Faculty

  • 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

  • Susan A. Baldwin

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Curtis P. Berlinguette

    professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Xiaotao Bi

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    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

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

  • 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

  • Emily Cranston

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Louise Creagh

    Associate Professor of Teaching

    Research/teaching areas

    Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein stability and protein-ligand binding

  • Naoko Ellis

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • 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

  • James Feng

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Anthony Lau

    Associate Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • Mark Martinez

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Transport Phenomena, flow visualization, multiphase flows, quantitative microscopy

  • Madjid Mohseni

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    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

    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

  • 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

  • Orlando Rojas

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

    Biobased Colloids and Materials, Renewable Nanomaterials, Bioproducts

  • Kevin Smith

    Professor

    Research/teaching areas

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

  • 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

  • Fariborz Taghipour

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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