Faculty

H. Abdolvand

Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational and experimental solid mechanics, deformation of materials across scales, crystal plasticity, finite element, diffraction and imaging techniques

S.F. Asokanthan

Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Dynamics and Control; Inertial Sensing and Applications; Nonlinear and Stochastic Mechanics; Rotating Flexible Multi-body Systems

K. Coley

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: High temperature kinetics, process modeling, slags, transport properties, oxygen steelmaking, and ladle metallurgy.

C. DeGroot

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational fluid dynamics, high performance computing, algorithms, porous media, water/wastewater treatment

L. Ferreira

Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Medical Mechatronics; Implantable Transducer Design; Biomechanics of Major Joints; Computer-Aided Systems for Orthopaedic Surgery

J.M. Floryan

Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Fluid Mechanics; Hydrodynamic Stability; Flow Control; Numerical Algorithms; Moving Boundary Problems; Immersed Boundary Conditions Method

E. Gkouti

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Advanced composites, smart and soft materials, multi-physics modeling, AI/ML-driven technology and computer vision in material fabrication, experimental or image-based material characterization and modeling/simulation, intelligent defect detection techniques, solid mechanics, finite element analysis.

B. Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Fouling resistant surfaces, biomimetic surface topographies, multi-axis CNC machining, and boundary layer flow

T.R. Jenkyn

Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Orthopaedic Biomechanics; Advanced Medical Imaging; Musculoskeletal Computational Modeling; Injury Causation Biomechanics; Sport Science

L.Y. Jiang

Professor and Associate Chair - Graduate Research Programs, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Solid Mechanics; Nanomechanics; Multi-physics Modeling; Soft Matters; Smart Materials; Composites.

E. Johlin

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Nano-Photonics, Energy Materials including Silicon and Perovskite, Photovoltaic Conversion

J. Johnson

Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Orthopaedic Biomechanics; Implant Design and Analysis; Joint Motion and Load Transfer

R.E. Khayat

Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Theoretical Fluid Dynamics; Free Surface and Interfacial Flows; Hydrodynamic Stability; Micro-Convective Heat Transfer; Newtonian and Complex Fluids

R. Klassen

Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Micro-Mechanical Properties of Materials; Time-Dependent Deformation of Materials; Microstructure /Mechanical Property Relationships.

G.K. Knopf

Professor and Director of Engineering in Medicine, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Engineering Design; Geometric Modeling; Laser Micro-Fabrication; Optical Devices and Systems; Bioelectronics Biosensors.

E. A. Lalone

Associate Professor and Associate Director Biomedical Engineering - Undergraduate, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomechanics, kinematics, joint contact mechanics, musculoskeletal imaging, orthopaedic biomechanics, rehabilitation sciences

D. Langohr

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Design and analysis of orthopaedic joint replacement implants, computational and in-vitro tribological assessments of interacting surfaces, and finite element analysis of mechanical and biological structures

J. Makaran

Assistant Professor, Teaching Scholar, and Associate Chair - Professional Programs, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Engineering curriculum design, experiential learning, industry-academic interaction, mechatronic product design, design for manufacturing, electronics and instrumentation.

H. Mao

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Head biomechanics, Traumatic brain injury, Mechanisms of brain dysfunction, Impact biomechanics, Blast biomechanics, Constitutive modeling of soft materials, Solid and structural mechanics

M.D. Naish

Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Mechatronic Systems; Computer-Assisted Surgery and Therapy; Surgical Robotics; Sensing Systems; Surgical Training; Medical Devices; Robotics.

K. Ogden

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational and analytical fluid dynamics; mixing and turbulence; waves and hydraulic flows; coastal flows

A. Price

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Smart Material Actuators and Sensors; Mechatronic Systems for Industrial Automation and Biomedical Applications; Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials; Conductive Electroactive Polymers and Composites; Magnetic and Thermal Shape Memory Materials

E. Savory

Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng, C.Eng

Research Interests / Specializations: Experimental Fluid Dynamics; Wind Engineering; Environmental Flows; Biological Fluid Mechanics.

H. Shi

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Additive Manufacturing; Functional Materials and Devices; Energy Storage; Biomedical Sensors and Implants; Bio-inspired Nanomaterials; Data-driven Advanced Manufacturing.

K. Siddiqui

Professor and Vice-Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Experimental Fluid Mechanics; Turbulence; Interfacial Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer; Alternative Energy Systems; Energy Conversion

A.G. Straatman

Professor and Department Chair, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Porous Materials; Convective Heat Transfer; Turbulence

O.R. Tutunea-Fatan

Professor, Ph.D, P.Eng. (on Sabbatical from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024)

Research Interests / Specializations: Multi-Axis CNC Machining; Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing; Intelligent Machining Systems; Numerical Methods

R. Willing

Associate Professor, Associate Chair - Undergraduate Programs, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Orthopaedic Biomechanics; Biomedical Implant Design and Analysis; Computational and Experimental Biomechanics; Multiobjective Design Optimization

J.T. Wood

Professor and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies Engineering, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Structure - Property Relationships; Lightweight Structural Materials for Automotive Applications; Magnesium Die-Casting; Composite Materials

M. Xia

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Smart Manufacturing, Machine Condition Monitoring, Industrial Data Mining, Process Monitoring and Optimization, and Smart Clean Energy Systems

C. Zhang

Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational Fluid Dynamics; Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flows; Vapor-Liquid Two-Phase Flows; Combustions and Emission Controls

Y. Zhao

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Research Interests / Specializations: Energy Storage Materials; Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology; Batteries; Surface and Interface Engineering; Advanced Materials Characterization