Kamyar Ghavam
Associate Professor - Teaching Stream
Email: kghavam@uwaterloo.ca
Location: E7 3408
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40175
Status: Active
Research Interests
- Large elastic-plastic deformations
- Nonlinear finite element method
- Metal forming
- Molecular dynamics
Teaching*
- ME 321 - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- ME 322 - Mechanical Design 1
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- ME 621 - Advanced Finite Element Methods
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- MTE 219 - Mechanics of Deformable Solids
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- MTE 321 - Design and Dynamics of Machines
- Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
- R. Boychuk, K. Ghavam, M. Vlasea, (2021) Sintering Densification Modeling using the Skorohod-Olevsky Viscous Sintering Model, HI-AM Conference, Montreal, QC.
- K. Ghavam, H. Pourmohammadali, L. Botelho, (2020) A Cross-Cohort Dynamics Project Experience, ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.
- H. Pourmohammadali, K. Ghavam, L. Botelho, (2020) Improvements in a cross-cohort mechanical engineering course project, CEEA Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.
- R. Al-hammoud and K. Ghavam, (2018) Engaging engineering students in lectures using anecdotes, activities, and games, ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Ghavam K. and Gracie R., (2015) Simulations of reactions between irradiation induced ⟨a⟩-loops and mixed dislocation lines in zirconium, J. Nuclear Materials, vol. 462, 126-134.
- Bagheriasl, Reza and Ghavam, Kamyar and Worswick, Michael J, Formability improvement with independent die and punch temperature control, International Journal of Material Forming, 139, 2014
- Ghavam, Kamyar and Bagheriasl, Reza and Worswick, Michael J, Analysis of nonisothermal deep drawing of aluminum alloy sheet with induced anisotropy and rate sensitivity at elevated temperatures, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 011006, 2014
- Bagheriasl, R and Ghavam, K and Worswick, MJ, Effect of strain rate and temperature gradient on warm formability of Aluminum alloy sheet, The 8th International Conference and Workshop on numerical simulation of 3D seet metal forming processes (NUMISHEET 2011), 634, 2011
- Ghavam, K and Naghdabadi, R, Constitutive modeling of temperature and strain rate dependent elastoplastic hardening materials using a corotational rate associated with the plastic deformation, International Journal of Plasticity, 1445, 2011
- Ghavam, K and Naghdabadi, R, Hardening materials modeling in finite elastic--plastic deformations based on the stretch tensor decomposition, Materials \\& Design, 161, 2008
Graduate studies
- Not currently accepting applications for graduate students