Faculty

Process Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Biotechnology

Engineering education

Energy and Materials

  • S. Alireza Bagherzadeh

    Assistant Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Engineering Pedagogy, Learning Analytics, Molecular and Mathematical Modeling, Gas Hydrates, Unconventional Energy Sources, Green Flow Assurance, Anti-freeze Proteins

    Instructor

  • Susan A. Baldwin

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Bioprocess Engineering, Anaerobic Fermentation, Bioremediation, Reactor Modeling, Biochemical Reaction Modeling, Reaction Kinetics

    Biotechnology Environmental

  • Curtis P. Berlinguette

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Reactive CO2 capture; advanced nuclear fusion; flexible automation; membrane reactors

    Process Energy

  • Sergio Berretta

    Professor of Practice

    Research/teaching areas

    Resident Expert in Process Design and Development

  • Xiaotao Bi

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Particle Technology, Fluidization and Multiphase Reactors, Clean and Renewable Energy Systems, Green Engineering and Sustainability, Life Cycle Analysis

    Process Energy

  • Yankai Cao

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Large-scale Optimization, Machine Learning, Energy Systems, Process Control

    Process

  • Pranav Chintalapati

    Assistant Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Engineering Education, Experiential Learning, Systems Thinking, System Dynamics Modelling, Global and Community-based Engineering, Water Quality, Sustainable Water Access

    Environmental Education

  • Emily Cranston

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Nanocellulose, Sustainable Nanocomposites and Hybrid Materials, Surface Functionalization of Lignocellulosics

    Energy and Materials

  • Naoko Ellis

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biomass Utilization, CO2 Capture, Fluidization and Multiphase Systems, Sustainability and Environmental Education, Transdisciplinary Research and Learning

    Energy and Materials Education

  • Peter Englezos

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Clathrate (gas) hydrates: thermodynamics, kinetics, impact on climate change and technological applications; Optimization and machine learning in process engineering; Engineered paper from lignocellulosic fibres

    Process Energy and Materials

  • James Feng

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Dynamics of Complex Fluids, Interfacial Fluid Dynamics, Processing of Nanocellulose Hydrogels, Cell and Tissue Mechanics

    Process Energy and Materials

  • E. Johan Foster

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Bioproducts, Cellulose Nanomaterials, Polymers, Biomaterials, Biomedical Devices, Fibers

  • John M. Frostad

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Interfacial Phenomena, Functional Foods, Emulsions, Foams, Sprays, Novel Instrumentation, Complex Fluids

    Biotechnology Process

  • Bhushan Gopaluni

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Modeling and Experiment Design, Model Predictive Controllers, Identification for Control, Iterative Identification and Control, Data Analytics, Fault Detection and Diagnosis

    Process

  • Előd Gyenge

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Electrochemical Engineering and Electrocatalysis, Fuel Cells, Batteries, Electrosynthesis, Porous Electrodes, Interfacial Phenomena, Engineering Education

  • Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Rheology of Polymers, Blends and Suspensions, Associating Polymers, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Polymer Processing

    Process Energy and Materials

  • Charles Haynes

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biotechnology, Genomics, Biophysics, Bioengineering and Biomolecular Engineering Applied to Biologic Drug Discovery and Manufacturing, Therapeutics Design, Cancer Diagnostics, and Affinity Ligand Discovery

  • Jane Emily Hill

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biotechnology, breath analysis and transcriptomics, respiratory infections – viral, bacterial, and fungal

    Biotechnology

  • Anthony Lau

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Waste-to-Resource Recovery, Biomass and Bioenergy, Availability and Quality of Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Composting

    Environmental Energy and Materials

  • Eric W. Lees

    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Electrochemical engineering, Electrochemical synthesis, Continuum modelling, Reactor design, Transport phenomena, Electrochemical separations, CO2 capture and conversion,Electrochemical engineering, Electrochemical synthesis, Continuum modelling, Reactor design, Transport phenomena, Electrochemical separations, CO2 capture and conversion,Electrochemical engineering, Electrochemical synthesis, Continuum modelling, Reactor design, Transport phenomena, Electrochemical separations, CO2 capture and conversion

    Energy and Materials

  • Mark Martinez

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Transport Phenomena, flow visualization, multiphase flows, quantitative microscopy

  • Madjid Mohseni

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Drinking water quality and treatment, Emerging contaminants, Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Advanced oxidation and reduction, UV based water treatment and purification, Ion exchange processes, Electrochemical water treatment processes, Biological drinking water treatment

    Environmental

  • James M. Piret

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Bioprocessing, Biomedical, Bioreactor and Device Engineering, Bioprocess Optimization and Cell Therapy Biotechnology

  • Gabriel Potvin

    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Laboratory Education, Problem-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Education, Bioprocessing, Industrial Microbiology, Microalgal Biotechnology, Sustainable Engineering

    Education

  • Vladan Prodanovic

    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Clean Energy Engineering Program (CEEN) Thermodynamics, two-phase flow and heat transfer, jet impingement boiling, HVAC, Engineering education, project based learning, clean energy curriculum development

  • Mona Rahmani

    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Multiphase and Density Stratified Fluid Mechanics, Fiber Suspensions, Renewable Energy, Hydrodynamic Instability, Mixing

    Environmental Energy and Materials

  • Orlando Rojas

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biobased Colloids and Surfaces, Soft Matter, Multiphase Systems, Renewable Nanoparticles, Sustainable and Advanced Materials

    Biotechnology Energy and Materials

  • Simcha Srebnik

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Statistical Thermodynamics of Polymers and Biopolymers, Mechanical Properties of Polymers Melts and Polymer Networks, Protein Folding and Stability, Functional Materials, Hierarchical Modeling

    Biotechnology Energy and Materials

  • Fariborz Taghipour

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Artificial Photosynthesis, Solar Fuels, UV Photoreactors, Photo-Activated Sensors, Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Reactors, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

  • Heather Trajano

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biomass Conversion, Biorefinery, Pulp and Paper, Hemicellulose, Extractives, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Catalysis, Kinetic Modeling, Transport Phenomena

  • Chester Upham

    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Heterogeneous catalysis, clean energy, CO2-free chemical conversion, GHGs-to-fuels

    Process Energy and Materials

  • Jonathan Verrett

    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Leadership Development, Experiential Learning, Design Education, Open Educational Resources (OER), Energy Generation and Use, Sustainability

  • Anthony Wachs

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Fluid mechanics, Particle-laden flows, Non Newtonian flows, Heat and mass transfer, Numerical simulation, High performance computing, Multi-scale modelling, Machine Learning

    Biotechnology Process

  • David P. Wilkinson

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, electrochemical power sources, hydrogen production and storage, electrosynthesis, waste water and drinking water treatment, solar fuels, carbon dioxide and nitrogen conversion, clean and sustainable energy and water

    Environmental Energy and Materials

  • Vikramaditya G. Yadav

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biocatalysis, Bioremediation, Bioprocess engineering, Drug delivery, Infectious disease pathogenesis & drug discovery, Green chemistry, Medical biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology, Tissue engineering

    Biotechnology Environmental