Faculty

  • S. Alireza Bagherzadeh


    Assistant Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Susan A. Baldwin


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Curtis P. Berlinguette


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary CO2 conversion and utilization, Solar Energy Conversion, Solar Fuels, Clean Hydrogen Production, Electrolysis

  • Xiaotao Bi


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Particle Technology, Fluidization and Multiphase Reactors, Clean and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Systems Analyses

  • Yankai Cao


    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Large-scale Optimization, Energy Systems, Machine Learning, High Performance Computing, Process Control

  • Pranav Chintalapati


    Assistant Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Systems Thinking, System Dynamics Modelling, Experiential Learning, Community-based Engineering, Sustainable Water Access

  • Emily Cranston


    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Sustainable Nanocomposites and Hybrid Materials from Cellulose and Other Biopolymers

  • Louise Creagh


    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein stability and protein-ligand binding

  • Naoko Ellis


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Fluidization and Multiphase Systems, Biomass Utilization, CO2 Capture, Transdisciplinary Research and Learning

  • Peter Englezos


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • James Feng


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Dynamics of Complex Fluids, Multiphase and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics, Cell and Tissue Mechanics

  • E. Johan Foster


    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • John M. Frostad


    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Interfacial Phenomena, Functional Foods, Emulsions and Foams, Novel Instrumentation, Complex Fluids

  • Bhushan Gopaluni


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Előd Gyenge


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Electrochemical Engineering and Electrocatalysis, Fuel Cells, Batteries, Porous Electrodes, Interfacial Phenomena

  • Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Charles Haynes


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary 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

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

  • Anthony Lau


    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Organic waste-to-resource recovery and recycling, Biomass feedstock engineering, Bioconversion processes and systems, Composting, Anaerobic digestion, Odor control

  • Mark Martinez


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Fluid mechanics, flow visualization, multiphase flows and computational fluid dynamics with applications to industrial problems

  • Madjid Mohseni


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Drinking water quality, Advanced oxidation, UV based water treatment and purification, Ion exchange processes, Biological drinking water treatment, Electrochemical water treatment processes

  • James M. Piret


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Gabriel Potvin


    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Vladan Prodanovic


    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary 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

  • Orlando Rojas


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Biobased Colloids and Materials, Renewable Nanomaterials, Bioproducts

  • Kevin Smith


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Catalysis and kinetics focused on residue oil upgrading, natural gas upgrading, methane conversion and syngas conversion

  • Simcha Srebnik


    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Fariborz Taghipour


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary 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

    Research Summary Biomass Conversion, Biorefinery, Pretreatment, Chemocatalysis, Pulp and Paper, Kinetic Modeling, Transport Phenomena

  • Chester Upham


    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Jonathan Verrett


    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Anthony Wachs


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • David P. Wilkinson


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary 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

  • Vikramaditya G. Yadav


    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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