Canadian Scientific Research and Experimental Development

KPMG LLP, Canada

Manager-Science

Email: mshadnam@kpmg.ca

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., Nanotechnology, University of Alberta, Canada

2000 M.S., Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran

1998 B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Publications (Selected)

1.  Arnold, R., Shadnam, M.R. , “Innovation Goals in Software Development for Business Applications”, Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing, 2 (4), pp.368-383, 2014.
2. Arnold, R., Shadnam, M.R. , “Analysis of Industrial Challenges and Capabilities in Computer Science and Software Development Sector: Model Driven Engineering”, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), 129 (6), pp. 499-505, 2012.
3. Zhang, Y., Shadnam, M.R., Amirfazli, A., “Direct Laser Patterning of Self-assembled Monolayer Using Elliptical Laser Beams: A Parametric Study”, Journal of Optics and Laser Technology, 43 (8), pp. 1377-1384, 2011.
4. Shadnam, M.R., Amirfazli, A., “Analysis of micro-patterning of molecular monolayers using a CW laser beam: Curvilinear paths”, Journal of Computational & Theoretical NanoScience, 5 (10), pp. 2054-2059, 2008.
5. Meyyappan, S., Amirfazli, A., Shadnam, M.R., “Fabrication of Surface Energy/Chemical Gradients Using Self-Assembled Monolayer Surfaces” Langmuir, 24 (6), pp. 2892-2899, 2008.
6. Nikkhoo, A., Rofooei, F.R., Shadnam, M.R., “Dynamic Behavior and Modal Control of Beams under Moving Mass”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 306 (3-5), pp.712-724, 2007.
7. Kirkwood, S.E., Shadnam, M.R., Amirfazli, A., Fedosejevs, R., “Mechanism Femtosecond Laser Pulse Desorption and Patterning of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold-Coated Substrates”, Journal of Physics (Institute of Physics), 59 (1), pp.428-431, 2007.
8. Shadnam, M.R., Amirfazli, A., “Kinetics of Alkanethiol Monolayer Desorption from Gold in Air”, Chemical Communications (Royal Society of Chemistry), 38, pp. 4869-4871, 2005.
9. Shadnam, M.R., Kirkwood, S.E., Fedosejevs, R., Amirfazli, A., “Thermo-Kinetics Study of Laser Induced Desorption of Self-Assembled Monolayer from Gold: Case of Laser Micropatterning”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(24), pp. 11996-12002, 2005.
10. Shadnam, M.R., Kirkwood, S.E., Fedosejevs, R., Amirfazli, A., “Direct Patterning of Self Assembled Monolayers on Gold Using a Laser Beam”, Langmuir, 20(7), pp. 2667-2676, 2004.
11. Shadnam, M.R., Amirfazli, A., “Mechanical Equilibrium Condition for Multi-phase Contact Lines and Multi-phase Contact Points”, Langmuir, 19(11), pp. 4658-4665, 2003.
12. Shadnam, M.R., Abbasnia, R., “Stability of Pre-twisted Beams in Cross Bracings”, Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 43(2), pp. 328-335, 2002; also in Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, 43(2), pp. 187-196, 2002.
13. Shadnam, M.R., Rofooei, F.R., Mofid, M., Mehri, B., “Periodicity in the Response of a Nonlinear Plate under Moving Mass”, Journal of Thin Walled Structures, 40(3), pp. 283-295, 2002.
14. Shadnam, M.R., Rofooei, F.R., Mehri, B., “Dynamics of Nonlinear Plates under Moving Loads”, Journal of Mechanics Research Communications, 28(4), pp.453-461, 2001.
15. Shadnam, M.R., Mofid, M. and Akin, J.E., “On the Dynamic Response of the Plates under Moving Mass”, Journal of Thin Walled Structures, 39(9), pp. 797-806, 2001.
16. Mofid, M. and Shadnam, M.R., McCabe, S., “On a new Approach for Finding the Kern of the Beam Sections”, Journal of Engineering Structures, 23(9), pp. 1080-1084, 2001.
17. Mofid, M. and Shadnam, M.R., “On the Dynamic Response of the Beams with Internal Hinges under Moving Mass”, Advances in Engineering Software, 31(5), pp. 323-328, 2000.