Kaelah is a Level II undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at McMaster University. She is a research assistant with a focus on high temperature tensile stress testing and limiting the effects of creep in various steel manufacturing processes.

Kaelah McLennan

Felicia is a Level III undergraduate Materials Engineering student. She is working as a summer research student with Coleton Parks, assisting him with metallography and XCT analysis.

Felicia Mikrogianakis

Mahbuber is a Level IV undergraduate Bachelor of Technology student at McMaster University. He is a front-end web developer for the solidification simulation process. His research focuses on simulating an output environment of a sample steel using inputs from backend C++ code.

Md. Mahbuber Rahman

Youssef Salib

Youssef is a MASc student who is interested in understanding the underlying damage mechanisms of AlSi10Mg fabricated through selective laser melting (SLM) for the space industry. Youssef is also optimizing the effect of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) on the damage evolution and mechanical properties of AlSi10Mg. Various in-situ mechanical testing techniques will be used to relate the damage evolution to the microstructure. This project is being co-supervised by Dr. David Wilkinson and Dr. André Phillion. Youssef received his undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering from McMaster University in 2021.

Talha Aziz

Talha is an MASc student whose research focuses on the numerical modelling and experimentation of High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) of aluminum alloys for automotive applications. His research interests include solidification, computational fluid dynamics, and finite element analysis. He received his bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering from McMaster University in 2021.

Prabhakar completed his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. His research interest include modelling and simulation, scientific computing, solidification and additive manufacturing.

Prabhakar Pal

Cole is an MASc student whose research deals with the development of a digital twin model of continuous casting of steel plate. The focus is on developing a 2-D thermal-mechanical model, which will be used for stress/strain predictions and alloy segregation. He received his undergraduate degree in Materials Engineering from McMaster University in 2020.

Cole Becker

Olajide is a PhD student whose research centers on the in-situ and ex-situ investigation of solidification microstructures in Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS). He obtained a double master’s degree in Functional Advanced Materials Engineering from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP-Phelma), France, and the University of Augsburg, Germany under the Erasmus Mundus label. Before this, he received his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. His research interests include solidification, processing - transformations - microstructure - property relationships, composites, materials modelling, and additive manufacturing.

Olajide Akintayo

Araf is a PhD student whose research focuses on segregation in continuous casting process. His research interests include numerical modelling, solidification and computational fluid dynamics. He received his Master’s degree from Keio University, Japan in 2020 and his bachelor’s degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2015, both in Mechanical Engineering.

Araf Al Rafi

Kaamil is a PhD candidate whose research focuses on developing a model to simulate nozzle clogging in a submerged entry nozzle used in continuous casting. His main research interests include solidification simulation, computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis. Kaamil received his Master’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia in 2015 and his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong in 2012.

Kaamil Ur Rahman Mohamed Shibly

Coleton’s PhD research focuses on the brazing of nickel superalloys as a means to repair cracks and defects in turbine blades.  He is using differential scanning calorimetry as well as 3D X-ray tomography to characterize and analyze the morphology evolution of the alloy during the brazing process.

Coleton Parks

Angshuman is a PhD student who is working currently on modelling of inclusions in Si-Mn killed steel. He completed his undergraduate studies in Jadavpur University and obtained his Masters from IIT Bombay. His research interests include modelling and analysis, thermodynamics and steel metallurgy.

Angshuman Podder