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Role

Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, CEng, MIMechE

Dr Mahdi Bodaghi is Associate Professor of Smart Materials & Manufacturing in the School of Science and Technology at Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé. He actively pursues research on , , , ,  and (Additive Manufacturing) Technologies (h-index: 57, citations: 10700). His vast experience and research on smart materials, metamaterials, and additive manufacturing has led him to 1) co-found the , 2) co-edit the book series- Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing (Vol. ,  & ) published by Elsevier, and launch Journals of and (Co-Editor in Chief). His research has also resulted in the publication of over peer-reviewed scientific papers in prestigious journals.

Modules he teaches at NTU include:

of (2019-2025) (lead)

and , (2018-2024) (lead)

Innovation and Engineering Solutions (2018/2019) (partially involved)

Industrial Design & Product Case Studies (2018/2019) (partially involved)

Career overview

Mahdi received his BSc, MSc and PhD Degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 2007, 2010 and 2015, respectively. For his doctoral research, he developed constitutive models for functional and and assessed their sensory and actuation performance in controlling shape and vibration of smart wing-like Composite Structures by non-linear . He received the Best Doctoral Thesis Award in 2015. During his PhD training, he also served as a Teaching Assistant and a Lecturer for the modules of (I, II, III), , and .

From July 2015 to July 2018, he was working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the at the . He worked with Prof. Wei-Hsin Liao to develop advanced multi-functional shape-memory structures fabricated by 3D and 4D Printing Technologies for Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Applications.  Since October 2018, Mahdi has been with the Department of Engineering at Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé (NTU). He received Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from NTU in November 2020. Mahdi has been ranked amongst in 2020-24 in the world by Elsevier and Stanford University, top 1% of reviewers in the cross-field ranked by , and endorsed as Global Talent by the . He has served as Chairman and member of Scientific Committees for 16 Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conferences, as Guest Editor for 8 Journals, as Editorial Board Member for 12 scientific Journals, and as Reviewer for over 150 Journals.

Mahdi’s research awards include the Best Doctoral Thesis Award; 2016 CUHK Postdoctoral Fellowship; 2017 Best Paper Award in Mechanics and Material Systems; 2018 Horizon Fellowship Award; 2021 IJPEM-GT Contribution Award recognised by the for Precision Engineering; 2023-25 Researcher in Residence supported by EPSRC Innovation Launchpad Network+; 2024 EPSRC NI Award; 2024 RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship; 2024 CAS PIFI Fellowship.

External activity

Professional Society:

• Fellow of (FHEA)
• Member of the (M-IMechE), London, UK and (CEng) recognized by IMechE and registered by the Engineering Council
• Member of the
• Member of the (EPC)

Journal Service:

• Co-Editor-in-Chief of
• Editorial Board Member of
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• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 1361-665X, IF: 3.7): 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing 2024-25 (it is open for submission; deadline: June 5, 2025)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 1361-665X, IF: 4.1): 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing 2023 (it is closed)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2072-666X, IF: 3.4): 3D-Printed Implants: Design, Manufacture, Simulation and Applications (it is open for submission; deadline: Aug 1, 2024)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2053-1591, IF: 2.3): Metamaterials in Robotics and Intelligent Structures (it is open for submission; deadline: Aug 1, 2024)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 1361-665X, IF: 4.1): 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing (it is open for submission; deadline: April 30, 2023)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2079-4983, IF: 4.8): Selected Reviews in Biomaterials: Development, Applications and Challenges (it is open for submission; deadline: Sept 22, 2023)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2227-7390, IF: 2.4): Analytical and Computational Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Functional Structures (it is open for submission; deadline: March 25, 2022)
• Topic Editor of the (ISSN 2296-9144, IF: 3:4): 4D Printing and 3D Printing in Robotics, Sensors, and Actuators Manufacturing (it is open for submission; deadline: 5 April 2022)
• Guest Editor of the Special Issue of Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journal of Bioprinting (ISSN 2424-8002, IF: 8.4): Mechanical Behaviours of 3D/4D Printing Biomaterials and Smart Structures (it is open for submission; deadline: Nov 30, 2022)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2363-9520, IF: 4.5): Special Issue on New Trends in 4D Printing (it is open for submission; deadline: February 28, 2023)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2076-0825, IF: 2.6): Smart Materials in Robotics and Actuators (it is open for submission; deadline: Dec 31, 2023)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2071-1050, IF: 3.9): Sustainable 3D/4D Printing Systems, Materials, and Applications (it is open for submission; deadline: Dec 30, 2023)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2073-4360, IF: 5): The Next Generation of Smart Materials and 3D/4D Printing Technologies (closed; deadline: June 20, 2021)
• Guest Editor of the Journal (ISSN 2076-3417, IF: 2.7): Acoustic Metamaterials and Acoustic Foams: Recent Advances (closed; deadline: Dec 10, 2021)
• Guest Editor of the (ISSN 2076-3417, IF: 2.7): 3D-printed Soft Robots and 4D Printing: Modeling, Fabrication, and Control (closed; deadline: Dec 30, 2021)
• ​The top 1% of reviewers in the cross-field ranked by
• Reviewer for 150 Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Journals verified by (over 1300 reviews)

Member of organising committee and/or keynotes of the following conferences:

• Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Polymer Science and Composite Materials, Vancouver, Canada, 4-6 November 2024.
• 2024 Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Automation Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (ICAEAI 2024), Shanghai, China organized by Hubei Zhongke Research Institute of Nature Science, September 21-22, 2024
• Panel: DFAM – Design for AM, Formnext 2023, Messe Frankfurt, Germany, 10 Nov 2023.
• 6^th IEEE-RAS Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, April 3-7, 2023.
• 17^th Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, University of Glasgow, UK, 30 August 2023 - 01 September 2023.
• Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Undergraduates Poster Competition (IUPC 2022), Johor Bahru, June 29-30, 2022.
• Global Summit on Polymer Science and Composite Materials (PolyScience2021), Valencia, October 18-20, 2021.
• 4D Printing & Meta Materials Conference, Online, March 9, 2021, 6th edition, 14:00-18:00 CET.
• The 3^rd Annual Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Conference on Computer Science and Mechanical Automation, Wuhan, November 2017.