DrAli Zolfagharian

DECRA, Research Fellow

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Engineering

  • DECRA, Research Fellow
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Engineering
  • +61 3 522 73693 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Ali has been involved in teaching 10 units in Mechanical and Mechatronics at undergraduate and graduate levels in the School of Engineering at Deakin University. He has supervised 84 postgraduate and undergraduate students on multidisciplinary projects in a project-based teaching and learning environment based on computational thinking approaches.

Units Taught:
* Dynamics of Machines
* Machine Design
* Additive Manufacturing
* Smart Materials
* Vibration Modeling and Control

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Dynamics of Machines (SEM327)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Machine Design (SEM200)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Engineering Project A (SEJ441)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Engineering Project B (SEJ446)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Project Initiation (SEN719/SEN710)
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    Project Implementation And Evaluation (SEN720)
  • CURRENT EXTERNAL DOCTORAL COTUTELLE SUPERVISION
    4D Bioprinting of Vascularised Structures
    Lubna Zeenat - School of Engineering
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    AI-enabled Closed-loop Monitoring and Optimisation of 3D Printing
    Abdul Rahman Sani - School of Engineering
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    4D Printing Soft and Hard Composite Materials with Shape Memory Features
    Seyed Hesam Soleiman Zadeh Mousavi - School of Engineering
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloys by laser powder bed fusion
    Yixuan Wang - School of Engineering
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    4D Printed Hybrid Multi-Responsive Soft Actuators
    Akhila Gottipati - School of Engineering
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding the Effects of Integrating Batteries Into an Electric Vehicle Structure
    Umar Shafique Awan - School of Engineering - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Artificial Intelligence Driven Inverse Design and Control of 4D-Printed Variable Stiffness Mechanisms
    Moslem Mohammadi - School of Engineering - 2025