Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Medical applications of operations research; radiotherapy treatment optimization, pandemic planning; data mining to improve bone marrow transplant outcomes; global optimization; heuristic design; parallel computing.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Research: Fluid dynamics; nano Scale thermal transport; energy; electronics cooling; hemodynamics and transport in biological systems; engineering design and education.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Fluid and thermal systems, spray and multiphase flows; energy, combustion, and nuclear engineering; microfluidics, micro-droplet jetting; bio-fluid engineering and vestibular systems.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Stochastic models; analysis of queueing systems; production/inventory systems; call centers; simulation; spare part provisioning; dynamic pricing; reliability and maintenance.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Multiphase flow through porous media; microfluidics; thermofluids; clean energy applications; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs); microfluidic fuel cells; carbon sequestration.
Lecturer, General Engineering
Research: Action-based research into effective engineering education practices; impact assessment of engineering educational methods; studies in diversity in engineering.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Optimization; heuristic search; constraint programming; scheduling; hybrid algorithms; dynamic and uncertain problems; problem modeling.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Design of lightweight airframe structures; characterization, modeling, and analysis of advanced materials and structures; MDO of aerospace/automotive systems; bridging FE-MD method for multi-scale modeling of solids; application of biofuel in aviation (material compatibility).
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair of Research
Research: Mechatronics; precision design; smart materials; precision positioning; nonlinear and real-time control; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidics.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Design and mathematical analysis of modular and multi-arm robots; machine vision; robotic sensors; supervisory control of manufacturing systems; automatic quality control; computer aided design.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Research: CFD and thermofluids modelling; interfacial and multiphase flows; wetting and contact lines; heat transfer and phase change. Industrial applications include boiler fouling and ash deposition; industrial melting and dissolution processes; oil/water/solids separation.
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Healthcare human resource planning and forecasting; capacity planning; operating room planning and scheduling; wait list management; healthcare system modelling; patient flow simulation; cancer screening capacity; clinic planning.
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Operations research; optimization under uncertainty; mathematical programming; probabilistic analysis of systems; applications to radiation therapy; health care operations; sustainability; sports analytics.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Human factors approaches to information technology; mobile computing; healthcare ergonomics; social computing; advanced user interface design; smart internet and personal web. Applications to healthcare and e-commerce.
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Human factors approaches to information technology; mobile computing; healthcare ergonomics; social computing; advanced user interface design; smart internet and personal web. Applications to healthcare and e-commerce.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Clarice Chalmers Chair of Engineering Design
Research: Analysis and design of high-speed flexible mechanisms; finite element analysis applied to vibrations; computer-aided analysis and design of mechanisms; computer-aided kinematic and dynamic optimization of robotic systems.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Data management and the web; information retrieval; big data analytics; linked data on the web; data visualization; data modelling; business process engineering; privacy and healthcare data management; autonomic systems.
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Fluid sciences; non-intrusive velocity measurements using Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) involving both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Human factors; human adaptation to technology; designing feedback for guiding operator behavior; driver distraction mitigation; Statistical modelling of crash data; unmanned vehicle supervisory control; metric selection methodologies.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Nanomechanics of advanced materials; Nanotribology of ultrathin films and lubricants; MEMS based in-situ SEM/TEM characterization; Energy efficient nanomaterials; Multiscale mechanics of hierarchical fibers/composites; Tribology of MEMS/NEMS.
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Application of artificial intelligence and information technology to the modelling, planning and operation of complex organizations; ontologies for enterprise modelling; constraint-directed reasoning; information engineering.
Senior Lecturer, Industrial Engineering
Research: Application of simulation techniques to health care and manufacturing; Ontario electricity market; interfaces between operations research and information systems.
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Consulting Engineer
Research: Mobile robots for defense and security; Modular robot arms for space applications; Robotics and mechatronics systems for space explorations; image-guided robot assisted medical surgery; gas pipes repair; laboratory automation.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Ontologies; semantic integration; process modelling; enterprise integration; semantic web; knowledge representation; mathematical logic.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Fluid flow and transport at small length scales; organized soft materials; microsystems design; micro and nanofabrication; fluidic microprocessors; high-throughput screening; small blood vessel structure and function.
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Fluid mechanics; flow of non-Newtonian fluids; experimental and theoretical rheology; liquid elasticity; structure of complex fluids, from molecular to microscopic; friction reduction with polymer additives; microfluidics; biomechanics; physiological lubrication.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Human interaction with automation; analysis of work in complex systems; design of interfaces; cognitive engineering applications in process control; energy systems; other emerging areas.
Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering
Research: Manufacturing; operations research; Centre for Maintenance Optimization and Reliability Engineering (C-MORE), industry-guided real-world research for optimal asset management.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Fuel Cell Materials and Manufacturing
Research: Solid oxide fuel cells; fuel cell materials and manufacturing; graded and multi-layered materials; plasma spray and sol gel processing; increasing reliability; durability and decreasing cost of clean energy conversion technologies.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Mathematical optimization and its applications in logistics; supply-chain Management; financial engineering (asset allocation, option pricing); smart material design.
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Research: Various logistics problems; sequential decision making theories; financial theories applied in manufacturing and service sectors; market-driven conflict resolution; optimal pricing; marketing; information system control and design.
Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Active-vision and dynamic-camera systems; humanoid robotics; vision-based feedback and control; time-varying geometry object sensing and action recognition; embedded robotic/vision systems; personal robotics.
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Modelling, control, and development of estimation procedures for partially observable systems subject to condition monitoring. Applications in multivariate quality control, maintenance, medical screening, production and inventory control.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies
Research: Thermal and optoelectronic non-destructive techniques (thermophysics and photovoltaics); biothermophotonic and biophotoacoustic imaging science and instrumentation; cancer, dental caries, bone and blood glucose diagnostics.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Vice-Dean for the Faculty, Undergraduate
Research: Design of the engineering learning environment for accessibility and
inclusivity; Universal instructional design; Conceptualizing the learning environment as an information system.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Aircraft design; morphing and wing & adaptive structures; nanoengineering; smart materials; surface engineering; adhesive bonding; residual stresses; multiscale & multiphysics problems; FEM; fracture mechanics & fatigue; crashworthiness.
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Research: Human Factors issues related to navigation, manipulation and control in 3D environments; human-machine interfaces for teleoperation; modelling of attentional workload; human factors issues in medicine, especially surgery and anaesthesiology.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Robotic assembly; automotive sensing/control; smart structure vibration control; convex control; MEMS sensor/actuator design/control; micro-scale automation; control of automated robotic biological tasks; meso-machine tools; energy efficient vehicles.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Advanced coatings, thermal plasmas; thermal spray coatings; arcs; radio-frequency inductively coupled plasmas; computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Smart and Functional Materials
Research: Manufacturing emerging materials; multi-functional and adaptive polymers and foams; smart materials and structures; active polymers, biopolymers, nanopolymers, polymer hybrids and composites; properties and simulation of polymer systems.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Autonomous Systems; robotics and mechatronics; assistive devices; service robots/vehicles; robot-assisted emergency response; sensor agents; socially assistive robots; human-robot interaction.
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Thermodynamics of contact angles, wetting and adhesion generalization of the classical theory of capillarity to high curvature situations; Applications of Digital Image Analysis and Processing to interfacial tension and other surface science problems; Modelling of cell and protein adhesion to synthetic and natural biomaterials; Applications of surface thermodynamics to biotechnological problems.
Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering
Chair in the Management of Technological Change
Research: Technology management, applications of Information technology in the Financial Services Industry ("FSI") - Banking, Trust, Stock Brokerage, Insurance, Mutual funds and similar systems. Special interest on the electronic banking services and the Internetīs role in the FSIīs present and future. Productivity, efficiency and effectiveness in the services industry, emphasis on the knowledge industries. Entrepreneurship, teaching methods, performance evaluation, wealth creating innovation, technology transfer and intellectual property protection.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Microcellular Plastics
Research: plastic foaming technology; fundamental understanding of foaming phenomena; computational modelling of foaming; super high R value foams; sound insulation foams, biodegradable foams; environmentally safeblowing agents.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Wallace G. Chalmers Chair of Engineering Design
Research: Creativity in conceptual design; Systematic identification and application of biological analogies in biomimetic (biologically inspired) design; Identifying and overcoming obstacles to personal environmentally significant behavior.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Mechanobiology
Research: Cellular mechanobiology; cell, tissue and biomaterial micromechanics; design and application of microdevices that mimic complex physiological environments.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, MAGNA/SCFI M.Eng. program
Research: Non-destructive material characterization by means of ultrasound with applications to nuclear power plants, aerospace, oil/gas pipelines, protective coatings, welds, material interfaces; ultrasonic phased arrays; signal processing and image enhancement.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Energy; fluid mechanics; microfluidics, nanofluidics, and optofluidics; scalable fluidic devices for bioenergy, carbon management, water purification, public health, and diagnostics.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Mechanics of materials and manufacturing processes; microelectronics packaging; adhesive bonding; erosion and wear in manufacturing; abrasive jet micromachining; wood-based materials.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Hemodynamic factors in cardiovascular disease; integration of medical imaging and computational fluid dynamics (CFD); simulation of medical imaging; flow visualization; intersection of science and engineering with the arts and humanities.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Turbulent flows; analytical models based on organized structures in steady and nonsteady flows; turbulent flow in spark ignition engines with laser doppler velocimetry; fibre slurries in high turbulence environments; development of improved PIV and PTV algorithms.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nano Engineering Systems
Research: Manipulation and characterization of biological cells, molecules, and nanomaterials; design and microfabrication of bioMEMS, sensors, actuators, and microfluidic devices; micro-nano robotic manipulation under optical and electron microscopy.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Alternative energy; combustion experiments and modelling; biofuel flames and engines; air pollution formation and control; spectroscopy and optical sensors
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Design theory; its relation to engineering design and industrial design in support of new product development; Manufacturing processes; Quality issues in design and manufacturing; Hydrogen systems for storage; Plasticity and metal forming.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Energy Studies; environmental engineering; alternative fuels; reducing engine exhaust emissions; energy system studies; clean energy technologies and the integration of energy conversion devices into total energy systems; investigations of hydrogen-fueled engines.
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Thermodynamics and kinetics: gas and vapour adsorption kinetics; surface tension of solids; evaporation and condensation kinetics; surface tension-driven flow; energy transport at liquid-vapour and solid-liquid interfaces.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research: Muscular skeletal biomechanics; bone cell mechanobiology; bone tissue engineering; bone modelling and remodelling; advanced microfluidics system for bone cell mechanotransduction study; osteoporosis prevention and treatment; and bone regeneration.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Research: Mechanical vibrations and dynamic analysis of mechanical systems with particular focus on automotive applications; development of bio-instruments for characterization and diagnosis of tissue viscoelastic property and for tissue engineering research.