Prof. Mohammad Elahinia

Prof. Mohammad Elahinia currently serving as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, was most recently the Chair and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME). He serves as Director of the Dynamic and Smart Systems Laboratory at The University of Toledo. He has been on the faculty of UToledo since 2004. He graduated from Villanova University with an MS degree and from Virginia Tech with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering respectively in 2001 and 2004. His research interests are in smart and active materials. His current research is focused on additive manufacturing of functional materials such as shape memory alloys for aerospace and biomedical application. At UToledo, he has served as an investigator on several funded projects with a total budget of more than USD 15 million. These projects are funded by NSF, EPA, US Army, US DOT, Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Board of Regents, and The University of Toledo. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has received several awards, including the University of Toledo 2017 Outstanding Faculty Research Award, the 2010 ASME Adaptive Structures, and Material Systems Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award, the 2010 University of Toledo College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award, Outstanding Young Faculty Research Award from University of Toledo in 2006 and Torgersen Graduate Research Excellence Award from Virginia Tech in 2004.