Materials and Solid Mechanics

Research in this area covers broad topics related to microstructure and properties of metals, polymers, composite materials, nanomaterials, and fuel cells. Both industrially relevant and fundamental aspects of the science and engineering of materials are covered. Materials & Solid Mechanics also incorporates aspects of continuum mechanics, mechanical engineering structures, and material processing.

Materials & Solid Mechanics

The following faculty members are involved in this area:

H. Abdolvand, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Queen's University, Canada), Associate Professor 

Mechanics of materials across length and time scales- both modeling and experimental; fatigue, fracture, and (irradiation) creep; finite element, crystal plasticity, and dislocation dynamics; synchrotron x-ray, neutron, and electron diffraction/tomography.

 E. Gkouti, Ph.D. (University of Athens, Greece), Assistant Professor

Research interests include advanced composites, smart and soft materials, multi-physics modeling, AI/ML-driven technology, computer vision in material fabrication, experimental or image-based material characterization, modeling/simulation, intelligent defect, detection techniques, solid mechanics, and finite element analysis.

L. Y. Jiang, Ph.D., P.Eng. (University of Alberta, Canada), Professor

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.

E. Johlin, Ph.D, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), Assistant Professor

Research focus on developing new devices, materials, and understanding of optoelectronics, particularly in relation to the creation of clean energy and photovoltaics. He specifically focuses on the use of nanostructures to both improve performance, as well as create new functionality otherwise not possible in nanophotonic devices.

J. Johnson, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor

Research interests include orthopaedic biomechanics, implant design and analysis, and joint motion and load transfer.

H. Mao, Ph.D. (Wayne State University), Assistant Professor

Research interests include head biomechanics, traumatic brain injury, mechanisms of brain dysfunction, impact biomechanics, blast biomechanics, constitutive modeling of soft materials, and solid and structural mechanics.

A. Price, Ph.D. (University of Toronto, Canada), Associate Professor

Smart material actuators and sensors; mechatronic systems for industrial automation and biomedical applications; additive manufacturing of advanced materials; conductive electroactive polymers and composites; magnetic and thermal shape memory materials.

H. Shi, Ph.D., P.Eng. (University of Toronto), Assistant Professor

Research interests include additive manufacturing, functional materials and devices, energy storage, biomedical sensors and implants, bio-inspired nanomaterials, and data-driven advanced manufacturing.

J. T. Wood, Ph.D., P.Eng. (McMaster University, Canada), Professor

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.

C. Xu, Ph.D. (Polytechnique Montreal), Assistant Professor

Research interests include sustainable materials, additive manufacturin, multiscale materials engineering, advanced composites, carbon capture, lightweight structures, and circular manufacturing.