Sampada Bodkhe
B.E. (VTU, India), M.Tech. (IIT Kanpur, India), Ph.D. (Polytechnique Montréal)
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of expertise
Manufacturing Advanced manufacturing Materials structure, properties and testing Materials processing/fabrication Composites Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
Manufacturing Advanced manufacturing Materials structure, properties and testing Materials processing/fabrication Composites Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Innovative Materials
Innovative Materials
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
- Intelligent Structures
- Multifunctional Materials
- Additive Manufacturing
- Composite Materials
- Design and Optimization
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 1604 Manufacturing
- 1702 Advanced manufacturing
- 2001 Materials structure, properties and testing
- 2002 Materials processing/fabrication
- 2007 Composites
- 2108 Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
Publications
Recent publications
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Conference paper
Malfajani, R. S., Niknam, H., Bodkhe, S., Therriault, D., Laurin, J.-J., & Sharawi, M. S. (2023). A 3D-printed Encapsulated Dual Wide-Band Dielectric Resonator Antenna with Beam Switching Capability. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 4, 492-505.
Malfajani, R. S., Niknam, H., Bodkhe, S., Therriault, D., Laurin, J.-J., & Sharawi, M. S. (2023). A Dual Wide-Band Mushroom-Shaped Dielectric Antenna for 5G Sub-6-GHz and mm-Wave Bands. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 4, 614-625.
Testoni, O., Bodkhe, S., Bergamini, A., & Ermanni, P. (2023). Network of selectively compliant actuators based on shape memory alloys and polymers for a reconfigurable sandwich panel. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 34(3), 341-351.
Niknam, H., Akbarzadeh, A., Therriault, D., & Bodkhe, S. (2022, July). Additively manufactured thermally bistable structures [Paper]. 12th Canadian-International Conference on Composites (CANCOM 2022), Fredericton and Moncton, Canada.
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Teaching
MEC 1420 - Strength of materials
MEC6953K C.Spéc - Additive manufacturing of polymers and composites
MEC3430 – Polymer materials
Education
- B.E., Mechanical Engineering (Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India)
- M. Tech., Aerospace Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India)
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Polytechnique Montréal)
- Post-doctoral researcher (ETH Zurich)
News about Sampada Bodkhe
Press review about Sampada Bodkhe

October 15, 2023,
La Presse,
Capter l’énergie de la pluie
Sampada Bodkhe, professeure au Département de génie mécanique, parle de la production d'électricité triboélectrique sur le plan moléculaire.