Chemical engineering

This group comprises research and experimental development in chemical engineering.
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UBC Researchers conducting research in Chemical engineering

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Bi, Xiaotao

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Biomass and Bioenergy; Electrostatics of Powders; Fluidization; Fuel Cells Water Management; Green Engineering; Industrial Symbiosis; Life Cycle Analysis; Multiphase Chemical Reactors; Particle technology

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Cao, Yankai

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; optimization; Artificial Intelligence; Renewable energy systems; Process Control

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Ellis, Naoko

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Chemical Processes; CO2 capture and utilization; Interdisciplinary teaching and learning; multiphase systems; thermochemical conversion of biomass

Englezos, Petros

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Carbon capture engineering

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Feng, James

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Mathematics and statistics; Biophysics; Complex fluids; Fluid mechanics; Mathematical biology

Foster, Johan

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; 3D Printing; Biomaterials; Biomedical Devices; Bioproducts; Cellulose Nanomaterials; Fibers; Polymers

Frostad, John

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Food sciences (including food engineering); Emulsions; Physics of Soft Matter; Agricultural Sprays; Food Physics; Interfacial Rheology; Novel Instrumentation; Foams; Fluid mechanics

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Martinez, Mark

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Complex fluids; Flow visualization; Fluid mechanics

Mohseni, Madjid

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Water quality engineering; Drinking Water; Chemical Pollutants; Used Water; Clean Technologies; Advanced oxidation; Drinking water quality and treatment; Electrochemical water treatment processes; UV based water purification and treatment; Water re-use

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Sharafianardakani, Amir

Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Heat and mass transfer operations; Catalytic process engineering; Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Hydrogen; Natural gas; Decarbonization; climate change; Greenhouse gas reduction

Soni, Abhishek

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Carbon capture engineering; Material Science, Self-driving experiments, machine learning, clean energy, CO2 electrolysis

Srebnik, Simcha

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Bioinspired engineering and biomimetic design; Carbon nanotubes; Developing models for interfacial polymerization membraned; Diffusion in nanostructured materials; Functional materials; Hierarchical modeling; Mechanical properties of polymers melts and polymer networks; Molecular simulation of polymers and composite materials; Molecular simulations; Optimization of protein-imprinted polymers; Polymers and biopolymers; Protein folding and stability; Statistical thermodynamics of polymers and biopolymers; Understanding polymer-carbon nanotube interactions

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Tavasoli, Alexandra

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Materials engineering; Mechanical engineering; industrial decarbonization; community-based and/or distributed infrastructure; chemical and materials manufacturing processes; carbon dioxide capture and conversion; photocatalysis

Trajano, Heather

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Biomass (Energy); Wood; Pulp and paper; Biochemicals; Biomass extractives recovery and utilization; Biorefining; catalysis; Hemicellulose; Kinetics; Pretreatment

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Upham, David Chester

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Energy Transformation and Energy Using; catalysis; Energy; Greenhouse gas mitigation

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Wachs, Anthony

Department of Mathematics, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Fluidization and fluid mechanics; Process control and simulation in chemical engineering; Numerical computation; Fluid mechanics; Particle-laden flows; Non Newtonian flows; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical simulation; High performance computing; Multi-scale modelling

Wilkinson, David

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Electrochemistry; carbon dioxide conversion; clean and sustainable energy and water; Electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, electrochemical power sources, advanced electrolysis,; hydrogen production and storage; solar fuels; waste water and drinking water treatment

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Yadav, Vikramaditya

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical engineering; Genomics; Medical and biomedical engineering; Bioactive Molecules; Biocatalysis; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biomass (Energy); Biomaterials; Bioprocess engineering; Bioremediation; Biotechnology; drug delivery; Drug discovery & development; Medical biotechnology; Metabolic engineering; Structural Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials; Synthetic biology; Technoeconomics; Tissue Engineering; Vaccines

Yang, Tianxi

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Food sciences (including food engineering); Analytical chemistry; Nano-technology; Chemical engineering; Develop novel Point-of-Care tools for food safety monitoring; Design smart nanomaterials for sustainable farming and precision agriculture; Create sustainable and multifunctional packaging materials to improve food safety and quality

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Zhang, Yue

Postdoctoral Fellow

Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Mechanical engineering; Chemical engineering; Solid-state batteries; Energy storage and conversion; Interface chemistry
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Chemical engineering

Lee Rippon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Advanced Process Control and Analytics

Yanuar Philip Wijaya

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Electrocatalytic hydrogenation-hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived aromatics for the production of valuable chemicals and fuels

Fuhar Dixit

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Wastewater to drinking water: Alternative low cost water reuse technologies

Eric Lees

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

Electrolytic Conversion of (Bi)carbonate Carbon Capture Solutions into Value-added Products

Athanasios Kritharis

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD)

A new technological paradigm for low-cost, decentralized vaccine manufacture

Arman Hejazi

Student

Master of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering (MASc)

Development of a point-of-use water treatment system for organic contamination removal, powered by the combination of UV-LEDs and in-situ generation of hydrogen peroxide

Durjoy Baidya

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)

Numerical and experimental investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer of flue gas carbon sequestration in mine wastes

Cecilia Wang

Student

Master of Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering (MSc)

Environmental and economic assessment of CO2 enrichment process

Varshaa Kumaran

Student

Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering (MASc)

Comparative study of gravity & passive gravity driven membrane systems with biofilm characterization in drinking water treatment

Arash Mousemi

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Numerical simulation of turbulent reactive flows

Ahmed Sherwali

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Oil sands extraction using electromagnetic induction
 

Program Specializations in Chemical engineering

Chemical and Biological Engineering
 

Academic Units in Chemical engineering

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
 
 
French Name
Génie chimique
French Description
Ce groupe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en génie chimique.
 
 

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