AKBARZADEH, Hamid

Dr. Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi is an Assistant Professor in Bio-inspired and Advanced metamaterials in the Bioresource Engineering Department and an Associate Member in the Mechanical Engineering Department of McGill University. He is also a member of McGill Institute of Aerospace Engineering (MIAE), McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM), and McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI). Dr. Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi joined the Bioresource Engineering Department of McGill University in 2015 after working as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Mechanical Engineering Departments of McGill University and the University of New Brunswick for two and half years. He completed his PhD studies in the Mechanical Engineering Department (Applied and Theoretical Mechanics) of the University of New Brunswick in 2013. Prior to his PhD, he graduated as an MSc student in the Mechanical Engineering Department (Solid Mechanics) of Amirkabir University of Technology in 2009 and as a BSc student in the Mechanical Engineering Department (Solid Mechanics) of Isfahan University of Technology in 2007. Inspired by biological systems where structural properties are integrated with sensing, actuating, and self-healing, Dr. Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi’s research interest is on advanced multifunctional materials and structures. Due to the multidisciplinary framework of multifunctional materials, the research spans mechanical, civil, electrical, and biological engineering concepts and is also of interest to material scientists, mathematicians, and physicists. Dr. Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi is specifically interested in the multiphysics and multiscale simulation and 3D printing of multiferroic cellular solids, metamaterials, smart and biocomposites, and functionally graded materials using theoretical/computational and experimental methodologies. The application of the research is in energy harvesting, structural health monitoring, and sustainable design for various sectors including automotive, aerospace, and construction industry.