PhD, P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Email: kevin.golovin@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-0707
Office: MC306C
Research Group: The Durable Repellent Engineered Advanced Materials (DREAM) Laboratory
Research Areas
Materials
Thermofluids
Research Interests
Coatings; surfaces; interfacial mechanics; textiles; polymers; sustainability; adhesion; wettability; drag reduction; metamaterials; anti-fouling
Bio
Kevin Golovin is an Associate Professor in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Professor Golovin holds degrees in Material Science & Engineering from Cornell University (B.S.) and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.). His research interests include the development of replacements for perflouroalkyl substances (PFAS), liquid repellent surfaces, ice-phobic and anti-icing materials, mitigating the emissions of microplastics, anti-fouling coatings, textile finishing and textile performance, and general topics of wettability, adhesion, materials, and coatings. His group collaborates extensively with both industry and national defence, and studies a wide range of engineering problems, from purely fundamental to highly applied.
Professor Golovin has received numerous awards and accolades, including the Early Career Scientist Award from the Adhesion Society in 2026, and the SGS Early Career Supervision Award in 2023. In 2020 he was named an Emerging Leader in Chemical Engineering by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE). Golovin has filed more than a dozen patents, several of which are currently licensed.