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Dr. Dimitry Sediako

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Canada Mechanical Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus

Biography

Dr. Dimitry Sediako is a Professor and a Head of the Mechanical Engineering program of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, Canada, – the position he holds since 2017 after working for 12 years as a Senior Scientist with the National Research Council, Atomic Energy of Canada, and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. After receiving his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering in 1987, his career extended over 30 years of industrial R&D in steel, aluminum, and magnesium metallurgy. Dr. Sediako worked as a principal research engineer for a number of foundries and metallurgical companies in Russia, China, Taiwan, and Canada, leading many major projects on technological innovations in the industry. For several major breakthroughs in his research, he received several state awards internationally, including Belarus, Order of White Magnolia, and Order of Friendship from China and Taiwan. Over his long career in industry and research, he made a number of major contributions to steel continuous casting technologies, direct-chill casting of magnesium and aluminum alloys, precision sand and high pressure die casting of aluminum. Along with extensive pilot-plant research, modeling, and state-of-the-art fitness-for-service testing, Dr. Sediako is extensively utilizing the unique properties of neutrons, allowing direct stress measurements and in-situ studies of phase evolution in metal parts and components. These studies enable new alloys development for the most challenging applications and technology optimization in metallurgical manufacturing. He collaborates extensively with many automotive manufacturers, both OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, enabling new alloys development, stress analysis, and technology optimization for the most challenging applications. A specific focus of his research is stress characterization in automotive, aerospace, and marine powertrain components, as well as in-situ studies of solidification, phase evolution, and high temperature creep in new aluminum and magnesium alloys’ development for the transportation industries. Dr. Sediako is an author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and proprietary

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Development and Application of an In-Situ Small Punch Test Setup for Hydrogen Embrittlement Characterization of Metallic Materials
Matthew Hinchliff University of British Columbia
Rashiga Walallawita University of British Columbia
Dimitry Sediako Mechanical Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
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Posters
The 65th Conference of Metallurgy and Materials (COM 2026)
The Effect of Hydrogen Embrittlement on Aluminum Alloys Used for Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engine
Rashiga Walallawita University of British Columbia
Joshua Stroh High Performance Powertrain Materials Laboratory, University of British Columbia
Dimitry Sediako Mechanical Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
Symposia Video Paper
Light Metals Transportation IX
61st Annual Conference of Metallurgists
Investigating the solidification kinetics of a near eutectic Al-Ce alloy with additions of Ni and Mn
Jordan Kozakevich University of British Columbia
Joshua Stroh High Performance Powertrain Materials Laboratory, University of British Columbia
Dimitry Sediako Mechanical Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
David Weiss Eck Industries
Light Metals: Light Metals for Transportation and Next Generation Vehicles Symposia
Light Metals Transportation 2
62nd Annual Conference of Metallurgists