Dr. Mohsen Mohammadi is currently an associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick. He received his PhD from University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.
He then joined Canmet MATERIALS and the University of Waterloo as Visiting Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow, respectively. The main areas of Professor Mohammadi's research are metal additive manufacturing, additive repair, and hybrid additive manufacturing. Dr. Mohammadi is leading significant projects on metal 3D printing in marine, defence, energy and aerospace sectors.
Dr. Cyr is the director of programs & innovation at MAMCE. The additive manufacturing revolution is interrupting the notion of engineering and design dictating a world of parts and assemblies. Moving from synthesis to growth, additive manufacturing, along with computational advancements in machine learning and the internet of things, is opening new avenues in technology and design, changing the way we interact with our world. As MAMCE's director of programs & innovation, Dr. Cyr is discovering new opportunities and challenges fo the role of additive manufacturing in engineering and design for defence, aerospace and marine industries.
Dr. Cyr was also the inaugural recipient of the McCain Postdoctoral Fellowship in Innovation at UNB, and completed his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. He conducted research in computational materials science of automotive alloys in collaboration with General Motors and Waterloo's Centre for Automotive Research.
At UNB, Dr. Cyr's research has focused on microstructure characterization and modelling of 3D printed metals, and cognitive design for additive manufacturing in aerospace, marine and defence applications. Outside of work, Dr. Cyr is an avid curler and is on the board of directors at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton.
Ed Bonjokian is an additive manufacturing professional with over 6 years of AM experience in research applications, and AM program management. Specializing in Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) applications, Fused Deposition Modeling (FMD), and Polyjet technologies with broad knowledge of Design for Additive Manufacturing.
Ed has extensive experience in the aerospace industry and production environments. He has conducted research at Western Carolina University for component design for military helicopters, he worked for several years at CDI Aerospace in engineering supporting fuselage assembly of the Sikorsky Helicopters and helped design tooling solutions for GE Aerospace. He also developed the Sustainable Energy Technology program and was an instructor of Sustainable Energy at Montana State University.
Ed Moved to Canada in 2012 where he worked at Atlantech Companies in Charlottetown, PEI before joining MDS Coating Technologies. Ed is currently the Additive Manufacturing Lead at MDS Coating Technologies in Summerside PEI, and manages all aspects of the additive manufacturing program, including applications, interfacing with design teams, inventory control, process development and technical supervision.
Frank Defalco is the Director, Members Relations with Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen).
Frank’s last position was the lead at Canada Makes which he developed into Canada’s Premiere Additive Manufacturing Network. During his time at Canada Makes he managed the Metal Additive Demonstration Program which introduced additive metal manufacturing to over 250 Canadian companies. Frank has a deep knowledge of Canada’s major players in Additive Manufacturing.
Michel Gaudet C.E.T., has been employed at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) in Chalk River, Ontario for the past 15 years. As Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, CNL serves the nation by supporting key federal nuclear science and technology priorities. The Chalk River site holds unique expertise and specialized facilities that support innovation in safety, security, health, environmental and clean energy technologies.
Michel started his career as a machinist, and in 1986 earned a Mechanical Engineering Technology diploma from St. Laurence College in Cornwall, Ontario. Following this, he designed industrial machinery, principally in the pulp and paper and light metals industries.
In his present role within CNL, Michel uses his understanding of the scientific ‘why’ and the practical ‘how’ to contribute to projects such as the Canadian Super-Critical Water reactor concept and small modular reactor concepts by providing buildable designs to near and over-the-horizon visions.
