Concordia Centre for Composites

CONCOM has carried out research projects in composites since its establishment in 1979.

The interest of reserachers at the CONCOM center covers many areas: polymer composites, nanocomposites, polymer/metalic alloy, design of composite structures, testing of materials structures and properties, and development of new materials and manufacturing techniques.

Staffs

Daniel-Iosif Rosca, Ph. D, research associate
Research interest:
- Conductive nanocomposites based carbon nanomaterials for EMI shielding and antenna applications.
- Functionalization of carbon nanomaterials for improved mechanical properties.
- Electrically conductive structural adhesive based on dispersed carbon nanomaterials and buckypaper.
- Dispersion of cellulose nanocrystals in thermosets and thermoplastics.
- Manufacturing of complex shaped composites by automated fiber placement.

Email: daniel.rosca@concordia.ca
   
Ashraf Ahmed, Ph. D, research associate
Research interest:
- Composites, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)to detect, locate and quantify damage in large polymer composite structures using CNTs/Epoxy resin.
- Development, manufacturing, characterization and testing of a composite landing gear for helicopter by automated fiber placement (AFP) - Design of composites compounding and testing structures and tools.
- Nanotechnology: Nan materials Synthesis, characterization and compounding.
- Nan composites for controlled heat transfer.
- Thermal insulation by heat resistant polymers for rocket motor insulations.
- Thermal characterization of polymers.
- Using Nano materials for propellant combustion control.
- 3-D thermal conduction and ablation modeling using different theoretical models and programs such as MATLAB, REVIT, ANSYS.

Email: a_fathya@encs.concordia.ca
   
Heng Wang, MASc. lab manager
Work duty:
- Polymer materials testing and processing
- Laboratory management includes instruments purchase, maintenance, test design, resource location, evaluation and training students
- Web design and maintenance for CONCOM, international symposiums/workshops, and others
- Conferences organization.

Email: heng.wang@concordia.ca
 

Current Students

Xiao Cai, Ph. D candidate
Research interst:
New concepts for designing stressed composite fuselage/wing panel with a high strength-weight ratio. His other research interests include aircraft design, airframe optimization, composite applications, and non-destructive test.
Junfei Li, Ph. D. candidate
Research interst:
Design and analysis of fiber-steered composite structures with openings.
Duc M. Hoang, Ph. D candidate
Thesis Title: Optimization of process parameters and Characterization of Thermoplastic Flat Plate made by Automated Fiber Placement Machine.
Omid Aghababaei Tafreshi, MASc.
Research interest:
- Advanced manufacturing of composite materials & structures
- Design, modeling and processing of polymer composites
- Composite materials testing & characterization
- Automated fiber placement of composite materials.

Contact Email: omid.aghababaei@yahoo.com
Keroles Riad, Ph. D candidate
Research interest:
Researching new photo -curable polymers for stereolithography 3D printing.

Saeed Sharifi, Ph. D candidate, visiting student
Research interest:
- Shape memory materials: shape memory polymers (SMPs) and shape memory alloys (SMAs).
- Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs).
- Design, analysis, manufacturing and testing of composites.

Saeid Khadem Moshir, Ph. D candidate
Research interest:
- Manufacturing of composite structures using 4-D printing method.
- Stress analysis.
- Finite element analysis of solid structures.
- Vibration analysis of solid continuous systems.

Mehrshad Moghadamazad, MASc student
Research interest:
- Aircraft Structures Design and Stress Analysis.
- Composite Structures and Materials.
- Automated Fiber Placement (AFP).
- Aerodynamic Wing Design.
- Heat Transfer Analysis.

Emad Fakhimi, Ph. D candidate
Research interest:
- Composite structures: design, manufacturing and testing.
- Manufacturing of composite structure using 4D-Printing Method.
- Finite element analysis of composite structure.
- Shape memory composite structures.
- Functional composite materials.

Farzad Kashefi Nishabouri, MASc student
Research interest:
- Advanced manufacturing of Composite Materials & Structures.
- Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).
- Nanocomposite.
- Composite Materials Testing & Characterization.
- Automated Fiber Placement of Composite Materials (AFP).




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