Your instructor, Dr. Aleksandr Cherniaev, P.Eng., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.

Dr. Cherniaev holds degrees in aeronautical engineering (BSc), aerospace engineering (PhD), and mechanical engineering (PhD). His professional background combines 20 years of academic and industrial experience in the modelling, design, optimization, and testing of composite materials and lightweight structures. This includes experience in the aerospace industry, where composite materials play a central role in weight-efficient structural design.

His research focuses on the mechanics of advanced materials and structures, including multiscale modelling, structural optimization, quasi-static and dynamic characterization, and the response of composite structures to low-velocity, high-speed, and hypervelocity impact. His work covers applications in aerospace, automotive, and protective structures, including orbital-debris shielding, composite pressure vessels, energy-absorbing structures, and body armor.

Dr. Cherniaev has published extensively in recognized peer-reviewed journals, including Composites Part B: Engineering, Applied Composite Materials, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Advances in Space Research, Forces in Mechanics, Thin-Walled Structures, Polymer Testing, Applied Mechanics, and Journal of Composites Science.

At the university level, Dr. Cherniaev teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, including Dynamics, Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, Aerospace Structures, and Stress Analysis of Composite Structures.

In this Udemy course, he brings together the theoretical foundations of composite mechanics, practical finite element modelling workflows, and the engineering judgment required to interpret simulation results critically.