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

Funded MASc Positions in Sensing, Control, and Data-assimilation for Smart Buildings [Master student]

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

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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; 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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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

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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

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

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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