Faculty

Shahzad Barghi

Associate Professor and MEng Program Director

Research Interests / Specializations: Multiphase reactors, Biomass gasification, Titania and carbon nan-otube production, Fixed bed reactors, Reactive Drying, Wastewater treatment, Membrane bioreactor, Air pollution, Odor abatement, Process development and design

Amarjeet Bassi

Professor and Chair (on admin leave)

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioenergy, Biofuels, Microalgae, Bioseparations, biosensors, bacteriorhodopsin, liquid solid circulating fluidized beds

Franco Berruti

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Gas-solid fluidized beds; chemical reactor engineering; heavy oil upgrading; cracking and coking reactions; thermal cracking of biomass and solid wastes; bio-oil; hydrodynamic modeling; gas-liquid feed jets

Michael Boutilier

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Nanostructured membranes, experimental fluid dynamics, nanotechnology

Cedric Briens

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Fluidization and particulate operations

Paul Charpentier

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Developing new “green nanotechnologies” for environmentally-friendly and alternative energy applications

Hugo de Lasa

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Catalysis, photocatalysis, chemical reactors, fluidization

Elizabeth Gillies

Professor, Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials Synthesis

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomaterials; nanomaterials; polymers; oligomers; dendrimers; organic synthesis; polymer synthesis; therapeutics; imaging; contrast agents; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry

Jose Herrera

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Bridge the gaps between materials science, surface science, heterogeneous catalysis and environmental engineering; and to understand the interactions between heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions and surface phenomena

Andrew Hrymak

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Problems with complex rheology, multiple phases and multiple length scales

Naomi Klinghoffer

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste, catalytic synthesis of renewable transportation fuels, catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide utilization

Tianlong (Taylor) Liu

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Artificial intelligence (AI) for chemical and biochemical processes, AI enhanced process control, Waste to energy applications, Wastewater treatment.

Kibret Mequanint

Professor and Western Research Chair in Therapeutic Biomaterials, Department Chair (Acting),

Research Interests / Specializations: Tissue engineering; 3D scaffold fabrication; cell-material interaction and signaling; polyurethanes; bioreactor; extracellular matrix proteins, mass transfer

George Nakhla

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, biological nutrient removal, leachate treatment, treatment process modeling, treatment process optimization, hazardous wastes biotreatment, in-situ bioremediation, activated carbon adsorption

Arghya Paul

Canada Research Chair, Professor, Associate Chair (Graduate)

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioactive materials, Hydrogels, Gene/Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Nanomedicine, Stem Cell Therapy

Dominic Pjontek

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Gas-liquid-solid fluidized beds, bitumen and bio-oil upgrading, particle agglomeration in fluidized beds, hydroprocessing, and reactor engineering

Anand Prakash

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Multiphase particulate systems; three-phase slurry bubble column reactors, ultrasonic techniques, sulfur removal, ammonia removal

Mita Ray

Professor and Associate Chair Undergraduate

Research Interests / Specializations: Gas-solid Separation, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Particle Technology, Environmental Modeling

Lars Rehmann

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Green Process Engineering, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Lignocellulose Processing, Biopolymers, Bioreactor Design, In-situ Product Recovery, Environmental Engineering

Amin Rizkalla

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomaterials, synthesis, bioactive glass-ceramic, dental, crystallization, cement, nano-composite, sol-gel, mechanical, physical, chemical, coating, scaffold

Sohrab Rohani

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Crystallization includes detailed experimental study of the kinetics of nucleation, growth, agglomeration, and breakage in batch and continuous systems

Lauren Tribe

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Downstream pharmaceutical particulate manufacturing operations; the research emphasis is on sensor development for improved monitoring and investigation of operation parameters on particulate characteristics including flowability

Jin Zhang

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Design, processing, surface modification, and characterization of nanocomposites for the applications in bioengineering, tissue regeneration, and sustainable energy

Ying Zheng

Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of novel catalysts and new intensified catalytic processes with applications in fuel upgrading, renewable energy, waste-to-energy/value-added products

Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu

Distinguished University Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Fluidization, powder technology, ultrafine powders, reactor design, powder coating, pharmaceutical tablet coating, pulmonary drug delivery, biological processes, wastewater treatment.