Eihab Abdel-Rahman

Research Interests:
- Dynamics and control of MEMS
- Design of MEMS devices
- Micro-power generation
- Multi-body dynamics and control
- Biomechanics
Arash Arami

Research Interests:
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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
Michael Barnett-Cowan

Research Interests:
- Multisensory integration
- Perception and action
- Psychophysics
- The vestibular system
- Virtual reality
[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"
Naveen Chandrashekar

Research Interests:
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Orthopaedic biomechanics (ACL, knee mechanics)
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Biomedical device design
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Tissue engineering
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Implant design
Duane Cronin

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

Research Interests:
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Machining of Tissue-Engineered Bone Implants
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Biomanufacturing
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Precision motion control (high speed machine tools, robots, and electronic/semiconductor manufacturing equipment)
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Modeling and identification
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Optimal trajectory planning
[Engineering News] October 19, 2016 "Researchers join advanced manufacturing network"
Baris Fidan

Research Interests:
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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
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Control applications (high performance flight and vehicle stability control, biomedical)
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Robotics and intelligent systems (multi-agent, motion planning, vision control, biomedical and assistive robotics)
Ehsan Hashemi

Research Interests
- Control system development for Driver Assistance Systems
- Fault-tolerant state estimation for biped robots
- Distributed Estimation
- Control Theory
- Multibody Dynamics
Jan Huissoon

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
Behrad Khamesee

Research Interests:
- Smart structures, actuators, biomechanics, assistive devices, human-robot interaction, wearable sensors (fitness, monitoring, fall prevention, Alzheimer's)
- Ophthalmic instrumentation, senors, technologies and hardware design (MRI, CT, ultrasound)
- Micro-energy harvester through human locomotion
- Magnetically driven medical microrobots for drug delivery and microsurgery
- Regenerative prosthetic knee, and cost-effective prosthetic leg (structural design, sensory system, and controller)
- Micromanipulation using magnetic levitation
- Auto-focusing mechanism for microscopy using electrorestrictive
- Clean room applications
[Waterloo Stories] August 28, 2018 "New sensor could help doctors monitor patient progress from a distance"
[Waterloo Stories] March 2, 2014 "Charge your phone while you shovel - and shiver"
Jonathan Kofman

Research Interests:
- Biomedical systems & biomechatronics - rehabilitation, assistive devices, intelligent design of prostheses and orthoses, 3D body surface measurement
- Optomechatronics - computer vision (2D and 3D), range-image registration, range-sensing, range-sensor design, vision-based 3D surface measurement systems, optical system design, laser-camera range, sensor design, phase-shifting / fringe-projection 3D surface measurement systems, real-time full-field 3D imaging sensors / real-time full-field 3D surface measurement systems, hand-held 3D imaging sensors / hand-held 3D surface measurement systems, vision-based robot control, vision-based human-robot interfaces
- Robotics - robot teleoperation, robot vision, human-robot interfaces, human-robot interaction, human-guided robot learning, vision-based robot control (visual servoing), human-assistive/service robots
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Dongqing Li

Research Interests:
- Microfluidics and nanofluidics
- Lab-on-a-chip, diagnostic devices (biomedical, environmental, food safety)
- Interfacial Phenomena
Nima Maftoon

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
Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens

Stewart McLachlin

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
John McPhee

Research Interests:
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Biomechanics engineering (injury rehabilitation, assistive devices for elderly, athletes, disabled)
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Mechatronic and robotic systems
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Multibody system dynamics
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Computational methods for analysis and design
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Advanced vehicle systems
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:
Patricia Nieva

Research Interests:
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Point-of-care diagnostic systems and monitoring (healthcare, wearable technology, sensors and devices)
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Biosensors - Protein sensor for Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and point-of-care medical diagnostics (biomarkers)
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Hybrid and electric vehicles (lithium ion batteries, power management, energy storage, sensors)
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Micro-electromechanical systems/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) for harsh environments (automotive, aerospace, turbomachinery, oil-well/logging, nuclear power, communications)
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MEMS/NEMS, nanomaterials, biosensors, devices, biomanipulators, biosystems, packaging, microassembly
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Micropower generation, microfabrication, self-contained integrated microsystems
[Waterloo Stories] July 5, 2012 "A tiny machine to predict heart attacks"
[Waterloo Engineering] April, 2015 "Tiny technology to prevent the risk of skipping a beat or worse"
Sean Peterson

Research Interests:
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Biological fluid dynamics, fluid/structure interaction, vortex dynamics, diagnostic methods
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Energy harvesting
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Cardiovascular and mechanical blood flow models
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Human phonation, vocal fold modeling
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Stent modeling and design
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Biomimetic propulsors
[CBB researcher story] January 8, 2013 "The Ability to be Heard Above the Crowd"
Carolyn Ren

Research Interests:
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Protein and DNA separation analysis towards disease diagnosis and drug discovery
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Biosensing and Devices (bacterial, proteins, fluorescence)
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Living cell analysis and water toxicity testing
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Lab-on-a-Chip technology (point-of-care biomedical diagnosis , chemical detection, protein separation and identification, environmental testing)
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Micro-scale fluid mechanics, droplet microfluidics and nanofluidics
- High Throughput Screening For Drug Screening
- Manufacturing Nanomaterials and Carbon Management
Canada Research Chair in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[Waterloo Stories] June 14, 2012 "Creating the tiny future of science"
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Research Interests:
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Biotechnologies (sensors, mobile health, biomedical instrumentation, DNA sequencing, pharmaceutical analysis, skin cancer screening, energy harvesting, environmental monitoring)
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Wireless communication systems (RF technologies, antenna, and propagation modelling)
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Emerging RF/Microwave/Millimeter Wave/THz systems, devices, and novel electromagnetic materials
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Computational electromagnetics and photonics
NSERC Research In Motion Industrial Research Chair in Wireless Communications [NSERC Profile]
[Waterloo Record] July 3,2018, highlights the Anechoic chamber in the Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS)
[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"
[Waterloo New] [Engineering News] May 22, 2018, Electrical and Computer Engineering, $12 million awarded to Waterloo researchers
[Waterloo Stories] January 20, 2017 "Smart antennas could “make the world a better place”
[Waterloo News] June 22, 2016 "Developed in Waterloo, now orbiting in space"
[Waterloo Stories] September 13, 2013 "Waterloo opens world-class facility"
[CBB researcher story] December 7, 2012 "Improving Healthcare with Electromagnetic Waves"
Armaghan Salehian

Research Interests:
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Energy harvesting using smart materials (medical implants, magnetostrictive materials and piezoelectrics)
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Structural Dynamics
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Wind turbines vibrations reduction for the non-audible frequency range
[Waterloo Stories] December 2, 2013 "Smart tech for medical implants"
Oliver Schneider

Research Interests
- Virtual Reality
- Wearables Devices
- Computer Human Interaction, haptics, design
- Data Science
- Mental Health
- Nutritional Science
[YouTube] October 11, 2018 "DualPanto: A Haptic Device that Enables Blind Users to Continuously Interact with Virtual Worlds"
Ehsan Toyserkani

Research Interests:
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Tissue engineering and biodegradable implants for regenerative medicine (3D printing)
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Bio-additive and microscale-additive manufacturing (opto-mechanical sensors, smart structures, developed through additive manufacturing)
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Novel multi-scale additive manufacturing technologies for biomedical, oil/gas and manufacturing sectors
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Laser-based fabrication techniques with particular focus on direct write processes in micro- and macro-scale
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Modeling, sensing and real-time control of laser-based manufacturing techniques
University Research Chair
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:
James Tung

Research Interests:
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Rehabilitation engineering and assistive technologies (gerontology, Osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, fall risk in stroke survivors, and rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury)
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Neuromotor control
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Biomedical signal analysis
[Waterloo Stories] July 8, 2014 "GPS technology may help detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier"
John Wen

Research Interests:
- Renewable energy technologies
- Biofuel combustion, biomass gasification, combustion generated particulates
- CO2 capture and storage
- Synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterial
- Developing nanothermite and energetic nanocomposites
- EPD fabrication of nanotube and nanowire based electrodes for advanced energy devices
- Engineering thermodynamics
- Energy conversion
Andrew Wong

Research Interests:
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Data mining and bioinformatics
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Machine intelligence, computer vision, intelligence robotics
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Pattern recognition and discovery methods of genomic and proteomic data
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DNA sequencing, colon cancer and leukemia gene and data analysis
[YouTube Lecture] September 19, 2013 "Pattern discovery and analysis of genomic and proteomic data"
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
John Yeow

Research Interests:
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MEMS/NEMS
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Nanodevices and carbon nanotube-based sensors for biomedical applications (early disease detection)
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Microassembly and micromirror devices for genetic microarray reading and tissue imaging
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Lab-on-a-chip designs
Canada Research Chair in Micro and NanoDevices [Canada Research Chair Profile]
Norman Zhou

Research Interests:
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Microjoining (wire bonding, laser & resistance microwelding, etc.) for medical and electronics applications
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Nanojoining (laser joining, soldering, etc.) for sensing and biomedical applications
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Brazing/soldering (diffusion brazing, ceramic/metal bonding, etc.) for aerospace, automotive and electronics applications
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Welding (laser, resistance welding, etc.) for automotive applications
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