Mohammadjavad Javadi Sigaroudi, PhD,PhD, MSc, BSc

Postdoctoral Scholars, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept

Personal Website: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=vpuLpaUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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Postdoctoral Scholars, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
Email
javadisi@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Differential Geometry Inelastic Analysis Nonlinear Shells Soft Space Robotics Computational Modeling


About

Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta (2025-Present)

Second PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University (2021–2025)

Sabbatical Research Fellow, University of Calgary (2017–2018)

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2014–2020)

MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2012-2014)

BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Guilan (2008-2012)



Research

  • Nonlinear Solid Mechanics: Geometrically exact models for rods, shells, and gradient materials; microstructure-dependent behavior.

  • Inelastic Material Behavior: Growth, remodeling, plasticity, and thermomechanical coupling in biological tissues and soft polymers.

  • Computational Modeling: Finite element methods, elastodynamics, multiscale modeling, and advanced numerical formulations.

  • Soft Robotics: Design and analysis of soft-space robotic mechanisms, bio-inspired actuation, and integration of smart materials.

  • Mechatronic Systems: Modeling, control, and integration of sensing/actuation in soft and compliant robotic structures.

  • Bio-Inspired Engineering: Applying principles from nature to develop adaptive, efficient, and multifunctional mechanical systems.


Teaching

  • Continuum mechanics

  • Finite element methods and computational modeling

  • Dynamics, vibrations, and control systems

  • Mechanics of materials and structural analysis

  • Robotics and mechatronics

  • Soft robotics and smart material systems

Featured Publications

On the elastic-plastic response of hemitropic Cosserat solids

David J. Steigmann., Milad Shirani., Javadi Sigaroudi, M,

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. 2025 October;


Mohammadjavad Javadi, Robin Chhabra

2025 October; 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7770181/v1


Mohammadjavad Javadi, Marcelo Epstein, Mohsen Asghari

International Journal of Solids and Structures. 2025 September; 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113507


Mohammadjavad Javadi, Charlie Wadds, Robin Chhabra

2025 January; 10.48550/ARXIV.2510.03660


Marcelo Epstein, Mohammadjavad Javadi

International Journal of Engineering Science. 2023 May; 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2023.103827


Marcelo Epstein, Mohammadjavad Javad

2022 January; 10.48550/ARXIV.2209.12319


Mohammadjavad Javadi, Marcelo Epstein, Mohsen Asghari

International Journal of Engineering Science. 2020 August; 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2020.103312


M. Javadi, M. Asghari, S. Sohrabpour

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 2020 May; 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2020.103413


Mohammadjavad Javadi, Marcelo Epstein, Mohsen Asghari

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2020 May; 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.103904


A. Chaibakhsh, M. Pourbeheshtian, M.J. Javadi Sigaroudi, H.R. Najafi

Applied Mechanics and Materials. 2012 November; 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.229-231.2370


Mohammadjavad Javadi, Marcelo Epstein

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. 2000 January; 10.1177/1081286518787845


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