Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Mohammad Mirkhalaf
was born in Isfahan,
Iran, in 1985. He received his BS and MEng in
mechanical engineering at Isfahan University of
Technology (IUT) and Nanyang Technological
University (NTU), respectively. He is now a PhD
candidate in mechanical engineering at McGill
University. His main research interests include
structure and performance of biological materi-
als, design and development of biomimetic
materials, and micro/nano fabrication methods.
Mr. Mirkhalaf has won several scholarships and
awards, namely A*STAR scholarship at NTU,
the McGill Engineering Doctoral Award
(MEDA), and the James McConnell Fellowship
at McGill.
Deju Zhu
is a postdoctoral fellow in the Depart-
ment of Mechanical Engineering at McGill Univer-
sity, Montreal. He received his BS and MS in civil
engineering from Northeast Forestry University
(China) in 2001 and 2004, respectively, and his PhD
in civil engineering from Arizona State University
in 2009. He is a member of the American Concrete
Institute and the Society for Experimental Mechan-
ics
.
His research interests include structure and
mechanics of natural materials and novel bio-
inspired materials, dynamic behavior of fabrics
and textile-reinforced cement composites, experi-
mental techniques of impact and high strain-rate
testing, and computational simulation of woven
fabrics subjected to ballistic impact.
Francois Barthelat
is an associate professor in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill
University (Montreal, Canada). In 2006 he created
the Biomimetic Materials Laboratory, which
focuses on the structure and mechanics of natural
materials and on the design, fabrication, and
