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Krshirasagar Naik

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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
Link to profile: Krshirasagar Naik

Sriram Narasimhan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Expertise

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

The Structural Dynamics, Control & Identification Group

Link to profile: Sriram Narasimhan

Linda Nazar

Professor, Chemistry

Research Expertise

  • 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

Link to profile: Linda Nazar

Flora Ng

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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 

Link to profile: Flora Ng

Patricia Nieva

Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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)

Link to profile: Patricia Nieva

Alexander Penlidis

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Link to profile: Alexander Penlidis

Sean Peterson

Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Biological Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Fluid/Structure Interaction
  • Optical Diagnostic Methods for Fluid Mechanics
  • Vortex Dynamics

Fluid Flow Physics Group

Link to profile: Sean Peterson

Mark Pritzker

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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
Link to profile: Mark Pritzker

Omar Ramahi

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

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

Advanced Concepts Research (ACR) Laboratory

Link to profile: Omar Ramahi

Neil Randall

Associate Professor, English Language and Literature

Research Expertise

  • Rhetoric and semiotics of Human-Computer Interaction
Link to profile: Neil Randall

Derek Rayside

Associate Professor, ECE

Research Expertise

  • Software Engineering
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Cybersecurity
  • Infrastructure Integrity
  • Software Engineerin

Personal Website

Link to profile: Derek Rayside

Catherine Rosenberg

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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)

Personal Website

Link to profile: Catherine Rosenberg

Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Link to profile: Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

Frank Safayeni

Professor, Management Sciences

Research Expertise

  • Behavioural & organizational aspects of information systems and management of technology
Link to profile: Frank Safayeni

Magdy Salama

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Link to profile: Magdy Salama

Armaghan Salehian

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Research Expertise

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

Vibration and Energy Harvesting Laboratory

Link to profile: Armaghan Salehian

Siby Samuel

Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Simulation & Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
  • Novice and Older Driver Training
  • Predictive & Conceptual Modeling of Behaviour
  • Eye tracking
  • Attention & Cognition
  • Perception
  • Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
  • Decision Making
  • Aging
  • Automotive Human factors
  • Autonomous and Connected Vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Caregiver Behaviours & Errors
  • Assistive & Automotive Interfaces
  • Vulnerable Road User Safety (Pedestrians & Bicyclists)
  • Motorcyclist Safety
  • Special Populations (ADHD & Dementia)
  • Traffic Control Devices & Roadway Infrastructure Design
Link to profile: Siby Samuel

Gerry Schneider

Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Research Expertise

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

George Shaker

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Wireless Sensors and Devices Laboratory

Link to profile: George Shaker

Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Personal Website

Link to profile: Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

Leonardo Simon

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Link to profile: Leonardo Simon

Siva Sivoththaman

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

  • 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

Personal Website

Link to profile: Siva Sivoththaman

Stephen Smith

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Expertise

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

Autonomous Systems Laboratory

Personal Website

Link to profile: Stephen Smith

Stefan Steiner

Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science

Research Expertise

  • Business and industrial statistics
  • Operations research
  • Statistical engineering
  • Statistical methods for process improvement and variation reduction
Link to profile: Stefan Steiner