AnnaMaria Zubieta
Student
Master of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering (MASc)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Master of Applied Science
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Chemical Engineering was established at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1915, as the first Canadian chemical engineering program west of Ontario, and a separate Department of Chemical Engineering was established in 1954. The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering was established in 1999, and reflects the growing need for engineers in the fields of biotechnology, biomedical and bio-resource engineering.
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC has achieved international distinction through the significant accomplishments and professional leadership provided by its alumni, faculty and staff, as well as many other distinguished individuals that have contributed to strengthening the department and its success in improving society.
We hold world-class reputations in several areas of chemical engineering science, providing innovative and sustainable solutions to pressing local and global challenges to industry and society. We are actively engaged in applied research, supported in part by external funding of more than $12 million per year.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Baldwin, Susan | Bioprocess engineering, bioremediation, biomedical reaction modelling |
| Berlinguette, Curtis | CO2 conversion and utilization; clean energy; advanced solar cells; electrochromic windows; dynamic windows; hydrogen fuels production; catalysis; robotics and automation; machine learning / artificial intelligence |
| Bi, Xiaotao | 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 |
| Cao, Yankai | Chemical engineering; Machine Learning; optimization; Renewable energy systems; Process Control |
| Ellis, Naoko | Chemical engineering; Other education; Energy transition; CO2 capture and utilization; Interdisciplinary teaching and learning; Engineering education; thermochemical conversion of biomass |
| Englezos, Peter | Carbon capture engineering |
| Feng, James | Chemical engineering; Mathematics and statistics; Biophysics; Complex fluids; Fluid mechanics; Mathematical biology |
| Foster, Johan | Chemical engineering; 3D Printing; Biomaterials; Biomedical Devices; Bioproducts; Cellulose Nanomaterials; Fibers; Polymers |
| Frostad, John | Chemical engineering; Food sciences (including food engineering); Emulsions; Physics of Soft Matter; Agricultural Sprays; Food Physics; Interfacial Rheology; Novel Instrumentation; Foams |
| Gopaluni, Bhushan | Modelling and experiment design, identification for control |
| Gyenge, Elod Lajos | Electrochemical engineering, fuel cells, batteries, electrodes |
| Hatzikiriakos, Savvas | Engineering and technology; rheology, soft matter physics, non-newtonian flow |
| Haynes, Charles | Protein purification, recombinant proteins, molecular thermodynamics, biocompatible polymers |
| Hill, Jane | |
| Lau, Anthony | Environmental engineering, waste-to-resource recycling, composting, odor control, biohydrogen energy |
| Lees, Eric | 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 |
| Martinez, Mark | Chemical engineering; Complex fluids; Flow visualization; Fluid mechanics |
| Mohseni, Madjid | 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) |
| Piret, James | Biomedical engineering, regenerative medicine Cell-based therapies have the potential to provide improved treatments for major diseases such as cancer and diabetes |
| Rahmani, Mona | Multiphase and Density Stratified Fluid Mechanics, Fiber Suspensions, Renewable Energy, Hydrodynamic Instability, Mixing |
| Rojas, Orlando | Nanopolysaccharides (based on cellulose, chitin, starches and others); Bacterial nanocelluloses; Cellulose derivatives; Lignins, colloidal lignins, nanolignins and their uses; Renewable biopolymers (hemicelluloses, proteins, chitin and chitosan, alginates and others); Multiphase systems (emulsions, foams, dispersed systems), gels, aerogels; Films, filaments and hybrid materials; Nanocomposites; Bioactive systems; Fiber processing; Pulp and paper |
| Srebnik, Simcha | 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 |
| Taghipour, Fariborz | Clean Technologies, Solar and Wind Energy, Drinking Water, Solar Fuels, Artificial Photosynthetic Systems, UV Photoreactors, UV-LED Reactors, UV Microplasma, Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Reactors, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) |
| Trajano, Heather | Chemical engineering; Biomass (Energy); Wood; Pulp and paper; Biochemicals; Biomass extractives recovery and utilization; Biorefining; catalysis; Hemicellulose; Kinetics; Pretreatment |
| Upham, David Chester | Chemical engineering; Energy Transformation and Energy Using; catalysis; Energy; Greenhouse gas mitigation |