole". 2022.
  3. Attaei, Mahboobeh; Professor Ana Clara Marques; M. Fátima Montemor. "The ability of polyethylenimine microcapsules to improve the protection properties of epoxy coatings, boosted by isocyanate microcapsules". 2020.
  4. Attaei, Mahboobeh; M. Fátima Montemor; Lénia M. Calado; Professor Ana Clara Marques. "Modified epoxy coating with high efficiency isocyanate microcapsules for corrosion protection of steel". 2019.
  5. Attaei, Mahboobeh; M.F. Montemor; Professor Ana Clara Marques; Lénia M. Calado. "Novel Corrosion Inhibition Strategy for Mild Steel". 2019.
  6. Attaei, Mahboobeh. "Isocyanate Microencapsulation: New crosslinking strategy for one component, elf reactive adhesives". Paper presented in Polymer Design, Function and Application, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Muddasir Nawaz; Ramazan Kahraman; Maryna G. Taryba; Mohammad K. Hassan; M. Attaei; M.F. Montemor; R.A. Shakoor. "Improved properties of polyolefin nanocomposite coatings modified with ceria nanoparticles loaded with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole". Progress in Organic Coatings (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2022.107046.
    10.1016/j.porgcoat.2022.107046
  2. Attaei, Mahboobeh; M. Fátima Montemor; Professor Ana Clara Marques; A. R shakoor; Ramazan Kahraman; Maryna G. Taryba. "Highly protective polyolefin coating modified with ceria nano particles treated with N,N,N',N'-Tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine for corrosion protection of carbon steel". Corrosion Science 198 (2022): 110162-110162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110162.
    10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110162
  3. Mahboobeh Attaei; Mário Vale; Abdul Shakoor; Ramazan Kahraman; M. Fátima Montemor; Ana C. Marques. "Hybrid shell microcapsules containing isophorone diisocyanate with high thermal and chemical stability for autonomous self-healing of epoxy coatings". Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2020): 48751-48751. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48751.
    10.1002/app.48751
  4. Mónica V. Loureiro; Mahboobeh Attaei; Sofia Rocha; Mário Vale; João C. Bordado; Ricardo Simões; Isabel Pinho; Ana C. Marques. "The role played by different active hydrogen sources in the microencapsulation of a commercial oligomeric diisocyanate". Journal of Materials Science 55 11 (2020): 4607-4623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04301-1.
    10.1007/s10853-019-04301-1
  5. Attaei, M.; Calado, L.M.; Morozov, Y.; Taryba, M.G.; Shakoor, R.A.; Kahraman, R.; Marques, A.C.; Montemor, M.F.. "Smart epoxy coating modified with isophorone diisocyanate microcapsules and cerium organophosphate for multilevel corrosion protection of carbon steel". Progress in Organic Coatings 147 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85087663320&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.105864
  6. Attaei, M.; Calado, L.M.; Taryba, M.G.; Morozov, Y.; Shakoor, R.A.; Kahraman, R.; Marques, A.C.; Montemor, M.F.. "Autonomous self-healing in epoxy coatings provided by high efficiency isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) microcapsules for protection of carbon steel". Progress in Organic Coatings 139 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076201413&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.porgcoat.2019.105445
  7. Attaei, Mahboobeh. "Isophorone Diisocyanate (IPDI) Microencapsulation for Mono-Component Adhesives: Effect of the Active H and NCO Sources". Polymers (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/8/825.
    10.3390/polym10080825
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Development of Self-healing Coating for Corrosion Protection of Carbon Steel". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2022.
  2. Attaei, Mahboobeh. "Microencapsulation of isocyanate compounds for autoreactive, monocomponent adhesive". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Attaei, Mahboobeh; Professor Ana Clara Marques; Mónica V. Loureiro; Sofia F. Rocha. 2019. "Microencapsulation of highly reactive isocyanate species". Portugal.
    Pending

Other

Other output
  1. Smart Carbonation Rate Project Annual Report-2024. 2025. Attaei, Mahboobeh; Valencia, Javier.
  2. Smart Carbonation Rate Project Annual Report-2023. 2024. Attaei, Mahboobeh.
  3. State-of -the-art of CO2 Capture by Blended Amine Solution. The report is a literature review on CO2 removal using blended amine solvent, focusing on the latest advances during the past decade.. 2023. Attaei, Mahboobeh.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/09 Microencapsulation of Healing Agent a Pathway to Smart Corrosion Protection Workshop TPMI 2023
Professor Ana C. Marques Technology Platform on Microencapsulation and Immobilization (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/11 Smart self-healing polyolefin coating for corrosion protection of steel
Università di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy)
2019/06 Novel Self-Healing Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Epoxy-coated Steel Substrates
2019/06 Isocyanate Microcapsules for Composite One-Component Adhesives
(Spain)
2019/04 Microencapsulation of highly reactive isocyanates for new ecological and mono-component adhesives
(Portugal)
2018 Self-healing solutions for corrosion protection of steel substrates
(Cracóvia, Poland)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/11/28 - Current Training Course: Pitch for Startups Deep Tech.
Workshop
 ANI-Pitch for Startups Deep Tech
2024/10 - Current Horizon Europe Academy
Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2033/09/29 Solar-driven Ca-Looping Process for Thermochemical Energy Storage A clean energy storage system
Conference
2024/10/28 - 2024/10/31 4th Edition of the Horizon Europe Training Cycle covered the following topics: European Policies, Topic Identification, Networking, Budget, Excellence, Implementation, and Impact.
Workshop
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/05/28 - 2024/05/28 LC3 Day Portugal
Seminar
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Materiais, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12 Isocyanate microcapsules with biodegradable shell for high performing adhesives
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Lucas Policarpo Pinto Gomes Marcelino (Master)
2023/04/18 Testing acrylics in Fiber Reinforced Cement (FRC) boards
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Carolina de Azevedo e Cunha (Master)
2022/11/28 The effect of electroplating parameters on the durability and corrosion protection of nickel coatings on steel
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marta Gaspar Martins (Master)

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/12/30 - Current Cellulose (1572-882X) Springer Nature
2024/10/23 - Current Journal of Applied Polymer Science (0021-8995) Wiley

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/11/11 - Current CERENA - Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente Integrated Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2000/05/01 - 2013/05/01 The research Committee of Shahriar Turbine Component Co. started its activities in May of 2000, with the principal goal of "Continuous improvement" in important ongoing technical processes at the company. I had been the member and secretary of the committee. From 2001 to 2004, I was the project manager of the most important project, which this committee managed with the title "Replacement of brazing powder".
Member
 Shahriar Turbine Component(STC) Company , Iran

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/03/14 - 2023/05/15 Applied Physical Chemistry (QApli) Applied Physical Chemistry (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/03/12 - 2023/05/15 Chemical Engineering Science Laboratory (LCEQ) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025/01/15 - Current Potential of cementitious materials for carbon dioxide absorption David Bastos
2023/06/21 - 2026/06/30 Smart Carbonation Rate Project Javier Valencia
Distinctions

Award

2025 Recognition as a Reviewer for Cellulose
Elsevier BV, Netherlands
2024 Recognition as a Reviewer for The Journal of Applied Polymer Science
2022 Recognition as a Reviewer for Materials Today Communications

Other distinction

2025 Recognition as a Reviewer for Progress in Organic Coatings, with over 30 reviews completed from 2019.
Elsevier BV, Netherlands