Cross Appointments

Michael Boutilier, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; cross appointed to the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

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

Paul Charpentier, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; cross appointed to the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

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

Hassan Peerhossaini, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; cross appointed to the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Research Interests / Specializations: Physics of turbulence in reactive flows, hydrodynamic stability and transition to turbulence, dynamics of active fluid (active matter), convective heat transfer, heat transfer and process intensification, energy efficiency, bio-resourced energy, and in particular on chaotic advection and its technological applications

Amin Rizkalla, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; cross appointed to the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

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

Radovan Zdero, Ph.D., C.Eng.,MIMechE

Professor, Department of Surgery; cross appointed to the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioengineering, Biomechanics, Implantable & Wearable Devices, Orthopaedic Surgery, Osteoporosis, Regenerative Medicine