Our People - N to S profiles

• Energy-cost modelling of wireless applications
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Low power software and communication protocols
• Mobile and ad hoc networks
• Mobile communication and computing
• Optical networks
• Testing communication protocols

• Modal Analysis
• Structural Dynamics
• Structural Identification and Control
• Vibration based Signal Processing

The Structural Dynamics, Control & Identification Group

• Design and analysis of advanced materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
• Development of new materials for enhanced energy storage and conversion
• Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Catalyst Materials
• Mesoporous metal oxides
• Solid state electrochemistry of metal oxides, metal phosphates and pnictides

NAZAR Group

• Catalyst development for hydrocarbon processing
• Catalytic distillation
• Heavy oil and emulsion upgrading
• Production of ultra low Sulphur gasoline and diesel fuel
• Production of value added products from waste plastics

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology 

• Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and Nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) sensors for operation in harsh environments
• MEMS/NEMS processing, packaging and microassembly
• Micropower generation
• Micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS) and adaptive optics
• Physical MEMS/NEMS sensors and devices
• Self-contained integrated microsystems

Sensors and Integrated MicroSystems Laboratory (SIMSLAB)

• Computational solid mechanics using the finite element method
• Failure analysis and cohesive fracture of polymeric and glassy materials and polymer-based composites
• Finite elasticity and viscoelasticity
• Multi-scale modeling of asphalt, concrete and polymer based composites

• Design, mathematical modelling and computer simulation of polymer reactors
• Emulsion/solution/suspension polymerization
• On-line sensor development for polymer and latex characterization
• Optimization and computer control
• Polymer research and engineering
• Polymerization kinetics

Institute for Polymer Research

• Electrochemical Engineering
• Electrochemical techniques for fabrication of nanostructures
• Leaching, adsorption and ion exchange processes
• Metal and alloy electrodeposition
• Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) experimentation and modelling
• Process Modelling
• Simulation and optimization of oriented strand board manufacturing

• Biomedical Applications of electromagnetics
• Electromagnetic compatibility and interference
• Electromagnetic propagation mechanisms
• Electronic packaging
• Material measurements
• Photonics
• Radiating systems, theoretical and computational electromagnetics

• Rhetorical and Semiotic analysis of user interfaces

• Advanced rubber materials
• Chemical modification of polymers
• Development of catalytic systems
• Environmental and pollution control
• Green catalytic processes
• Reactive polymers

• Broadband networks: Internet protocol (IP), Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)
• Cellular networks: cross-layer integration, resource management, mobility and power management, opportunistic scheduling
• Multimedia applications: Content delivery network (CDN), peer-to-peer, and location-based services
• Network security: Distributed denial of services (DDOS), traffic monitoring
• Traffic engineering: quality of service, game theory and pricing, dynamic provisioning, network design, routing, congestion control, scheduling
• Wireless networks: sensors and Wireless local area networks (WLANs)

• Complex propogation and scattering phenomena
• Computational electromagnetics and photonics
• Devices and novel electromagnetic materials
• Guided-wave and free space optical systems and components
• Intelligent Navigation Systems
• Microwave and millimeter wave planar circuits and antenna systems
• Microwave high temperature superconductor (HTSC) thin film technology
• Radio frequency (RF)/microwave packaging and Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)/Electromagnetic interface (EMI) analyses
• RF/microwave/millimeter wave/Terahertz (THz) systems
• Vehicle wireless communications and safety systems

Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems

• Behavioural & organizational aspects of information systems and management of technology

• Distribution system automation and load management
• Distribution system performance analysis
• Distribution system planning
• Energy Systems
• Grounding system analysis
• Power quality analysis
• Power system asset management and monitoring
• Reactive power control

Power and energy systems group

• Continuum modeling, vibration analysis and modal testing
• Smart materials
• Wave propagation in composite materials

• Amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon electronics on flexible substrates
• Amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon, silicon nitride/oxide thin film deposition at low temperatures
• Thin film material and process technologies for optical and X-ray sensors and thin film transistors for large area digital imaging of X-ray and optical signals
• Thin film moisture barriers for organic electronics
• Thin film silicon solar cells on flexible substrates

• All-Speed Flow Prediction Methods
• Control-Volume-Based Finite Element Methods
• Machine Vision
• Phase-Change Energy Transport. Equation Solving for Physical Problems

• 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
• Bio-wearable electronics and systems
• Energy harvesting systems
• Complex propagation and scattering phenomena
• Devices and novel electromagnetic materials and wireless sensors

Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS)

• Radio resource and mobility management
• Voice over mobile Internet protocol (IP)
• Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
• Wireless network security
• Wireless/Internet interworking
• Wireless local area network (WLAN)/Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), Wireless application protocol (WAP), Ultra-wide band (UWB) wireless communications

Broadband Communications Research Group

• Correlation of syntheses-structure-properties of polymers
• Development and evaluation of novel bioproducts for automotive applications
• Development of composite materials and leading-edge technologies in nanomaterials
• Development of polymer nanocomposites
• Fuel cell materials
• Mathematical modeling of polymerization mechanisms

Institute for Polymer Research

• Advanced processing technologies for microelectronic devices and process modeling
• Low-permittivity dielectric films and device integration
• Low-thermal budget, rapid thermal, and optothermal processing in silicon
• Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, silicon micromachining
• Nanocrystalline semiconductors and nanostructures
• Silicon-based crystalline and thin-film photovoltaic devices: design and fabrication technology

Centre for Advanced Photovoltaic Devices and Systems

• Autonomous systems
• Distributed and coordinated contrl
• Optimization and control theory
• Robotics and multi-robotic systems

• Business and industrial statistics
• Operations research
• Statistical engineering
• Statistical methods for process improvement and variation reduction

• Adhesive bonding of dissimilar structural materials (e.g., polymeric composites to metal)
• Characterization and modeling of advanced polymers and composites
• Development of smart structures
• Micro-engineering

Institute for Polymer Research