Dr. Hamid Jahed is a Professor and University Research Chair in Cold Spray Technology in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department. He is the Director of the Fatigue and Stress Analysis Laboratory (FATSLab) at the University of Waterloo.
Professor Jahed’s research interests lie in cold spray technology, durability of materials and products, multiscale mechanical characterization, development of Digital Twins, and structural life enhancement technologies. Cold spray research focuses on application diversifications in coating, restoration and 3D printing. His other areas of interest are: residual stress, fracture mechanism, printing circuits, health and environmental applications.
Work in the Fatigue and Stress Analysis Laboratory focuses on fatigue and fracture properties of materials and joints (weld/SPR) under uniaxial and multi-axial loads, development of cyclic plasticity and life prediction models, residual stress formations and measurements, EV battery pack durability, and cost-effective manufacturing of magnesium alloys for structural applications.
Professor Jahed has been invited as a speaker (e.g., SAE WCX 2022, 2021, and TMS2021). He has also received the International Magnesium Association 2021 Award of Excellence and over 10 UW Faculty of Engineering Awards, including the Sandford Fleming Foundation Teaching Excellence Award and the Engineering Research Excellence Award.
Dr. Jahed has established a strong research partnership with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers and is leading several large partnership projects. He has trained 100 graduate students and is currently supervising 4 postdoctoral fellow/research associates, 6 PhD and 5 MASc students. He has over 100 scientific publications in refereed journals and international conferences. He has supervised 32 HQP’s and is currently supervising 10 others. His research is currently funded by different funding agencies, including NSERC, NSERC APC, ORF, AUTO21, and IAMI.