Researchers

J.T. Wood

Academic Director, ICRC, Western Engineering

Research Interests / Specializations: Structure, property relationships, lightweight structural materials for automotive applications, magnesium die-casting, composite materials.

A.N. Hrymak

Professor, Chemical Engineering ; Director, Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Composites Research at Western University

Research Interests / Specializations: Complex rheology, filled polymer systems, polymer processing simulation.

D. Meister

Professional Training Director, ICRC, Western Engineering

Research Interests / Specializations: design thinking, technology-based entrepreneurship and the role of technology in enhancing organizational effectiveness

F. Henning

Director, FPC, Western; Karlsruhe Techological Institute (KIT)

Research Interests / Specializations: Polymer engineering, lightweight design, manufacturing technologies for fiber reinforced composite parts, metal composites hybrid materials, simulation of flow phenomena.

A. G. Straatman

Professor and Department Chair, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Porous Materials; Convective Heat Transfer; Turbulence

R. Tutunea-Fatan

Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western

Research Interests / Specializations: Multi-axis CNC machining, computer-aided design and manufacturing, intelligent machining systems, numerical methods.

M. Thompson

Chemical Engineering, McMaster University

Research Interests / Specializations: Granulation extrusion, composite processing, reactive modification, foam extrusion.

B. Altenhof

Mechanical Engineering, University of Windsor

Research Interests / Specializations: Crashworthiness, impact testing, finite element analysis (FEA), experimental (destructive) testing, stress analysis, dynamics, machine design.

B. Minaker

Mechanical Engineering, University of Windsor

Research Interests / Specializations: Vehicle dynamics and control, multibody dynamics, numerical simulation of mechanical systems.

J. Johrendt

Mechanical Engineering, University of Windsor

Research Interests / Specializations: Vehicle structures, vehicle durability, driver modeling, neural networks.

C. Denniston

Applied Mathematics, Western University

Research Interests / Specializations: Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Complex Fluids, Granular matter, Theory and simulation of micro and nano-fluidic devices

P. Charpentier

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Western University

Research Interests / Specializations: Developing new “green nanotechnologies” for environmentally-friendly and alternative energy applications

K. Inal

Mechanical Engineering, Waterloo University

Research Interests / Specializations: Finite-strain Plasticity, Micromechanics Of Deformation, Metal Formability, Crystal Plasticity, Numerical Modeling With FEM, Parallel Computing, Nanotechnology, Automotive Instabilities And Localized Deformation Phenomena In Materials, Additive Manufacturing •

G. Montessano

Mechanical Engineering, Waterloo University

Research Interests / Specializations: Long-term Durability Of Lightweight Composites, Fatigue And Creep Failure, High Temperature Impact Behaviour, Damage Mechanics And Constitutive Modeling, Micromechanics, Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) •

P. Hubert

Mechanical Engineering, McGill University

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of the next generation of process modeling tools for advanced composite materials

J. Urbanic

Mechanical Engineering, Windsor University

Research Interests / Specializations: Additive manufacturing / 3D Printing / Rapid prototyping, CAD/CAM, process planning & manufacturing systems design, Product design for manufacturing, product and process design optimization, Reverse engineering , Robotic systems •

K. Behdinan

Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomedical Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Design, Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Engineering