Materials engineering and resources engineering

This group comprises research and experimental development in materials engineering and resources engineering.

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Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

A degree in Materials Engineering at UBC will provide you with the opportunity to join our exciting and vibrant research activities, which extend across materials extraction, materials processing, and materials performance. As a graduate student in the program, you will conduct independent and…

Graduate Certificate in Applied Geological Engineering (GCAGE)

GCAGE is a unique course based online post-baccalaureate professional program offering by Geological Engineering. Advanced geological engineering in the mining and civil fields require unique skillsets to control, manage and communicate geological uncertainty and risk when faced with complex…

Graduate Certificate in Global Mine Waste Management (GCGMWM)

The Graduate Certificate in Global Mine Waste Management is a unique program for mining industry professionals who want to stay up to date with the latest developments in tailings and mine waste management. Recent high-profile failures of tailings ponds in British Columbia and Brazil underline the…

Master of Applied Science in Materials Engineering (MASc)

A degree in Materials Engineering at UBC will provide you with the opportunity to join our exciting and vibrant research activities, which extend across materials extraction, materials processing, and materials performance. As a graduate student in the program, you will conduct independent and…

Master of Science in Materials Engineering (MSc)

A degree in Materials Engineering at UBC will provide you with the opportunity to join our exciting and vibrant research activities, which extend across materials extraction, materials processing, and materials performance. As a graduate student in the program, you will conduct independent and…

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Abdin, Yasmine

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Materials engineering

Amini, Kiana

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Materials engineering, n.e.c.; Carbon capture engineering; Chemical engineering, n.e.c.; Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion; Redox Flow Batteries; In Situ Characterization of Electrochemical Processes; Electrolyte Design and Battery Architecture; Multi-Physics Modeling of Electrochemical Systems

Asselin, Edouard

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Hydrometallurgy; Materials engineering, n.e.c.; Electrometallurgy; Inorganic chemistry, n.e.c.; Corrosion; Coatings; Electrochemistry

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Britton, Ben

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Metals and alloy materials engineering; Manufacturing engineering; Materials characterisation & microstructure; Metallurgy; Electron diffraction & microscopy; Deformation; Microstructure/property models; Manufacturing

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Cranston, Emily

Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Nanoparticle synthesis, properties and applications; Bio-based materials and nanocellulose; Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging); Colloid and interface science; Polymer chemistry; Cellulose nanocrystals; Bioproducts; Foams, emulsions, aerogels

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Dreisinger, David

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Hydrometallurgy; Leaching

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Klein, Bern

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mineral processing and beneficiation; Mineral Processing; rheology of mineral suspensions; comminution; sensor based sorting

Kravchenko, Sergii

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Composite and hybrid materials; Polymers and plastics engineering; Aerospace materials; Aerospace structures; Polymers and polymer composites; Multi-functional composites; High-throughput manufacturing process modelling of composites; Multi-scale, multi-physics, probabilistic computational modelling of composites; Manufacturing-informed performance simulation of composites; Machine learning methods in composites manufacturing and performance analysis; Composite structures for renewable energy & unmanned vehicles; additive manufacturing

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Liu, Wenying

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Hydrometallurgy; Extractive metallurgy; mine waste management

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Maijer, Daan

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Metals and alloy materials engineering; Liquid metal processing; Casting processes; additive manufacturing; Directed Energy Deposition; Powder Bed Fusion; Light Metals Processing; Aluminum Alloys; Titanium Alloys; Mathematical Process Modeling: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow, Mechanical Deformation

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Poole, Warren

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Metals and alloy materials engineering; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; Aluminum Alloys; Steels; Magnesium alloys; ICME

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Sinclair, Chadwick

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Materials engineering

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Tavasoli, Alex

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

Tavasoli, Alexandra

Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

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Uhl, Alexander

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Compound semiconductors; Solar Energy Conversion; photovoltaics; solar fuels

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Wang, Rizhi

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Regenerative medicine (including stem cells and tissue engineering); Orthopaedic implants, drug delivery biomaterials, anti-infection solutions.; Additive manufacturing, 3D structural designing.; Bone structure, mineralization and mechanics, bone metastasis, hip fracture and prevention.

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Xia, Guangrui

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Elemental semiconductors; Semiconductor devices; SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers

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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

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Sabrina Scott

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD)

Post polymerization modification of alkene containing polymers by hydroaminoalkylation
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Sahand Sarbishei

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

Sulfur deportment in ferronickel production via Rotary Kiln-Electric Furnace process
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Graeme Francolini

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

Development of a Large Volume 3D Analysis System for Metals and Alloys
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Sherry Kiafar

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

Physical Aging in Thermoset Composites

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Maggie Chong

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)

Composites Engineering
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Genevieve Bonnor

Student

Master of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (MASc)

Mitigating dynamic soft tissue artifacts in lower extremity inertial measurement unit systems using kalman filtering

French Name

Génie des matériaux et génie des ressources

French Description

Ce groupe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en génie des matériaux et génie des ressources.