Hamid Jahed, PEng

Hamid Jahed, PEng
Professor, University Research Chair
Location: E2 2354G
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37826

Biography

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 the 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. 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 key note (e.g., SAE WCX 2022, 2021, and TMS2021), is the recipient of International Magnesium Association 2021 Award of Excellence, and over 10 UW Faculty of Engineering Awards including Sandford Fleming Foundation Teaching Excellence Award, and 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 associate, 6 PhD and 5 MASc students.

Research Interests

  • Cold spray additive manufacturing
  • Durability of materials and structures
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Residual stress measurements and predictions
  • Cyclic plasticity

Scholarly Research

Editorial board of Journal of Metals

Education

  • 1997, Doctorate Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • 1982, Master's Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, United States
  • 1981, Bachelor's Mechanical Engineering , University of Houston , United States

Awards

  • 2021 Faculty of Engineering Distinguish Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2021 International Magnesium Association Award of Excellence
  • 2021 University Research Chair
  • 2020 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2018 Faculty of Engineering Distinguish Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2017 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2015 Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2014 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2013 Research Excellence Award, the Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • 2013 Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2011 Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo
  • 2010 Teaching Excellence Award, the Faculty of Engineering and the Sandford Fleming Foundation, University of Waterloo
  • 2005 Aali Nasab Thesis Supervision Award (MASc), Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2002 Researcher Excellence Award, Iran University of Science & Technology
  • 2002 Distinguished Department Chair Award, Iran University of Science & Technology
  • 1997 Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies, University of Waterloo
  • 1997 Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • 1996 The Sandford Fleming Foundation Teaching Assistantship Award for the Mechanical Engineering Department, Waterloo Chapter

Teaching*

  • ME 526 - Fatigue and Fracture Analysis
    • Taught in 2019
  • ME 620 - Mechanics of Continua
    • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2022
  • ME 627 - Fatigue Analysis and Design
    • Taught in 2020
  • ME 725 - Special Topics in Advanced Stress Analysis
    • Taught in 2020
  • MTE 219 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids
    • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

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