Contacts

Research Expertise

• Hydrodynamics of Complex Fluids and Multiphase Flows​
• Computational Methods in Engineering
• Topological optimization of structural analysis

Computational Multiphysics Research Group

Research Expertise

• Transportation systems data collection and modeling 
• Energy demand for electric vehicle charging
• Intercity travel and accessibility

Research Expertise

• Biologically inspired intelligent systems
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI)/Human Machine Interface (HMI) systems
• Hybrid systems
• Intelligent embedded systems
• Sensory systems design

Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI)

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Research Expertise

• Battery charging systems
• Network/distributed and web-based programming applications in power systems
• Nonlinear systems theory and its applications to electricity markets
• Optimal power management in competitive electricity markets
• Smart charging systems

Power and Energy Systems Group

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Research Expertise

• Advanced nanostructured conductive polymers
• Nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell and water purification
• Nanostructured fuel cell catalysts
• Synthesis, functionalization and fabrication of nanostructured materials
• Zeolite nanoparticles and membranes

Applied Nanomaterials & Clean Energy Laboratory

Research Expertise

• Biofuel production – including biohydrogen, biodiesel, and biobutanol
• Biomanufacturing
• Bioprocessing technologies
• Recombinant protein production

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Research Expertise

• Emissions control using CO2 abatement technologies
• Hydrogen production
• Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) simulation and modeling

Research Expertise

• Combustion diagnostics and nanoparticle metrology
• Gas/surface scattering
• Inverse analysis and optimal design of heat transfer systems
• Molecular gas dynamics
• Thermal radiation heat transfer

Research Expertise

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Turbulent combustion modelling
• Emissions
• Auto-ignition
• Spray/mixing

Turbulent Combustion Modeling Lab

Research Expertise

• Conductive polymer blends
• Design and performance of fuel cell stacks and systems
• Development and testing of polymeric materials
• Fuel cell materials testing
• Fuel cell system reliability and modelling
• Hydrogen production and distribution
• Life cycle analysis

Green Energy and Fuel Cell Research Group

Research Expertise

• Alternative fuels
• Energy analysis of energy conversion systems
• In-cylinder combustion diagnostics and engineering
• Life cycle analysis
• Thermodynamics of ecosystems
• Vehicle fleet/power plant/industry emissions impacts (local and regional)
• Window thermal performance modelling

Unversity of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT)

Research Expertise

• Multiphysics simulations
• Turbulent simulations (LES, DNS)
• High-speed aerothermodynamics
• Trans-/Supercritical combustion 
• Turbulence modelling in two-phase flow
• High-pressure fuel injector systems
• Low-order modelling of fluid systems

Multi-Physics Interaction Lab

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

High Voltage Engineering Lab

Power and Energy Systems Group

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Research Expertise

• Design and control of mechatronic systems
• Instrumented robotics
• Non-smooth dynamic systems
• Sensory information processing of motion control

Waterloo Mechanical System & Control Lab

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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

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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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

Power and Energy Systems Group

WATonoBus

Mechatronic Vehicles Systems Laboratory

Research Expertise

• Clean room applications
• Electromagnetic dampers
• Micromanipulation using magnetic levitation
• Microrobotics
• Smart structures and actuators
• Wind tunnel testing

Maglev Microrobotics Laboratory

Research Expertise

• Crystal Structure Prediction
• Inorganic Materials
• Solid State Chemistry
• Thermoelectric Energy Conversion

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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

Automation and Intelligent Systems Group (AIS)

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

Fuel Cell and Green Energy Lab

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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

Centre for Integrated RF Engineering (CIRFE)

Research Expertise

• Automotive system modelling
• Biomechanics
• Multibody dynamics and vehicle design optimization
• Real-time simulation
• Vehicle dynamics

Motion Research Group

Research Expertise

• Estimation of charge in batteries
• Control of smart materials
• Optimization of sensor and hardware placement

Infinite-dimensional Systems Research Group

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

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 

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)

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

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)

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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

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

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

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Research Expertise

• Post combustion air pollution control
• Syngas purification
• Thermochemical process for alternative fuel production

Green Energy and Pollution Control Research

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Research Expertise

• Automated mechatronics design
• Flexible link manipulators
• Haptics
• Nonlinear control
• Robot manipulators
• Telehaptics

Research Expertise

• Biofuel Combustion
• CO₂ capture and storage
• Combustion generated particulates
• Energy utilization and storage technologies
• Nanotechnology-based energy devices

Emerging Energy Research Laboratory

Research Expertise

• Heterogeneous integration
• Laser processing of materials
• Materials and devices for flexible electronics
• Materials and devices for solid-state lighting
• Nanofabrication for energy conversion and storage, sensing, and nanoelecronics

Giga-to- Nanoelectronics (G2N) Centre

Research Expertise

• Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
• Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Flow and Noise Control
• Fluid Structure Interactions

Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory

Research Expertise

• Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)/Nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS)
• Microassembly
• Nanodevices for biomedical applications

Research Expertise

• Functionalization of carbon nanotubes and graphene
• Nanomaterials (nanotubes, wires, platelets, and particles) synthesis and processing
• Nanomaterials for engineering nanocomposites, solar cells, and sensors/actuators

Applied Carbon Nanotechnology Labratory