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CURRICULUM VITAE
INDUSTRY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RECORD:
With over 5 years industry work experience and 17 additional years university research
and development activities, I have developed a strong expertise in metallic, ceramic and
composite materials, products and manufacturing processes. In the past 9 years, I raised
or co-raised about CAN$2,000,000 research and development funding and have
successfully served companies in Canada and the US.
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
2015- Member, Organising Committee, ICANM 2015: International Conference
and Exhibition on Advanced & Nano Materials
2010- Public Relation Chair, ASM International – Ottawa Valley Chapter
2013-2014 Graduate Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University
of Ottawa
2013-2014 Member, Departmental Teaching Personnel Committee (DTPC),
University of Ottawa
2011-2014 Department Representative in the Council of the Faculty of Engineering,
University of Ottawa
2012-2013 Member, Appointment committee, Mechanical Engineering, University of
Ottawa
2008-2013 Member, Space committee, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa
2006-2009 Coordinator, Graduate seminars, Mechanical Engineering, University of
Ottawa
2012-2014 Member of the Collective Bargaining Committee, Association of
Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO)
2009-2014 Faculty Representative in the APUO Board of Directors
2009 Organiser, ASM Canada Council meeting
2008-2009 Contributed to organize the ASM materials camp at Ashbury College in
July 2009
2009-2010 Past-Chair, ASM International – Ottawa Valley Chapter
2008-2009 Chair, ASM International – Ottawa Valley Chapter
2007-2008 Vice-Chair, ASM International – Ottawa Valley Chapter
2007-2013 Co-organiser of four ASM poster competitions and three student award
nights
2008-2009 Member, Special Events committee, 12th
International Conference on
Fracture 2009
2006-2009 Member, Technical committee, 12th
International Conference on Fracture
2009
2002 Invited Presentation, Industry Speaker, Junior EUROMAT 2002,
Lausanne, Switzerland

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PUBLICATIONS FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS:
Refereed Chapters in books:
1. Fakolujo, O.S., Merati, A., Nganbe, M., Bielawski, M., Bolduc, M., A study of
armour related properties of ceramics. Ceramic Transactions. 249: 83–90, 2014.
Short version published in Proceedings of Materials Science and Engineering,
Montreal, QC, 10 pages, 2013.
2. Nganbe, M., Strength and failure of high temperature superalloys. Encyclopedia of
Thermal Stresses, 4579–4591, 2013.
Papers in refereed journals:
1. Mansur, A., Nganbe, M., Assessment of three finite element approaches for
modeling the ballistic impact behavior and failure of steel plates. Journal of
Materials Engineering and Performance. 24 n3: 1322–1331, 2015.
2. Alhashmy, H.A., Nganbe, M., Laminate squeeze casting of carbon fiber reinforced
aluminum matrix composites. Materials and Design 67: 154–158, 2015.
3. Nganbe, M., March, G.M.J., Kim, P.R., Beaulé, P.E., Unusual fatigue failure of a
cobalt chrome alloy cementless femoral stem: Implant retrieval and biomechanical
analysis. Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering 34 n5: 426–430, 2014. Short
version published in Proceedings CMBEC36/APIBQ42 Joint Conference, Ottawa,
ON, 4 pages, 2013.
4. Bano N., Koul, A.K., Nganbe, M., A Deformation mechanism map for the 1.23Cr-
1.2Mo-0.26V rotor steel and its verification using neural networks. Metallurgical and
Materials Transactions A. 45: 1928–1936, 2014.
5. Bano N., Nganbe, M., Modeling of thermal expansion coefficients of Ni based
superalloys using artificial neural network. Journal of Materials Engineering and
Performance. 22 n4: 952–957, 2013.
6. Bacciochini, A., Radulescu, M.I., Charron-Tousignant, Y., Van Dyke, J., Nganbe,
M., Yandouzi, M., Lee, J.J., Jodoin, B., Enhanced reactivity of mechanically-
activated nano-scale gasless reactive materials consolidated by coldspray. Surface &
Coatings Technology. 206: 4343–4348, 2012.
7. Nganbe, M., Khan, U., Louati, H., Speirs, A., Beaulé, P.E., In vitro assessment of
strength, fatigue durability, and disassembly of Ti6Al4V and CoCrMo necks in
modular total hip replacements. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B. 97 n1:
132-138, 2011.
8. Nganbe, M., Louati, H., Khan, U., Speirs, A., Beaulé, P.E., Retrieval analysis and in
vitro assessment of strength, durability and distraction of a modular total hip
replacement. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A. 95 n3: 819-827, 2010.
9. Nganbe, M., Fahim, A., Equicohesion - Intermediate temperature transition of the
grain size effect in the nickel-base superalloy PM 3030. Journal of Materials
Engineering and Performance. 19 n3: 395-400, 2010.

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10. Freudenberger, J., Lyubimova, J., Gaganov, A., Witte, H., Hickman, A.L., Jones, H.,
Nganbe, M., Non destructive pulsed field CuAg-solenoids. Materials Science &
Engineering A. 527: 2004-2013, 2010.
11. Agunsoye, J.O., Balogun, S.A., Esezobor, D.E., Nganbe, M., Hardening behavior
and fracture resistance of Hadfield steel castings for mining jaw plates. Journal of
Engineering Research. 15 n3: 88-94, 2010.
12. Nganbe, M., Strengthening transition modeling in PM 3030 at intermediate
temperature. Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly. 48 n4: 467-470, 2009.
13. Nganbe, M., Heilmaier, M., Creep behavior and damage of Ni-base superalloys PM
1000 and PM 3030. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 40: 2971-2979,
2009.
14. Nganbe, M., Impact of recrystallization defects on the high temperature strength of
PM 3030. Advanced Engineering Materials. 11 n1-2: 88-92, 2009.
15. Nganbe, M., Heilmaier, M., High temperature strength and failure of the Ni-base
superalloy PM 3030. International Journal of Plasticity. 25: 822-837, 2009.
Short version published in Proceedings of International Symposium on Plasticity and
its Current Applications, Hawaii, Kona, USA, 2008.
Papers in refereed conference proceedings:
1. Alam, F.M., Nganbe, M., Optimizing the squeeze casting process of carbon fiber
reinforced aluminium matrix composites. In Materials Science and Engineering,
Montreal, QC, 8 pages, 2013.
2. Bano N., Nganbe, M., Neural network approach for modeling the hysteresis energy
of Ni based superalloys. In proceedings of the International Conference on
Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ottawa, Canada, 2012.
3. Bano, N., Nganbe, M., Fahim, A., Modeling of γ′ precipitate size of IN738LC using
Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation neural network. In Proceedings of the 1st
International Conference on Integrated Intelligent Computing, DOI:
10.1109/ICIIC.2010.36. Page(s): 45–50, 2010.
4. Bano, N., Nganbe, M., Fahim, A., Prediction of fracture energy of IN738LC
superalloy using neural network. In Proceedings 12th
International Conference on
Fracture 2009, 8 pages, 2009.
5. Agunsoye, J.O., Balogun, S.A., Esezobor, D.E., Nganbe, M., Wear of Hadfield
austenitic manganese steel castings. In Proceedings 12th
International Conference on
Fracture 2009, 9 pages, 2009.
6. Bano, N., Nganbe, M., Fahim, A., Determination of thermal expansion coefficient of
IN738LC with duplex size gamma prime using neural network. In Proceedings 47th
Conference of Metallurgists 2008, COM 2008, 10 pages, 2008.
7. Bano, N., Nganbe, M., Fahim, A., Neural network model of IN738LC super-alloy
thermal expansion coefficient. In Proceedings CSME conference 2008, edited by A.
Fahim, CSME, Ottawa, 5 pages, 2008.
8. Nganbe, M., Heilmaier, M., Schaper, M., Impact of additional γ’ strengthening on
the strength and fatigue behavior of oxide dispersion strengthened Ni-base
superalloys. In Proceedings Materials Science and Technology Conference 2007,
ASM International: 251-261, 2007.

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Abstracts and conference presentations:
1. Alhashmy, H.A., Alam, M.F., Nganbe, M., Laminate squeeze casting of carbon fiber
reinforced aluminum matrix composites, Materials Science and Engineering
Conference 2014, Darmstadt, Germany, 2014.
2. Nganbe, M., Fakolujo, O.S., Alhashmy, H.A., Alam, M.F., Merati, A., Aluminum
and alumina composites for high strength, toughness and armour applications,
International Conference and Exhibition on Advanced and Nanomaterials 2014,
Calgary, AB, 2014.
3. McAllister, G., Beaulé, P.E., Baskey, S.J., Nganbe, M., Catelas, I., Surface analysis
of modular necks from failed hip implants, 31st
Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Biomaterials Society, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2014.
4. Fahad, A., Hakim, L., Beaulé, P.E., Catelas, I., Nganbe, M., In vitro simulation of
modular neck fracture, wear, corrosion, and distraction in total hip replacements, 31st
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2014.
5. McAllister, G., Beaulé, P.E., Baskey, S.J., Nganbe, M., Catelas, I., Mapping of
surface roughness and corrosion of necks from failed modular hip implants, 2nd
International Conference on BioTribology, Toronto, ON Canada, 2014.
6. Nganbe, M., Fakolujo, O.S., Alhashmy, H.A., Alam, M.F., Powder metallurgy and
advanced strength, wear and ballistic materials, Thermec 2013, Las Vegas, NV,
2013.
7. Alhashmy, H., Nganbe, M., Fabrication of aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) by
squeeze casting technique using carbon fibre as reinforcement, 24th
Materials
Science Conference, London, ON, 2012.
8. Bacciochini, E., Radulescu, M., Meydanoglu, O., Charron-Tousignant, Y., Van
Dyke, V., Jodoin, B., Nganbe, M., Yandouzi, M., and Lee, J.J., Enhanced reactivity
of mechanically-activated nano-scale gasless reactive materials consolidated via the
cold spray technique, APS Shock Compression, Chicago, IL, 2011.
9. Bano, N., Fahim, A., Nganbe, M., Neural network model to predict the low cycle
fatigue failure energy of Rene 77, AES-ATEMA 2010, Fifth International Conference
on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications, 2010.
10. Bano, N., Fahim, A., Nganbe M., Fatigue crack initiation life prediction of IN738LC
using artificial neural network, AES-ATEMA 2010, Fifth International Conference
on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications, 2010.
11. Speirs, A.D., Nganbe, M., Louati, H., Khan U., Beaulé P.E., In vitro and retrieval
analysis of modular necks in total hip arthroplasty, 56th
Annual Meeting of the
Orthopaedic Research Society and 2010 Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual
Meeting, 2010.
12. Nganbe, M., Heilmaier, M., On the effect of combining γ’ precipitation and oxide
dispersion strengthening on the quasi-static and fatigue strength in Ni-base
superalloys, European Congress on Advanced Materials and Processes, DGM,
Nuernberg, Germany, 2007.