DIRECTORS
Research Director
Professor, Canada Research Chair in AM
Email: ehsan.toyserkani@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37560
Location: EC4 1031
Associate Research Director
Assistant Professor
Phone: (519) 888-4567 x38329
Location: EC4 1011
Managing Director
Email: vlad.paserin@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519) 888-4567 x37196
Location: EC4 1027
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEDICATED FACULTY
Ehsan Toyserkani, PhD, P.Eng. |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Mihaela Vlasea, PhD |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Etienne Martin, PhD |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Mary Wells, PhD, P.Eng. |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Kaan Erkorkmaz, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Amir Khajepour, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Adrian Gerlich, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Shahrzad Esmaeili, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Kaan Inal, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Hamid Jahedmotlagh, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Norman Zhou, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Armaghan Salehian, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Behrad Khamesee, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Paul Fieguth, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Systems Design Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Boxin Zhao, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Chemical Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Michael Pope, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Chemical Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Safieddin (Ali) Safavi-Naeini, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | University of Waterloo |
Ali Ghodsi, PhD | Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science | University of Waterloo |
Shoja'eddin Chenouri, PhD | Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science | University of Waterloo |
Hani Naguib, PhD, P.Eng. | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering | University of Toronto |
AFFILIATED ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
Christopher Leyens, PhD |
Managing Director | Fraunhofer Institute of Materials and Beam Technology |
Vladimir Paserin, PhD |
MSAM Managing Director | University of Waterloo |
Ali Bonakdar, PhD |
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Lead | Siemens Canada |
Ali Emamian, PhD |
Research Council Officer in Additive Manufacturing | National Research Council Canada |
Behrang Poorganji, PhD |
Materials Development Manager | GE Additive |
STAFF AND COORDINATORS
Financial Manager
Email: denise.porter@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567
Location: EC4
Safety Coordinator
Email: adrogals@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37302
Location: EC4 1037
Lab Space and Infrastrcutre Coordinator
Email: henry.ma@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40196
Location: E7 3454
Internal and External Services Coordinator
Email: cfdibia@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x38409
Location: EC4 1037
Lab Tour Coordinator
Email: hfayazfa@uwaterloo.ca
Phone:
Location: EC4 1033-C
Network Manager - NSERC HI-AM
Email: fliravi@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x 36765
Location: EC4 1023
Financial Manager - NSERC HI-AM
Email: c4demers@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x36678
Location: EC4 1023
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Project: Micro-scale Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
PhD: Mechanical Engineering (Nanotechnology), University of Waterloo, 2016
PhD: Advanced Materials, Tarbiat Modares University
MASc: Material selection, Shiraz University
BASc: Metal Forming, Shiraz University
Project: Reducing Raw Material Costs for Metal Additive Manufacturing
PhD: Mechanical Engineering - Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 2016
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2009
BASc: Mechanical Engineering - Honors Co-operative Program, University of Waterloo, 2006
Project: Advanced functional material development for AM technologies and surface finishing, coatings, and texturing to enhance 3-D printing processes
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2013
MASc: Materials Science and Engineering,Sharif University of Technology, 2008
BASc: Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2006
Project: Mechanical and Fatigue Behavior of AM Parts
PhD: Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
MASc: Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2013
BASc: Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2010
Project: Microscale AM Application
PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, 2015
MASc: Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, 2007
BASc: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, 2003
Project: Advanced Material for Powder Bed AM
PhD: Metallurgy Engineering, Ryerson University, 2014
MASc: Metallurgy Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2010
BASc: Metallurgy Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, 2006
Project: Advanced Material for AM
PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 2015
MASc: Materials Engineering, McMaster University, 2012
MASc: Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2006
BASc: Materials Engineering, Shiraz University, 2002
Project: Monitoring and quality assurance for selective laser melting
PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
MASc: Mechatronics Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2013
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2010
Project: TBD
PhD and M.Tech: Materials Engineering, University of Hyderabad, 2019
B.Tech: Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, 2011
Project: Binder Jetting
PhD: Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018
MASc: Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2013
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Project: CAM software development for Laser Powder-Fed Additive Manufacturing
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2015
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2012
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2016
Project: Aerosol jet printed sensors and slm process and part design optimization
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2016
Project: General Electric Aviation Project: Synthesis of Metal Alloy Inks for Aerosol Inkjet Printing
MASc: Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018
BASc: Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2016
Project: TBD
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2019
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
PHD STUDENTS
Project: Topology Optimization for Laser Powder-Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2015
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, 2012
Project: Additive-based Embedding Technologies for Developing Mg Smart Structures
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2015
BASc: Applied Physics, Shiraz University, 2007
Project: Control of Laser Powder Fed Additive Manufacturing Process
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2017
BASc: Manufacturing Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 2014
Project: Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials
MASc: Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2016
BASc: Production Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2014
Project: Theoretical modeling of powder bed additive manufacturing processes
MASc: Mechanical & Mechatronics
Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
M.Eng: Materials Science & Engineering,
University of Toronto, 2015
BASc: Metallurgy & Materials Science, Indus
University, 2014
Project: AM applications in sensors and wearable devices development
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2017
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Rajaee University, 2014
Project: Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials
MASc: Materials Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2014
BASc: Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2012
Project: Topology optimization of Additive Manufacturing
MASc: Mechanical Engineering (Design and Production), University of Lagos
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Benin
Project: Simulation of Additive Manufacturing Process
MASc: Mechanical engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, 2015
BASc: Mechanical engineering, Babol University of Technology, 2013
Project: Microstructure simulation and analysis of Additive Manufacturing
MASc: Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2016
BASc: Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2014
Project: Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing
MASc: Materials Engineering, University of Tehran, 2014
BASc: Materials Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, 2010
Project: Post Processing of AM-made Parts
BASc: Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
Project: Deep learning algorithms for quality assurance in AM processes
MASc: Mechatronics Engineering, Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, 2016
BASc: Electrical Engineering, Azad University, 2011
Project: Laser Ultrasonics Detector for AM
MASc: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 2014
BASc: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 2008
Project: Developing non-contact capability to detect sub-surface properties using eddy current inductive measurements
PhD: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
MASc: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisville
BASc: Electrical and Computer Engineering, HTI University
Project: Magnetic Levitation within the Additive Manufacturing Environment
M.Eng: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
B.Tech: Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Project: Additive manufacturing of titanium Ti-5553 alloy using LASER sintering
MASc: Industrial Metallurgy, National Institute of Technology, 2016
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Anna University, 2011
Project: Computer vision/machine learning for AM
MASc: Systems and Control, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2019
Pre-Master: Systems and Control, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2015
B.Eng.: Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2013
Project: Simulation of Additive manufacturing
MASc: Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2015
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, JSU, 2011
MASTER'S STUDENTS
Project: Distortion prediction and machining strategies for AM parts
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
Project: AM product design and validation of parts manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion process
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
Project: Thermo-mechanical Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing
BASc: Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2016
Project: piezoceramic sensor development using a hybrid additive manufacturing method
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 2017
Project: Digital Design tool for AM
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 2018
Project: Real-time Control and Machine Learning Algorithms for LPB- and LPF-AM Processes
BASc: Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018
- Advance Manufacturing Scholarship Recipient
- NSERC QEII-GSST Award Recipient
Project: Laser powder bed fusion process development and optimization using iron alloys
B.Tech: Automotive and Vehicle Technology, McMaster University, 2016
Project:Sensor Implementation in Metal and Plastic Additive Manufacturing
BSc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018
Project: Application of Master Sintering Curve in 3D binder jetting process
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, 2017
Project: TBD
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
Project: GE Aviation Project - High Temperature Ink Development for Aerosol Inkjet Printing
BASc: Chemical Engineering, Changzhou University, 2017
Project: TBD
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
VISITING SCHOLARS
Project:TBD
PhD Candidate: Materials Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, 2020 (expected)
MASc: Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Yerevan State University, Armenia, 2016
BASc: Inorganic Chemistry, Yerevan State University, Armenia, 2014
CO-OP AND URA (FALL 2019)
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Class of 2020
BASc: Mechanical Engineering, Class of 2022
BASc: Chemical Engineering, Class of 2023
TECHNICIANS
ALUMNI AND FORMER MEMBERS
PDF AND VISITING SCHOLARS
- Dr. Saeed Khademzadeh Currently lecturer and research associate at University of Padova, Italy
- Dr. Yuze Huang (June 2019-Oct 2019), currently PDF at University College London
- Dr. Paola Russo (Jan 2018-July 2019), Currently with Angstrom Engineering Inc.
- Dr. Yahya Mahmoodkhani (Jan 2017-July 2019), Currently with Castool Tooling Systems
- Erfan Aghili (April 2018-April 2019), Isfahan University of Technology
- Dr. Mahmood Rabiee (May 2018-Nov 2018), currently with Babol Noshiravani University of Technology
- Dr. Mehrnaz Salarian (Nov. 2016-Dec 2018), currently with Burloak Technologies
- Dr. Mohammad Al-Mashagbeh (July 2018-Oct. 2018), currently assistant professor, Jordan
- Dr. Elahe Jabari (Oct. 2016-June 2018), currently PDF at University of California Berkeley
- Dr. Yan Feng (Oct. 2016-Oct.2017), currently associate professor, Nanchang University
- Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, (2014-2015), currently assistant professor, Uni. of Waterloo
- Dr. Hamidreza Alemohammad (2010-2012), currently CEO of AOMS Technologies Inc.
- Dr. Yaser Shanjani (2011-2012), currently PDF, Stanford University
- Dr. Ehsan Foroozmehr (2010-2011), currently Assistant Prof at IUT
- Dr. Masoud Alimardani, (2009-2010), currently with
- Dr. Andrew Pinkerton (2007-2008), currently Senior Lecturer, Lancaster Uni.
- Dr. Christ Paul (2006-2007), currently Scientific Officer at RRCAT
- Dr. Saeed Farasat(2006-2006), currently Prof. at USB
- Dr. Alireza Fathi (2005-2006), currently Assistant Prof at BNU
COMPLETED PHD
- Dr. Yuze Huang (2014-2019), currently PDF at University College London
- Dr. Farzad Liravi (2014-2018), currently NSERC HI-AM Network Manager
- Dr. Esmat Sheydaeyan (2013-2017), currently PDF at University of Waterloo
- Dr. Amir Azhari (2012-2017), currently president AOMS Technologies
- Dr. Elahe Jabari (2011-2016), Currently PDF at University of Waterloo
- Dr. Olivier Jay (2012-2015), Currently with University of Grenoble, France
- Dr. Ahmad Basalah (2009-2015), currently assistant professor, Umm Al-Qura Univ.
- Dr. Negar Rasti (2008-2014), currently with Spectra-Physics, USA
- Dr. Mihaela Vlasea (2008-2014), currently assistant professor, Uni. of Waterloo
- Dr. Yaser Shanjani (2006-2011), currently PDF at Stanford University, USA
- Dr. Hamidreza Alemohammad (2006-2010), currently CEO of AOMS Technologies Inc.
- Dr. Masoud Alimardani (2005-2009)
COMPLETED MASC
- Issa Rishmawi (2017-2019), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Gijs van Houtum (2017-2019), currently PhD student at University of Waterloo
- Soheil Bakhshivash (2017-2018), currently with Burloak Technologies
- Henry Ma (2016-2018), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Jeremy Vandenberg (2016-2018), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Henry Ma (2016-2018), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Chinedu Francis Dibia (2016-2018), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Evan Wheat (2015-2017), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Philippe Meszaros (2015-2017), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Stephen Peterkin (2015-2016), currently with CNC shop, Richmond Hill
- Foss Jiao (2014-2016), currently Research Associate at University of Waterloo
- Bahareh Marzban (2013-2015), currently PhD student at Waterloo
- Farid Behzadian (2013-2015), current at Canadian Babbitt Ltd, Canada
- Richard Liang (2012-2014), currently at AOMS Inc., Canada
- Ali Jahed (2015-2016), Research Associate
- Xixi Zhang (2010-2013), currently at SAIPEM, Calgary, Canada
- Steven Tong (2010-2012), currently at ATX Networks Inc., Ajax, Canada
- Joyce Lam (2010-2012), currently at Nissan Tech. Cent. North America, USA
- Hajar Sharif (2007-2009), currently RA at Rehabilitation Inst., Chicago, USA
- Hanieh Aghighi (2006-2008), currently Control Engineer at SNC Lavalin Inc,
- Munther Al-Hammad (2005-2008), now Eng. at Oil/Gas industry, KSA
- Christina Wei (2005-2007), currently engineer at HVAC Inc
- Mehrdad Iravani (2005-2007), currently PhD student at UW
- Mathew Asselin (2004- 2006), now Project Manager at Profound Medical Inc.
COMPLETED RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, CO-OP OR URA
- Vadim Kozhevnikov RA
- Winston Ma RA
- Eniife Elebute (Spring 2019), Co-op
- Kate Pearson (Spring 2019), Co-op
- Veronica Barry (Fall 2018), Co-op
- Ahmad Al-Hasani (Fall 2018), Co-op
- Felix King-Him Cheng (Fall 2018), URA
- Rani Kasinathan Adhitan (Fall 2017-Fall 2018), RA
- Kaylie Choi (Spring 2018), Co-op
- Shirin Khanna (Spring 2018), Co-op
- Misha Karpinska (Spring 2018), Co-op
- Christina Lee Sullivan (Spring 2018), Co-op
- Evan Wheat (Winter 2017-Spring 2018), RA
- Joe Canhoto (Winter 2018-Spring 2018), RA
- Martin Ethier (Winter 2018), Co-op
- Matthew Lai (Winter 2018), Co-op
- Alexander Forsyth (Winter 2018), URA
- Marc Wang (Winter 2018), Research Associate
- Solomon Jeyasam (Winter 2018), URA
- Kannan Mahadevan (Winter 2018), Research Associate
- Akash Pillai Kala (Winter 2018), Research Associate
- Philippe Meszaros (2017-2018), Research Associate
- Mark Barfoot (Spring 2017-Winter 2018), Lab Managing Director
- Geoffrey Fowler (Winter 2017-Fall 2017), Research Associate
- Shirin Khanna (Fall 2017), Co-op
- Kelly Huang (Fall 2017), Co-op
- Alex Forsyth (Fall 2017), Co-op
- Agata Jarkiewicz (Fall 2017), URA
- Bryan Ho-On (Fall 2017), URA
- Shridhar Sundarraj (Fall 2017), URA
- Ali Toyserkani (Fall 2017), URA
- Ryan Schmidt (Spring 2017 to Fall 2017), RA
- Alysan Young (Spring 2017), URA
- Robert Weeks (Winter 2017), URA
- Laurie Kwan (Winter 2017), ME482
- Larry Yan Li (Winter 2017), ME482
- Kevin Mattalo (Winter 2017), ME482
- Ali Toyserkani (Winter 2017), URA
- Abhinav Grover (Winter 2017), URA
- Luciano Tosello Lauer (Fall 2016), Co-op Exchange, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André-SP, Brasil
- Gijs Johannes Josef van Houtum (Fall 2016), MASc Exchange, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
- Robert Weeks (Spring 2016), URA
- Richard Liang (Spring 2015 to Fall 2016), Research Associate
- Ali Jahed (Spring 2015 to August 2016), Research Associate
- Xixi Zhang (Fall 2015 to Summer 2016), Research Associate
- Laurie Kwan (Fall 2016), ME481
- Larry Yan Li (Fall 2016), ME481
- Kevin Mattalo (Fall 2016), ME481
- Abhinav Glove (Fall 2016), Co-op
- Nick Bedi (Spring 2016), Co-op
- Steve Freed (Spring 2016), URA
- Jerry Li (Winter 2016 and Spring 2016), URA and Co-op
- Robin Darleux (Spring 2015): Exchange student
- Evan Wheat (Winter and Spring 2015): URA and RA
- Ami Woo (Winter 2015): URA
- Ami Woo (Fall 2014): Co-Op
- Evan Wheat (Fall 2014): URA
- Evan Wheat (Spring 2014): Co-op
- Carole Villain (Fall 2013, Winter 2014): Exchange student
- Nile Goerzen (Spring 2014), Co-op
- Nancy Pham (Winter 2014), URA
- Evan Wheat (Winter 2014), URA
- Angel Burtun (Wainter 2014), Co-op
- Evan Wheat (Fall 2013), Co-op
- Daniel Pradon (Fall 2013), URA
- Mark Park (Fall 2013), URA
- Daniel Pradon (Spring 2013), Co-op student
- Mark Park (Spring 2013), Co-op student
- Lewis Joo (Winter 2013), URA
- David Lee (Winter 2012), Co-op student
- Bradley Cotten (Fall 2011 and Winter 2012), Co-op student and URA
- Annabel Bothe (Winter-Spring 2011), Exchange student from Hamburg University
- Bradley Cotten (Spring 2011), Co-op student
- Brandon Van Asseldonk (Spring 2011), URA
- Thomas Hudson (Winter 2011), Co-op student
- Brent Komer (Winter 2011), Co-op student
- Teresa King (Fall 2010), Co-op student
- Dorothy Lui (Spring 2010 and Winter 2011), URA
- Derek Yan (Spring 2010 and Winter 2011), URA
- Zheng Feng (Spring 2010), Co-op student
- Jean Nassar (Spring 2010), Co-op student
- Sarah Mayer (Spring 2010), Co-op student
- Saman Mohammadi (Winter 2008 to Spring 2010), Research associate
- Teresa King (Winter 2010), Co-op student
- Talha Jawaid (Fall 2009), Co-op student
- Habib. A. Saleh (Fall 2008 to Fall 2009), Research associate
- Ahmed Salam (Fall 2008 to Winter 2009), Co-op student
- Kevin Kim (Fall 2008 to Winter 2009), Co-op student
- Yen-Hsun Chen (Fall 2008), URA
- Ash Charles (From Fall 2006 to June 2008), Co-op student and URA
- Mihelea Vlasea (Spring 2007 to Winter 2008), Co-op student and URA
- Jeff Loveless (Spring 2007), Co-op student
- Matt Ueckermann (Fall 2006 to Spring 2007), Co-op student and URA
- Mark Gesing (Fall 2006), URA
- Mina Salama (Spring 2006), URA
- Greg Lekarczyk (Winter 2006), URA
- Kyle Kudoba (Winter 2006), URA
- Jae Suk Na (Winter 2006), URA
- Jeff Taylor (Winter 2006), Co-op student
- Rodney Lau (Winter 2005), URA
- Nelson Ngan (Winter 2005), URA
- Linh Nguyen-Dang (Winter 2005), URA
- Harry Leung (Winter 2005), URA
- Christina Wei (Fall 2004 and Winter 2005), URA