Mohammad Nankali

PhD Student

Contact Information 

Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Mohammad Nankali


University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada


Email: mnankali@uwaterloo.ca

Biographical Information

Mohammad is a PhD candidate in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, specializing in flexible and wearable electronics. He started his PhD program at the Centre for Advanced Materials Joining (CAMJ) in 2022, where his research focuses on the direct laser writing of nanostructured devices for next-generation multifunctional sensing arrays, electromagnetic interference shielding, RF-metasurfaces, and energy control devices. He has published several research papers in top-ranked international journals and continues to contribute to the field through innovative, application-driven studies. He is the recipient of the prestigious Nanofellowship Award (2024) and has actively mentored undergraduate and master’s students at the University of Waterloo, guiding their research and co-op projects in related research areas. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering (1st Rank Graduate) from Iran University of Science and Technology.

Research Interests

  • Wearable sensors
  • Flexible electronics
  • Digital manufacturing
  • Smart materials and structures
  • Multi-material additive fabrication

Thesis Supervisor(s)

  • Professor Peng Peng

Publications

  1. Nankali, M.; Barjinikhabbaz, M.; Ali, M.; Peng, P; Pope, M.; Kamkar, M. CO2, Fiber, and UV Direct Laser Writing of Graphene for Flexible EMI Shielding Applications: A Comparative Study. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2026, 143, e70292. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.70292
  2. Soleimani, M.; Nankali, M.; Duley, W.; Zhao, X.; Peng, P.; Zhou, N. Ultra-low-temperature sintering of TiO2 via grain boundary diffusion enabled by nanosecond laser irradiation. Materials Today Nano 2025, 33, 100732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100732
  3. Nankali, M.; Soleimani, M.; Enrique, P.; Peng, P. Direct Laser Synthesis, Tuning, and Patterning of Metal Nanoparticles-decorated Graphene for Flexible Temperature Sensors. Materials Today Nano 2025, 30, 100617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2025.100617
  4. Bagheri, M.H.; Gu, E.; Abdullah Khan, A.; Zhang, Y.; Xiao, G.; Nankali, M.; Peng, P.; Xi, P.; Ban, D. Machine Learning-Enabled Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Continuous Sound Monitoring and Captioning. Advanced Sensor Research 2025, 2400156. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202400156
  5. Nankali, M.; Soleimani, M.; Duley, WW.; Zhou, YN.; Peng, P. Additive Manufacturing Processing with Ultra-short-pulse Lasers. Journal of Manufacturing Processes 2024, 131, 2133-2163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2024.10.006
  6. Nankali, M.; Rouhi, M.; Jones, J.; Rathod, S.; Peng, P. Fiber Laser Writing of Highly Sensitive Nickel Nanoparticle-Incorporated Graphene Strain Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16 (30), 39835-39846. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07529
  7. Nankali, M.; Amindehghan, M. A.; Seyed Alagheband, S. H.; Montazeri Shahtoori, A.; Seethaler, R.; Nouri, N. M.; Milani, A. S. Highly Sensitive, Stretchable, and Adjustable Parallel Microgates-Based Strain Sensors. Advanced Materials Technologies 2024, 2400071. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202400071
  8. Haghgoo, M.; Ansari, R.; Jang, S.-H.; Hassanzadeh-Aghdam, M. K.; Nankali, M. Developing a high-efficiency predictive model for self-temperature-compensated piezoresistive properties of carbon nanotube/graphene nanoplatelet polymer-based nanocomposites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2023, 166, 107380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107380
  9. Haghgoo, M.; Ansari, R.; Hassanzadeh-Aghdam, M. K.; Tian, L.; Nankali, M. Analytical formulation of the piezoresistive behavior of carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites: the effect of temperature on strain sensing performance. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2022, 163, 107244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107244
  10. Haghgoo, M.; Ansari, R.; Hassanzadeh-Aghdam, M. K.; Nankali, M. A novel temperature-dependent percolation model for the electrical conductivity and piezoresistive sensitivity of carbon nanotube-filled nanocomposites. Acta Materialia 2022, 230, 117870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117870
  11. Nankali, M.; Nouri, N. M.; Malek, N. G.; Amjadi, M. Dynamic thermoelectromechanical characterization of carbon nanotube nanocomposite strain sensors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2021, 332, 113122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.113122
  12. Amindehghan, M. A.; Nankali, M.; Nouri, N. M. Data-Driven Modeling and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Strain Sensors for Human Health Monitoring Applications. In 2021 9th RSI International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM), 2021; IEEE: pp 561-567. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRoM54204.2021.9663470
  13. Nankali, M.; Nouri, N. M.; Navidbakhsh, M.; Malek, N. G.; Amindehghan, M. A.; Shahtoori, A. M.; Karimi, M.; Amjadi, M. Highly stretchable and sensitive strain sensors based on carbon nanotube–elastomer nanocomposites: the effect of environmental factors on strain sensing performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2020, 8 (18), 6185-6195. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TC00373E
  14. Nankali, M.; Nouri, N.; Geran Malek, N.; Sanjari Shahrezaei, M. Electrical properties of stretchable and skin–mountable PDMS/MWCNT hybrid composite films for flexible strain sensors. Journal of Composite Materials 2019, 53 (21), 3047-3060. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998319853034
  15. Haghgoo, M.; Ansari, R.; Hassanzadeh-Aghdam, M. K.; Nankali, M. Analytical formulation for electrical conductivity and percolation threshold of epoxy multiscale nanocomposites reinforced with chopped carbon fibers and wavy carbon nanotubes considering tunneling resistivity. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2019, 126, 105616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.105616
  16. Nankali, M.; Geran Malek, N. Evaluation of non-linear Effects in Piezoresistive PDMS/MWCNT Sensing Elements. In 2018 2th Biennial International Conference on Experimental Solid Mechanics (X-Mech), 2018; 739235.

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