Ahmad Mohammadpanah

Lecturer

P.Eng., PhD (UBC), MASc (UBC), MSc (Sharif U. Tech.)

Research Interests

• Dynamics, Vibrations, and Modal Analysis
• Application of Spherical Parallel Robots
• Light Weight and Lattice Design for Additive Manufacturing
• Generative Design & Topology Optimization

Teaching Activities

• MECH 426 – Mechanical Design
• MECH 463 – Mechanical Vibrations
• MANU 465 – AI and Machine Learning Applications in Manufacturing
• MECH 45X – Capstone Design Project
• MECH 360 – Mechanics of Materials
• MECH 392 – Manufacturing Processes
• MECH 305/306 – Data Analysis and Mechanical Engineering Laboratories
• MANU 265 – Machine Dynamics
• MECH 223 – Introduction to the Mechanical Design Process

Teaching Interest

• Dynamics and Vibrations
• Statics and Mechanics of Materials
• Manufacturing Processes
• Data Analysis
• Machine Design
• Design of Mechanisms

Patents

• Temperature sensor for fast moving surface, US Patent App. 16/414,089, US20190353535A1.

Publications

• Sajad Hosseinimehr, Ahmad Mohammadpanah, Michael J. Benoit, David F. Ester, Andrew Zang, Mark Martinez, Xiaoliang Jin, Adam T. Clare, 2024, “Defect Evolution and Mitigation in Metal Extrusion Additive Manufacturing: from Deposition to Sintering”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
• Vahid Nasir, Syed Danish Ali, Ahmad Mohammadpanah, Sameen Raut, Mohamad Nabavi, Joseph Dahlen, Laurence Schimleck, 2023, “Fiber quality prediction using NIR spectral data: tree-based ensemble learning vs deep neural networks”, Wood and Fiber Science.
• M Reza Talebi Bidhendi, Ahmad Mohammadpanah , 2021, “Solitary Waves in an Array of Nonlinear Oscillators With Time-Periodic Damping and Stiffness Coefficients”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
• Ahmad Mohammadpanah and Hutton S.G., 2018, “Limitation on Increasing the Critical Speed of a Spinning Disk Using Transverse Rigid Constraints, An application of Rayleigh’s Interlacing Eigenvalues Theorem”, ASME, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.
• Ahmad Mohammadpanah and Hutton S.G., 2017, “Theoretical and Experimental Verification of Dynamic Behaviour of a Guided Spline Arbor Circular Saw,” Journal of Shock and Vibration, vol. 2017.
• Ahmad Mohammadpanah, Bruce Lehmann, John White, 2017, “Development of a monitoring system for guided circular saws: an experimental investigation”, Wood Material Science & Engineering.
• Ahmad Mohammadpanah, and Hutton S.G., 2016, “Vibrations and Dynamics Behaviour of a Guided Spline Spinning Disk, Subjected to Conservative In-Plane Edge Loads, Analytical, and Experimental Investigation”, ASME, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.
• Ahmad Mohammadpanah and Stanley G. Hutton, 2015, “Flutter Instability Speeds of Guided Splined Disks: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation,” Shock and Vibration, vol. 2015, 8 pages, 2015.
• Ahmad Mohammadpanah & Stanley G. Hutton, 2015, “Maximum operation speed of splined saws”, Wood Material Science & Engineering.
• KhorasanyM.H., Mohammadpanah A., and Hutton S.G., 2012, “Vibration Characteristics of Guided Circular Saws: Experimental and Numerical Analyses”, ASME, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 134(6).

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Chapters in Books

• Nasir, V., Rahimi, S., Mohammadpanah, A., Hansen, E., and Sassani, F., “Intelligent Lumber Production (Sawmill 4.0): Opportunities, Challenges, and Pathways to Adoption”, Integrated Systems Design and Technology, In Press, 2023.