Dr. Ali Dlatabadi received his B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Science & Technology, M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from Tehran U. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Toronto U. He is an expert in thermally sprayed coatings and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He is the holder of a patent on “High efficiency nozzle for thermal spray of high quality, low oxide content coatings”. Dr. Dolatabadi is currently working as Professor and Graduate & PhD Program Director Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in Concordia U.