Sherry Kiafar
Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD)
Materials Engineering
Master of Applied Science
Department of Materials Engineering
The Department of Materials Engineering has a long and successful history of providing excellence in education, research, and offers one of the top-rated materials programs in North America. We are a broad and dynamic community at the forefront of innovation. Our department consistently ranks among the highest in research funding within UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science. Our work spans both fundamental and applied research areas that impact industries and shape the future of materials engineering. As a graduate student in our department, you will be tackling real-world challenges that make a difference.
Our work spans different classes of materials, including metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and application areas. We combine experimental methods, theory, and simulations to advance our scientific goals. Key themes of our work include electrochemistry, microstructure, advanced manufacturing, sustainability, theory and simulation, and materials characterization – including degradation, chemical and mechanical performance, functional properties, and microscopy.
We take pride in fostering impactful collaborations with renowned companies such as Rio Tinto, Boeing, Teck Resources, and many others. The diverse and interdisciplinary research areas pursued by our faculty aim to impact today’s industries, transform those of tomorrow, and improve people’s lives.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abdin, Yasmine | Materials engineering |
| Akkiraju, Karthik | Heterogeneous Catalysis; Density functional theory; Material Poverty; Well-being; Environmental Impact; Absolute Sustainability |
| Amini, Kiana | 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 | Hydrometallurgy; Materials engineering, n.e.c.; Electrometallurgy; Inorganic chemistry, n.e.c.; Hydrometallurgy; Corrosion; Coatings; Electrochemistry; Electrometallurgy |
| Britton, Ben | Metals and alloy materials engineering; Manufacturing engineering; Materials characterisation & microstructure; Metallurgy; Electron diffraction & microscopy; Deformation; Microstructure/property models; Manufacturing |
| Dixon, David | Fixed-bed leaching |
| Dreisinger, David | Hydrometallurgy; Hydrometallurgy; Leaching |
| Kravchenko, Sergii | 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 |
| Liu, Wenying | Hydrometallurgy; Extractive metallurgy; Hydrometallurgy; mine waste management |
| Maijer, Daan | 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 |
| Militzer, Matthias | Multi-scale modelling of microstructure evolution, Physical metallurgy of advanced high strength steels |
| Noder, Jacqueline | High-performance Lightweight Metals; Material Characterization; Finite-element Analysis; Multi-scale Modeling; Bending Mechanics; Formability; Fracture Mechanics; Plasticity Modeling; Machine Learning; Smart Manufacturing |
| Poole, Warren | Metals and alloy materials engineering; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; Aluminum Alloys; Steels; Magnesium alloys; ICME |
| Poursartip, Anoush | Polymer matrix composite materials |
| Sinclair, Chadwick | Materials engineering |
| Wang, Rizhi | 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. |
| Xia, Guangrui | Elemental semiconductors; Semiconductor devices; SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers |