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Computational Multiphysics Research and Development; Multiphase Flows; Liquid Crystal Dynamics;

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Virus and Therapeutic Protein Production and Purification, Animal Cell Culture, Metabolomics.

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Next-Generation Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems, Rechargeable Metal-Air Battery, Lithium-ion Battery Electrode Materials, Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Flow Battery, Membrane Research, Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization.

Please note: Professor Douglas is not accepting new students.

Process Systems Engineering; Computer-Aided Product Formulation and Design; Systems Biology; Carbon Management, Energy and Environmental Systems; Optimization of Oil, Gas, Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Operations; Process Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems.

Membranes; Separation Technologies; Gas Concentration and Purification; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Biosorption.

Electrochemical Power Sources, PEM Fuel Cell Degradation, LiIon Battery Degradation, Hybrid Vehicle Power Trains,  Green Energy Hubs, Hydrogen Economy.

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Porous media, multiphase flow, pore network modeling, electrochemical energy conversion

Polymer Synthesis, Semiconducting and Conducting Polymers, Nanomaterials, Organic Solar Cells, Printed Electronics.

Self-assembly of nanostructured polymers, block copolymer materials, polymeric brushes, liquid crystalline polymers, polyelectolytes, self-consistent field theory, field-theoretic simulations

Research area

• Polymer Science and Engineering
• Renewable polymers: Processing and Chemical Modifications
• Polymer blends, composites and nanocomposites

Polymer Property Reactive Modification, Tailor-made Polymeric Materials for Toxic Analyte Detection, Copolymer Reactivity Ratio Estimation, Water Soluble Polymers, Mechanical Properties of Pipes, Adhesive Technology, Crosslinking Polymerizations.

Electrochemical Engineering, Metal and Alloy Deposition, Fuel Cells, Li-Ion Batteries, Nanotechnology

University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering Remembers Professor Garry Rempel: 1944-2018

Emerging Catalytic Nano-Materials; Heterogeneous Catalysis; Reactor Design; Renewable Synthetic Fuels

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Reactive Extrusion of Polymers, Polymer Modification, Polymer Processing with Supercritical Fluids, Rubber Devulcanization, Polymer Compounding, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulations of Polymer Processing Operations.

Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Nanopatterning, Nanotopography, Regulation of stem cell maintenance and differentiation.

Surface science and bionanomaterials, interfacial materials engineering for advanced manufacturing, biomimicry and biomimetic materials, multifunctional polymers and nanocomposites, biopolymer, hydrogels and healthcare materials, advanced coating and adhesive bonding technology …