Our People - Computational Modeling

Research Interests:

• Dynamics and control of MEMS
• Design of MEMS devices
• Micro-power generation
• Multi-body dynamics and control
• Biomechanics

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Research Interests:

• Identifying mechanisms linking physical exposures with knee osteoarthritis
• Global aim of preventing exposure-related musculoskeletal disorders

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Research Interests:

• Biomechanical properties of soft tissues
• Integration of imaging and mechanics
• Biomechanical-based image registration for surgery and radiotherapy
• Mechanics and structural applications of composite materials
• Smart devices and sensors

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[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "An engineering prospective on Cancer'

Research Interests:

• Assistive Robotics and Rehabilitation Engineering

• Neuromechanical Modeling; Robot-Based System ID
• Human-Robot Interaction and Neural Control
• Movement Analysis and Sensorimotor Deficit Modeling
• Smart Implants and Prosthetics
• Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning 

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Research Interests:

• Simulation, light and matter interactions, biomedical applications
• Predictive simulation of light interactions with organic and inorganic materials
• Realistic modeling of material appearance for image synthesis
• Remote sensing (effects of adverse environmental conditions on crops and forests)
• Biomedical optics (development of procedures and equipment for the prevention and treatment of different medical conditions, from jaundice to skin cancer)

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Research Interests:

• Multisensory integration
• Perception and action
• Psychophysics
• The vestibular system
• Virtual reality

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[Waterloo News] September 25, 2018 "Virtual reality motion sickness may be predicted and counteracted"

[ScienceDaily] December 15, 2018 "Aging warps our perception of time, study finds"

[Record] October 12, 2017 "Aging slows perception of falls: UW study"

Research Interests:

• Responsive, kinetic, distributed architectural environments
• interactive systems applied to built environment
• lightweight structures
• Digital fabrication
• Mixed-material prototyping applied to architectural component systems.  

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[Azure Magazine] June 13, 2018, "transforming future couture' 

[Waterloo Stories] October 23, 2013 "School of Architecture hosts international conference"

[Waterloo Stories] August 9, 2013 "Fashion and the city"

Research Interests:

• Chemical process control - Robust control, Nonlinear control, Model Predictive Control (MPC)

• Systems biology - modeling, control and optimization of biological processes, metabolic flux analysis, dynamic metabolic flux models, run-to-run (batch to batch) optimization of pharmaceutical process

• Monitoring/Fault Detection of chemical and biological/biotechnological processes - Multivariate statistical methods for monitoring and fault detection, Inferential (soft) sensors

Research Interests:

My research program combines a fundamental in-vitro research approach, examining the time varying response of the lumbar spine tissues, with in-vivo human research, examining biological responses to cumulative loading exposure from both pain generating and tissue altering/injuring perspectives. Work in my laboratories involves developing approaches to assess workplace cumulative loading exposure and injury in conjunction with in-vitro tissue mechanics studies investigating the injury pathways from repetitive loading. Currently, quantifying the influence of modifiers such as repetition and magnitude of exposure to establish the relationship between cumulative loading and low back pain is a major focus in my research. This knowledge will complement existing epidemiological data, linking cumulative loading and low back pain, for setting exposure limits and helping to prevent low back injuries.

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Research Interests:

• Human factors and cognitive ergonomics (driving, healthcare, aerospace

• Human performance and mental workload modeling, cognitive modeling

• Human-computer interaction, interface evaluation and design

• Controlled experiments, discrete event simulation, computational modeling

• Perception, decision making, skill learning, fatigue

• Artificial intelligence

• ACT-R, QN-ACTR,

• Wearable devices, environment-aware devices

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Research Interests:

• Health informatics

• Translational research in healthcare and medicine

• Health system integration
• Semantic interoperability
• Healthcare decision making and decision support
• Health data analytics
• Medical imaging informatics
• Patient safety
• Mobile health
• Wearable devices

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[Waterloo Stories] July 10, 2017 "Waterloo software improves care for kidney patients"

[CBB researcher story] July 21, 2015 "Data management in Health Care"

Research Interests:

• Biochemical engineering

• Microbial biotechnology

• Synthetic and molecular biology

• Genetic, metabolic and protein engineering

• Biopharmaceuticals (to treat autoimmune diseases and prevent rejection of organ transplants)

• Biomanufacturing, bioprocessing technologies (biological strain construction, bioreaction cultivation, biofuels, bioproduct recovery and purification)

[Waterloo Stories] May 3, 2013 "Can bacteria help create a cheaper fuel for our cars?"

[UW Eng-e-news] August 14, 2013 "Engineering Life-enhancing research"

Research Interests:

• Biomedical and scientific imaging

• Computer vision and video analysis

• Image processing, segmentation/classification

• Multiresolution techniques

• Automated interpretation of SAR (synthetic aperture radar)

• Remote sensing

• Stochastic models

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[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

[The Record] May 8,2018, have ties with a new Montreal sports analytics research lab in Kitchener

Research Interests:

• CO2 capture from large point sources
• Large scale optimization of energy systems
• Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
• Syngas/Hydrogen production, Reaction Engineering

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Research Interests:

• Human body modeling for safety and protection (impact biomechanics, trauma prediction)
• Material testing, characterization and constitutive models
• Advanced modeling, additive manufacturing
• Structural crashworthiness and lightweight vehicle structures

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[Waterloo Stories] October 5, 2012 "New virtual crash test dummies will have plenty to say"

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Research Interests:

• Fundamental shoulder function and dysfunction
• Creation and validation of mathematical models to predict shoulder demands
• Applications of shoulder biomechanics to workplace injury prevention
• Rehabilitative and preventative strategies for ensuring shoulder health
• Digital human modeling, Computational musculoskeletal modeling
• Ergonomics
• Motion Capture
• Upper limb biomechanics

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Canada Research Chair in Shoulder Mechanics [Canada Research Chair Profile]

[Waterloo News] February 19, 2019 "How to make the push-up work for you" 

[Waterloo Stories] October 7, 2013 "Reducing shoulder injuries in the workplace"

Research Interests:

• Molecular function prediction, design (proteins, DNA)

• Computational genomics

• Evolutionary bioinformatics and computational biology

[WCMR] June 18, 2018, receives Thermo Fisher Scientific Award

[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

[Waterloo Stories] January 26, 2018 "Scientists find new kind of botox"

Research Interests:

• Mathematical modeling - Stochastic Modeling and Optimization, Markov Decision Processes, Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes, Dynamic Programming, Simulation Models.
• Health Care: Medical Decision Making, Organ Transplantation, Cancer Screening, Health Care Delivery.
• Production Planning: Multicriteria Scheduling

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Research Interests:

• Machining of Tissue-Engineered Bone Implants

• Biomanufacturing

• Precision motion control (high speed machine tools, robots, and electronic/semiconductor manufacturing equipment)

• Modeling and identification

• Optimal trajectory planning

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[Engineering News] October 19, 2016 "Researchers join advanced manufacturing network"

Research Interests:

• Cooperative systems and sensor networks (multi-agent, multi-sensor systems)

• Nonlinear, adaptive, and switched dynamical systems; robust adaptive control; nonlinear and adaptive control designs for mechatronic systems

• Control applications (high performance flight and vehicle stability control, biomedical)

• Robotics and intelligent systems (multi-agent, motion planning, vision control, biomedical and assistive robotics)

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Research Interests:

• Computer vision, signal and image processing

• Remote sensing

• Intelligent systems and software

• Multiscale statistical modeling

• Societal and environmental systems

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​[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

Research Interests:

• Discovering biomechanical determinants of occupational performance

• Advancing functional capacity evaluation

• Advancing digital human modeling

• Inform better, safer products 

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Research interests:

[Science Direct] August 10, 2018 "Revealing the atomistic details behind the binding of B7–1 to CD28 and CTLA-4: A comprehensive protein-protein modelling study"

[Nature] August 27, 2019 "Comprehensive in vitro characterization of PD-L1 small molecule inhibitors"

Research Interests:

• Assistive technology (physical, cognitive disabilities, dementia)

• Health informatics

• Artificial intelligence

• Computational social science

• Affective computing, computer vision

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[VJDementia] "The complex issue of emotion" 

[Computer Science News] June 29, 2017 "ACT@Home: An emotionally intelligent cognitive assistant to help people with Alzheimer’s disease"

[Waterloo Stories] January 2, 2013 "Making life easier for those living with Alzheimer's"

Research interests: 

• GTP-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases
• IgA1 protease family of bacterial proteases

Research Interests:

• Methionine chemistry and biochemestry (amino acid methionine and its roles in proteins, cellular pathways and its functions)

• Bionanomaterials, bionanotechnology (for novel drug carriers, molecular foundations for nanodevices)

• Medicinal chemistry

• Enzymology
• Bioorganic chemistry
• Protein structure and function

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[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

Research Interests:

• Robotics
• Collaborative robots
• Human-robot interaction
• Human Motion Analysis
• Humanoid Robots
• Optimal control

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Research Interests:

• Robustness of water supply systems, with a focus on treatment
• Facilitating application of newer treatment technologies (e.g. UV disinfection and membranes), including integration into existing facilities
• Identification and removal of trace chemical contaminants (pharmaceuticals & endocrine disrupters)
• Known and emerging pathogens, and their removal/inactivation by treatment processes
• Biodegradation

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NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Water Treatment [NSERC Profile]

[Waterloo Stories] March 14, 2013 "Protecting our drinking water for 20 years"

Research Interests:

• Microbial diversity and function at contaminated sites (primarily municipal landfills)
• DNA, RNA, and protein (meta-omics) sequences
• Environment remediation
• Impacts of human activities on the environment

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Canada Research Chair in Environmental Microbiology [Canada Research Chair Profile]

[YouTube] October 23, 2015 "Piecing life together - microbial diversity and function through meta-omic analyses"

[Waterloo Stories] April 12, 2016 "New tree of life may hold clues to cleaning up pollution"

Research Interests:

• Mobility assistive devices
• Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Modeling of Human Locomotion
• Autonomous Navigation Using Artificial Neural Networks
• Dynamic Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding, Arc Acoustics in GMA welding, Walking Robot Welder
• Automatic end-of-arm and tool-centre-point calibration

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Research Interests:

• Mathematical modelling in systems biology
• Control theory
• Synthetic biology

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[CBB researcher story] August 6, 2015 "Decreasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria"

[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Model-based design in synthetic biology"

Research Interests:

• Design/discovery of potential therapeutics to target various diseases
• Understanding the structure and pharmacology of membrane proteins
• Development of in silico methods/tools for sequence, structure and functional analysis
• Inferring the structure-function evolution of proteins
• Protein engineering for biotechnology and pharmaceutical applications

[American Chemical Society] January 23, 2012 "Exploring Inhibitor Release Pathways in Histone Deacetylases Using Random Acceleration Molecular Dynamics Simulations"

[Wiley Online Library] July 27, 2013 "Ligand release mechanisms and channels in histone deacetylases"

[Royal Society of Chemistry] December 19, 2013 "A steered molecular dynamics mediated hit discovery for histone deacetylases"

[Nature Methods] May 8, 2017 "ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates"

[Royal Society of Chemistry] October 24, 2017 "Reverse engineering: transaminase biocatalyst development using ancestral sequence reconstruction"

Research interests:

• Upper-extremity biomechanics 
• Orthopaedic biomechanics 
• Osteoarthritis
• Computational modeling 
• Imaging

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Research Interests:

• Integrative cancer biology
• Combination of cancer treatments
• Nano-scale drug delivery
• Cancer stem cells
• Biomechanics

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[Waterloo News] June 23, 2016 "Nanotechnology and math deliver two-in-one punch for cancer therapy resistance"

[Waterloo Stories] February 11, 2015 "Study finds new lethal combination of cancer drugs shrinks tumors"

[Waterloo Stories] January 16, 2018 "Math can predict how cancer cells evolve"

Research Interests:

• Musculoskeletal biomechanics related to human health and injury prevention, and the role that advanced age has on these relationships.
• Fall-related tissue trauma including hip fractures, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries
• Workplace musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD)
• Orthopedic biomechanics

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[YouTube] Andrew Laing, Department of Kinesiology, UW

Research Interests:

• Classical and visual optics
• Optical system design, science and engineering
• Psychophysics/human factors
• Visual perception, visual optics math modelling
• Biomedical image processing

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[CBB researcher story] July 29, 2015 "Image processing to automate early glaucoma diagnosis"

Research Interests:

• Human computation (crowdsourcing)
• Human-in-the-loop intelligent systems
• Online communities and citizen science
• Large-scale collaborative planning systems
• Interaction techniques and incentive mechanisms for volunteer-based human computation systems within Science and Public Health.

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[Computer Science News] May 1, 2015 "CIHR-NSERC grant awarded to CS professor"

Research Interests:

• Integrative kidney physiology

• Biofluid dynamics

• Diabetes

• Hypertension

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March 29, 2018 "Canada 150 Research Chair joins Department of Applied Mathematics"

Research Interests:

• Design of mixed analog/digital circuits for wireless communication
• Phase noise of oscillator, mixer noise and mixer distortion analysis

Research interests:

• Developing machine learning and statistical methods for genomics and proteomics data analysis using interpretable machine learning, reproducible (error-controlled) machine learning, and heterogeneous data integration
• Developing interpretation methods to find scientifically interesting and statistically confident hypotheses from complex biological data from single-cell genomics, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, and metagenomics

Research interests:

• Developing more realistic methods to evaluate hearing assistive devices (e.g. hearing aids)
• Improving the naturalness of human/robot speech interaction
• Aging
• Balance/Motor Control/Biomechanics
• Virtual Reality
• Wearables Devices
• Audiology/Hearing Science

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Research Interests:

• Medical device and diagnostic development for hearing and hearing loss
• Audiology and Otolaryngology
• Acoustic, Vibration, physiological and cadaveric measurements, animal models
• Aging, Biomechanics

Research Interests:

• Protein structure, functions, evolution (yeast, mammalian cell lines, plant-bacterial)

• Bioinformatics, systematics and protein evolution

• Protein structure and interaction modeling
• Protein expression pattern analysis
• Molecular genetics

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Research interests:

• Medical devices relating to orthopaedic surgery
• Aging, biomechanics, personalized medicine, virtual reality, wearable devices, surgical navigation
• 3D printing/additive manufacturing, actuators, computational modelling, imaging, medical devices

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Research Interests:

• Biomechanics engineering (injury rehabilitation, assistive devices for elderly, athletes, disabled)

• Mechatronic and robotic systems

• Multibody system dynamics

• Computational methods for analysis and design

• Advanced vehicle systems

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Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics [Canada Research Chair Profile]

NSERC/Toyota/Maplesoft Industrial Research Chair in Mathematics-Based Modelling and Design [NSERC Profile]

[Waterloo Stories] February 20, 2019 "Engineering innovation for wheelchair curlers"

[Waterloo Stories] August 5, 2016 "Rio Olympics 2016: Engineering speed for the Canadian track cycling team"

[Waterloo Stories] June 17, 2015 "Waterloo’s $10M dream facility for smarter, greener cars"

Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:

• Vehicle Rollover Control using Pulsed Active Steering Control Strategy

Research Interests:

• Proteins: energetics, kinetics, mechanisms, structure, dynamics, folding, function, evolution, engineering and design, thermodynamics, kinetics (ALS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, prions, cancer)

• High resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fluorescence, CD, NMR, FTIR, DLS)

• Optical spectroscopies

• Bioinformatics and computational modelling

• Biocomputing and protein engineering

• Biophysical chemistry and biochemistry
• Bionanotechnology and biomaterials

​[Waterloo News] November 24, 2015 "New insights into protein structure could change the future of biomedicine"

[​Chemistry News] August 20, 2014 "Chemist Elizabeth Meiering takes on the ALS ice bucket challenge"

Research Interests:

•  design and control of spinal exoskeletons for he prevention of back pain
•  development of assistive robotic devices to increase mobility of older person
•  design studies of lower limb exoskeletons

Research Interests:

• mHealth and wearable technology design
• Ubiquitous sensors for smart homes and remote patient monitoring
• Big data and health data analytics
• Technology to support longer independent living

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[MaRS] April 26, 2018 "UbiLab team wins Healthy Behaviour Data Challenge"

Research Interests:

• Drug discovery
• Rational drug design and medicinal chemistry
• Cancer therapy
• Treatment of neurological disorders (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's)
• Drug discovery/rational design
• Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel organic molecules and peptides/peptidomimics as therapeutic agents

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[Science News] October 22, 2018 "Nekkar lab determines that depression medications can help treat Alzheimer’s disease"

​[Pharmacy News] July 29, 2015 "Waterloo pharmacist examines drug therapies for Alzheimer’s disease"

Research Interests:

• Neural networks and neural learning algorithms
• Dynamical systems and scientific computing
• Computational neuroscience

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[CBB researcher story] July 20, 2015 "Computational Perception: How a brain understands its environment"

Research Interests:

• Application of intelligent systems (hydrology, water resources, decision making in health, control of satellite communications, fault detection analysis)

• Optimization
• Mathematical programming, decision making under uncertainty
• Data mining

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Research Interests:

• Machine learning and reasoning under uncertainty (artificial intelligence, computational statistics, decision and control theory)

• Health informatics (assistive technologies, behaviour recognition, smart walkers, Alzheimer’s monitoring)

• Natural language understanding (dialogue management, semantic analysis)

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[National Post] May 11, 2018, weighs in on how Google's A.I. personal assistant sparks concerns about future of communication

[The Record] May 8,2018, have ties with a new Montreal sports analytics research lab in Kitchener

[Markets Insider] February 5, 2018 "Borealis AI increases brain power by adding top AI talent"

[The Globe and Mail] February 4, 2018 "How we can leverage AI to bridge academia and business"

[Waterloo Stories] April 12, 2013 "Breaking the fall: Smart walker will help prevent injuries"

Research Interests

• Early Cancer Detection
• Eliminating Positive Surgical Margins
• Non-contact Biopsies for Endoscopy 
• Functional Brain Imaging 
• Early Detection and Understanding the Age-related Vision Loss Problems
• Wound Care
• Cardiovascular
• Machine learning/AI

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Research Interests:

• Simulation & Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
• Novice And Older Driver Training
• Predictive & Conceptual Modeling Of Behavior
• Eye Tracking
• Attention & Cognition
• Perception
• Decision Making
• Aging
• Automotive Human Factors
• Autonomous Vehicles And Connected Vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Caregiver Behaviors & Errors
• Assistive & Automotive Interfaces
• Vulnerable Road User Safety (Pedestrians & Bicyclists)
• Motorcyclist Safety
• Special Populations (ADHD & Dementia)
• Traffic Control Devices & Roadway Infrastructure Design

Research Interests

• Virtual Reality
• Wearables Devices
• Computer Human Interaction, haptics, design
• Data Science
• Mental Health
• Nutritional Science

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[YouTube] October 11, 2018 "DualPanto: A Haptic Device that Enables Blind Users to Continuously Interact with Virtual Worlds"

Alternate Location:

• Satellite Campus, UW-Schlegel Research Institute for Aging, Research Building, Sensors and Devices Lab

Research Interests:

• Bio-wearable electronics and systems
• Bio-electromagnetics, bio-technology, bio-sensors and energy harvesting systems
• RF/microwave/millimeter wave/Terahertz (THz) circuits and antenna systems
• Radio frequency (RF)/microwave packaging and Electromagnetic compatibility 
• (EMC)/Electromagnetic interface (EMI) analyses
• Vehicle and UAV wireless communications, navigation systems, and telematics systems
• Complex propagation and scattering phenomena
• Devices and novel electromagnetic materials and wireless sensors

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Awards:

• Top downloaded paper in Medical Physics (arXiv) – October 2019
• Best Imaging Paper, CVS, 2018
• ACM MobileHCI 2017 Best Worskshop Paper Award
• IEEE APS 2017 SPC Honorable Mention Paper Award
• IEEE Sensors Most Popular Article (March 2017)
• IEEE Sensors Annual Volume Cover Page

[CBB Events] November 15, 2019 "Professor Shaker organizes a Health Canada Regulatory insights Workshop"

[CNN] November 11, 2019 "Scientists develop sensor to save children and pets from hot car deaths"

[Waterloo News] October 29, 2019 "Advancing healthcare through innovative technology"

[Inside Digital Health] June 3, 2019 "Study: Radar Monitors Sleep with Accuracy Comparable to Current Standards"

[Waterloo News]  June 28, 2018 "AI and radar technologies could help diabetics manage their disease"

[Engineering News] June 28, 2018 "Researchers developing a prick-free glucose monitor"

[RD Magazine] June 28, 2018 "AI and Radar Technologies Could Help Diabetics Manage Their Disease" 

[Engineering News] July 5, 2016 "Waterloo wins big with tiny power device"

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Research Interests:

• Biomechanics
• Mathematical modeling of hydrocephalus
• Mathematical oncology

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[Applied Mathematics Biomedical Research Group]

[Waterloo Stories] January 16, 2018 "Math can predict how cancer cells evolve"

Research Interests:

• Calcium channel analysis for target drug delivery for treatment of pain, arrhythmias, angina, and potential benefits in treatment of epilepsy and cancer.

• Structure, function and pharmacology of calcium channels and sodium channels

• Structure and function and analysis of NALCN cation channel  and anti-calcium channel toxins

• The Spafford Neurobiology Research Laboratory studies voltage-gated calcium channels, molecular physiology, biophysics, cell biology, protein biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy and tissue cultures.

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[Science News] April 25, 2014 "Waterloo discovers a key regulator in the pacemakers of our brain and heart"

Research Interests:

• Tissue engineering and biodegradable implants for regenerative medicine (3D printing)

• Bio-additive and microscale-additive manufacturing (opto-mechanical sensors, smart structures, developed through additive manufacturing)

• Novel multi-scale additive manufacturing technologies for biomedical, oil/gas and manufacturing sectors

• Laser-based fabrication techniques with particular focus on direct write processes in micro- and macro-scale

• Modeling, sensing and real-time control of laser-based manufacturing techniques

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​Canada Research Chair in Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing  [Canada Research Chair Profile]

[Office of Research News] May 8,2018 "Waterloo researchers named Canada Research Chairs" 

[YouTube Lecture] May 6, 2014 "Additive manufacturing"

Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:

• 3D Variable Density Printing
• Graphene Printing
• Dual-Parameter Fiber Optic Sensor

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Research Interests:

• Medical imaging (processing, registration, cell segmentation, tracking)
• Computer simulations (biomedical, brain and soft tissue injury and biomechanics, architectural, remote sensing, natural phenomena, fine arts)
• Computational finance
• Scientific computing (numerical solutions of partial differential equations, iterative methods, and multigrid preconditioning, parallel computation on high performance platforms)

Canada Research Chair in Scientific Computing [Canada Research Chair Profile]

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Research Interests:

• Image and signal processing, coding and quality assessment
• Computational vision and pattern analysis
• Multimedia communications
• Biomedical signal and image processing

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[Waterloo News] October 5, 2015 "Waterloo Engineer wins Emmy Award"

[Waterloo Stories] February 3, 2014 "Engineering professor awarded prestigious fellowship"

Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:

• High Performance Video Compression

Research Interests:

• Biomaterials and mechanics of biomaterials and tissues

• Bone quality and fragility, collagen

• Engineering of bone mimetic materials for skeletal reconstruction (3D printing)

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Research Interests:

• Biomedical image processing and analysis (prostate, breast, lung and dermatological cancer analysis, retinal photoreceptor and blood vessel analysis, musculoskeletal kinematic analysis

• Remote sensing data processing and analysis (sea ice, underwater object, oil spill analysis)

• Perceptual based video and image processing (noise reduction, compression, enhancement)

• Computer vision and pattern recognition

• Multimedia management systems

• 3D graphics and game development

• Cognitive radio networks

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Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems [Canada Research Chair Profile]

[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners

[Waterloo News] [CBC News] [Gadgets] May 16, 2018, Co-authors discuss the use of aerobic fitness data from wearable tech to predict illness

[Waterloo News] May 15, 2018 "Researchers combine wearable technology and AI to predict the onset of health problems"

[Global Impact] [570 news] [Youtube] April 11, 2018 "How AI is helping doctors diagnose Cancer" 

[The Star] February 9, 2018 "How TheRedPin aims to take a swipe at the real estate industry"

[Waterloo News] June 7, 2017 "Artificial intelligence-driven imaging research makes diagnosing disease easier"

[Waterloo Stories] January 28, 2017 "Artificial intelligence and the Waterloo-Toronto tech supercluster"

[Waterloo Stories] May 20, 2016 "Breakthrough tech helps doctors more accurately diagnose cancer"

[CBB researcher story] January 9, 2013 "Improving Early Diagnosis to Save Lives"

[Waterloo Stories] January 9, 2013 "Making it harder for cancer to hide"

[YouTube Lecture] October 1, 2014 "Integrative systems for biomedical imaging and analysis"

Research interests:

• Vision rehabilitation
• Systems for optimizing patient care outcomes
• Retinal disease
• Pharmacology.

Research Interests:

• Numerical simulation
• Optics
• Polarization
• Electric field propagation
• Guided waves
• Optoelectronics devices and systems

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Research Interests:

• Biopharmaceuticals (therapeutics, treatment of autoimmune diseases, prevent rejection of organ transplants)

• Industrial biomanufacturing and biotechnology (fermentation, food ingredients, enzymes, biofuels)

• Environmental management (bioremediation of carcinogenic environmental pollutants, filtration, chromatography)

The Royal Society of Canada Fellow

[YouTube Lecture] September 29, 2014 "Biofuels and Waste Treatment"

[YouTube Lecture] September 19, 2013 "Industrial Biotechnology: Current developments and trends"

[UW Eng-e-news] August 14, 2013 "Engineering Life-enhancing research"

[Waterloo Stories] May 3, 2013 "Can bacteria help create a cheaper fuel for our cars?"

[CBB researcher story] December 6, 2012 "Bringing Bioengineering and Biotechnology to its Fullest Potential"

Research Interests:

• Microjoining (wire bonding, laser & resistance microwelding, etc.) for medical and electronics applications

• Nanojoining (laser joining, soldering, etc.) for sensing and biomedical applications

• Brazing/soldering (diffusion brazing, ceramic/metal bonding, etc.) for aerospace, automotive and electronics applications

• Welding (laser, resistance welding, etc.) for automotive applications

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Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials Joining and Processing [Canada Research Chair Profile]

[Office of Research News] May 8, 2018 Waterloo researchers named Canada Research Chairs