Our People - Composites and polymers

• Biomaterials design
• Biomedical Engineering
• Colloid and surface science
• Drug and gene delivery
• Interfacial Engineering
• Nanomedicine
• Nanotechnology
• Polymer and biopolymer synthesis

Biomedical Engineering and Engery Storage Group

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology

• Cell traction force measurement using optical sectioning techniques
• Constitutive modelling of soft bio-polymers
• Mechanical measurements using the Digital Image Correlation method
• Viscous fracture of soft materials

• Emulsion rubber
• Microfluidics
• ​Applied Statistics - Modeling, Design of Experiments, Parameter Estimation

Institute for Polymer Research

• Long-term durability of lightweight composites

• Fatigue and creep failure

• Impact of composite structures

• Damage mechanics and constitutive modeling

• Micromechanics

• Non-destructive evaluation (NDE)

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• Analysis and design of co-extrusion dies
• Analysis and on-line monitoring of polymer compounding operations
• Analysis of polymer mixing in twin screw extruders
• Chemical modification and functionalization of polymers by reactive extrusion
• Compounding of polymers for fuel cell applications
• Devulcanization of recycled rubber with supercritical carbon dioxide
• Extrusion of polymers and polymer blends with supercritical fluids
• Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of polymer processing operations
• Polymer micronization using supercritical carbon dioxide

Institute for Polymer Research

• Mathematical imaging
• Diagnostically lossless medical image compression
• Fractal-based methods of analysis and approximation
• Dynamical systems and their applications

• Polymers, interfacial phenomena and surface chemistry
• Advanced coating and adhesive bonding technology
• Multifunctional "green" and "smart" materials and processes, additive manufacturing or 3D printing.

Centre of Advanced Material Joining (CAMJ)

Institute of Polymer Research (IPR)

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology

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