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

  • Xiaotao Bi


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Yankai Cao


    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Pranav Chintalapati


    Assistant Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Emily Cranston


    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • 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 Biomass Utilization, CO2 Capture, Fluidization and Multiphase Systems, Sustainability and Environmental Education, 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, Foams, Sprays, 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, Electrosynthesis, Porous Electrodes, Interfacial Phenomena, Engineering Education

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

  • Mark Martinez


    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Research Summary Transport Phenomena, flow visualization, multiphase flows, quantitative microscopy

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

  • 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

  • Mona Rahmani


    Assistant Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • 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, Pulp and Paper, Hemicellulose, Extractives, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Catalysis, 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, Machine Learning

  • 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