Mehrab Madhoushi
Electronic mail
- Email: mehrab.madhoushi@ehu.eus
Biography
Mehrab Madhoushi received his PhD from the University of Bath, UK, in the field of renewable materials engineering with focus on mechanical and structural performance of wood and natural fibre composites. Then, he has worked as a faculty member, in Iran, mainly in the field of sustainable design and applications of green and sustainable materials for mechanical aspects and force loading purposes, nondestructive monitoring and structural health assessment of composites. Sustainable design of high performance materials through environmentally friendly approaches is the cores of his academic activities. He has taught several courses in undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and was supervisor of 10 PhD students and 35 MSc students for their thesis. He attended at several international conferences and workshops and spent a sabbatical leave in Canada. He has participated in 65 peer-reviewed publications, with more than 45 as corresponding author, 80 conference papers, 3 patents and 3 books. He was the main investigator of some external grants, and also was professional consultant for some local industries. He is currently a ADAGIO Senior Fellow at UPV/EHU and is working on development of mechanochromic materials in PLA-NCC composites.
Project
“Smart cracking monitoring” of materials through advanced “self-reporting materials” is a new research line and emerging technology. It may be employed for advanced applications in numerous industries and medicine, where lack of knowledge of the initiation of damages in materials under forces and/or real environmental conditions might lead the complete failure of materials and consequently to undesirable and sometimes irreparable results. Hence, research on the application of mechanochemistry and “mechanochromic materials”, with the capability of force-responsive behaviour, has been recently developed into a vibrant interdisciplinary field and technological usefulness of materials that translate mechanical inputs into optical outputs. It is based on changing of colour of materials during mechanical stress and reporting the primary cracks in composites. This project is a knowledge-based approach for producing a new class of materials and is identified as a cost effective and efficient method for the purposes of self-reporting of damage in green composites. In this project, poly(lactic acid)-nanocrystalline cellulose (PLA-NCC) as a green composite will be prepared in combination with mechanochromic materials. The properties and performance of the prepared composites, will be investigated using characterization techniques and mechanical loading in order to study the capability of self-reporting materials for damage demonstration in PLA-NCC. The output data will be considered and verified to develop prediction models for composite properties and cost-effective production. Moreover, the life cycle assessment of composite will be evaluated for the environmental aspects. Without a doubt, for Industry 4.0 in the future, this project may be a starting point and provide fundamental knowledge and data for next research projects, particularly in machine learning, internet of things and remote sensing of damages in composites for different applications.