Welcome to the
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
MATERIALS AND SOLID MECHANICS GROUP
Materials and Solid Mechanics offers advanced research in experimental and theoretical aspects of traditional materials engineering, with specific emphasis on: mechanical properties, microstructural characterization, nano-structured materials, materials modeling, microfabrication methods, electroactive materials, MEMS, and mechanics at small scales.
S. A. Asokanthan,
Ph.D. (Waterloo, Canada), Professor
Primary research is in the area of inertial systems, sensors and control with
emphasis on dynamics, control and damage detection in Flexible Multi-body
Systems. In particular,
characterization of inertial sensors, dynamic influence of sensors and effective
use sensors for damage detection are of interest.
Recent projects include dynamics and stability of MEMS-based angular rate
sensors (Gyroscopes) and their applications in vehicle dynamics and control;
dynamic behavior of RF-MEMS devices; damage detection in large-scale flexible
structures; hybrid control of flexible robots.
L. Y.
Jiang,
Ph.D. (
Nanocomposites; Nanomechanics; Carbon Nanotubes; Multi-Scale Modelling;
Micromechanics; Composites; Functionally Graded Materials; Fracture Mechanics
and Failure Analysis of Materials; Smart Structures; MEMS and NEMS; Health
Monitoring of Engineering Materials/Structures.
J. R.
Dryden,
P.Eng, Ph.D. (Alberta, Canada),
Associate Professor
Mathematical analysis of
linear and non-linear deformation in solids , including composites.
Micromechanical modeling of materials
and discontinuities (cracking, interface debonding). Applications of
analytical methods in modeling mechanical and thermal properties of materials.
R. J. Klassen,
P.Eng.,
Ph.D. (Toronto, Canada),
Associate
Professor
Relationship between
mechanical properties and microstructure of ductile metals and metal matrix
composites. Experimental techniques
for measuring the stress- and temperature-dependence of plastic strain rates of
nano-scale volumes of material.
Nanoindentation testing, wear testing, and microstructural
characterization using optical- and electron- microscopy.
Numerical modeling of plastic deformation processes.
D. M.
Shinozaki,
P.Eng., D.Phil. (
Experimental studies of
nanostructure and properties of polymers and polymer composites.
Deformation mechanisms, strengthening and failure, thermomechanical
forming processes. Dielectric
properties of piezoelectric polymers.
Micromechanical testing, microindentation, temperature dependent dynamic
mechanical properties. Micro- and
nanofabrication in multi-layer polymer systems. Soft lithography, and
micropatterning. X-ray imaging.
Self-assembly in heterogeneous systems: dispersion and alignment. Thermal
analysis, microscopy and thin film mechanics.
A. V.
Singh,
P.Eng., Ph.D. (
Computational Solid
Mechanics. Vibrations, stress
analysis and instabilities of plates and shells. Free, transient and random
vibrations. Dynamic instability of
structures. Development of FE and
other variational methods based on work/energy principle.
Linear and nonlinear problems of composite material structures.
Numerical simulations of continuous systems made with isotropic,
orthotropic, viscoelastic, and piezoelectric materials.
Treatment of sandwich and smart material structures.
Angle-ply laminated plates, shells and panels.
X.A. Sun,
Ph.D
(Manchester, UK),
Associate Professor
Nanotechnology
and clean energy. Synthesis,
characterization and properties of carbon
nanotubes,
nanowires, nanoparticles,
nanocoatings as well as their composites as electrochemical electrodes for
fuel cells and
batteries.
J. T.
Wood,
P.Eng., Ph.D. (
Experimental and numerical
investigations of composite systems for energy absorption applications.
Mechanical properties of metals: strengthening mechanisms, deformation
processing, multi-phase systems. Multidisciplinary modeling of
process-structure-property relationships in high-pressure die-casting.
