Faculty Members
E.J. Acosta, PhD. (Oklahoma)
Room WB131
Tel.: 416-946-0742
Email: edgar.acosta@utoronto.ca
Complex fluids research: surfactant and block copolymer micelles, microemulsions, emulsions, monolayers and liquid crystals. Surfactant-based processes: remediation of oil spills, colloid-enhanced ultrafiltration, admicellar chromatography, suspension - emulsion and microemulsion polymerization, froth flotation processes (paper de-inking, mineral separations and water decontamination), aqueous solvents for vegetable oil extraction. Formulation Engineering: molecular structure - physicochemical properties - formulation performance relationships in applications such as: delivery of drugs, cosmetics and food additives, coatings, paints and inks, detergency and general surface cleaners, water-based solvent replacements of organic degreasers (including dry cleaning systems).
D.G. Allen, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.
Room WB365
Tel.: 416-978-8517
Email: dgrant.allen@utoronto.ca
Bioprocess engineering and its environmental applications. Biological Waste Treatment: performance and design of biological treatment systems for toxicity reduction in pulp mill effluents, biological treatment of chlorinated organic compounds, biofiltration of air pollutants. Bioconversion of waste water and waste solids into value added fuels, chemicals and materials. Microalgae production from carbon dioxide, sunlight and wastewater for production of biofuels and biochemicals. Biofilm formation and adhesion. Microbiology and floc formation in waste treatment systems and the development of techniques of monitoring microbial communities.
T.P. Bender, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Room WB256
Tel.: 416-978-6140
Email: tim.bender@utoronto.ca
Organic Photovoltaic Devices including design, synthesis and crystal engineering of light harvesting organic materials, hole- and electron-transporting organic materials and polymers, chemical process engineering, design of experiments, parallel chemistry, molecular modeling.
Y.L. Cheng, S.B., S.M. (MIT), Ph.D. (Stanford)
Room WB339
Tel.: 416-978-5500/416-978-4402
Email: yuling.cheng@utoronto.ca
Controlled release drug delivery. Diffusion in polymers. Responsive polymers. Biomaterials.
W.R. Cluett, B.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Alberta), F.C.I.C., P.Eng.
Room BA2110
Tel.: 416-978-5889
Email: will.cluett@utoronto.ca
Process identification, control and design; systems biology.
D.E. Cormack, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Caltech), P.Eng.
Tel. 416-978-2384
Email: donald.cormack@utoronto.ca
Application of the Boundary Element Method to problems in Chemical Engineering : design and optimization of cathodic protection systems for process equipment; anodic protection in kraft digesters; simulation of electroplating and electromachining. Deposit removal from boiler heat exchangers. Design and optimization of cleaning strategies, particularly in kraft recovery boilers. Deposit characterization.
L.L. Diosady, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., (Toronto), P.Eng., C.Eng, F.C.I.C, F.C.A.E, F.C.I.F.S.T.
Room WB341
Tel.: 416-978-4137
Email: l.diosady@utoronto.ca
Food Engineering - the application of chemical engineering principles to the processing of agricultural products for concurrent recovery of food, nutraceuticals and biofuels. Process development for recovering oil, vegetable proteins and valuable minor components based on modern membrane separation technologies. Catalytic hydrogenation of edible oils. Nitrite-free meat curing. Study of chemical and functional changes during extrusion, in line monitoring of extrusion and other food processes. Microencapsulation of food ingredients and nutraceuticals for controlled release of micronutrients in food fortification - both for international development, and for the North American food industry.
E.A. Edwards, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng.
Room WB340
Tel.: 416-946-3506
Email: elizabeth.edwards@utoronto.ca
Biodegradation and bioremediation of aromatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents. Anaerobic processes for bioremediation and wastewater treatment. Rates and biochemical pathways of microbial degradative reactions. Evaluation of intrinsic and enhanced bioremediation. Identification of microbial species capable of anaerobic biodegradation. Environmental microbiology and molecular biology.
G.J. Evans, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng.
Room WB127
Tel.: 416-978-1821
Email: greg.evans@utoronto.ca
Aerosols, Environmental Chemistry and Air Pollution: health and environmental impacts of aerosols, urban air pollution, chemical analysis of particulate matter, in vivo and in vitro investigation of pathophysiological mechanisms and toxicological potency, aerosols in climate change, receptor modeling and source identification, development and application of statistical software.
R.R. Farnood, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Sharif), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Room WB420B
Tel.: 416-946-7525
Email: ramin.farnood@utoronto.ca
Biomaterials, bioenergy, and environmental engineering: Novel green products based on forest biomass, hydrothermal biomass conversion, inkjet micro-fabrication of intelligent devices, advanced treatment technologies for reuse applications, micro-structure characterization of materials.
C.Q. Jia, B.Eng., M.Eng. (Chongqing), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Room WB329
Tel.: 416-946-3097
Email: cq.jia@utoronto.ca
Environmental science and engineering: Fate and transport of pollutants in multi-media environments; Industrial pollutant abatement technologies; Environmental and industrial applications of inorganic sulphur chemistry; Environmental applications of sulphate-reducing bacteria.
M. Kawaji, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.S., Ph.D. (U. California, Berkeley), P. Eng., FCIC, FASME
Room: WB117
Tel.: 416-978-3064
Email: masahiro.kawaji@utoronto.ca
Multiphase flow and phase change heat transfer, transport phenomena, microfluidics, micro-heat pipes, nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics and safety analysis, microgravity fluid physics and transport phenomena, thermal diffusion, advanced instrumentation, numerical simulation of free surface problems, compact heat exchangers, thermal analysis of Kraft Recovery boilers and lime kilns, sustainable energy, biomass gasification, thermal energy storage, hydrogen production by electrolysis.
D.W. Kirk, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng.
Room WB246
Tel.: 416-978-7406
Email: don.kirk@utoronto.ca
Electrochemical engineering, design, modelling, reaction kinetic studies, pollution control, metal dissolution and organic electrosynthesis, environmental studies (recovery and recycling).
M.T. Kortschot, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge), P.Eng.
Room WB363
Tel.: 416-978-8926
Email: mark.kortschot@utoronto.ca
COMPOSITE SCIENCE AND REINFORCED POLYMERS: Structure/property relationships for non-metallic materials; studies of delamination in carbon fiber reinforced epoxy; manufacture and properties of wood fiber reinforced thermoplastics, manufacture and properties of engineered wood building products.
PAPER PHYSICS: Structure/property relationships in paper with emphasis on fracture micromechanical analysis of energy absorption during crack growth; relationship between formation and fracture toughness; phenomenological descriptions of fracture.
Y.A. Lawryshyn, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto), MBA (Ivey/UWO), FinEng-Dipl. (Schulich/York), P.Eng.
Room WB256
Tel: 416-946-0576
Email: yuri.lawryshyn@utoronto.ca
Applying Information Technology with analytical and numerical methods to solve complex, but practical, problems. Research areas: business process optimization, financial engineering, asset management in the municipal environmental sector and environmental research.
R. Mahadevan, B.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India), Ph.D. (University of Delaware)
Room WB326
Tel.: 416-946-0996
Email: krishna.mahadevan@utoronto.ca
Modeling and analysis of biological systems across multiple time and length scales with a focus on metabolic and gene regulatory networks; model-based engineering of cellular systems for biomedical, and biochemical applications including metabolic engineering, bioprocess optimization & control, and bioremediation. bioinformatics & computational/systems biology methods for reconstruction and analysis of metabolic pathways and gene regulatory networks.
E.R. Master, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (UBC), Post-doc (KTH, Sweden).
Room: WB420C
Tel: 416-946-7861
Email: emma.master@utoronto.ca
Wood biotechnology, genome mining, biocatalyst production and design, biomaterial development, biocommodity engineering, biofuels.
More information at: http://www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/~bioproducts
A. P. McGuigan, MEng. (Oxford), PhD (Toronto), Post-Doc (Harvard, Stanford)
Room: WB338
Tel.: 416-978-7552
Email: alison.mcguigan@utoronto.ca
Tissue engineering, microfabrication tools for biology, developmental biology, systems biology, 2D and 3D cell organization and self-assembly, cell migration, patterned gene delivery, modelling tissue organization mechanisms.
C.A. Mims, B.S. (Texas), Ph.D. (Berkeley)
Room WB113
Tel.: 416-978-4575
Email: charles.mims@utoronto.ca
Applications of surface science and kinetics to problems in heterogeneous catalysis and materials processing. Selective oxidation, methane conversion, coal gasification, CO hydrogenation. Dynamic isotope tracing of catalytic reaction mechanisms, correlation of surface chemistry with materials and catalytic performance.
Please visit the SIontario web site at http://www.si-ontario.utoronto.ca
R.C. Newman, MA, PhD (Cambridge), DSc, CEng, FIMM,
NSERC-UNENE Senior Industrial Research Chair in Corrosion and Materials Performance in Nuclear Power Systems
Room WB224
Tel.: 416-946-0604
Email: roger.newman@utoronto.ca
Corrosion and protection of metals, stress corrosion cracking, nanoporous materials, sensors, coatings, membranes, nuclear power systems and waste management, oil and gas production and refining, pulp and paper.
V.G. Papangelakis, Dipl. Eng. (Athens), M.Eng., Ph.D. (McGill)
Room WB213
Tel.: 416-978-1093
Email: vladimiros.papangelakis@utoronto.ca
Aqueous process engineering; chemical process metallurgy, hydrometallurgy; process modelling; electrolyte solution chemistry; mineral-water interfaces; recycling of inorganic wastes; environmental remediation from mining and metallurgical activities.
J.C. Paradi, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng., FCAE
Room WB257
Tel.: 416-978-6924x1
Email: paradi@mie.utoronto.ca
Research interests concentrate on the Financial Services Industry and the communications carriers' technology and performance evaluation needs. Productivity, efficiency and effectiveness in the services industries are the major focus of the work.
M. Radisic, B.Eng. McMaster University (1999), Ph.D. MIT (2004), Post-doc Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (2005)
Room MB320
Tel.: (416)946-5295
Email: m.radisic@utoronto.ca
Tissue engineering, bioreactors, biophysical modulation of engineered tissues, patterned cell co-culture (2D and 3D), Modeling of transport processes relevant to tissue engineering.
D.W. Reeve, B.Sc. (UBC), M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.
Room WB221
Tel.: 416-978-2543/416-978-3069
Email: doug.reeve@utoronto.ca
Professor Reeve has recently focused his attention on engineering education; student leadership development, and engineering and public policy.
B.A. Saville, B.Sc., Ph.D.(Alberta), P.Eng.
Room WB362
Tel.: 416-978-7745
Email: bradley.saville@utoronto.ca
Kinetics and mass transport in biomedical and biochemical systems: enzymes for biochemical production and other industrial processes; enzyme inactivation and regulation of enzyme activity; metabolism and transport phenomena in organs; pharmacokinetics.
M.V. Sefton, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), Sc.D. (MIT), P.Eng.
University Professor and Michael E. Charles Chair in Chemical Engineering
Donnelly CCBR, 160 College Street, Room 406
Tel.: 416-978-3088
Email: michael.sefton@utoronto.ca
Tissue engineering, cardiovascular biomaterials, medical implants, cell transplantation, gene delivery systems.
M.S. Shoichet, B.Sc. (MIT), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Massachusetts)
Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering
Donnelly CCBR, 160 College Street, Room 514
Tel.: 416-978-1460
Email: molly.shoichet@utoronto.ca
Advancing innovative polymeric drug delivery and tissue engineering solutions to problems arising as a result of either traumatic injury to the central nervous system or cancer. Focus is on stem cell guidance within defined 3-D matrices; injectable hydrogels for cell and biomolecule delivery; polymeric nanoparticles for targeted delivery.
H.N. Tran, B.Sc. (Shizuoka), M.Eng. (Tokyo, Shizuoka), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Frank Dottori Chair in Pulp and Paper Engineering
Room WB 420D
Tel.: 416-978-8585
Email: honghi.tran@utoronto.ca
High temperature chemical reactions and applied research related to deposit formation, fouling and corrosion in, and gaseous emissions from, recovery boilers, lime kilns, sludge incinerators, and municipal waste incinerators.
C.M. Yip , B.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Minnesota), P.Eng.
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Imaging
Donnelly CCBR, 160 College Street, Room 404
Tel.: 416-978-7853
Email: christopher.yip@utoronto.ca
Molecular self-assembly: Protein-ligand and biomolecular complexes and elucidation of the mechanisms associated with their formation. Organic solid-state focusing on molecular and biomolecular crystals and their properties. Biomolecular and ligand-receptor interaction forces. Application of scanning probe microscopy to the characterization of biomolecular processes and structures. Novel protein complexes at interfaces. Molecular modeling of biomolecular complexes. Synthesis and characterization of molecular solids. Structure-property relationships in supramolecular assemblies.