Faculty of Applied Science

Dr. Alexandra Tavasoli

Dr. Alexandra Tavasoli

Assistant Professor

Sustainability; Climate Change; Clean Technologies (CleanTech); Energy Transition;
Industrial Decarbonization; Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS); Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS); Carbon Dioxide Removal (CCS); Methane Emissions; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Chemical Industry and Production; Fuels; Hydrogen Economy

Dr. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman

Dr. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman

Senior Researcher

Flood (non-structural) adaptation and mitigation strategies, flood resilience, transformative governance for flood preparedness

Dr. Xiaoxiao Li

Dr. Xiaoxiao Li

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Trustworthy AI, Privacy

Dr. Meaghan Thumath

Dr. Meaghan Thumath

Clinical Assistant Professor

Overdose, Substance Use, Addiction, Mental Health, Opioid Crisis, Drug Use, Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Gender, Women Drug Use, Child Welfare, Child Custody, Maternal Mortality, Marginalized Women, Vulnerable Women, Drug Treatment, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Communicable Disease Control, Outbreaks, COVID, Monkeypox, HIV, AIDS, Sexual Health, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs), syphilis, congenital syphilis, Nursing, Nurses, Global Health, WHO, Ebola, International Health, Health Equity

Dr. Tianyu Guo

Dr. Tianyu Guo

Postdoctoral fellow

Bioproduct processing, Value-added biomaterials, Lignocellulose fractionation

Dr. Bhushan Gopaluni

Professor

Data Analytics, Optimization, Control, Machine Learning

Dr. Alexander R. Uhl

Dr. Alexander R. Uhl

Assistant Professor

Solar Energy Conversion, Thin Film Solar Cells, Chalcogenides, Perovskites, Tandem Solar Cells, Solar Fuels, Green Hydrogen, CO2 Reduction, Artificial Photosynthesis

Dr. Shahab Sokhansanj

Adjunct Professor

Biomass engineering, Material handling, Pelletization, Biomass densification, Drying, Size reduction, Storage, Torrefaction, Biochar, Logistics, Optimization, Energetics, Techno-economics

Danilo Caron

Danilo Caron

Engineer in Training

Decolonizing civil engineering, incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing within engineering design and delivery

Mx. Kelsey Timler

Mx. Kelsey Timler

PhD candidate, Research manager

Food justice, prison, incarceration, parole, criminal justice, criminal legal system, Indigenous overrepresentation in prisons, Peer-led research, Participatory Action Research, community-based research, food security, food sovereignty, arts-based methods, social justice, prison abolition, storytelling, prison programs, health equity, social equity, social determinants of health, social determinants of crime

Wes Regan

Wes Regan

PhD candidate

Urban planning, public policy, disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theories, conspiracism, public trust, communication, public health

Claire Pitcher

Claire Pitcher

Registered Nurse, PhD student

Child and youth mental health and substance use, public health, harm reduction

Prof. Dan McGreer

Adjunct Professor

naval engineering, naval architecture, ship design, preliminary concept development, contract design, ship performance assessment, computational fluid dynamics, marine system design, ship model testing, ship model trials

Dominic Liao-McPherson

Dominic Liao-McPherson

Assistant Professor

Optimization, control, multi-agent systems, game theory, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, smart grid, smart cities

Yusuf Altintas, PhD

Yusuf Altintas, PhD

Professor

NSERC – P&WC Industrial Research Chair

machine tool dynamics, metal cutting mechanics, machine tool monitoring, CNC design, sensors and actuators for machining process control and monitoring, digital machining twin; simulation of machining processes

Xiaotao (Tony) Bi

Xiaotao (Tony) Bi

Professor

Biomass and bioenergy systems, wood pellets, gasification, air pollution control, pollution prevention, energy and environment, life cycle analysis, ecoindustrial systems, sustainability, green engineering, chemical reactor engineering, sustainable development, air quality

Dr. Nemy Banthia, PhD, PEng, FACI, FCSCE, FICI, FCAE, FRSC

Dr. Nemy Banthia, PhD, PEng, FACI, FCSCE, FICI, FCAE, FRSC

Professor

Distinguished University Scholar and Sr. Canada Research in Infrastructure Rehabilitation

Civil infrastructure, bridges, concrete, repair, strengthening, rehabilitation, recycling, industrial by-products, environment, sustainable development

Sander M. Calisal, P.Eng

Sander M. Calisal, P.Eng

Professor Emeritus

Naval architecture, ship design, ship stability, ship hydrodynamics, multimedia in engineering education, energy efficient ship design, surface wave mechanics

Sie-Tan Chieng, PhD, PEng

Sie-Tan Chieng, PhD, PEng

Professor Emeritus

Irrigation and drainage for food and non-food plant production, water management system planning, design, installation and operation, environment, soil-water-plant relationships, soil and water conservation, soil salinity and reclamation, water quality, environmental impact assessment, hydrology, windblown dust mitigation

Naoko Ellis, PhD

Naoko Ellis, PhD

Professor

Chemical reaction engineering, multiphase reactors, CO2 capture, bioenergy, sustainability education and leadership, science outreach, sustainable development, systems approach, energy transition, transdisciplinarity, collaborative learning