Students
Jennifer Sears
Affiliation: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Lightweight Composite Materials for Automotive Applications, Advanced Manufacturing, Product Design Optimization, Mechanical Properties of Composites, Liquid Composite or Wet Compression Molding, Neural Networks, Long-fibre Thermoplastics.
Current Program: Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering. Prior Degree: MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Windsor University
Leonardo Barcenas
Affiliation: McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Residual stresses during processing of composite materials, highly reactive thermosets
Current Program: Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Austin Bedrosian
Affiliation: McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Quality Assurance on Extruded Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics
Current Program: Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering. Prior Degree: MSc in Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
Yuheng Zhou
Affiliation: McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Micro-scale mechanical properties of discontinuous-fibre reinforced polymer matrix composites, micro-scale fibre distributions, machine learning assisted simulation
Current Program: Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Navid Afrasiabian
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Polymer physics and dynamics, Fluid dynamics
Current Program: Ph.D. candidate in Physics. Prior Degrees: MSc in Applied Mathematics and Bachelors of Chemical Engineering, Western University
Erli Victor Shi
Affiliation: Waterloo University, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Long-term durability of NCF composites, in-situ damage monitoring, multi-scale constitutive modeling
Current Program: Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering. Prior Degree: Material Science and Engineering Waterloo University
Pouya Mohammadkhani
Affiliation: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Characterization of direct in-line compounded polyamide/glass long fibre thermoplastics (LFTs)
Current Program: MSc Candidate Mechanical Engineering
Morteza Alebooyeh
Affiliation: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics and Automation Systems, Numerical Simulation, Finite Element Modelling and Analysis, Polymer Nanocomposite Materials and Sturctures
Current Program: Ph.D Candidate in Mechanical Engineering Prior Degree: Masters in Mechanical Engineering
Aaditya Suratkar
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Fracture of Polymer Composites
Anthony (Rex) Sherratt
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Modelling of Resin Infiltration and Curing in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Components
Current Program: Ph.D in Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Prior Degree: Masters of Engineering Science, Western University
Matthew Bondy
Affiliation: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Mechanical Characterization of Polyamide/Carbon Fibre direct /in-line Compounded Long Fibre Thermoplastic
Current Program: Ph.D Candidate in Mechanical Engineering Prior Degree: Masters (Applied Science) in Mechanical Engineering
Theogenes De Oliveira Maia
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Simulation in Composites and Assemblies
Current Program: MESc in Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Prior Degree: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Military Institute of Engineering Brazil
Broderic Clement-Thorne
Affiliation: University of Western Ontario, Canada
Research Interests / Specializations: Post-Molding Characterization of Long Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyamides
Current Program: MESc in Materials Engineering. Prior Degree: BESc in Mechanical and Materials Engineering
