Undergraduate Research

This list shows researcher who have indicated interest in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Last name First name Type Research Interests Department(s) Facultysort descending
Purcell Sarah Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical, health and life sciences; Nutrition; energy balance; Obesity; Metabolism; energy expenditure; appetite; diet Department of Medicine
Hawley Alyse Faculty (non-G+PS member)
Zhang Yue Postdoctoral Fellow Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Mechanical engineering; Chemical engineering; Solid-state batteries; Energy storage and conversion; Interface chemistry
Uhl Alexander Faculty (non-G+PS member) Compound semiconductors; Solar Energy Conversion; photovoltaics; solar fuels
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
Kim Ji Eun Faculty (non-G+PS member) Specialized studies in education; Early Literacy Education; Early Childhood Education; Multimodality; Digital books
Peleato Nicolas Faculty (non-G+PS member) Water quality engineering; Wastewater treatment (including water treatment processes); Drinking Water; Chemometrics; Water quality; Source water monitoring; Machine Learning; Environmental engineering; climate change
Mesbah Ali Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Programming languages and software engineering Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Chen Yu Christine Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Engineering and technology; energy systems; Electric power system modelling, control, and operation; Renewable energy sources; electricity markets Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Wang Rizhi 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. Department of Materials Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Wytenbroek Lydia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) History of medicine and health care; Nursing; Nursing/Health History; Gender/Women's History; Social justice; Science and Technology School of Nursing Faculty of Applied Science
Orr Natasha Postdoctoral Fellow Medical, health and life sciences; Chronic Pelvic Pain; Endometriosis; medical education; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Knowledge translation Faculty of Applied Science
Yao Yuan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Biomaterial manufacturing and engineering; Nano/microfabrication and 3D bioprinting; Tissue engineering and organ regeneration; Therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular disease Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Hodgson Antony Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Image guided surgery systems; computer assisted orthopaedic surgery; Medical Imaging; surgical navigation; orthopaedics; biomechanics; surgical robots; Image Processing; Machine Learning Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Fels S Sidney Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; Human Computer Interaction; biomechanical modeling of human anatomy; Machine Learning; new interfaces for musical expression; speech synthesis Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Murphy Enda Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Hydraulic engineering; Marine engineering, n.e.c.; Nearshore processes and coastal oceanography; Estuarine oceanography; Coastal and estuarine system dynamics; Nature-based solutions; Whole system thinking; Coastal systems engineering; Transdisciplinary research; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; Coastal flood and erosion hazard risk Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Byrne Fionn Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Landscape architecture; Design innovation; Landscape studies (except architecture); Landscape design; Landscape ethics School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Faculty of Applied Science
Lampe Lutz Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Wireless communication systems; Fibre-optic communications technologies; Coding and information theory applied to communications and networks technologies; Learning and adaptive systems; Radar and sonar signal processing; wireless communications, optical fiber communications, signal processing, machine learning Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Cretu Edmond Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Nano-technology; Electronics; Medical and biomedical engineering; microsystems and nanotechnology; sensor clusters and networks; Signal processing and control; Ultrasound Imaging; Microinstrumentation; Inertial measurement units; wearable systems Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Poole Warren Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Metals and alloy materials engineering; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; Aluminum Alloys; Steels; Magnesium alloys; ICME Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Frostad John 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 Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Kim Amy Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Land transportation systems engineering, n.e.c.; Traffic and highway engineering Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Mohseni Madjid 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; Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Oliffe John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Care; Sociology and related studies; Men's Health Promotion; Male Depression and Suicide; Psychosocial Prostate Cancer Care; Smoking Cessation School of Nursing Faculty of Applied Science
Madiseh Ali 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 Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Wu Lyndia 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 Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Wang Lele Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Mathematics of data science; Machine Learning; information theory; Coding theory; Combinatorics; Communication theory; Random graphs Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Haase Kristen Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Nursing, n.e.c.; oncology; Older Adults; Geriatric oncology; Health systems research; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative research; Self-management; E-health School of Nursing Faculty of Applied Science
Hooper Michael Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social sciences; Urban planning; Urban Policy; Comparative Politics; Spatial Planning and Policy; International development; Disasters; Displacement; Densification; Organizations School of Community and Regional Planning Faculty of Applied Science
Shahrad Mohammad Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Computer engineering; Computing systems; cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; Sustainable computing; data center efficiency Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Di Matteo Olivia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Quantum information, computation and communication; Quantum computing: compilation, circuits and algorithms; Tomography and characterization; Open-source quantum software Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Ferrara Adi Postdoctoral Fellow Health equity; Environmental, developmental and social factors of youth health; Eradicating health disparities in marginalised populations; 2SLGBTQ+ youth health and healthcare access Faculty of Applied Science
Xia Guangrui Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Elemental semiconductors; Semiconductor devices; SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Rubin Julia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Computer engineering; Programming languages and software engineering; Computer Systems; software engineering; Software quality, security, and robustness; program analysis; Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems; Mobile and cloud software Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Hung Lillian Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Geriatric nursing; Medical and biomedical engineering; Impact of technology and environment on the care experiences of persons with dementia; dementia education; quality improvement; Participatory action research School of Nursing Faculty of Applied Science
Mallik Wrik 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 Faculty of Applied Science
Amini Kiana 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 Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Elmo Davide Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) philosophy of engineering; rock engineering; geosciences; Numerical modelling; Machine Learning Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Abdulai Fatawu Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Clinical nursing, primary (preventive care); Health informatics; human-computer interaction; Health technology design; Informatics/Digital health; Sexual health equity School of Nursing Faculty of Applied Science
Abdin Yasmine Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Materials engineering Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Shahrad Mohammad Faculty (non-G+PS member) Computer engineering; cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; data center efficiency Faculty of Applied Science
Tavasoli Alex 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 Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Nagamune Ryozo 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 Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Maijer Daan 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 Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Britton Ben Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Metals and alloy materials engineering; Manufacturing engineering; Materials characterisation & microstructure; Metallurgy; Electron diffraction & microscopy; Deformation; Microstructure/property models; Manufacturing Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Scholes Rachel Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Environmental chemistry; Trace contaminants; Water reuse; Nature-based treatment systems; Stormwater treatment; Green Chemistry Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Oya Simon Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Privacy-enhancing technologies; Cybersecurity and privacy technologies; Signal processing for security and privacy; Encryption and cryptography; Mathematical optimization; Privacy; Computer Security; Anonymous communications; Machine learning security and privacy; Searchable encryption; Statistical analysis Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Lees Eric Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Chemical engineering; Electrochemical engineering; Electrochemical synthesis; Continuum modelling; Reactor design; Transport phenomena; Electrochemical separations; CO2 capture and conversion; Continuum and techno-economic/life cycle assessment modelling; Electrochemical reactions and separations; Atmospheric water harvesting Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Bigazzi Alex Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Civil engineering; Transport planning; active transportation; Pedestrians; bicycles; travel behaviour; Transportation Systems; motor vehicle emissions; Climate impacts Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Tang Shuo Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical devices; Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology); biophotonics; Biomedical imaging Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science

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