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Dr Ana Vafadar

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 4685
Facsimile: +61 8 6304 5811
Email: a.vafadar@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-6443

Dr Ana Vafadar is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Deputy Leader of the Mineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC), and Discipline Professional Practice Coordinator at Edith Cowan University’s School of Engineering. Her multidisciplinary research integrates materials engineering, mechanical design, design optimisation, advanced manufacturing and sustainable engineering. Her expertise includes computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), additive manufacturing, topology optimisation, engineering simulation, and manufacturing-system design and optimisation.

Her current research applies mechanical design and optimisation principles to develop advanced engineering technologies, including additive manufacturing applications and biomedical devices. Her work focuses on improving product performance, manufacturing efficiency, material utilisation and sustainability through numerical modelling, experimental investigation and design-led engineering solutions.

Dr Vafadar has authored peer-reviewed publications in mechanical design, advanced manufacturing, materials engineering, process optimisation and thermal-fluid systems. She collaborates with academic, healthcare and industry partners on applied research projects involving manufacturing innovation, mineral processing and biomedical devices. She held an ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching and Research Fellowship from 2019 to 2021, received the 2020 ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching, and was selected for ECU’s 2025 Vantage: Path to Impact Commercialisation Pre-Acceleration Program. Her research focuses on translating mechanical engineering knowledge into practical technologies that improve industrial efficiency, sustainability, and societal outcomes.

Current Teaching:

  • ENM1102 Engineering Drawing and Computer-Aided Design
  • ENS2170/ENS6138 Principles of Industrial Maintenance
  • ENS2214/ENS6105 Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing

Research Leadership and Service:

  • Deputy Leader, Mineral Recovery Research Centre (MRRC)
  • Discipline Professional Practice Coordinator

Awards and Recognition:

  • 2025: Winner (First Prize), Vantage: Path to Impact Commercialisation Pre-Acceleration Program, Edith Cowan University School of Engineering.
  • 2020: ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award – Innovative Teaching
  • 2019 - 2022: ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching and Research Fellowship

Research Areas and Interests:

  • Materials engineering
  • Mechanical design and manufacturing processes
  • Computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
  • Additive and advanced manufacturing
  • Topology and shape optimisation
  • Engineering simulation and numerical modelling
  • Manufacturing-system design and optimisation
  • Cost analysis and decision-making models
  • Biomedical devices and transdermal drug-delivery technologies
  • Sustainable manufacturing
  • Mineral resource recovery

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