Shaker A. Meguid

PhD, P.Eng., CEng, SAIAA (Lifetime), FIMechE, FASME, FEIC

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Email: meguid@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5741
Office: MB102
Research Group: Mechanics and Aerospace Design Laboratory (MADL)

Research Area

Mechanics & Design

Research Interests

Aircraft design; multifunctional nanocomposites; NEMS beam switches; computational nanomechanics; multiscale modelling; coupled field problems; smart materials; dielectric elastomers; fracture & failure analysis; crashworthiness.

Bio

Professor Shaker Meguid obtained his PhD in Applied Mechanics from UMIST, England. He taught different branches of Applied Mechanics in 4 continents, including Oxford University, Cranfield University (England), University of Toronto, Cairo University (Egypt) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU-Singapore). His research activities have contributed significantly to the areas of nanoengineering, computational mechanics, advanced and smart composites, fracture mechanics and failure prevention. He has published over 400 papers in leading tier-1 scientific journals and international conferences and symposia including the most recently the 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability and Failure in June 2013. He not only organised but also contributed to numerous symposia as keynote and plenary speaker. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, Guest Editor to a number of Journals, Former Technical Associate Editor, for two consecutive terms, of ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, and a member of the editorial board of numerous journals. He is also the Editor of six international conference proceedings and author of two textbooks. Professor Meguid is the founding head of the Aerospace Division of NTU, Singapore. He holds the titles of Distinguished Visiting Professor in Tongji University (China), Porto University (Portugal), external examiner to Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland), University of Putra Malaysia (Malaysia), and an Engineering Consultant to the United Nations. He is a lifetime member of AIAA, member of the American Academy of Mechanics, Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (P.Eng.), Chartered Engineer in Great Britain (CEng), Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Fellow of IMechE. He works closely with the aerospace and automotive industries and is regularly approached by members of the media for clarification of engineering issues. Professor Meguid and his students have won many awards including the recent innovation award in nanoengineering by ASME. Professor Meguid is currently hosted by Peking University as Globex Fellow to teach Mechanics of Solids under the Global Exchange Program.

Paul Milgram

PhD, P.Eng.

Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering

Email: milgram@mie.utoronto.ca
Research Group: Ergonomics in Teleoperation and Control

Research Area

Human Factors

Research Interests

Human Factors issues related to navigation, manipulation and control in 3D environments; human-machine interfaces for teleoperation; human factors issues in medicine, especially surgery and anaesthesiology; modelling of attentional workload.

Bio

Paul Milgram is a Professor in the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Toronto, where he specialises in Human Factors Engineering. He teaches courses in engineering psychology, research methods in human factors, and calculus.

Professor Milgram’s research theme relates to display, control and navigation issues in 3D (mixed reality) environments. His recent research has extended his long-term work with (stereoscopic) augmented reality (AR) to focus on applying digital imaging processing for enhancing displays for teleoperation, as well as applying AR displays for facilitating navigation. Application domains for his research include surgery, anaesthesiology, telerobotics, air traffic control and automobile driving.

Before joining U of T in 1986, Professor Milgram worked for 4 years as a senior human factors engineer at the National Aerospace Laboratory, in Amsterdam, prior to which he was a post-doctoral researcher at the TNO Institute for Perception, in Soesterberg, Netherlands. His research leaves abroad have included ATR in Kyoto, Japan (1993-94); the Centre d’Etudes de la Navigation Aérienne (CENA) in Toulouse, France (1999-2000); the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya in Barcelona (2004); the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa (2010); the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in India (2011); and the International University of the Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City (2017-18).

In the 1980s, Dr. Milgram developed the PLATO visual occlusion spectacles, and his company, Translucent Technologies, currently provides these worldwide, for research on, among other things, automobile interface design, visual perception, psycho-motor coordination, sports training and sports medicine, neurological disorders, and cognitive sciences.

Enid Montague

PhD

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering

Email: montague@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-1271
Office: MC321

Research Areas

Human Factors

Research Interests

Human-automation interaction, Automation in health care, Systems for health equity and patient safety

Bio

Enid Montague, PhD is a human factors engineer with expertise in human-automation interaction in health care. Dr. Montague researches appropriate automation between physicians, patients and technologies and designing systems for health equity, and patient safety. She uses mixed methods in naturalistic settings to model human technology interaction and develop guidelines for human-automation that is efficient, effective and safe for patients and health care providers.

Enid Montague received MS and PhD degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, specializing in human factors and ergonomics engineering. Dr. Montague is the director of the Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Laboratory (WHEEL). Dr. Montague has received numerous awards for her research including the Francis Research Fellowship, a Kl2 early career award from that National Institutes of Health (NIH), and a Fulbright award to improve health care systems.

Javad Mostaghimi

PhD, P.Eng., FAAAS, FIUPAC, FASME, FASM, FCSME, FCAE, FEIC, FRSC

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Centre for Advanced Coatings Technologies (CACT)

Email: mostag@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-5604
Office: BA8260
Research Group: Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT)

Research Areas

Materials
Thermofluids

Research Interests

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

Bio

Dr. Javad Mostaghimi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto and the director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT). He received his BSc degree from Sharif University, Iran, in 1974, and MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1978 and 1982, respectively. Before joining the University of Toronto in 1990, he held positions at Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueil, Quebec, and the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.

His main research interests are the study of thermal spray coatings, including superhydrophobic coatings, thermal barriers, corrosion and wear resistant coatings. He has performed comprehensive studies on the flow, temperature, and electromagnetic fields within arcs and RF inductively coupled plasmas . Professor Mostaghimi has done extensive simulation of the dynamics of droplet impact and solidification in thermal spray processes and automotive spray painting as well as the design of novel DC and RF plasma torches.

Professor Mostaghimi is a fellow of the following professional societies: RSC, ASME, ASM, CSME, EIC, CAE, AAAS, IUPAC, and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He is a member of the Qingdao International Academician Park. He is a recipient of the 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, the recipient of the 2013 Robert W. Angus Medal of the CSME, 2012 Heat Transfer Memorial Award of the ASME, 2011 Jules Stachiewicz Medal of the CSME, 2010 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize and the 2009 Engineering Medal in R & D from the Professional Engineers of Ontario. In May 2019, Dr. Mostaghimi was inducted into the ASM Thermal Spray Hall of Fame.

He is a member of the editorial board of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing and a member of the International Review Board of the Journal of Thermal Spray.

Hani Naguib

PhD, P.Eng., CEng, FIOM3, FRSC, FASME, FSPIE

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM)

Email: naguib@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-7054
Office: MC420
Research Group: Toronto Smart Materials & Structures (TSMART)

Research Area

Materials, Mechanics & Design, Robotics

Research Interests

Programmable materials: smart materials, metamaterials,  nanostructured materials, biomaterials; Advanced manufacturing: self assembly, micro and nano fabrication, additive manufacturing; Smart skins: sensors and actuators, soft robotics,  e-textiles and wearables; Energy management materials: triboelectrics, supercapacitors, and flexible batteries.

Bio

Hani Naguib is a Professor at the University of Toronto, and director of the Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and the Toronto Smart Materials and Structures Group. His major expertise is in the area of manufacturing of programmable materials including stimuli responsive materials, meta materials, nanostructured materials, and biomaterials. His research group focus on the development of new synthesis, micro and nanofabrication, and additive manufacturing techniques for developing these material systems. Naguib is the recipient of many honours and awards such as the Canada Research Chair, the Premier’s Early Research Award of Ontario, and the faculty Early Teaching Award. He is a Professional Engineer in Canada P. Eng, and a Chartered Engineer in U.K.

Naguib is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining IOM3, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, the International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, and the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers CSME.  He is the associate editor for the journal of Smart Materials and Structures, Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures, SPE Polymers, Cellular Plastics, Cellular Polymers. Naguib has been serving on the technical divisions’ board of directors for several international societies and has been organizing and chairing various conferences, symposia and seminars in international conferences in the field. The main goal of his research program is to develop sustainable and transformational materials and manufacturing for the energy, environment and health care sectors.

Naguib has been a Visiting Professor in Polytechnique Montréal, École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique ENSMA in France, University of Naples in Italy and University of Kyoto in Japan.  In addition to his research, Naguib is active in teaching topics in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, he has developed both undergraduate and graduate curricula covering series of courses and labs including: Materials Science, Mechanics of Materials, Smart Materials and Structures, Macromolecular Materials, Composite Materials, Soft Materials, and Advanced Manufacturing. He has also served as the associate chair undergraduate studies and associate chair research for the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Goldie Nejat

PhD, P.Eng.

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Robots for Society

Email: nejat@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-946-5033
Research Group: Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics (ASBLab)

Research Area

Robotics

Research Interests

Autonomous Systems; robotics and mechatronics; assistive devices; service robots/vehicles; robot-assisted emergency response; sensor agents; socially assistive robots; human-robot interaction.

Bio

Goldie Nejat, PhD, P.Eng. is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, and the Founder and Director of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics (ASBLab) Laboratory. Dr. Nejat is also an Adjunct Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. She received both her BASc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Nejat is a world renowned expert in developing intelligent service/personal robots for applications in health, elderly care, emergency response, search and rescue, security and surveillance, and manufacturing. A major goal of her research is to develop and integrate intelligent socially assistive robots for assistive human-robot interactions (HRI) in healthcare facilities, private homes and for high stress and dangerous jobs. Dr. Nejat’s research is leading the development of intelligent assistive robotic aids that can meet the challenges posed by an aging population. She collaborates with international researchers, healthcare experts and healthcare facilities to develop robots and devices that can be effectively transferred and integrated into people’s everyday lives. Dr. Nejat is helping to change the face of robotics and her work is at the forefront of robotics research. Her research is constantly pushing the envelope of the capabilities of current robots.

In 2008, Dr. Nejat received an NSERC University Faculty Award. She also received the 2012 Professional Engineers of Ontario Young Engineer Medal and the 2013 Engineers Canada Young Engineer Achievement Award, both awards are for her exceptional achievements in the field of robotics at a young age.

A. Wilhelm Neumann

Dr.Rer.Nat.

Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering

Email: neumann@mie.utoronto.ca

Research Group: Applied Surface Thermodynamics (LAST) Laboratory

Research Areas

Thermofluids

Research Interests

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.

Bio

Dr. Neumann has received his Dr.rer.nat in Chemical Physics, at University of Mainz, Germany in 1962, his habilitation in Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, at University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1972. He is currently Professor Emeritus of the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto.

During his career he has produced approximately 450 publications. His research interests include: Fundamental surface thermodynamic studies from both experimental and theoretical points of view, including: contact angle phenomena and surface energetic; Development of novel methodologies in applied surface thermodynamics: Application of image analysis and computer-aided techniques in measurements of surface thermodynamic properties such as surface tension, contact angle, and line tension; Applications of thermodynamics to process of biomedical relevance: Novel methodology for the energetic characterization of biosurfaces, most recently in lung physiology, specifically the role and function of lung surfactants.

Alison Olechowski

PhD, P.Eng

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Email: olechowski@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-946-0343
Office: MY764
Research Group: Ready Lab

Research Areas

Mechanics & Design
Human Factors

Research Interests

Product design and development; systems engineering; design tools, methods and processes; engineering collaboration and leadership; project management; engineering management.

Bio

Alison Olechowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead). She also held a Dean’s Spark Professorship in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (2018-2021). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s University and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski studies the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. She has studied engineering products and projects in the automotive, electronics, aerospace, medical device and oil & gas industries.

Joseph C. Paradi

PhD, P.Eng., FCAE, SSHRC/NSERC

Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering
Chair in the Management of Technological Change

Email: jc.paradi@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-6924
Office: MY725

Research Area

Operations Research

Research Interests

Efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and technology studies in the Financial Services Industry. Operational Research tools are used in the work, predominantly Data Envelopment Analysis. The problems under investigation are mostly related to industry problems and are done with business management involvement. Many new approaches and techniques are developed to solve these real life challenges.

Bio

Research interests concentrate on the Financial Services Industry (FSI) and their performance evaluation and technology advancement needs. Productivity, efficiency and effectiveness in the services industries are the major focus of the work. This includes the examination of productivity measures for independent Decision Making Units (DMU). Such groups include software development teams, branch employees and management, loan portfolio lending teams, credit rating of corporate loans, international banking, client profiles, credit card fraud, pension funds, mutual funds, Initial Public Offerings, etc. This area of research involves the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach and modelling of the DMUs in the collaborating real-world corporations. We also work in quality in software development; Technological Change as a Competitive Weapon; evaluation of the effects of risk (technological, environmental, economic, competitive etc.). We have a deep interest in the rapidly growing e-Commerce field, specifically in the on-line banking segment and in the arbitrated commerce area. This work comprises of the development of e-Commerce strategies in an on-line environment where both buyer and seller deal simultaneously. We have a significant interest in applying big data and machine learning technologies in the FSI. Much work is oriented towards the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and inherent technological and human factors issues. We are very interested in the mobile app world and its effects on the FSI, new technologies in the payment system, digital currencies (Bitcoin and others) and how technological change effects the internal organisations we work with. Big Data and analytics are an emerging focus for us and see this as a rapidly growing opportunity. The main Operational Research tool is Data Envelopment Analysis in the banking industry. A recent book was written on this topic: Data Envelopment Analysis in the Financial Services Industry. A Guide for Practitioners and Analysts Working in Operations Research Using DEA.

Chul B. Park

PhD, P.Eng., FRSC, FCAE, FKAST, FNAEK, FAAAS, FASME, FCSME, FEIC, FSPE

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Microcellular Engineered Plastics

Email: park@mie.utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-3053
Office: RS210A
Research Group: Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory (MPML)

Research Areas

Thermofluids
Materials

Research Interests

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.

Bio

Chul B. Park is a world leader in the development of innovative, cost-effective technologies for the foamed plastics. Dr. Park has been extensively involved in industrial projects both in consulting and research contracts on various foam processes including microcellular processing, inert gas-injection processing, rotational foam molding, wood-fiber composites, and open-cell foams.

Since 1993, he directed the Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory at the University of Toronto and has been involved in pioneering work on the concepts of microcellular foaming. The laboratory is recognized as the leading facility in the world for research and development of microcellular plastic foams.

Dr. Park’s innovative research in this area indicates that the successful production of microcellular automotive parts could have a major impact on industry. Metallic components, for example, could be replaced with plastic ones, resulting in crucial weight reduction; the introduction of microcellular foams could further reduce part weights, as well as production and operational costs. These weight reductions could also contribute to improved fuel economy and reduced CO2 emissions.

For over a decade, he has led the Consortium for cellular and Microcellular Plastics (CCMCP) with 20+ industrial sponsors from Canada and around the world. The Consortium has developed state-of-the-art technologies for manufacturing process and production in plastic foaming, which have been widely adopted by a large number of companies in their production.

In recognition of his outstanding research achievements, he has received numerous honors and awards in his career. The recent awards include: the NSERC Strategic Network Grant ($5M) in 2010, the Julian C Smith Award from the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2010, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012, the C.N. Downing Award from the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering in 2012, the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers / Society of Manufacturing Engineers in 2012, and Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science of Technology in 2012.

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