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Mihaela Vlasea

ResearcherMechanical and Mechatronics EngineeringUniversity of Waterloo

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Mihaela Vlasea

Researcher

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Engineering

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

additive manufacturing binder jetting sustainable manufacturing sustainable supply chains advanced mechatronic systems process simulation process monitoring sustainable materials

Latest papers

Fatigue performance of additively manufactured porous titanium for orthopaedic applications.
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2026 · senior author
Supersolidus liquid phase sintering of water-atomized low-alloy steel in binder jetting additive manufacturing.
Heliyon · 2023
Data related to architectural bone parameters and the relationship to Ti lattice design for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.
Data in brief · 2021 · senior author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Critical thermal analysis and processing tools for empowering metal additive manufacturing research
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Innovations in Sustainable Additive Manufacturing via Binder Jetting: Integrating Mechatronic Systems, Digital Tools, and Novel Materials
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$53,000
Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 (HI-AM 2.0): Capitalizing on Prior Achievements and Exploring New Frontiers in Powder Bed Fusion and Binder Jet AM Processes
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$372,852

All 16 grants and awards

8 publications.

Fatigue performance of additively manufactured porous titanium for orthopaedic applications.

Leinwand J, Lam R, Patel S, McGregor M, McLachlin S, Vlasea M

Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2026.107393 PMID: 41861698

Supersolidus liquid phase sintering of water-atomized low-alloy steel in binder jetting additive manufacturing.

Yang M, Keshavarz MK, Vlasea M, Molavi-Kakhki A, Laher M

Heliyon2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13882 PMID: 36895399

Data related to architectural bone parameters and the relationship to Ti lattice design for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

McGregor M, Patel S, McLachlin S, Vlasea M

Data in brief2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107633 PMID: 34917699

Data related to the effect of specimen geometry and orientation on tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured by electron beam powder bed fusion.

Shanbhag G, Wheat E, Moylan S, Vlasea M

Data in brief2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107613 PMID: 34901344

Powder Reuse Cycles in Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion-Variation of Powder Characteristics.

Shanbhag G, Vlasea M

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ma14164602 PMID: 34443124

Data related to the sinter structure analysis of titanium structures fabricated via binder jetting additive manufacturing.

Wheat E, Vlasea M, Hinebaugh J, Metcalfe C

Data in brief2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.08.135 PMID: 30225318

Data related to the experimental design for powder bed binder jetting additive manufacturing of silicone.

Liravi F, Vlasea M

Data in brief2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.04.068 PMID: 29904650

Effect of glycerol concentrations on the mechanical properties of additive manufactured porous calcium polyphosphate structures for bone substitute applications.

Sheydaeian E, Vlasea M, Woo A, Pilliar R, Hu E, Toyserkani E

Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials2017

DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33616 PMID: 26804634

Critical thermal analysis and processing tools for empowering metal additive manufacturing research

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Vlasea, Mihaela

Keywords: additive manufacturing; advanced characterization; advanced heat treatment; melting behaviour, thermal stability, phase transformations; novel metal alloys; process oprimization

$150,000

Innovations in Sustainable Additive Manufacturing via Binder Jetting: Integrating Mechatronic Systems, Digital Tools, and Novel Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Vlasea, Mihaela

Keywords: additive manufacturing; binder jetting; advanced mechatronic systems; digital tools; process simulation; process monitoring; process optimization; sustainable manufacturing; sustainable materials; sustainable supply chains

$53,000

Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 (HI-AM 2.0): Capitalizing on Prior Achievements and Exploring New Frontiers in Powder Bed Fusion and Binder Jet AM Processes

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Toyserkani, Ehsan E

Keywords: additive manufacturing; binder jetting; control; design for additive manufacturing; in-situ monitoring; metal 3d printing; modeling and simulation; powder bed fusion; quality assurance

$372,852

Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology - Phase 3 (CANRIMT3)

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Erkorkmaz, Kaan K

Keywords: computer-aided manufacturing (cam); controls; digital machining; dynamics; electro-physical machining; hybrid manufacturing; industry 4.0; machine tools; metrology; tooling

$500,000

Critical X-Ray Energy Source and Auxiliaries for an Existing Nano Computed Tomography System

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Toyserkani, Ehsan

$120,469

Sustainable Additive Manufacturing

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Vlasea, Mihaela

Keywords: Additive manufacturing; binder jetting; advanced mechatronic systems; digital twins; process simulation; process monitoring; sustainable materials; sustainable manufacturing

$120,000

Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 (HI-AM 2.0): Capitalizing on Prior Achievements and Exploring New Frontiers in Directed Energy Deposition Processes

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Toyserkani, Ehsan E

Keywords: additive manufacturing; design for additive manufacturing; directed energy deposition (ded); electron-beam ded; in-situ monitoring; laser ded; metal 3d printing; modeling and simulation; quality assurance

$1,215,035

Sustainable materials and additive manufacturing processes for the automotive sector

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Vlasea, Mihaela ML

Keywords: additive manufacturing; binder jetting; design for additive manufacturing; design optimization; material customization; mechanical characterization; process modeling; sustainable manufacturing; sustainable material systems; sustainable supply chains

$200,000

Embedded security markers in metal additive manufacturing parts and detection via high-frequency ultrasound systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Vlasea, Mihaela ML

$50,000

Phase-Contrast X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography for Enhanced 3D Microstructural Analysis of Bone and Joint Tissues

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: McLachlin, Stewart

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Mihaela Vlasea

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Fatigue performance of additively manufactured porous titanium for orthopaedic applications.

Supersolidus liquid phase sintering of water-atomized low-alloy steel in binder jetting additive manufacturing.

Data related to architectural bone parameters and the relationship to Ti lattice design for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.

Data related to the effect of specimen geometry and orientation on tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured by electron beam powder bed fusion.

Powder Reuse Cycles in Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion-Variation of Powder Characteristics.

Data related to the sinter structure analysis of titanium structures fabricated via binder jetting additive manufacturing.

Data related to the experimental design for powder bed binder jetting additive manufacturing of silicone.

Effect of glycerol concentrations on the mechanical properties of additive manufactured porous calcium polyphosphate structures for bone substitute applications.

Critical thermal analysis and processing tools for empowering metal additive manufacturing research

Innovations in Sustainable Additive Manufacturing via Binder Jetting: Integrating Mechatronic Systems, Digital Tools, and Novel Materials

Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 (HI-AM 2.0): Capitalizing on Prior Achievements and Exploring New Frontiers in Powder Bed Fusion and Binder Jet AM Processes

Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology - Phase 3 (CANRIMT3)

Critical X-Ray Energy Source and Auxiliaries for an Existing Nano Computed Tomography System

Sustainable Additive Manufacturing

Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 (HI-AM 2.0): Capitalizing on Prior Achievements and Exploring New Frontiers in Directed Energy Deposition Processes

Sustainable materials and additive manufacturing processes for the automotive sector

Embedded security markers in metal additive manufacturing parts and detection via high-frequency ultrasound systems

Phase-Contrast X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography for Enhanced 3D Microstructural Analysis of Bone and Joint Tissues

Frequent collaborators

Stewart McLachlin

Ehsan Toyserkani