Courses & instructors

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University

MMRI Educational Program Manager

She is responsible for managing different educational activities at the MMRI. Her main role is to develop the structure and content associated with our MMRI Industrial Training Program.

Senior Research Associate at MMRI, McMaster University

Prior to joining MMRI, he served various universities as a faculty member of mechanical engineering. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research, program development, and product design experience.

Manager, Materials Property Assessment at MMRI

Faculty Member, Metallurgy Program of McMaster University Continuing Education

Dr. Bipasha Bose has several years of working and teaching experience in the field of Materials, Manufacturing and Metallurgical Engineering. She obtained her PhD and MESc degrees in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Western University. Bipasha earned her BSc in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. She has been instrumental in establishing and leading MMRI’s Materials Property Assessment Laboratory (MPAL) to support MMRI and its academic and industry partners in advanced materials/manufacturing related challenges. She also worked as a lecturer at Western University.

Product Specialist, Anton Paar Canada

Mohammad Reza Gholipour received his Ph.D. from the Chemical Engineering Department of Laval University in the area of Material Science, with a focus on synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites. After his Ph.D. studies, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Polytechnique Montreal on developing novel processes for heavy metal removal applications. He is currently working on four main product lines including Material Surface Characterization (Indentation & Scratch Tester), Nano Surface Properties (AFM instrument), Raman Technology as well as Microwave Reactors (Chemical Synthesis and Digestion).

Sales Specialist, Anton Paar Canada 

Sandeep Grewal received a BSc from McMaster University in the field of Physics.  For the past 20 years, Sandeep has been servicing, supporting, and selling Atomic Force Microscopes and other Surface Science instruments throughout Canada. He is currently working with four main product lines, including Material Surface Characterization (Indentation, Scratch Tester and Tribology) and Nano Surface Properties (AFM instrument).

Lead Sr. Field Application Engineer, Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions (BCDS) North and South American regions

In this role for the last 6 years, Chris is the leading technical expert on BCDS smart sensor devices and has implemented numerous projects in various fields, including Smart Manufacturing, Smart City, Telematics and Logistics. Prior to BCDS, he worked as a design engineer for Neoventus Design Group, focusing on embedded design for a wide range of devices, including analog switch boards, IoT devices, capacitive touch interfaces and flex circuit boards. A graduate of Virginia Polytechnic and State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, he started his career working on power management solutions with Square D.

Dr. Jose Mario de Paiva received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from PUC in Brazil. He has completed a wide range of research projects and instructed courses in machining and manufacturing. He worked at the MMRI for over 7 years and was instrumental in the development of various training program modulus. Jose has worked along side various companies, both local and abroad, converting MMRI research results into high performance manufacturing solutions.

Educational Instructor, MMRI

He is a Machinist and graduated from the Machinist Apprenticeship Program in 2006 from Mohawk College with honours. He worked primarily as a CNC machinist in the plastic mould injection industry. Adam has worked as lead hand, shift supervisor and shop floor manager. From 2009 – 2020 he has worked as instructor and coordinator for the General Machinist Apprenticeship Program at Mohawk College. He has sat on the precision machining committee for the Ontario College of Trades and has won Gold medals with 2 of his students at Ontario Skills Competition in 2019. His main role now is working to develop content for the MMRI Industrial Training Program Machining Stream. 

Post-Doctoral Fellow and Surface Engineering Specialist, MMRI, McMaster University 

Dr. Sushant Rawal did his Ph.D. at the Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee. He has worked as a Researcher, Supervisor, Faculty, and Administrator and has 16+ years of experience in research, leadership, project management, teaching, supervision, manufacturing, and laboratory development. He has over 45 publications in international journals and over 370 citations. Dr. Rawal is currently involved in the development and characterization of various PVD coatings for novel high-performance tooling at the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI).

Engineering Program Manager, Medtronic

Shagha Rouzmeh leads cross-functional teams to achieve program objectives and provide safe care to the patients who are in need of treatment. She holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnique de Montreal and a Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain and Operation Management from McGill University in Montreal.

Shagha began her career as an engineer in aerospace over 10 years ago. In 2015, working at Zodiac aerospace, she obtained her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and took on the role of Lean leader where she leveraged her problem-solving mindset and execution skills as a Corrective Action Board manager and coached lean champions across the organization through various projects.

After obtaining her Black belt, Shagha started her collaborations with various industries such as construction and healthcare as a Senior Lean Six Sigma Consultant. Ever since, she has assisted in various training and workshops helping them improve their operations.

In 2018, she took the role of program manager at Safran Cabin for a new line of products. She was responsible for providing visionary leadership to the program and operational team for the development and sustaining of products.

Ehsan Rezabeigi; Ph.D., P.Eng., received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Materials Engineering from the University of Tehran and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Concordia University where the focus of his research was on the development of highly porous (up to 93%) PLA/Bioglass® nanocomposite bone scaffolds with enhanced mechanical and bioactive properties. He received the Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize in 2016 for this research. He afterwards joined the research community at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) and then McGill University as a postdoctoral researcher after he was awarded the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Since then, he has been involved in several major research projects at McGill. Additionally, Dr. Rezabeigi has been a PT Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Aerospace Engineering (MIAE) at Concordia University.

Reliability Professional, Medtronic 

Dr. Shahvarpour holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Spine Biomechanics from Polytechnique de Montréal. He has over twelve years of research and industrial experience in the biomedical field. In his current role, he is responsible for product reliability, safety and risk management. With a solid knowledge of medical device regulations and standards (e.g. MDD, MDR, ISO 13485 and IEC 60601-1), he supports the entire value stream to ensure the patients receive a safe therapy without interruption.

Innovation and Technology Leader

Mohsen provides methodologies for the implementation of technologies and engineering services such as Advanced Simulation, Reliability, IIOT, Simulation Driven Generative, Machine Learning, Vibration Condition Monitoring, MEMS, Safety, and Topology optimization (Generative Design). He has accredited publications in Electromechanical Systems with a focus on realistic computational science considering all physics involved and the stochastic nature of properties and topologies. He has a strong technical and successful management background in various industries. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees and Ph.D. studies in Mechanical engineering.

Michael Taylor received his RSE after graduating with honours from Mohawk College’s General Machinist apprenticeship program. He competed for Mohawk College in the CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) competition at Skills Ontario in 2019. Since then, he has worked with Mohawk College, CamInstructor (a partner company of In-House Solutions), and now MMRI. He is very passionate about Mastercam and has made that the focus of his studies. He is currently working with the MMRI to develop industry-focused Mastercam training courses

Pedram Karimipour-Fard received his Ph.D. from Ontario Tech University in Mechanical Engineering in 2021. His research is focused on the development of advanced nanocomposites, additive manufacturing (3D printing) and polymer processing. At Ontario Tech University, he had the opportunity to gain experience in a few novel manufacturing methods, including Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Rotational Foam Molding, Electrohydrodynamic 3D Printing and Electrospinning. Pedram defended his Ph.D. dissertation on additive manufacturing of biodegradable and biocompatible polymeric nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

Pedram joined McMaster University’s Center for Advanced Polymer Processing and Design, part of the McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI), as a Postdoctoral researcher in October 2021. At MMRI, his research is focused on two major topics, including development of nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical properties and high thermal stability for aerospace applications and using polymer processing techniques to improve and industrialize biomass pretreatment methods. In August 2022, Pedram also joined the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (CEPEM) as part of his position at McMaster University to expand his knowledge in development of novel processing methods, and assist in manufacturing of the next generation of personnel protective equipment.

Dr. Bayindir obtained his PhD in solid state physics from Clark University, MA, USA.  He has years of experience in academia and industry in multiple disciplines. He has been exposed to multitude of materials characterization techniques such as x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Contact Angle Goniometer. He has contributed scientific publications at different capacities. He was an adjunct faculty member at St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, teaching Physics. He is equipped with industrial work experience and possesses respective work aptitude. He has been running Surface Characterization Suite at the Biointerfaces Institute of McMaster University over the last 6 years. He is responsible of maintaining and running the suite’s instruments. He has been involved in training students, performing experiments for companies, and preparing reports.