Dr. Mohammad Nadimi

Dr. Mohammad Nadimi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 2018. He is currently a researcher in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba, collaborating with industrial partners on developing non-destructive grain quality monitoring techniques.

The interdisciplinary research work of Dr. Nadimi, so far, has resulted in over 30 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals earning him a Google Scholar i10-index of 18. He has authored or co-authored 30+ conference papers.

Dr. Nadimi is currently serving as an Associate Editor of Elsevier journal of Measurement Food and a Guest Editor of Sustainability journal (a special issue on Optical Engineering Applications for Smart Agriculture).

Research

Area

  • Applications of NIR spectroscopy and Hyperspectral imaging on quality assessment of agri- and food-products

  • Applications of colour and X-ray imaging on quality assessment of agri- and food-products

  • Applications of lasers for improving the viability and growth parameters of agri-products

  • Developing efficient, high power and high-quality solid-state lasers

Expertise

Spectroscopy, microstructural analysis, chemometrics, imaging, machine learning, deep learning, statistical analysis, lasers

Recent Publications

  • C. Sivakumar, M.M.A. Chaudhry, M. Nadimi, J. Paliwal, and J. Courcelles. "Characterization of pulse flours using scanning electron microscopy." Powder Technology (accepted manuscript).
  • C. Erkinbaev, M. Nadimi, and J. Paliwal, "A Unified Heuristic Approach to Simultaneously Detect Fusarium and Ergot Damage in Wheat," Measurement: Food, (accepted manuscript).
  • X. Li, R. Guillermic, M. Nadimi, J. Paliwal, and F. Koksel, "Physical and microstructural quality of extruded snacks made from blends of barley and green lentil flours," Cereal Chem., (accepted manuscript).
  • S. Sabzi, Y. Abbaspour, M. Nadimi, and J. Paliwal, "Non-destructive estimation of physicochemical properties and detection of ripeness level of apples using machine vision,"Int. J. Fruit Sci. (accepted manuscript).
  • M. Nadimi, G. Loewen, and J. Paliwal, "Assessment of Mechanical Damage to Flaxseeds Using Radiographic Imaging and Tomography," Smart Agric. Tech., 2, 100057 (2022).
  • M. Nadimi, D. W. Sun, and J. Paliwal, "Effect of laser biostimulation on germination of wheat," ASABE Appl. Eng. Agric. 38,1,77-84 (2022).
  • M. Nadimi, J. M. Brown, J. Morrison, and J. Paliwal, "Examination of wheat kernels for the presence of Fusarium damage and mycotoxins using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging," Measurement: Food, 100011 (2021).
  • M. Nadimi, D. W. Sun, and J. Paliwal, "Recent applications of novel laser techniques for enhancing agricultural production," Laser Phys., 31, 053001 (2021).
  • M. Nadimi, C Onyenekwu, and A Major, "Continuous-wave dual-wavelength operation of the in-band diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4/Nd:YVO4 composite laser with controllable spectral power ratio," Appl. Phys. B, 126, 75 (2020).
  • Z Sedaghati, M. Nadimi, and A Major, "Efficient continuous-wave Nd: YLF laser in-band diode-pumped at 908 nm and its thermal lensing," Laser Phys. Lett. 16, 12, 125002 (2019).

*For an up-to-date publications list, please visit the Google Scholar

Department of Biosystems Engineering
Room A203, Agricultural Engineering Building,
96 Dafoe Rd, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
MB R3T 6B3, CANADA

Email: Mohammad.Nadimi[AT]umanitoba.ca