Agari published tens of scholarly articles within materials science and engineering field in peer-reviewed journals cited over a thousand times by the technical community.

To gain control over the performance of novel energy conversion systems, Asgari extensively researched on heat treatment of materials in quest for tailored properties specifically for crystalline structures.

[6] While working at the Case Western Reserve University in 2013 on a project paid for by the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research, to create and produce anti-corrosive stainless steel through a heating process, Prof. Asgari was charged with stealing trade secrets, employment, and visa fraud and arrested by the FBI.

Sirous Asgari's emails cannot be used at trial because FBI agent Timothy Boggs "knowingly or recklessly made material omissions" in obtaining a search warrant for them in 2013, U.S. District Judge James Gwin ruled.

[10][13] Although the US government lost its case charges (trade secret stealing and visa fraud), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued detaining him after the trial.

Talking to The Guardian, he expressed an imminent fear for his life due to the spread of COVID-19 virus and no precautionary measures at ICE detention facility in Louisiana.

[16][17] On a supplementary coverage, The Guardian reported on 4 April 2020 that Asgari and other detainees at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana expressed that ICE has isolated 44 of them together after they were possibly exposed to COVID-19.