Dr Hossein Bisheh

Dr Hossein Bisheh joined the School of Engineering and Built Environment in September 2023 as an Assistant Professor (UK Lecturer) in Mechanical Engineering. He was appointed as the course/programme leader of Mechanical Engineering in January 2024. Before joining ARU, Dr Bisheh served as an NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Course Lecturer (Instructor) at the Departments of Mechanical and Materials Engineering of the University of British Columbia, Canada for two years (2021-2023). He earned his PhD and MSc degrees in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manitoba, Canada, in 2020 and 2015, respectively, and his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Babol Noshrivani University of Technology, Iran, in 2006.

Hossein has over seven years of experience in teaching and student supervision at the University of British Columbia and University of Manitoba. He also has over seven years of industrial experience in mechanical design, manufacturing, and industrial automation in the production of automotive parts/components, injection moulding plastic products, astronomy observatories, CNG compressors, and liquid filtration systems.

• English
• Persian

• Sustainable Composite Materials and Structures
• Micromechanics and Macromechanics of Composite Materials
• Smart Materials and Structures
• Structural Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration
• Structural Health Monitoring
• Energy Harvesting
• Computational Mechanics
• Finite Element Analysis
• Biomechanics
• Additive Manufacturing

• Design, analysis, and development of sustainable composite materials and structures
• Multiscale modelling, damage and failure mechanisms, and fatigue analysis of advanced composite materials and structures
• Structural dynamics and vibration analysis of structures
• Structural health monitoring with piezoelectric materials by wave propagation and vibration analysis
• Energy harvesting with piezoelectric materials
• Engineering simulation and optimisation
• Human biomechanics
• Design, analysis, and fabrication of medical implants and prostheses
• Additive manufacturing

Courses:

• BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
• MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
• MSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering

Modules:

• Currently:
• MOD009156 Engineering Dynamics
• MOD010261 Materials Science, Solid Mechanics, and Vibration Project
• Previously:
  • MOD009171 Advanced Dynamics and Control (2023/24)
  • MOD009161 Structural Mechanics (2023/24)
  • MOD004931 Elements of Engineering Design (2023/24)
  • MOD007114 Product Development and Quality Engineering Project (2023/24)
  • MOD007119 Engineering Simulation and Optimisation Project (2023/24)

• Post Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (09/2021 – 08/2023) - Research Project: Micromechanical Modelling and Structural Dynamics of Natural Fibre-Reinforced Composite Materials and Structures
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (09/2015 – 04/2020) - Thesis Title: Structural Dynamics of Smart Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shells
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (09/2013 – 04/2015) - Thesis Title: Assessment of Hip Fracture Risk using Cross-Sectional Strain Energy Determined from QCT-based Finite Element Model
• BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshrivani University of Technology, Babol, Iran (09/2002 – 09/2006) - Project Title: Analysis of Effective Parameters on Stress Concentration and Fracture of Steel Shafts under Bending Loads using Finite Element Method

• Guest Editor for two special issues of Applied Sciences, MDPI
• Member of topical advisory panel of Journal of Carbon Research, MDPI
• Reviewer for international journals of Elsevier, Springer, SAGE, Emerald, MDPI, AIMS Press, etc.

During his academic career, Dr Bisheh won many competitive Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships as follows:

• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia, 09/2021 to 08/2023
• Mitacs Research Training Award, University of Manitoba, 08/2020 to 11/2020
• Mitacs Globalink Research Award, University of Manitoba, 09/2019 to 02/2020
• Excellent Paper Award, “iASTEM International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE)”, Toronto, Canada, 02/2020
• Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award, University of Manitoba, 02/2020
• University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF), University of Manitoba, 05/2016 to 04/2019
• Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, University of Manitoba, 02/2019
• Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award, University of Manitoba, 08/2018
• Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, University of Manitoba, 11/2017
• Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, University of Manitoba, 11/2016
• International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), University of Manitoba, 09/2016 to 08/2017
• International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), University of Manitoba, 09/2015 to 08/ 2016
• International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), University of Manitoba, 09/2014 to 08/2015
• Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award, University of Manitoba, 08/2015
• Best Paper Award, “3rd international conference on Additive Technologies (iCAT 2010)”, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 09/2010

Dr Bisheh's research works have led to the publication of more than 30 scientific peer-reviewed papers in leading journals in the mechanics, composites, and biomechanics, and the presentation of his research works at major international conferences (22 conference papers and proceedings). A list of publications can be found here at his Google Scholar.

Selected recent publications from 2018 onwards:

• H. Bisheh, J. Jelovica, “Analytical assessment of wave dynamics for natural fibre-reinforced composite plates”, European Journal of Mechanics–A/Solids, Vol. 106, 105280, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2024.105280.
• H. Bisheh, “Design and analysis of hybrid natural/synthetic fibre-reinforced composite automotive drive shafts”, Structures, Vol. 61, 106057, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106057.
• H. Bisheh, “Automatic generation of 3D micromechanical finite element model of bamboo fibre-reinforced composites with periodic boundary conditions”, Structures, Accepted for Publication, 2024. (IF: 4.1).
• H. Bisheh, “Uncertainty analysis for prediction of elastic properties of unidirectional bamboo fiber-reinforced composites”, Structures 54, 198-220, 2023. (IF: 4.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.05.032.
• H. Bisheh, “Vibration characteristics of smart laminated carbon nanotube-reinforced composite cylindrical shells resting on elastic foundations with open circuit”, Structures 51, 1622-1644, 2023. (IF: 4.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.03.110.
• H. Bisheh, “Wave dispersion relations in laminated fiber-reinforced composite plates with surface-mounted piezoelectric materials”, Engineering with Computers 39 (1), 545-555, 2023. (IF: 8.7) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-022-01600-1.
• H. Bisheh, Y. Abdin, “Carbon fibers: From PAN to asphaltene precursors-A state-of-art review”, Journal of Carbon Research, 9(1), 19, 2023. (IF: 4.1) https://doi.org/10.3390/c9010019.
• A. Ahmed, M.N. Uddin, M. Akbar, R. Salih, M.A. Khan, H. Bisheh, T. Rabczuk, “Prediction of shear behavior of glass FRP bars-reinforced ultra-high performance concrete I-shaped beams using machine learning”, International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, 1-22, 2023. (IF: 3.7) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-023-09675-4.
• H. Bisheh, Y. Luo, T. Rabczuk, “Parametric study of hip fracture risk using QCT-based finite element analysis”, Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp.1349-1369, 2022. (IF: 3.1) https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2022.018262.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, T. Rabczuk, “A study on the effect of electric potential on vibration of smart nanocomposite cylindrical shells with closed circuit”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 166, September 2021. (IF: 6.4) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.108040.
• H. Bisheh, Ö. Civalek, “Vibration of smart laminated CNT-reinforced composite panels on elastic foundations in hygrothermal environments”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 155, October 2020. (IF: 6.4) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.106945.
• H. Bisheh, T. Rabczuk, N. Wu, “Effects of nanotube agglomeration on wave dynamics of carbon nanotube-reinforced piezocomposite cylindrical shells”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 187, 15 April 2020. (IF: 13.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107739.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, T. Rabczuk, “Free vibration analysis of smart laminated carbon nanotube-reinforced composite cylindrical shells with various boundary conditions in hygrothermal environments”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 149, April 2020. (IF: 6.4) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2019.106500.
• H. Bisheh, M. Bisheh, N. Wu, “An investigation into laminated composite automotive drive shafts”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Vol. 8, Issue 5, 2020, pp.89-95. (IF: 3.05)
• H. Bisheh, Y. Luo, T. Rabczuk, “Hip fracture risk assessment based on different failure criteria using QCT-based finite element modeling”, Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2020, pp.567-591. (IF: 3.1) https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2020.09393. 
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, D. Hui, “Polarization effects on wave propagation characteristics of piezoelectric coupled laminated fiber-reinforced composite cylindrical shells’’, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 161, October 2019. (IF: 7.3) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2019.105028.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, “Wave propagation in smart laminated composite cylindrical shells reinforced with carbon nanotubes in hygrothermal environments”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 162, pp.219-241, 2019. (IF: 13.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.10.064.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, “Wave propagation in piezoelectric cylindrical composite shells reinforced with angled and randomly oriented carbon nanotubes”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 160, pp.10-30, 2019. (IF: 13.1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.10.001.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, “On dispersion relations in smart laminated fiber-reinforced composite membranes considering different piezoelectric coupling effects”, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration & Active Control, Vol. 38(2), pp.487–509, 2019. (IF: 2.3) https://doi.org/10.1177/1461348418821773.
• H. K. Bisheh, N. Wu, “Analysis of wave propagation characteristics in piezoelectric cylindrical composite shells reinforced with carbon nanotubes”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 145, pp.200-220, 2018. (IF: 7.3) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.07.002.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, “Wave propagation characteristics in a piezoelectric coupled laminated composite cylindrical shell by considering transverse shear effects and rotary inertia”, Composite Structures, Vol. 191, pp.123-144, 2018. (IF: 6.3) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.02.010.

From 2018 onwards:

• H. Bisheh, ''Natural Fibre-Reinforced Composites: From Micromechanical Modelling to Structural Applications'', International Congress and Expo on Civil and Structural Engineering (EUROCIVIL 2024), June 13 -15, 2024, Edinburg, Scotland, UK.
• H. Bisheh, M. Bisheh, N. Wu, “An investigation into laminated composite automotive drive shafts”, IASTEM - 784th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE), Feb. 28 - 29, 2020, Toronto, Canada (Winner of the Excellent Paper Award).
• H. Bisheh, Y. Luo, “Hip fracture risk assessment based on different failure criteria using QCT-based finite element modeling”, Data Driven Computing and Machine Learning, Sep. 9-12, 2019, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
• H. Bisheh, Y. Luo, “Parametric study of hip fracture risk using QCT-based finite element model”, Data Driven Computing and Machine Learning, Sep. 9-12, 2019, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
• H. Bisheh, N. Wu, “Effects of transverse shear and rotary inertia on wave propagation in a smart laminated composite cylindrical shell”, 26^th Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE-26), Jul. 15-21, 2018, Paris, France.