MIAM Characterization Seminar - Characterizing Materials through Digital Image Correlation

MOHAMMAD HAMIDPOUR (Researcher, National Research Council Canada and Research Assistant, Concordia Center for Composites) presents "Digital Image Correlation and Complementary Experimental Techniques for Advanced Material Characterization." In this seminar Hamidpour outlines the fundamentals of DIC and show how it can be integrated with tensile, compression and dynamic tests to deliver high‑fidelity material‑property data for advanced engineering applications. Hamidpour is a mechanical engineer with more than ten years of combined academic and industrial experience in experimental mechanics, numerical modelling, and advanced composite/ceramic manufacturing. He is currently a Researcher at the National Research Council Canada and a Research Assistant at the Concordia Center for Composites, where he develops and tests 4D‑printed composite and resin‑derived ceramic structures​. Earlier, he was a Visiting Researcher in the LM2 Laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, pioneering the use of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) to quantify fracture processes in viscoelastic polymers​. Dr. Hamidpour earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz University and has authored more than fifteen peer‑reviewed publications, including recent work in Composite Part C; he also received the prestigious NSERC Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2022.