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School of Engineering
Faculty of Applied Science
University of British Columbia Okanagan
EME4242 – 1137 Alumni Ave
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7
Canada
Email: engineering.okanagan@ubc.ca

Ahmad Al-Dabbagh | Assistant Professor | ahmad.aldabbagh@ubc.ca | EME 4287

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Control systems; automation systems; fault diagnosis; cyber security; alarm management

Courses & Teaching: APSC 519 System Identification (upcoming); MANF 465 Digital Enterprise; ENGR 315 Systems and Control; ENGR 453 Internet of Things

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Smart materials; Seismic rehabilitation of steel, concrete, masonry; Seismic analysis and building design

Courses & Teaching: Seismic Analysis and Design of Buildings; Bridge Engineering; Design and Analysis of Tall Buildings; Finite Element Analysis; Prestressed Concrete

Ayse Alemdar Thomson | Project Manager | Research & Innovation Office (VPRI), School of Engineering | aalemdar@mail.ubc.ca

Richard Aleong | Lecturer | School of Engineering | richard.aleong@ubc.ca | EME 4269

Research Interests: Engineering education research; Interdisciplinary learning and practice; Human-centered design and systems thinking; Qualitative research methods; Educational development for engineering education transformation

Courses & Teaching: Engineering Communication Technical Communication for Engineering Research Engineering Leadership Materials Selection and Design

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Synthesis of Multifunctional Conductive and Magnetic Nanomaterials; Polymer Processing and Forming; Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites; Gas Sensors; 3D Printed Polymer Nanocomposites; Circular Economy and Plastic Recycling

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 469: Polymer Engineering ENGR 375: Energy System Design

Wouter Bam | Assistant Professor | Manufacturing, School of Engineering | wouter.bam@ubc.ca | EME3271

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Decision support systems; sustainable development; economic complexity; multi-objective optimization; regional development; applied machine learning; industrial policy; circular supply chains; location decisions; global value chains

Courses & Teaching: Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability (MANF 450); Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering Design (APSC 169)

Louzanne Bam, PhD | Lecturer | Manufacturing, School of Engineering | louzanne.bam@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Advanced characterization of materials; New alloy development; Manufacturing processes

Courses & Teaching: Manufacturing processes; Fundamental and advanced topics in materials science; Professional development (law and ethics for engineers)

Gadia Braga | Research Finance Analyst | Finance | gadia.braga@ubc.ca | EME 4243

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; Turbomachinery; Multiphase turbulent flows; Hydrogen; Wind energy; Biofluid mechanics

Courses & Teaching: Mechanics of materials; Alternative energy systems; Turbulence; Computational fluid dynamics; Aircraft conceptual design & aerodynamics

Research Interests: Reconfigurable control of robots; Supervisory control switching; Precision mechatronic system

Courses & Teaching: System Dynamics (APSC246); Engineering Analysis III (APSC248); Instrumentation and Data Analysis (APSC254); Design of Machine Elements (ENGR380); Digital Control (ENGR487/587); Robot Modeling and Control (ENGR486/586)

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Network Information Theory; Interference Mitigation; Wireless Communications; Optical Wireless Communications; Coding Theory

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 562 Information Theory (2019); ENGR 463 Communication Networks (2018-2020 Term 1); ENGR 418/518 Applied Machine Learning for Engineers (2020 Term 1); APSC 177 Engineering Computation and Instrumentation (2017-2020 Term 2); APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II (2018-2019 Term 2)

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Optics; sensors; wearables; immersive tech; tech entrepreneurship; higher ed change

Courses & Teaching: Capstone design, engineering electromagnetics, technology entrepreneurship, user-centred design

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: • Digital and Robotic Fabrication • Building Information Modeling • Supply Chain Integration • Platform and System Design • Circular Economy Student opportunities: Dr. Chen is looking to recruit PhD students in the field of digital construction engineering and construction circular economy. Interested candidates can email Dr. Chen, providing their motivation letter and CV.

Courses & Teaching: • ENGR 433 & ENGR 533 - Construction Engineering and Management • ENGR 331 - Infrastructure Management I • ENGR 330 - Reliability and Risk Analysis for Civil Engineering • ENGR 409 & APSC 509 - Construction Digitalization and Informatics

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Wireless Digital Communications Theory; Optical Wireless Communications Theory; 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond; Robotics Communications; Machine Learning and Deep Learning; Wireless Location Technology

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 350 Linear Circuit Theory (2011, 2012); ENGR 361 Signals and Communication Systems (2019); ENGR 460 Probability and Stochastic Processes for Engineers (2009-2018); ENGR 461 Digital Communications (2009, 2010, 2016-2018); ENGR 502 Technical Communication for Engineering Research (2019); ENGR 550 Stochastic Processes (2016, 2018); ENGR 560 Probability and Stochastic Processes for Engineers (2009-2018); ENGR 564 Fundamentals of Digital Communications (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017)

Christopher Collier, PhD | Associate Professor | Electrical, School of Engineering | christopher.collier@ubc.ca | EME3285

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Bio-photonics and bio-optics; Digital microfluidics; Hyperspectral imaging; Lab-on-a-chip systems; Microfluidics for agriculture and food; Optofluidic elements; Terahertz spectroscopy

Courses & Teaching: APSC 254 Instrumentation and Data Analysis APSC 255 Electric Circuits and Power ENGR 362 Digital Signal Processing I ENGR 472 Fibre Optics and Photonics ENGR 572 Fibre Optics and Photonics ENGR 498P Biophotonic Engineering ENGR 598C Biophotonic Engineering

Michael De Coste, PhD | Lecturer | Civil, School of Engineering | mdecos01@mail.ubc.ca | EME4288

Research Interests: hydrology; prediction of floods and ice events on rivers; physical modelling; machine learning; ontologies; and risk analysis; applications of risk assessment to water security issues in Indigenous communities; prediction of flood levels under climate change.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Power electronics; High power switching converters; Gate drive techniques

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 558 Power Electronics; ENGR 458 Power Electronics; ENGR 320 Electromechanical Devices; ENGR 499 Engineering Capstone Design Project; APSC 255 Analog and Digital Systems; APSC 172 Engineering Analysis I

Marissa Eberle | Engineering Advisor | School of Engineering | marissa.eberle@ubc.ca | EME3261

Research Interests: Diversity & Inclusivity in Higher Education

Courses & Teaching: Inter-cultural communication; Technical communication; Undergraduate and Graduate writing and research

Research Interests: Engineering education; engineering entrepreneurship education; engineering leadership; professional development; experiential learning; work-integrated learning.

Courses & Teaching: Currently teaching: APSC201 - Technical Communication ENGR411/ENGR511 - Technology Entrepreneurship ENGR499 - Engineering Capstone Design Project Previously taught: APSC503 - Startup Engineering Practicum APSC505/ENGR405 - Engineering Leadership ENGR542 - Engineering and Society

Ayman Elnaggar | Associate Professor of Teaching | Electrical, Engineering, School of Engineering | ayman.elnaggar@ubc.ca | EME4261

Research Interests: Engineering Education: Conducting fundamental research on engineering education and bridging research and practice; Identifying the reasons why effective practices work; Assessing how students learn, and moving those findings into the classrooms of tomorrow's engineers; Mental Health and Well-being of students.

Courses & Teaching: Real-Time Embedded Systems Design; Advanced Digital Systems Design; Microcomputer Engineering (Embedded Systems & Microprocessor Interfacing); Digital Logic Design; Electric Circuits & Power; Numerical Methods for Engineers.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Wastewater and Sludge Treatment; Pretreatment Technologies for Enhanced Biomethane and Biohydrogen Production from Organic Waste; Side-stream Nutrient Removal; Fate and Transformation of Micropollutants during Biological Treatment Processes; Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Biological Wastewater/Sludge Treatment Processes; Waste Minimization and Resource Recovery

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 446/546 - Biological Treatment Processes ENGR 447 - Design of Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment ENGR 347 - Environmental Engineering

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Travel demand forecasting; Transportation and land use interaction; Travel behaviour analysis; Smart and shared mobility; Urban system microsimulation, Activity-based modelling; Transportation and residential emissions and energy modelling; Econometric modelling; Agent-based microsimulation, Survey design and methods

Courses & Teaching: Transportation Planning (ENGR 436/536) Surveying and GIS Analysis (ENGR 332)

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Information and Coding Theory; Blockchain Technology

Courses & Teaching: APSC 254 Instrumentation and Data Analysis (2015-2019); ENGR 453 Internet of Things (2019-2020); ENGR 463 Communication Networks (2016-2018); ENGR 464 Distributed Ledger Technologies with Engineering Applications (2020); ENGR 465 Wireless Communications (2018); ENGR 501 Deep and Reinforcement Learning for Engineers (2021) ENGR 565 Advanced Wireless Communications (2018); ENGR 566 Advanced Communication Networks (2017, 2019); ENGR 595 Topics in Electrical Engineering: Mean-Field Analysis (2017); ENGR 595 Topics in Electrical Engineering: Blockchain Technology (2018); ENGR 597 Blockchain for Clean Energy (2019)

Tyler Finley | Communications Manager | School of Engineering | tyler.finley@ubc.ca | EME4241

Nikki Forder | Finance Support Services Assistant | School of Engineering | nikki.forder@ubc.ca | 250.807.9278

Ian Foulds | Associate Professor | Electrical | ian.foulds@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS); Microfluidics; Microfabrication

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 353 Semiconductor Devices; APSC 179 Linear Algebra for Engineers

Jennifer Frattolin, PhD | Assistant Professor | Mechanical, School of Engineering | jennifer.frattolin@ubc.ca | EME4231

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Microfluidics; immune cell transport; fluorescent microscopy; medical devices; immunotherapeutics

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 495/519 Tissue Engineering ENGR 475 Materials Selection and Design

Kamiel Gabriel, PhD, MBA, P.Eng., F.C.A.E. | Director, Strategic Research Projects | School of Engineering | kamiel.gabriel@ubc.ca | 4241

Research Interests: Low-carbon technologies; energy conservation in buildings; green hydrogen production for sustainable transportation; marine and aviation transport systems.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Infrastructure Digitization; Virtual Transportation Infrastructure Management; Automated LiDAR Data Processing Road Safety Analytics; Roadway Design; Smart Cities; Resilient Transportation Infrastructure

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 432 Infrastructure Management II ENGR 335 Transportation Engineering ENGR 534 Traffic Safety Engineering and Planning

Seach Chyr (Ernest) Goh | Civil, Mechanical | ernest.goh@ubc.ca | 250.807.8863 | EME3239

Research Interests: Sustainable transportation. Enclosed narrow-track electric vehicles, with focus on: aerodynamics, ergonomics and practicality for commercialization.

Courses & Teaching: APSC 180 Statics; ENGR 380 Design of Machine Elements; VANT 151 Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Project; Supervision of industry-proposed capstone projects

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Lifecycle thinking in engineering; Circular economy; Smart Energy, Sustainability analysis in infrastructure projects; Construction productivity and safety; Construction process optimization

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 303 - Engineering Project Management; ENGR 433/533 - Construction Engineering and Management; ENGR 532 - Project Planning and Control; ENGR 544 - Life Cycle Assessment and Management

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Photonic device technologies; terahertz technologies; applications to free-space optical (wireless) systems; applications to lab-on-a-chip systems.

Courses & Teaching: Fibre-optics and photonics; micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); semiconductor devices and electromagnetics.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Applications of machine learning and digital twins in 6G, Federated learning over wireless networks, Holographic MIMO, and Non-terrestrial networks (NTN)

Courses & Teaching: Applied machine learning, Communications systems; Signal processing; Wireless communications; Analysis and design of communication networks; Random variables; Stochastic processes

William Hughes | Mechanical, School of Engineering | will.hughes@ubc.ca | EME 4249

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Developing technologies made from DNA; Low-cost liquid computers that perform early-stage diagnostics of hard-to-detect diseases, to sorting extremely dense and stable information for archival applications

Ahmed Idris | Affiliate Assistant Professor | School of Engineering | ahmed.idris@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Oil and Gas pipeline integrity management. LEAN Management, KAIZEN Management, Six Sigma

Courses & Teaching: MANF (230) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory; MANF (270) Production Systems Management I; ENGR (416) Advanced Manufacturing CAD/CAM/CAE;

Brenda Janzen | Finance Administrative Assistant | School of Engineering | brenda.janzen@ubc.ca | EME4242

Thomas Johnson | Associate Professor | Electrical, Computer, School of Engineering | thomas.johnson@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Radio frequency power amplifiers; RF power sources; Binary time encoders for switch-mode power amplifiers

Courses & Teaching: Microwave Engineering (ENGR 470); Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (ENGR 471/571); Digital Signal Processing (ENGR 362); Linear Circuit Theory (ENGR 350); Electricity and Magnetism (APSC 178); Microelectronics (ENGR 451)

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Combustion; Turbulence; Laser-based diagnostics; Low/zero carbon fuels; Sprays; Gas turbine engines.

Courses & Teaching: Combustion Processes; Thermodynamics, Laser-based measurements for fluid flows.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Systems Ecology; Big Data Science; Microbial Metabolic Interactions; Natural and Engineered Microbial Ecosystem; Multi-omics (DNA, RNA and protein sequencing).

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 548 - Engineering Microbiology ENGR 446 – Biological Treatment Processes

Richard Klukas | Associate Professor Emeritus | Electrical | richard.klukas@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Signal processing for wireless location; Indoor positioning; Wi Fi positioning; Optical positioning techniques

Research Interests: Writing and learning transitions: both in the first year of university, and in graduate school - how do students acquire skill and competency in new genres? What are the best ways of supporting their transition? Engineering communication across the curriculum, and from the curriculum to the workplace - how do students transfer what they have learned into the workplace? What are the best ways to ensure effective transfer of learning?

Tom Landecker | Adjunct Professor | Astrophysics | tom.landecker@nrc.gc.ca

Research Interests: radio polarization, magnetic fields, interstellar medium, supernova remnants, antennas, radio astronomy instrumentation

Nima Latifi | Adjunct Professor | School of Engineering | nlatifi@mail.ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Enhanced Heat Transfer; Multiphase Flows; Aerosol (Airborne) Transmission; Electronics Cooling; Thermal-fluidics in Sustainable Energy Systems

Courses & Teaching: Heat and Mass Transfer; Fluid Mechanics; Multiphase Flows; Measurement Principles in Thermal-Fluids; Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

Jing Li | Lecturer | Communications, School of Engineering | jing.li@ubc.ca | EME 3251

Research Interests: Academic writing, engineering communication, technical communication, university writing pedagogy, sociolinguistics

Courses & Teaching: Engineering Communication; Technical Communication

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Advanced nanofabrication; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology; Energy storage systems; Next-generation batteries

Courses & Teaching: Material Science for Engineers - APSC 259; Mechanics of Materials I - APSC 260

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Intelligent sensing, measurement, and instrumentation; Diagnostics, prognostics, and health management; Predictive maintenance; Digital twin; Computational intelligence and data/information fusion; Non-destructive testing & Evaluation; Machine/computer vision; Data analytics and machine learning.

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 598 (I&II): Predictive Data Analytics; Machine Learning Algorithms ENGR 526: Multi-Sensor Data Fusion: System Architecture and Applications ENGR 498: Applied Machine Vision for Engineers ENGR 489/589: Multicriteria Optimization and Design of Experiments ENGR 424: Smart Cities ENGR 417: Pipeline Integrity Management APSC 254: Instrumentation and Data Analysis

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: SMARTer Growth; Sustainable community planning & design; Sustainable Transport & Safety; Hydrail powered, zero-emission regional passenger & freight rail; Affordable housing & CoHousing

Courses & Teaching: Engineering Economics and Social Cost Benefit Analysis - ENGR 305 / 505; Transportation Systems Design - ENGR 435; Go Global, study abroad of Sustainable Communities - ENGR 449; Sustainable Transport Safety Engineering - ENGR 534; Railways Systems Engineering - ENGR 437 / 537; Directed Studies Courses on various topics to supplement graduate researcher skill set preparation

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Metamaterials; Antennas and Antenna Arrays; Passive Microwave Circuits

Courses & Teaching: APSC 178 Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves; ENGR 365 Engineering Electromagnetics; ENGR 473/574 Antennas and Propagation; ENGR 567 Passive Microwave Circuits

Graduate student supervisor. Only considering applications with exceptional academic record.

Research Interests: Textile Composites/Biocomposites; Materials Constitutive Relations; Finite Element Modelling; Robust Inverse Methods; Material Selection for End-of-Life Design Strategies; Multiple Criteria Decision Making; Design and Analysis of Computer & Physical Experiments; Surrogate Models for Process Optimization; Industry 5.0

Courses & Teaching: Mathematical Methods in Modelling Engineering Materials; Multi-Objective Optimization and Decision-Making; Continuum Mechanics; Composite Materials; Engineering Vibrations

Francois Miros | Environment, Health and Safety Associate | School of Engineering | francois.miros@ubc.ca

Research Interests: NMR-based metabolomic analysis of medicinal plants for classification, identification and health product optimization.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Operations & Supply Chain Analytics; Blockchain-based Decision Support Systems; Life Cycle Assessment & Circular Economy; Intelligent Systems Design; Strategic Sustainable Development.

Courses & Teaching: Supply Chain Tactics and Strategies (MANF 460/560); Production Systems Management II (MANF/MANU 370); Life Cycle Assessment and Management (ENGR 544).

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Major: Prosthetic Heart Valves! Mechanical Engineering: Linear and Nonlinear Mechanical Vibrations Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Methods Biomedical Engineering: Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Atherosclerosis Articular Cartilage Mechanobiology and Osteoarthritis Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics Mechanical Vibrations on Human Performance

Courses & Teaching: Dynamics, APSC 181 Mechanical Vibrations, ENGR 387 Biomed Engineering, ENGR 482 Tissue Mechanics, ENGR 598 Computational Biomechanics, ENGR 597 Finite Element Methods (grad and undergrad), ENGR 492, ENGR 582

Mahsa Mohammadi | Lecturer | Manufacturing, School of Engineering | mahsa.mohammadi@ubc.ca | EME 4288

Research Interests: Operations Research/Management, Logistics & Supply Chain Analytics, Decision Support System Design, E-Commerce Businesses, Blockchain Technology, and Disaster Management.

Courses & Teaching: ENGR-O 489/589 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Optimization APSC-0 256 Numerical Methods for Analysis APSC-O 173 Engineering Analysis II

Sepehr Mosadegh, PhD | Lecturer | Mechanical, School of Engineering | sepehr.mosadegh@ubc.ca | EME3252

Research Interests: Combustion; Aerospace Propulsion; Thermofluids

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 493 - Introduction to Aerodynamics and Aircraft Design ENGR 477 - Aircraft Propulsion ENGR 449 - Aircraft Structures ENGR 375 - Energy System Design ENGR 310 - Fluid Mechanics II APSC 256 - Numerical Methods for Analysis APSC 253 - Fluid Mechanics I APSC 252 - Thermodynamics

Neizh Mrad | Adjunct Professor | Mechanical, School of Engineering | nezih.mrad@forces.qc.ca

Research Interests: Resilient Infrastructure; Structural Dynamics; Earthquake Engineering; Performance-based Design of Built Facilities; Nonlinear Structural Modeling; Seismic Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment; Software Development for Structural Engineering Applications

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 428/528 Earthquake Engineering (2023 Winter Term 1) APSC 181 Dynamics (2023 Winter Term 2) APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II (2024 Summer Term 1) APSC 179 Linear Algebra for Engineerings (2024 Summer Term 1)

Alireza Nami | Electrical | alireza.nami@se.abb.com

Apurva Narayan | Affiliate Professor | Computer Science, Data Science | apurva.narayan@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Artificial intelligence/machine learning with emphasis on explainable AI/ML and quantum machine learning; data mining; data analytics, safety and security of cyber physical systems; software engineering; graph theoretic analysis of complex systems; decision making under uncertainty.

Courses & Teaching: Machine learning; Data structures; Data mining and analytics; Software engineering.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Wide band gap III-V semiconductors; Disordered semiconductors; Microelectronic circuits

Courses & Teaching: Microelectronic circuits; Semiconductor devices; Novel electronic materials; Electricity and magnetism; Communications and systems analysis

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Engineering the human microbiome; Advanced statistical methods for analysis of big data (health sciences); Biology of built environment

Courses & Teaching: Biotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications; Engineering Human Microbiome; Fundamentals of Healthy Buildings

Research Interests: Technical and professional communication; Community service learning; Ethics; Engineering education

Courses & Teaching: Technical communication; Engineering communication; Persuasion and rhetoric; Technical presentations; Graduate writing and research; First-year writing

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Evaluation of drinking water treatment processes; Source water quality assessment; Integrated data analysis and machine learning pertaining to water quality

Courses & Teaching: Environmental bioengineering; Water and wastewater treatment; Hydrology and hydraulics; Engineering mathematics; Municipal engineering

Luca Piantanida | Research Associate | School of Engineering | luca.piantanida@ubc.ca

Liliana Renteria Martinez | Finance Research Analyst | School of Engineering | liliana.renteriamartinez@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Industrial automation; Sensors and instrumentation; Distributed control & algorithms; Networked control systems; Optimization

Courses & Teaching: Industrial Automation; Engineering Measurements & Instrumentation; Factory Planning; Systems and Control; Modern Control; Mechatronics; Engineering Analysis I & II; Engineering Computation & Instrumentation; Vibration of Mechanical Systems

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Study the effect of concrete deterioration and steel corrosion on the behaviour of concrete structures; Repair and strengthening existing structures using composite materials (FRP, FRCM, TRM); Study post-consumer waste products in concrete

Courses & Teaching: APSC 261 Theory of Structures; ENGR 326 Structural Analysis; ENGR 427 Reinforced Concrete Design II; ENGR 429/ ENGR 529 Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures; ENGR 527 Prestressed Concrete

Jessica Russo | Undergrad Program Assistant | School of Engineering | jessica.russo@ubc.ca | EME3253

Muhammad Abdul Faheem Sadeque | Adjunct Professor | Engineering, School of Engineering | smuham01@mail.ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Water Supply Systems; Infrastructure Management; Environmental Risk Analysis; Lifecycle Thinking; Water-Energy Nexus of Built Environment.

Graduate student supervisor. Enrollment of new graduate students is currently on hold.

Research Interests: Stress analysis in metal castings, components, and joints; Solidification, phase evolution and transformation; Lightweight alloy development for automotive and aerospace industries; Phase and structural transformation in metals; Material properties - ferrous and lightweight alloys and metal matrix composites; Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys: casting, heat treatment, and forming technologies; Thermal dynamics, heat transfer in metallurgical engineering.

Courses & Teaching: Industrial manufacturing: processes and technologies; Materials science: metals, specialty alloys, and metal matrix composites; Metallurgy: solidification and thermal processing, phase analysis, stress evolution, process optimization

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Mechatronics for automobiles; sensor less control of piezoelectric actuators, machine tool process control; optimisation of carbon nanotube reinforced composite materials

Courses & Teaching: Engineering Mechanics; Modelling of dynamic systems; Design and optimisation of mechatronic systems; Numerical methods for real-time control applications

Research Interests: (Not supervising/hiring graduate students) Control Systems Autonomous Vehicles

Courses & Teaching: Undergraduate: APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II APSC 177 Engineering Computation and Instrumentation APSC 179 Linear Algebra for Engineers APSC 256 Numerical Methods for Analysis ENGR 480 Modern Control ENGR 486 Robot Modeling and Control ENGR 487 Digital Control ENGR 494 Autonomous Vehicle Technology Graduate: ENGR 535 Autonomous Vehicle Technology ENGR 580 Modern Control ENGR 586 Robot Modeling and Control ENGR 587 Digital Control

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Behaviour of unsaturated clay; Chemical and biological treatment of problematic soils; Underground nuclear waste disposal modeling

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 340 SOIL MECHANICS; ENGR 440 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING; ENGR 444 SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING; Multiple Graduate-Level Courses in the Areas of Energy and the Environment

Nicholas Swart | Electrical | Nicholas.Swart@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Electroless Nickel-Phosphorus coatings; Materials selection in potash brine environment; Properties of Carbon nanotubes

Courses & Teaching: Coating and Protection (Grad) ; Corrosion Engineering (4th Year); Capstone Design (4th Year); Materials Selection (4th Year); Automated Manufacturing (4th Year); Materials Selection (4th Year); Materials Science (3rd year); Engineering Materials (3nd year); Physical Metallurgy (3rd Year); Introduction to Materials Science (2rd year); Statics (1st Year); Dynamics (1st Year); Linear Algebra (1st Year); Engineering Fundamentals (1st Year); Engineering Drawing and CAD/CAM (1st Year); Engineering Design I (1st Year)

Research Interests: Geotechnical Engineering; Geohazards; Rock Support; Rockfall Mitigation; Excavations in Rock

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 340 Soil Mechanics ENGR 438 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering ENGR 440 Foundation Engineering ENGR 538 Rock Engineering ENGR 539 Terrain Modelling and Analysis ENGR 598 Blasting and Explosives

Research Interests: Behaviour and curing of concrete; Design and behaviour of cementitious materials; Durability of concrete infrastructure under chemical and physical damage mechanisms.

Courses & Teaching: APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II; APSC 258 Applications of Engineering Design; APSC 259 Materials Science I; APSC 260 Mechanics of Materials I; APSC 261 Theory of Structures; ENGR 325 Civil Engineering Materials; ENGR 413 Law and Ethics for Engineers; ENGR 426 Analysis of Indeterminate Structures; ENGR 430 System-Based Design and Construction; ENGR 476 Mechanics of Materials II; ENGR 492 Finite Element Methods; Graduate Course; ENGR 582 Finite Element Methods;

Lisa Tobber | Assistant Professor | Civil, School of Engineering | lisa.tobber@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Structural engineering; tall buildings; seismic design of precast concrete; disaster resilient buildings; reinforced concrete buildings

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 414 / APSC514 Precast Concrete Structures APSC 261 Theory of structures

Grant Topor | Professional Development Officer | School of Engineering | grant.topor@ubc.ca | EME 3261

Elizabeth Trudel, PhD | Lecturer | Mechanical, School of Engineering | elizabeth.trudel@ubc.ca | EME3277

Research Interests: Plug and abandonment of oil and gas wells; wellbore leakage; thermofluids

Courses & Teaching: APSC 179 - Linear Algebra For Engineers APSC 182 - Matter and Energy I APSC 252 - Thermodynamics APSC 256 - Numerical Methods for Analysis ENGR 385 - Heat Transfer Applications ENGR 497 - Combustion Processes

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Solar energy conversion; Photovoltaics; Solar fuels; Thin film semiconductors

Courses & Teaching: APSC182 Matter & Energy I, ENGR475 Materials Selection and Design; ENGR478 Alternative Energy Systems; APSC504 Solar Cell Engineering

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Data-driven and learning control; system identification; control of robotics and mechatronic systems; emerging applications in agriculture and health care

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Electric Power Systems; High Power Electronics; HVDC and FACTS Systems; Electrical Machines and Drives; Real-time Simulation

Courses & Teaching: Power Systems; Power Electronics; Electromechanical Devices; Circuit Analysis; Numerical Modeling and Analysis

Kyle Watson | Undergraduate Advisor | Engineering | kyle.watson@ubc.ca

Graeme Webb | Lecturer | Communications, Engineering, School of Engineering | graeme.webb@ubc.ca | EME 3279

Dominika Wesolowski | Senior Manager, Strategic Decision Support | School of Engineering | dominika.wesolowski@ubc.ca | EME4243

Research Interests: Biomedical Engineering

Courses & Teaching: Engineering Design Entrepreneurship in Engineering Bioinstrumentation Inclusive Design Clinical Engineering

Colin Wilson | Director, Business Development – Research and Industry Partnerships, School of Engineering | School of Engineering | cwilson@mail.ubc.ca | 250.807.9903

Gaozhi Xiao | Adjunct Professor | School of Engineering | Gaozhi.Xiao@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics; Renewable energy technologies; Fluid mechanics

Courses & Teaching: ENGR 490 Fluid Machinery; ENGR 381 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery; ENGR 310 Fluid Mechanics II; APSC 253 Fluid Mechanics I; APSC 260 Mechanics of Materials I; APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II

Candice Young | Finance Research Analyst | School of Engineering | candice.young@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: State of the art sensors focusing on microwave resonators; High-speed and low-power analog circuit design; Analog-to-digital converters for a variety of applications

Courses & Teaching: Introduction to VLSI Systems ENGR466; Microwave Systems ENGR470; System Dynamics APSC246

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