Université d’Ottawa

Faculté de génie

Génie mécaniquewww.genie.uottawa.ca/mcg/fra/

University of Ottawa

Faculty of Engineering

Mechanical Engineeringwww.genie.uottawa.ca/mcg/eng/

Advanced materials and manufacturing processesare vital to the innovation of new products. TheDepartment of Mechanical Engineering has numerouscurrent research projects on fibre composites, metallicand metal matrix composite materials, and coatings, aswell as on the advanced manufacturing processesrequired to make these products.

Experts- A. Fahim - fibre composite processing- Y. Haddad - composite materials- B. Jodoin - cold spray and thermal spray coating processes- M. Liang - automated machining, process planning, machining monitoring and control- M. Munro - fibre composites, manufacturing processes- M. Nganbe - superalloys, ceramic-metal composites, powder metallurgy, surfaces- F. Robitaille - processing and performance of polymer composites and technical textiles- A. Weck - fracture properties of materials, laser micromachining, thin films, tomography

Partners (in addition to granting agencies)

- Institute of Aerospace Research, NRC- Vac Aero International- Centerline (Windsor) Ltd.- Perpetual Technologies- Pratt and Whitney Canada- Tecnar Automation- CANMET- University of Calgary, UBC, INSA Lyon, Polytechnic of Madrid- Hyperion Technologies Inc. (Calgary)- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology- Atomic Energy of Canada

Some Current Projects- sensors for polymer composite wind turbine blades- production of fibre composite reinforcing bars for concrete- fault detection and chatter control in CNC machining- production of metallic and ceramic coatings by high velocity spray processes- heat transfer in aerospace polymer composites and structures- effects of microstructure and lengthscale on fracture of metallic materials

Research in Materials andManufacturing Engineering