• Primary Research Themes
    1. Solid and Structural Mechanics
    2. Multifunctional Metamaterials
    3. Fluid Structure Interaction
    4. Multiscale Mechanics
    5. Structural Optimization in Multi-Physics Applications
  • Current Applications:

Aerospace technologies aiming for future green aviation including:

    1. Electrification of Aircraft Propulsion System.
    2. Metamaterials for energy harvesting, energy sinks and bandgap filters design.
    3. Aircraft Critical Loads Recovery Applications.
    4. Dynamic aeroelastic response characterization and attenuation.
    5. Design for Additive manufacturing.
  • Current Projects:
    • High Fidelity Dynamic Aeroelasticity Response Analysis and Active Vibration Attenuation and Control of High Precision Ground Antennas Subject to Aerodynamic Gust (Partners: NASA & ISI; Sponsors: ISI & NSERC).
    • Integrated Dynamic Aeroelasticity Response Analyses and Multiscale Design Optimization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Blended Wing Body Configuration (Sponsors: NSERC)
    • Acoustic attenuation of propulsion systems of Unmanned Arial Systems (UAS) employing aerodynamic-outlet duct shape optimization combined with metamaterial acoustic filters. (Partners: NRC; Sponsors: NRC).
    • 3D Digital Image Correlation for Ground Vibration Testing required for High Fidelity Aircraft Reduced Order Models (Partners: Bombardier Aerospace; Sponsors: Bombardier Aerospace & MITACS).
    • Patient CT-Scan Based Multiscale Design Optimization of Additively Manufactured Implants for Orthopedic Applications (Partners: Ottawa Hospital; Sponsors: NSERC).