Mechanical engineering

This group comprises research and experimental development in mechanical engineering.

Parent Category

Engineering and technology

Sub-Categories

Aerospace engineering

Automotive engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Other mechanical engineering

Open Research Positions in Mechanical engineering

Graduate Degree Programs in Mechanical engineering

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

The thesis-based Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering is an advanced research-based degree. The program offers students an opportunity to work at the highest level of research, under the supervision of a faculty member. Students complete their candidacy examination within 18...

Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering (MASc)

The thesis-based Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc) in Mechanical Engineering is a traditional research-based degree. The program normally takes two years of full-time study, and includes a total of thirty credits, research under the supervision of a faculty member and a thesis. The Master of...

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (MEng)

UBC Researchers conducting research in Mechanical engineering

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Bacca, Mattia

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mechanical engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; Solid Mechanics; Biophysics; Soft materials; Fracture Mechanics and Adhesion

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

Bushe, William Kendal

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Automotive combustion and fuel engineering (including alternative and renewable fuels); Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerodynamics; Aerospace engineering, n.e.c.; Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion; Reacting Flows; Energy Conversion Systems; clean energy

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Cripton, Peter

School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mechanical engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; biomechanics; Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma; hip fracture; injury prevention; Mechanical Systems; neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury; spine biomechanics; Trauma / Injuries; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance

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Feng, Steve

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mechanical engineering; Modelization and Simulation; Software (Tools); Machining and Assembling; Milling; Prototyping; 3D Laser Scanning; 3D Printing; Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM); Geometric Modeling; Machining Simulation; Multi-Axis CNC Machining

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Ge, Zhouyang

Faculty of Applied Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mechanical engineering; Physical sciences; Fluid mechanics; active matter; Soft Matter

Giang, Amanda

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric sciences; Mechanical engineering; Natural environment sciences; Atmospheric Pollutants; Chemical Pollutants; Climate Changes and Impacts; Public Policies; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection

Grecov, Dana

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Tribology

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Jaiman, Rajeev

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mechanical engineering; Bluff-body flows and flow-induced vibration; Computational methods and numerical analysis; Data-driven computing; Flow control and drag reduction; Fluid-structure interaction; Model order reduction; Multiphase Flows

Jelovica, Jasmin

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Civil engineering; Mechanical engineering; Finite element analysis; Machine Learning; Metals and Alloys; Production and Process Optimization; Sandwich structures; Solid Mechanics; Stress Analysis; Structural optimization; Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength; Welding and joining of metals

Jin, Xiaoliang

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mechanical engineering; Manufacturing Processes; Solid Mechanics; Machining Mechanics and Dynamics; Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials; Material Characterization; Surface Integrity; Vibration Assisted Machining

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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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Liao-McPherson, Dominic

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mechanical engineering; Predictive and Constrained Control; Multi-agent Systems; algorithmic game theory; Real-time, Embedded, and Distributed Optimization; Energy Systems, Manufacturing, and Robotics

Liu, Jian

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Mechanical engineering; Energy storage and conversion; Lithium-ion batteries; Lithium-sulfur batteries; Zinc-ion batteries and capacitors; Atomic/molecular layer deposition; Electrochemical CO2 reduction; Battery recycling

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Madiseh, Ali

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

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mining engineering; Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Heat and mass transfer operations; energy systems; Renewable energy systems; Energy storage; Energy decarbonization; Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Mallik, Wrik

Faculty of Applied Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fluid-structure interaction; Acoustics and noise control (except architectural acoustics); Machine learning; Reduced-order modelling; Machine Learning; Underwater wave propagation; Multidisciplinary design optimization

Mhanna, Mhanna

Faculty of Applied Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Laser diagnostics, Absorption spectroscopy, Emissions, Energy, Machine learning

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Nagamune, Ryozo

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Systems control and automation; Manufacturing engineering; control engineering; data-driven modeling and control; robust and linear parameter-varying control; modeling and control of floating offshore wind turbines and wind farms; modeling and control of metal additive manufacturing processes; modeling and control of solar themal systems; modeling and control of automotive engines; optimization

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Ollivier-Gooch, Carl

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Aerodynamics (except hypersonic aerodynamics); Computational fluid mechanics; Algorithm Development for Computational Fluid Dynamics; Applied Aerodynamics; Numerical analysis; Unstructured Mesh Generation; Error and Stability Analysis for Unstructured Mesh Methods; Computer Sciences and Mathematical Tools; Fluid mechanics

Ortner, Christoph

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Numerical analysis; Mathematical modelling and simulation; Partial and ordinary differential equations; Computational chemistry; Condensed matter modelling and density functional theory; Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing; Applied Analysis; Multi-scale Modelling and Coarse-graining; Molecular Simulation; Scientific Machine-learning, in particular for applications in multi-scale modelling

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Schajer, Gary

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Solid mechanics; optical metrology; residual stress measurement; ESPI; DIC; wood mechanics

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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

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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

Wu, Lyndia

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biomechanical engineering; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Biomedical signal processing; Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Biomechanics; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensing

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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