Lena Ahmadi, PhD, PEng (She/Her)
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Email: lena.ahmadi@uwaterloo.ca
Location: E6 2004
Status: Active
Biography
Strong teaching record in large classes of students with a diverse background in chemical, mechanical, process systems, and environmental engineering. An experienced postdoctoral research fellow with a demonstrated history of working in the industry. Skilled in computer-aided product formulation and design, simulation and optimization of complex systems, programming, data analysis, numerical simulation, and energy planning. Strong pedagogical research professional with a Certificate in University Teaching focused on innovative teaching methods and building rapport with students from the University of Waterloo.
Teaching*
- BME 213 - Statistics and Experimental Design
- Taught in 2020
- CHE 121 - Engineering Computation
- Taught in 2019
- CHE 220 - Process Data Analysis
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- CHE 225 - Strategies for Process Improvement and Product Development
- Taught in 2023
- CHE 231 - Physical Chemistry 2
- Taught in 2023
- CHE 383 - Chemical Engineering Design Workshop
- Taught in 2021, 2022
- CHE 425 - Strategies for Process Improvement and Product Development
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
- CHE 482 - Group Design Project
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- CHE 483 - Group Design Project and Symposium
- Taught in 2022
- CHE 571 - Industrial Ecology
- Taught in 2019
- CHE 621 - Model Building and Response Surface Methodology
- Taught in 2020, 2023
- NE 113 - Introduction to Computational Methods
- Taught in 2019, 2020
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Graduate studies
- Not currently accepting applications for graduate students