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Dionne M. Aleman

Dionne M. Aleman, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 6780
  • Office: MC 319
Cristina H. Amon

Cristina H. Amon, ScD, PEng, FAAAS, FASEE, FASME, FCAE, FCSME, FEIC, FIEEE, NAE

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3131
  • Office: BA 2007
Nasser Ashgriz

Nasser Ashgriz, PhD, JD, PEng, FAAAS

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 3408
  • Office: MC229
Baris Balcioglu

Baris Balcioglu, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3040
  • Office: MC105
Aimy Bazylak

Aimy Bazylak, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 5031
  • Office: MC227
Jason Bazylak

Jason Bazylak, PEng

Lecturer, General Engineering

Research: Action-based research into effective engineering education practices; impact assessment of engineering educational methods; studies in diversity in engineering.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 5066
  • Office: MC323
J. Christopher Beck

J. Christopher Beck, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering

Research: Optimization; heuristic search; constraint programming; scheduling; hybrid algorithms; dynamic and uncertain problems; problem modeling.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 8854
  • Office: BA8126
Kamran Behdinan

Kamran Behdinan, PhD, PEng

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).

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  • Tel: (416) 946-3631
  • Office: MB 116
Ridha Ben Mrad

Ridha Ben Mrad, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 0689
  • Office: MC224
Beno Benhabib

Beno Benhabib, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3447
  • Office: MC417
Markus Bussmann

Markus Bussmann, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 1275
  • Office: MC317
Michael W. Carter

Michael W. Carter, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 8661
  • Office: RS311D
Timothy C. Y. Chan

Timothy C. Y. Chan, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 5721
  • Office: MC315
Sanjeev Chandra

Sanjeev Chandra, PhD, PEng, FAAAS, FASME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5742
  • Office: BA8254
Mark H. Chignell

Mark H. Chignell, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 8951
  • Office: BA8171A
William L. Cleghorn

William L. Cleghorn, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3043
  • Office: MB62
Mariano P. Consens

Mariano P. Consens, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 8851
  • Office: BA8128
Iain G. Currie

Iain G. Currie, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 0343
  • Office: MC 313
Birsen Donmez

Birsen Donmez, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 7399
  • Office: RS305A
Tobin Filleter

Tobin Filleter, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (847) 467-7673
  • Office: July 2012
Mark S. Fox

Mark S. Fox, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee, FAAAI, FEIC

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 6823
  • Office: BA8114
Daniel M. Frances

Daniel M. Frances, PhD, PEng

Senior Lecturer, Industrial Engineering

Research: Application of simulation techniques to health care and manufacturing; Ontario electricity market; interfaces between operations research and information systems.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 7435
  • Office: MC314C
Andrew A. Goldenberg

Andrew A. Goldenberg, PhD, PEng, FAAAS, FIEEE, FASME, FEIC, FCAE

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5745
  • Office: EA201B
Michael Gruninger

Michael Gruninger, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering

Research: Ontologies; semantic integration; process modelling; enterprise integration; semantic web; knowledge representation; mathematical logic.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 8853
  • Office: BA8122
Axel Guenther

Axel Guenther, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 1282
  • Office: MC416
David F. James

David F. James, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3049
  • Office: MC312
Greg A. Jamieson

Greg A. Jamieson, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 8504
  • Office: RS306
Andrew K.S. Jardine

Andrew K.S. Jardine, PhD, PEng, CEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 2921
  • Office: BA8134
Olivera Kesler

Olivera Kesler, ScD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3835
  • Office: MC332
Roy H. Kwon

Roy H. Kwon, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering

Research: Mathematical optimization and its applications in logistics; supply-chain Management; financial engineering (asset allocation, option pricing); smart material design.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3274
  • Office: MC318
Chi-Guhn Lee

Chi-Guhn Lee, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 7867
  • Office: MC320
Matthew Mackay

Matthew Mackay, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5746
  • Office: MC60
Viliam Makis

Viliam Makis, PhD, FISEAM, Dipl Ing, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 4184
  • Office: MC223
Andreas Mandelis

Andreas Mandelis, PhD, PEO Ltd Eng Licensee, FRSC, FAPS, FSPIE

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5106
  • Office: MC334
Susan McCahan

Susan McCahan, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 0490
  • Office: BA1007
Shaker A. Meguid

Shaker A. Meguid, PhD, PEng, CEng, FIMechE, FASME, FEIC

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5741
  • Office: MB102
Paul Milgram

Paul Milgram, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3662
  • Office: RS319
James K. Mills

James K. Mills, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 2454
  • Office: MB113
Javad Mostaghimi

Javad Mostaghimi, PhD, PEng, FAAAS, FASME, FCAE, FEIC

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research: Advanced coatings, thermal plasmas; thermal spray coatings; arcs; radio-frequency inductively coupled plasmas; computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5604
  • Office: BA8260
Hani Naguib

Hani Naguib, PhD, PEng, CEng, FIMMM, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 7054
  • Office: RS207A
Goldie Nejat

Goldie Nejat, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 5033
  • Office: MC418
A. Wilhelm Neumann

A. Wilhelm Neumann, Dr.Rer.Nat.

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3052
  • Office: McCaul St. 502A
Joseph C. Paradi

Joseph C. Paradi, PhD, PEng, FCAE, SSHRC/NSERC

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 6924
  • Office: WB 257
Chul B. Park

Chul B. Park, PhD, PEng, FRSC, FAAAS, FASME, FCAE, FCSME, FEIC, FSPE

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3053
  • Office: RS210A
Lily H. Shu

Lily H. Shu, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 3028
  • Office: MC420
Craig A Simmons

Craig A Simmons, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 0548
  • Office: MC221
Anthony N. Sinclair

Anthony N. Sinclair, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 6953
  • Office: MC415
David Sinton

David Sinton, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978-1623
  • Office: MC226
Jan K. Spelt

Jan K. Spelt, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5435
  • Office: MC228
David A. Steinman

David A. Steinman, PhD, PEng, FASME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 7781
  • Office: MC333
Pierre E. Sullivan

Pierre E. Sullivan, PhD, PEng, FCSME

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 3110
  • Office: MC225
Yu Sun

Yu Sun, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 946 0549
  • Office: MC419
Murray J. Thomson

Murray J. Thomson, PhD, PEng, FEIC, FCSME

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research: Alternative energy; combustion experiments and modelling; biofuel flames and engines; air pollution formation and control; spectroscopy and optical sensors

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  • Tel: (416) 580 3391
  • Office: MC335
Ronald D. Venter

Ronald D. Venter, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 2805
  • Office: MB114
James S. Wallace

James S. Wallace, PhD, PEng, FSAE, FCSME, FEIC

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 4899
  • Office: MC421
Charles A. Ward

Charles A. Ward, PhD

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 4807
  • Office: MC 314E
Lidan You

Lidan You, PhD, PEng

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 5736
  • Office: MC314D
Jean Zu

Jean Zu, PhD, PEng, FASME, FEIC, FCSME, FAAAS, FCAE

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.

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  • Tel: (416) 978 7198
  • Office: MC136

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