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Dr. Ramona (Haniyeh) Fayazfar

Dr. Ramona (Haniyeh) Fayazfar

PhD, P.Eng

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Contact Information

  2000 Simcoe Street North
   Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
   Office: ACE 2025

 905.721.8668 ext. 5751
 905.721.3370

email ramona.fayazfar@ontariotechu.ca
Website https://www.dr-rfayazfar.com/ 

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  • Additive Manufacturing (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites)
  •  Bio Augmentation of Circular and Carbon-negative Materials
  •  Sustainable and Recyclable Materials for 3D Printing
  •  Biomass-filled Biodegradable/Recyclable Polymeric Composites
  •  Advanced Coatings and Surface Engineering
  •  Sensors and Wearables for Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Health Monitoring
PhD (Materials Engineering)
Sharif University of Technology, Iran 2013

MSc (Materials Engineering)
Sharif University of Technology, Iran 2008

BSc (Materials Engineering)
Sharif University of Technology, Iran 2006
  1. Organizing Committee Member, 17th World Summit on Biosensors and Bioelectronics, France, (2022)
  2. Member of Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) (2021-present)
  3. Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) (2021-present)
  4. Evaluation Committee Member, the second NSERC- Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM) Conference, Vancouver, 2019
  5. Co-Organizer and Executive Team Member, Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (AMC) Waterloo Industry Day, Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Networking and Lab Tour Leader, 2019
  6. Co-Organizer and Exhibitor, Advanced Manufacturing Consortium (AMC) at Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS), 2019
  7. Member of Women in 3D Printing, (2018-present)
  8. Proposal reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
  9. Proposal reviewer for Canada Foundation Innovation (CFI)
  1. Principle of Inclusivity, Principles of Leadership, Integrity Matters, Organizational and Human Development, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2019)
  2. Laboratory Safety (SO1010), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2018)
  3. Cryogenic & Compressed Gas Safety (SO1030), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2018)
  4. Providing Online Materials to Students: eConestoga and the Essential Elements; Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Conestoga College, Ontario (2018)
  5. Teaching at Conestoga, Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Conestoga College, Ontario (2018)
  6. Assessment; Evaluating Student Learning, Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Conestoga College, Ontario (2018)
  7. Teaching Development Certificate (6 workshops), Postdoc Series Registration, Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2017)
  8. Introduction to Course Design, Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2017)
  9. Interactive Teaching and How Students Learn, Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2017)
  10. Assessing Learning and Motivating Students, Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2017)
  11. WHMIS 2015 (SO2017), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2016)
  12. Employee Safety Orientation (SO1001), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2016)
  13. Workplace Violence Awareness (SO1081), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (2016)
Modeling Manufacturing Systems
Structure and Properties of Materials
Tribology: Friction, Wear, and Lubrication
Solid Mechanics I
Dynamics
  1. Best Research Award, Innovative Development of Nanocomposite Materials as a High Sensitive Biosensor to Detect an Antitumor Agent, International Research Awards on New Science Inventions  (2021)
  2. Outstanding Innovative Proposal award, Development of Advanced Nanocomposite Materials with Multifunctional Properties For Healthcare Applications, Iranian NANO Technology Initiative Council (2014)
  3. First Place Award in recognition of being ranked first among Ph.D. graduates, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2014)
  4. Best Oral Presentation award, First Place, Graduate Students Conference, Sharif University of Technology (2012)
  5. First Place Award in recognition of being ranked first among Master’s graduates, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2008)
  1. Swarup Sharma R, Fayazfar H, Paserin V. (2021). Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing. In Press, Pearson Publisher
  1. Jubinville D, Sharifi J, Mekonnen T. H, & Fayazfar H. (2023). A Comparative Study of the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Material Extrusion 3D-Printed and Injection Molded Wood-Polymeric Biocomposites. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1-13.
  2. Fayazfar H, Sharifi J, Keshavarz M. K, & Ansari M. (2023). An overview of surface roughness enhancement of additively manufactured metal parts: a path towards removing the post-print bottleneck for complex geometries. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1-53.
  3. Singhal I, Tyagi B, Chaudhary R, Sahai A, Fayazfar H, & Sharma R. S. (2023). Toward an Improved Understanding for Design of Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing Process‐Based 3D Printers—a Computational Study. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 6(1), 2200704.
  4. Singhal I, Tyagi B, Chowdhary R, Saggar A, Raj A, Sahai A, Fayazfar H, & Sharma R. S. (2022). Augmenting mechanical design engineering with additive manufacturing. Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 1-23.
  5. Fayazfar H, Rishmawi I, Vlasea M. (2021). Electrochemical-Based Surface Enhancement of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Complex Structures. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 30 (3):2245-2255
  6. Sharifi J, Fayazfar H. (2021). Highly Sensitive Determination of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Antitumor Agent via a Carbon Nanotube/Gold Nanoparticle Nanocomposite Biosensor. Bioelectrochemistry. 139: 107741
  7.  Fayazfar H, Rishmawi I, Vlasea M. (2021). Electrochemical-Based Surface Enhancement of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Complex Structures. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 30(3), 2245-2255.
  8. Ali U, Fayazfar H, Ahmed F, Toyserkani E. (2020). Internal Surface Roughness Enhancement of Parts Made by Laser Powder-bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing. Vacuum. 177: 109314-109318.
  9. Davoodi E, Fayazfar H, Liravi F, Jabari E,Toyserkani E. (2020). Drop-on-Demand High-Speed 3D Printing of Flexible Milled Carbon Fiber/Silicone composite Sensors for Wearable Biomonitoring Devices. Additive Manufacturing. 32: 101016-101025.
  10. Lefebvre LP, Whiting J Nijikovsky B, Brika SE, Fayazfar H, Lyckfeldt O. (2020). Assessing the Robustness of Powder Rheology and Permeability Measurements. Additive Manufacturing. 35: 101203-101212.
  11. Fayazfar H, Liravi F, Ali U, Toyserkani E. (2020). Additive Manufacturing of High Loading Concentration Zirconia Using High-speed Drop-on-demand Material Jetting. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 109: 2733-2746.
  12. Fayazfar H, Salarian M, Rogalsky A, Sarker D, Russo P, Paserin V,Toyserkani E. (2018). A Critical Review of Powder-based Additive Manufacturing of Ferrous Alloys: Process Parameters, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties. Journal of Materials and Design. 144: 98-128.
  13. Fayazfar H, Afshar A, Dolati A. (2015). Electrodeposition of Various Au Nanostructures on Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Highly Sensitive Nanoelectrode Ensembles. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 24(5): 2005-2015.
  14. Fayazfar H, Afshar A, Dolati M, Dolati A. (2014). DNA Impedance Biosensor for Detection of Cancer, TP53 Gene Mutation, Based on Gold nanoparticles/aligned Carbon Nanotubes Modified Electrode. Analytica Chimica Acta. 836: 34-44.
  15. Fayazfar H, Afshar A, Dolati A, Ghalkhani M. (2014). Modification of Well-aligned Carbon Nanotubes with Dihexadecyl Hydrogen Phosphate: Application to Highly Sensitive Nanomolar Detection of Simvastatin. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 44(2): 263-277.
  16. Fayazfar H, Afshar A, Dolati A. (2014). Tantalum Electrodes Modified with Well-aligned Carbon nanotube–Au Nanoparticles: Application to the Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Determination of Cefazolin. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 173(6): 1511-1528.
  17. Fayazfar H, Dolati A, Ghorbani M. (2011). Electrochemical characterization of electrodeposited carbon nanotubes. Thin Solid Films. 519: 6230–6235.
  18. Mahboubkhah M , Fayazfar H. (2009). Determination of Measurement Uncertainty in Extracting of Forming LimitDiagrams. International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. 3(4): 438-441.
  1. Karimi N, Fayazfar H, (2023).  Development of a Sustainable Metal-infused Polymer Compatible with Low-cost Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printers; Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress; Computational Fluid Dynamics Canada International Congress; CSME - CFD-SC2023, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
  2. Sharifi J, Fayazfar H, (2023). Development of Sustainable Wood-Biopolymer Composite Material Compatible with Material Extrusion 3D-printing; Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023, Toronto, Canada
  3. Sharifi J, Fayazfar H, Keshavarzfar M. (2020). Preparation and Characterization of SBA-15-TiO2/PVDF Hybrid Membrane for Benzene Removal. 8th International Conference on Nanostructures (ICNS8), Online, Iran.
  4. Fayazfar H, Rishmawi I, Vlasea M. (2020). Surface Finishing of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Alloys Via Chemical and Electrochemical Polishing. NSERC Network for Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM) Conference, Online, Canada
  5. Fayazfar H, Ali U, Toyserkani E. (2020). Additive Manufacturing of High Concentration Yttria-stabilized Zirconia Using High Speed Drop-on-Demand Material Jetting. Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM) Conference, Online, Canada
  6. Sharifi J, Fayazfar H. (2018). A highly sensitive electrode modified with MWCNTs-COOH/AuNPs as an antitumor agent bio-sensing sensor. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Nanostructures (ICNS7), Kish Island, Iran
  7. Sharifi J, Fayazfar H. (2017). Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Determination via a MWCNTs-COOH/Gold NanoParticles Modified Electrode: A Highly-Sensitive Bio-sensing System. International Conference & Exhibition on Advanced & Nano Materials (ICANM), Toronto, Canada
  8. Fayazfar H, Dolati A, Afshar A. (2013). Controlled Growth of Well-aligned Carbon Nanotubes, Electrochemical Modification and Improving With Electrodeposited Less-Common Gold Nanostructures. 4th International Conference on UltraFine Grained and Nanostructured Materials (UFGNSM),University of Tehran, Iran
  9. Fayazfar H, Dolati A, Ghorbani M. (2012). Electrodeposition of carbon nanotubes especially single wall on the Si(100) and their electrochemical behaviors. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanostructures (ICNS4), Kish Island, Iran
  10. Farrokhi Raad M, Fayazfar H, Rezakhani D. (2010). Galvanic atmospheric corrosion of different metals in various areas of Iran, 4th joint congress of metallurgy engineers community and  Iran foundry community, Iran University of science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  11. Farrokhi Raad M, Fayazfar H, Rezakhani D. (2010). Investigation of corrosion rates of industrial metals in various atmospheric conditions of Iran 4th joint congress of metallurgy engineers community and  Iran foundry community, Iran University of science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  12. Fayazfar H, Dolati A, Ghorbani M. (2009). Electrodeposition of carbon nanotubes in acetonitrile solution, Nanotech insight conference (NTI), Barcelona, Spain.
  13. Mahboubkhah M, Fayazfar H. (2009). Determination of Measurement Uncertainty in Extracting of Forming Limit Diagram, International conference on manufacturing systems engineering, world Congress on science, engineering and technology (WCSET), Rome, Italy. 
  14. Dolati A, Fayazfar H, Ghorbani M. (2008). Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by electrochemical deposition, 2nd International congress on nanoscience and nanotechnology (ICNN), University of Tabriz, Iran.
  1. High-Speed 3D Printing of Flexible Carbon/Silicone Sensors for Medical Wearables:https://3dprint.com/262133/high-speed-3d-printing-flexible-carbon-silicone-sensors-medical-wearables/ , 2020
  2. 3D Printing and Gold Electroplating of Alumni Medals for Top Undergraduate and Graduate Students of University of Waterloo, Alumni Relations, (2019); https://uwaterloo.ca/alumni/events-and-awards/awards-and-medals/alumni-gold-medals
  3. Biological Nanosensor For Early Cancer Diagnosis; Iran Front Page(IFP) News: https://ifpnews.com/iranian-scientists-build-biological-nano-sensor-for-early-cancer-diagnosis, 2014
  4. Innovative Biological Nanosensor For Early Cancer Diagnosis, Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA):https://en.isna.ir/news/93052211184/Iranian-scientists-build-biological-nano-senor-for-early-cancer, 2014
Patent Title: Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by Electrochemical Deposition
Date of Patent: February 22, 2014
Patent No.: 57405 (Iranian Patent)
Patent Status: Granted
Inventor: Haniyeh Fayazfar
  1. Sustainable Advanced Composite Materials for Low-cost Additive Manufacturing, Rapid &TCT 2023, Chicago, US.
  2. Highly sensitive electrochemical biosensors for point of care diagnosis based on multifunctional nanocomposites [Invited]. 17th World Summit on Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Paris, France, 2022
  3. Advanced Manufacturing of Multifunctional Nanocomposite Materials for Biomedical Applications [Invited]. 2nd Global Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (Virtual), United States, 2022
  4. Development of advanced composite materials by additive manufacturing [Invited]. 3rd Advanced Materials Science World Congress 2022 (virtual), London, United Kingdom, 2022
  5. Development of Advanced (Nano)composite Materials by Using Advanced Manufacturing Approaches for Biomedical Applications [Invited]. 2nd International Webinar on Graphene and Semiconductors (Graphene E-meeting), United States, 2021
  6. Development of Advanced Nanocomposite Materials with Outstanding Functional Properties to be Used for Biomedical Applications [Invited]. 10th annual world congress of Nano Science and Technology (Virtual), China, 2021
  7. Development of Advanced Nanocomposite Materials as Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Sensors for Cancer Diagnosis Applications [Invited]. BITs 13th annual world cancer congress (virtual), China, 2021
  8. Introduction to Additive Manufacturing and Biomedical Applications [Invited]. 'Additive Manufacturing for Biomedical Applications' Workshop, Waterloo, Canada, 2019
  9. Electrochemical Surface Finishing Methods for Internal and External Faces of Metal Additive Manufacturing Parts [Invited]. NSERC Network for Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM) Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2019