Our multidisciplinary research teams support Queen’s innovation agenda and collaborate within the Faculty, across campus and around the world. Recognized as leaders in their disciplines, they are focused on solutions for our most pressing problems, and mentoring the next generation of explorers.

This listing provides detailed information about our faculty members associated with each of our research themes, including their research group(s), keywords describing their specific areas of research, and their contact information.

The search function on the upper right of the table will let you search researchers by name, keywords, groups and themes.

Researchers at Queen's
Name and Email Department Research Keywords Research Group(s) Research Theme(s)
Abdelaal, Fady Badran
afma@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Geosynthetics; Performance of Barrier Systems; Polymeric Geomembranes; Bituminous Geomembranes; Interface Shear Properties of Geosynthetics Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Nature & Environment
Amsden, Brian
amsden@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Controlled Drug Delivery; Polymer Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering; Regenerative Medicine Biomedical engineering; Macromolecular Processing and Engineering Bioengineering
Materials & Structures
Anderson, Bruce C (Emeritus)
bruce.anderson@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Sustainable Stormwater Management; Green Infrastructure; Low Impact Development; Decentralized Wastewater Treatment; Watershed Control of Harmful Algae Environmental; Hydrotechnical Nature & Environment
Boegman, Leon
leon.boegman@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Lake Hydrodynamics; Physical Limnology; Water Quality Modelling; Water Waves; Coastal Engineering; Fish Habitat Harmful Algae Blooms Hydrotechnical Nature & Environment
Barz, Dominik
barzd@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Electrochemical Engineering; Electrokinetic Phenomena; Interface Phenomena; Transport Phenomena; Supercapacitors Batteries Microfluidics, Interfaces and Electrochemical Engineering; Green Engineering Materials & StructuresNature & Environment
Brachman, Richard
richard.brachman@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Geosynthetic Liners; Environmental Containment; Waste Disposal; Soil Structure Interaction Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Nature & Environment
Materials & Structures
Cunningham, Michael michael.cunningham@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering

Polymers; Polymer Colloids;
Nanoparticles; Sustainability; Green Chemistry; Nanocellulose;
Carbon Dioxide; Switchable Polymers

Green Engineering; Macromolecular Processing and Engineering Nature & Environment
Materials & Structures
Daugulis, Andrew J. (Emeritus) andrew.daugulis@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Environmental Biotechnology; Bioresource Engineering; Cell Culture Engineering; Industrial Bioprocesssing Green Engineering Nature & Environment
De France, Kevin kevin.defrance@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Sustainable Materials; Cellulose Nanocrystals; Protein Amyloid Fibers; Biomaterials; Hydrogels; Emulsions Green Engineering Nature & Environment
Devoie, Élise
elise.devoie@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Thermal Modelling; Permafrost; Hydrology; Applied Mathematics; Climate Change Environmental Nature & Environment
Dinh, Cao Thang caothang.dinh@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Carbon capture and utilization; Renewable fuels and chemicals; Renewable energy; Electrochemical water treatment; Green hydrogen; Electrocatalysis Green Engineering Nature & Environment
Baker, Rachel rachel.baker@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Electrochemical engineering; Catalysis; Sustainability; Paired Electrolysis; Mechanism determination Green Engineering Nature & Environment
da Silva, Ana Maria
anamaria.dasilva@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Mechanical Structure of River Flows; River bed- and Plan-forms; Analysis of Meandering Rivers; River Morphological Response; Design of Stable Channels; River Re-naturalization; Local Scour Hydrotechnical Nature & Environment
Fam, Amir Z
amir.fam@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Reinforced & prestressed concrete; Fibre reinforced polymers; Stay-in-place structural formwork; Concrete-filled tubes; Sandwich structures; Ultra high performance concrete; Rolling loading on bridges in the lab; 3D printing of concrete Structures Materials & Structures
Filion, Yves
yves.filion@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Water distribution systems; Drinking water quality; Metals accumulation and release in drinking water distribution systems; Antimicrobial resistance in drinking water biofilms; Sustainability of drinking water systems Environmental; Hydrotechnical Nature & Environment
Fitzpatrick, Lindsay E lindsay.fitzpatrick@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Biomaterial Host Response; Toll-like receptors; Macrophages;Damage-associated molecular patterns; Insulin Infusion Sets; Type 1 Diabetes Biomedical engineering Bioengineering
Genikomsou, Aikaterini
aikaterini.genikomsou@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Reinforced Concrete; Finite Element Analysis; Experimental Methods; Infrastructure Resilience; Constitutive Modeling Structures Materials & Structures
Greeff, Melissa
melissa.greeff@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Robotics; Control Systems; Machine Learning; Aerial robotics; Vision-based navigation; Safe learning-based control Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Intelligent Systems
Gammell, Jonathan
gammell@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Robotics; Motion and Path Planning; State and Multimotion Estimation; Event Cameras; Autonomous Sailing; Unmanned Surface Vessels Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Intelligent Systems
Green, Mark
greenm@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Fire Engineering; Concrete Structures; Fibre Reinforced Polymers; Sustainable Engineering; High Temperatures; Cold Regions; Indigenous housing Structures Materials & Structures
Guay, Martin
guaym@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Non-linear Predictive Control; Geometric Control; Adaptive Control; Extremum Seeking Control (ESC); Observation and Adaptation in Non-linear Systems; Applied Statistics Process Analytics, Optimization and Control Intelligent Systems
Harris, Tom (Emeritus) thomas.harris@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Uncertainty and Sensitivity; Analysis in Systems Analysis; Design of Experiments on Oriented Surfaces; Nonlinear Estimation and Parameter Uncertainty using Bayesian and Frequentist Interpretations Process Analytics, Optimization and Control Intelligent Systems
Hoult, Neil
neil.hoult@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Infrastructure monitoring; Low carbon infrastructure; Deteriorated infrastructure behaviour; Reinforced concrete testing and design; Buried infrastructure; Rail infrastructure Structures Materials & StructuresIntelligent Systems
Hudon, Nicolas nicolas.hudon@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Nonlinear Control; Thermodynamics and Systems Theory; Physics-based Modelling; Systems Analysis Process Analytics, Optimization and Control Intelligent Systems
Hungler, Paul
paul.hungler@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Medical Simulation; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Dynamic Simulation; Engineering Education Engineering Education Research Intelligent Systems
Kontopoulou, Marianna kontopm@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Thermoplastics; Nanocomposites; Blends; Foams; Graphene-based Functional Materials; Biopolymers; Additive Manufacturing; Rheology; Processing Macromolecular Processing and Engineering; Green Engineering Materials & StructuresNature & Environment
Kueper, Bernard H
bernard.kueper@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances); DNAPLs (dense non-aqueous phase liquids); Soil and Groundwater; Remediation; Hydrogeology; Site Assessment; Organic contaminants Environmental Nature & Environment
Koupaie, Ehssan Hosseini ehssan.koupaie@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Organic Waste Management; Wastewater Treatment; Biofuel and Bioenergy; Biosolids Management; Bioprocess Engineering; Circular Economy Green Engineering Nature & Environment
MacDougall, Colin C
macdougc@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Steel Structures; Timber Construction; Fatigue and Fracture; Sustainable Construction; Natural Building Materials Structures Materials & Structures
McAuley, Kim
mcauleyk@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Mathematical Modeling; Parameter Estimation; Model Prediction Uncertainty; Model-based Design of Experiments; Model-based Monitoring and Control; Polymer Reaction Engineering Process Analytics, Optimization and Control ; Macromolecular Processing and Engineering Intelligent Systems
Materials & Structures
McLellan, James james.mclellan@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Statistical Model Building and Machine Learning; Systems and Design Thinking; Innovation/Entrepreneurship Ecosystems; Circular Economy; Innovation/Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship Education and Knowledge Mobilization Process Analytics, Optimization and Control Intelligent Systems
Meunier, Louise louise.meunier@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Bioaccessibility; Contaminant Toxicity; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Human Health Risk Assessment; Emerging Contaminants; Environmental Fate Green Engineering Nature & Environment
Moore, Ian D
ian.moore@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering; Nonlinear Soil-structure Interaction; Municipal Pipe Infrastructure; Trenchless Technologies; Large-scale Experiments; Culverts; Energy Pipelines Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental; Structures Nature & EnvironmentMaterials & Structures
Mulligan, Ryan Patrick
ryan.mulligan@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Coastal Engineering; Physical Oceanography; Surface Waves; Nearshore Processes; Hurricanes; Tsunamis; Beaches; Estuaries Hydrotechnical Nature & Environment
Mumford, Kevin
kevin.mumford@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering; Groundwater; Remediation Technologies; Multiphase Flow in Porous Media; Mass Transfer; Gas Dynamics; Water-energy Nexus Environmental Nature & Environment
Novakowski, Kent S
kent.novakowski@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Hydrogeology; Fractured Rock Aquifers; Contaminant Transport; Groundwater Supply; Numerical Modeling; Field Experiments; Groundwater Remediation Environmental Nature & Environment
Olsthoorn, Jason
jason.olsthoorn@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Environmental mixing processes; sediment transport; laboratory-data assimilation; winter mixing processes; internal solitary waves; stratified turbulence Hydrotechnical Nature & Environment
Payne, Sarah Jane
sarahjane.payne@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Drinking Water Quality Management; Distribution Systems and Premise Plumbing; Biofilms; Lead and Copper Corrosion; Emerging Contaminants; Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Environmental Nature & Environment
Peppley, Brant A
peppley@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Fuel cells; Electrolysis; Heterogeneous catalysis; Methanol reforming; Reaction kinetics Green Engineering Nature & Environment
Ramsay, Juliana (Emeritus) juliana.ramsay@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Bioremediation; Fermentation; Pollution Treatment Green Engineering Nature & Environment
Rowe, R. Kerry
kerry.rowe@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering; Geosynthetics; Landfills; Mine Waste; Dam Engineering; Soil Reinforcement; Long-term Performance Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental; Environmental Nature & EnvironmentMaterials & Structures
Take, Andy W
andy.take@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Progressive Failure of Clay Embankments; Long-term Degradation of Dams; Triggering Mechanisms of Landslides; Tensile Strength of Clay; Field Measurement of Ground Movement; Novel Technology for Matric Suction Measurement; Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Nature & Environment
Eichhorn, Geoff
geoff.eichhorn@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Cold regions geotechnics; Geohazards and climate change; Geotechnical engineering; Infrastructure resilience; Soil-pipeline interaction Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Nature & Environment
Van Gulck, Jamie
jamie.vangulck@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Cold regions; Reclamation; Climate Change; Geoenvironmental; Liability Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Nature & Environment
Woods, Joshua
Joshua.woods@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Reinforced Concrete Structures; Fibre Reinforced Polymers; Timber-Steel Construction; Hybrid (Experimental-Numerical) Simulation; Advanced Sensors for Structural Monitoring; Earthquake Engineering Structures Materials & StructuresIntelligent Systems
Afsahi, Ahmad
ahmad.afsahi@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Heterogeneous and Accelerated (GPU) Cluster Computing; Communication Runtime and System Software; High-Performance Communication for Deep Learning; High-Speed Interconnects and Communication Subsystems; MPI and Parallel Programming Models; High­-Performance Computing Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Alam, Muhammad Zulfiker
m.alam@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Integrated Optics; Nanophotonics; Plasmonics; Metasurface; Silicon Photonics; Electromagnetics Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Bakhshai, Alireza
alireza.bakhshai@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Distributed Energy; Microgrid; Energy management; Electric vehicles; Battery Chargers; Power converters and control Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research Energy/Fluid Systems
Blostein, Steven D
steven.blostein@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Multi-input Multi-output (MIMO) Communications; Multi-user Communications; Beamforming; Dynamic Spectrum Sharing; Dense Networks; Internet of things (IoT); Distributed Signal Detection Communications & Signal Processing Intelligent Systems
Cartledge, John Charles (Emeritus)
john.cartledge@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Optical fiber transmission systems; Signal processing Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Chan, Wai Yip Geoffrey
chan@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Speech Processing; Digital Signal Processing; Machine Learning; Healthcare Data Modelling; Optical Fiber Transmission; Communication Systems Communications & Signal Processing Intelligent Systems
Dean, Thomas R
tom.dean@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Model Driven Egineering; Formal Languages; Software Security; Network Security Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Docoslis, Aristides
docoslis@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering (Bio)chemical Sensors; Portable Diagnostic Devices; Graphene-based Wearable Sensors and Technologies; Electrically and Thermally Conducting Polymer; Nanocomposites; Applied Colloid and Interface Science; Particle Electrokinetics; Raman Spectroscopy Microfluidics, Interfaces and Electrochemical Engineering Materials & Structures
Eren, Suzan Zeynep
suzan.eren@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Renewable Energy; Micro-Grids; Electric Vehicles; Energy Storage Systems; Power Electronics Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research Energy/Fluid Systems
Escobedo, Carlos
ce32@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Biosensors; Metallic Nanostructures; Lab-on-a-Chip; Microfluidics; Single Cell Studies Microfluidics, Interfaces and Electrochemical Engineering Materials & Structures
Etemad, Ali
ali.etemad@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Smart Environments; Wearable Computing; Human-Centred AI Biomedical and Intelligent Systems BioengineeringIntelligent Systems
Frank, Brian Matthew
brian.frank@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering education; Performance Assessment; Higher Education Transfer; Silicon RF Integrated Circuits Engineering Education Research; Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Freundorfer, Alois Peter
freund@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering 3D Ceramics for Circuits and Antennae; Ceramic Composites; Radars Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Gazor, Saeed
gazor@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Statistical Signal Processing and Machine Learning; Detection, Estimation, Inference and Classification; Adaptive, Data Science and Array Filtering; Biomedical Signal, Image and Video Processing; Cognitive, Cooperative and Distributed Systems for Radars Security and Wireless Communication; Remote Sensing and Hyperspectral Imaging Communications & Signal Processing Intelligent Systems
Grant, Ryan
ryan.grant@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Cloud Computing; High Performance Computing;
Supercomputing; Scientific Computing; Networking; Extreme-scale Computing
Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Greenspan, Michael Alan
michael.greenspan@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer Vision; Object Recognition; Pose Determinatio; Object Tracking; Human Activity Recognition; Convolutional Neural Networks Biomedical and Intelligent Systems BioengineeringIntelligent Systems
Hashtrudi-Zaad, Keyvan
khz@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Haptics and Telerobotics; Autonomous Driving; Medical Robotics; Control Systems Biomedical and Intelligent Systems BioengineeringIntelligent Systems
Hutchinson, Robin A robin.hutchinson@queensu.ca Chemical Engineering Polymer Reaction Engineering; Radical Polymerization Kinetics; Modeling and Simulation; Acrylic Resins; Automotive Coatings; Pulsed Laser Polymerization; Water-Soluble Polymers Macromolecular Processing and Engineering Materials & Structures
Jain, Praveen
praveen.jain@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering High Frequency Power Electronics; Resonant Power Conversion; Renewable Energy Systems; Electric Vehicle Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research Energy/Fluid Systems
Montazeri, Nasim
nasim.montazeri@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Smart textiles, Biomedical Signal Processing, Acoustics, Wearables Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Bioengineering
Kabiri Ameri Abootorabi, Shideh
shideh.ameri@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Wearable Sensors and Electronics; Bio-sensors; Flexible Electronics; Two-dimensional and Nanomaterials based Electronics and Sensors Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Kim, Il-Min
ilmin.kim@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Deep Learning; Reinforcement Learning; Wireless Communications; Signal Processing; Internet of Things (IoT) Communications & Signal Processing Intelligent Systems
Korenberg, Michael
korenber@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Non-linear Systems of Unknown Structure; Time-series Analysis; Physical and Biomedical Signal Processing; Modeling; Parallel Cascade Identification; Fast Orthogonal Search Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Bioengineering
Liu, Yan-Fei
yanfei.liu@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering High Efficiency Switching Converter; Intelligent Control of Switching Power Converters; Resonant Converter; Electric Vehicle Power Converters; Optimal Application of Wide Band Gap Devices; Extremely High Efficiency (99%+) DC – DC converters Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research Energy/Fluid Systems
Lu, Ning
ning.lu@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Wireless networks and systems; Distributed/online optimization; Bandit and reinforcement learning; Federated learning Communications & Signal Processing Intelligent Systems
Manjikian, Naraig
naraig.manjikian@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer Architecture; Parallel Processing; Embedding Systems; Applications of Field-programmable Logic Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Marshall, Joshua A
joshua.marshall@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Field and Service Robotics; Mobile Robots; Autonomous Vehicles Engineering; Mechatronics; Control Systems and State Estimation Offroad Robotics; Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Intelligent Systems
Morin, Evelyn Louise
evelyn.morin@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Biosignal Processing; Electromyography (EMG); Force-EMG Modelling; Wearable Sensors Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Bioengineering
Ni, Jianbing
jianbing.ni@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Wireless Communication and Network Security; Mobile Computing; Machine Learning Security; Data Security and Privacy Protection; Communication System Security; Blockchain Technology Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Pahlevani, Majid
majid.pahlevani@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Power Electronics; Energy Devices; Energy Storage; Electric Vehicles; Opto-Electronic Systems and LEDs Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research Energy/Fluid Systems
Pan, Matthew
matthew.pan@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Human-Robot Interaction; Social Robotics; Assistive Robotics; Virtual/Augmented Reality Biomedical and Intelligent Systems Intelligent Systems
Rudie, Karen
karen.rudie@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Discrete-event systems; Supervisory Control; Control Systems; Cyber-Physical Systems; Opacity; Security and Privacy Biomedical and Intelligent Systems BioengineeringIntelligent Systems
Saavedra, Carlos E
saavedra@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Antennas; Millimetre-waves; Digitally-assisted RF circuits; 3D printed electromagnetic structures Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Tait, Alexander
alex.tait@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Silicon Photonics; Neuromorphic Engineering; Cryogenic Silicon Photonics Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Whitehall, Sean
sean.whitehall@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Analog Electronics; RF Circuits; Low Power; Modulation Schemes; Microwave Systems Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Yam, Scott Electrical & Computer Engineering Optical Communications in Data Centres; Optical Fiber Sensors; Digital Signal Processing in Optical Communications Systems; Wearable Sensors; Sensor Fusion for Industrial Applications Microelectronics, Electromagnetics and Photonics Intelligent Systems
Yousefi, Shahram
s.yousefi@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Data storage; Telecom/5G/6G; Algorithms; Machine learning; Healthcare efficiency; Autonomous vehicles Communications & Signal Processing Intelligent Systems
Zhu, Xiaodan
xiaodan.zhu@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Natural Language Processing; Artificial Intelligence; Spoken Document Understanding Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Kauffman, Sean
sean.k@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Formal methods, Software Engineering, Real-time Systems Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Zou, Ying
ying.zou@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Software Engineering; Mining Software Repository; Software Data Analytics; Empirical Studies; Artificial Intelligence in IT operations(AIOps); Service -Oriented Computing Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Guizani, Mariam
mariam.guizani@queensu.ca
Electrical & Computer Engineering Software Engineering, Open-Source Software, Diversity and Inclusion, Human-Computer Interaction Computer and Software Engineering Intelligent Systems
Ableson, Alan
ableson@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Data Science; Machine Learning; Reinforcement Learning Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Anderson, Ronald J
anderson@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Vehicle Dynamics; Suspension Systems; Multibody Dynamics Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Balogh, Levente
levente.balogh@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Characterization of Materials; Irradiation of Materials; Nuclear Materials; X-ray/Synchrotron and Neutron Diffraction; Diffraction Line Profile Analysis; Accelerator Based Neutron Sources Materials Materials & Structures
Béland, Laurent Karim
laurent.beland@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Computational Materials; Cement Paste; Metals and Alloys; Semi-conductors Materials Materials & Structures
Birk, A Michael
birka@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Hazards from Release of Pressure Liquefied Gas; Superheat Explosions; Effects of Fire on Hazardous Materials Pressure Vessels; Effusion Cooling in Gas Turbine Combustors; Air-air Ejectors in Gas Turbine Applications; Hypermixing Nozzles in Ejectors Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Bryant, J Timothy (Emeritus)
tim.bryant@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Implantable prosthetic joints; Biomaterials; Occupational Ergonomics; Joint Biomechanics; Lower limb prosthetics Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
Ciccarelli, Gabriel
gaby.ciccarelli@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Combustion; Explosions; Combustion Engines; Flames; Detonations Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Crane, Jackson
jackson.crane@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Energy conversion; Combustion; Detonation; Electrocatalysis Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Davies, Claire
claire.davies@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Assistive technology; Co-design; Alternative and augmentative communication; Biomedical devices; Eye-tracking; Brain computer interfacing Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
Daymond, Mark R
mark.daymond@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Radiation Damage; Micromechanics of Materials; Materials Characterisation; Failure and Degradation of Metals Materials Materials & Structures
Deluzio, Kevin
kevin.deluzio@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Motion Capture; Gait Analysis; Multivariate Dara analysis; Knee Mechanics; Musculoskeletal Modelling Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
Diak, Bradley J
brad.diak@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Crystal Defects; Light-weight Materials; Materials Processing; Mechanical Testing; Physical Metallurgy;
X-ray Scattering
Materials Materials & Structures
Dumas, Genevieve (Emeritus)
dumasg@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Spine Biomechanics; Biomechanics of Pregnancy; Occupational Biomechanics; Role of Fatiguablity; Risk Factors for Back Pain Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
Fallah, Vahid
vahid.fallah@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Additive Manufacturing; Metal 3D Printing; Casting & Solidification; Electron Microscopy; Advanced Aluminum Alloys; Machine & Process Design Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing; Materials Materials & Structures
Harrison, Stephen J (Emeritus)
harrison@me.queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Renewable Energy; Heat Transfer; Thermodynamics; Solar Heating and Cooling; Solar Energy Equipment Evaluation and Development Solar Calorimetry Laboratory Energy/Fluid Systems
Jeswiet, Jacob (Emeritus)
jacob.jeswiet@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Metal Working; Friction; Life Cycle Engineering; Recycling Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Kim, Il Yong
kimiy@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing); Topology Optimization; Lightweight Design; MDO (Multidisciplinary Optimization); Aerospace Design; Automotive Design Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Lai, Yongjun
lai@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering MEMS; Micromachining; Microsensors; BioMEMS; Microfluidics; Internet of Things; Wireless Sensing Network; Machine Condition Monitoring Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Li, Qingguo
ql3@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Wearable Robotics; Biomechanical Energy Harvesting; Wearable Sensors; Human Movement Analysis; Mechatronics Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering BioengineeringIntelligent Systems
Mechefske, Christopher K
chris.mechefske@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Vibrations; Noise Control; Machine Health Diagnostics and Prognostics; Data Analytics; Hybrid Analytical Models Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Notash, Leila
leila.notash@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Parellel Manipulators; Failure Recovery; Fault Tolerant Operation; Robotics Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Oosthuizen, Patrick (Emeritus)
patrick.oosthuizen@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Convective Heat Transfer; Natural Convection; Mixed Convection; Numerical; Experimental; Building Heat Transfer; Thermal Comfort in Buildings Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Persaud, Suraj Yogindra
suraj.persaud@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Corrosion; High Temperature Oxidation; Electrochemistry; Electron Microscopy; Surface Science Materials Materials & Structures
Pilkey, Keith
keith.pilkey@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Metal Forming; Cancellous Bone Mechanics; Failure Mechanisms; Mechanical Testing; Micro-Computed Tomography; Finite Element Method (FEM) Modelling Materials Materials & Structures
Da Silva, Barbara
barbara.dasilva@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Bluff body aerodynamics, Wakes, Turbulence, Experimental fluid mechanics, Computational fluid dynamics Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Kurelek, John
john.kurelek@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Airfoil and Blade Aerodynamics, Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Wind Turbine and Wind Farm Aerodynamics, Particle Image and Tracking Velocimetry, Aeroacoustics Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Piomelli, Ugo
ugo@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics; Turbulence Modelling; Turbulence Simulations; Laminar-turbulent Transition Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Ploeg, Heidi-Lynn
heidi.ploeg@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Orthopaedic Biomechanics; Bone Biomechanics; Implant Design; Mechanobiology
Ex vivo Trabecular Bone Culture
Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
You, Lidan
you.lidan@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Biomechanics; Mechanobiology; Bone Cancer; Microfluidics;Bone Cell Mechanotransduction Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
Pollard, Andrew (Emeritus)
andrew.pollard@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Turbulence; Heat and Mass Transfer; Turbulent Jets; Turbulence Simulations; Experimental Turbulence; Cardio and Respiratory Fluid Dynamics; Renewable Energy Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Rainbow, Michael J.
michael.rainbow@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Musculoskeletal Imaging; Biomechanics; Computational Musculoskeletal Modeling; Biplanar Videoradiography; Functional Morphology Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering BioengineeringMaterials & Structures
Rainbow, Roshni Suresh
roshni.rainbow@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Tissue Engineering; Biomaterials; Cell-based Therapies; Musculoskeletal Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering Bioengineering
Robertson, Matthew
m.robertson@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Bioinspired and soft robotics; Actuators; Swarm and collaborative robots; Dynamic walking robots Wearable robots Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & StructuresIntelligent Systems
Sellens, Rick
sellensr@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Biomechanics; Fluid Mechanics; Optical Measurement Techniques; Image Guided Surgery; Bone Quality Assessment; Wrist Kinematics Fluids Energy/Fluid Systems
Strong, David
david.strong@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Design and Innovation Methodologies; Creativity; Engineering Assessment; Engineering Outreach Engineering Education Research Engineering Education Research
Surgenor, Brian W
brian.surgenor@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Autonomous Vehicles; Machine Vision; Manufacturing Automation; Mechatronics Engineering Education; Servo Pneumatics Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & StructuresIntelligent Systems
Xian Wang
xian.wang@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Medical Robotics for Tumor Treatment; Micro/Nano Robots driven by External Field; Instrumentation for Micromanipulation; Cell Mechanics Modeling and Measurement Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Wu, Amy
amy.wu@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Human Locomotion and Balance; Human Biomechanics; Modelling and Controls; Mechatronics; Wearable Robotics; Legged Robotics; Bio-inspired Robotics Biomedical, Biomechanical and Bio-Engineering ; Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing BioengineeringMaterials & StructuresIntelligent Systems
Yao, Zhongwen
yaoz@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Electron Diffraction and Imaging; Advanced Nanostructured Alloys; Thin Film and Coating Technology; Radiation Damages in Metals; Hydrogen Embrittlement of Zirconium Alloys; Helium Embrittlement of Steels and Ni-Based Alloys; Nanostructure Characterization Materials Materials & Structures
Zak, Gennady
gene.zak@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Laser Welding of Plastics; Laser Machining of Ceramics; Additive Manufacturing Design, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Materials & Structures
Daneshmend, Laeeque K
laeeque.daneshmend@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Reliability Modeling; Mine Maintenance Systems Analysis; Reliability-based Design of Mobile Equipment; Production Monitoring and Control Systems Mining Research Laboratories Nature & EnvironmentIntelligent Systems
De Souza, Euler Magno
euler.desouza@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Sub-surface Ventilation and Environmental Control; Mine Ventilation Planning and Design; Mine Ventilation Modelling and Simulation; Mine Ventilation System Optimization; Mine Ventilation Energy Management; Mine Environment Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Ghahreman, Ahmad
ahmad.g@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Hydrometallurgy; Extractive Metallurgy; Gold Metallurgy; Lithium-ion Battery Recycling; Aqueous Chemistry; Leaching of Minerals; Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange; Electrometallurgy Hydrometallurgy and Environmental Nature & Environment
Gibson, Charlotte
charlotte.gibson@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Processing systems integration; Mineral processing; Reagent development; Concentration of critical minerals for batteries; Machine learning; Lithium, magnesium, and niobium flotation Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Johnson, Anne
anne.johnson@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Management of Social Risk; Sustainability Reporting and Metrics; Mining Law and Policy; Community Relations Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Katsabanis, Panagiotis D
takis.katsabanis@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Fragmentation and Fracture Propogation in Rock; Explosives Performance and Sensitivity; Performance and Fumes; Timing on Fragmentation; Damage Modelling; Effect of Blasting on Crushing and Grinding Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Kelebek, Sadan
sadan.kelebek@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Mineral Process Development; Flotation Separation of Minerals; Selectivity Issues in Complex Ores; Gold Ore Treatment; Mining/milling Environment; Water-solid Separation and Recycling; Coal and Graphite Concentration; Mineral Surface Chemistry & Interfacial Phenomena Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
McKinnon, Steve (Emeritus)
steve.mckinnon@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Stress Fields; Mining Induced Seismicity; Numerical Stress Analysis; Rockburst; Strainburst; Deep Mining Mine Design Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Ortiz Cabrera, Julian Maximiliano
julian.ortiz@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Geostatistics; Geometallurgy; Predictive Modeling; Uncertainty; Mining Value Chain; Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Multivariate Modeling Preditive Geometallurgy Intelligent Systems
Parent, Scott
scott.parent@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Chemical Modification of Polymers; Peroxide-Initiated Graft Modification of Polyolefins; Advanced Polymer Composites; Structure/Property in Ionomeric Materials; Elastomer Derivatives Macromolecular Processing and Engineering Materials & Structures
Pickles, Christopher A
christopher.pickles@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Pyrometallurgy; Extractive Metallurgy; Microwave Processing; Energy Utilization; Recycling; Thermodynamic Modelling Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Alzoubi, Mahmoud
mahmoud.alzoubi@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Fluid mechanics, conjugate phase-change heat and mass transfer, geomechanical modeling, Transport phenomena in porous media, Multiphysics experiments and numerical modeling in mining, GeoEnergy storage and extraction, Subsurface fluid-structure interaction Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Sadri, Farzaneh
farzaneh.sadri@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Chemical Extraction of Precious and Critical Metals, Hydrometallurgy, Recycling of Secondary Resources, Rare Earth Elements Separation, Solution Purification Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Sari, Yuksel Asli
y.sari@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Surface and underground mine planning, data analysis, applications in mine optimization, fleet management, mine automation, Machine Learning Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Taheri, Abbas
Abbas.taheri@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Engineering properties and Behaviors of Rocks; Experimental Geomechanics; Modeling of surface and Underground Excavations; Soil stabilization and improvement methods; Deep and High-Stress Mining Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Wells, Laura
laura.wells@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Responsive and Instructive Polymers; Smart Drug Delivery for Opthalmic Applications; Cell/material Interactions Biomedical engineering Bioengineering
Woodhouse, Kimberly
kim.woodhouse@queensu.ca
Chemical Engineering Tissue engineering; Biomimetic materials; Regenerative medicine Biomedical engineering Bioengineering
Wright, Stephanie
stephanie.wright@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Cryohydrogeology; Isotope hydrology; Fractured rock hydrogeology; Climate change; Contaminant transport; Permafrost Environmental Nature & Environment
Xin, Xiaying
x.xin@queensu.ca
Civil Engineering Water and Wastewater treatment; Nanotechnology and Biotechnology; Bacteria Inactivation; Emerging Contaminants; Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment Environmental Nature & Environment
Zhang, Kexue
kexue.zhang@queensu.ca
Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mathematics and Statistics (cross-appointed) Hybrid systems and control; functional differential equations on time scales; discrete time and continuous time modeling Process Analytics, Optimization and Control Intelligent Systems
Zhang, Qian
qian.zhang@queensu.ca
Robert M Buchan Dept of Mining Sustainability; Ecological/carbon footprint; Circular economy; Life-cycle assessment; Urban infrastructure/systems; Environmental Policy; Urban Mining Mining Research Laboratories Nature & Environment
Zhang, Yanwen
yanwen.zhang@queensu.ca
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Nuclear Materials; Radiation Effects; Radiation Damage; Complex Materials; Structural Materials Materials Materials & Structures