Mechanics and Materials

The Mechanics and Materials research area within the Department of Mechanical Engineering focuses on understanding the complex multi-scale behavior of materials used in the oil and gas, mining, railway, defense, health, renewable, aerospace, and space sectors. The program is multi-disciplinary and collaborative, and involves international partners in industry, government, and academia. Materials under consideration within this research area of the Department include light-weight composites, ceramics, and metals, as well as bio-materials, polymers, and rocks. The Department has unique fabrication capabilities, including electrospinning and additive manufacturing, and this provides opportunities to tune the mechanical and electrical properties of materials by modifying the microstructure, grain boundaries, and interfaces. This allows for the development of multi-functional micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMs), coatings, and adhesives.

Material responses are studied in this area, including fatigue to shock loading domains using Instron machines, torsional apparatus, impact penetration devices, and high-rate Kolsky bars. This also includes capabilities to study material behavior at high pressure and temperatures, as well as with ultra-high-speed cameras that can be used to visualize failure and measure deformation speeds (e.g., fractures, shear bands). This information is utilized in computational and theoretical modelling, which is a core research thrust sub-area in the Department, and which uses molecular dynamics, micro-mechanics, and continuum approaches.

	Cagri Ayranci Assistant Professor Phone: 780-492-2791 Office: 10-360 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: cayranci@ualberta.ca	Multi-Functional Composite Materials, Materials Processing, Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, Polymer Science and Engineering, Braided Composites, Shape Memory Polymers and Their Composites, Electrospun Polymeric Multifunctional Nano-Fibers, Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) of Polymers. Other Research Areas: Biomedical, Biomechanics, and Human Mechanical Systems
	Jason Carey Professor Phone: 780-492-7168 Phone: 780-492-0501 Office: 10-265 Donadeo ICE Office: 9-237 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: jason.carey@ualberta.ca	Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Structural Engineering, Manufacturing, Oil Well Advanced Material, Orthodontics Biomechanics, Soft Tissue Mechanics, Composite and Multifunctional Materials, Braided Composites. Other Research Areas: Biomedical, Biomechanics, and Human Mechanical Systems
	Zengtao Chen Professor Phone: 780-492-2620 Office: 10-219 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: zengtao.chen@ualberta.ca	Interfacial Science and Engineering, Thin Films and Coatings, Structural Health Monitoring, Microstructure-Based Materials Modelling, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Multifunctional Materials, Thermal Stresses, Thermal-Mechanical Fatigue and Fracture.
	James Hogan Assistant Professor Phone: 780-492-1733 Office: 10-227 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: jdhogan@ualberta.ca	Mechanics and Materials, Experimental Mechanics, Geomechanics, Dynamic Failure, Fragmentation, High Rate Testing, Advanced Ceramics, Planetary Materials, Defense, Mining, Energy.
	Ben Jar Professor Phone: 780-492-6503 Office: 10-287 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: Ben.Jar@ualberta.ca	Damage and Fracture, Polymer Engineering, Rail Fracture and Safety Assessment, Solid Mechanics, Pipelines and Pipeline Transport, Engineering Design.
	Pierre Mertiny Professor Phone: 780-492-6982 Office: 10-243 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: pmertiny@ualberta.ca	Functional Materials, Materials Processing, Structural Health Monitoring, Corrosion and Wear, Renewable and Alternate Energy, Polymer Coatings, Polymer Composite Materials, Nanocomposites, Energy Storage, Plastic Piping.
	Walied Moussa Professor Phone: 780-492-6027 Office: 10-257 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: Walied.Moussa@ualberta.ca	Electronic Materials and Devices, Micro- and Nano-Electromechanical Systems, Pipelines and Pipeline Transport, Sensors, Structural Health Monitoring, Smart Material and Structures, Microfabrication and Micro Assembly/Packaging, Energy Generation Using MEMS and 3D Printing, Smart Rehabilitation Tools, Multi-Discipline Finite Element.
	Dan Romanyk Assistant Professor Phone: 780-492-2169 Office: 10-354 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email:dromanyk@ualberta.ca	Fundamental Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of The Response of Natural Dental Biomaterials to Applied Loading, Namely The Periodontal Ligament and Cranial Suture Tissues. In Vitro Biomechanical Simulation and Design of Orthodontic Appliances and Treatment Methods. Characterization of Synthetic Dental Biomaterials Such as Resin Based Composites and Restorative Ceramics. Other Research Areas: Biomedical, Biomechanics, and Human Mechanical Systems
	Chong-Qing Ru Professor Phone: 780-492-4477 Office: 10-330 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: cru@ualberta.ca	Solid Mechanics, Biomechanics, Mathematical Modeling, Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes, Micro- and Nano-Electromechanical Systems, Nano-Mechanics, Dynamics Fracture Mechanics.
	Dan Sameoto Associate Professor Phone: 780-248-2052 Office: 10-390 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: sameoto@ualberta.ca	Functional Materials, Micro- and Nanofluidics, Micro- and Nano-Electromechanical Systems, Materials Processing, Thin Films and Coatings, Polymers, Adhesives, Bioinspiration, Manufacturing, Composites, Stretchable Electronics, Multi-Material 3D Printing, Nano Satellites, Open to Collaboration on AlbertaSat Cubesat Student Team.
	P Schiavone Professor Phone: 780-492-3638 Office: 10-289 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: P.Schiavone@ualberta.ca	Thin Films and Coatings, Functional Materials, Nanomechanics via Continuum Modelling, Microstructure and Cosserat Elasticity, Inclusions and Interfacial Phenomena, Surface Modelling, Fracture Mechanics.
	Tian Tang Professor Phone: 780-492-5467 Office: 10-245 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: tian.tang@ualberta.ca	Drug and Gene Delivery, Solid Mechanics, Colloids, Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes, Interfacial Engineering, Molecular Simulations, Adhesion, Nanomechanics.
	Xiaodong Wang Professor Phone: 780-492-4517 Office: 10-332 Donadeo ICE Website: Website Email: Xiaodong.Wang@ualberta.ca	Solid Mechanics, Structural Health Monitoring, Metamaterials, Renewable and Alternate Energy, Micro- and Nano-Electromechanical Systems, Fracture and Failure of Structures and Materials, Electromechanical Structures, Dynamic Failure and Wave Propagation in Structures, Energy Harvesting Systems, Elastic Metamaterials.