Prof. Dr. Dimitry Sediako

Prof. Dr. Dimitry Sediako is a Professor at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, Canada—the position he has held since 2017 after working for 12 years as a Senior Scientist with the National Research Council, Atomic Energy of Canada, and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. After receiving his PhD in metallurgical engineering in 1987, his career extended over 35 years of industrial R&D in steel, aluminum, and magnesium metallurgy. He worked as a principal research engineer for several foundries and metallurgical companies in Russia, China, Taiwan, and Canada, leading many major projects on technological innovations in the industry. For several major breakthroughs in his research, he received several state awards internationally, including Belarus, an Order of White Magnolia, and an Order of Friendship from China and Taiwan. He is the Director of the UBC High-Performance Powertrain Materials (HPPM) Center and Principal Investigator on many major research projects funded by industries and governments, both Canadian and international. Specific focuses of his research are hydrogen embrittlement in metal alloys and stress characterization in automotive, aerospace, and marine powertrain components, as well as in situ studies of solidification, phase evolution, and high-temperature properties in new lightweight alloys and composite development for the transportation industry.