Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Sustainable growth of the sector relies on discovering stronger, lighter, and more resilient aerospace materials, as well as efficient means to manufacture components from them. MIAE researchers are leaders in novel surface engineering solutions to mitigate wear in aerospace components, including from ice adhesion, as well as advanced additive manufacturing techniques of real-scale aerospace components that meet strict certification requirements. Our researchers are also pushing the boundaries of structural health monitoring of aerospace components, as well as the integration of advanced multifunctional materials and hierarchical metamaterials.

Associated Academic Faculty


Anne-Marie Kietzig • Department of Chemical Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Y Liu, A Gruner, DGK Aboud, J Bonse, J Schille, U Loeschner, AM Kietzig, Polarization effects on laser-inscribed angled micro-structures, Applied Surface Science 649, 159191, 2024. link to article
  • N Joy, AM Kietzig, Influence of re-deposited nanoparticles on the surface elemental composition of femtosecond laser machined copper surfaces, Surfaces and Interfaces 41, 103173, 2023. link to article
  • C Clark, AM Kietzig, K Golovin, N Song, Low-Adhesion Surface Evaluation on an Airfoil in the NRC AIWT, SAE Technical Paper, 2023. link to article
  • DGK Aboud, A Gruner, AM Kietzig, Comparison of laser micro-inscribed pillars on flat versus tilted substrates, Applied Physics A 128 (12), 1057, 2022. link to article
  • A Ghosh, A Kumar, A Harris, AM Kietzig, M Brochu, Fatigue behavior of stainless steel 316L microstruts fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, Materialia 26, 101591, 2022. link to article

Damiano Pasini • Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Rahman, S., Wu, L., El Elmi, A., Pasini, D., Zero-Power Shape Retention in Soft Pneumatic Actuators with Extensional and Bending Multistability, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023. Awarded with the “Prix Relève Étoile Louis-Berlingue”. link to article
  • Wu L, Pasini D, Topological transformation with emerging zero modes in multistable metamaterials for reprogrammable flexural stiffness, Physical Review Applied, 2023. link to article
  • Jamalimehr A, Mirzajanzadeh M, Akbarzadeh H, Pasini D, Rigidly flat-foldable class of lockable origami-inspired metamaterials with topological stiff states, Nature Communications, Vol 13,1816, 2022. link to article
  • Gavazzoni M, Foletti S, Pasini D, Cyclic response of 3D printed metamaterials with soft cellular architecture: the interplay between as-built defects, material and geometric non-linearity, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol 58, 104688, 2022. link to article.
  • Qiao C, Liu L, Pasini D, Bi-shell valve for fast actuation of soft pneumatic actuators via shell snapping interaction, Advanced Science, 2100445, 2021. link to article

Hamid Akbarzadeh • Department of Bioresource Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Nikrad, Farzad & Chen, Zengtao & Akbarzadeh, A.. (2023). Nonlinear thermal postbuckling of functionally graded graphene-reinforced composite laminated plates with circular or elliptical delamination. Acta Mechanica. 234. 1-41. link to article
  • Zhang, Yongchao & Cai, Jun & Mi, Changwen & Wang, Fangxin & Akbarzadeh, A.. (2022). Effect of surface residual stress and surface layer stiffness on mechanical properties of nanowires. Acta Mechanica. 233. link to article
  • Fatehi, E & Yazdani Sarvestani, Hamidreza & Ashrafi, Behnam & Akbarzadeh, A. (2021). Accelerated Design of Architectured Ceramics with Tunable Thermal Resistance via a Hybrid Machine Learning and Finite Element Approach. Materials & Design. link to article
  • Yazdani Sarvestani, Hamidreza & Akbarzadeh, A & Daniel, Therriault & Lévesque, M. (2021). Engineered Bi-material Lattices with Thermo-mechanical Programmability. Composite Structures. link to article
  • Akbarzadeh, A. & Cui, Yi & Chen, Zengtao. (2017). Thermal wave: from nonlocal continuum to molecular dynamics. RSC Adv.. 7. 13623-13636. link to article

Jun Song • Department of Materials Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • J. Li, B. Sheng, Y. Chen, J. Yang, P. Wang, Y. Li, T. Yu, H. Pan, J. Song, L. Zhu, X. Wang, T. Ma, B. Zhou, An Active and Robust Catalytic Architecture of NiCo/GaN Nanowires for Light-Driven Hydrogen Production from Methanol. Small 2024, 2309906. link to article
  • Salim Brahimi, Manoj Arthanari, Sriraman Rajagopalan, Evelin Barbosa De Melo, Steve Yue, and Jun Song, "Effect of microstrcuture on hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of martensitic and bainitic high strength steels" in "International Hydrogen Conference: Understanding Hydrogen-Materials Interactions", Jimmy Burns, University of Virginia, USA; May Martin, NIST, USA Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2023). link to article
  • Lili Han et al., Design of Ru-Ni diatomic sites for efficient alkaline hydrogen oxidation, Sci. Adv.8,eabm3779(2022). link to article
  • Hou, J., Kong, XS., Wu, X. et al. Predictive model of hydrogen trapping and bubbling in nanovoids in bcc metals. Nat. Mater. 18, 833–839 (2019). link to article

Mathieu Brochu • Department of Materials Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Rong Gu, Satria Robi Trisnanto, Mathieu Brochu, Sasha Omanovic, Cyclic potentiodynamic passivation of 316L stainless steels of different crystallographic orientation produced by laser powder bed fusion: Towards the improvement of corrosion resistance , Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering Volume 102, Issue 1, Pages 196 - 202 January 2024. link to article
  • Jinghao Li, Mathieu Brochu, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao, Chapter Five - Microstructural features in metallic parts made by AM, Quality Analysis of Additively Manufactured Metals Simulation Approaches, Processes, and Microstructure Properties 2023, Pages 173-200. link to article
  • Abhi Ghosh, Amit Kumar, Adrian Harris, Anne-Marie Kietzig, Mathieu Brochu, Fatigue behavior of stainless steel 316L microstruts fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, Materialia Volume 26, December 2022, 101591. link to article
  • Fatih Sikan, Priti Wanjara, Javad Gholipour, Mathieu Brochu, Use of miniature tensile specimens for measuring mechanical properties in the steady-state and transient zones of Ti–6Al–4V wire-fed electron beam deposits, Materials Science and Engineering: A Volume 862, 18 January 2023, 144487. link to article

Mihriban Pekguleryuz  Department of Materials Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Nakatsugawa, Isao & Wanjara, P. & Villegas-Armenta, Luis & Gholipour, Javad & Pekguleryuz, Mihriban & Chino, Yasumasa. (2022). Corrosion of Linear-Friction-Welded AZ91 and AZX912 Mg-Al Alloys. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169. link to article
  • Villegas-Armenta, Luis & Wanjara, P. & Gholipour, Javad & Nakatsugawa, Isao & Chino, Yasumasa & Pekguleryuz, Mihriban. (2021). Linear Friction Welding of an AZ91 Magnesium Alloy and the Effect of Ca Additions on the Weld Characteristics. Materials. 14. 3130. link to article
  • Samei, Javad & Sadeghi, Alireza & Mortezapour, Hossein & Salavati, Saeid & Amirmaleki, Maedeh & Pekguleryuz, Mihriban & Wilkinson, David. (2020). 4D X-ray tomography characterization of void nucleation and growth during deformation of strontium-added AZ31 alloys. Materials Science and Engineering: A. 797. 140081. link to article.
  • Sadeghi, Alireza & Mortezapour, Hossein & Samei, Javad & Pekguleryuz, Mihriban & Wilkinson, David. (2019). Anisotropy of mechanical properties and crystallographic texture in hot rolled AZ31+XSr sheets. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. 7. link to article

Raynald Gauvin Department of Materials Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • S. M. Bayazid, N. Brodusch, N. Dumaresq and R. Gauvin (2023), “ZAFG Method for Quantitative Characterization of Spherical Particles: Deriving a Universal Equation for Geometrical Correction”, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2023, ozad113.
  • A. Jaberi, N. Brodusch, J. Song and R. Gauvin (2023), “Prediction of primary knock-on damage during electron microscopy characterization of lithium-containing materials”, Ultramicroscopy , Vol. 256, p. 113884.
  • N. Brodusch and R. Gauvin (2022), “Phase Differentiation based on x-ray energy spectrum correlation with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) ”, Ultramicroscopy, 238, 113534.
  • I. Z. González, H. C. Chiu, R. Gauvin, G. P. Demopoulos and Y. Verde-Gómez (2022), “Silicon doped carbon nanotubes as high energy anode for lithium-ion batteries”, Materials Today Communications 30, 103158.
  • T. Sardhara, R. C. Aydin, Y. Li, N. Piché, R. Gauvin, C. J. Cyron and M. Ritter (2022), “Training deep neural networks to reconstruct nanoporous structures from FIB tomography images using synthetic training data”, Frontiers in materials, 9. link to article

Richard Chromik Department of Materials Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Larose, Joël & Roy, Amit & Sharifi, Navid & Stoyanov, Pantcho & Moreau, Christian & Chromik, Richard & Makowiec, Mary. (2023). Gas turbine engine component with copper oxide coating.
  • P. Patel, S.A. Alidokht, N. Sharifi, A. Roy, K. Harrington, P. Stoyanov, R.R. Chromik, C. Moreau, "Microstructural and Tribological Behavior of Thermal Spray CrMnFeCoNi High Entropy Alloy Coatings," Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (In Press, 2022). link to article
  • S.I. Imbriglio, R.R. Chromik, Factors affecting adhesion in metal/ceramic interfaces created by cold spray, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 30, 1703-23 (2021).
  • V.N.V. Munagala, R. Chakrabarty, J. Song, R.R. Chromik, Effect of metal powder properties on the deposition characteristics of cold-sprayed Ti6Al4V-TiC coatings: An experimental and finite element study, Surfaces and Interfaces 25, 101208 (2021)

Stephen Yue Department of Materials Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Fallah, Panteha & Yue, Stephen & McDonald, André. (2023). Development of a Duplex Sn-Cu Coating on Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs) using Cold Spray and Electrodeposition Processes. 208-213. link to article
  • Chen, Meixin & Che, Hanqing & Yue, Stephen. (2022). Exploring surface preparation for cold spraying on polymers. Surface and Coatings Technology. 450. 128993. link to article
  • Das, Tuhin & Brahimi, Salim & Song, Jun & Yue, Stephen. (2022). Assessment of Hydrogen Embrittlement Susceptibility and Mechanism(s) in Quench and Tempered AISI 4135 Steel Using A Novel Fast Fracture Test in Bending. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters). 36. link to article
  • Das, Tuhin & Chakrabarty, Rohan & Song, Jun & Yue, Stephen. (2021). Understanding microstructural influences on hydrogen diffusion characteristics in martensitic steels using finite element analysis (FEA). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47. link to article

Yaoyao Fiona Zhao Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Recent Research Publications

  • Safdar, Mutahar & Paul, Padma & Lamouche, Guy & Wood, Gentry & Zimmermann, Max & Hannesen, Florian & Bescond, Christophe & Wanjara, P. & Zhao, Yaoyao. (2023). Fundamental requirements of a machine learning operations platform for industrial metal additive manufacturing. Computers in Industry. 154. link to article
  • Zhang, Chonghui & Xie, Jiarui & Shanian, Ali & Kibsey, Mitch & Zhao, Yaoyao. (2023). A hybrid deep learning approach for the design of 2D low porosity auxetic metamaterials. 123. B. link to article
  • Sarabhai, Shivangi & Letov, Nikita & Kibsey, Mitch & Sánchez, Fabián & Zhao, Yaoyao. (2023). Understanding the flow and thermal characteristics of non-stochastic strut-based and surface-based lattice structures. Materials & Design. 227. 111787. link to article
  • JiBing Wang, Xianglin Zhou, Jinghao Li, Mathieu Brochu, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao; Microstructures and properties of SLM-manufactured Cu-15Ni-8Sn alloy, Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 31, pp.100921, 2020
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