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Hamidreza Jahed Motlagh
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Cyclic plasticity
- Fatigue failure analysis and fatigue life prediction
- Finite deformation
- Mechanical testing of micro- and submicron specimens, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
- Modelling, analysis and design of materials under inelastic and cyclic loadings
- Multi-axial fatigue of magnesium alloys
- Residual stresses
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Hamidreza Jahedmotlagh
Sheshakamal Jayaram
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Analysis or conduction and breakdown mechanisms in insulating materials under high voltage stress
- Characterization analysis of batteries and supercapacitors
- High voltage and electrical insulation engineering
- Performance evaluation of energy storage elements
- Pulse power technologies
- Use of partial discharge and other high frequency components as diagnostic tools for insulation failure analysis
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Shesha Jayaram
Soo Jeon
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Design and control of mechatronic systems
- Instrumented robotics
- Non-smooth dynamic systems
- Sensory information processing of motion control
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Soo Jeon
David Johnson
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Development and application of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to flows
- Fan design and testing
- Fluid-thermal component design and analysis
- Incompressible flow turbomachinery (turbines, fans, and pumps)
- Jet and nozzle flows
- Large scale PIV and measurement techniques
- Pump design and testing
- Wind energy and wind turbines
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David Johnson
Peter Johnson
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental
Research Expertise
- Geospatial technology
- Location-based technology
- Communications and information sharing
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Peter Johnson
Fakhri Karray
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Autonomous and intelligent systems
- Computational intelligence and applications
- Cognitive robotics and advanced mechatronics
- Distributed real time systems
- Concept extraction and natural speech understanding
- Multi modal information retrieval
Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI)
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Fakhri Karray
Mehrdad Kazerani
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Active power filters
- Battery electric, hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles
- Current-source converter/inverter applications
- Distributed power generation
- Flexible alternating current (AC) transmission systems (FACTS)
- Fuel cell power conditioners
- Matrix converters
- Photovoltaic grid-connected inverters
- Power quality
- Pulse power applications
- Sustainable energy storage systems
- Utility interface of alternative energy sources
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Mehrdad Kazerani
Amir Khajepour
Professor, Director of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR)
Research Expertise
- Active vehicle stability
- Advanced vehicle systems
- Air-gas hybrid engine
- Complex hydraulic and vehicle dynamic systems modelling for articulated vehicles
- Configuration and power management control strategies for electric and electric-gas hybrid
- Embedded suspension systems
- Engine and body mounting systems (Passive and Active)
- Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH)
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Amir Khajepour
Behrad Khamesee
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Clean room applications
- Electromagnetic dampers
- Micromanipulation using magnetic levitation
- Microrobotics
- Smart structures and actuators
- Wind tunnel testing
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Behrad Khamesee
Amir Khandani
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Channel coding and transmission for fading environments
- Channel coding with an emphasis on Turbo-codes
- Coding and interference cancellation for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems
- Constellation design and implementation for multi-level modulation over band-limited channels
- Cooperative networking
- Digital/Wireless Communications
- Information Theory with an emphasis on networks
- Multiple-access, multiple antenna systems
- Receiver structure for fading channels
- Soft decision/soft output decoding of binary codes
- Structure of lattices with applications in digital communications
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Amir Khandani
Holger Kleinke
Professor, Chemistry
Research Expertise
- Crystal Structure Prediction
- Inorganic Materials
- Solid State Chemistry
- Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
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Holger Kleinke
Hyock Ju Kwon
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- 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
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Hyock Ju Kwon
Stephan Lambert
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Automotive Design
- Drive-by-wire
- Electronic stability and control
- Fatigue and fracture
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Stephan Lambert
Nasser Lashgarian Azad
Associate Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Modeling, model reduction methods, simulation, sensitivity analysis techniques, design and optimal control of advanced vehicle components and systems
- Novel model-based design tools for automotive systems
- Optimization of power management strategies for hybrid vehicles
- Speed trajectory control for fuel optimal driving
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Nasser Lashgarian Azad
Bosco Leung
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Design of mixed analog/digital circuits for wireless communication
- Phase noise of oscillators, mixer noise and mixer distortion analysis
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Bosco Leung
Jonathan Li
Professor, Geography and Environmental
Research Expertise
- Mobile mapping solutions for outdoor and indoor mapping
- 3D object detection GeoAI for multi-scale geospatial mapping and change detection
- LiDAR point cloud processing for 3D urban modeling
- Machine learning for intelligent processing of earth observation data
- Remote sensing applications in transportation
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Jonathan Li
Xianguo Li
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Energy and exergy analysis
- Energy conversion technologies
- Fuel atomization and spray formation
- Fuel Cell performance modelling and optimization
- Heat transfer processes
- Life cycle analysis
- Modelling of transport phenomena in fuel cells
- Techniques for design and fabrication of fuel cell components
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Xianguo Li
Fue-Sang Lien
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Aoerdynamics and Aeroaucoustics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Flow visualization and animation
- Turbulence Modeling
- Wind Engineering and Dispersion
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Fue-Sang Lien
Carolyn MacGregor
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Cognitive ergonomics
- Driver performance and safety
- Individual differences and information manipulation
- Navigation and manipulation in virtual environments and 3D simulations
- Usability testing and human-computer interaction
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Carolyn MacGregor
Raafat Mansour
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Advanced modeling and design methodologies for radio frequency (RF)/microwave
- Analysis of integrated RF systems (components, packaging and interconnect)
- Computer aided diagnostic/tuning tools for Electromagnetic band gap structures
- Filters and multiplexers
- RF-Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology and nano-based sensors
- RF-Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) components
- Superconductive microwave devices
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Raafat Mansour
Michael Mayer
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Electronic packaging
- Microfabrication
- Microjoining processes
- Sensor technology
- Thermosonic and ultrasonic wire bonding
- Ultrasonic Finite Element Models
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Michael Mayer
John McPhee
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Automotive system modelling
- Biomechanics
- Multibody dynamics and vehicle design optimization
- Real-time simulation
- Vehicle dynamics
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John McPhee
William Melek
Professor, Director Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Autonomous navigation and mobile manipulation
- Computational intelligence
- Design, modelling, and control of advanced mechatronics systems
- Modular and reconfigurable robotics and automation
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William Melek
Patrick Mitran
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Coding theory
- Cooperative and cognitive networks
- Information theory
- Statistical signal processing
- Wireless communications
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Patrick Mitran
John Montesano
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
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Long-term durability of lightweight composites
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Fatigue and creep failure
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Impact of composite structures
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Damage mechanics and constitutive modeling
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Micromechanics
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Non-destructive evaluation (NDE)
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John Montesano
Kirsten Morris
Professor, Applied Mathematics
Research Expertise
- Estimation of charge in batteries
- Control of smart materials
- Optimization of sensor and hardware placement
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Kirsten Morris