About
Farzad Sharifpour, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at the LM2 group under Professors Daniel Therriault, Martin Levesque, and David Melancon, focusing on multiscale damage modelling of laminated composites. Previously, he worked at the University of British Columbia (UBC) under Professor Anoush Poursartip, developing synchrotron-based computed tomography techniques to capture 3D deformations of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics. Farzad earned his doctorate from the University of Waterloo, where his award-winning research focused on microscale computational models for predicting ply crack formation in CFRP laminates. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications and a book chapter on multiscale modelling of damage in laminated composites. His interests include composite materials, manufacturing, multiscale modelling, nonlinear modelling, finite element analysis, damage mechanics, microstructures, computed tomography, and experimental techniques.
Diplomas
– PhD, University of Waterloo, Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering, Waterloo, Canada
– MSc, Iran University of Science & Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Tehran, Iran
– BSc, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Tehran, Iran
Research Category
Multi-scale modelling of advanced materials
Expertise
Composite materials, Computational mechanics, Damage mechanics, Multiscale modelling, Manufacturing, Nonlinear modelling, Experiments, Computed Tomography
Awards and Honors
– Best PhD Thesis Award in Canada (CACSMA)
– Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellowship
– Ontario Graduate Scholarship
– President’s Graduate Scholarship
– Alan Plumtree Graduate Scholarship
– Italian Technology Award
– Best Publication Award
– Engineering Domestic Doctoral Student