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Aerospace and Transportation Materials and Manufacturing (ATMM) Cluster

Research areas Additive Manufacturing Automation and control for automotive applications Defect characterization of engineering materials via 3D X-ray imaging Multi-phase flow: applications and fundamentals Material joining/welding techniques Mathematical modelling (FEA/CFD) of manufacturing processes Multi-scale modelling of structure-processing-properties relationships Structural health monitoring of processes and structures Thermo-chemo-mechanical characterization of lightweight alloys and composite materials Thermal management and cooling technologies for power electronics

Name Department Areas of Expertise

Dr. Lukas Bichler

School of Engineering, UBCO

Magnesium and aluminum alloys, high temperature ceramics for thermal barrier applications, metal matrix composites

Dr. Sunny Li


Heat transfer, fluid mechanics

Dr. Jason Loeppky

Irving K Barber School of Arts and Science, UBCO

Design and analysis of experiments for both physical processes and numerical simulation models

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Dr. Abbas Milani


Composite materials, manufacturing, multi-criteria process optimization

Dr. Rudolph Seethaler

School of Engineering, UBCO Smart materials, structural health monitoring, controls

Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff

School of Engineering, UBCO Fluid instability and turbulence, computational fluid dynamics, aeronautics

Dr. Chen Greif

Department of Computer Science, UBCV

Scientific computing, preconditioning techniques

Dr. Tamara Munzner

Department of Computer Science, UBCV

Development, evaluation, and characterization of information visualization systems

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Dr. James V Zidek

Department of Statistics, UBCV

Bayesian decision analysis, monitoring network design, spatial prediction

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Building and Construction Materials and Manufacturing (BCMM) Cluster

Research areas Concrete Timber Fiber reinforced plastic High performance metals and alloys Engineered cementitious composite


Dr. Shahria Alam


Sustainable construction materials, structural applications of smart materials (shape memory alloys) and sensors, structural analysis and design

Dr. Kasun Hewage


Green construction, life cycle management, construction management

Dr. Ahmad Rteil


Green cement, fiber reinforced plastic

Dr. Nancy Heckman

Department of Statistics, UBCV

Functional data analysis and application, nonparametric regression

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Dr. Cristina Zanotti Department of Civil Sustainable construction Engineering, UBCV technologies, fracture mechanics, repair of historical heritage and modern structures

Dr. Sumi Siddiqua


Unsaturated soil, clay, thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour, nanoparticles

Dr. Warren Hare


Nonsmooth optimization, derivative free optimization, variational analysis

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Electromagnetic and Nanoscale Materials and Manufacturing (ENMM) Cluster

Research areas Nanotechnology, including nanofabrication, nanophysics, and nanochemistry Optical and microwave metamaterials Photonic sensors for environmental monitoring Lab-on-a-chip applications Optical wireless devices Raman spectroscopy Radiation therapy Microwave spectroscopy Low-temperature physics Non-contact voltage sensing Radio-frequency and microwave devices Wireless power transfer Antennas and antenna arrays Thin film devices Semiconductor physics


Dr. Ken Chau


Optics, nanophotonics, metamaterials

Dr. Jonathan Holzman


Optoelectronics, optical wireless devices, microsensors

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Dr. Thomas Johnson


Radio frequency and microwaves, wireless power

Dr. Loic Markley


Metamaterials, microwave circuits, antennas

Dr. Stephen O’Leary


Thin films, electronic materials, electron devices

Dr. Andrew Jirasek


Medical physics, Raman spectroscopy, radiation therapy

Dr. Jake Bobowski


Microwave spectroscopy, low-temperature physics, superconductivity

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Dr. John Hopkinson


Frustrated magnetism, low-dimensional systems, quantum dots

Dr. Ian Foulds


Polymers, lab-on-a-chip, microfabrication

Dr. Dave Jack


Surface chemistry, phase transitions, molecular computer simulations

Dr. Shahriar Mirabbasi

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBCV

Sensor interface circuits for harsh environments (high temperature and pressure)

Dr. Sathish Gopalakrishnan

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBCV

Real-time systems, distributed systems, resource management

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Dr. York N. Hsiang

Vancouver General Hospital, Division of Vascular Surgery

Photodynamic therapy, arterial restenosis, arterial remodelling, endovascular surgery research

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Polymer and Natural Materials and Manufacturing (PNMM) Cluster

Research areas Characterization of materials by Raman spectroscopy Atomistic quantum mechanical modeling of ordered materials Medical imaging Polymer gels Polymer nanomecahnics Polymer hydration Controlled radical polymerization Organometallic polymer catalysts Polymer materials from food sources Plant genomics and metabolomics

Name Organization/Department Areas of Expertise

Dr. Gino DiLabio


Computational chemistry, radical chemistry, nanostructured surface chemistry

Dr. Isaac Li


DNA and polymer-based smart nano-biomaterials, single molecule biophysics, cell mechanics and mechanobiology

Dr. Donald E. Brooks

Department of Pathology and Department of Chemistry, UBCV

Grafted polymer chains, Interaction of blood and biological fluids, Biocompatible surface identification

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Dr. Kevin M. Smith


Organometallic chemistry, metal-mediated radical reactivity, catalysis

Dr. Susan J. Murch


Natural chemicals, bioproducts, plant-environment responses

Dr. Michael Deyholos


Genomics, biomaterials

Dr. John Hopkinson


Condensed matter theory: geometrically frustrated magnetism

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Biomedical and Biological Materials and Manufacturing (BBMM) Cluster

Research areas Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Design and Development of the Next generation of Prosthetic Heart Valves Cell/Biomaterial Interaction Biodegradable and Biostable Materials Bio- and Tele-Robotics Bio MEMs/NEMs Lab on Chips and Biosensors Cell Mechanotransduction Tissue Mechanobiology Hemodynamics and Computational Fluid Dynamics


Dr. Keekyoung Kim


Cell biomechanics, microsystems

Dr. Hadi Mohammadi


Biomaterials, biomechanics, medical devices

Dr. Mina Hoorfar


Microfluidics, biosensors, embedded sensing technologies

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Dr. Guy Fradet

Kelowna General Hospital/Faculty of Medicine

Prosthetic heart valves, tissue engineering, atherosclerosis

Dr. Ahmad Poostizadeh


Prosthetic heart valves, atherosclerosis

Dr. Calvin Wan



Dr. Frank Halperin



Dr. Paramjit Gil

Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, UBCO

Sport statistics

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Dr. Rebecca Tyson


Computational biology

Dr. Soheil Mahmoud


Biology and gene expression

Dr. Paul Van Donkelaar

School of Health and Exercise Sciences, UBCO

Human performance and biomechanics

Dr. Frank Ko

Department of Materials Engineering, UBCV

Textile structures, biomedical pplicationsa

Dr. Ben Chew

Department of Urologic Sciences, UBCV

Biomaterials, urinary devices, new coatings and special drug-eluting materials for urinary catheters and stents

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Dr. Sam M. Wiseman

St. Paul’s Hospital/ Department of Surgery, UBCV

Thyroid surgery, parathyroid surgery, surgical oncology, general surgery

Dr. Alice Mui

Department of Surgery and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBCV

Human inflammatory disorders, hematological malignancies

Dr. N. Dorin Ruse

Faculty of Dentistry, UBCV Biomaterials, surface characterization, fatigue/fracture mechanics

Dr. Edward E. Putnins

Faculty of Dentistry, UBCV Periodontal regeneration, bone marrow stem cells

Dr. Ricardo Carvalho

Faculty of Dentistry, UBCV Biomaterials, dental ergonomics

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