Ali Dolatabadi - Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Ali Dolatabadi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. He started his academic career at Concordia University as an Assistant Professor in 2004. He was early promoted to the ranks of Associate and Full Professor in 2008 and 2014, respectively. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Thermal Spray and Surface Engineering (TSSE) Research Centre at Concordia University. Dr. Dolatabadi has established research collaborations with a number of industry partners including Airbus, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Bombardier Aerospace, Siemens, and Rolls-Royce. Dr. Dolatabadi’s research on multiphase flows develops fundamental understanding of sprays for thermal spray processes, and of droplet dynamics, heat transfer and phase change for development and characterization of novel functional coatings.
He is the recipient of Young Research Achievement Award, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University. In 2010, he was elected Fellow of CSME and became a member of Provost’s Circle of Distinction. Dr. Dolatabadi is the recipient of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award, 2016-2017 and President’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018. He served as a member and co-chair of the NSERC-DG evaluation group, mechanical engineering (2016-2019) and also CRIAQ/CARIC Scientific evaluation committee (2018-2021). He was elected the President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) from 2014 to 2016. Currently, he is the President of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC).