Research Associate
Contact Information
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Phone: +1-226-700-5152
Office: E3- 3101G
Email: amidawi@uwaterloo.ca
Biographical Information
2018: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
2008: MSc, Mechanical Engineering
2004: BSc, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
- Material characterization (Advanced High Strength Steels and Line Pipe Steels) using advanced techniques such as digital image correlation, SEM, EBSD, and XRD
- Physical metallurgy and welding metallurgy of engineering alloys
- Welding processes optimization such as GMAW, GTAW, and RSW
- Instrumented Indentation (Macro and Nano-indentation) and its applications.
Supervisor(s)
- Professor Elliot Biro
- Professor Michael Worswick
Recent Publications
- M.Shojaee, C.Tolton, A.R.H.Midawi, C.Butcher, H.Ghassemi-Armaki, M.Worswick, E.Biro, “Influence of loading orientation on mechanical properties of spot welds” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 6 May 2022, 107327, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020740322002399
- Shiping Zhang, Ali Ghatei-Kalashami, Abdelbaset R. H. Midawi, Norman Y. Zhou, “A Comparison Between Hardness-Scaling and Ball-Indentation Techniques on Predicting Stress/Strain Distribution and Failure Behavior of Resistance Spot Welded Advanced High Strength Steel”, J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Aug 2022, 144(8): 081006 https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/manufacturingscience/article/144/8/081006/1134922/A-Comparison-Between-Hardness-Scaling-and-Ball
- Guoqiang Huang, JieWu, RuiYuan JinxueYang Fujun Cao, Abdelbaset R.H. Midawi, Wei Guan, Wentao Hou, Chenyang Lu, Adrian Gerlich, Yifu Shen, Fanqiang Meng, “ Elucidating microstructural evolution and its effect on the mechanical properties of FSW alumina-forming austenitic steel for power plant applications”, Materials & Design, Volume 215, March 2022, 110484, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522001058
- A. Ghatei-Kalashami, S. Zhang, M. Shojaee, A.R.H. Midawi, F. Goodwin, N.Y. Zhou, “Failure behavior of resistance spot welded advanced high strength steel: The role of surface condition and initial microstructure”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol 29, 117370. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924013621003307
- A. R. H. MIDAWI, S. KISTAMPALLY, E. BIRO “Effect of Coating and Welding Wire Composition on AHSS GMA Welds”, WELDING JOURNAL / DECEMBER 2021, VOL. 100, http://s3.amazonaws.com/WJ-www.aws.org/supplement/2021.100.035.pdf
- ARH Midawi, B Barber, K Pearson, O Sherepenko, M Shojaee, H Ghassemi-Armaki, E Biro, “Comparative Analysis of Liquid Metal Embrittlement Reduction Methods in Zinc Coated Gen3-AHSS”, Sheet Metal Welding Conference XIX 2021.
- M. Shojaee, A.R.H. Midawi, B. Barber, H. Ghassemi-Armaki, M. Worswick, E. Biro, “Mechanical properties and failure behavior of resistance spot welded third-generation advanced high strength steels”, Journal of Manufacturing Processes Volume 65, May 2021, Pages 364-372, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526612521002206