Refereed Conference Publications

  1. M.R. Ha, A. Amirfazli, “Impacting the teaching culture: Role of the department and the software tools”, Proc. 2016 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA16) Conf., June 19-22, 2016, Halifax, Canada, Paper 084, pp 1-7.
  2. D.K. Mandal, Y. Maham, A. Amirfazli, “Effects of prolonged exposure to UV and water on super-hydrophobic surfaces at ambient and icing conditions” SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-2160, 2015, doi:10.4271/2015-01-2160 Jun. 22-25, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
  3. C. Antonini, A. Amirfazli, M. Marengo, “Superhydrophobicity or icephobicity for an effective icing mitigation strategy?”,Proc. 15th Int. Heat Transfer Conf., IHTC-15, Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 10-15, 2014, (8 pages).
  4. A. Amirfazli, M. Gingras, L. Nostbakken, W. Renke, “Offering Interdisciplinary Courses: the Why, the How, and the What”, Proc. 2014 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA14) Conf., June 8-11, 2014, Canmore, Canada, Paper 105, pp 1-5.
  5. A. Amirfazli, “Out-of-Class Learning Opportunities for engineering Students”, Proc. 2014 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA14) Conf., June 8-11, 2014, Canmore, Canada, Paper 101, pp 1.
  6. S. Tarquini, C. Antonini, A Amirfazli, J. Palacios, M. Marengo, “Assessing icephobicity of superhydrophobic surfaces as passive coating icing mitigation strategy on helicopter blades”, ILASS – Europe 2013, 25th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Chania, Greece, 1-4 September 2013. (7 pages)
  7. C. Antonini, D. Mangini, I. Bernagozzi, I. Malavasi, A. Amirfazli, M. Marengo, “IR Investigation of Ice Formation Mechanisms from Hydrophilic to Superhydrophobic Surfaces”, 8th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 16-20, 2013.   (4 pages)
  8. B. Bschaden, A. Baldelli, A. Amirfazli, D. Sameoto, “Evaluation of Polymer Replication Fidelity of Micro Surface Topographies Designed for Superhydrophobicity” Proc. 24th CANCAM, Saskatoon, Canada, June 2-6, 2013. (4 pages)
  9. C. Antonini, M. Marengo, A. Amirfazli, “Superhydrophobic Coatings as a new Strategy for Energy Saving Anti/de-icing Systems” ILASS – Europe 2011, 24th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Estoril, Portugal, Sept. 5-7, 2011.
  10. S. Mangili, C. Antonini, M. Marengo, A. Amirfazli, “Drop Impact on Soft PDMS SurfacesDrop impact on soft PDMS surfaces”, ILASS – Europe 2011, 24th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Estoril, Portugal, Sept. 5-7, 2011.
  11. G. Fang, Y. Maham, A. Amirfazli, “Understanding the Role of Surface Micro-texture on the Delayed Freezing of Drops on Cold Surfaces”, ASME- ICNMM2011, Jun 19-22, Edmonton, Canada, 2011.
  12. D. Barona, A. Amirfazli “A Robust Superhydrophobic Surface for Digital Microfluidics”, ASME- ICNMM2011, Jun 19-22, Edmonton, Canada, 2011.
  13. M. Mohseni, P. Mertiny, A. Amirfazli, “Electro-thermal Icing Mitigation System for Polymeric Composite Airfoil”, 2010 ASME Int. Mech. Eng. Cong., Nov. 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
  14. C. Antonini, A. Amirfazli, M. Marengo, “Statistical analysis of water drop impact on surfaces with variable wettability”, 23rd ILASS-Europe, Sept. 6-8, 2010, Brno, Czech Republic.
  15. S.F. Chini, A. Amirfazli, “A Finite Element Model for Predicting the Collapse of Two-Line and L-shaped Patterns During Drying Process in Photolithography”, Proc. 8th Int. Conf. Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Aug. 1-5, 2010, Montreal Canada., pp 217-222, 2011.
  16. C. Antonini, F.J. Carmona, E. Pierce, M. Marengo, A. Amirfazli, Proc. 32nd Ann. Meeting Adhesion Soc., G. Anderson, Ed., Savannah, USA, Feb. 15-18, 2009, 45-47
  17. A G Au, D. Palathinkal, A B Liggins 2, V J Raso, J Carey,R G Lambert, A. Amirfazli, “Subject Specific Geometry Reconstruction of Knee Bones”, Proc. of 31st ABS meeting, Aug. 22-25, 2007, Stanford, CA, USA (2 pages – double column)
  18. R. Willing, Il Y. Kim, A G Au, A. Amirfazli, “A Novel Approach to Design Knee Implants for Wear and Stress Shielding Performance”, Proc. of 31st ABS meeting, Aug. 22-25, 2007, Stanford, CA, USA (2 pages – double column).
  19. A. Amirfazli “Building a Global Research and Engineering Education Linkage: Multi-stakeholder Synergistic Approach”, Proc. SICE 2007, Mar. 7, 2007, Sapporo, Japan.
  20. A. Ahmed, C.E. Ejim, B.A. Fleck, A. Amirfazli, “Effect of Biodiesel Fuel Properties and its Blends on Atomization” SAE Tech. Paper 2006-01-0893; SAE 2006 World Congress, April 2006, Detroit, MI, USA.
  21. J. Ally, A. Amirfazli, W. Roa, “Model Studies of Magnetic Particle Retention in the Conducting Airways”, Proc. ICMENS 2005, Banff, Canada, W. Badawy and W. Moussa (Eds), IEEE Publications, Los Alamitos, 2005, 182-184.
  22. J. Callaghan, A. Amirfazli, “Interpretation and Comparison of Methods to Measure Sliding Angles of Drops on Superhydrophobic Surfaces” Proc. of ACAM 2005, Feb. 16-18, 2005, PP 467- 472, Melbourne, Australia.
  23. A. Au, A. Liggins, J. Raso, A. Amirfazli, “Development of finite element tool for the stress analysis of surgically altered femur”, 22nd Int. Symp. Biomech. Sports, Aug. 9-12, 2004, Ottawa, Canada.
  24. S. Kirckwood, M.R. Shadnam, R. Fedosejevs, A. Amirfazli, “Direct Writing of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Coated Substrates using a CW Argon Laser”, ICMENS 2003, Banff, Canada, 5 pages, 2003.
  25. A. Au, D. Otto, V.J. Raso, A. Amirfazli, “Development of a Finite Element Tool for Stress Analysis of Femur and Tibia Incorporating Anatomically Realistic Mechanical Properties”, 2nd MIT Conference on Comp. Fluid Solid Mech., June, 5 pages, 2003.
  26. R. Mohamadi, W. Finlay, W. Roa, A. Amirfazli, “Determination of Microspheres Contact Angles by Microscopy Methods”, ICMENS 2003, Banff, Canada, 5 pages, 2005.
  27. A. Bateni, S.S. Susnar, A. Amirfazli, A.W. Neumann, “Effects of Electrostatic Fields on Shapes and Surface Tension of Drops”, International Symp. Phys. Sci. in Space (ISPS 2003), Toronto, Canada, May, 5 pages, 2003.
  28. A. Amirfazli, S. Micheal, K. Grundke, and A.W. Neumann, “A New Method for Simultaneous Determination of Surface Tension and Density of Polymer Melts from Shape of a Pendent Drop”, Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. S. ACS, 219: 35-PMSE Part 2, 2 pages, 2000..
  29. A. Amirfazli, “Numerical Investigations of Perturbed Converging Cylindrical Shock Waves”, Proc. of 3rd CFD Soc. of Canada Conf., Banff, Canada, June 1995.
  30. A. Amirfazli, and M. Khameneh, “Computer Aided Calculations of Two-phase Flow Pressure Drop in Boilers”, Proc. Int. Conf. Pressure Vessels Heat Exchangers, Tehran, Iran, June 1990.